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The deal, which attempts to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C, was approved by all 195 countries at a summit in Paris.
The PM said it showed what "unity, ambition and perseverance can do".
Campaigners said it fell short of such "soaring rhetoric" and business leaders urged greater clean technology backing.
The agreement is the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions and followed nearly two weeks' of negotiations.
Welcoming the deal, Mr Cameron said Britain was "already leading the way in work to cut emissions and help less developed countries cut theirs".
"This global deal now means that the whole world has signed to play its part in halting climate change," he added.
"It's a moment to remember and a huge step forward in helping to secure the future of our planet."
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd said the agreement was "vital for our long-term economic and global security".
"This deal will ensure all countries are held to account for their climate commitments and gives a clear signal to business to invest in the low carbon transition," she said.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the "big step forward", but said it was important the "rhetoric is backed up by meaningful action".
Labour's shadow energy minister Barry Gardiner said the agreement would usher in a "new industrial revolution", but he said it would be "a clean one" and "a green one".
"What we're seeing is the world waking up to the fact that we have to do things differently," he said.
However, Friends of the Earth chief executive Craig Bennett said there was still no "adequate global plan" to reduced temperatures.
Despite labelling the deal as "a historic moment", he said: "This summit clearly shows that fossil fuels have had their day and that George Osborne's outdated, backward energy policies must be reversed if he wants to be on the right side of history."
He said Mr Cameron must also "end Britain's scandalous support for fossil fuels, including fracking".
"This nation is the only G7 country to be actively expanding fossil fuel subsidies," he added.
Meanwhile, Carolyn Fairbairn, the CBI's director-general, called for the government to do more to back clean technology in the UK.
"While the UK is making its voice heard at global talks, more needs to be done at home," she said.
"The government must provide a stable environment that enables investment in cleaner, more affordable and more secure energy generation, including renewable technologies and new gas plants," she added.
However, former Conservative environment minister Richard Benyon said there would now be a "race for green technologies".
"Countries are going to be competing with themselves for a growing economic market place for green technologies. And you're going to see the innovation that exists in human nature really come alive because of this," he said.
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The international deal on limiting climate change represents "a huge step forward in securing the future of the planet", David Cameron has said.
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From self-driving cars to robotic postal deliveries, from carebots for elderly people to surgical snakes, the sector promises riches for the companies that design and engineer the bestselling automatons.
But what happens to the staff whose tasks they take on? Does the new technology help them work more efficiently, or does it put their livelihoods at risk?
It is a bone of contention between academics, with some convinced that offloading work on to machines will worsen unemployment, while others believe it will boost prosperity.
Take Bob for example. A robot security guard that patrols the workplace, scanning rooms in 3D and reporting any anomalies.
It's the brainchild of scientists at the University of Birmingham, who insist the machine will "support humans and augment their capabilities", despite concerns that such a technology could eventually replace human security officers.
The US army, meanwhile, is reported to be considering replacing thousands of soldiers with remote-controlled vehicles as it tries to manage sweeping troop cuts.
Dr Carl Frey, an Oxford University researcher who has written detailed studies on the rise of computerised labour, made headlines when he predicted that work automation put up to 47% of existing US jobs at "high risk".
His forecast was attacked as being a "major overestimate" by Prof Robert Atkinson, president of the US-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank.
But Prof Frey stands by his prediction insisting that the number should not be seen as "shocking" bearing in mind the process could take a couple of decades.
While the two men might remain at odds about the size of the figure, they do agree that more machines are coming to the workplace.
Last year, the number of industrial robots sold globally hit a record high of 179,000, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
Germany, Japan and the United States have become prolific investors in automated technology, but even in nations where low-wage factory work is common, there are clear signs of machine adoption.
China, for example, last year became the world's largest buyer of industrial robots. And according to Dr Frey, machines are finding their way into India too.
"Nissan relies on industrial robots to produce its cars in Japan," he says, "but we're already seeing examples of the same type of businesses in India becoming automated."
Companies across the world are investing in new technologies that could automate a whole range of jobs.
In Germany, for example, the robotics firm Kuka is testing an unmanned TV camera for live broadcast that promises to offer "smooth, shake-free camera pan". The BBC already uses a different robotic camera system in its studios.
Meanwhile in Japan, the robotics manufacturer Yaskawa has produced a dual-arm robot that can assemble goods on production lines with human-like dexterity.
Foxconn, a China-based assembler of iPhones which employs more than a million people, has told the BBC it is investing in automation technologies to help soak up its intense workload.
But it's not just physical machines that are on the rise - software "bots" are also reshaping the workplace.
In March, the Los Angeles Times automatically published a breaking news story thanks to an algorithm that generates a short article when an earthquake occurs.
And cab service Uber is able to undercut rivals in part because its software automatically matches empty cars with passengers, doing away with the need for human dispatch operators.
Uber's boss Travis Kalanick has indicated he will eventually be able to cut costs even further when he eventually replaces the fleet with driverless vehicles.
Dr Frey says such major new technological developments will only accelerate over the coming years.
His 2013 study found that, from a sample of 702 occupations, nearly half were at risk of being computerised.
Some jobs, such as being a dentist, are dependent on advanced detection skills and thus less likely to be replaced by a machine. Equally "safe" are sports trainers, actors, social workers, firefighters and, most obviously, priests.
But typists, estate agents and retail workers are among occupations deemed highly likely to be automated in the future, he claims.
"I was somewhat surprised when we arrived at that 47%," he tells the BBC.
"But the lines between man and machine are becoming increasingly blurred. We are seeing some jobs automated already, but not to the extent that we believe they will be over the next few decades."
Prof Atkinson observes there is "a genuine fear that we're going to automate so much work that there will be nothing left for people to do", but believes such concerns are overblown.
"Our internal estimates are, at best, a third of current jobs reasonably could be automated with existing technology.
"But one of the mistakes people make in this line of theory is they don't differentiate between functions and jobs.
"A machine can do a certain function, but most people's jobs involve multiple different functions. You can't automate all of those tasks with a single machine."
He adds that automation will only improve people's livelihoods: "My argument is that when a company saves costs, its extra revenue will inevitably feed back into the shareholders and employees. That increases consumer spending and creates more jobs."
Prof Frey agrees that such a utopian scenario is possible, but companies must plan ahead to achieve it.
"The past 20 years have taught us that some places have adapted well to the computer revolution and some haven't.
"Many studies have shown how computers have replaced labour in many of the old manufacturing cities, but at the same time, these computers have created a whole host of occupations elsewhere.
"Some thrive with new changes and others don't. It all depends on how you adapt."
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The UK is set to unveil its robotics strategy on Tuesday, revealing a plan drawn up by the Technology Strategy Board that aims to spur the country on towards capturing a significant slice of what is predicted to become a multi-trillion pound industry.
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Scottish Engineering's latest quarterly review suggested an improvement in orders and output on the previous two three-month periods.
It also found "particularly strong" growth in staffing levels.
The industry body said it showed engineering firms were "gritting their teeth" in tough economic conditions.
According to the survey of 320 companies, positive output figures were reported by electronics firms, fabricators, machine shops and mechanical equipment businesses.
UK orders in general were similar to the first quarter of this year, while export orders also remained positive.
Employee numbers generally showed a "marked improvement " across small, medium and large companies over the previous quarter.
In general terms, levels of optimism among small and medium sized firms remained positive, but there was a more negative outlook from large companies.
Scottish Engineering said some sections of the engineering industry were looking to improve on the last quarter's predictions.
Fabricators indicated high hopes for UK orders in the next quarter, although some saw exports declining compared with the last quarter.
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Scotland's engineering and manufacturing sector has recorded a third strong quarter in a row, an industry survey has found.
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Marriott raised its offer to $13.6bn (£9.2bn) after the Chinese insurance firm, Anbang stepped in last week with a $13.2bn bid.
Starwood accepted Marriott's latest offer, describing it as a "superior proposal".
Marriott owns Ritz-Carlton, Residence Inn and Marriott hotels and has 4,400 properties in 87 countries. Starwood owns 1,300 properties worldwide.
"The driving force behind this transaction is growth," said Marriott's chief executive Arne Sorenson.
Marriott's revised bid increased the cash payout for each Starwood investor.
Mr Sorenson said the increased cash consideration "improved the transaction's financial structure."
The companies expect the deal to close by the middle of the year.
Anbang's offer for $83.83 for each Starwood share, threw a spanner in a deal between Marriott and Starwood that was announced last November.
The Chinese insurance company has been making a push into the US market. It bought the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan for nearly $2bn in 2015.
On Saturday, Starwood - owner of the Sheraton and Westin hotels - became the first US hotel to enter Cuba.
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Starwood Hotels has backed a sweetened offer from Marriott International.
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But as details emerged about the situation, people started sharing jokes about the hijacker's possible motives.
It seemed the man, who was pretending to be wearing a suicide belt, was less interested in terrorism and more concerned with contacting his ex-wife, although his exact motives remain unclear.
As the information began to be shared, Twitter users took the opportunity to joke about the incident but not everyone found the jokes amusing.
One Twitter user @iamkoshiek commented: "There's nothing romantic about endangering the lives of 50+ people 30,000ft in the air."
Even though details emerging were unclear, many of the tweets mocked the hijacker's seemingly extreme methods to get his ex-wife's attention.
But many social media users were outraged by the online humour.
As the situation unfolded, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades responded to a reporter's question about whether the hijacker was motivated by romance. His response, "There is always a woman involved," was quickly lambasted.
In another response to president Anastasiades, @ellenmcoyne posted: "That's women, always inciting hostage situations."
By the time the hijacker was arrested, more than six hours later, more than 300,000 tweets had been posted using the hashtag EgyptAir.
Many tweets quoted the Egyptian foreign ministry, which said: "He is not a terrorist he's an idiot. Terrorists are crazy but they are not stupid. This guy is."
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Michael Luvaglio, served 12 years in jail for the killing Angus Sibbet in a suspected gangland execution in 1967.
Luvaglio, who has always maintained his innocence, had asked for the decision not to re-hear the case in the Court of Appeal to be reviewed.
Mr Justice Langstaff said the bid had "no realistic prospect" of succeeding.
Luvaglio, who is now nearly 80 and living in west London, said: "I am innocent and don't deserve to die as a legally convicted murderer."
His lawyers argued fresh evidence pointing to the convictions being unsafe had been rejected irrationally or unreasonably by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Mr Sibbett was found dead in the back seat of his Jaguar under Pesspool Bridge, South Hetton, County Durham, with three gunshot wounds in January 1967.
Luvaglio and co-accused Dennis Stafford were both found guilty of shooting Mr Sibbett, who collected cash from fruit machines in Newcastle.
The case became known as the "one-armed bandit murder" and was the foundation for Ted Lewis' novel Jack's Return Home - later made into the 1971 Michael Caine classic Get Carter.
Since the murder several court appeals have been accompanied by books questioning Stafford and Luvaglio's guilt.
The case has also been the subject of TV shows and questions asked in the Commons.
Each will have the famous three lions badge on their shirts.
That may all sound familiar, but those inside the stadium, and the many more watching at home, will be witnessing history.
Sunday's international friendly against old rivals Germany will be the first time England's women have played at the new home of English football.
And more than 55,000 tickets have been sold, far more than the 40,181 that saw the last Wembley friendly involving England's men.
Interest in the women's game hasn't been this feverish since 1920.
Back then crowds regularly dwarfed modern attendances for the men's game, with one recorded at 53,000.
But then an FA ban on the women's game a year later stopped progress for decades.
Officials deemed the sport "unsuitable for females" with the restriction not lifted for another half century.
This season though the climax to the domestic Women's Super League was televised and Sunday's match will be broadcast on BBC2.
"It's unbelievable that we've sold 55,000 tickets," England defender Steph Houghton told Newsbeat.
"I speak on behalf of all the girls and say we're really, really excited. Times have changed massively over the last few years."
However, greater interest and exposure breeds added expectation and pressure.
Much like the men's abject failure in Brazil last summer, England's women bombed out of their last major competition.
One point out of nine from their three games at the European Championships in 2013 was a poor return by anyone's standards.
It was an opportunity lost to showcase the women's game to the country.
Hope Powell, who transformed the game in her 15 years in charge of the national side, was sacked.
Mark Sampson was brought in to replace her and tasked with rebuilding the squad's confidence and profile.
It's going well. Sampson has won 10 of his 12 games in charge and has lifted England to seventh in the world rankings.
Sunday's opponents Germany are second.
The sides last met in the final of the 2009 European Championships, a game which the Germans won 6-2 at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.
"Germany have always been an incredibly strong nation in women's football," said Sampson.
"They're a team that continue to get results, they're always at the end of major championships, and they're European champions - so we'll expect a really tough game."
There's no doubting a result against the Germans would be a huge scalp, especially considering the exposure the match will be getting.
Although the side's main focus is next year's World Cup in Canada.
With 10/10 wins in qualification, hopes are high that an England team can finally bring back football's biggest prize.
"At the moment we've got a really good squad in terms of youth and experience. I think the balance is right," Steph Houghton told Newsbeat.
"We've got six months to prepare and I think we've got a really good chance."
Women's football is one of the world's fastest growing sports, with over 30 million women participating worldwide.
The hope here is if the women's team can couple success on the pitch with the sport's growing profile, more and more women will start to play.
"The most important thing is to enjoy playing," said Houghton.
"Never lose the fact that you love the game. If you get the opportunity to go and train with coaches, listen to them and work as hard as you possibly can."
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The Swans conceded more goals from set-pieces last season than any other Premier League side, but are yet to concede from a dead ball since Clement's appointment.
Clement credits a switch from man to zonal marking and admitted Guardiola was the inspiration behind it.
"It started at Bayern Munich," he said.
Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti succeeded Man City manager Guardiola at the Allianz Arena with Clement going with the Italian as his assistant.
"When I went to Bayern Munich, I had never used zonal defending, and when Carlo and I went there they had been using it under Guardiola and been successful so we had a decision to make as to whether to do what we had done at previous clubs or keep with what they had been doing and were used to," he explained.
"We actually changed our idea, things stayed the same for the players and it is one of the big reasons I changed it [at Swansea] because I did not have a lot of experience of it before, but doing it at Bayern gave me a lot of confidence.
"Up until I left we conceded from just one centre free-kick against Rostov. That was the only set-play we conceded from.
"Since we have been here we have not conceded a single goal from a corner or a wide free-kick."
Clement also believes hard work on the training ground from former Tottenham coach Nigel Gibbs has helped his players to become more organised.
"We have changed some things, the players are doing their jobs correctly and we have shown we can defend well and we are a threat offensively as well," he said.
"That responsibility I give to Nigel Gibbs, when I came I wanted to change to zonal marking from corners and we implemented that.
"It is his responsibility on the training ground and in the team meetings to get the team organised so he deserves credit, as do the players."
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Clement believes Swansea's recent revival, which saw Clement named Premier League manager of the month, has given his side a big advantage this weekend, with the pressure all on the hosts as the two sides meet at the KCOM Stadium.
"Yeah I think so, playing at home, six points behind us, I think the pressure is on them," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"We have to use that to our advantage and be tactically very well set up and not be surprised by how the game might unfold.
"We are clearly in a more advantageous position than they are. We are going for a win, but a point would be a good result."
Clement, a former school teacher, has installed a new set of rules at the Swans, but feels the players have been more than receptive to a more structured approach to discipline, with issues such as tidying the dressing room and not wearing hats to meals being addressed.
"Those are just normal things for me, they are nothing dramatic or spectacular," he said.
"These are things I have learnt over time that I believe in and the players have been brilliant. They have welcomed it, I think they wanted it. I do not know what happened before, I did not even ask. I just said that this is how I went things and they have done it, they have implemented it.
"The biggest rule is respect. Respect for each other, respect for everyone who works at the club. We are all at the same level."
IRFU chief executive Philip Browne said that the governing body is "having a think about" the issue but that government backing would be essential to any possible bid.
"If they don't want to get involved in it, then it doesn't happen," he said.
Ireland hosted matches during the 1991 and 1999 tournaments.
England will host the next World Cup in 2015 with the 2019 tournament taking place in Japan, with some matches also expected to be in Hong Kong and Singapore.
There have been suggestions that the GAA could make some of their grounds available as part of any Irish 2023 bid.
Since opening the doors to his famous Koto - Know One Teach One - restaurant in Hanoi in 2000, he has helped around 400 homeless children to become industrious cooks.
At his non-profit hospitality training centre he has passed on both cooking and life skills.
"I came to Vietnam never wanting to start a project as big as Koto, I just wanted to make a difference," he recalls.
"I look back now and realise that it has given me this incredible joy."
Born in Ho Chi Minh City to a single mum with six children during the Vietnam war, Mr Pham lived in Australia from the age of eight before he returned to his homeland in the early 1990s.
It was there his Koto project was born after he stumbled across a group of children selling coconuts on the streets in 1996.
"I found these street kids carrying coconuts and working 16 hours a day," he explained to the BBC World Service's Outlook programme. "They were living from hand to mouth.
"So I took them and 60 other kids to dinner for the next two weeks."
But it was another three years before the idea for his restaurant first came to fruition.
"At the time I thought I knew better," he admitted. "I gave them fish everyday for that period but then they pulled me aside."
"They said: 'Look we trust you now but you can't keep on looking after us this way. We're going to need a job. We need you to show us how to fish for ourselves'."
From there, his Koto project was launched. Children not only learned how to cook but were taught lessons in life too.
"The first thing you receive is housing and medical checks along with vaccinations," Mr Pham explained.
"You learn about team building and life skills programmes, vocational training and English, which gives you the confidence to meet people."
Interest in his restaurant gathered pace and within months former US President Bill Clinton dropped by for a bite to eat with an entourage of 80 reporters.
So suspicious were the Vietnamese government following Mr Clinton's stop-off that they feared Mr Pham was a member of the CIA.
"I think I was under watch for about three or four years after that," he laughs. "But I'm glad we went through that phase because I've got the green light now to go on and do the wonderful things that Koto is doing."
Mr Pham - a former travel agent in Melbourne - has no formal cooking or hospitality qualifications.
The only culinary skills he possesses he picked up as a boy making doughnuts and selling sandwiches.
"The funny thing is I don't have any hospitality, development or psychology skills," he said. "I'm just someone who is very passionate about what I do and I just want to make a difference."
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Looking back, Jimmy Pham admits that despite feeling a sense of achievement, his Koto project has been very difficult to deal with emotionally over the years.
"I've seen visible changes in front of me," he added. "Four hundred kids later, I'm seeing them with their own families and breaking the cycle of poverty which gives me great joy.
"But it has also given me incredible sorrow and sadness because I've seen so much pain caused to a kid."
Correction 11 Nov 2010: This story has been amended since it was first published to correct the mis-spelling of Jimmy Pham's name. An earlier version of the story referred to him as Jimmy Sham.
David Brickwood, 74, died in hospital after being assaulted in Lindsay Avenue, in Abington, Northampton, at about 02:00 BST on 26 September.
Two men were arrested in connection with the murder but released without charge.
Dale Brickwood described his father as "the most honest, hardworking, caring man I've ever known".
On Thursday family and friends lit lanterns outside the house, as his family appealed for the killer to come forward.
Dozens of flowers were left outside Mr Brickwood's home in the hours after police revealed he had been murdered, and tributes continue to be paid on social media to the man known locally as "Monty".
"That was his dad's name, so the older generation called my dad 'young Monty'," Mr Brickwood said. "He would help anybody."
He said he and his brothers would "never get over" their father's murder.
"I died with him, the night he was so viciously taken away from us. I wish I had been there to protect him from the evil scum," said Mr Brickwood.
He and his brothers arranged a vigil outside Mr Brickwood's Lindsay Avenue home on Thursday night, lighting lanterns and releasing some into the sky. A further vigil is planned for later on Friday.
"I've cried a million tears," Mr Brickwood said. "I just want justice, and to lay my poor dad to rest."
Northamptonshire Police said they were following a number of leads but as yet no-one has been charged with the pensioner's murder.
Payne complained of abdominal pains after she fell from Dutch Courage, trained by her brother Patrick.
But doctors established that the 30-year-old had avoided serious damage.
And Payne tweeted her thanks to fans for "well wishes" and revealed she is due for tests on her liver and pancreas.
The tweet included a picture of her bruised abdomen and revealed she will be transferred to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne for further tests.
State regulator Racing Victoria tweeted: "Scans have cleared Michelle Payne of serious injury. She will stay for observation overnight."
Payne created history last November when she became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup - Australia's most prestigious horse race - aboard Prince Of Penzance.
Earlier this month she stated her intention to ride in Europe this summer and has been pencilled in to feature at Royal Ascot in June.
Plymouth's Derriford hospital has 450 people on the waiting list for elective spinal orthopaedic surgery and says it "needs time".
A further 1,000 patients have been referred for treatment.
If the move is approved, patients would not be added to the surgery waiting list from 1 April for one year.
Those already on the waiting list have been offered their surgery elsewhere, with accommodation and travel costs paid for, but most have refused, according to NHS England.
New patients would still be initially seen at clinics in Plymouth but then those needing surgery would receive it elsewhere, with a choice.
Urgent and emergency spinal referrals for tumours, trauma, infections and neurological deterioration due to degenerative disease will be unaffected.
The latest figures show 3,901 patients have waited more than the target of 18 weeks for treatment in departments across Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
Fourteen patients have waited at least a year.
NHS England is responsible for approving the move, along with the Trust Development Authority and Monitor.
Joe McEvoy, NHS England south west assistant director of specialised commissioning, said: "We are working closely with Plymouth Hospitals Trust which has told us it needs time to reduce the number of people waiting for routine spinal surgery.
"Our priority is to make sure all patients are seen and treated quickly with top quality care."
The Cheetahs and Southern Kings will join a league that will now be split into two conferences of seven teams.
"But that might not be the end of the story," McKay told BBC Scotland.
"We may expand further if that is right for the tournament and it is right for the competition - and for the clubs."
Since 2010, the Pro12 has included four Welsh club, four from Ireland and two each from Italy and Scotland.
"Expanding is in our DNA," said McKay. "We expanded into Italy about seven years ago and expansion was something we are very keen on.
"An opportunity came up in South Africa to bring in two quality South African teams into our competition and we were keen to grasp that.
"To look at South Africa was something we just couldn't turn down."
Southern Kings finished 11th and Cheetahs 13th in this season's Super Rugby table, which also involves clubs from Australia and New Zealand.
Although they lost their places for next season as the competition is being cut from 18 teams to 15, McKay thinks their addition to the northern hemisphere competition will be good for the league, clubs, players and supporters.
"These are South African teams that have got outstanding players in their ranks, but importantly it gives our players in Scotland exposure in a new market," he said.
"It gives them a chance to play in the southern hemisphere. At the moment, the only chance they get to play in the southern hemisphere is either a World Cup or a summer tour.
"So this exposes them to a whole new environment, which I think is very exciting for the coaches and for the players.
"With more teams coming in, the challenge increases, but that's something our coaches, players and us as administrators are up for."
Although Glasgow and Edinburgh will be in separate conferences, cross-conference matches mean there will be one extra Scottish derby.
"The exciting thing is that we have Glasgow and Edinburgh playing each other three times this year," said McKay.
"We have listened to our supporters who love the derby games, so we'll expand the number of derbies this year, but it also gives them the opportunity to watch outstanding rugby from the southern hemisphere as well."
McKay also hopes an expansion, predicted to bring in an extra £6m in revenue annually, will help Scottish Rugby find external investment for their two professional clubs.
"We said last year we wanted to take into the market place the possibility of investment into Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby and we've had a number of conversations - and a number of those conversations are ongoing just now," he added.
"We are in a good place. There is no doubt that enhancing our league and developing the competition in which Glasgow and Edinburgh play in can only assist us with that particular process.
"Expanding into new territories and growing the league and growing the opportunities for Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby, both commercially off the field and on the filed, can only be good for those discussions."
The suspect threatened the assistant at the BP service station on Broomfield Road at 11:55 on Saturday, 30 July.
The man demanded cash, but ran away with the juice when chased by the 53-year-old male assistant.
Officers are also investigating a robbery at a city bookmakers on Friday afternoon, where a man of a similar description made off with cash.
In that raid, which occurred at the BetFred bookmakers on Hawthorn Street at about 15:20, the suspect was described as being white, in his early to mid twenties, of average height and slim build.
He was wearing black plimsoll style shoes, black trousers, a grey hooded zipper, dark sunglasses and a black baseball cap, and was last seen on Chestnut Street.
In the Saturday robbery at the petrol station, the suspect was of the same physical description, but wearing a dark woollen hat, dark sunglasses, a grey top underneath a dark coloured body warmer, blue jeans and white trainers. He made off along Ryehill Road.
Detectives at the Greater Glasgow Community Investigation Unit appealed for any witnesses to the robberies or who may have seen the suspect in the area to come forward.
The girl was riding her bike in Owen Road, Newbury, when she was "grabbed" on the arm by a woman from a car that had pulled up beside her at 17:00 BST on Tuesday, police said.
The woman told the victim to get into the vehicle but she managed to escape and cycle off.
She is thought to be in her 40s or 50s, and of medium build.
She was wearing a white knitted jumper and skinny light blue jeans, and was driving a black, four-door vehicle with blacked-out windows.
Det Insp Jonathan Groenen said: "This was a frightening experience for the victim, who has understandably been left shaken by the incident."
He also described it as "extremely rare" and said extra police patrols were being carried out in the area.
Nyomi Fee said she and her partner Rachel Fee were concerned about changes in Liam's behaviour and believed he might have autism.
She also said there was "never any requirement to punish" the toddler.
The couple deny killing the two-year-old at a house near Glenrothes in Fife in March 2014.
The pair also face allegations that they neglected Liam and abused two other children, one of whom they blame 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.
The prosecution case closed last week.
Nyomi Fee was giving evidence in her defence.
She told the court that she began an affair with Rachel in 2010.
When Rachel became pregnant with Liam they made plans to move to Scotland to set up as a family.
Rachel's male partner found out about the affair and they sped up their plans, moving to Glenrothes in December 2011.
They entered a civil partnership in June 2012.
Nyomi Fee said Liam's behaviour at that time was "fine" but she said they had noticed changes after that.
She said Liam did not want to interact so much and started to pinch himself and pull his own hair.
Ms Fee said she and Rachel discussed autism with the nursery, health visitor and doctor.
"I just had concerns," said Ms Fee. "He had changed. It was like he wasn't the same little boy, so we were very concerned.
"Liam would freak out if it wasn't me that went into the room first. He wouldn't accept anyone coming in. He would bite his fingers, scratch himself, just get very distressed."
She said it was "very upsetting to see Liam self-harming and not knowing what it was and how we could stop it".
Ms Fee said during the same time the couple began to have concerns about sexualised behaviour in a boy they looked after, who was acting is a sexualised way towards Liam.
She told how the escalating behaviour of the young boy they blame for Liam's death put a strain on her relationship with Rachel.
"It was causing stress for us both," she told jurors.
Ms Fee agreed that she would punish the young boy blamed for the death by giving him lines or smacking him, but insisted any punishment was not over an extensive period.
She also told the court: "There was never any requirement to punish Liam."
Asked about her motivation for punishing the other boy, she said: "The main goal was to get the sexualised behaviour to stop."
Ms Fee said it had been to "protect Liam ... from being sexually assaulted."
Asked whether, looking back at her failure to seek expert help and "knowing what you know now", she would do things differently today, the accused replied: "Definitely."
The trial, before judge Lord Burns, at the High Court in Livingston continues on Wednesday.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said its officers were called to Special Ops Desert Storm on Borough Road, St Helens at about 17:00 BST.
A spokesman said six crews were at the site and that two people who had been seen entering the building had not yet been found.
The centre's Facebook page states that it closed in January.
Residents and businesses nearby have been advised to keep doors and windows shut.
Borough Road, Prescot Road and Eccleston Street have all been closed.
Two-thirds of head teachers polled for management support service, The Key, named mental health as the top concern.
Domestic violence and cyberbullying were the next biggest concerns, named by 58% and 55% of heads respectively.
Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL heads' union, said it was difficult for heads to obtain support for pupils.
"There certainly has been an increase in the number of pupils who are displaying different types of mental health problems," he said.
"It's often arising from difficult home backgrounds or a form of abuse or other types of mental health issues such as ADHD."
He said all of this required support, which head teachers were finding it hard to access from local child mental health services.
Research for The Key also found that an increasing number of schools were employing their own counsellors, or drawing on voluntary services, to improve their pupils' well-being.
A spokeswoman for The Key highlighted British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy estimates that between 64% and 80% of secondary schools in England offer some kind of counselling.
One of The Key's members, an associate head teacher of a secondary school in north London has expressed her concern over accessing the support needed due to diminishing budgets.
Mr Lightman said schools had always employed multi-disciplinary teams and numerous staff fulfilling different roles.
He added: "Academy chains have the capacity to employ people who work across their schools. That's not a solution to this problem."
An investigation by the charity, Young Minds, last year found more than half of councils in England had cut or frozen budgets for child and adolescent mental health between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
The Department of Health says it has increased funding and is introducing treatment targets so patients get the care they need when they need it.
It said funding for mental health increased between 2013-14 and 2014-15 by £300m to £11.7bn.
The Mexico international, 27, was on the bench for Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Swansea City but has not started a Premier League match for a year. He has signed a three-year contract.
Meanwhile, United's Belgian midfielder Adnan Januzaj, 20, has joined Borussia Dortmund on loan.
Goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, 31, has signed a two-year deal with West Brom.
Hernandez scored 59 goals in 156 appearances for United after joining from hometown club Chivas de Guadalajara in 2010.
He spent most of last season on loan at Real Madrid.
Januzaj has scored five goals in 60 United appearances.
He has started two of United's four league games this season, scoring the winner at Aston Villa on 14 August.
"Borussia Dortmund are a great club, the fans here are supposed to be really incredible. I want to achieve great things with the team," said Januzaj.
Denmark international Lindegaard, 31, has made 29 United appearances since joining in 2011.
The focus will move to whether the prime minister can keep his party politely together during a period of public disagreement.
The ability to restrict benefits to migrants is an important victory for Mr Cameron - ammunition for his argument that he has achieved changes to help reduce the number of EU migrants coming to live and work in the UK.
The proposals are complicated and do not exactly match the promises he made in the Conservative Party manifesto.
But with it - and the other commitments - it becomes harder for his critics to make the case that the agreement is flimsy and will change nothing.
Mr Cameron is now set for a referendum campaign when he will turn from one of the EU's critics to an enthusiastic supporter of an institution that he will argue is changing for the better.
But he will face, repeatedly, a different question.
If the deal is so good - truly transformative - why do many of his senior colleagues not see its merits?
The loss of his close colleague and personal friend Michael Gove to the other side of the debate is a disappointment to Downing Street - even if it is not surprising.
Others will follow. Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling, possibly as many as six cabinet ministers, and perhaps Boris Johnson - a politician able to cut through Westminster's machinations and speak directly to the public.
But this will be an intense and hard-fought battle between politicians of all stripes - a campaign that crosses party boundaries.
Ultimately, it will be a choice for all of us, the like of which British voters have not had for decades.
Donald Nicholson, 93, from Tyne and Wear, lost his medals whilst travelling to a memorial event in Lincoln on Friday.
The row of five medals may have been left at a service area near Blyth in Nottinghamshire.
A reward of £350 is being offered for their safe return.
On Friday, organisers of an event marking the unveiling of a memorial spire to Bomber Command crewmen, took to Facebook to appeal for help.
The post was shared more than 2,000 times, with the appeal featuring in national press.
One person on Facebook also offered to replace four of the five medals with a duplicate set belonging to their grandfather.
Mr Nicholson, from Houghton-le-Spring, realised his medals were missing when he arrived to take part in a private ceremony at the memorial site on Canwick Hill, in Lincoln.
The site, which is currently under construction, will eventually become the International Bomber Command Centre.
Nicky Barr, director of the project, said to lose them on such a special day was "heartbreaking".
She said Mr Nicolson was left very distressed and appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.
125,000
Aircrew served in Bomber Command in World War Two
364,514 operational sorties flown
55,573 aircrew killed in action
25,611 killed flying from Lincolnshire
70% of aircrew were killed, taken prisoner or injured
20 March 2017 Last updated at 07:17 GMT
It's a way lots of people choose to stay in touch with each other.
But is one of its new features causing more harm than good?
The NSPCC told us they have spoken to some young people who have been upset by Snapchat Streaks.
Ricky has been finding out more.
Tensions have spiralled following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the subsequent setting ablaze of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and Riyadh's expulsion of Iranian diplomats.
The struggle between Riyadh and Tehran for political and religious influence has geopolitical implications that extend far beyond the placid waters of the Gulf and encompass nearly every major conflict zone in the Middle East.
Most notably, perhaps, the crisis means prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough in Syria and Yemen now look much more remote, just as international momentum for negotiations seemed to be on the verge of delivering results.
The current standoff is as dangerous as its 1980s predecessor, which first saw diplomatic ties suspended between 1988 and 1991.
This occurred at the end of the turbulent opening decade after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the grinding eight-year Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988.
Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states backed Iraq's Saddam Hussein during the war and suffered Iranian attacks on their shipping, while in 1984 the Saudi air force shot down an Iranian fighter jet that it claimed had entered Saudi airspace.
Saudi and other Arab Gulf governments also linked Iran's post-revolutionary government with a rise in Shia militancy, an aborted coup in Bahrain in 1981, and a failed attempt to assassinate the emir of Kuwait four years later.
Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah al-Hejaz was formed in May 1987 as a cleric-based organisation modelled on Lebanese Hezbollah intent on carrying out military operations inside Saudi Arabia.
Hezbollah al-Hejaz issued a number of inflammatory statements threatening the Saudi royal family and carried out several deadly attacks in the late 1980s as tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia rose sharply.
While the current crisis lacks as yet equivalent instances of direct confrontation, tensions are as dangerous as in the 1980s for three reasons.
The first is the legacy of years of sectarian politics that have done so much to divide the Middle East along Sunni-Shia lines and foster an atmosphere of deep distrust between Iran and its neighbours across the Gulf.
In such a supercharged atmosphere, the moderate middle ground has been sorely weakened and advocates of a hardline approach to regional affairs now hold sway.
Second, the Gulf states have followed increasingly assertive foreign policies over the past four years, partly in response to what they see as perennial Iranian "meddling" in regional conflicts, and also because of growing scepticism about the Obama administration's intentions in the Middle East.
For many in the Gulf, the primary threat from Iran lies not in Tehran's nuclear programme but in Iran's support for militant non-state actors such as Hezbollah and, more recently, the Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Both the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and the multinational coalition against terrorism announced last month by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman show Saudi officials in no mood to compromise on regional security matters.
Finally, the breakdown in diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran probably sounds the death-knell, at least for now, for regional efforts to end the wars in Yemen and Syria.
Lost in the furore over the execution of Nimr al-Nimr was an announcement that the fragile ceasefire agreed in Yemen on 15 December had broken down.
Neither the ceasefire nor the UN-brokered talks that started at the same time had made much headway, and while the UN talks were due to resume on 14 January that is unlikely if the Saudi-led coalition and Iran intensify their involvement in Yemen.
A similar outcome may now await the Syrian peace talks due to begin in Geneva in late January, as weeks of patient behind-the-scenes outreach to align the warring parties will come to nothing if the two most influential external parties to the conflict instead double down and dig in.
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is the Research Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy and an Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Follow him on Twitter.
Todd Heap, 37, was moving his truck in his driveway in the city of Mesa on Friday afternoon when the accident occurred.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and Mr Heap showed no signs of impairment.
The former tight end played for the Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals and was a two-time Pro-Bowler.
The accident occurred at about 16:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday.
The young girl was taken to a local hospital after the accident but did not survive.
Mr Heap attended Arizona State University and was a first-round draft pick in 2001 for the Baltimore Ravens and played there for 10 seasons, becoming the team's all-time leader in touchdown catches.
He played two seasons for the Arizona Cardinals and retired in 2013.
Mr Heap has raised money for sick and disadvantaged children through a charitable foundation, opening the Todd Heap Family Pediatric Center in Baltimore in 2010.
But the MSP defended the measure and said it should not be scrapped.
Welfare reforms introduced earlier this month cut child tax credit and Universal Credit for third or subsequent children.
A number of exemptions to the new rules are in place, including non-consensual pregnancy.
Other exemptions include:
The so-called rape clause means women who were the victim of rape or conceived while in a coercive relationship will have to declare that their third child was born as a result of this in order to qualify for an exemption.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Mr Carlaw said: "Any form of welfare benefit reform is difficult. It touches on sensitive issues.
"Back in 2015, we were committed to welfare reform and one of those reforms was that there would be a child tax credit for the first two children in each family."
What is the 'rape clause'?
Mr Carlaw said the government had decided a number of exemptions should be made to the policy in consultation with other parties at Westminster.
"Multiple births was one of them, children adopted from care was another and also any child that was born as the result of non-consensual sex.
"We think that it's right that benefit should be attached but I accept it's an awkward policy."
The leader of the SNP at Westminster, Angus Robertson, said the Scottish Conservatives had been "running away" from the issue ever since the bill passed.
He said the "heinous rape clause" was "a timely reminder that the Tories are the nasty party".
Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley said: "Jackson Carlaw should be ashamed for defending the abhorrent rape clause his Tory party has introduced.
"Just like Ruth Davidson, the mask has well and truly slipped."
Ruslan Sokolovsky is reportedly being held in prison while he awaits trial.
He has been charged with mockery of religious beliefs.
Investigators and church officials have said the arrest was because Mr Sokolovsky was filming, and not for catching Pokemon.
Mr Sokolovsky, 21, filmed himself playing the game last month in the local Orthodox church built in remembrance of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
According to the Moscow Times Mr Sokolovsky responded to his detention by saying: "This is complete nonsense. Who could get offended if you're just walking around with your smart phone in a church?"
In July, Russian TV news warned gamers that playing Pokemon Go in churches face three years of jail time.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, singer in the Russian punk band, the Pussy Riot tweeted in support of Mr Sokolovsky.
In 2012 she and another member of the band were sent to prison for nearly two years for hooliganism and religious hatred after performing in a church.
Other twitter users also offered their backing:
Now they are being discussed worldwide as California's latest billionaires.
The internet is alive with the news that Mr Koum, 37, and Mr Acton, 42, have sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19bn (£11.4bn).
In fact, before founding WhatsApp, both men were actually turned down for jobs at Facebook.
This is an irony that has not been lost on internet commentators in light of the huge amount the social networking giant is laying out for WhatsApp.
So what do we know about the men behind WhatsApp?
Ukrainian Mr Koum emigrated to the US at the age of 16 with his mother, to escape "the political and anti-Semitic environment", according to Forbes.
His childhood in the Ukraine was a seminal influence on the creation of WhatsApp, according to investor Jim Goetz. The service, with its emphasis on messaging privacy, was influenced by "growing up in a communist country with a secret police", Mr Goetz said in a blog post.
"Jan's childhood made him appreciate communication that was not bugged or taped," Mr Goetz wrote.
When he arrived in the US, Mr Koum and his mother lived on food stamps, Mr Goetz added.
Mr Koum has been shaped by his experiences, and appears to remain true to his roots, reportedly signing the Facebook deal that is set to make him a billionaire on the door of his old benefits office.
Mr Koum met Mr Acton in 1997, and the two became friends while they were both working at Yahoo.
Mr Acton's background was somewhat different from Mr Koum's - his adoptive father had attempted a career in golf, and his mother ran an air-freight business, according to Wired UK.
By 2007, both men had become disillusioned with their employer, and had developed an intense antipathy to advertising, a central plank of Yahoo's business model.
"No-one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no-one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow," Mr Koum said in a 2012 blog post.
They left Yahoo to unwind and follow other opportunities, leading to Mr Koum setting up WhatsApp in 2009.
Mr Acton joined the company in November of that year after a failed job hunt, which included rejections from both Twitter and Facebook.
But the California-based software engineer took the knockback from Twitter with good humour, tweeting: "Got denied by Twitter HQ. That's ok. Would have been a long commute."
And when he also failed to get a job with Facebook, he took it graciously, tweeting: "Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure."
Despite WhatsApp's emphasis on social messaging, Mr Koum has been opposed to much of what makes Silicon Valley tick.
Rather than embracing self-promotion, marketing, an advertising-funded business model and an eye for a fast buck, Mr Koum has gone in the opposite direction.
"Next person to call me an entrepreneur is getting punched in the face by my bodyguard. Seriously," he tweeted in May 2012..
"People starting companies for a quick sale are a disgrace to the valley," he said in a later tweet.
Some might say that just five years after starting, 450 million users and 50 employees later, the deal with Facebook would constitute a "quick sale".
Just don't call Mr Koum an entrepreneur.
This is frustrating clinicians and drug developers who want solid foundations of pre-clinical research to build upon.
From his lab at the University of Virginia's Centre for Open Science, immunologist Dr Tim Errington runs The Reproducibility Project, which attempted to repeat the findings reported in five landmark cancer studies.
"The idea here is to take a bunch of experiments and to try and do the exact same thing to see if we can get the same results."
You could be forgiven for thinking that should be easy. Experiments are supposed to be replicable.
The authors should have done it themselves before publication, and all you have to do is read the methods section in the paper and follow the instructions.
Sadly nothing, it seems, could be further from the truth.
After meticulous research involving painstaking attention to detail over several years (the project was launched in 2011), the team was able to confirm only two of the original studies' findings.
Two more proved inconclusive and in the fifth, the team completely failed to replicate the result.
"It's worrying because replication is supposed to be a hallmark of scientific integrity," says Dr Errington.
Concern over the reliability of the results published in scientific literature has been growing for some time.
According to a survey published in the journal Nature last summer, more than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments.
Marcus Munafo is one of them. Now professor of biological psychology at Bristol University, he almost gave up on a career in science when, as a PhD student, he failed to reproduce a textbook study on anxiety.
"I had a crisis of confidence. I thought maybe it's me, maybe I didn't run my study well, maybe I'm not cut out to be a scientist."
The problem, it turned out, was not with Marcus Munafo's science, but with the way the scientific literature had been "tidied up" to present a much clearer, more robust outcome.
"What we see in the published literature is a highly curated version of what's actually happened," he says.
"The trouble is that gives you a rose-tinted view of the evidence because the results that get published tend to be the most interesting, the most exciting, novel, eye-catching, unexpected results.
"What I think of as high-risk, high-return results."
The reproducibility difficulties are not about fraud, according to Dame Ottoline Leyser, director of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
That would be relatively easy to stamp out. Instead, she says: "It's about a culture that promotes impact over substance, flashy findings over the dull, confirmatory work that most of science is about."
She says it's about the funding bodies that want to secure the biggest bang for their bucks, the peer review journals that vie to publish the most exciting breakthroughs, the institutes and universities that measure success in grants won and papers published and the ambition of the researchers themselves.
"Everyone has to take a share of the blame," she argues. "The way the system is set up encourages less than optimal outcomes."
For its part, the journal Nature is taking steps to address the problem.
It's introduced a reproducibility checklist for submitting authors, designed to improve reliability and rigour.
"Replication is something scientists should be thinking about before they write the paper," says Ritu Dhand, the editorial director at Nature.
"It is a big problem, but it's something the journals can't tackle on their own. It's going to take a multi-pronged approach involving funders, the institutes, the journals and the researchers."
But we need to be bolder, according to the Edinburgh neuroscientist Prof Malcolm Macleod.
"The issue of replication goes to the heart of the scientific process."
Writing in the latest edition of Nature, he outlines a new approach to animal studies that calls for independent, statistically rigorous confirmation of a paper's central hypothesis before publication.
"Without efforts to reproduce the findings of others, we don't know if the facts out there actually represent what's happening in biology or not."
Without knowing whether the published scientific literature is built on solid foundations or sand, he argues, we're wasting both time and money.
"It could be that we would be much further forward in terms of developing new cures and treatments. It's a regrettable situation, but I'm afraid that's the situation we find ourselves in."
You can listen to Tom Feilden's report and the further discussion on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Fonte, 33, joined in 2010 and has turned down an extension to his contract which ends in 2018, according to club director of football Les Reed.
"It is important for me to keep stability in the defence with players," said Southampton boss Claude Puel. "We don't know the future for Jose.
"It is a difficult situation."
Puel did not select the Portugal international for Saturday's FA Cup draw at Norwich.
The former Lyon boss told the media that speculation over Fonte's future had been a distraction before the meeting with Liverpool at St Mary's, as Southampton bid for a first domestic final since 2003.
"I respect Jose and this is not easy for him, the squad or the staff," said Puel. "He is a good professional, but we have to respect this situation."
Fonte joined Saints from Crystal Palace in January 2010 and has made 288 appearances.
He was linked with a move to Manchester United in the summer after helping his country win Euro 2016.
The research found the mammals, which live in the rainforests of south and central America, have a way of fixing their internal organs to the rib cage.
These adhesions prevent the stomach, liver, kidneys and even the bowels and bladder from pressing on the diaphragm.
The research carried out in Costa Rica is published by the Royal Society.
The scientists say much is still to be learned about these elusive and endangered creatures - the world's slowest mammals - as even basic information such as their natural diet and habitat preference remains a mystery.
PhD zoology researcher Rebecca Cliffe, 24, is one of the authors of the paper, based on work at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica.
She said: "With an extremely slow metabolic rate and low energy diet, sloths are experts at saving energy.
"They have a very slow rate of digestion and can store up to a third of their body weight in urine and faeces. For a mammal that spends a significant amount of time hanging upside down, this large abdominal weight pressing down on the lungs would make breathing very costly in terms of energy, if not impossible.
"Sloths have solved this problem by anchoring their organs against the rib cage.
SOURCE: Swansea University
"They have multiple internal adhesions that bear the weight of the stomach and bowels when the sloth hangs inverted. We estimate that these adhesions could reduce a sloths energy expenditure by 7% - 13% when hanging upside down.
To a sloth, an energy saving of 7% - 13% is a big deal. They generate just about enough energy from their diet to move when and where required, but there is not much left in the tank afterwards.
"It would be energetically very expensive, if not completely impossible, for a sloth to lift this extra weight with each breath were it not for the adhesions. The presence of these simple adhesions therefore really is vital."
Prof Rory Wilson, of the College of Science at Swansea University, a joint author of the paper, said: "Nothing that sloths do is normal.
"They are quite the most extraordinary and "off-the-wall" mammals I have ever come across and yet we know so very little about them.
"How foolish we would be to watch these creatures become victims of deforestation and habitat fragmentation and the like without having the slightest idea how to help."
The "modern memorial" involved about 1,500 voluntary participants appearing in public spaces across the UK.
Photos and reactions to the project quickly spread across social media, connected by the #wearehere hashtag.
Each carried a card with the name of the soldier they represented and his age - if known - when he died.
The Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest of World War One, began on 1 July 1916. All of the 1,500 men represented died on the first day of fighting.
More than one million men were killed and wounded on all sides during the five-month conflict, with the British suffering a total of nearly 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.
The project, entitled We're Here Because We're Here, was commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the World War One centenary.
The day-long event - code-named Project Octagon - saw "ghost Tommies" appear at shopping centres, train stations and high streets and beaches.
The Royal Exchange in Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the National Theatres of Scotland and Wales were among 25 organisations involved.
According to organisers, it "broke new ground in terms of its scale, breadth, reach and the number of partners and participants involved".
Turner Prize winner Deller said he wanted to make "a contemporary memorial... that moved around the UK with unpredictability".
Norris described the work as "a truly national piece of theatre" that offered "a powerful way to remember the men who went off to fight 100 years ago."
The volunteers, who were drawn from a range of professions, were aged between 16 and 52, reflecting the ages of the men who would have fought in the Somme.
Jenny Waldman, director of 14-18 NOW, said the project had given "hundreds of young people across the UK the chance to find out more about... the bloodiest day in British military history."
Comedian Dawn French was among those to post a picture on Twitter, asking: "Has anyone seen WW1 soldiers on their commute this mornin?!"
Many others have posted their own pictures of soldiers they have sighted in locations as far afield as Chester, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Norris and Deller are appearing live on BBC Radio 4's Front Row at 19:15 BST to discuss the project.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email [email protected].
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The American slipped during the third set against Sorana Cirstea on court 17 and screamed in agony.
The 32-year-old was given lengthy medical treatment by paramedics before being carried off on a stretcher and taken straight to hospital.
She could be heard screaming "please help me, please, please".
Mattek-Sands was also due to compete in the women's doubles competition, where she and partner Lucie Safarova were bidding for their fourth consecutive Grand Slam title.
Safarova arrived on court in tears and Mattek-Sands was also comforted by her husband Justin.
Romania's Cirstea said: "I freaked out. I have never seen such an injury before, the knee was really in a bad position. It was like something you see only in the movies.
"I tried to comfort her but I panicked. I felt useless. All she kept saying was 'Sorana, help me, help me'.
"I wish I could have done more. You wouldn't wish that on your worst enemy."
Cirstea also questioned the speed of the medical response to the injury saying her opponent spent "too long on the ground".
"I turned around and told them to bring a stretcher or something," Cirstea said. "I think everyone froze. No-one was having any reaction.
"She went into shock. It took a while until the medical team was there. I think for a long time it was me, her husband and my physio.
"I don't know for how long she was on the ground, but I would say 10, 15 minutes.
"There are sports where you see something's happening and you see the help straight away - like football, boxing, all the others.
"Here it took a while, so of course you wonder what would happen if it was a heart issue or something."
In response, the All England Club said: "The first response to court 17 was within one minute by a qualified ambulance technician.
"The player was kept on court while pain relief was given. The player was then transferred directly to an ambulance and taken under emergency conditions to a hospital."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
It is a real shock to the system to see a tennis player lying on a grass court surrounded by oxygen and stretchers.
It is sadly a more familiar sight in contact sports like rugby and football, but not at Wimbledon, where in the relatively quiet surrounds of court 17, Mattek-Sands' anguish could be all too clearly heard.
The timing is so cruel for the 32 year-old as she and her doubles partner Lucie Safarova had the chance to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously by winning at Wimbledon.
Safarova was also in some distress at the side of the court, as she arrived to comfort her friend before heading out to play singles against Shelby Rogers.
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Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki: Omg no no no This is so heartbreaking
World number 21 Daria Gavrilova: I know the feeling.... stay strong
Women's doubles Grand Slam champion Sara Errani: I have no words... be strong I send all my energy to you
You'd be forgiven for missing the tiny dirt track that veers off toward the Westgate farm in Chisamba, which grows moringa trees.
There is a humble entrance to a modest plot of land, but it houses a project with huge aspirations.
"I personally think we can wipe out malnutrition in Zambia, in sub-Saharan Africa or anywhere else there is a malnutrition problem" says Steven Putter, executive director of the Imagine Rural Development Initiative, which has been planting moringa trees on this site in Zambia since 2013.
Moringa has been used for centuries in Asia and Africa for its nutritional and healing properties, and in some reports it has been called "the miracle tree" and "the tree of life".
The delicate green leaves and even the stems of the plant are packed with vitamins, amino acids, anti-oxidants and protein.
A chance encounter introduced Steven Putter to this unassuming shrub.
He was so taken with the plant's potential that he abandoned a corporate career in South Africa and moved to Zambia.
He set up the project with $250,000 (£170,000) of his own funds, the help of another investor, and a $20,000 grant from the Swedish government.
Putter's vision is that moringa supplements could have a revolutionary effect in Zambia where malnutrition rates are some of the worst in Africa.
About 45% of Zambian children under five suffer stunted growth, says the World Health Organisation - while the children's charity, Unicef, says that thousands of children and women suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition, including low birth weight, stunting and multiple vitamin deficiencies.
"I'm not saying moringa is the only plant, but it's a very good cornerstone to relieve the problems that exist now very quickly," says Steven.
"Imagine if we plant 1,000 trees at every school in Zambia, that would probably cost $2m - but what is that in relation to being able to wipe out malnutrition?"
Lewis Chikoti's bright green overall stands out amongst the knee-high moringa crops he is tending.
He joined the project as farm foreman a year ago and now feeds his children moringa three times a day: "I have noticed such a difference in my family's health; my children are not getting sick and they just seem brighter with more energy."
Most people in Zambia rely on a diet of the maize staple nshima, which is easy to grow, but is of little nutritional value.
"With maize you get food security, which is good because it puts a plate of food in front of people" says Steven Putter, "but the language needs to change from 'food security' to 'nutritional security'."
Moringa oil was prized in perfume manufacture in ancient Egypt, classical Greece, and the Roman empire.
The drought-resistant plant is also known by names including drumstick tree and horseradish tree.
It's mainly grown for its leaves in Africa, and its pods in Asia.
As a food, its leaves are rich in protein, minerals and vitamins A, B and C.
Moringa flowers are used to make tea, and mature seeds can be roasted and eaten like peanuts.
The plant can also be used as an animal feed.
Moringa seed powder has anti-bacterial properties, and can be used during water purification.
Source: Feedipedia
Zambia is also in desperate need of re-structuring its economy and lessening its dependence on mining.
Copper mining accounts for over 70% of the country's exports, yet the lion's share of copper mines are foreign-owned and many ordinary Zambians say they are not feeling the benefits.
Austen Ngwani looks after the moringa project's accounts. Originally from the Copperbelt region in the north west of the country, he feels strongly about Zambia's need to diversify.
"For Zambia to develop, we need to move away from the mining sector and look to agriculture," he says. "It's the only way we can export on our own terms and strengthen our currency."
Steven Putter says the numbers add up for Zambia.
Moringa plants can be harvested once a month. In peak season and on the Zambian site, it requires no fertilizer. This contributes to a very high return on investment, says Mr Putter, of up to "$60,000 per hectare per year".
So far the project employs 60 people tending six million plants. Moringa products such as tea or food supplements are sold within Zambia and exported to other countries including the UK, China and South Africa.
Putter wants to expand the site to include animal husbandry and aquaponics - using water tanks to grow plants and breed fish. He says the results of giving moringa to animals is quite amazing. "We have seen a 15% increase in cattle growth since introducing moringa to their diet".
Steven Putter's path to the "miracle tree" has not been without obstacles. It has cost him a marriage and many thousands of dead trees along the way. But his resolve is fixed.
"Moringa can become a multi-million dollar export product for Zambia: it's got the water, it's got the soil, it's got the people - why not? Now it's just will and perseverance."
Clare Street on Riverside remains closed after the fire broke out in a first floor bedroom at around 17:50 GMT.
No one was injured as two crews took almost an hour-and-a-half to extinguish the flames.
A South Wales Fire Service investigator and South Wales Police forensics are trying to find the cause of the fire.
South West Trains said the issue meant trains were unable to stop at Redbridge and Millbrook stations.
It affected services between Brockenhurst, Salisbury and Southampton, and Salisbury and Romsey, with shuttle buses brought in to replace trains.
The problem has now been resolved and trains are running normally again.
He and a 12-year-old deny carrying out a serious sexual assault at the flat in Anfield in September last year.
The boy told the jury at Liverpool Crown Court that he and a friend had been invited into the woman's flat.
The 14-year-old, who was 13 at the time, said the woman began touching his leg while drinking cider.
When she asked for money for more cider, the boy, who has learning difficulties, asked for sex in return and he told the jury she consented.
He told the court that when he refused to give her money she spat at him and he urinated on her, an act he confessed made him feel "ashamed" and "embarrassed."
The prosecution claim the two defendants, acting together, subjected the woman to a humiliating sexual assault.
The younger boy denies of aiding and abetting rape and two sexual assaults. The 14-year-old denies rape and three sexual assaults.
The trial continues.
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The benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day 41.71 points higher at 6,849.38.
Sainsbury's shares fell 3.9% to 241p after it reported a second quarter of falling sales.
Like-for-like sales excluding fuel fell 1,1% in the 16 weeks to 24 September as the price war between the supermarkets continued to take its toll.
However, the wider market was higher as a recovery in the price of metals and oil lifted mining and energy-related shares.
The biggest riser in the FTSE 100 was satellite broadcaster Sky, which rose more than 4% following a broker upgrade.
Shares in travel firm Tui - whose UK brands include Thomson and First Choice - rose 1.3% after it raised its forecast for earnings growth.
The company said the UK market had performed well over summer, with revenues up 5%.
It also said bookings for the winter were up 5% across the group, driven by a 22% rise in UK bookings after the company expanded its long-haul routes to destinations such as Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
Tui now expects full-year earnings to be 12-13% higher, compared with a previous forecast of at least 10% growth.
Shares in Phoenix Group rose 3.5% after the firm bought UK insurance business Abbey Life from Deutsche Bank for £935m. Abbey Life has 735,000 policyholder and manages £10bn worth of assets.
UK Mail's shares jumped 43% to 440.75p after it agreed to be bought by Deutsche Post for £242m.
On the currency markets, the pound dipped 0.25% against the dollar to $1.2990 and was flat against the euro at €1.1606.
Konta, seeded 11th, beat the seventh seed 7-5 7-6 (8-6) to reach the quarter-finals for the second time.
She also closed the gap on Suarez Navarro in the Race to Singapore, with the Spaniard in the eighth and final qualifying place, two ahead of Konta.
The Briton will play Czech 14th seed Petra Kvitova in the last eight.
Kvitova knocked out world number one Angelique Kerber 6-7 (10-12) 7-5 6-4 in an epic contest that lasted three hours and 19 minutes.
American Madison Keys, currently ninth in the WTA Finals standings, is through to the last eight along with fourth seed Simona Halep, and ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat Venus Williams 6-2 6-2.
Konta held her nerve in a tight contest to overcome Suarez Navarro, edging the first set with the only break of serve and seeing off six set points as she fought back to take the second.
"I was fully prepared to obviously play a third if need be," said Konta.
"I really just tried to be brave and just play the way I wanted to play throughout the whole match, and those points as well."
The Eastbourne-based 25-year-old made the running in the early stages but could not make the breakthrough until the 12th game when Suarez Navarro netted a backhand to give up the set.
The Spaniard grew stronger in the second, twice going a break up and moving 5-3 ahead, but she was unable to capitalise.
Konta played superbly under pressure, saving three set points as she clung on in a game of eight deuces, and then recovering from 6-3 down in the tie-break.
"I thought we brought out a lot of good tennis in each other," she said.
"Whenever one of us dropped off a bit, the other one was always there. Yeah, it was a really tough battle and I really enjoyed being a part of it. It definitely was a lot of fun.
"I think I would be in the wrong profession if I didn't desire to be a part of such battles. I enjoy it. It makes me better as a player, as a person, as a competitor."
The victory sees Konta match last year's run to the last eight as a qualifier, before she eventually lost to Venus Williams.
At the Tashkent Open, British number three Naomi Broady lost 6-2 6-4 to Russia's world number 104 Irina Khromacheva in the second round.
Austria has begun expanding checks on lorries near its eastern borders, after Europe was shocked by the discovery of 71 dead migrants in a lorry near the border with Hungary.
Hundreds more people also drowned in the Mediterranean last week, as they tried to reach Europe from Libya.
A record number of 107,500 migrants reached the EU's borders last month.
Long traffic jams built up on Hungary's major roads leading to the Austrian border, because of the extra Austrian police checks.
Queues of 30km (18 miles) were reported on the main M1 road from Budapest, as security officials searched vehicles over the border in Nickelsdorf. There were also jams further along the border at Klingenbach and Deutschkreutz.
Five people have been detained in connection with the deaths of 71 people, most of them thought to be Syrians, in a lorry found on the A4 at Parndorf.
"We will do controls for an undetermined length of time at all important border crossings in the eastern region, looking at all vehicles that have possible hiding places for trafficked people," said Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
The Austrian checks appear to undermine the EU's Schengen system, which normally allows unrestricted travel. But in exceptional circumstances countries can reintroduce border controls under Schengen.
The UN says the continuing conflict in Syria is a major factor behind the rise in migrant numbers.
Greece, Italy and Hungary have particularly struggled with the surge of migrants from not only Syria but the rest of the Middle East and Africa.
Next month's extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers was announced late on Sunday by Luxembourg.
"The situation of migration phenomena outside and inside the European Union has recently taken unprecedented proportions," it said in a statement.
In July, the number of migrants that reached the EU's borders topped 100,000 for the first time - triple the number of people in July last year, according to European agency Frontex.
But there are tensions in the EU over how best to tackle the influx.
France has condemned Hungary, for example, for building a razor-wire fence along its border with Serbia to deter migrants.
On Sunday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accused Hungary of flouting "the common values of Europe". His Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto said such the criticism was "shocking and groundless".
Hungary plans to strengthen the 174km (109-mile) fence, as thousands of migrants have still managed to get through it.
UN refugee spokesman Babar Baloch was also critical of the Hungarian government's approach, complaining that they "gone out to the public trying to vilify the refugees so they portray being refugee as something the way they describe it that these people do not deserve international protection".
Discussion points will include internal co-operation, fighting the trafficking of migrants, and return policy.
Germany, France and the UK have said the EU should establish a list of "safe countries of origin" that would allow immediate repatriation of some migrants.
On Saturday Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said much more was required to prevent the deaths of people fleeing to Europe and called for a "collective political response".
He said he was "horrified and heartbroken" by the discovery of 71 dead people - believed to have fled the Syrian conflict - in a lorry in Austria on Thursday.
At least 2,500 migrants have died since January, most of them drowning in the Mediterranean.
Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum?
Germany expects the number of asylum seekers it receives to quadruple to about 800,000 in 2015.
Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Sunday: "If Europe has solidarity and we have also shown solidarity towards others, then we need to show solidarity now."
Some governments have refused to take in refugees and resisted EU proposals to agree on a common plan.
Others are tightening their policies on asylum and border security, sometimes because of rising anti-immigration sentiment.
On Sunday, UK Home Secretary Theresa May blamed the Schengen system - which the UK did not join - for "exacerbating tragedies". She has demanded tighter EU rules on free movement.
Some European governments are considering amending Schengen, but the European Commission, the EU executive, argues against that.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, whose country has come under great pressure as an entry point to Europe, said the EU would forge "a single European policy on asylum, not as many policies as there are countries".
The word alphabet - well that's been around a little longer. As have Google's ambitions for growth - Wikipedia lists 182 acquisitions alone, in addition to the company's core business.
Alphabet Inc - Google's new parent company - will make the tech giant's activities "cleaner and more accountable", said its chief executive (and one of Google's original founders) Larry Page in a blog post announcing the news.
Mr Page admitted that from the outset, some of Google's interests "might seem very speculative or even strange" for the firm.
"We are still trying to do things other people think are crazy but we are super-excited about," he said.
More detail of the surprise restructure is expected in the coming weeks, but here's a brief guide to Alphabet's core areas of activity so far - though not in alphabetical order, just to keep you on your toes.
Google itself will continue to exist as a subsidiary of Alphabet under the leadership of a new CEO, but long-term Google exec, Sundar Pichai.
It will include Google's most obvious - and profitable - internet outlets such as search, Maps, YouTube, Chrome and the Android mobile phone platform.
This is Google's research and development lab, where projects like the driverless car, drone delivery service Project Wing and Project Loon, an ambitious idea to connect rural communities to the net via a global network of high-altitude balloons, are born and nurtured.
Last year pharmaceutical giant Novartis agreed a deal to work with Google X on a smart contact lens for people with diabetes, designed to measure the level of glucose in the wearer's tears and communicate the information to a mobile phone or computer.
The division is is notoriously tight-lipped about much of its work but its web page lists 20 different research areas including artificial intelligence, data mining, software engineering and cryptography.
It refers to some of its more outlandish projects as "moonshots" - a Google X code word for big-thinking propositions.
Google launched a separate health-focused research and development company in 2013, with Larry Page announcing in a blog post that its work would be based around the research areas of "health and well-being, in particular the challenge of ageing and associated diseases".
"We are scientists from the fields of medicine, drug development, molecular biology, and genetics," says the firm on its website.
"Through our research we're aiming to devise interventions that slow ageing and counteract age‑related diseases."
Google bought thermostat maker Nest Labs for $3.2bn (£2bn) in early 2014.
Nest's first major product, the thermostat, was able to learn about users' behaviour and decipher whether a building was occupied, but it has since branched out into other areas of smart homeware.
This has included, most recently, a camera that senses movement in a user's home and alerts them via a smartphone app.
Google Fiber is a superfast broadband and TV-on-demand service, promising speeds of up to 1,000 megabits per second. It's currently only available in certain parts of the US, including Atlanta, Nashville and Salt Lake City.
It is unclear whether Google's robotics work will also become a more separate entity under Alphabet Inc.
Google snapped up six robotics companies in 2013 - including military robot-maker Boston Dynamics which developed Cheetah, the world's fastest running robot.
However the tech giant has been clear that none of its robots will be used for military means.
"With fears mounting about Google's wealth, power and knowledge of every aspect of our lives, you can understand why it wanted to give that assurance," said BBC Tech Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
In addition to its acquisitions, Google has two investment arms - Google Ventures and Google Capital.
Google Ventures claims to have made more than 300 investments alone, with recipients including Uber, Periscope, and Fitstar (which has since been bought by fitness tracker form FitBit).
Yet Brian is not taking pictures of the parade, instead he is making portraits of the veterans themselves, compelling photographs of those who have fought for their country.
"The vast majority of veterans are happy to be photographed once I've explained the project," Brian told me. "After the march past they tend to be more relaxed.
"The passing of time is an important part of the project, it is only a 10-day shoot, but spread over 10 years it becomes something different. Obviously there's a lot more pressure to get it right in these later years of the project.
"As the years pass the number of veterans from the World War I has dwindled to nothing and the number from World War II is steadily reduced, but their places are taken by other veterans from newer conflicts, who are also included."
Though each of those pictured must have a compelling story to tell, Brian has embraced the concept of the Unknown Soldier. "The viewer is given no information just a portrait," Brian said.
He added: "These faces then are as of unknown soldiers, no cap badges, no ribbons of spooling medals, no insignia for military rank. They are faces only. Each deep-etched with who they are and what they did, that we might look, and think - and thank them."
The pictures bring to mind the work of Steve Pyke, whose portraits World War I veterans first came to my attention back in the mid-1990s when they were on show at the old headquarters of the Royal Photographic Society in Bath.
Yet whilst those pictures are accompanied with some details of the subject, Brian's decision to use a black cloth to remove any trace of where the pictures are taken, and the lack of any captions is one that works surprisingly well. My initial desire here is to learn more of those who fought, yet somehow that would detract from the overall effect of the work and perhaps influence our reading of the photographs.
"All the pictures are lit with daylight and my assistant holds a piece of black velvet behind the subject," said Brian. "It is a very simple set up and I am currently using a short telephoto lens. It pretty much allows the viewer to concentrate on the face, without any distractions. I want the pictures to be uniform so it holds together as a cohesive set."
It certainly does that, providing the viewer space in which to project their own thoughts and offering of thanks to those pictured, and those who did not return.
You can see more of Brian's from work below and on his excellent blog, Drifting Camera.
Roy, 26, has made only 51 runs in his past eight one-day internationals.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said Roy did not bat with the rest of the team in Tuesday's net session, with Jonny Bairstow - his likely replacement - in first.
Roy received the backing of captain Eoin Morgan before Saturday's win over Australia, when he fell second ball.
He has made 1,462 runs at an average of 34 in 46 ODIs.
England cannot name their team until the day of the match for anti-corruption reasons, but Morgan said Yorkshire's Bairstow would be a capable replacement for Roy.
Barstow, 27, has played 26 ODIs, scoring 647 runs at an average of 38.05. This year he has made three half-centuries in four one-day innings for England.
Morgan told BBC Sport: "Jonny Bairstow is our next man in line. He is a very fine batsman. One thing he does exceptionally well is deal with no baggage.
"He comes in and wants to prove everyone wrong the whole time. It's been a huge attribute in him scoring runs when he has had a chance.
"Everyone goes through a bad run and that's expected. If someone happens to miss out then they're not going to be too far away from our plans in the future.
"We have reasonably strong plans for 15 or 17 guys who we believe can take part in the 2019 World Cup and we are sticking to that plan."
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BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "Roy was making bad choices and not giving himself the chance to score runs.
"Against Bangladesh he played a pre-meditated sweep and was caught at short fine leg. Against New Zealand he moved too far across his stumps and was bowled.
"So, even though England are entering the semi-final of a major tournament, it seems right that a change is made."
Pre-tournament favourites England, who have never won a global 50-over tournament, are the only side with a 100% record from their three group games.
They beat Bangladesh and New Zealand by convincing margins to book their place in the last four, and overcame an early batting collapse to overcome Australia in a rain-affected match.
"You've got to play as if everything is on the line - that's the nature of this tournament," Morgan said.
"The important thing to reflect on is that we have actually won nothing and achieved nothing so far. Tomorrow is a very big game for us."
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Pakistan began the tournament with a one-sided loss to rivals India, before dominating South Africa, the world's number one-ranked team, and beating Sri Lanka in Monday's virtual quarter-final at Cardiff.
They restricted Sri Lanka to 236 with an impressive bowling performance, but collapsed to 162-7 in reply before Sarfraz's unbeaten 61 took them to a three-wicket win.
Morgan said: "They are a strong side and an unpredictable side, which makes it difficult."
England have won 12 of the past 14 ODIs against Pakistan, dating back to 2010, including a 4-1 series win on home soil last summer.
However, Pakistan chased 303 to win by four wickets at Cardiff in the last match of that series.
"England are playing unbelievably well," said Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur. "They are a very good one-day unit with no apparent weaknesses.
"We need to play our best game and, if we do, then we can put them under pressure at different points in the game."
Katrin Omarsdottir struck the only goal following a free-kick midway through the second half to give the Belles their only points of the season.
Emma Follis fired wide early on for Reading, while Belles' Emily Simpkins' 25-yard shot was saved by Mary Earps.
Christie Murray almost grabbed a second but Earps kept out her header.
Doncaster captain Leandra Little:
"Seeing the goal go in was just an absolute massive, massive relief. Also, it is just nice to be celebrating something.
"To get together with the girls and celebrate and finish the season on a high is good.
"It has been a tough season and we've put in a lot of part performances and had to weather storms for part of games.
"We also knew today was our last chance to get something. We didn't want to go down with no points on the board and we said that we'd put our bodies on the line and go for it."
Match ends, Reading Ladies 0, Doncaster Rovers Belles 1.
Second Half ends, Reading Ladies 0, Doncaster Rovers Belles 1.
Offside, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Samantha Tierney tries a through ball, but Courtney Sweetman-Kirk is caught offside.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Courtney Sweetman-Kirk replaces Christie Murray.
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Martha Bakowska-Mathews replaces Emily Simpkins.
Offside, Reading Ladies. Lauren Bruton tries a through ball, but Rebecca Jane is caught offside.
Foul by Samantha Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Melissa Fletcher (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Rebecca Jane (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Melissa Fletcher.
Anna Moorhouse (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kirsty McGee (Reading Ladies).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kasia Lipka (Doncaster Rovers Belles) because of an injury.
Foul by Kasia Lipka (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Charlie Estcourt replaces Amber Stobbs.
Samantha Tierney (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies).
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Mary Earps.
Attempt saved. Emily Simpkins (Doncaster Rovers Belles) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Carla Humphrey with a cross.
Goal! Reading Ladies 0, Doncaster Rovers Belles 1. Katrin Omarsdottir (Doncaster Rovers Belles) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandra Little with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Helen Ward replaces Emma Follis.
Remi Allen (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card.
Carla Humphrey (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Remi Allen (Reading Ladies).
Attempt missed. Katrin Omarsdottir (Doncaster Rovers Belles) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carla Humphrey with a cross.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Harriet Scott.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Mary Earps.
Attempt saved. Kasia Lipka (Doncaster Rovers Belles) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Samantha Tierney.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Conceded by Amber Stobbs.
Offside, Doncaster Rovers Belles. Mayumi Pacheco tries a through ball, but Christie Murray is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Kasia Lipka (Doncaster Rovers Belles) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Carla Humphrey (Doncaster Rovers Belles) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies).
Attempt missed. Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mayumi Pacheco.
Hand ball by Mayumi Pacheco (Doncaster Rovers Belles).
Hand ball by Remi Allen (Reading Ladies).
Corner, Reading Ladies. Conceded by Mayumi Pacheco.
In the three months to 31 December profit before tax fell to £526m, although revenues climbed to £6.1bn.
On Tuesday, BT was forced to write down the value of its Italian unit after years of overstating profits.
It has now confirmed that Corrado Sciolla, head of continental Europe, will step down over the affair.
"The good progress we're making across most of the business has unfortunately been overshadowed by the results of our investigation into our Italian operations and our outlook," said Gavin Patterson, BT's chief executive.
In the final three months of 2016, BT said it had seen record growth at EE, its market leading mobile unit, signing up 276,000 new customers for monthly contracts.
It also added 83,000 broadband customers while 260,000 switched to faster fibre connections.
But it faces a slowdown in work for the public sector and reiterated its warning of flat group sales and lower profits for 2016-17.
Allegations of "inappropriate behaviour" at BT's Italian operation first emerged last summer before the company began conducting an investigation in October.
It found improper accounting practices and "a complex set of improper sales, purchase, factoring and leasing transactions".
Total adjustments relating to the investigation of its Italian business amount to £513m, BT said.
Mr Sciolla's departure follows that of a number of BT Italy's senior management team. The firm said it had also appointed a new chief executive of BT Italy who will take charge on 1 February.
BT shares have fallen 22% since news of the scandal broke on Tuesday.
Southern and Thameslink trains will not call at London Bridge station from 20 December to 4 January.
From 22-24 December, some Southeastern Charing Cross services will not call at London Bridge in the morning peak.
The disruption will result from work to open two new platforms.
Construction work has involved the clearing of Victorian arches beneath the station that will become the new passenger concourse.
Plans for the 178-year-old station - London's oldest surviving rail terminus - include the concourse that will be bigger than the pitch at Wembley.
Works will also take place to modernise nearby track and signalling equipment as part of the £6.5 billion Thameslink works programme.
Thameslink programme director Simon Blanchflower said: "In the long run our work here will improve the journeys of millions of passengers across the South, but we understand that until we've finished some people may have to change their journey to or from London."
London Bridge Underground station will not be affected by the work.
The native title claim over a huge tract of land in South Australia has been mostly upheld by a federal court.
Native titles are pre-colonial rights held by Australia's indigenous people, derived from their laws and customs.
The Barngarla people traditionally lived along the north-western shore of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia.
They lodged their claim for the land in 1996. Stakeholders involved in the claim included the Commonwealth government, commercial fishers, mining companies and pastoralists.
The title does not grant freehold to the Barngarla but it means groups such as mining companies must now negotiate with the Barngarla over proposed developments.
The claim covered 44,481 square km (1m acres), including about two-thirds of the Eyre Peninsula.
The Federal Court's Justice John Mansfield upheld most of the claim but excluded the town of Port Augusta, the coastal waters below Port Lincoln and the islands of the Spencer Gulf.
Barngarla elder Eric Paige, present at the court when the judgement was handed down, said the ruling was a step in the right direction.
"I'm really happy," he said, according to local media. "We're going to be getting our country back you know, so that's good."
The judgement was particularly significant because the area is densely populated, said South Australian Native Title Service Chief Executive Officer Keith Thomas.
"It is important to create some certainty for the Barngarla people about their economic aspirations," Mr Thomas told the BBC.
"They don't own any of the land but they have a bundle of rights that allow them to partake in traditional activities such as hunting, gathering, using bush medicine and protecting sacred sites," said Mr Thomas.
The issue of whether the native title rights have been subsequently extinguished by other land titles such as freehold title will be determined in a subsequent hearing.
Australia's biggest native title claim - covering 14.6m hectares of land and waters - was lodged in a Brisbane court in December.
The claim - filed on behalf of nine traditional owners - refers to much of the Cape York Peninsula in the far north of Queensland. Under that claim, any land development will require consent from the owners.
The Cairo Criminal Court found the time Alaa and Gamal Mubarak had spent in temporary detention exceeded the legal limit, state-owned Nile News TV said.
The two men, who were arrested after the 2011 uprising, were sentenced alongside their father to three years in prison in May for embezzlement.
They are appealing, but also face trial on the charge of insider trading.
Some of the anger that led to Hosni Mubarak's overthrow was fuelled by the widespread belief that he and his sons had illegally amassed vast amounts of wealth.
Gamal, 51, was a leading member of the former ruling National Democratic Party and was widely seen as his father's heir apparent. Alaa, 54, was a leader among the business elite.
The brothers were acquitted of the corruption charge, but last year they were sentenced to four years in prison - and their father to three years - after being found guilty of embezzling millions of dollars of state funds.
Prosecutors accused them of using money meant to pay for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces to upgrade their private residences.
But the convictions were overturned in January by the Court of Cassation, which found that legal procedures had not been followed properly and ordered a retrial.
In May, the three men were convicted at retrial and each sentenced to three years. They were also ordered to pay a fine of 125m Egyptian pounds ($15.9m; £10.4m) and repay the 21m Egyptian pounds ($2.7m; £1.7m) they allegedly embezzled.
Hosni Mubarak is currently residing at a military hospital in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi. It is not clear when the ailing 87 year old will be released.
Charges of conspiring in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that ended his rule in 2011 were dropped in November 2014.
Leicestershire police are handing out the garments to cover up gold necklaces and prevent them being snatched.
They have been made by people completing unpaid work on the Community Payback scheme with fabric donated by businesses in Belgrave, Leicester.
Officers said they had seen spikes in thefts over previous summers but it had not been a problem this year.
PC Laura Nutt said: "In 2014, we had 72 chain snatches in the Belgrave area. We have a lot of Asian females who wear the gold.
"It's very pure gold so it's very sought after and we wanted to put something in place to try and combat that this year."
Officers have been visiting community centres and temples in the city to warn women about thefts and hand out the scarves.
About 150 delegates attended the event, including Theresa Blegvad, culture convener of Aarhus in Denmark, the 2017 title holder.
Dundee, Leeds, and Milton Keynes have declared interest in the title, which two European cities share every year.
The UK was already lined up to host in 2023 before the country voted to leave the European Union last June.
It is not yet known whether the EU will let the UK host now that Article 50 has been triggered.
Aarhus is hosting four large-scale events, each attracting at least 40,000 people, during its European Capital of Culture tenure.
Ms Blegvad, who leads the Nordic office of Dundee-based learning and development company Insights, has been asked to support the team working on Dundee's bid.
She said: "Aarhus was going through a transformation when we applied for the title, much like Dundee is now.
"The change was already happening, but we seized on the unconscious to create momentum and purpose and drive more change.
"We consciously focused our bid on highlighting everything the city had to offer and the developments to become more modern and international.
"Things have continued to blossom since then."
In 2009-10 planning permission was granted for 2,258 homes, while in 2014-15 the figure rose to 11,977.
In the last year alone the number of approvals doubled.
The government insists greenbelt development is a matter for local planning authorities.
Green belts were created to prevent urban sprawl and stop neighbouring towns merging into one another.
England has 14 green belts, covering 13% of total land.
Government policy states that the greenbelt should only be built on in "exceptional circumstances". But local authorities, hard pressed to supply land for development, are turning to green belt sites to try to satisfy housing demand.
Some estimates suggest that 250,000 homes need to be built each year to solve the housing crisis in the UK.
Areas feeling the most pressure include Hertfordshire, where the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says sites for 34,000 homes have already been proposed, with another 10,000 waiting in the wings.
"We are getting continual statements by government ministers, correspondence from government departments to various bodies like to us saying it is their determination to protect the greenbelt and the wider countryside," said Kevin Fitzgerald from Hertfordshire CPRE.
"But, nevertheless, throughout our county, our planning authorities are coming out with these proposals for quite major development."
Research carried out on behalf of BBC Radio 4's File on 4 programme by Glenigan, a leading provider of construction data, found a sharp increase in the number of houses securing full planning approval in the greenbelt.
In 2009/10, 2,258 homes were approved. In 2013/2014, the number had risen to 5,607. By the following year, 2014/2015, it had more than doubled to 11,977.
Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis told the programme it was up to local authorities to decide the future of their greenbelt:
"Greenbelt is something that has been there to give a strategic protection to those green lungs. We have outlined what local areas need to do if they want to go through a review of their greenbelt.
"It is very much a matter of those local authorities. They are the best placed people locally, democratically accountable locally, to decide where is the right location for any development."
Professor Paul Cheshire from the London School of Economics said the idea of the greenbelt was misunderstood and had nothing to do with the quality of the land:
"You only need a tiny amount of the least environmentally-attractive greenbelt to solve the housing land shortage for generations to come, whereas Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks do provide huge benefit."
But File on 4 has found evidence of proposed development even within these highly-protected landscapes.
The programme has seen a survey of Local Planning Authorities by Natural England which found that 37% had housing allocations in or around Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
That adds up to 30,000 houses within the boundaries, and another 20,000 just outside.
The North Wessex Downs AONB is currently facing proposals for 1,400 homes around a growing science and innovation campus at Harwell.
Henry Oliver, director of the North Wessex AONB, said these projects could have a huge impact on the rural landscape.
"This has been here for thousands of years. The idea that it's worth trading all this wonderful landscape off against a relatively short-term economic boost is not one that I find acceptable."
In response, Vale of White Horse District Council leader Matthew Barber said economic growth is driving up housing need and the council has to plan accordingly.
"We have a high housing target that we need to meet, and we have judged in this case that includes this site, in the AONB next to a major employment site.
"The alternatives to that, we fear, would be unsustainable additions to other communities elsewhere in the district."
Elsewhere, Dover District Council has approved planning permission for around 600 dwellings within the Kent Downs AONB.
Hugh Ellis, head of policy at the Town and Country Planning Association, said the growing pressure on protected landscapes is happening because central government is not providing enough leadership, causing the system to fail.
"I think overall planning can be best described as being very broken," he explained. "I don't think there has ever been a point in the post-war era where planning has been as demoralised, as underfunded and lacking in strategic direction as it is now."
However, Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis insists that protection for the countryside is being maintained.
"I think we've got a system now that trusts local people to make those decisions, and the National Planning Policy Framework is actually very clear.
"Great weight should be given to conserving landscapes and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
"Planning permission should be refused for major developments in these except in exceptional circumstances and where it can be demonstrated that it is in the public interest."
File on 4 is on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 9 June at 20:00 BST. Listen online or download the programme podcast.
The 28-year-old tweeted: "I've heard if you earn minimum wage in England you're in the top 10% earners in the world. #stay #humble."
Broad, who is in Australia on England duty, deleted the message after angry replies from some Twitter users.
Broad then posted: "No offence meant and sorry if any taken. The hashtag was aimed at myself."
In an interview with the BBC, the Nottinghamshire seamer tried to explain further the reasons for his tweet.
"I didn't mean anything by it," he told Test Match Special reporter Charles Dagnall. "It was purely… I was amazed by the size of the world."
Broad is due to face India in the tri-series in Sydney on Friday.
In another post, he wrote: "Clarifying my earlier tweet, I merely wanted to emphasise my amazement at just how big the world is."
Since October 2014, the UK minimum wage has been £6.50 an hour for adults aged 21 and over, and £5.13 for those aged 18 to 20.
England and Wales have accused each other of illegal scrummaging before the Six Nations showdown at Twickenham.
The hosts' head coach Eddie Jones believes Wales push too early at the scrum but Adam Jones says Wales' set-piece could help them dominate.
"Any prop worth his salt pushes the boundaries as much as they can at this level," Adam Jones told BBC Wales.
"The more they can get Samson to pre-engage, I think the better for them.
"For me he's one of the best tight heads in the world.
"If Samson can get to grips with Joe [Marler] then Wales will be fine."
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Eddie Jones says his side have a stronger scrum than Wales, adding if the laws are enforced England "will get an advantage".
Wales felt harshly done-by at the scrum in their 28-25 win over England in the pool stage of last year's World Cup.
Forwards coach Robin McBryde highlighted England prop Joe Marler as a frequent infringer at the scrum.
Marler's Harlequins front row colleague Adam Jones believes accusations the 25-year-old is guilty of illegal tactics at the scrum have been harsh.
"For me he's a square scrummager and he gets quite a bad reputation, especially after the World Cup," Jones added.
"When the scrummaging went to the new laws without the hits, he was one of the props you thought it would favour more because he get a long bind and he's outside the tight-head.
"In the World Cup he scrummaged well against Wales and he got the penalties, and against Australia it was the reverse."
By training two space telescopes on a supermassive black hole with the mass of a billion Suns, they measured the strength of its ferocious winds.
The team also confirmed that these winds blow outwards in every direction, an idea that had been tricky to prove.
The work shows how such black holes can affect the evolution of their galaxies.
It was conducted by an international team of astronomers using the telescopes XMM-Newton and Nustar, run by the European Space Agency (Esa) and Nasa respectively.
"We know that black holes in the centre of galaxies can feed on matter, and this process can produce winds. This is thought to regulate the growth of galaxies," said Prof Fiona Harrison of the California Institute of Technology, Nustar's principal investigator.
The two telescopes simultaneously recorded different wavelengths of light coming from their distant target: a black hole two billion light-years away known as PDS 456. It shines brightly with many types of light, making it a quasar.
Nustar specialises in high-energy X-rays while XMM-Newton views low-energy X-rays.
XMM-Newton had already detected a wind blowing from PDS 456 towards the earth, because iron atoms carried by the huge gusts block X-rays in a characteristic way. It had also allowed astronomers to calculate that the wind was travelling at one third of the speed of light.
But by adding high-energy observations from Nustar, the team was able to pick up a different signature of iron that was scattered to the sides, demonstrating that the wind rushes out in an almost spherical blast.
"Knowing the speed, shape and size of the winds, we can now figure out how powerful they are," Prof Harrison said.
That power is something to behold: about ten times the mass of the Sun is blown out every year, along with a trillion times more energy than our star emits.
Those quantities, and the shape of the wind, suggest that PDS 456 has quite some impact on the surrounding galaxy - and this is likely to be the case for other supermassive black holes, including "Sagittarius A*" at the heart of our very own Milky Way.
"Now we know that quasar winds significantly contribute to mass loss in a galaxy, driving out its supply of gas, which is fuel for star formation," said Dr Emanuele Nardini from Keel University in the UK, the study's lead author.
"This study provides a unique view of the possible mechanism that links the evolution of the central black holes to that of their host galaxies, over cosmic time."
The research is published in Science magazine.
And now the residents of Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway have some pretty lofty ambitions for its future.
The local community trust recently held talks about a buyout involving purchasing land which is part of the Duke of Buccleuch's Queensberry Estate.
They hope to improve economic development and enhance tourism and leisure in the area.
But what potential do they see in the south of Scotland village?
A village in the Lowther Hills, at the head of Wanlock Water, it sits about 11 miles (17km) north of Thornhill.
The area around the village and its neighbour, Leadhills, was long a centre for lead-mining.
The mines round Wanlockhead opened in 1680 and finally closed in 1959; Wanlockhead is now home to the Museum of Scottish Lead Mining.
Gold has been found in the streams round about, and small quantities are still found by eager panners.
Last year a nugget estimated to be worth £10,000 was discovered.
Gold from the area was used in the crown of James V, in a ring for Queen Mary and in a brooch for Queen Elizabeth.
Born in nearby Leadhills in Lanarkshire, William Symington became a mechanic at the Wanlockhead mines.
In 1787 he patented an engine for road locomotion and, in 1788, he constructed a similar engine on a boat fitted with twin hulls and paddle-wheels, which was launched on Dalswinton Loch.
In 1802 he completed at Grangemouth the Charlotte Dundas, one of the first practical steamboats ever built.
A narrow gauge railway runs between Leadhills in south Lanarkshire and the village.
It became famous earlier this year when it offered an unusual "commuter" service while the road link was closed for resurfacing.
It offered a "replacement train" service to allow people from Wanlockhead to get to the doctor's surgery as well as ferrying some staff at the Museum of Lead Mining.
A gruelling cycling challenge has its starting point in the village.
The Snowball Sportive allows riders to tackle some of the highest roads in the country.
But with six major climbs along its route, it is not for the faint hearted.
Winter sports fans can join the south of Scotland's only ski centre.
The Lowther Hills Ski Club is situated near the village.
Volunteers who run the club believe that, with improved facilities, they could draw hundreds of people to the region.
First talks between the Wanlockhead Community Trust (WCT) and Buccleuch were described as "very productive".
Lincoln Richford, who chairs the WCT, said: "We look forward to working further with Buccleuch Estates. I believe that we can find a mutually satisfying solution for both parties that will ensure a bright future for our village."
John Glen, of Buccleuch, said: "We were pleased to have had this initial meeting with the trust as the estate is committed to playing its part in local economic development. We have held discussions with various interest groups over the years and there is a range of options that we should all consider that could help improve the sustainability of the area. As there are many complex issues to discuss, it is too early to form any conclusions or reach decisions. However, we look forward to continuing a constructive dialogue with the trust's representatives and villagers."
Further meetings are planned and the WCT is expected to register a formal interest in the land with the Scottish government later this year.
Asta's Glam Factory, on Castlereagh Street, is owned by a Lithuanian woman.
Police received a report that a gang of men forced up the shutters shortly before midnight, poured accelerant on the premises and set it alight.
It follows a series of recent attacks on foreign nationals in Belfast.
Three fire crews were called to deal with the fire at the nail salon and the blaze was extinguished by 01:00 BST.
Police said no-one was in the salon at the time but the building has been extensively damaged by fire and smoke.
Det Insp Jenna Fitzpatrick said police believed that the gang may have fled the scene in a black 4 x 4 vehicle.
She appealed for anyone who had information about the attack to contact officers on the non-emergency number 101.
On Sunday, Northern Ireland's Honorary Polish Consul Jerome Mullen called on Stormont's first and deputy first ministers to take action after a series of racially-motivated attacks on Polish homes in north Belfast.
A gang of men forced up the shutters of the salon and set the building alight shortly before midnight
Bobby Colleran was struck on Leyfield Road, West Derby, at about 15:25 BST on Friday.
Paramedics attended and he received treatment at the scene but he died from his injuries shortly after.
In a statement, Bobby's family, from Huyton, said: "Our Bob lit up a room, he was the most loving little boy."
They added: "As well as being a cherished son and brother, he was a grandson, nephew, cousin and friend to everyone he met.
"He loved life and school, always coming home with achievement awards to put up on the fridge, playing football when it wasn't too cold, but most of all watching his favourite programme, the Lone Ranger.
"Now re-united with his Grandad and best mate who he missed so so much."
The family also thanked staff at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Merseyside Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision to contact them.
Belfast Giants' Scottish centre, 37, scored a hat-trick on home ice to move onto 41 international goals, one ahead of previous record-holder Tony Hand.
The result moves Britain level with Japan on 12 points at the top of World Championship Division 1 Group B.
The nations play on Saturday (19:30 BST), with the winner taking gold and promotion to Division 1 Group A.
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra will have full commentary of the match.
A witness reported a male in a blue hoodie throwing a cat on Holderness Road at about 03:00 BST on Saturday.
The animal charity appealed for any further witnesses and warned pet owners in the area to be vigilant.
A spokesperson said: "This must have been very distressing for both the owner and for anyone that witnessed the incident."
This is the first time in the dressage event's 66-year history that a day has been cancelled due to the weather.
About 10,000 people, including the Queen were expected to attend Wednesday's event.
Organisers have said that they will make a decision on whether the event can go ahead on Thursday.
Waterlogged fields which would have been used as car parks for the event have been deemed unusable.
Marketing manager for the event Jo Peck said that Wednesday's cancellation was "disappointing" but it is hoped that the remaining four days will go ahead as planned.
She said: "We're doing the right thing because if we can keep [Wednesday] clear we will have a show for the next four days.
"We're doing refunds for anyone who has bought tickets today, so those should go through automatically."
Although attempts were made to contact visitors, people with horse boxes were being turned away at about 09:00 BST.
In celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday, there will be a parade of 900 horses in the private grounds of Windsor Castle on Thursday.
The event will celebrate the Queen's love of horses and the parade is expected to go ahead.
Assistant coach John Winder will take up his responsibilities in France, but Wane says he will communicate from the UK throughout the game.
"I'm gutted, it's the first game I've missed during my time as head coach," said Wane.
Wigan recorded a first Super League win since April when they beat Widnes 28-12 in their most recent fixture on Sunday.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co refused to hire Samantha Elauf because her dress violated the clothing retailer's "Look Policy" for sales staff.
Ms Elauf wore a hijab at interview but did not say she was Muslim.
But Justice Antonin Scalia said the retailer "at least suspected" that she wore a headscarf for religious reasons and she did not need to make a request.
US law requires that employers must "reasonably accommodate" an employee's religious beliefs, as long as it does not provide an undue hardship to the business.
"I was a teenager who loved fashion and was eager to work for Abercrombie & Fitch," said Ms Elauf in a statement after the court released its decision.
Ms Elauf was 17 years old when the discrimination occurred during a job interview at a shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2008.
"Observance of my faith should not have prevented me from getting a job. I am glad that I stood up for my rights", she said after the ruling.
In an 8-1 verdict, the court ruled that Abercrombie had violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans discrimination based on religious beliefs and practices.
Groups representing Jews, Sikhs, Christian, gay, and lesbian rights organisations filed papers in court in solidarity with Ms Elauf, who told reporters she sought to protect the rights of people of all faiths at work.
In 2013 Abercrombie & Fitch Co settled with two American Muslim women who were targeted by management for their use of the hijab. Each woman was awarded $71,000 (£47,000).
Abercrombie & Fitch Co has since reversed its policy on headscarves.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring on 38 minutes and Douglas Costa doubled the lead two minutes later.
The Poland striker scored his second of the game after half-time to reach 100 goals for Bayern in his 136th game.
Elsewhere title chasing RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund both lost ground on Bayern with costly defeats.
Frankfurt captain Marco Russ came on as a second-half substitute to play in his first Bundesliga game of the season, after recovering from testicular cancer.
Mario Gomez scored the winner as second-placed Leipzig lost 1-0 at home to Wolfsburg.
Third-placed Dortmund, who beat Benfica 4-0 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, conceded after 11 minutes away to Hertha Berlin as ex-Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou scored.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his 32nd of the season to equalise for Dortmund on 55 minutes, before Marvin Plattenhardt scored Hertha's winner with a free-kick on 71 minutes.
Bayern, who beat Arsenal 5-1 on Tuesday in their Champions League round-of-16 tie, lead the table on 59 points, with Leipzig on 49 and Dortmund on 43.
Match ends, FC Bayern München 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Taleb Tawatha (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Attempt missed. Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Aymen Barkok.
Foul by Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München).
Marco Fabián (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Marco Fabián (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aymen Barkok.
Attempt missed. Renato Sanches (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara with a cross following a set piece situation.
Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Taleb Tawatha (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Attempt missed. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Aymen Barkok.
Attempt missed. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Arjen Robben following a corner.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Taleb Tawatha.
Attempt saved. Mijat Gacinovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Marco Fabián replaces Branimir Hrgota.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Renato Sanches replaces Arturo Vidal.
Attempt missed. Thiago Alcántara (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Philipp Lahm.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Kingsley Coman replaces Robert Lewandowski.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Thiago Alcántara tries a through ball, but Arjen Robben is caught offside.
Foul by Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München).
Branimir Hrgota (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Aymen Barkok replaces Danny Blum.
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Douglas Costa.
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arjen Robben following a fast break.
Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
Attempt saved. Danny Blum (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Jérôme Boateng replaces Javi Martínez.
Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Marco Russ replaces Makoto Hasebe because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Attempt saved. Douglas Costa (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
David Alaba (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Alaba (FC Bayern München).
Danny Blum (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! FC Bayern München 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Danny Blum (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
Polling was held in 91 seats in 14 states and union territories, including in the capital Delhi and the key state of Uttar Pradesh.
Officials say the voter turnout in all states has been higher than in 2009.
The nine-phase vote began on Monday and will conclude on 12 May. Votes will be counted on 16 May.
More than 814 million Indians are eligible to vote in the polls.
The anti-corruption Aam Aadmi (Common Man's) Party, which secured a spectacular result in local polls in Delhi last year, offers a challenge to the main parties.
Several smaller regional parties are also in the fray and if no single party wins a clear majority, they could play a crucial role in the formation of a government.
By Andrew NorthBBC News, Delhi
There's been a quiet, dignified atmosphere to election day in Delhi so far, with a steady trickle of voters rather than a flow.
The streets are quiet because a public holiday has been declared. Parents have been coming to their nearest polling stations with children in tow.
We watched relatives guiding several blind people into one polling station.
Many proud first-time voters were showing off their freshly inked fingers or snapping selfies to send out on social media.
Rich or poor, young or old, it's a moment when the whole city is united behind one goal.
More than 110 million voters were eligible to cast their votes on Thursday and almost a fifth of the parliament's 543 seats were up for grabs.
Brisk voting was reported through the day in Delhi, Bihar, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, reports said. Voting was also held in the states of Maharashtra, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana.
Voting officially ended at 18:00 local time (12:30 GMT) but in some booths it was extended to allow voters who were in the queue to finishing voting.
Election Commission officials said the voter turnout was 64% in Delhi, 65% in Uttar Pradesh, 73% in Kerala, 66% in Jammu and 73% in Haryana.
Among the early voters in Delhi were members of the Gandhi family - Congress party president Sonia, her son and party vice-president Rahul and daughter Priyanka - and the AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.
In the politically crucial northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends the most number of MPs, 80, to parliament, some 16 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots in 10 constituencies.
In the restive Muzaffarnagar constituency, where at least 65 people were killed and 51,000 people - mostly Muslims - were displaced after Hindu-Muslim clashes in September, a number of people living in camps in the area turned up to vote early on Thursday, the BBC Hindi's Nitin Srivastava reports.
Election Commission of India
BJP pledges improved economy
Two soldiers were killed and three others injured in a landmine explosion blamed on Maoist rebels in Jamui, a rebel stronghold in the eastern state of Bihar, but voting remained unaffected in the area.
Thousands of police and paramilitary security personnel have been deployed across the country to ensure smooth polling.
The marathon vote is being staggered over five weeks for security and logistical reasons.
The main contest in the elections is between the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, and the BJP, led by the charismatic and controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi.
Mr Modi, who is ahead in all the pre-election opinion polls, is the leader of Gujarat state, which witnessed one of India's worst anti-Muslim riots in 2002.
The BJP has promised to improve the economy and infrastructure and curb corruption if it wins in the general elections.
The Congress party has promised "inclusive growth" if it returns to power, with a raft of welfare schemes, including a right to healthcare for all and pensions for the elderly and disabled.
Any party or a coalition needs a minimum of 272 MPs to form a government.
It now affects about 7% of adults in Wales, with health officials expecting that to rise to 11.5% by 2030.
The plan will focus on patient education, a new management system for monitoring the disease, and more support for children.
The charity Diabetes UK Cymru said it welcomed the initiative as an important step in tackling the issue.
Dai Williams, the national director for the charity, said the Welsh government had "finally woken up" to the problem in Wales.
"It is costing the NHS in Wales half-a-billion pounds a year. That's 10% of every health board budget going on diabetes," he said.
"This new plan shows a real commitment by Welsh government to improve standards of care for people living with diabetes.
"It is now up to local health boards across the country to take this blueprint for diabetes care and put it into practice."
The new plan follows an assembly-led inquiry into how the disease was previously being tackled.
It found that about 160,000 people in Wales had the condition, with another 350,000 showing pre-diabetes symptoms of higher than normal blood sugar levels.
The latest plan set out by the government emphasises the need to help those with the disease to "do more to help themselves".
In a bid to drive long-term improvements, the NHS in Wales will also introduce a new diabetes patient management system to ensure good clinical data on the disease can be gathered and help deliver more tailored care.
Diabetes UK
The plan states that it wants the health service in Wales to detect and diagnose diabetes quickly so patients can start "effective self-management" of the condition.
The delivery programme also wants to help children with the most severe form of the disease, type 1 diabetes, understand how to manage their condition effectively, including while in school.
Finally, the plan outlines ways it is hoped the incidence of diabetes can be reduced, through education and promoting lifestyle changes.
"A combined approach of promoting healthy eating and increased physical activity is essential as these are key factors in the prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes," states the plan.
Welsh health minister Mark Drakeford said: "There is a growing prevalence of diabetes in Wales and we have to find new ways of delivering world class care in these times of financial austerity.
"Effective self-management of diabetes is essential for helping individual wellbeing but also avoiding unnecessary admissions to hospitals.
"It is not only a matter of working harder, but working smarter. This framework prepared with clinicians, patients, third sector groups and others will now help the NHS in Wales do just that."
Stephen Archer, 50, of Openshaw in Manchester, is a suspect in the attack at his 49-year-old sister's home that left the victim with 70% burns.
Detectives say initial investigations suggest petrol was thrown over her before she was set alight.
Petrol station staff have been urged to contact police if they see Mr Archer.
Supt Arif Nawaz, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "We are appealing to those who work in petrol stations to be extra vigilant and call police if you think you see him.
"Stephen usually wears a baseball cap and carries a large rucksack. He is known to travel on a bicycle.
"We have reason to believe Stephen could be carrying several bottles of petrol in his backpack and a man was seen fitting his description cycling away from the scene.
"We have followed several leads and have received some very helpful information but unfortunately we have still not found him."
The victim remains in a serious condition and is fighting for her life in hospital.
A police spokesman said: "She is still critically ill and our specialist support officers are supporting the family through this extremely difficult time.
"We can assure the victim, the family and the wider public that we are doing everything we can to find the person responsible and bring them to justice."
A 19-year-old woman escaped uninjured from an upstairs window of the house, with help from neighbours.
William Walls, 47, from Cowdenbeath, raped and indecently assaulted the first victim on numerous occasions when she was aged between four and 12.
He raped the second girl when she was about nine and sexually abused her on numerous occasions between the ages of seven and 11.
The offences happened between 1981 and 1987.
Walls was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
Det Insp June Peebles, of Police Scotland, said: "William Walls' predatory behaviour had a dramatic and damaging effect on the lives of his young victims.
"He sexually abused these children for his own gratification over a period of nine years.
"It is very difficult for victims of sexual abuse to find the courage to come forward to police to report these matters."
She added: "Non-recent abuse is particularly difficult since many people have the view that because it happened years ago, then it should be left in the past and nothing done about it.
"Today's sentencing is positive for all victims of non-recent abuse and demonstrates that regardless of how long ago abuse took place, the seriousness of such crimes does not diminish."
Defending 149 on a slow surface, England took three wickets for no runs to reduce the hosts to 100-7.
Shemaine Campbelle (23 not out) edged West Indies close, but Katherine Brunt (3-24) took two wickets in two overs to bowl West Indies out for 144.
Danielle Wyatt earlier made 44 to drag England from 62-5 as the tourists were bowled out in the final over.
The second game in the five-match series takes place on Monday, again at the Trelawny Stadium.
For England, victory comes in Heather Knight's first overseas match since replacing Charlotte Edwards as captain.
In Knight's first series in charge, England whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 in both ODI and Twenty20 series, but World T20 champions West Indies represented a higher class of opposition.
That they claimed the win was down to the recovery work of Wyatt and Amy Jones (20), followed by an exceptional display with the ball.
England's total felt short of par, and looked increasingly so when West Indies openers Hayley Matthews and Shaquana Quintyne added 53, benefiting from pace on the ball.
But they were both removed by 17-year-old debutant left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, either side of West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor retiring hurt.
England's quartet of spinners continued to make inroads while the big-hitting Deandra Dottin threatened at the other end, joined by Taylor who returned at the fall of the fourth wicket.
Dottin holed out off Brunt for 29 and when Alex Hartley removed both Taylor and Anisa Mohammed lbw with no further addition to the score, England were firmly in control.
Campbelle and Afy Fletcher, though, took up the fight with a stand of 23 before Fletcher was trapped in front by Laura Marsh.
With tension rising and home noise increasing, West Indies edged ever closer, only for Brunt to return to pin both Shamilia Connell and Erva Giddings lbw, sparking animated England celebrations.
England's decision to bat first on a surface seemingly set to deteriorate looked to be an advantage, but the touring top order initially struggled to adapt to the conditions on a stiflingly hot day.
Medium-pacer Dottin accounted for Tammy Beaumont, Georgia Elwiss and Knight for a golden duck, before Lauren Winfield and Nat Sciver fell to the spin of Fletcher and Mohammed respectively.
It was left to Wyatt, who made 90 in a practice match on Thursday, to rebuild, the right-hander sweeping and running well in a stand of 45 with Jones.
After Jones was caught behind off the off-spin of Taylor, it looked like Wyatt would accelerate in the final 10 overs, only to hole out to cover off Fletcher after making her highest ODI score.
It fell to Brunt to make 17 in the company of the tail and, when she became the last wicket to fall, England just about had enough.
England pace bowler Katherine Brunt: "I feel like it's one of my top two or three bowling performances ever.
"It was a tacky surface, quite slow, and people know I'm renowned for swinging the ball. In terms of being a seamer, everything was against you so you had to be clever.
"Before we came out to field, we said not to look lightly on the score. There's things to work on but, today that was the best we could manage. We put a score on the board, then rallied as a team. It was a brilliant team effort.
"We have a really supportive group of girls. The youngsters come in and feel welcome from the start, which is not always how it's been. Long may that continue."
BBC Test Match Special will have ball-by-ball commentary on England's one-day international series in West Indies, with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.
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It will step in if it feels their material is considered to be fair use.
However the firm admitted that only a handful of people have been chosen to benefit from this support.
Copyright holders are able to make requests to Google - or other sites - to take down content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
However there are exceptions to the law, which vary around the world but can include the use of other material for the purposes of commentary and parody.
If a small portion of somebody else's work is used in this context, or in news reporting or for teaching purposes in the US, it can be exempt from copyright legislation.
"We are offering legal support to a handful of videos that we believe represent clear fair uses which have been subject to DMCA takedowns," wrote Fred von Lohmann, Google's copyright legal director, in a blog post.
The firm will keep these videos online in the US and cover the cost of any lawsuits, he added.
"We're doing this because we recognise that creators can be intimidated by the DMCA's counter-notification process and the potential for litigation that comes with it.
"While we can't offer legal protection to every video creator - or even every video that has a strong fair use defence - we'll continue to resist legally unsupported DMCA takedowns as part of our normal processes."
The videos that will be defended are not visible in the UK but include two video game reviews and a piece which contains news footage of Rachel Dolezal, the American woman who was born white but now says she is black, reports Wired.
Prosecutors argued Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz had avoided antenatal care, tantamount to killing the child.
Her lawyers said she did not know she was pregnant and no crime had occurred. They said the pregnancy was as a result of repeated rapes she did not report.
The Central American country completely bans abortion in all circumstances.
Dozens of women have been imprisoned for the deaths of their foetuses in cases where they said they had suffered miscarriages or stillbirths.
In April last year, Ms Hernandez gave birth in the latrine of her home in a small rural community. She lost consciousness after losing large amounts of blood.
When her mother took her to hospital, leaving the baby's remains behind, Ms Hernandez was detained on suspicion of procuring an abortion.
Eleven days later she had an initial court hearing and she has been in custody since.
Her charge was changed to aggravated homicide when no evidence was found of her having had an abortion.
Although she was in the third trimester, Ms Hernandez said she had confused the symptoms of pregnancy with stomach ache because she had experienced intermittent bleeding, which she thought was her menstrual period.
She told the court: "I did not want to kill my son."
The judge did not believe she did not know she was pregnant.
Much of the case centred on whether the baby was dead at birth or died in the moments afterwards, but medical experts were unable to determine the answer definitively.
The human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the sentence and Ms Hernandez's lawyer, Bertha de Leon, said she would appeal.
Efe Alberto Romero, from the Citizens' Group for the Decriminalisation of Abortion, said witnesses could not determine whether Ms Hernandez had intended for the baby to die, and that she had become pregnant due to repeated rapes in a forced sexual relationship.
Her lawyers said she had been too frightened to report the rapes. Some reports say the man who raped her was a gang member.
Pro-choice campaigners in El Salvador and around the world have argued that the country's absolute abortion ban criminalises people who have not sought abortions but have had natural miscarriages, as well as forcing women to carry pregnancies to term despite risk to their own lives.
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Roedd Elli Norkett o Landarsi ger Castell-nedd yn ei blwyddyn olaf yn astudio cwrs datblygiad chwaraeon ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd ac roedd wedi chwarae rygbi i dimau'r Gweilch, Abertawe, y brifysgol a Chymru.
Wrth dalu teyrnged iddi dywedodd ei theulu ei bod yn "garedig ac yn poeni am eraill".
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Cafodd y gyrrwr yn y car arall, dynes 42 oed a merch 12 oed anafiadau ond dim rhai difrifol.
Dywedodd ei theulu: "Yn 2013 hi oedd y chwaraewraig rygbi ifancaf ym mhencampwriaeth rygbi'r byd ac roedd wedi cael pedwar cap rhyngwladol llawn i Gymru yn 17 oed.
"Fe gynrychiolodd Elli ei gwlad yn rygbi saith bob ochr ac fe gafodd ei dewis ar gyfer tîm myfyrwyr Prydain rygbi saith bob ochr."
Dywedodd ei theulu hefyd bod "nifer yn caru ac yn gwerthfawrogi Elli ac mae wedi cyffwrdd calonnau ei holl deulu a ffrindiau am ei bod yn garedig a gyda phersonoliaeth hoffus".
Roedd hi'n awyddus i fod yn hyfforddwraig rygbi yn y dyfodol.
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Mae'r Gweilch hefyd wedi rhoi teyrnged iddi gan ddweud mai "rygbi oedd ei bywyd".
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Roedd hi wedi bod yn hyfforddi plant ac wedi "ysbrydoli bechgyn a merched o bob oed".
Dywedodd Undeb Rygbi Cymru ei bod yn chwaraewraig "dalentog, ymroddedig ac yn boblogaidd gyda'i chyd chwaraewyr. Roedd Elli yn aelod gwerthfawr o deulu rygbi Cymru.
"Mae ein meddyliau gyda'i theulu a'i ffrindiau ar yr adeg anodd yma."
A carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Father Christmas are traditions that most British families associate with 24 December. Now so-called Christmas Eve boxes are gaining popularity, but do they add to the festive joy or simply pile on pressure for parents?
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This is an incredible story of love and science. Jessica Jenkins, 21, had cancer treatment that left her infertile. But her mum offered to be a surrogate. "In May this year we had an embryo defrosted and implanted into my mother's womb for her to be the little oven helping our Jelly Bean grow."
Now this is not something you hear talked about openly very often. But as part of the BBC's 100 Women season, we profiled French author Corinne Maier, who said her children had left her "exhausted and bankrupt". Her attack on "idealising parenthood" struck a chord with many mothers and fathers around the world. Here are some of the responses we received from other parents who regret having children.
Actor Tom Hardy is going to be reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story on New Year's Eve and we're not sure who is more excited - children or parents. The father-of-two is best known for his roles in Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and The Revenant. But now children across the country will be able to hear him read You Must Bring a Hat by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley.
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The incident happened late last week, as the vessel followed a boat belonging to activist group Sea Shepherd.
New Zealand's diplomats "made it very clear" the ship was not welcome, the foreign affairs minister said.
Japan rejects the criticism, saying the Sea Shepherd vessel tried to disrupt Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
A Japanese government spokesman said under international rules, any ship was allowed to enter another country's declared economic zone, and that it had been necessary to protect Japanese whalers from the activists.
"In these situations, Japan's fishery agency will take the necessary safety measurements to protect Japan's whaling ships.
"As the result of such safety measurements, the Japanese vessel entered the EEZ. Under international maritime law, all countries' vessels are entitled to free passage in the economic zones. In this sense, we don't consider this case as posing any problem under international law."
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But New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said the Japanese vessel ignored the request, prompting an official protest.
"On my instructions, the Japanese ambassador this afternoon met with a senior MFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) official who conveyed New Zealand's deep disappointment at the vessel's entry into our EEZ," Mr McCully said in a statement on Monday.
The summons followed a similar action on Friday, when the most senior Japanese embassy representative present - the deputy head of mission - was called in.
After that meeting, Mr McCully said in a statement that Japanese whalers "had been insensitive to the views of New Zealanders by entering New Zealand's EEZ against our wishes".
The decision, he said, was "unhelpful, disrespectful and short-sighted".
The Japanese vessel, the Shonan Maru 2, did not enter New Zealand's territorial waters. It sailed in the EEZ, which lies between 12 and 200 nautical miles from the coastline.
New Zealand "has no legal means of excluding any vessel from entering", the Sunday statement acknowledged.
The Shonan Maru No 2 is one of the escort vessels for the Japanese fleet, which heads south every year to hunt whales.
There has been a ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but Japan catches about 1,000 whales each year for what it calls scientific research. Critics say it is commercial whaling in another guise.
Activist group Sea Shepherd follows the fleet south and tries to disrupt the hunt. In recent years, there have been numerous clashes and incidents.
Australia, backed by New Zealand, is currently taking action against the Japanese whalers at the UN's International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Teenager Liam Scroggie opening his A-level results live on Good Morning Britain got bad news, missing out on the grades he needed to get into his choice of university.
It was certainly uncomfortable viewing and the sort of moment I have always dreaded presiding over.
My heart went out to him.
As the BBC's Scottish education correspondent, I've sometimes faced criticism - occasionally from teachers and sometimes from other individuals - for filming young people getting their exam results or putting them live on air at such a nerve-racking moment.
Sometimes the concern expressed is for the wellbeing of the youngster.
And sometimes it is founded in a belief that all news outlets focus purely on the achievements of high-achieving pupils in leafy suburbs while ignoring the majority.
Sometimes the concern is that we are implying that a school's performance is being judged by the exam results in isolation.
These are all very important and legitimate points to make.
But I often wonder if the people who have made these points to me have actually seen or heard what we do on Reporting Scotland or Good Morning Scotland year after year, as they are all issues we are well aware of.
Or are they basing their view on an impression that "the media" all works together in one way?
Covering the exam results poses some stylistic challenges as well as editorial and ethical ones.
It is an important day in the news diary and one of the most important days in the lives of the youngsters.
It is worth making the point that most people who get their Higher results are normally old enough to get married, join the army or vote in Scottish elections. But there are important ethical and editorial questions.
In Scotland, youngsters receive their results privately at home - by the post, by e-mail or by text.
So getting a group of youngsters together to get their results in public involves a degree of artifice and this should always be acknowledged on air.
Generally we focus our coverage on one particular school and in recent years the schools we have picked would not have come close to the top of any newspaper league table.
Indeed BBC Scotland actively avoids using schools in affluent suburbs on results day and attempts to ensure a broad range of youngsters are featured - not just confident students from middle-class families who grew up with a family expectation that a place at a top university was all but inevitable.
It could legitimately be argued that this is unfair on youngsters who have worked very hard for brilliant marks but in news terms the reason for doing this is simple: exam results day offers an opportunity to discuss what the Scottish government would see as a defining mission, closing the attainment gap between youngsters from relatively rich and poor backgrounds.
For example, we may pick a school where a teacher can discuss the challenges the school has faced or how a growing number of their pupils are now achieving at least one Higher.
The other reason for attempting to include a wide range of students is that this helps demonstrate how results day in Scotland is now meant to showcase how achievement takes a number of forms.
Five As in Highers or good Advanced Highers are only one, very specific measure of achievement.
"I got a B in my English," exclaimed one joyful youngster in my television package on results day this year.
Her joy was infectious and for her a B was a real achievement to be proud of.
The context of the coverage is one thing - what about the ethics of putting young people live on air at such a key moment.
The welfare of young people is important to the BBC generally. We would not seek to upset or humiliate a child in any of our work.
As I said, we make special arrangements with schools and the SQA so some youngsters can get their results live.
We take all reasonable steps to minimise the likelihood of a young person being left distressed if they get "poor" results live.
Generally we pick a school in June - sometimes this will be a school which we have already established a relationship with.
The school will invite a group of youngsters along to specially receive their results - only a few will be expected to actually get their results live.
We also encourage the school to let the youngsters bring along parents to watch and offer support.
Schools have advance notice of the results and on the day, shortly before we go on air, the head will ask some of the youngsters if they'd like to open their results live.
The head knows these young people will get good news - results at least as good as the ones they had been hoping for.
The others act as an audience, offering their friends encouragement.
Because such a large number of young people are invited along, there is no implication that the others are set for disappointing news - indeed sometimes the youngsters who turn out to have got the "best" results are too shy or nervous to go on air.
It's a matter of who might have a good story to tell or who might feel personally comfortable going on air.
Then, of course, there is the question of the narrative in our finished piece.
This needs to reflect how the exam results are viewed in Scotland and how they are not seen in isolation as a measure of a school's performance.
We also need to reflect how disappointing results are not the end of the road and not the devastating blow they may seem at the time to someone who failed to meet their conditional university.
This seems to have been the case with Liam Scroggie, who despite his TV humiliation has been accepted by Hull University.
All news is ultimately about both storytelling people in some way - their experience, their views, their life story.
As one of my most distinguished colleagues has said before: "The most important quality a good journalist has is empathy".
Coldly reading out statistics in a studio would do no favours to the young people who have something to celebrate - especially when some of those who might ask me about our results coverage would also be the first to express concern that young people often only make the news if they are in trouble.
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Jocelyn Elliott, 76, was released over the weekend after three weeks in captivity.
She and her husband Ken, 81, who is still a hostage, had provided services in the town of Djibo since the 1970s.
Militants reportedly said the kidnapping was an attempt to secure the release of imprisoned fighters.
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Mrs Elliott arrived in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, where she met president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, on Monday.
"I really hope to be with my husband soon so that we can again go to Djibo and continue (our work) there," she told journalists.
She said she was happy to be with her "Burkina family" and thanked the governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Australia, but gave no details of her captivity or release.
The aid worker was freed in neighbouring Niger after the jihadists from the group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said they did not want "to make women involved in the war".
Niger acted as a mediator to secure her release, officials said.
The couple were kidnapped in Djibo, near the border with Mali, on the same day as a deadly attack on a hotel in Ouagadougou, which was also claimed by AQIM.
Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister, Alpha Barry, told the AFP news agency that "no ransom was paid or conditions imposed" by the kidnappers for her release.
Efforts to free Mrs Elliott's husband were continuing, he said.
In response to their abduction, local people in Djibo launched a social media campaign calling for their release.
In an interview ahead of his Asian tour, Mr Obama said the US would oppose any attempt to undermine Japan's control over the islands.
US officials have made such comments in the past, but this is the first time Mr Obama has given such explicit support.
He arrived in Japan on Wednesday ahead of stops in three other Asian nations.
China's foreign ministry has said it opposes the islands being covered by the defence treaty.
"The so-called US-Japan alliance is a bilateral arrangement from the Cold War and ought not to harm China's territorial sovereignty and reasonable rights," spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing during a regular press briefing.
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Mr Obama is not going to Beijing, but relations with China are expected to dominate his meetings with regional leaders.
The trip was an opportunity to reinforce the importance the US placed on Asia, former US Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley told the BBC.
"Many traditional allies... [also] value a strong US presence in the region to balance against an assertive China," he said.
The visit comes amid a "period of very significant tension among American allies, and between American allies and China", he added.
Mr Obama's trip - from 23-29 April - comes nearly seven months after he cancelled a visit to the region due to a government shutdown.
He will have a private dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as bilateral meetings with the South Korean, Malaysian and Philippine leaders.
Ties between Tokyo and Beijing were expected to be high on the agenda as Mr Obama touched down in Tokyo on Wednesday evening.
Relations are severely strained over a raft of issues, including East China Sea islands - called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - that both claim.
Japan controls the islands but Chinese ships have sailed repeatedly in and out of what Japan says are its territorial waters as Beijing presses its claim. Last year, China declared an air defence identification zone over the islands, drawing widespread criticism.
Ahead of his visit, Mr Obama said in a written response to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper that the US opposed "any unilateral attempts to undermine Japan's administration of these islands".
"The policy of the United States is clear - the Senkaku Islands are administered by Japan and therefore fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Co-operation and Security," he wrote.
Japan depends on the US for its security, under a decades-old alliance that dates back to the end of World War Two.
The US, however, is keen for Japan to take on greater responsibility for its own security - an area where Mr Obama and Mr Abe are likely to be in general agreement.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal which requires each country to strike an agreement with other prospective members.
A rift between Japan and the US over agriculture product tariffs has proved a major sticking point.
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Mr Obama is also expected to have to balance bolstering US ties with each Asian ally with improving communication among them, particularly between South Korea and Japan.
The two Asian nations are at odds over a separate set of disputed islands, as well as historical issues linked to Japan's war history.
The Japanese prime minister's views on World War Two have poisoned relations to the point where Tokyo and Seoul are now barely on speaking terms, reports the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.
On Tuesday, Seoul accused Mr Abe of romanticising "Japanese colonialism and its war of aggression" after he sent an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, where Japan's war dead - including convicted war criminals - are enshrined.
But the US - which last month brokered a meeting of the Japanese and South Korean leaders - wants the two to co-operate on North Korea, amid long-term deadlock in moves to end Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
On Tuesday, South Korea's defence ministry said that it had detected "a lot of activity" at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
North Korea could be planning to hold a "surprise nuclear test or just pretend to stage a nuclear test", a spokesman said.
Mr Obama arrives in Seoul on Friday. A state department spokeswoman said the US was "closely monitoring the situation". The test, if it went ahead, would be North Korea's fourth.
A departmental official told the education committee that amounted to a percentage cut of 3.8%.
The department's director of finance, Trevor Connolly, told the committee the 2016/17 budget would be "challenging", if better than previously anticipated.
He said the full impact of the budget cut on schools' individual budgets would not be clear until early March.
However, the department's capital budget - to build new schools and school facilities - is increasing by £46m in 2016/17, a rise of 32%.
Committee members also questioned departmental officials on the Investing in the Teaching Workforce Scheme which aims to replace up to 500 older teaching staff with newly qualified teachers.
A number queried why the department had decided to limit the scheme to teachers who had graduated within the past three years.
The department's director of education workforce development, La'Verne Montgomery, admitted that "there may well be further issues that we have to address" and the scheme may be adjusted.
"We continue to explore the flexibility within the scheme," she said.
She also said that there were currently fewer than 400 full-time teachers younger than 25 in Northern Ireland.
Ms Montgomery said that the department expected up to 300 teachers to leave under the wider civil service voluntary redundancy scheme in 2016/17.
Earlier, Education Minister John O'Dowd said people considering a career in teaching in Northern Ireland should not expect a full-time job after their training.
Mr O'Dowd said those wanting to enter the profession should give "very, very careful consideration" to their choice.
He was speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.
He said prospective teachers should "be aware you may not be able to achieve a post within teaching in this society."
"I can't give careers advice but I would give this advice: anybody considering taking up a career in teaching should think very, very carefully about it," he said.
"It's a very, very rewarding job, and I don't mean that in the financial terms, but in terms of encouraging and nurturing our young people through.
"But no-one should enter the teaching profession in the belief that they're going to come the other side and obtain full-time employment.
Matthew Lucas, 43, was in South Yorkshire Police's aircraft when a couple were filmed having sex on their patio, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
He admitted he was in the front passenger seat but said he did not see the couple involved in sexual activity.
Mr Lucas is one of four men on trial. All deny misconduct in a public office.
Another officer, Adrian Pogmore, 51, has pleaded guilty to the charge. He also admitted he knew the couple through the "swinging scene" and that he had sex with the woman.
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Mr Lucas, who was honoured for helping two boys attacked in Edlington in 2009, said his colleague Pogmore was in the back seat of the chopper and was operating the camera.
Giving evidence, Mr Lucas said he did not recall much of the flight but remembered seeing a naked woman with a man in a Manchester United shirt for a "matter of seconds".
Pogmore made four recordings from the aircraft between 2007 and 2012, including two of people sunbathing naked, one of a couple of naturists and another of his friends having sex in their back garden, the jury was told.
When Mr Lucas, who was in the helicopter for three of the four incidents, was asked if he saw "any of the actual sex" by his defence barrister Paul Greaney QC, he replied: "I did not".
He told the court he had little recollection of what he said at the time he caught a glimpse of the naked woman but said it was along the lines of: "Oh my god, Poggy."
Mr Lucas said he was focused on searching for nuisance motorbikes on waste ground nearby.
Mr Greaney asked: "Did you do anything at all to assist Adrian Pogmore in what he was doing?"
"Absolutely not," he replied.
Mr Lucas said he had been on flights before which had "stumbled across" naked people and recalled an incident over Barnsley when the helicopter flew over a couple having sex in a field.
Pogmore, of Guilthwaite Crescent, Whiston, Rotherham, has admitted four charges of misconduct in a public office.
Mr Reeves, of Farfield Avenue, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, denies two counts of the same charge.
Mr Walls, of Southlands Way, Aston, Sheffield, denies one count.
Mr Loosemore, of Briar Close, Auckley, Doncaster, denies one count.
Mr Lucas, of Coppice Rise, Chapeltown, Sheffield, denies three counts.
The trial continues.
The part-timers from Gibraltar host the Scottish champions on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie.
"I think, arguably, it would be one of football's biggest upsets in Europe," the defender told BBC Scotland.
"We only became semi-professional three years ago."
Celtic in contrast, Chipolina pointed out, had been playing for many years - and "been very competitive" - in European competition.
"Everyone is excited," he said. "It is an amazing tie. The only word I can use to describe it is surreal.
"It doesn't really get much bigger than Celtic. And it's not just the club - I think the whole of Gibraltar is looking forward to this match."
Chipolina captained the Gibraltar side that played Scotland in the recent Euro 2016 qualifiers, his national team shipping 56 goals in 10 matches during the campaign.
However, as Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers prepares to lead the club competitively for the first time, the Northern Irishman is taking nothing for granted.
"They're always tricky ties," said the former Liverpool boss. "But our players have worked tirelessly over the last 20 days since we've been together and I've been delighted with the improvement of the fitness aspect of it and the tactical aspect of it.
"We've still got a long way to go, but this game presents us with an opportunity we have to take."
Red Imps defeated Flora Tallinn of Estonia to secure a visit of Celtic to the artificial surface at the 2,000-capacity Victoria Stadium.
"We've watched Lincoln play and understand they're very workmanlike," Rodgers added.
"They've won over the course of two games to get through to play us.
"So we'll give them that respect, but our focus is really very much on ourselves. It's a job that we need to do over two legs.
"The pitch and the heat will always make it a little bit more difficult, but we'll be ready for the whistle to blow."
Abu Omar, also known as Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, was also sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.
In 2003, he was seized while walking down a street in Milan and secretly flown to Egypt for interrogation.
He alleges he was tortured in Egypt before being released. Italy convicted 23 Americans over his abduction.
The 22 CIA agents and one US Air Force officer were sentenced in absentia to between seven and nine years in jail, although the air force colonel, Joseph Romano, has since been pardoned by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Two former leaders of the Italian military intelligence service, Sismi, are currently appealing against prison sentences of 10 and nine years for their roles.
At the time of his rendition, Abu Omar had been under investigation for a year as part of a broader inquiry into Islamist militancy based in Milan, according to the indictment at his trial.
Prosecutors said he had collaborated with 13 others between 2000 and 2003 "with the aim of carrying out acts of terrorist violence in Italy and abroad".
Abu Omar's lawyer, Carmelo Scambia, said he denied the charge of "criminal association for the purposes of international terrorism" and did not believe in violence.
"It's a political trial, if you will, an ideological trial against someone who professes a political faith," Mr Scambia told the Associated Press.
His client was currently living in the city of Alexandria and was being constantly monitored by the Egyptian authorities, he added.
Prosecutors said Egyptian officials had not responded to requests to question Abu Omar or bring him to Italy for trial.
Abu Omar's rendition was only uncovered when Italian prosecutors investigating him intercepted a telephone call that he made from Egypt to his wife in Italy after 14 months in captivity. During their conversation, he recounted his abduction and mistreatment by Egyptian security services.
He was subsequently rearrested in Egypt and held under an emergency detention law until 2007, when a court ordered his release.
The CIA's practice of extraordinary rendition - the transfer of suspects to countries where torture is permitted - has been condemned by human rights groups as a violation of international agreements.
Jerry Drake Varnell allegedly told undercover investigators that he hoped his actions would "cripple the government" and cause a "revolution".
The criminal complaint alleges that shortly after midnight on Saturday he attempted to set off a fake bomb.
Speaking to undercover agents, he cited the film Fight Club and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing as inspiration.
The FBI says that on 12 August Mr Varnell drove a cargo van - which he believed to be stolen and loaded with 1,000lbs (453kg) of explosives - to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City.
Days earlier, he recorded a message to be posted online after the attack, telling an undercover informant that it was important to have a statement ready to post to social media in order to prevent other groups such as the so-called Islamic State from claiming credit for the attack.
On Saturday, he parked the van in an alley beside the bank, and then attempted to dial a number with a mobile phone, thinking that would trigger the explosion, the FBI said.
FBI officials say the device was inert, and there was never any danger to the public.
"I can assure the public, without hesitation, that we had Varnell's actions monitored every step of the way," said Kathryn Peterson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oklahoma.
Mr Varnell is charged with attempting to use explosives to destroy a building in interstate commerce and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Anti-government extremist Timothy McÂVeigh's 1995 bombing on a federal building in Oklahoma City left 168 people dead.
The attack is considered the deadliest homegrown domestic terror attack in US history.
Moore's last game in charge was a 2-1 loss to Stevenage at Victoria Park on Tuesday, a result that leaves the club four points above the bottom two.
"This is an extremely difficult decision but one we feel is right," said chairman Gary Coxall.
The 63-year-old was appointed manager in December 2014, and saved the club from relegation last season.
Despite a remarkable 'Great Escape', which saw Pools overhaul a 10-point deficit to preserve their Football League status, Moore has been unable to steer the club away from trouble this term.
Four wins in all competitions from the first four games lifted the club up to third, but form has dipped dramatically.
Tuesday's result was their fourth successive game without a win, and their 16th league defeat of the season.
However, a number of postponements mean Hartlepool have played fewer games than any of the bottom six clubs, including five fewer than Stevenage.
"Ronnie has worked tirelessly to bring success to the club and we thank him sincerely for those efforts and wish him well for the future," added Coxall.
Moore, who was Hartlepool's ninth manager of the decade, lost 29 of his 59 games in charge, but admitted the Stevenage loss was critical to his future.
"It's a devastating result for me," Moore told BBC Tees. "This is a game I looked at where I thought we could win this.
"The fans are frustrated, we all want to win. We had enough of this last season and we wanted to kick on, but at this present time we're not having that."
Choi birdied four of her last six holes at Olympia Fields to post a five-under 66 at the second major of the year.
Compatriot Amy Yang is also five under after dropping a shot on the 17th, her final hole before play was halted.
Bronte Law is the leading Briton after a two-under-par 69, with 30 players unable to finish their opening round.
Fellow Englishwoman Jodi Ewart Shadoff is one of those who must finish her first round on Friday - she bogeyed her 15th hole to drop to two under.
American Michelle Wie is among a group of six on three under, which includes defending champion Brooke M Henderson.
South Korea's Ryu So-yeon, who won in Arkansas last week to become world number one, is among the dozen players on two under.
Former world number one Lydia Ko of New Zealand is a shot further back.
Becky Morgan of Wales mixed five bogeys with two birdies to finish two over, while Scotland's Catriona Matthew, who finished second in 2013, is on the same score with one to play.
England's Charley Hull was one under after 11 holes but dropped six shots in her next six holes as she posted a four-over 75.
Laura Davies, winner of this tournament in 1994 and 1996, had six bogeys and a double bogey in her opening nine holes but steadied her round on the back nine to finish seven over.
Proposals for London Britannia Airport, designed by architects Gensler, include four floating runways tethered to the sea bed.
The architect said the design allowed for future expansion to accommodate six runways when required.
Project director of the latest proposal Ian Mulcahey, said: "This will be a national infrastructure project that can inject new pace and dynamism into our economy.
"The airport can be quickly manufactured in the ship yards and steel works across the UK and can be floated by sea and positioned in the Estuary.
"This isn't a London airport, it is a global airport, designed, manufactured and built in the UK."
But Willie Walsh, chief of International Airlines Group, which incorporates British Airways, told MPs that he could not see how you could make an economic case for a new hub airport.
The "massive" cost, as much as £60bn, would have to be recouped from charges which deterred operators from moving there.
"You would have plenty of capacity but nobody would ever want to use it," he said.
A spokeswoman for London mayor Boris Johnson said: "This will form, along with other significant submissions, an important part of discussions going forward."
The mayor has already backed the concept for a Thames island airport, for which there have been two other plans unveiled, one dubbed "Boris Island".
The airport would be connected to London by high-speed rail.
The mayor is setting up a new aviation policy unit to be headed by one of his deputies Daniel Moylan, who has been instrumental in pushing the idea of an airport in the Thames Estuary over the last two years.
The mayor said: "We must remain competitive, and to do that we need a coherent aviation strategy for 21st Century London. Daniel Moylan will help me deliver that."
Last week, the government announced a final decision on UK airport expansion will be taken after the next general election in 2015.
The new transport secretary Patrick Mcloughlin said earlier that the experts appointed to a new independent commission would ensure the best possible long-term solution was found.
He told MPs: "Airport expansion is a very, very difficult subject to address. It's very complicated.
"Even if we had a third runway at Heathrow it would take time to do. It's very controversial."
The much-travelled 31-year-old Nigerian recently left Dagenham & Redbridge after the Daggers decided not to renew his short-term contract.
Okuonghae began his career with Aldershot and played for St Albans, Crawley and Weymouth - and had two stints with the Daggers.
He then joined Colchester in 2009, where he played more than 200 games.
A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says, despite legislation to protect disabled people's rights, they are still not being treated as equal citizens.
The EHRC Wales committee wants the Welsh Government to "place a new focus on equality".
The government said it was considering the findings and would respond later.
The report, Being disabled in Britain: A journey less equal, says disabled people have a lack of equal opportunities in education and employment and a "widening disability pay gap".
They also experience problems with accessing transport, health services and housing and have "deteriorating access to justice".
Welfare reforms "significantly affect the already low living standards" of disabled people, it adds.
The report's findings in Wales
June Milligan, chairwoman of the EHRC Wales committee, said: "This report shows that disabled people in Wales and across Britain are being left behind. The evidence can no longer be ignored.
"It calls on the UK and Welsh governments to place a new focus on disability equality and to deliver improvements in experiences and outcomes.
"The changes that we need to see include reducing the education and employment gaps for disabled people and increasing the number of disabled people in public appointments and politics."
In a statement, Welsh Government officials said its framework on independent living recognised "the barriers that disabled people experience in their lives".
"These are long-term issues which will not be solved overnight and we are working with disabled people and their organisations to review our framework with the aim of publishing a refreshed action plan later this year," a spokesman added.
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Local transport minister Laurent Sumba Kahozi said the search for survivors was continuing.
Rescue workers found passengers in the water on Sunday, clinging on to petrol cans and other objects.
Correspondents say such accidents are fairly common in the region as ferries are often overloaded.
Life jackets are also often missing and many people cannot swim.
Officials in Katanga province said strong winds and overloading caused the boat, the MV Mutambala, to capsize.
A number of women and children were among the victims in the disaster, which happened in the early hours of Friday morning.
Initial reports said 26 people had died.
The number of survivors stands at 232, mostly men, the provincial minister for transport said.
Officers arrested 55 people at the Gurdwara Sahib in Leamington Spa following reports men entered the building during a dispute over inter-faith marriages.
A number of Kirpans - a short sword and one of five physical symbols of faith worn by Sikhs - were seized.
Warwickshire Police confirmed the weapons were available for collection.
'Unacceptable'
Davinder Singh, from the Sikh Federation, said a formal complaint could be made despite the return of the Kirpans.
"[The police] said they needed them for investigation and forensic purposes, but we felt it was unacceptable," he said.
"This clearly is not the end of the matter. We want the police to explain why they kept them."
The protest by Sikh Youth UK members on September 11 was in response to an inter-faith marriage due to be carried out as a Sikh marriage.
Under UK law it is generally illegal to carry a knife in public without good reason.
However knives used for religious purposes, such as Kirpans, are permitted.
Murders linked to domestic violence will carry sentences of between 12 and 30 years.
President Rousseff said the new law sends a clear message to women that the state would protect them.
She said 15 women were killed daily in Brazil.
In other cases - such as the killing of a pregnant woman, a woman who's just given birth, girls under 14, or women over 60 - the new law provides for even longer jail terms.
The new legislation alters the criminal code to describe femicide as any crime that involves domestic violence, contempt or discrimination against women.
Similar legislation has been introduced in other Latin American countries such as El Salvador, which has the highest murder rate for women in the world.
The Representative of UN Women in Brazil, Nadine Gasman, said "the law identifies femicide as a specific phenomena. This kind of law is preventive in nature."
The new legislation deepens legislation sanctioned in 2006 by President Rousseff's predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Known as the "Maria da Penha" law, it paid tribute to Maria da Penha Maia, a woman whose ex-husband beat her for 14 years and attempted to murder her twice, leaving her paraplegic.
She is a notable figure in the movement for women's rights in Brazil.
The "Maria da Penha" law stated that aggressors were no longer to be punished with alternative sentences.
It increased the maximum sentence from one to three years.
It also ordered the removal of abusers from the home and banned them from proximity to the woman or children attacked.
During her term in office, President Rousseff has enacted other laws aimed at women and girls.
In August 2013, she signed legislation requiring all public hospitals to provide treatment against sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/Aids for rape victims.
It requires that victims be given access to emergency contraception, and in the case of pregnancy they have the right to an abortion, illegal in Brazil in most cases.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided - significantly by a 8-1 majority rather than unanimously - that a little bit of patience is necessary to see how the economy performs over the next few weeks.
The markets' judgement that Mark Carney had clearly signalled a July rate cut two weeks ago when he said "some monetary policy easing will likely be required over the summer" has proved erroneous.
Some might mutter about the governor showing flashes of the "unreliable boyfriend" he has been accused of before when he has guided the market.
However, the governor's words do not contradict today's decision. "Over the summer" is not one month.
And monetary easing can mean more than just a cut in interest rates.
The MPC is dealing with two competing forces.
First, a slowdown in economic growth following the referendum vote which many economists believe could tip the economy into recession.
Second, a possible increase in inflation sparked by the fall in the value of sterling.
At the moment the data on the former is limited.
The MPC did point to some "preliminary signs" that household and business confidence has been affected by the referendum result.
It said there have been some "sharp falls" in sentiment measures.
"Taken together, these indicators suggest economic activity is likely to weaken in the near term," the minutes say.
But, against that, the financial markets have continued to function which has "dampened rather than amplified" the effects of the 23 June vote.
And economic activity is described as "solid" in the run-up to the referendum.
The Bank also made it clear that "most" members of the MPC "expect monetary policy to be loosened in August" when the Inflation Report is published.
That does not necessarily mean an interest rate cut at that point.
It could mean more stimulus via the purchasing of government bonds, or quantitative easing.
Or more action to boost lending via direct support to banks.
On inflation, any upward pressure is still slight.
Inflation is at 0.3%, well below the 2% target.
The "sharp" fall in sterling is likely to be inflationary as import prices rise.
But, so far, there is little evidence of that.
Short-term market expectations of an increase in inflation have risen slightly.
But over the longer term, expectations are still muted.
The deflationary pressures of low commodity prices and a slow devaluation of the renminbi - making Chinese exports cheaper - are acting across the globe to depress prices.
To be clear, interest rates may not fall further this year.
Whether they do will depend on the MPC's judgement on the best way to balance the two competing forces in the economy.
And how the economy performs over the next few weeks and months - rather more a function of government policy on tax, spending and negotiations with the European Union, than it is of monetary policy.
As Mr Carney has always made clear - the levers the Bank has at its disposal can only do so much.
He has also been wary of cutting rates too deeply - and has signalled that he is not a big fan of negative rates - because of the damage that can do to retail bank profitability and the ability to lend.
Sentiment is certainly moving towards more stimulus - the form that stimulus will take, and when, is still unclear.
Kevin Gartland, 24, twice discharged a sawn-off pump action shotgun at the room where Robyn Murtagh was sleeping.
Gartland earlier admitted endangering the life of Ms Murtagh, 24, by culpably and recklessly discharging a shotgun at a bedroom window on 13 July 2015.
He also pled guilty to having a prohibited weapon.
Ms Murtagh was woken in the early hours by a loud bang and saw glass on the floor before a second shot rang out seconds later.
Gartland had previously sent a text message to his ex-girlfriend stating: "I have nothing to lose now. No one gets away with playing with my emotions like this. I promise."
The judge Lord Jones said Ms Murtagh had been "very unnerved" by her ordeal and ordered Gartland be kept under supervision for a further two-year period.
Defence solicitor advocate Cameron Tait said Gartland now accepted his behaviour was "reckless and dangerous in the extreme".
He said: "He had been taking cocaine consistently for three days."
Broken glass was all over the floor of the bedroom at Miss Murtagh's flat in Gilmerton Dykes Avenue and on her bed following the shooting.
Ms Murtagh rolled out of the bed and crawled through to the hall before hearing Gartland make his getaway on a motorbike.
Gartland was later detained by armed police and the gun was found after he handed over a diagram to a visitor in Edinburgh's Saughton prison of where he had disposed of the weapon.
Gartland has twice been jailed for offences of serious violence.
Det Ch Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, said: "Kevin Gartland is an extremely dangerous individual and it was only by chance that his utterly reckless actions did not kill or cause serious injury to a member of the public.
"I would like to take this opportunity to recognise the tremendous police effort that led us to Gartland within a matter of hours and the invaluable assistance afforded to us by the local community.
"Today's sentence, and the investigation pursuant to it, sends a clear message that anyone involved in the criminal possession and discharge of firearms can be sure that the full spectrum of resources available to Police Scotland will be directed tirelessly against them to ensure they are arrested and brought before the courts."
Shamir Fenelon grabbed his second goal in as many games to put the Shots ahead after just five minutes, but Luke Young soon equalised with a well-taken free-kick.
Midfielder Bobby-Joe Taylor restored the home side's lead three minutes into the second half, with Shaun Okojie nodding in a third after 87 minutes.
Torquay, who had drawn 0-0 with nine-man Tranmere on Saturday, pulled a goal back with a stoppage-time header from Jon-Paul Pittman but it was not enough to deny Aldershot.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2.
Goal! Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 2. Jon-Paul Pittman (Torquay United).
Goal! Aldershot Town 3, Torquay United 1. Shaun Okojie (Aldershot Town).
Substitution, Torquay United. Rory Fallon replaces Sam Chaney.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Shaun Okojie replaces Bobby-Joe Taylor.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Scott Rendell replaces Matt McClure.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jake Gosling replaces Jordan Lee.
Will De Havilland (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jon-Paul Pittman replaces Ruairi Keating.
Sean McGinty (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 2, Torquay United 1. Bobby-Joe Taylor (Aldershot Town).
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1.
Bobby-Joe Taylor (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Jamie Reid (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Luke Young (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card.
Shamir Fenelon (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 1. Luke Young (Torquay United).
Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Torquay United 0. Shamir Fenelon (Aldershot Town).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Police said there was no specific intelligence suggesting a threat to the Glasgow event but it was standard practice given current security levels.
Officers warned that anyone with a bag should expect to be searched.
Radiohead, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro and The Kooks are among the bands appearing at the festival on Glasgow Green.
Staged by DF Concerts, the non-camping event was created after it was announced T in the Park would "take a break" this year as organisers try to resolve issues around its recent move to a new site in Perthshire.
The TRNSMT festival runs from Friday to Sunday.
Supt Stewart Carle, the event commander, said: "Our preparations with our partners have been ongoing for many months and the public's safety is our top priority.
"There will be an increased security presence at the event and in the city centre.
"Firearms officers will be present near the venue, however it is important to stress there is no specific intelligence to suggest there is a threat to the festival - this deployment is standard in crowded places given the current security level of 'severe'.
"Our advice remains the same - be alert but not alarmed and enjoy the festival.
Police Scotland is urging people not to bring bags larger than an A3 sheet of paper to the festival.
Officers also said there would be a zero-tolerance approach to drug-taking and anyone found with illegal substances would be arrested.
Anyone who is drunk will not be allowed into the festival and those who engage in disorderly and drunken, loutish behaviour inside the venue can expect to be ejected or arrested, police warned.
Flares, smoke devices and other pyrotechnics are also banned and anyone trying to bring them in will not be allowed entry.
Supt Carle added: "The festival organisers have put in place medical facilities and a welfare tent for those who may become unwell, but the best advice is to drink sensibly and take plenty of water, of which there will be free supplies."
The PSNI said six vehicles were targeted in the arson attacks, with five of them extensively damaged.
The incidents happened in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday morning. The PSNI said it was investigating a link between the incidents.
The first arson attack was on a Seat Leon in Hampton Grove at about 01:20 GMT on Saturday.
A short time later an attempt was made to set a car on fire on the Mill Road, but no damage was caused.
On Sunday morning, there were arson attacks on four cars - on a Citroen Berlingo in Glebe Village Gardens shortly after 02:00; on a Volkswagen Golf and Audi on Killyglen Road; and on a Citroen car in Blackthorn Green after 04:30.
Last month, an upper-tier tax tribunal dismissed an HMRC appeal against a first-tier decision on payments made to players and other employees.
The tax authority argued unsuccessfully that the payments should be taxable.
The Murray Group, which formerly owned Rangers, argued that the payments were loans.
In a statement on Thursday, HMRC said it had applied for permission to appeal against the case to the Court of Session. It must prove there is a basis for the appeal on a point of law.
It said: "HMRC continues to believe that schemes using employee benefit trusts to avoid tax do not work.
"Around 700 users of EBT schemes have already settled with us resulting in around £800m of tax and NICs (National Insurance Contributions) being paid.
"We expect more to settle in the near future.
"These are avoidance schemes and we will continue to tackle those who do not pay up.
"It is not right that a small minority can avoid paying what they owe while the vast majority pay the right tax on their earnings.
"This case represents an important principle."
The statement added: "HMRC is proud of our record of winning around 80% of cases that are taken to litigation by the taxpayer.
"We tackle avoidance wherever we see it and litigate where necessary to ensure schemes are defeated and the tax due is paid."
The first-tier tribunal (FTT) had issued a 2-1 majority verdict in November 2012 which favoured, in principle, the Murray Group and ordered that HMRC's £46.2m demands, about three-quarters of which referred to the liquidated club, be "reduced substantially".
The upper-tier appeal largely upheld that verdict but some payments will be re-examined by the original tribunal, including termination and "guaranteed bonus" payments.
The tax case has no impact on the current Rangers owners.
The Murray Group was unavailable for comment.
The Tornado was flying at about 483mph (777kmh) near Headon airfield in Nottinghamshire when it passed 300ft (91.5m) beneath the microlight, a UK Airprox report said.
It also emerged the civilian airfield was marked in the wrong spot on military maps by half a mile.
The near-miss on 2 October 2015 was reported by the microlight pilot.
The report said that the Tornado pilot was "entitled to fly where he had", but said he should have left more room for manoeuvre.
The pilot had failed to spot the smaller aircraft as he passed 500ft (152m) above the ground.
The Airprox report ruled it was a Category A incident because "a serious risk of collision" existed.
"The Tornado pilot would probably have been better placed to have remained at height until further north due to the myriad of small airfields and avoidances in that particular area," the report stated.
"Essentially, the Tornado pilot was threading the gap very finely between these airfields and… he had left very little margin for error and would have been wiser to have allowed himself much more room to manoeuvre."
The RAF said the near-miss showed "how important it is to remain vigilant during all phases of flight" and added "lookout training (for pilots) is under constant review and assessment".
The report also recommended the use of transponders - which can communicate with other aircraft - on light aircraft after it emerged the microlight was not equipped with one.
It also said the Airprox board was "heartened to hear from the military low-flying representative that the military charts were being amended to place Headon in the correct position".
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The Simon Andrews Legacy Lap was set up in 2014 following the Worcestershire TT star's death at the North West 200.
Simon's sister Claire Jupp said this year would have "added poignancy" after the deaths of rising stars Billy Redmayne and Malachi Mitchell Thomas.
On Saturday, a further two competitors were killed on the event's opening day.
Sidecar driver Dwight Beare, 27, crashed near the Rhencullen section of the Mountain Course while Paul Shoesmith, 50, from Cheshire, died in a crash on Sulby Straight during solo practice.
Last year more than 5,000 riders took part in the tribute lap.
Manx soldier Mr Redmayne, 25, died in April after sustaining serious head injuries during a crash at the Oliver's Mount Spring Cup in Scarborough.
Mitchell Thomas, 20, from Chorley in Lancashire, died earlier this month after crashing during the Supertwins race at the NW200 in Northern Ireland.
Both men had been hoping to make their debuts at this year's TT festival.
Ms Jupp said: "It is very important that fallen racers are not forgotten. Last year the procession stretched back for 15 miles, which shows the respect that exists."
The "legacy lap", which will have a full police escort, will set off from the TT grandstand at 10:00 BST.
However, there are still "significant challenges ahead" according to cabinet member John Brunt.
He said the council has a maintenance backlog of £57m for its roads.
Mr Brunt added: "Despite this latest additional investment the overall road conditions will still deteriorate but at a reduced rate."
The local authority's capital investment strategy for three years from 2017-18 was agreed in February, with the council announcing on Wednesday that £11.85m would be earmarked for roads.
Barron Trump, 11, was accused by an entertainment reporter for the Daily Caller of not "dressing like he's in the White House".
The article features photos of the boy in his loafers, khaki shorts and T-shirt after a flight to Washington.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has again defended the boy.
Ms Clinton had previously defended Barron from criticism and cruel jokes, including one tweet that caused a writer for Saturday Night Live to be fired.
"It's high time the media & everyone leave Barron Trump alone & let him have the private childhood he deserves", the daughter of Hillary and former president Bill Clinton posted on Twitter.
Late night comedian Chelsea Handler, a frequent critic of the American president, tweeted "poor Barron". Other Twitter users were equally appalled and leaped to the boy's defence.
Writer Ford Springer had written: "Barron was returning to the White House from New Jersey on Sunday and while the president and first lady travelled in their Sunday best, young Barron looked like he was hopping on Air Force One for a trip to the movie theatre."
Mr Springer added that "the youngest Trump doesn't have any responsibilities as the president's son, but the least he could do is dress the part when he steps out in public".
Earlier this year, Ms Clinton wrote a post that was shared widely saying "Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does - to be a kid."
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Cuthbert, 25, was the subject of social media criticism following Wales' 23-19 quarter final defeat by South Africa.
Rush played in the same Blues team as Cuthbert and thinks he can rediscover better form and retain his Wales place.
"He needs to put the World Cup behind him, get back to the Blues and pick it up," said the ex-All Blacks forward.
'It's about his attitude now, he needs to... prove the public wrong and to win his place back for the Six Nations.
"There's going to be a lot of pressure on him so he needs to get it right back at club level."
Cuthbert scored 15 tries in his first 29 appearances for Wales, including two against England in the match that clinched the 2013 Six Nations title.
That form earned him a British and Irish Lions tour in 2013, where he scored a try in the first Test win over Australia.
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However, he has scored just once in his last 12 Wales Tests, was dropped during the 2015 Six Nations, and did not impress during the World Cup.
Rush, who was at the Blues from 2005 until 2012, believes Cuthbert has to get back to "doing what he enjoys" on his return to domestic rugby.
'With the ball in hand he can do a lot of damage, he needs to go looking for those opportunities and start enjoying his rugby again," added Rush.
Blues head coach Danny Wilson believes Cuthbert has been unfairly singled out following Wales' defeat by the Springboks.
"We've all seen over the long haul what a quality 'finishing' winger he is - he scores tries," he said.
"If I'm honest he's come in for a little bit of unfair criticism for a player we all know is quality.
"I think he did some really good things and some things I know he won't be as happy with himself about, knowing the standard he holds himself to.
"But I'm sure when he's back on the field with the Blues he'll produce the quality rugby we all know he's capable of."
Wilson has opted to give his Wales World Cup contingent a rest for Blues' Pro12 trip to Ulster on Friday while Gareth Anscombe is out after undergoing ankle surgery.
The report, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tracked traits such as weight, kidney function and gum health.
Some of the 38-year-olds were ageing so badly that their "biological age" was on the cusp of retirement.
The team said the next step was to discover what was affecting the pace of ageing.
The international research group followed 954 people from the same town in New Zealand who were all born in 1972-73.
The scientists looked at 18 different ageing-related traits when the group turned 26, 32 and 38 years old.
The analysis showed that at the age of 38, the people's biological ages ranged from the late-20s to those who were nearly 60.
"They look rough, they look lacking in vitality," said Prof Terrie Moffitt from Duke University in the US.
The study said some people had almost stopped ageing during the period of the study, while others were gaining nearly three years of biological age for every twelve months that passed.
People with older biological ages tended to do worse in tests of brain function and had a weaker grip.
Most people's biological age was within a few years of their chronological age. It is unclear how the pace of biological ageing changes through life with these measures.
Prof Moffitt told the BBC: "Any area of life where we currently use chronological age is faulty, if we knew more about biological age we could be more fair and egalitarian."
She argued the retirement age may be unfair for those "working at their peak" who then had to retire.
The researchers said it was unexpected to find such differences so early, but that the findings could help trial methods for slowing the pace of ageing and ultimately have implications for medicine.
She added: "Eventually if we really want to slow the process of ageing to prevent the onset of disease we're going to have to intervene with young people."
Dr Andrea Danese from King's College London said: "I think it is surprising you can detect these changes in young people.
"This is the first step to detect factors that influence the rate of ageing... very early prevention [of diseases] may be one of the things we will be able to measure better."
The film, starring Richard E Grant and Paul McGann, depicts the lives of two unemployed actors who spend a disastrous weekend in the countryside.
The copy of Bruce Robinson's novel, written between 1969 and 1970, is estimated to reach between £4,000 and £6,000 when it goes under the hammer.
It includes extensive handwritten revisions by Robinson.
He has described Withnail and I as "70% autobiographical" - and was living in a house in Camden, north London, where much of it is set, when he was writing the novel.
The work for sale also includes a page torn from a magazine featuring the author and his flatmates outside their house in the late 1960s.
Withnail and I was adapted for the screen in 1987, produced by former Beatle George Harrison's HandMade Films and directed by Robinson.
It also starred Richard Griffiths as the flamboyant Uncle Monty, in whose rural cottage Withnail (Grant) and McGann (I) stay.
While it did not make an impression at the box office at the time, it became hugely popular in the following decade - particularly with students.
It became famous for lines including Withnail's: "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now."
The draft is to be auctioned as part of Sotheby's sale of English literature, history, children's books and illustrations on 15 December.
Dr Brian Harris, 77, who worked at the Trealaw Clinic in Pentre, Rhondda Cynon Taff, denies 13 charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.
The man told his trial Dr Harris groomed him during appointments between 2009 and 2011 when he was a student.
He said the doctor raped him and got him addicted to prescription drugs.
Merthyr Crown Court heard the former Cardiff University student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was being treated for anxiety and depression after leaving his university course because of his symptoms when the assaults began.
He told police Dr Harris got him addicted to diazepam and gave him Viagra.
In recorded interviews played to the jury, he said: "He abused his position as a doctor.
"I was very vulnerable at the time and I didn't have any friends - he took advantage of me."
He claimed the initial incidents took place at the Trealaw Clinic in 2009 and said the memory of the assaults was "eating me alive".
He added: "I can't understand how he was so brazen about it in that damn office - I wish someone had walked in."
The court heard Dr Harris used to tell the man's mother to leave the room during their consultations and would then sexually assault him.
The alleged assaults took place at both Trealaw and the mental health department of the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, the court was told.
In the interview, the man said Dr Harris had "control over my tablets, he can make my life difficult, so I went along with it".
He added: "I didn't want to do what I was doing. He had so much power, he was in charge. He could say if I could stay out of hospital."
The man said as a result of the assaults he put bleach in his mouth which burnt his teeth and "felt dirty".
In another interview in 2016, the man told police Dr Harris had come to the hostel where he lived and after inviting him out for a drink the doctor had invited himself inside afterwards and raped him on his bed.
"After that I took to drink. I put on weight so much that my father didn't recognise me. Even though his demeanour is mild and he's so small, he's the worst sexual predator ever. He's studied psychology," the man said.
He added the experience made him feel "worthless" and "like a piece of meat".
The alleged assaults eventually stopped when the doctor went on sick leave with cancer.
Dr Harris worked for the NHS and in private practice in Cardiff for 40 years.
Some of the alleged incidents date back to 1991.
The trial continues.
TS Queen Mary was withdrawn from service in 1977 and has been in a dockyard near London for seven years.
It was bought and towed to Greenock in May by the Friends of TS Mary.
The charity needs to secure £2m to restore the vessel and open it to the public as an exhibition and an arts and culture venue.
The friends have already raised £250,000, which was needed to bring the ship back to Scotland.
Coltrane said: "She will be a wonderful addition to Scotland. We're certainly not going to let her sit there like an ornament, that's why we're determined to raise enough money to restore her.
"When you see her polished up, you will be staggered with how beautiful she looks. I know £2m is an awful lot of money but then we'll have a wonderful asset for Glasgow and for the whole of Scotland."
The restored ship would host school children on educational visits and the charity plans to hold festivals and events on board.
Charity trustee Iain Sim said: "We want to restore the TS Queen Mary using the Clyde's shipbuilding expertise and, crucially, apprentices who will help to continue Scotland's maritime legacy.
"It's a tremendous amount of money to raise, but we're more determined than ever."
RMS Queen Mary, a steamship also built at Clydebank, is now permanently moored at Long Beach, California. It is a tourist attraction which features restaurants, a museum and a hotel.
China's central bank said it wanted to investigate market manipulation, money laundering and unauthorised financing.
Chinese exchanges trading in the currency have seen the price of Bitcoin fall more than 16%.
The move comes as Beijing's tries to crack down on money flowing out of the country illegally. The weakening yuan has prompted many people to try to buy foreign currencies.
The Bitcoin currency had soared to record highs in the first days of 2017, a rise attributed largely to strong demand from China, where most Bitcoin trading takes place.
The Chinese central bank said that the "spot checks were focused on how the exchanges implement policies including forex management and anti-money laundering".
The currency traded at $760 (£624) on Thursday morning, down from more than $915 the previous day. Earlier in January, Bitcoin hit a $1,129 high.
The crypto-currency relies on web-based transactions handled across thousands of computers and is used as an anonymous way to move money globally.
As a result, some speculate that people in China are using it to circumnavigate strict government rules aimed at preventing money from leaving the country.
Currently, there's an annual maximum that people are legally allowed to change into a foreign currency.
The value of the yuan fell by about 7% last year.
In contrast, Bitcoin's value rose by 125% in 2016, making it the world's best-performing currency when compared with its central bank-issued peers.
Bitcoin is often referred to as a new kind of currency. Yet like all currencies its value is determined by how much people are willing to exchange it for.
To process Bitcoin transactions, a procedure called "mining" must take place, which involves a computer solving a difficult mathematical problem with a 64-digit solution.
For each problem solved, one block of Bitcoins is processed. In addition the miner is rewarded with new Bitcoins.
To compensate for the growing power of computer chips, the difficulty of the puzzles is adjusted to ensure a steady stream of new Bitcoins are produced each day.
There are currently about 15 million Bitcoins in existence.
To receive a Bitcoin, a user must have a Bitcoin address - a string of 27-34 letters and numbers - which acts as a kind of virtual post-box to and from which the Bitcoins are sent.
Since there is no register of these addresses, people can use them to protect their anonymity when making a transaction.
These addresses are in turn stored in Bitcoin wallets, which are used to manage savings.
The club were angered by comments they claim Boyeson made after keeper Chris Maxwell was hit by an "object" during Saturday's game with Sheffield United.
The Professional Game Match Officials Board are now in charge of the case.
"I believe if it was from a higher profile club, the FA would have been hands on," said Pressley.
"Unfortunately they have washed their hands of it and pushed it on to the committee.
"The FA have to treat every club the same and I think in this instance this is something they should have had a serious look into."
BBC Sport understands the FA considered the complaint, but were satisfied that it was not a disciplinary issue for them.
The PGMOL has also been contacted by BBC Sport but are yet to reply.
Pressley alleged after the match that the referee said the incident was Maxwell's own fault, and striker Shola Ameobi confirmed he was the "witness" to the alleged comments.
"It is sad to see when things are thrown at players," the former Newcastle striker, 34, told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"It is something that I do not condone and it is something that I feel the referee could have dealt with better.
"The comments that I heard him say weren't what you want from a referee to a player.
"It's a tough situation that the referee found himself in and the goalkeeper is there to stop goals going in not stop things bouncing off his head."
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Scotland led 14-9 at half-time, full-back Stuart Hogg touching down after a hopeful high kick and wing Tommy Seymour crossing for the hosts.
France wing Yoann Huget scored an interception try after an ill-advised miss-pass by Duncan Weir, but Weir regained the lead for Scotland with a penalty.
Scott Johnson's side looked to have done enough to secure a deserved victory, only for replacement scrum-half Jean-Marc Doussain to win it with a last-gasp penalty.
It was a bitter outcome for Scotland, who showed great spirit and no little skill, in stark contrast to their chastening defeat by England at Murrayfield last month.
France host Ireland next Saturday with the sides level on six points. The winner of the match between England and Wales on Sunday will also go into the final weekend with six points.
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Philippe Saint-Andre made seven changes to the France side humbled by Wales a fortnight ago, but only three of them because of injuries.
With number eight Louis Picamoles having been dropped, France had an entirely new back-row of Sebastien Vahaamahina, Alexandre Lapandry and Damien Chouly, with the last two making their first starts in the Six Nations.
Wing Maxime Medard, centre Maxime Mermoz and scrum-half Maxime Machenaud were also included in the starting XV, and it was the unfamiliar visiting outfit that made the brighter start.
Racing Metro's Machenaud, in for Toulouse number nine Doussain, kicked the first points of the game after Scotland collapsed a scrum.
France have been criticised for their lack of attacking ambition in this year's Six Nations but they almost scored from a sweeping move after 10 minutes.
Scotland hooker Scott Lawson spilled the ball inside the French half, full-back Brice Dulin sent the ball down the line and Toulouse flyer Huget very nearly beat his man on the outside.
Huget managed to feed the ball inside to Maxime Mermoz before Mathieu Bastareaud bulldozed his way to within a few metres of the Scotland line. However, France had to make do with a penalty from Machenaud after an infringement at the breakdown.
But Scotland hit back almost immediately with their first home try for four matches, full-back Hogg sending up a hopeful high kick and touching down the loose ball.
France quickly regained the lead through another Machenaud three-pointer after Mermoz was brought down just short of the try-line.
But Scotland hit back again, scoring their second try of the game after a beautifully crafted move straight from the training ground.
The ball was shipped to Matt Scott and the Edinburgh centre slipped the ball inside to Glasgow wing Seymour, who raced clear to touch down unopposed after a suspected block on Jules Plisson.
Scotland, seemingly buoyed by the last-ditch victory over Italy in Rome a fortnight ago, led 14-9 at half-time after an encouraging first 40 minutes.
Scotland's back-row, the make-up of which had attracted much criticism, was particularly impressive, with recalled captain Kelly Brown providing much-needed leadership and number eight David Denton seemingly everywhere.
Meanwhile, France's line-out was atrocious before the break, with Brice Mach, in for the injured Dimitri Szarzewski, losing six throws.
The hosts started the second half brightly, but when Weir attempted to find Alex Dunbar with an unnecessary miss-pass inside the French 22, Huget was alive to the threat and intercepted before galloping the length of the field to score. Machenaud slotted the conversion to give France the lead.
Greig Laidlaw came up short with a long-range penalty kick that would have given Scotland the lead, but Weir was on target a couple of minutes later.
With France's scrum having gone the same way as their line-out in the second half, their three-quarters were unable to create much, and Scotland looked to have done enough to secure the victory as they snuffed out France's infrequent attacks with the minimum of fuss.
However, after a Weir penalty drifted wide after 75 minutes, Doussain secured the victory for the visitors with a minute remaining, replacement lock Tim Swinson having been penalised at the breakdown.
Scotland: S. Hogg, T Seymour, A Dunbar, M Scott, S Lamont, D Weir, G Laidlaw; R Grant, S Lawson, G Cross, R Gray, J Hamilton, J Beattie, K Brown (captain), D Denton
Replacements:Wilson for Beattie (17), Evans for Lamont (29), Ford for Lawson (51), Swinson for Hamilton (68)
France: B Dulin, Y Huget, M Bastareaud, M Mermoz, M Medard, J Plisson, M Machenaud; T Domingo, B Mach, 3-N Mas, P Pape (captain), Y Maestri, S Vahaamahina, A Lapandry, D Chouly
Replacements: Tales for Plisson (46), Guirado for Mach (47), Flanquart for Maestri (59), Slimani for Mas (59), Claassen for Vahaamahina (66), Fickou for Bastareaud (68), Debaty for Domingo (68), Doussain for Machenaud (74)
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) & JP Doyle (England)
TV: Gareth Simmonds (Wales)
Some of the UK's largest producers have said they are struggling to produce enough of the loved-and-loathed veg.
Lincolnshire supplies almost two thirds of all sprouts produced in the UK, with farmers reporting losses of up to 60%.
Farmer Mike Capps, of RM Capps Ltd, near Boston, said "the damage has been considerable".
He said: "We've had the biggest pile of damaged sprouts ever seen."
"We've actually had one field where we have thrown away about 60% of the crop - so we are below production cost," he said.
Earlier this week, it was reported that one of the biggest vegetable growers in the Channel Islands lost his entire Christmas supply to the diamond-back moth.
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The diamond-back is also known as the cabbage moth - and that crop, along with cauliflowers is also being affected.
Considerable scientific effort is now being expended to understand more about the moth and to work out how to control it.
Dr Steve Foster, from Rothamsted Research centre, said: "The diamond-back moth is known as a super-pest because it is notorious for its ability to evolve resistance to a wide range of pesticides."
A report on behalf of AHDB Horticulture - an agricultural research firm - found there was a large migration of diamond-back moths in late May.
These moths laid eggs quite soon after they arrived in the UK and their caterpillars had caused considerable damage in some locations.
The report said there was a second generation of diamond-back moth adults in July.
Other areas affected by the invasion included Suffolk, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The activist group ILGA-Europe called it "clear progress" that "another European country has dispensed with the shameful practice of sterilisation".
But it regretted that trans people in France will still have to get a court to recognise their gender change.
Laws in Denmark, Malta, Ireland and Norway have gone further, it said.
In those countries, legal gender recognition relies on the principle of "self-determination" - dispensing with medical or judicial requirements.
That principle was also advocated by the Council of Europe - the top European human rights watchdog - in an anti-discrimination resolution last year.
The Council of Europe says transgender people often face discrimination in Europe, in the workplace, housing, health services or in the form of bullying and hate speech.
Gender has to be specified on passports, driving licences and many other essential documents.
Activists estimate there are tens of thousands of transgender people in France, but there are no official figures.
The French law passed on Wednesday gives trans people - adults and minors - the right to change their legal status in court. Previously such a change required proof that the person had been sterilised irreversibly.
Stephanie Nicot, head of the French LGBT Federation, deplored the fact that trans people would still have to go to court. "We're not offenders, and judges have more important things to do!" she said, quoted by Le Figaro (in French).
The UK, Spain and some states in the US also no longer require transgender people to be sterilised before they can get their gender officially changed.
Firefighters were called to a blaze, now stretching over six miles (10km), near Nant Ddu Lodge hotel, north of Merthyr Tydfil, at 16:00 BST.
Meanwhile, about 20 firefighters are at the scene of a mountain fire at Cwm Cadlan, Penderyn, near Aberdare.
Crews from Aberdare and Tonypandy are using leaf blowers, beaters and a 4x4 vehicle to tackle the blaze.
Crews have also dealt with smaller grass and gorse fires in Ebbw Vale, Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Treorchy and the Merthyr Vale area.
After four cagey rounds, Crolla landed a massive left hook to the body that floored the champion, who could not make the count.
Crolla, 29, was fighting in front of a raucous home crowd in Manchester after taking Perez to a draw in July.
And his world title win comes less than a year after he suffered a fractured skull when confronting burglars.
"It is an amazing feeling, it is a dream come true, now I just want many more nights like this in Manchester," said Crolla, who now has 30 wins, four defeats and three draws.
"I've dreamed this dream since I was 10. I didn't know it was going to be this good. It is better than I ever dreamed it would be."
In December 2014, Crolla was hit with a concrete slab as he attempted to apprehend two men who had broken into the house of his next-door neighbours. He also suffered a broken ankle.
He had been due to fight Richar Abril for the WBA title in January, but eventually got his chance against Perez in Manchester in July, failing to take the belt in a drawn decision after many observers thought he had done enough to win.
But in this return bout, the result was in no doubt.
There was little to choose between the two in the opening four rounds, though Crolla was moving well and regularly making Perez miss.
Then, in the fifth, with Perez on the ropes, Crolla switched his attack from the head and nailed the champion in the side.
Perez shook as his head as he fell to the canvas, remaining on his knees as the 10-count was completed, sealing only his second defeat after 32 wins and a draw.
"I was very confident I would get him out of there," added Crolla. "I thought it would have been a head shot. I touched him with a right hand and sunk him with a left.
"After the first fight I went away and worked hard with the team, we have worked so hard in the gym. I just have to thank the team around me. Joe [Gallagher, trainer] has turned my career around and so many people had given up on me.
"I have come to this arena since I was 10 watching Naseem Hamed, Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton. To do it here is what I dreamed of."
The Foreign Office has confirmed it is offering assistance to the woman's relatives.
The incident took place in the resort of Adeje on the south of the island, according to local media.
The Foreign Office said: "We are offering assistance to the family of a British woman who had sadly died in Tenerife."
The tournament forms part of the Irish build-up to the World Cup qualifier in Johannesburg next month.
Peter Caruth, Michael Robson, Ronan Gormley, Conor Harte, Kyle Good, John Jermyn and Kirk Shimmins are all notable absentees for various reasons.
Ireland begin their campaign against Spain on Thursday (15:45 BST).
The Spanish are ranked 10th in the world rankings, one place below Ireland.
Next up for Fulton's squad will be Austria on Friday (15:45), a team which Ireland needed a penalty shoot-out to overcome on their way to the World League 2 title at Stormont in March.
Spain and Austria are in the other pool in the World League 3 series in South Africa, but Olympic bronze medallists and world number three Germany, who Ireland face at 11:30 on Sunday are in the same pool.
Fulton's squad to travel to Germany on Wednesday includes 10 Ulstermen, five of whom play their club hockey for Lisnagarvey - Jonathan Bell, Paul Gleghorne, Neal Glassey, Sean Murray and Matthew Nelson.
Banbridge are represented by Matthew Bell, Eugene Magee and Johnny McKee, while English-based duo John Jackson and Chris Cargo complete the Ulster contingent.
Meanwhile Ireland women's head coach Graham Shaw has not included any new faces in his squad of 18 players to take part in the World League semi-finals from 8-23 July.
The World League offers the side the chance to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in London and in doing so they would become the first Irish women's team to play at a World Cup since the 2002 Perth tournament.
Qualifying for the 2018 event has been expanded to 16 teams.
Ireland will open against world number 11 ranked Japan, world number seven Germany, and Poland, before a three-day break which sees them round out their pool games against world number two England.
David Harte, Jamie Carr, John Jackson, Jonathan Bell, Paul Gleghorne, Matthew Bell, Lee Cole, Stuart Loughrey, Stephen Cole, Chris Cargo, Neal Glassey, Shane O'Donoghue, Sean Murray, Darragh Walsh, Matthew Nelson, Alan Sothern, Eugene Magee, Johnny McKee, Jeremy Duncan.
Grace O'Flanagan, Hannah Matthews, Zoe Wilson, Shirley McCay, Elizabeth Colvin, Elena Tice, Chloe Watkins, Katie Mullan, Gillian Pinder, Anna O'Flangan, Sinead Loughran, Nicola Evans, Nicola Daly, Deirdre Duke, Emily Beatty, Roisin Upton, Yvonne O'Byrne, Ayeisha McFerran.
Cardiff have seven games of the Championship season left and are seemingly safe from relegation.
Warnock is already planning ahead and said he had learnt a lot about his squad in the 3-1 defeat at Wolves.
"I saw a lot more out of the game looking to next season than I have done for quite a few games," he said.
"It's reiterated certain things that I know that we need. We've got a decent squad. We need three or four good players to supplement that."
Warnock succeeded Paul Trollope in October 2016 and sought financial backing from the Bluebirds' board before committing to the club for another season.
The 68-year-old former Sheffield United and QPR boss has previously said he does not think it would take big money to launch a promotion bid in 2017-18.
"We haven't spent a penny yet because I didn't think it was wise in the January transfer window," Warnock added.
"I thought we really need to keep our powder dry and then go for it in the summer and that at the end of the season we can bring two or three in without hanging about.
"I think I'll be allowed to spend what I've asked them to. I think they want to me to do well."
Warnock felt his side were responsible for their own downfall as their three-game unbeaten run came to an end at Wolves.
Danny Batth opened the scoring for the hosts before Kenneth Zohore's ninth goal in nine games brought Cardiff level.
But Batth's second goal and a third from Helder Costa sealed victory for Paul Lambert's side at Molineux.
"We had some great opportunities," Warnock said.
"Every time we crossed the ball we looked dangerous but we couldn't finish on ours and Wolves took the chances that they did.
"People were not listening to who they should be marking and that's the cost."
The body, which represents Wales' 22 councils, said increasing demand is "most acute" in social services and education.
It added the costs are the equivalent of annual council tax increases of nearly 15%.
The Welsh Government said it expects local authorities to limit the impact on taxpayers.
It said its provisional financial settlement for councils gives them a "stable platform".
There is an informal cap of 5% on council tax increases.
The funding gap could also be covered by cuts, more fees for services, or increases in Welsh Government funding for councils.
As well as rising demand for services, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said the National Living Wage, the Apprenticeship Levy and additional pension contributions also need to be funded.
The WLGA gave evidence on Wednesday to the assembly's finance committee on the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2017-18.
In written evidence to AMs, it sets out the extent to which council tax would need to rise to cover the new costs.
It said: "While council tax continues to be an important source of income for local authorities, future increases are nowhere near enough to fund the pressures highlighted above.
"Assuming funding stays flat in cash terms, council tax would have to increase by nearly 15% every year up to 2019-20."
Last month, Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford announced many local councils would see their first increase in Welsh Government funding since 2013-14.
A total of £4.1bn will be divided between Wales' 22 local councils, a cash increase of £3.8m on 2016-17.
A spokeswoman for the Welsh Government said: "The setting of council tax is a matter for each authority and we would expect them to act reasonably in balancing their responsibility to deliver key services with limiting the impact they place on local taxpayers.
"It is also important to recognise that local authority spending is funded from a variety of sources including fees and charges and specific grants."
Francis Benali, who made more than 300 appearances for Southampton FC, set off from Bournemouth on 2 October, raising money for Cancer Research UK.
The 47-year-old ran a marathon and cycled 75 miles (120km) each day.
He arrived at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium, the site of a home match against Burnley, at about 15:40 BST.
Streets of the city were lined with cheering fans along the last leg of the route, which included a stop at the Ageas Bowl.
He ran into the stadium at half time and received a standing ovation from the crowd, many of whom were wearing cut out Francis Benali masks.
He told them he completed the challenge "with a lot of love and support and backing" and described it as a "life-changing experience".
"There have been many times when it was a case of literally managing to put one foot in front of another or rotating the pedals one more slow turn," he said.
He said he had faced injuries, bruising and blisters as well as wet, windy weather, traffic and hills.
The 1,000-mile (1,600 km) route linking 44 football clubs, took him into south Wales, the Midlands and the North-West, before crossing the country and returning via East Anglia and London.
Cancer Research UK tweeted: "Congratulations to the amazing Franny Benali on the completion of an incredible challenge! £350,000 raised and counting..."
Other former footballers at the club have cheered on Benali's efforts on Twitter.
Matt Le Tissier said: "Words fail me when it comes to describing the mental strength and selflessness of Franny Benali.
"Alan Shearer said: "Incredible stamina and commitment from Franny Benali, doing so much for so many."
Mishcon de Reya, lawyers acting for a group of business people and academics, said it would be unlawful for a prime minister to trigger Article 50 without a full debate and vote in Parliament.
It comes after the UK voted to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum.
Number 10 said Parliament should "have a role" in deciding the way forward.
Following the referendum, David Cameron announced he would stand down as prime minister by October and would leave his replacement to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Once the legal process is triggered there is a two-year time limit to negotiate an exit deal from the EU.
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Mishcon de Reya's clients argue that under the UK constitution the decision to trigger Article 50 rests with Parliament.
The firm has been in correspondence with government officials to seek assurances over the process.
The BBC's legal correspondent Clive Coleman said Mishcon de Reya believed that any prime minister using executive powers to start the process would be acting unlawfully because they would be overriding the 1972 European Communities Act that enshrines UK membership of the EU.
The law firm says that constitutionally only legislation can override legislation and an act of Parliament is required to give the prime minister legal authority.
The passage of such an act could in theory provide the majority of MPs who favoured Remain the chance to block the UK leaving, our correspondent said, but he added that this seemed "constitutionally inconceivable".
Kasra Nouroozi, a Mishcon de Reya partner, said: "We must ensure that the government follows the correct process to have legal certainty and protect the UK Constitution and the sovereignty of Parliament in these unprecedented circumstances.
"The result of the referendum is not in doubt, but we need a process that follows UK law to enact it.
"The outcome of the referendum itself is not legally binding and for the current or future prime minister to invoke Article 50 without the approval of Parliament is unlawful.
"We must make sure this is done properly for the benefit of all UK citizens. Article 50 simply cannot be invoked without a full debate and vote in Parliament."
By Clive Coleman, BBC legal correspondent
It has come as a shock to many that the referendum result itself is not legally binding in UK law and it alone does not trigger the UK's departure from the EU.
That has to be done under the withdrawal process laid down in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
It's argued that a prime minister acting alone under prerogative powers lacks the constitutional authority to trigger Article 50 and an act of Parliament would need to be passed giving him or her that authority.
The passage of that act would of course provide the opportunity for MPs (a majority of whom favour Remain) to express their views on Brexit and in theory vote according to their consciences.
However, it seems constitutionally inconceivable that Parliament would fly in the face of the Leave vote secured through a national referendum and refuse to pass an act that gave the prime minister authority to begin the "divorce" process.
In other words, the referendum has changed nothing legally but everything politically.
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European leaders have said the UK should not delay leaving the EU, with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker saying the UK does not have "months to meditate" on activating Article 50,
The two-year negotiation period under Article 50 can be extended only with the unanimous agreement of the remaining 27 member states.
If there is no extension, the UK ceases to be a member of the EU on the conclusion of an agreement within the two years, but in any event two years after notice has been given.
David Cameron's spokeswoman said triggering Article 50 was "a matter for the next prime minister".
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "As the prime minister said in the Commons, we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements, and Parliament will clearly have a role in making sure that we find the best way forward.
"It will be important to ensure in moving ahead that the interests of all parts of the United Kingdom are protected and advanced."
Ex-defence secretary Liam Fox, who is bidding to become the next Tory leader, said any MP that voted against the referendum result "does not deserve to have a place in the House of Commons".
The FTSE 100 was up 23 points at 7,008.98.
Fresnillo was up 3% putting it among the best big company performers.
But HSBC was among the worst, falling 2% after quarterly results and Aberdeen Asset Management also lost 2% after it reported a net £11.3bn was withdrawn by investors in the past six months.
Takeaway food ordering website Just Eat shares were up 3.5%. It said like-for-like order numbers had risen by 47%.
The pound was flat against the dollar at $1.5136 but was 0.45% higher against the euro at €1.3595.
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Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal said the club wanted to wait until the summer to bring in the 21-year-old Dutch winger.
But after announcing a deal in the region of £25-30m, Van Gaal said: "I have been forced to sign him.
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"I had to handle it otherwise he would have signed for PSG," he added.
Depay, who has scored 21 goals as PSV won this season's Dutch title, has signed a contract believed to be until 2019, with the option of another year.
He will join in June, subject to a medical.
Tottenham reportedly had a bid for the player turned down last year and Depay had attracted interest from a number of clubs across Europe, with PSG and Liverpool reportedly keen to sign him.
"When you sign a player you disturb the focus of your present group of players," Van Gaal said.
Depay told Manchester United's website: "It was a little difficult with all the speculation about my future, but now I've chosen to sign for Manchester United and my dream came true."
When asked why the Dutch international would have signed for the reigning French champions PSG instead, Van Gaal replied: "Because at that time he was not reached by me.
"I don't want to speak with players before the season has ended - I have also a feeling to my players. But now, because of the close relationship I have with PSV, I could handle it."
Van Gaal also told Friday's press conference that midfielder Michael Carrick will not play again this season after the England international sustained a calf injury in the 4-2 derby victory over Manchester City last month.
For a packed house at The Oval, see empty seats in Sharjah. A rainy day in south London replaced by a cloudless sky over the desert.
But the questions hanging over Alastair Cook's side not only remain the same after a 2-0 series loss in the United Arab Emirates - they have grown in number.
"We don't have an opening partner, number three is going downhill, there's still a question mark against number five and number six, we're still waiting for the wicketkeeper and the spinners aren't winning matches," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.
There are plenty of reasons for optimism, but in the short term a trip to South Africa does not appear to be a welcome Christmas present.
Answers must be found before the first Test against the best side in the world begins on 26 December.
The role of opening the batting with Cook is starting to look as cursed as the job of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.
Seven players have been tried since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012 and Moeen Ali looks set to become the seventh that has either been discarded, moved back down the order, or retired.
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Moeen's promotion from number eight was always likely to be a temporary measure that allowed England to play more than one spinner, but that did not stop Cook from saying he may get the job long term if he succeeded in the UAE.
However, 84 runs in six innings was anything but a success and, given the disappointing return of the touring spinners, England may have been better off giving a specialist opener three Tests to find his feet before South Africa.
The next man in line, likely to be Alex Hales, may well begin his Test career against the game's most fearsome pace attack of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander.
"You could pull names out of a hat and they would all do a similar job," said former England captain Michael Vaughan.
"I think Hales will play, but they will have to take a reserve. If it goes wrong, they might need some experience, and that could come in the shape of Nick Compton."
Ian Bell was England's third-highest run scorer in the series, but a total of 158 at an average of 31.60 says more about the failure of the rest of the batsmen than his success.
Overall, it has been a steady decline since his stellar Ashes summer of 2013 - an average of 34.76 in 2014, 25.95 in 2015, and now 23 innings without a Test century.
James Taylor was recalled for the final Test against Pakistan, impressing with a first-innings 74 at number five.
If Bell is dropped - or retires - Taylor could move up to number three, which may allow a recall for Gary Ballance or a debutant such as Hampshire's James Vince.
Do England really want to take on Steyn and company with a rookie opener, a fledgling number three and a new number five?
"Ian Bell is a worry," said Vaughan. "But I don't want to be turning on the telly on Boxing Day and seeing three really inexperienced players in those conditions. I'd try to talk Bell into some kind of form."
Boycott said: "Ian Bell won't retire and they won't sack him because there's no-one else. England should move on."
At the end of Matt Prior's England career, Jos Buttler slotted seamlessly into the wicketkeeping gloves and the batting order. His first eight Tests yielded 474 runs at an average of 52.67.
However, an indifferent Ashes was followed by a miserable time in the UAE. Only 34 runs came in four innings and there were signs the glovework was creaking.
When Buttler was dropped for the third Test, his position behind the stumps went to Jonny Bairstow, previously in the side as a specialist batsman but Yorkshire's regular keeper.
Bairstow, though, has problems of his own. Recalled during the Ashes after an 18-month absence, he averages only 25.20 since returning and missed a regulation stumping on the fourth morning of the third Test against Pakistan.
"You can't keep chopping and changing," said Vaughan.
"Bairstow didn't keep and then got thrown the gloves in the last Test. Buttler will get another opportunity, but he needs time out to work on his game."
The spin bowling department was where England were most outclassed in the UAE.
In the third and final Test, where conditions were most helpful, Pakistan's slow bowlers took a combined 17 wickets, while England's served up an abundance of long hops and full tosses for combined match figures of 7-423 from 115.2 overs.
There were mitigating factors; Moeen was burdened with the extra responsibility of opening the batting, Adil Rashid was playing in his first series and Samit Patel was recalled after a three-year absence. In the case of Moeen and Patel, bowling is not the strongest part of their game; they are all-rounders at best.
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Moeen is likely to move back down the order and start the South Africa series as the sole spinner.
He can take comfort from a curious statistic. In English conditions, which are similar to those in South Africa, he averages 36.25 with the ball - respectable for what is essentially a fifth bowler.
Only when he has played abroad and been asked to do a job in more helpful conditions, like in the UAE and the West Indies, does that average climb to 43. That must be improved upon when England go to India and Bangladesh next winter.
"He's a better bowler when he's got four seamers alongside him," said ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell. "When he has to bowl a side out in sub-continental conditions, he's not quite up to the mark yet."
Vaughan added: "Moeen has now had a year in international cricket and teams have seen him. They know they can wait for him to bowl a bad ball. He's got to be smarter."
The doubts paint a picture of a team in turmoil, but this is not the case.
Three years ago, an England outfit ranked number one in the world were humbled 3-0 in the UAE. In 2015, a developing side competed for long periods and would have won the first Test had the light held for another 20 minutes.
Batsmen Cook and Joe Root, along with new-ball bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, had outstanding tours. All four would have a decent claim to be included in a current World XI.
The back-up pace bowling is in good hands with Mark Wood and Steven Finn, while Ben Stokes has cemented his place as an all-rounder. England will be desperate for him to recover from a shoulder injury in time for South Africa.
"England have four world-class players - two wonderful seam bowlers and two top-class batsmen," said Boycott.
"But England have to address the batting collapses and not only win Test matches when Broad and Anderson take five or six wickets each.
"That's why the backroom are paid - they are there to solve these problems."
Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Geoffrey Boycott were speaking on Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live Sports Extra.
The Tottenham midfielder, who is on a season-long loan with Swansea, scored soon after the break in Prague, capitalising on a goalkeeping mistake.
Watford's Matej Vydra went closest for the hosts in the first half when his shot was cleared off the line.
The U21 European Championships will be held in Czech Republic in the summer.
England lost 3-2 in France in their last match in November, after they had won their previous 11 games, but they returned to the winner's circle after a gritty display at the Letna Stadium.
In the 12th minute, Alex Pritchard picked out Cauley Woodrow, who turned and shot just over the bar as England began brightly.
However, the Czechs were more dangerous in the rest of first half and Carroll cleared a Matej Vydra shot from a corner off the line shortly before the half-hour.
Three minutes into the second half Gareth Southgate's side edged ahead thanks to an opportunistic goal from the impressive Carroll.
Nathan Redmond did superbly to nip between two players in midfield before he spread the play out to Chambers.
The Arsenal defender's cross was fumbled by Czech goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka and back out into the area, where Carroll arrived to stroke the ball home.
Carroll, who captained the side, was withdrawn later in the half after he picked up a knock and was replaced by Derby's Will Hughes.
But England's players finished the game strongly and apart from Ondrej Petrak's shot, which flashed past the post, England goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli remained largely untroubled.
Match ends, Czech Republic U21 0, England U21 1.
Second Half ends, Czech Republic U21 0, England U21 1.
Attempt missed. Jiri Skalak (Czech Republic U21) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Danny Ings (England U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Danny Ings (England U21).
David Houska (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Czech Republic U21. Conceded by Luke Garbutt.
Attempt blocked. Jiri Skalak (Czech Republic U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomas Prikryl.
Foul by Luke Garbutt (England U21).
Ladislav Takács (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Czech Republic U21. Tomas Kalas tries a through ball, but Jiri Skalak is caught offside.
Luke Garbutt (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lukas Masopust (Czech Republic U21).
Foul by John Stones (England U21).
Ladislav Takács (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Jiri Pavlenka.
Attempt saved. John Stones (England U21) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Tomás Holes.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (England U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
Substitution, Czech Republic U21. David Houska replaces Michal Travnik.
Offside, England U21. Will Hughes tries a through ball, but Danny Ings is caught offside.
Foul by John Stones (England U21).
Ladislav Takács (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny Ings (England U21).
Tomas Kalas (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Ings (England U21).
Patrizio Stronati (Czech Republic U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Carl Jenkinson (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ladislav Takács (Czech Republic U21).
Carl Jenkinson (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lukas Masopust (Czech Republic U21).
Hand ball by Jiri Skalak (Czech Republic U21).
Substitution, Czech Republic U21. Tomas Prikryl replaces Matej Vydra.
Substitution, Czech Republic U21. Ladislav Takács replaces Ondrej Petrak.
Substitution, England U21. John Stones replaces Liam Moore.
Attempt missed. Jiri Skalak (Czech Republic U21) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lukas Masopust following a fast break.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Patrizio Stronati.
Attempt missed. Jaromir Zmrhal (Czech Republic U21) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Holes.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Jiri Pavlenka.
Substitution, England U21. Danny Ings replaces Cauley Woodrow.
It is claimed the pair were forced to work in brothels to repay Lizzy Idahosa £50,000 for travel and false documents.
Ms Idahosa, 24, denied threatening them about repaying the cash.
She has pleaded not guilty to charges including trafficking for prostitution. Her partner Jackson Omoruyi is also on trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
He denies three charges of inciting the women to become prostitutes and transferring criminal property.
Ms Idahosa told the court she had sent money to Nigeria on behalf of the women, who are in their 20s and cannot be named for legal reasons.
She said she never knew that their money had come from prostitution and told the jury she thought it may have come from their boyfriends.
She also gave details about her relationship with her co-defendant Mr Omoruyi, 41.
The pregnant defendant said he was her boyfriend and was the father of her child and her unborn baby.
She said they met around 2011 when they heard each other speaking the same language. They started as friends before developing a relationship while living in different parts of the UK.
Ms Idahosa said she had never told Mr Omoruyi that she had worked as a prostitute, adding she was ashamed and worried he would leave her.
He first learnt of her past when she was arrested, she told the court.
She claimed she had lent him money and paid it into his account.
She also said that she had given his bank details to others for them to pay money into the account, and that money would then be passed on to her.
Under cross examination from the prosecution, Ms Idahosa said that she had no idea about the lives of the two women in Nigeria and no idea if they went through ritualistic "juju" ceremonies - sometimes known as voodoo or magic - to swear an oath of secrecy.
She told the court she had little knowledge of such rituals.
Prosecutor Caroline Rees questioned whether the defendant was trying to distance herself from such ceremonies, because that was what had been used in order to "buy the silence" of the women allegedly trafficked.
"That's not true," said Ms Idahosa.
The trial continues.
Williams was a first-team coach at Forest but replaced Dougie Freedman as boss when the Scot was sacked in March.
The 45-year-old was out of contract this summer and BBC Radio Nottingham understands he has failed to agree terms on a return to a coaching job.
Williams, who won two of his 10 games said: "Although we struggled with results, performances were strong."
The Reds finished 16th in the table, 19 points adrift of the play-off places and 15 points clear of the relegation zone.
"The lads gave me everything they had," Williams added.
"They, along with the staff, are a good honest group and I will always appreciate the commitment and desire shown during my time here.
"This club has so much potential and, when you see the backing the club receives from the supporters both home and away, I truly hope they are rewarded for their loyalty with success on the pitch."
Corrie Mckeague, 23, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on 24 September.
The newly-released images were captured in the town centre between 03:15 and 05:20 that day.
Suffolk Police said they show people who are yet to be traced and could be potential witnesses.
Det Supt Katie Elliott is appealing for those pictured to come forward.
She said: "Officers have trawled through hundreds of hours of CCTV images.
"It is important that we identify everyone who was in the area the night Corrie went missing as someone could, unknowingly, hold a clue that can help us find him.
"It should be stressed that these are just potential witnesses and it's possible they may not be aware that they may be able to assist.
Mr Mckeague's mother, Nicola Urquhart, said she had "no faith" police would find him but Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore, said the force was doing everything it can.
He said: "Let me make it quite clear, if the reserves are needed to get more resources, they will be used, I will not stop that happening. They will be used to find Corrie.
"It's not just about Suffolk Police, help is coming from far and beyond to try and find Corrie.
"We will keep going on until we find Corrie. We really, really will, I promise you that."
Lionel Messi's decision to pass his spot-kick sideways for Luis Suarez to complete a hat-trick provided an extraordinary talking point as the La Liga leaders beat Celta Vigo 6-1.
Meanwhile, PSG right-back Serge Aurier was suspended indefinitely after appearing to use homophobic language to insult coach Laurent Blanc during a chat with fans on a social media site.
Juventus went top of Serie A for the first time this season as their remarkable push for the title continued, while Bayern Munich reasserted their dominance in the Bundesliga.
But what about the more off-beat tales from around Europe this weekend? BBC Sport rounds up the stories you may have missed.
When Iker Casillas made his tearful exit from Real Madrid last summer, one could have been forgiven for wondering whether the Spain international would recover from his obvious heartbreak.
The 34-year-old goalkeeper left the Bernabeu after 25 years, 725 appearances and 17 major trophies to join Porto.
But, apart from the odd blip, Casillas is enjoying his new life in Portugal.
On Friday he inspired a memorable 'O Classico' victory as Porto claimed their first victory at arch-rivals Benfica for four years.
Casillas made a string of superb saves as the visitors won 2-1, leaving them three points behind second-placed Benfica.
Meetings between Benfica and Porto hold such significance because they are the two most successful clubs in Portuguese history.
The pair have won the past 13 league titles between them - but their duopoly looks to be under threat.
Sporting Lisbon - the other member of Portugal's 'Big Three' - are currently three points clear of Benfica following a 4-0 win at Nacional on Saturday.
The last time that Sporting were crowned champions? All the way back in 2002 - when Cristiano Ronaldo was still among their youth ranks and yet to make his senior debut.
Julian Nagelsmann made history last Thursday when, at the age of 28, he became the youngest manager in Bundesliga history.
He was scheduled to take charge of relegation-threatened Hoffenheim at the end of the season, moving up from his role as the club's under-19s coach, but his appointment was brought forward as Huub Stevens stepped down because of health problems.
A centre-back in his youth, Nagelsmann's hopes of a playing career were ended in his late teens by knee problems. He went to university to study business administration, before beginning a career in youth coaching.
Nicknamed 'Mini Mourinho' by former Hoffenheim keeper Tim Wiese, his reign started with an unspectacular 1-1 draw against relegation rivals Werder Bremen on Saturday.
On-loan Leicester forward Andrej Kramaric put Hoffenheim ahead but was later sent off. Nagelsmann's side remain deep in trouble.
Remember Unlucky Alf from The Fast Show? Paul Whitehouse's mishap-prone northern English pensioner was never able to negotiate an episode of the 1990s BBC sketch show without coming to grief in some way or other. One week a passing truck would splash him with mud, the next he would fall into a hole.
Well, if there is one person who suffers even more misfortune than Unlucky Alf, it is Holger Badstuber.
The Bayern Munich and Germany defender, who has lost two years of his career to a knee injury, was ruled out for a further three months when he fractured his ankle in training on Saturday, with nobody anywhere near him.
Badstuber, 26, tore his cruciate knee ligament in 2012, then suffered a repeat injury six months later, missing the 2014 World Cup - which Germany won without him.
He returned to competitive action early last year, only to suffer a thigh muscle injury in April which kept him out for another six months. It was hard to argue with the Bayern Munich statement that referred to his latest injury as "unbelievable bad luck".
As a show of support, Bayern's players wore T-shirts bearing the phrase: "Wir sind bei dir. Du schafft es wieder." That translates into English as: "We are with you. You can do it again."
The Athens derby between AEK and Olympiakos is usually good for a bit of incident, and Saturday's top-of-the-table Greek Super League meeting was no exception.
Olympiakos are certainties for the title, having dropped just two points in their first 21 league games this season. But match 22 saw their unbeaten run ended with a 1-0 defeat by their city rivals - with three red cards thrown in for good measure.
The runaway league leaders finished with nine men after Alberto Botia was dismissed early in the second half for a professional foul, and Luka Milivojevic was shown a second yellow card for a handball that gave AEK a 78th-minute penalty.
Diego Buonanotte hit the post with the spot-kick, but Ronald Vargas converted the rebound to give victory to AEK, who were reduced to 10 players late on when Rodrigo Gallo was dismissed.
Not that it is likely to make much difference in terms of the title destination: Olympiakos are still 16 points clear with 24 left to play for.
Legend - or, more accurately, myth - has it that the 16th century explorer Sir Walter Raleigh once laid his cloak over a puddle to prevent Queen Elizabeth I from getting her feet wet. For such an act to have worked, Sir Walter would have required either a shallow puddle or a very absorbent coat.
Fast forward roughly 430 years, though, and there is a tale of genuine selflessness to be found in modern-day Italy.
Striker Stephan El Shaarawy was lining up on the pitch before Roma's Serie A match at Carpi on Friday night, when he noticed that the mascot in front of him was shivering in the cold.
Without hesitation, the striker took off his tracksuit top and gave it to the young girl to keep warm. She was left with a souvenir to show off to her mates, while Roma went on to enjoy a 3-1 victory.
Everyone was happy - well, apart from Carpi, who could probably do with El Shaarawy's tracksuit top to cover their eyes so that they don't see a league table. Fabrizio Castori's team are next to bottom, five points from a position of safety.
And with Valentine's Day falling on Sunday, what better way to finish than with a tale of Love? Vagner Love, that is.
The Brazilian striker had not scored for Monaco since has move from Corinthians last month. He picked the perfect day to put that right.
It was certainly good timing. His side were a goal down to St-Etienne with six minutes left when he struck to save a point in a 1-1 draw.
The result leaves Monaco second in Ligue 1, a mere 24 points behind Paris St-Germain with 12 games to play. So, in summary: Love may conquer all, but probably can't win you the French league.
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The move follows talks over the imposition of new rosters and a "breakdown in industrial relations".
Parent rail firm Govia Thameslink (GTR) is already in dispute with the RMT union over the role of guards on the Southern network.
GTR said it was a cynical and desperate attempt to heap misery on passengers.
The rail operator is currently running a reduced timetable to deal with ongoing disruption which it has blamed on crew shortages. The Aslef dispute is over the new timetable.
In a statement, Aslef said: "Ongoing issues in respect of discussions regarding the GTR's imposition of new rosters to facilitate the introduction of an emergency timetable remain unresolved.
"Aslef's executive committee consider that this amounts to a breakdown in industrial relations."
It said members would be balloted for strike action and action short of a strike with the ballot to close on 31 August.
But GTR passenger service director Angie Doll said: "Aslef members have been successfully operating this timetable for three weeks to deliver more reliable services for passengers and staff in the face of train crew shortages.
"To call a strike ballot against this timetable now is a cynical and desperate attempt to heap even more misery on passengers especially as we have met with Aslef on two occasions and have a further meeting with them next week on this specific issue."
The RMT is due to strike for five days from 8 August. Southern has said a "strike timetable" providing 60% of its normal services will be put in place if the action is not called off by Thursday afternoon, which is when two days of talks at Acas between the RMT and GTR are due to conclude.
That dispute is over new trains where the driver operates the doors using CCTV instead of guards, but the RMT has safety concerns and fears job losses.
In June, Aslef dropped legal action against the new trains and was also barred by the High Court from inducing GTR drivers to take industrial action.
Ms Doll said: "Twice Aslef has tried to block our plans to improve the railway and twice the courts have ruled their attempts unlawful."
A third union, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA), is balloting more than 250 station staff in a row over ticket office closures.
TSSA leader Manuel Cortes has said that ballot will start on 10 August and any action in September will be co-ordinated with "our sister rail unions to maximise the impact".
Commuters have staged protests in London and the South East over continued disruption on the Southern rail network.
In a separate development, commuters in Sussex and Surrey are also facing disruption by bus drivers and engineers in a row about alleged bullying.
The Unite union said 71.4% of its members at Brighton and Hove buses and Metrobus in Crawley have voted to walk out. The bus company said both sides were in talks to find a resolution.
The implication of remarks by an IMF official is that it is very unlikely to provide funds at the first stage.
The fund could, however, join in later, provided both the eurozone and Athens take steps to address IMF concerns.
The problem for the IMF is that its staff believe the elements so far agreed are not enough to make the Greek government's debt sustainable.
Negotiations are under way and the IMF is involved. But its staff think the eurozone governments need to give Greece debt relief.
That does not have to be in the form of explicit reductions in the outstanding debt. It could mean longer repayment terms and delays before any payments are required - so-called grace periods.
The eurozone has insisted that it is only prepared to look at the possibility after Greece has made a start on implementing whatever conditions will be agreed.
The IMF official also said Greece needs to commit itself to further reforms if it is to make the debt situation sustainable.
He didn't spell out what they were. But they will involve reforms to the government finances to control spending and maintain tax revenue. They will also cover what are called structural reforms, to remove barriers to economic growth. Faster growth would generate more tax revenue to help make the debt situation sustainable.
Neither Greece nor the eurozone are ready to take those steps, the official suggested.
The implication then is that Greece and the eurozone will find it very hard to persuade the IMF to stump up any cash at the start, though it might be willing to do so if there is debt relief and further reform later.
The immediate significance of the IMF's position is political.
If the bailout talks do produce an agreement to provide financial assistance from the eurozone bailout agency, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), it will still need approval by some parliaments, including Germany's Bundestag.
Many members, including some from Chancellor Angela Merkel's own party, are very unhappy about a third bailout for Greece. There is a much better chance of persuading them to acquiesce if the IMF is on board.
Financially, the IMF is less critical. It is the eurozone that has provided the great bulk of the resources for the first two bailouts and would do so with the third.
It could afford to find the full expected €86bn (£60bn) if really necessary. The ESM has the capacity to make €455bn of new loans at present.
The political roadblock erected by the IMF is more difficult.
Loo at the Light in Sutherland won two accolades at the 2013 Loo of the Year Awards.
People who look after the facility at Stoer Head Lighthouse said it was a great achievement for mainland UK's "remotest public toilet".
However, climbers say Corrour Bothy's toilet is more remote.
The historic bothy is at the foot of Cairn Toul and the Devil's Point in the Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms.
Corrour Bothy is looked after by volunteers.
Walkers and climbers, and their representative body the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, have posted messages on Twitter in support of the Lairig Ghru loo.
They argue that it is remoter because the long trek to get to it has to be made on foot, rather than by car.
But Leigh Sedgley, who is involved in the running of Loo at the Light, said she hoped the fact that the Sutherland site was maintained and cleaned daily strengthened its claim to the title.
She added: "The Loo at the Light is now without doubt the remotest award winning loo on the mainland UK, and 'probably' the remotest public loo on the mainland UK too."
Whichever site is rightful holder of the claim, both share the aim of encouraging responsible toileting in the outdoors.
"Wild toileting" near Stoer Head had become an unpleasant and unhygienic problem. The public toilets were opened in August and paid for by money raised following a public appeal.
The site was named best Scottish eco-friendly and best car park toilet at the annual Loo of the Year Awards.
Stoer Head Lighthouse gets up to 10,000 visitors a year but the nearest toilet was about six miles (9km) away along a single track road at Clachtoll.
On the first full day of his five-day visit, he called for politicians to show commitment to the "common good".
But President Benigno Aquino responded that many Catholic clergy had been silent about the abuses conducted under former President Gloria Arroyo.
And he said some clergymen were now too quick to criticise him.
"In contrast to their previous silence, some members of the clergy now seem to think that the way to be true to the faith means finding something to criticise," he said.
"Even to the extent that one prelate admonished me to do something about my hair, as if it were a mortal sin."
The pontiff arrived in the majority Catholic country on Thursday and is due to travel to the typhoon-hit city of Tacloban on Saturday.
The centre-piece of his visit is an open-air Mass in Manila on Sunday, which is expected to attract millions.
The Pope is on a six-day tour of Asia. Earlier in the week he visited Sri Lanka.
Speaking at a welcome ceremony in the presidential palace, Pope Francis called for leaders "to reject every form of corruption, which diverts resources from the poor".
He said it was a Christian duty to "break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities".
The Philippines, like many countries in Asia, has corruption issues.
Corruption activist group Transparency International put the Philippines at 85 in its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, level with India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Under Mr Aquino, the Philippines' record has slowly improved.
Mr Aquino suggested the Church had not done enough to fight corruption under Mrs Arroyo, who is facing charges of plundering state funds and election fixing.
"There was a true test of faith when many members of the Church, once advocates for the poor, the marginalised, and the helpless, suddenly became silent in the face of the previous administration's abuses, which we are still trying to rectify to this very day," Mr Aquino said.
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The BBC's Caroline Wyatt in Manila says there was an atmosphere of celebration on the streets of Manila when the Pope arrived.
Roads in the city centre were shut off, and big screens erected to show the Mass at the Cathedral.
National holidays have been declared in the capital for the duration of the Pope's visit.
Security is very tight, with tens of thousands of soldiers and police deployed, after failed attempts to kill two previous popes in the Philippines.
The Airbus A400M crashed near Seville, on 9 May, after a failed emergency landing during its first flight.
The four crew members on board were killed in the accident.
A spokesman for the European planemaker told the BBC that its engineers had since discovered anomalies in the aircraft's data logs that could be relevant to the accident.
It has sent out an alert to other air forces that have taken deliveries of the propeller aircraft, saying that they should carry out checks of the Electronic Control Units (ECU) on board.
"For practical purposes, these are computers, and there is one on each engine," the spokesman said.
"What the ECU does is take the pilot's inputs on the controls and then makes the engines perform in the optimum way to achieve what the pilot is asking it to do, taking a whole number of things into account.
"You can conclude that as we've asked for checks to be made on the ECU, that that is the area of interest."
He added that problems had only been found after the company's investigators had checked both the maintenance data gathered by Airbus's flight-operations team and the logs that had been generated during ground tests of flight MSN23.
"The maintenance data is vast streams of data showing everything going on all over the aeroplane, and one of the things we saw seems as if it could be pertinent to the accident," he said.
According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the problem might have been caused by the way the software had been installed rather than an issue with its design.
The A400M was created to give Europe's Nato partners independent access to heavy aircraft to transport troops and large weaponry.
It was originally budgeted to cost €20bn ($22.3bn; £14.5bn) under a fixed-price contract in 2003.
But European defence ministers subsequently had to provide extra funds to Airbus after cost overruns and delays.
The first plane was eventually delivered to France in August 2013.
But last month's accident means that the countries that have bought the aeroplane - Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Spain and Turkey - face the prospect of further delays.
"Until more detail about the cause of the recent A400M crash in Seville is known, the RAF has paused flying of its A400M Atlas aircraft," said a spokeswoman for the UK's Ministry of Defence.
"As an A400M operator, the UK MoD has received an Alert Operator Transmission (AOT) from Airbus Defence and Space, informing us of checks that should be made relating to aircraft engine software, and we can confirm that we will carry these out."
While Airbus is carrying out its own investigations, the official inquiry into the crash is being led by Spanish defence officials, who were unable to provide more detail.
"The competent court has ruled secrecy of judicial inquiries. Therefore [Spain's] MoD won´t comment on any details affecting the course of investigation," said Capt Miguel Gonzalez Molina.
Russet the hedgehog, who later died, had 26 plastic tags attached to his spines and a radio tracker on his back.
The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has defended the Nottingham Trent University study, which it part-funded.
But three other animal welfare organisations have raised concerns.
Lynda Britchford from Oxton Wild Hedgehog Rehab, which cared for Russet after he was found, said: "Having been presented with the hog, to be honest it looked like someone's idea of a bad joke.
"Ultimately, we feel that this places hogs at a disadvantage and risk, and don't agree with it."
Russet was dehydrated, underweight, had mange, severe colitis, broken toes on one foot and intestinal fluke, and died despite attempts to treat him.
Caroline Gould from Vale Wildlife Hospital said: "Vale is totally against studies such as this. The tracker is far too big and will almost certainly cause problems, get entangled or prevent the hedgehog from getting through or under hedges, gates, fences and sheds. It should not be legal to use these on hedgehogs."
The RSPCA has used plastic tags and radio transmitters itself but said it has "some concerns" about the image of Russet. "We feel that the number of coloured tags, and the fact that they are longer than the spines they are attached to, may present problems, although we have no evidence for this," it said in a statement.
Lynda Britchford from Oxton Wild Hedgehog Rehab said the placement of the trackers "would impact upon males trying to mate with females who had them attached".
She also said the attachments would impede a hedgehog's ability to squeeze into small gaps and make them less camouflaged.
"Sticking 30 brightly coloured long reflective tubes on them makes them stick out like a sore thumb - particularly to unscrupulous kids or adults, and potentially to predators," she said.
Hugh Warwick from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, which part-funded the study, said: "Over 30 years of work there is no evidence that our research interferes with the well-being of hedgehogs at all.
"The heat-shrink plastic tags that are now the standard marking technique do not require plastic to be melted onto the spines and cause the hedgehog no trouble at all. It is not far off humans getting hair-extensions."
Nottingham Trent University said: "The animal is completely unhindered and able to go about its activities - such as feeding and breeding - in the usual way.
"Research is crucial to furthering our understanding of the threats hedgehogs face and to develop appropriate responses to those."
The aim of the study was to gather information on the distribution and abundance of hedgehogs in Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
The woman who found Russet said the transmitter was twisted around him.
"He looked distressed and I think he was a bit wobbly," she said.
"We thought either he'd been rolling in wire and got it stuck to him or somebody had thought it was funny to put Christmas tree lights or something around him.
"When my husband went to get him to pick him up he couldn't curl up, he couldn't curl and protect himself, so that upset us because we thought, there's something wrong there."
It is the first time Greece has officially calculated what Germany allegedly owes it for Nazi atrocities and looting during the 1940s.
However, the German government says the issue was resolved legally years ago.
Greece's radical left Syriza government is making the claim while struggling to meet massive debt repayment deadlines.
Reacting to the Greek claim, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it was "dumb" to link Greece's bailout by the eurozone with the question of war reparations.
"To be honest I think it's dumb. I think that it doesn't move us forward one millimetre on the question of stabilising Greece," he said.
He said ordinary Greek citizens however deserved "huge respect" for their economic sacrifices under the bailout programme. The Greek elite had "plundered" the country, he complained.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raised the reparations issue when he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin last month.
The new figure given by Greek Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas includes €10.3bn for an occupation loan that the Nazis forced the Bank of Greece to pay.
"According to our calculations, the debt linked to German reparations is 278.7bn euros," Mr Mardas told a parliamentary committee investigating responsibility for Greece's debt crisis.
Mr Mardas said the reparations calculation had been made by Greece's state general accounting office.
Berlin paid 115m Deutschmarks to Athens in 1960 in compensation - a fraction of the Greek demand. Greece says it did not cover payments for damaged infrastructure, war crimes and the return of the forced loan.
Germany insists the reparations issue was settled in 1990, before Germany reunified.
The budget spokesman for Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats, Eckhardt Rehberg, reiterated on Tuesday that "the reparations issue is for us closed, politically and legally - the same applies to the so-called forced loan".
Syriza politicians have frequently blamed Germany for Greek citizens' hardship under the austerity imposed by international lenders.
Mr Tsipras is trying to renegotiate the €240bn EU-IMF bailout that saved Greece from bankruptcy. Greece has not received bailout funds since August last year, as the lenders are dissatisfied with the pace of Greek reforms.
A Greek repayment of €448m to the International Monetary Fund is due this Thursday.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has said that Greece "intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum".
Last season's beaten finalists lost to Saracens on Sunday, and have one losing bonus point from their first two games.
"We're going to have to man up and be tough on ourselves," said Baxter.
"I've actually always said that the biggest test that we would ever have as a Premiership side would be if we don't pick up points early in the season."
He added to BBC Radio Devon: "Well now at least we can see how we're going to react to it."
Exeter are in their seventh season in the top tier, yet this is the first time they have lost their first two games of a campaign.
Last season's runners-up have not finished lower than eighth in the Premiership since gaining promotion in 2010.
"It's going to be a great test for us," Baxter said.
"The top of the table looks a little way off now, but the reality is you've got to stay strong and keep working on the important elements."
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The 2013 winner inspired Great Britain's tennis team to a first Davis Cup victory for 79 years.
Rugby league star Kevin Sinfield was runner-up, with heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill third.
Scot Murray, 28, won 361,446 of the 1,009,498 votes cast (35%), with Sinfield getting 278,353 (28%) and Ennis-Hill 78,898 (8%).
Murray was presented the award by Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan, in front of a sell-out 7,500 crowd at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
A two-time Grand Slam winner, this year he reached the final of the Australian Open and the semi-finals of both Wimbledon and the French Open.
He finished the year second in the world rankings and won all 11 of his Davis Cup rubbers, including three in the final against Belgium.
He was also named Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2004.
"Thank you very much. I didn't expect this," Murray said.
"A friend sent me a message the other day with an article saying: 'Andy Murray is duller than a weekend in Worthing,' which I thought was a bit harsh - on Worthing.
"Congratulations to everyone who was involved tonight. This has been a five-year journey - we were down in the bottom level of tennis and now we're number one.
"I dedicate my life to this sport and I work extremely hard every day to make you proud."
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One of the biggest cheers of the night was saved for Northern Ireland football manager Michael O'Neill, who was given a standing ovation as he was presented with the Coach of the Year award after guiding his country to Euro 2016, their first major finals for 30 years.
The winner of the Helen Rollason Award, eight-year-old Bailey Matthews, who has cerebral palsy, captured the hearts of the crowd as he asked for them to stop cheering and received another big ovation as he said a small speech.
World heavyweight champion boxer Tyson Fury, a contender for the main award, was jeered by a section of the crowd after recent remarks about women and homosexuality.
But during the show he apologised for comments he made that might have "hurt people".
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The other winners in Sunday's awards ceremony were:
Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: Dan Carter: An integral part of the New Zealand team that beat Australia 34-17 to win the World Cup in October.
Young Sports Personality of the Year: Ellie Downie: The 16-year-old gymnast won bronze in the all-around at the European Championships to make her the first female gymnast to win an individual all-around medal for Great Britain.
Coach of the Year: Michael O'Neill: The Northern Ireland manager helped his country end a 30-year absence from tournament football by sealing a spot at Euro 2016 last month.
Lifetime Achievement: AP McCoy: Twenty-time champion jump jockey AP McCoy, 41, who retired in April after a record-breaking career.
Helen Rollason: Bailey Matthews: The eight-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, completed his first triathlon unaided.
Sport's Unsung Hero: Damien Lindsay: The west Belfast youth football coach played a huge role in his local community in his work with the St James Swifts Football Club.
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Clues in the dung, or midden as it's also called, help them work out which species left it behind and where they might be.
Rhino also use their poo to communicate with each other, because each animal's waste has its own unique smell.
Sometimes they leave dung to mark their territory or they use it to find a mate, because rhino can smell the difference between male and female poo.
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It claims leaving the European Union (EU) poses a "serious risk" to its research funding.
The hospital said it could also lose EU staff and long-standing EU partnerships.
But a leading cancer specialist said the hospital was being "hysterical".
Angus Dalgleish, professor of oncology at St George's, University of London, who also represents Brexit movement Scientists for Britain, told the BBC the claims by Great Ormond Street were a "gross overreaction and rather hysterical".
"There are a lot of scare stories about people not wanting to come because we're leaving the EU. I don't think that will happen," he said.
"There are a lot of us trying to make sure that when Brexit comes, that all the good bits will be left in place. It's not going to be a break."
Universities and science minister, Jo Johnson, said the government was fully committed to science and to keeping the UK as "a science powerhouse".
He said the government would be doing everything it could to maintain that position and "limit some of the risks which the sector has identified."
"We are more open and outward looking than ever before. We want to forge international collaborations with European partners and countries beyond the EU," Mr Johnson added.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) said there was no immediate change in funding nor was there likely to be until 2020.
The future of UK access to European research and innovation funding will be a matter for future discussions. But the government was determined to ensure the UK continues to play a leading role in European and international research and innovation, it added.
GOSH called on the government to secure a deal with Europe that protected research and enabled the hospital to "retain its brightest minds" as part of its Brexit negotiations.
Since 2010, GOSH has received £25m in funding for research into new treatments and cures from the EU - equivalent to about 10% of its research budget.
It said it had 44 active EU-funded research projects, with six at clinical trial stage for new treatments.
Fourteen research projects were under review, with "uncertainty about current grants, or applications in the future", GOSH said.
It argued losing EU funding could "critically delay" the development of revolutionary treatments.
The chief executive of GOSH, Dr Peter Steet, said: "For the vulnerable, very ill children we care for, every day counts."
His conclusion: "The world needs to prepare for a climate sceptic defeating Obama".
The analysis rests on the quantifiable. In the first place, virtually all declared Republican presidential candidates have man-made climate change down as a hoax, or at least as something where the jury is out.
In the second place, President Obama's approval numbers are the worst they've been since he took office - 43%, as opposed to 53% who disapprove.
To be sure, climate change isn't the issue that's put him there - it's the economy, stupid.
But that doesn't alter the conclusion that he is potentially beatable.
There are of course many months to run in this campaign, and the shape and persuasion of the eventual Republican candidate is far from certain.
It's also possible that the Republicans will end up in the situation that befell the UK Conservative Party just a few years ago, wherein hard-core party members chose leaders on the basis of ideological purity, and in doing so ended up with prime ministerial candidates who were so unpalatable to the wider and more moderate electorate as to be virtually unelectable.
In particular, the question arises of whether the public approves or disapproves of the shenanigans in Congress over the recent budget.
An analysis by retired Republican staffer Mike Lofgren raises the really profound question of whether the current crop of congressmen actually want to make the government work, or whether their anti-big-government credo now permeates their thinking and tactics to the extent that they actually work towards gridlock, stalemate, and general public dissatisfaction with the political process.
"Everyone knows that in a hostage situation, the reckless and amoral actor has the negotiating upper hand over the cautious and responsible actor because the latter is actually concerned about the life of the hostage, while the former does not care," he writes of the budget negotiations that threatened to put the US in default, and that did lead to a downgrading of the nation's credit rating.
"The attitude of many freshman Republicans to national default was 'bring it on!'"
If this brand of what my colleague Jonny Dymond referred to as "red-meat Republican politics" does appeal, then presumably one of the rawest of the candidates will win the race, and a climate sceptic (or denier, as you prefer) will indeed line up opposite Mr Obama.
If not, Jon Huntsman or Mitt Romney - according to a New York Times analysis, the one-and-a-half candidates who don't plug the hoax line and who are more moderate on most other issues too - may yet win the nomination.
Suppose one of the "red-meat" candidates does come out on top, and does defeat Mr Obama - how does that change the outlook for US climate and energy policies, and for international discussions such as those within the US system on climate change, or within the G20 on clean energy?
In one sense, it'll change little. The balance of power in Congress, even in the Democrat-controlled Senate, means that comprehensive legislation to restrict carbon emissions is already further away than it has been at any point since George W Bush handed over the keys to the Oval Office.
Legislation is definitely not going to happen if a climate sceptic takes over - but it isn't going to happen if Mr Obama wins either. Ditto a strong US commitment in international climate change talks.
On the energy front, the G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) forum pledged to phase out fossil fuel subsidies back in 2009.
One suspects a red-meat Republican would cast such a pledge from his or her plate. But whether it makes any practical difference is another matter, given that the pledge had no timescale, no financial levers and no legal form.
Domestically, it's tempting to ask how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would fare if the stabbings it's currently receiving from the forks of right-wing Congressmen are complemented by slicings from the knife of a right-wing Republican president.
As former Friends of the Earth chief Tom Burke wrote in the ENDS report in July (paywalled, unfortunately), the vitriol levelled at the agency is particularly ironic given that it and the swathe of legislation it administers were largely created by a very Republican president, Richard Nixon.
But the impacts of an EPA neutering would be largely confined within US borders, and reversed relatively easily if voters came to mourn its absence.
Decisions will have to be taken fairly soon on oil drilling around US coasts, especially in the Arctic, and whether to pursue more exotic fossil fuels such as methane hydrates.
But these decisions are not for the federal government alone. States will have their say; and in the north, native American peoples and their concerns will also be factors.
Already, the green fervour engendered by Mr Obama's election has subsided to such an extent that the most dramatic programmes on topics such as renewable energy, carbon taxation and automobile fuel standards are coming from states, not Capitol Hill; and a national election won't necessarily negate those programmes.
Given the politics yet to unfold, it may be a bit premature to assume that a climate change sceptic or denier will be running the White House when the dust settles.
But the rest of the world has to recognise that whatever transpires, the US is unlikely to be pushing a radical green line any time soon.
Then again, it has been this way since the hanging chads of Florida carried Mr Bush to the White House in 2001.
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Moyles will present the breakfast show on Radio X - the new name for Xfm.
It will be Moyles' first radio job since he left Radio 1 in 2012 after eight years hosting the breakfast show.
Vernon Kay, Johnny Vaughan and the Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson will also have their own shows on Radio X, which will launch on 21 September.
Kay will present the weekday mid-morning show, Vaughan will be on air in drivetime and Wilson will appear at weekends.
Xfm's current breakfast host Jon Holmes will move to weekend breakfasts.
Moyles attracted eight million listeners at the peak of his Radio 1 show. Grimshaw currently attracts an audience of around 5.8 million.
Radio X promises to play the "best fresh rock and guitar-based music across the UK" and be the "first truly male-focused" station, targeted at 25-44 year olds.
Ashley Tabor, founder of parent company Global and former flatmate of Moyles, said: "Radio X will focus on fresh rock and guitar-based music alongside huge personalities. And personalities don't get any bigger than Chris Moyles.
"Chris is a broadcasting genius and as Global makes a multi-million pound investment in launching Radio X on a national scale, I couldn't think of anyone better to host the station's breakfast show.
"Along with Vernon Kay, Johnny Vaughan and Ricky Wilson, the UK has never had a radio station like Radio X before."
The relaunch will mark the demise of Xfm, 23 years after it was launched as an alternative music station.
Xfm had different line-ups in London and Manchester, but broadcasting regulator Ofcom has given permission for Global to stop broadcasting local programmes in those cities.
Instead, Xfm's old FM frequencies in London and Manchester will both carry Radio X, while the station will also be available nationally on DAB digital radio.
At least 780 people had died in Karachi, BBC Urdu reported. Another 30 deaths were reported elsewhere in the province, state owned PTV said.
The Edhi Welfare Organisation told AFP that their morgues had received hundreds of corpses and were now full.
Officials have been criticised for not doing enough to tackle the crisis.
"More than 400 dead bodies have so far been received in our two mortuaries in past three days," Edhi spokesperson Anwar Kazmi told AFP. "The mortuaries have reached capacity."
On Tuesday as temperatures reached 45C (113F), Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif called for emergency measures and the army was deploying to help set up heat stroke centres.
There is anger among local residents at the authorities because power cuts have restricted the use of air-conditioning units and fans, correspondents say.
Matters have been made worse by the widespread abstention from water during daylight hours during the fasting month of Ramadan.
On Tuesday, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said it had received orders from Mr Sharif to take immediate action to tackle the crisis.
This came as Sindh province Health Secretary Saeed Mangnejo said 612 people had died in the main government-run hospitals in the city of Karachi during the past four days. Another 80 are reported to have died in private hospitals.
Many of the victims are elderly people from low-income families.
Thousands more people are being treated, and some of them are in serious condition.
Hot weather is not unusual during summer months in Pakistan, but prolonged power cuts seem to have made matters worse, the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani reports.
Sporadic angry protests have taken place in parts of Karachi, with some people blaming the government and Karachi's main power utility, K-Electric, for failing to avoid deaths, our correspondent adds.
The prime minister had announced that there would be no electricity cuts but outages have increased since the start of Ramadan, he reports.
There's anger on the street about the government's slow response to the crisis. The provincial PPP government appeared aloof and unresponsive. The federal government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif woke up to the tragic deaths on the third day.
While politicians blamed each other for not doing enough, the army - always keen to seize opportunities to demonstrate its soft power - sprang into action to set up "heat stroke relief camps".
By the fourth day, a campaign was launched to reiterate steps people should take in sizzling temperatures.
Many in Karachi feel that had the authorities moved proactively many lives could have been saved.
The hope now is that with the expected pre-monsoon rains later in the week the weather will improve. That will certainly provide much-needed respite to millions affected by the heatwave, but it won't change the chronic underlying problems this ever-growing city of 20 million faces - a dysfunctional infrastructure and poor governance.
The body's normal core temperature is 37-38C.
If it heats up to 39-40C, the brain tells the muscles to slow down and fatigue sets in. At 40-41C heat exhaustion is likely - and above 41C the body starts to shut down.
Chemical processes start to be affected, the cells inside the body deteriorate and there is a risk of multiple organ failure.
The body cannot even sweat at this point because blood flow to the skin stops, making it feel cold and clammy.
Heatstroke - which can occur at any temperature over 40C - requires professional medical help and if not treated immediately, chances of survival can be slim.
There are a number of things people can do to help themselves. These include:
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Karachi resident Iqbal told the BBC on Monday that no-one in his family could go outside to work because of the temperature and that everyone in their area preferred to stay at home.
"In our area, there is no electricity [since the] morning. We have complained several times, but there is no response from K-Electric," he said.
According to Pakistan's metrological office cooler weather is forecast from Tuesday.
The all-time highest temperature reached in Karachi is 47C, recorded in 1979.
Last month, nearly 1,700 people died in a heatwave in neighbouring India.
The venue is hoping to replicate the success of its famous 1970s company, which included future stars like Julie Walters, Bill Nighy and Jonathan Pryce.
It did away with its resident company in 1992, instead casting different actors for each play.
The new company will include Richard Bremmer, who played Voldemort in the first Harry Potter film.
He will be joined by Melanie La Barrie, who played Mrs Phelps in West End hit Matilda, and Patrick Brennan, who was headmaster Mr Dawes in Downton Abbey.
As well as the more experienced hands, the new company includes 23-year-old Emily Hughes, who graduated from drama school this year and was recruited through an open audition, and Elliott Davis, who has risen through the venue's youth theatre.
The seven men and seven women will perform in five shows, ranging from Romeo and Juliet to children's theatre to a new Toxteth-set drama, between February and July 2017.
Everyman artistic director Gemma Bodinetz said: "Anybody that inherits this job comes with this massive shadow hanging over them of the glorious, wonderful mid-'70s, when there was a very famous company here.
"So you're always aware that there was this magical time when actors like Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, Jonathan Pryce, Matthew Kelly - all these phenomenal actors came out of a rep company.
"And you ask yourself, was that just the time, was that just a phenomenal flowering that could never happen again?"
She wants audiences to get to know the actors and for the company to have a "conversation" with the city, she explained.
"We live in a very potent city and these are very exciting, tricky times, and it felt like it was time for this theatre to have a unique voice again."
Resident rep ensembles were the norm in regional theatres during much of the 20th Century. But of those that survived into the 1990s, most died off in the recession at the start of that decade.
A few venues - such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Dundee Rep - still use the system, while the Donmar Warehouse in London recruited an all-female company for its current Shakespeare trilogy.
In Liverpool the actors will perform in one play at night while rehearsing for the next show during the day.
La Barrie said she was not used to having more than one part in her head at any one time. "Working in a rep company is not something that most modern actors are used to," she said. "It's going to be interesting to see what we remember."
But being part of a company was "every actor's dream" because they must "utilise every single bit of your skill", she said.
Hughes said she was "inspired" by the Everyman's past and the history of the rep system.
"Coming out of drama school, it was something that people talked about that used to happen years ago," she said. "'What a wonderful system - but it doesn't really happen any more'."
"So when the news [of the new Everyman company] broke I was straight in there, like, 'Oh my God, I have to do this'."
Bodinetz said she had big ambitions for the company in the future. "In my dreams, the Everyman Company becomes an exciting brand and we tour the world with it once we've performed here," she said.
The full Everyman company: Richard Bremmer, Patrick Brennan, George Caple, Pauline Daniels, Elliott Davis, Laura dos Santos, Emily Hughes, Tom Kanji, Melanie La Barrie, Asha Kingsley, Dean Nolan, Zelina Rebeiro, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin.
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"It is the right of every human being to choose their gender," it said in granting rights to those who identify themselves as neither male nor female.
It ordered the government to provide transgender people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well as key amenities.
According to one estimate, India has about two million transgender people.
In India, a common term used to describe transgender people, transsexuals, cross-dressers, eunuchs and transvestites is hijra.
Campaigners say they live on the fringes of society, often in poverty, ostracised because of their gender identity. Most make a living by singing and dancing or by begging and prostitution.
By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Delhi
Members of the third gender have played a prominent role in Indian culture and were once treated with great respect. They find mention in the ancient Hindu scriptures and were written about in the greatest epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
In medieval India too, they played a prominent role in the royal courts of the Mughal emperors and some Hindu rulers. Many of them rose to powerful positions.
Their fall from grace started in the 18th Century during the British colonial rule when the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 categorised the entire transgender community as "criminals" who were "addicted" to committing serious crimes. They were arrested for dressing in women's clothing or dancing or playing music in public places, and for indulging in gay sex.
After Independence, the law was repealed in 1949, but mistrust of the transgender community has continued. Even today, they remain socially excluded, living on the fringes of society, in ghettoised communities, harassed by the police and abused by the public. Most make a living by singing and dancing at weddings or to celebrate child birth, many have moved to begging and prostitution.
It is hoped that the landmark court ruling will help bring them into the mainstream and improve their lot.
Rights groups say they often face huge discrimination and that sometimes hospitals refuse to admit them.
They have been forced to choose either male or female as their gender in most public spheres.
"Recognition of transgenders as a third gender is not a social or medical issue but a human rights issue," Justice KS Radhakrishnan, who headed the two-judge Supreme Court bench, said in his ruling on Tuesday.
"Transgenders are also citizens of India" and they must be "provided equal opportunity to grow", the court said.
"The spirit of the Constitution is to provide equal opportunity to every citizen to grow and attain their potential, irrespective of caste, religion or gender."
The judges asked the government to treat them in line with other minorities officially categorised as "socially and economically backward", to enable them to get quotas in jobs and education.
"We are quite thrilled by the judgement," Anita Shenoy, lawyer for the petitioner National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa), told the BBC.
"The court order gives legal sanctity to the third gender. The judges said the government must make sure that they have access to medical care and other facilities like separate wards in hospitals and separate toilets," she said.
Prominent transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, who was among the petitioners in the case, welcomed the judgement, saying the community had long suffered from discrimination and ignorance in the traditionally conservative country, reports the Agence France-Presse news agency.
"Today, for the first time I feel very proud to be an Indian," Ms Tripathi told reporters outside the court in Delhi.
In 2009, India's Election Commission took a first step by allowing transgenders to choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms.
But India is not the first country to recognise a third gender. Nepal recognised a third gender as early as in 2007 when the Supreme Court ordered the government to scrap all laws that discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. And last year, Bangladesh also recognised a third gender.
Tuesday's ruling comes after the Supreme Court's decision in December which criminalised gay sex by reversing a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised homosexual acts.
According to a 153-year-old colonial-era law - Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code - a same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence" and punishable by a 10-year jail term.
Legal experts say Tuesday's judgement puts transgender people in a strange situation: on the one hand, they are now legally recognised and protected under the Constitution, but on the other hand they may be breaking the law if they have consensual gay sex.
Heads at the National Association of Head Teachers conference said ministers had not been listening to their plight.
They backed a motion giving their leaders licence to explore all available options - including a shorter school week - to protect education.
The government insists school funding has never been higher.
It says funding will rise to £41bn in the next year.
Head teacher Graham Frost said at the conference in Telford that the line from the government was like "a recorded message" that came back every time the issue was raised.
And this was driving heads "crazy", he said.
"We are not advocating a four-and-a-half day week, we are just so despairing," said Mr Frost.
He said dropping teacher hours could be necessary if a school did not have the staff to run classes safely.
Alternatively, a head may make this decision to prevent schools from axing support staff for children with particular needs.
Another head teacher, Clem Coady, said: "The four-and-a-half day week must be seen as the very last resort because we don't want to cut the offer we are giving to children, to parents, to families, to our staff.
"But there has to be some way of forcing and opposing these government imposed cuts - they have got to overturn it."
The motion also gave the NAHT executive the right to encourage its members to take other steps, such as running deficit budgets in schools or refusing to file budgets to local authorities.
The NAHT will discuss further steps in its campaign to oppose school funding cuts at an executive conference in June.
The National Audit Office has found schools are facing budget cuts of £3bn by 2020 because funding was not keeping pace with increased pupil numbers and the rising costs of national insurance and pension contributions.
The codes consist of a series of small indentations with precise, slightly different depths, allowing for billions of different combinations.
They are deciphered by a device that "reads" the dents using beams of light.
Because they are made using adjustable pins during the moulding process, a different code could be embedded in - for example - individual pills.
The system was developed by Sofmat Ltd, a small Yorkshire company, in collaboration with engineers at the University of Bradford. The team has now been awarded £250,000 by the government technology body Innovate UK - the final of three stages of funding, intended to see the product through to market readiness.
"In a batch process, you might have a QR code and every single tablet would have the same code on it," said Sofmat director Dr Phil Harrison, "because when you're trying to change something that big, it's very difficult."
By contrast, his team has concentrated on developing a "sequential marking" system.
"Within the mould cavity, there are a number of pins which are each moved by a micro-actuator. By changing the pin heights... you can put a different alphanumeric code on to each tablet."
With four pins making holes at 36 possible heights, the team can produce 1.7 million codes. Next they want to step up to a six-pin system, with more height variation, which will allow 14 billion variations.
The global market in counterfeit goods, from medicines to motorbikes, is estimated to be worth $1.8bn (£1.2bn) every year. And that value is forecast to rise steeply in the next few years.
Speaking to journalists at the British Science Festival in Bradford, Dr Harrison said Sofmat worked with pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland to decide on the best way to develop the system commercially.
Because many pills are produced by injection moulding, the 3D barcodes could be incorporated into that process relatively easily.
Then, hospitals or pharmacies could purchase a scanner to verify medications. This will be a "little black box, with a slot the size of a tablet", Dr Harrison said. His team hopes to have a prototype scanner finished by late 2016.
"The idea is... you put a tablet into it, the tablet's scanned, then it comes out with a number. If that number corresponds to the number it should have, on the box, it tells you whether or not the tablet is real."
The team is also looking at applying the codes to metal surfaces, which would be attractive for other well-known Swiss products.
"We are talking to watch manufacturers at the moment, about protecting those," Dr Harrison said.
Dr Elaine Brown, a senior lecturer in mechanical and process engineering at the University of Bradford, said that tackling counterfeiting was a major concern.
"The dangers of counterfeiting all sorts of products are really, really massive. It's not just losing the profit of big business; it affects everybody.
"If you are taking some medication, you want to know that it is the real medication, not a copy which could actually harm you."
The 3D barcode system, Dr Brown added, could also help address the problem in other industries - including food, electronics, medical implants and motor vehicles.
"Anything that uses moulded plastics and composites could integrate this type of barcode technology," she said.
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Elections were held despite an opposition boycott and weeks of protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's plan to seek a third term.
Electoral commission spokesman Prosper Ntahorwamiye told the BBC that he was unaware of any incidents.
The African Union (AU) has not sent observers - the first time it has taken such a stance against a member state.
Presidential elections are due next month.
Gunfire has been heard nightly in the capital, Bujumbura, and scores of people have been killed in unrest since a failed coup attempt last month.
Several polling stations have been attacked in the capital and in the provinces, according to police officials quoted by the AFP news agency on Monday.
One resident in the Kinindo district of the capital told the BBC's Maud Jullien that there had been gunfire and he was too scared to venture out.
Witnesses told her the grenade was thrown at 0800 local time (0600 GMT) in Musaga where support for the opposition is strong.
Voters queued up in several neighbourhoods seen as ruling party strongholds, while in many others, where there have been months of protests against the president's bid for a third term in office, almost no-one showed up to vote.
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The electoral commission spokesman said the vote was going smoothly.
Presidential spokesperson Gervais Abayeho rejected the notion that the country was not in a position to hold elections, telling the BBC's Focus on Africa radio:
"Bujumbura is not the whole of Burundi - Bujumbura is a small portion of the country. The whole country is peaceful, except perhaps those areas where explosions or gunshots have been reported," he said.
The AU said conditions for a free and fair vote have not been met.
The European Union has also withdrawn its election observers, saying the lack of basic conditions to ensure the vote's credibility would only worsen the crisis in the country.
The AU and the UN had called for the parliamentary election to be postponed. But the government rejected the demands, saying conditions were stable enough for a vote, while a delay could create a dangerous political vacuum.
The presidential election was due in June but was put back to 15 July after pressure from regional leaders.
Many in Bujumbura say the unrest has prevented them from registering to vote, adding that they feel the outcome of the process is already known.
Several leading opposition parties have said they will boycott the election.
On Sunday, the speaker of parliament, Pie Ntavyohanyuma, said he had left the country because he feared he would be killed.
Tensions in Burundi have forced more than 100,000 people to flee this year.
The opposition says Mr Nkurunziza's attempt to run for office again contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms.
But Mr Nkurunziza's supporters argue that he is entitled to another term because he was first elected by parliament in 2005 - not voters. The Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the president.
Some 3.8 million Burundians are eligible to vote.
Under the proposed legislation, those convicted of homosexual acts could face life imprisonment.
The law would also make it a crime not to report gay people.
Mr Museveni last month refused to sign the bill but on Friday indicated that he would approve it shortly, after receiving scientific advice.
Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said a team of Ugandan scientists asked by the president for a report on homosexuality had told Mr Museveni that "there is no definitive gene responsible for homosexuality".
He told the AFP news agency this meant "homosexuality is not a disease but merely an abnormal behaviour which may be learned through experiences in life".
Mr Opondo said the president was under strong domestic pressure to sign the bill.
The private member's bill originally proposed the death penalty for some offences, such as if a minor was involved or the perpetrator was HIV-positive, but that clause has been dropped.
Uganda already has legislation banning gay sex between men, but the proposed law sharply tightens restrictions - and covers lesbians for the first time.
Promotion of homosexuality - even talking about it without condemning it - would also be punishable by a prison sentence.
The US is one of Uganda's largest foreign aid donors, and in 2011 a small number of American troops were sent to help the Ugandan military fight the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.
But President Obama, who once referred to the proposed law as "odious", says this relationship would become more complicated if it is approved, describing it as an affront, and a danger to, Uganda's gay community.
America's National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, said on Twitter that she spoke at length with the Ugandan President Museveni on Saturday night to urge him not to sign the bill.
President Obama's statement didn't limit criticism to Uganda, noting an increase in reports of violence and harassment of homosexuals from Russia to Nigeria.
A month ago, President Museveni refused to approve the controversial bill after it had been passed by parliament.
At the time, his spokesman said that the president believed that gay people are sick but that he did not believe they should be killed, or jailed for life.
"What the president has being saying is that we shall not persecute these homosexuals and lesbians. That is the point," said Tamale Mirudi.
Mr Museveni has been trying to reach a compromise with MPs, because if he refuses to sign the bill, parliament can still force it through with a two-thirds vote.
In a letter written to the parliamentary speaker when he blocked the bill in January, he disputed the view that homosexuality was an "alternative sexual orientation," reasoning that "You cannot call an abnormality an alternative orientation. It could be that the Western societies, on account of random breeding, have generated many abnormal people."
Deputy First Minister John Swinney and UK Treasury minister Greg Hands are meeting in Edinburgh.
Scottish ministers want a fiscal framework deal agreed this week so it can be scrutinised by Holyrood.
A source close to John Swinney said a massive gap remained between the two sides, but the UK government said it was optimistic a deal could be reached.
The breakthrough needed on the fiscal framework will underpin new powers for Holyrood.
Mr Swinney has repeatedly said he would not sign a deal which he believes is bad for Scotland.
It has been claimed the block grant ministers in Edinburgh get from the Treasury could be cut by £7bn if certain calculations are used.
But the UK government believes a good deal is on the table.
On Sunday, Mr Swinney pledged that key documents used to agree any new funding deal for Scotland would be published for scrutiny.
He said he was working "flat out" to get a deal, adding: "With time running out, we need to make substantial progress."
A source close to the deputy first minister said the Scottish government would use whatever time was possible to agree a deal.
That leaves open the possibility the deadline could be extended if the Scottish Parliament still has time to look at the framework before it breaks up for the May election.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell said there had been significant movement from the UK government to address Scottish government concerns over population growth.
He added the framework would be reviewed after "a few years" to make sure it was fair for Scotland and the rest of the UK.
The UK government has said it would not walk away from the talks.
Scottish Labour has, meanwhile, called for both sides to set out the principles behind their positions on the framework.
MP Ian Murray has written to Mr Hands and Mr Swinney saying the "negotiations are too important to be happening behind closed doors".
Both sides have said they would not provide a running commentary on the talks.
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It was part of a protest, because they say that they're not being paid enough for milk.
The British Retail Consortium say that supermarkets are paying a fair price.
But farmers argue that it costs them more to produce the milk than what they're paid for it, so they end up loosing money.
Martin went to meet Hannah, who lives on a diary farm in Cheshire, to find out more.
Wales will wear black armbands instead, while fans at Cardiff City Stadium will form a poppy mosaic before kick-off.
Football's world governing body Fifa prohibits any political, religious or commercial messages on shirts.
But England and Scotland will defy this in their match on Friday.
Both nation's football associations will let players wear black armbands with poppy emblems and are willing to accept any punishment.
Fifa has since said that reports of a ban on wearing poppies are a "distortion of the facts".
Wales manager Chris Coleman defended the FAW approach on the eve of facing Serbia
He said: "Of course we back the FA. There's a lot been said about it, the fact the game's live on TV tomorrow night, we're standing by the rule that Fifa put in place, we've been respectful of that and I back our decision.
"Remembrance Day is today (Friday), though, and that's when we'll be showing our respects in the right manner, as we always do.
"We're very respectful of Remembrance Day, we know the sacrifices that were made by the men and women who lost their lives for us.
"So we'll be showing our respect today in the right and proper manner."
Coleman was asked if some of the criticism aimed at the FAW stance was unfair.
He replied: "That's the way it's going to be. There will be certain people, unfortunately, using it as a vehicle to give their opinion.
"Whether or not they like us or not, maybe it's an excuse to have a little dig at us.
"I'm quite sure other people are using it for their own benefit - that's how it is, unfortunately, sadly.
"To say that we're not being respectful, given the measures we're going to today and tomorrow... the criticism will come but we don't listen to that, we'll ignore that."
England Under-21 wore poppies on black armbands during their win over Italy on Thursday night.
Football Association of Wales (FAW) chief executive Jonathan Ford earlier said: "Fifa have turned down a request made by the FAW for the Wales National Team to wear poppies on their shirts or on armbands.
"It has therefore, been decided that Wales will wear black armbands during their 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying match against Serbia.
"The FAW naturally wishes to respect and honour those who fought and lost their lives fighting for their country.
"We felt unable to take the risk of a financial penalty or point deduction. However, as we always have done at this time of year, we will be paying our respects in other ways."
Members of the Flanders Welsh War Memorial at Langemark will be in attendance at the match as invited guests of the FAW.
A delegation of Welsh management and players will also visit a war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.
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Grainger, 40, won silver at three successive Games before finally claiming gold at London 2012 - and then taking a two-year sabbatical.
Jonny Walton and John Collins in the double sculls, and pair Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes also made finals.
But Britain's lightweight men's four failed to make it through the semis.
Katherine Copeland will not retain her Olympic title as she and Charlotte Taylor went out in the repechage of the lightweight double sculls.
It leaves the British rowing team with six boats so far through to finals in Rio.
Earlier, Alan Campbell reached the semi-finals of the men's single sculls by finishing second in his heat.
The 33-year-old was the fifth fastest qualifier, 4.97 seconds outside the leading time, set by Croatia's European champion Damir Martin.
Campbell won bronze at London 2012, and is the first Northern Irishman to compete at four Olympic Games.
Since returning to rowing two years ago, Grainger had struggled to find the same kind of dominant form that helped her win gold alongside Anna Watkins in 2012.
However, Grainger and Thornley impressed in their semi-final in Rio, finishing just under two seconds behind Poland's Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj.
Their hopes were boosted further as the world champion pair from New Zealand and highly-fancied Australians both failed to qualify for the final.
"Getting a medal is always the most thrilling, exciting, wonderful thing you can do at an Olympics," said Grainger.
"Right now it is about getting the best performance out of the two of us and if that's fast enough that's where we want to be."
Thornley, 28, said: "We're in an Olympic final. It probably is our best performance as a pair. There's a lot of pressure in a semi-final.
"There's all to play for and we haven't shown everything yet. Today is a giant leap forward; we've put a lot of work in the last six weeks."
"That's a step up from anything Grainger and Thornley have shown over the last two years since Katherine came back.
"The best thing is not only have they qualified, they would have come second in the other semi, so they are right in the mix for a medal.
"The Poles might get them again, they have been the form crew of the season, but they are in the mix."
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A Shelflife phone app links stories and pictures provided by donors to tags attached to the goods.
Browsers in Oxfam shops can scan the tags using the app to find out about an individual item's past.
The charity believes it can sell things more easily when they have stories attached to them.
"Someone might donate a record and add that it was the song that they danced to at their wedding to its tag," said Oxfam's Emma Joy.
"We hope the pilot will prove that items with stories are more valuable and establish the monetary value of a story," she said.
Shelflife uses technology developed for a project called Tales of Things and Electronic Memory (Totem), a collaboration of academics at five UK universities. Totem has built a database of more than 6,000 objects which have been linked to their stories with tags.
Each Totem object has its own Twitter account, and tweets are sent out automatically to an object's "followers" every time its tag is scanned or new information is added to its story.
"We want to make every Oxfam shop into an interactive social museum," said Andrew Hudson-Smith, director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London and a contributor to the Totem project.
"Second-hand goods are essentially meaningless, but when they are tagged we give them meaning," he said.
The Shelflife system uses QR Codes - black and white patterns designed to be read easily by mobile phones - printed on tags. The Totem project has supplied Oxfam with 10,000 tags with unique QR Codes for the Shelflife trial.
Oxfam customers use the Shelflife iPhone app - a similar Android app is in the works - to read the QR Codes and find out about an item or add to its history.
Oxfam is trying out Shelflife at 10 shops around Manchester, and the charity hopes to extend it to all of its shops if, as Oxfam expects, the pilot scheme shows that adding stories to them makes them more valuable.
Shelflife will also be used to add stories to new products that Oxfam sells in its shops.
The bone shows clear signs of cut marks with stone tools, and has been radiocarbon dated to 12,500 years ago.
This places humans in Ireland in the Palaeolithic era; previously, the earliest evidence of people came from the Mesolithic, after 10,000 years ago.
The brown bear bone had been stored in a cardboard box at the National Museum of Ireland for almost a century.
Since the 1970s, the oldest evidence of human occupation in Ireland has been the hunter-gatherer settlement of Mount Sandel on the banks of the River Bann, County Derry, which dates to 8,000 years ago.
Antiquarians and scientists have been searching for an Irish Palaeolithic since the second half of the 19th Century.
Over this 150-year period, occasional Palaeolithic tools have surfaced but in each case have been dismissed as objects originating from Britain that had simply been carried along by ice sheets or other geological processes.
During the Palaeolithic, Ireland was already an island, cut off from the rest of northwest Europe, so nomadic hunter-gatherer groups would have arrived by boat.
The brown bear patella - or knee bone - dates to a time at the end of the Ice Age when the climate was considerably colder.
In addition to brown bears, humans would have come into contact with - and possibly hunted - giant deer, red deer, reindeer, hare and wolves.
The discovery was made by Dr Marion Dowd, an archaeologist at IT Sligo; and Dr Ruth Carden, from the National Museum of Ireland.
"Archaeologists have been searching for the Irish Palaeolithic since the 19th Century, and now, finally, the first piece of the jigsaw has been revealed. This find adds a new chapter to the human history of Ireland," said Dr Dowd.
The adult bear bone was one of thousands of bones originally discovered in Alice and Gwendoline Cave, County Clare, in 1903. The excavators published a report on their investigations and noted that the bear bone had knife marks.
The bone has been stored in a collection at the National Museum of Ireland since the 1920s.
In 2010 and 2011, Dr Carden re-analysed and documented the museum's animal bone collection. As a specialist in cave archaeology, Dr Dowd became interested in the bone from the butchered bear and the two scientists sought to carry out radiocarbon dating of the Chrono Centre at Queen's University Belfast.
"When a Palaeolithic date was returned, it came as quite a shock. Here we had evidence of someone butchering a brown bear carcass and cutting through the knee probably to extract the tendons," said Dr Dowd.
The examinations determined that the cut marks were made on fresh bone, confirming they were of the same date as the patella, and therefore that humans were in Ireland during the Palaeolithic period.
"This made sense as the location of the marks spoke of someone trying to cut through the tough knee joint, perhaps someone who was inexperienced," explains Dr Dowd.
"In their repeated attempts, they left seven marks on the bone surface. The implement used would probably have been something like a long flint blade."
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The 33-year-old, who has won 50 caps, has a calf injury and will be replaced by MK Dons defender Joe Walsh.
Defender Ben Davies is also out after picking up an injury playing for Spurs in the Champions League and Bristol City's Adam Matthews will step in.
Wales are third in Group D, with Serbia top on seven points.
I am told that Mr Price is eyeing the job as chairman of Channel 4, where he is already deputy chairman.
Lord Burns, the present chairman, is due to retire in January, a few months before Mr Price's time at Waitrose comes to an end.
As the government considers how to make Channel 4 "more commercial" - a review which could include privatisation - many believe Mr Price is ideally suited to take the reins.
I am sure the government will be considering what other roles Mr Price could usefully do - he is, after all, known to be close to David Cameron.
A peerage and subsequent government ministerial role should not be ruled out - if the chairmanship of Channel 4 does not come off.
Mr Price, who has been with the John Lewis Partnership - which owns Waitrose - for 33 years, leaves after 9 years leading the supermarket chain.
During that time Waitrose has enjoyed many years of rapid growth, outperforming the market 76 months in a row.
But recently, even this stalwart of middle class shopping has felt the chill wind of a sector fundamentally changed by the arrival of the German discounters Aldi and Lidl.
Mr Price warned of turmoil in the sector earlier this year when profits at Waitrose dipped by a quarter.
Mr Price is 55 and appears to want one more big challenge in his career.
With the chairman of John Lewis, Sir Charlie Mayfield, not going anywhere soon (and he's younger than Mr Price at 49), the head of Waitrose has decided that the grass is likely to be greener elsewhere.
Waitrose number two, Rob Collins, will take over from Mr Price when he leaves next April.
The 32-year old Iraq international has previously played for Northampton Town, Bury, Peterborough and AFC Bournemouth.
The keeper becomes Wrexham's third signing of the week after they signed defender Nortei Nortey and midfielder Michael Bakare.
The club have also received £50,000 thanks to former goalkeeper Danny Ward making a competitive start for Wales.
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He batted throughout the third day but England lost two wickets in three overs late on as they closed on 290-3, needing 34 more to avoid the follow-on.
Cook added 116 for the first wicket with Moeen Ali (35) and 165 for the second with Ian Bell.
Bell fell for 63 to Wahab Riaz, who also removed nightwatchman Mark Wood.
Those two wickets for four runs boosted Pakistani spirits on another day when bat dominated ball, on a soporific surface which has been widely criticised.
Cook's 28th Test century was typical of so many of his previous 27, founded on patience, discipline and excellent shot selection.
He dominated his first Test opening stand with Moeen Ali, tucking the ball off his pads with customary ease and capitalising on any width afforded outside off stump.
His approach was unaffected by the departure of Moeen, who was caught behind for 35 pushing at Imran Khan shortly before lunch to end a patient first innings as a Test opener.
Cook had made 147 by the time he offered a chance, substitute fielder Fawad Alam dropping a tumbling effort at backward square-leg off a top-edged sweep.
Bell spent the early part of his innings batting like a man who contemplated retirement following a miserable Ashes this summer.
Knowing that his dropped attempts to catch Mohammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq cost England 188 runs in the field, Bell himself was reprieved on one when Shan Masood grassed a sharp bat-pad chance at silly point off Zulfiqar Babar.
He managed only one run off the first 33 balls he faced and saw a couple of edges fall short of slip before finally finding something approaching fluency as he compiled a 134-ball half-century.
He perished five overs before the close when he drove the persevering Riaz, who regularly touched 90 miles per hour, to Hafeez at point.
Wood, sent in to protect Joe Root, was dropped at second slip on nought before playing on as he attempted to force off the back foot.
With only 11 wickets falling in nine sessions - four of which came when Pakistan were chasing declaration runs - criticism of the pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium showed no sign of abating.
Although the spinners found turn from early on the first day, the surface sorely lacks pace and bounce and there has been negligible reverse-swing with the older ball.
"This is tedious," former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott said on Test Match Special. "You can't sell this product to spectators."
Ex-England spinner Graeme Swann joked that the pitch is "as lifeless as an away game at Luton Town" - before earning a swift rebuke.
While the departure of Bell and Wood in 14 balls raised the prospect of an England collapse on Friday, a fourth draw in nine Tests on this ground remains the most likely result.
With Cook at the crease, however, England could yet establish a first-innings advantage.
Boycott said: "If England bat all day tomorrow, then they'll have a small lead with one day to go.
"That's not enough time to win the game - who's going to get those wickets quickly and cheaply?"
England captain Alastair Cook on TMS: "For the good of cricket, you don't mind the pitch like this for three days if it ends up breaking up - not that we want it to do that because we want to stay in the game.
"We're still 230 runs behind and that's a long way away. We have got a lot of great batters to come and, after waiting their turn, hopefully they fill their boots too."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "Normally, when somebody gets a century, it's the batsmen who rush to congratulate him.
"With Alastair Cook, it was the bowlers - he's the bowlers' best mate. He's given them a day in an air-conditioned dressing room sipping tea."
They found a Kalashnikov with two full magazines, and a painting depicting an Islamic State flag, when they entered his home on Wednesday, according to the prosecutor's office.
Police also seized four boxes of illegal fireworks, mobile telephones, and €1600 ($1690; £1430) in cash.
Local media say the suspect, whose identity was not released, is Dutch.
Dutch authorities announced the arrest on Friday, after the suspect appeared before an investigating judge in the port city of Rotterdam.
He will be detained for two weeks.
Special detectives acted on information from the Dutch secret service.
It is unclear what authorities believe the man had intended to do, whether he had links with the so-called Islamic State group, or whether he had been in Syria or Iraq.
The Netherlands is currently on a terror threat level four out of five, meaning there is a real chance of an attack, but no concrete evidence.
According to a report published last month by the National Co-ordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism, there is concern that returning jihadists could be a threat to security in the Netherlands.
The report says it expects the number of people returning to the Netherlands from Syria and Iraq to increase, as Islamic State loses ground in those countries.
The near-simultaneous bombs went off in Kut, the capital of Wasit province, 100 miles (160km) south of Baghdad.
The bombings came hours after a series of smaller attacks targeting members of the security forces in Baghdad killed eight police officers.
The deaths have renewed concerns about security in Iraq, with US combat troops due leave the country later this month.
US President Barack Obama confirmed on Monday that US combat troops would leave Iraq at the end of August, asserting that violence was the lowest it had been for years.
Witnesses say the co-ordinated car bombs exploded in a crowded shopping area in the city of Kut.
Two cars parked a few metres from each other exploded at the same time in Kut's commercial centre, police spokesman Lt Ismail Hussein told AFP.
Local shopkeeper Nasir Salman said the blasts happened at about 1800 local time (1500 GMT) when the streets were crowded.
"I saw with my own eyes women and children lying dead and wounded on the ground," said Mr Salman, whose tyre shop was damaged.
Haidar Habib, a currency trader, said he had been "thrown to the floor" of his shop by the force of the explosions.
On Tuesday morning, five policemen were killed at a checkpoint in Baghdad by men using guns with silencers.
Witnesses said the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq - a front organisation for al-Qaeda - was left at the scene, suggesting it was behind the attack.
Elsewhere in the capital, two police officers were killed as they tried to defuse a bomb in Sadr City in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital.
Another policeman was killed by an explosive device attached to his motorbike.
While violence in Iraq has fallen in the last three years, shootings and bombings still take place regularly.
The Iraqi Ministry of Interior says nearly 400 civilians were killed in attacks in July.
US and Iraqi officials have raised concerns that insurgents are taking advantage of the political vacuum in the country to try to destabilise it.
Nearly five months after Iraq's parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner, there is still no agreement on a coalition government.
Cafodd y cynnig yn galw am yr adolygiad i'w gynnal gan un o bwyllgorau'r Cyngor ei gefnogi gan 31 o aelodau, gyda 12 yn gwrthwynebu.
Roedd y cynnig yn welliant i gynnig gwreiddiol gafodd ei gyflwyno gan arweinydd grŵp Plaid Cymru, y Cynghorydd Elwyn Vaughan.
Roedd wedi galw am 'ddod a'r arfer o brynu neu brydlesu car at ddefnydd y Cadeirydd i ben'.
Dywedodd Elwyn Vaughan fod y penderfyniad i wario £28,000 ar brynu Audi A6 newydd yn 'haerllug' a dwedodd ei fod yn 'wastraff arian' a bod y Cyngor yn 'ansensitif'. Skoda oedd car y Cadeirydd blaenorol.
Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Rosemarie Harris, arweinydd Cyngor Powys: "Mae'r rôl fel Cadeirydd Sir Powys yn golygu bod car yn angenrheidiol i gyflawni dyletswyddau dinesig yn effeithiol.
Mae gan y cadeirydd presennol (Cyng Dai Davies) anabledd corfforol sy'n golygu bod angen car awtomatig arno, rhywbeth nad oedd ar gael ar y cerbyd blaenorol."
Ond mae'r Cynghorydd Vaughan yn feirniadol iawn o'r penderfyniad, "Mewn cyfnod o gynni ariannol, toriadau parhaus, cymunedau yn colli gwasanaethau" meddai
"Mae gweithredu fel hyn a phrynu car moethus drud er budd un person yn ansensitif, haerllug ac yn dangos anwybodaeth sylfaenol o'r heriau sy'n wynebu cymaint o'n cymunedau."
Yn ei sylwadau i'r Cyngor, awgrymodd y Cynghorydd Vaughan y dylai'r Cadeirydd ddefnyddio 'car pool' i fynd i ddigwyddiadau ffurfiol, ac y dylid ystyried a oes angen mynd i gymaint o ddigwyddiadau yn y lle cyntaf.
Mewn datganiad dywedodd Cyngor Powys, "Bydd prynu car ail-law i'r Cynghorydd Dai Davies ar gyfer dyletswyddau dinesig am 12 mis yn y swydd yn costio'r cyngor llai na £3,000 ar ôl ail-werthu'r cerbyd, sy'n llawer gwell gwerth am arian na llogi, prydlesu neu pe bai'r cadeirydd yn defnyddio ei gar ei hunan."
Ychwanegodd yr arweinydd Rosemarie Harris fod yr Audi A6 yn cynnig gwerth am arian o'i gymharu â'r Skoda Superb, gafodd ei ddefnyddio gan y Cadeirydd blaenorol.
"Dangosodd ein hymchwil mai cyfanswm y gost o ddarparu A6 Audi ar ôl cynnwys ailwerthu'r cerbyd oedd £2,592 o'i gymharu â £6,475 ar gyfer yr un model Skoda Superb a ddefnyddiwyd yn y gorffennol. Byddai'r gost lawn i'r cyngor o dalu milltiroedd i'r cadeirydd wedi bod yn £7,000 pe bai wedi teithio 20,000 o filltiroedd - pellter cyfartalog ar gyfer y swydd.
"Wrth ymchwilio i hyfywedd ariannol unrhyw brosiect mae'n rhaid i'r cyngor edrych ar y costau tymor llawn a'u cymharu er mwyn sicrhau gwerth am arian."
Yn ystod y cyfarfod fe glywodd y Cynghorwyr grynodeb o'r sefyllfa mewn cynghorau eraill ar draws Cymru.
Dywedodd Prif Swyddog Cyllid Powys, David Powell, ei fod e wedi cael ymateb gan 20 o gynghorau eraill, mae 10 ohonyn nhw yn prydlesu car ar gyfer y Cadeirydd, mae 5 yn berchen ar eu car eu hunain, a dyw 5 arall ddim yn darparu cerbyd o gwbwl.
Dywedodd o'r 15 sydd yn darparu car, mae 12 ohonyn nhw yn darparu 'chauffeur' hefyd.
The fine print of the deal suggests something slightly different, and shows that GM has in fact taken a hit of up to £6bn in order to get shot of Vauxhall and Opel.
First, a big chunk of the price - three-quarters of a billion pounds - is not for car plants, but for loans taken out by the owners of Opel and Vauxhall cars through GM's finance arm. Peugeot is paying four-fifths of the book value of the outstanding loans.
Second, GM is keeping most of the outstanding pension liabilities. Peugeot will take on a few of the schemes, and is being paid £2.6bn by GM for agreeing to do so.
Third, the Detroit giant will take an accounting hit of £3.2bn on the deal - a confirmation that the value it had placed on Opel and Vauxhall in its own books was born more out of hope and the scale of past investments than any solid expectation of future profits.
GM's financial agony does not mean, of course, that Vauxhall and Opel will not prosper under their new owner. Peugeot thinks it can squeeze £1.5bn of savings out of the combined operation, and if it can help the French carmaker break into new markets the deal will have done its job.
GM, meanwhile, continues to shrink its ambitions and focus on the future. Since it was bailed out by the US government in the aftermath of the financial crisis, it has closed in America the Oldsmobile, Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac brands, and ditched its plants in Australia, where it had made cars since 1931.
This might be seen as a retreat from former glories, but it may instead reflect GM's hard-headed conviction that the future is China - where it is the strongest of the US players - and electric and self-driving cars, where America, not Europe, leads the way.
Sasa Damjanovic, 36, got six years and his partner Vera Vasic, 29, three years - the heaviest prison sentences to be handed down in France in such a case.
They claimed to have been outside the Stade de France on 13 November 2015 when the suicide bombers struck. In fact they had been at home in Antibes.
The November attacks killed 130 people.
The fraud by the couple from Antibes was exposed when they put in a claim for compensation for the Nice terror attack of 14 July this year. The Bastille Day attack killed 86 people on the Nice beachfront - victims of a lorry driver who smashed his huge vehicle into the crowd.
The court judgment in Grasse, near Nice and Antibes on the Cote d'Azur, said the penalty was intended to act as "an example".
The couple, who have two children, aged six and seven, admitted their crime in court.
The prosecutor, quoted by Nice-Matin news, said "as a citizen, man, woman, judge, how can you not be sickened by such behaviour?"
The couple have already spent the €60,000 - some of it on vehicles which they planned to re-sell. They told the court that they had sought the money to pay off debts.
A lawyer for the compensation fund said that by 30 November this year it had paid out €46.5m to 2,444 victims of the Paris attacks.
The jihadists, from so-called Islamic State (IS), injured hundreds of people, besides the 130 they killed in simultaneous attacks across Paris.
The man who will be representing Britain's interests abroad is Boris Johnson. Yes, that Boris Johnson, the tousle-haired, barrel-bellied engineer of the UK's exit from the EU.
It's an appointment that's been treated with some shock around the world - not least because he has been less than diplomatic about other countries and their leaders before.
Some of his positions, often outlined in his newspaper columns, also risk clashing with his own government's official stance.
On Tony Blair visiting Africa, in 2002: "What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies...
"They say he is shortly off to the Congo. No doubt the AK47s will fall silent, and the pangas will stop their hacking of human flesh, and the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down in his big white British taxpayer-funded bird."
Mr Johnson apologised for the comments in 2008, during his successful campaign to be mayor of London.
But it's not the only time he has used the term "piccaninnies", a derogatory word for black children.
On the effects of colonialism in Uganda (in 2002): "If left to their own devices, the natives would rely on nothing but the instant carbohydrate gratification of the plantain."
On Barack Obama's decision to remove a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office (in March this year)
"No one was sure whether the President had himself been involved in the decision. Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President's ancestral dislike of the British empire - of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender."
Mr Obama then spoke out over Mr Johnson's comments.
Earlier this year, Turkey pushed for the prosecution of a German comedian who composed an obscene poem about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In response, the British magazine The Spectator ran a competition asking readers to submit an offensive poem about Mr Erdogan - a competition won by Mr Johnson.
While we can't print the poem in full, you can read it here - suffice to say, it includes a creative rhyme for "Ankara".
Mr Johnson has Turkish ancestry - but that is something he's been advised against exploiting.
Pro-government newspaper commentator Selim Atala tweeted: "Dear @BorisJohnson I understand you need well-versed apologies in Turkish. I can help you with that. PS: Turkish roots-card won't work."
After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops, bolstered by Russian forces, reclaimed the ancient city of Palmyra from the self-styled Islamic State group, Mr Johnson was fulsome in his praise.
He wrote that "any sane person should feel a sense of satisfaction at what Assad's troops have accomplished", but maintained that Assad was "a monster, a dictator".
In a column last December, Mr Johnson compared Vladimir Putin to Dobby the House Elf, the Harry Potter character.
While criticising Mr Putin, he has also praised his role in Russia and called for more co-operation with Moscow.
(Mr Johnson's predecessor as foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, had criticised Russia for targeting civilians by bombing hospitals and schools in Syria.)
In May, Mr Johnson also called into question the EU's role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is widely accused of backing the rebels who control much of the region.
"If you want an example of EU foreign policymaking on the hoof and the EU's pretensions to running a defence policy that have caused real trouble, then look at what has happened in Ukraine," he told reporters.
On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he hoped Mr Johnson's appointment would signal a new start for UK-Russia ties.
Reminded of Mr Johnson's comments, Mr Peskov said: "The weight of his current position will certainly, probably, provoke a different kind of rhetoric of a more diplomatic character."
Travelling to a country on a trade visit and responding by violently flattening a 10-year-old boy is perhaps not diplomacy at its greatest.
His new role will inevitably take him to meet officials in the country of his birth, and to deal with its next president. Only one problem there (depending on who wins the election in November)...
Boris on Hillary Clinton
"She's got dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital." - in 2007
Boris on Donald Trump
"I am genuinely worried that he could become president," Mr Johnson said in March. "I was in New York and some photographers were trying to take a picture of me and a girl walked down the pavement towards me and she stopped and she said, 'Gee, is that Trump?'
"It was one of the worst moments."
He's also accused Mr Trump of being "out of his mind" and of possessing "stupefying ignorance".
In a 2006 column, he said he supported Iran having the nuclear bomb, saying it was "the the only sure-fire means of protecting my country, and my poor huddled constituents...from the possibility of an attack by America."
While he acknowledges this was at a time the US was fighting two wars, it's fair to say Mr Johnson's opinion here is... unconventional.
Some things never change: in 2006, the Labour party was (again) in the middle of another leadership crisis. And Boris was (again) apologising for more offensive comments - this time in relation to Labour's troubles.
He wrote: "For 10 years we in the Tory Party have become used to Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing, and so it is with a happy amazement that we watch as the madness engulfs the Labour Party."
Papua New Guinea's High Commissioner in London was not happy.
Staff at the Foreign Office may have their hands full, if one report is anything to go by.
"Foreign Office staff had to pick up a hotel bar tab, stop Mr Johnson from driving a sports car out of a showroom and arrange last-minute tours when the mayor of London travelled to Erbil, in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, in January 2015," the FT reported.
While his visit did lead to more deals struck in Kurdistan, it reportedly proved a diplomatic headache. At one point, the FT said, Mr Johnson insisted on visiting the front line in the fight against IS.
The first refugees arrived in the town on 9 December last year, and since then 11 refugees have settled in Ceredigion.
The mural, which was unveiled at Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, includes messages from pupils and members of the public.
It was a special collaboration between Oxfam Cymru, the artist Valériane Leblond and the school.
Pupils Cari and Steffan said they hoped everyone liked their mural of welcome.
Kirsty Davies-Warner, head of Oxfam Cymru, said: "It's been one year since the first refugees arrived to Wales, and this wonderful mural symbolises the extent of support and welcome that the people of Aberystwyth have shown the newly-arrived families."
Earlier this year, Syrian refugees gave out flowers and thanked passers-by for welcoming them to the town.
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Ennis-Hill, 30, goes in the final heat of the women's 100m hurdles at 13:59 BST, after compatriot Katarina Johnson-Thompson in heat three at 13:51.
Fellow Briton Jo Pavey, 42, will run in the 10,000m final at 15:10 in her fifth Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, day eight could see a repeat of 'Super Saturday' from London 2012.
On the evening of Saturday, 4 August 2012, Team GB's Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Ennis-Hill all won gold in a defining hour of Olympic success for the host nation.
And once again their respective finals all happen within a two-hour period in Rio, in the early hours of Sunday morning UK time.
If he qualifies, Rutherford will be in the long jump final which starts at 00:50 BST, while Farah follows in the 10,000m at 01:25, with the 800m finale in the heptathlon at 02:53.
Day eight will also be Usain Bolt's first appearance of the Games, with the heats of the men's 100m starting at 20:00 BST. The final will be held on day nine at 02:25 BST on Monday.
The Jamaican 29-year-old is hoping to secure the "treble treble" with victory in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.
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However, Bolt's compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce could beat him to three straight Olympic 100m titles.
A champion in Beijing and London, Fraser-Pryce is expected to be in the women's final on day eight at 02:37, but she faces some stiff competition from Dutch World Championship silver medallist Dafne Schippers, and Americans Tori Bowie and English Gardner.
The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) President Jamal Malinzi said Mkwasa would be assisted by Zanzibar coach Hemed Morocco.
His position will be reviewed at the end of September.
"He will take us through the matches against Uganda and Nigeria, that's his assignment for now," said Malinzi.
Mkwasa will continue in his role as assistant coach at his former club Yanga, where he works with another Dutch coach in Hans Van de Pluijm.
The caretaker coach's first task it to overturn a 3-0 goal deficit against neighbours Uganda in the second leg of their African Nations Championship qualifier in Kampala in less than a fortnight.
The loss in the first leg cost Nooij his job after a poor campaign as a guest side at the recent southern African championship, the Cosafa Cup, where they lost all three matches.
The former Yanga SC midfielder is expected to overhaul the squad that lost the opening 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier match to Egypt and pick a new-look team to face Nigeria in the second match in September.
"After losing to Uganda we paid the players their dues and asked them to go home and wait, Mkwasa is at liberty to call whoever he wants," added Malinzi.
Meanwhile, Nooij, who needed police protection to leave the stadium after Saturday's loss to Uganda, blamed the woes on his policy of putting faith in young talents.
"My contract was ending in 2016 but now it has ended in 2015, I have bad feelings of course, my family is here, they were came on Saturday expecting to see the team win game under a successful coach, but they saw their brother failing and team losing," he said in pensive mood.
"I did my utmost to bring Tanzanian football to certain level of international football and I would not change anything if I did it again, I have no regrets on the decisions or methods I used, if I should do it again, I would do the same.
"Certainly everything is possible in football, from here you are likely find me somewhere in Africa, in borders of Tanzania or outside Tanzania."
A conference in Cardiff brings together specialists, politicians and addicts to discuss the issue on Wednesday.
The Gambling Commission has estimated 1.1% of the Welsh population has a problem.
The Welsh Government said, in general, there was no medical intervention for gambling.
Event organiser Wynford Ellis Owen, from the Living Room charity, said it had become a "public health problem".
While addict Sarah Grant, 31, of Cardiff, said she found it was "not taken seriously", particularly compared to drug and alcohol addictions, with some gambling treatments only available for men.
Ms Grant said she had no support despite having been in prison and homeless due to a 15-year addiction.
She said she would have been offered residential rehabilitation had she been addicted to alcohol or drugs.
Iain Corby, of the charity GambleAware, said although gambling treatment was not available from NHS Wales, there was help available from charities.
"Gambling addiction can have a corrosive effect on individuals and their loved ones, so we encourage anyone who has ever felt they gambled more than they can afford or lied about their gambling to get in touch," he added.
Ms Grant spoke to BBC Wales ahead of the conference at Cardiff Bay's Pierhead building where she will deliver a speech.
She said, in an effort to tackle her addiction, she applied for a 12-week stint in rehab in England, but was told the facility was only available to men.
She was instead told she could apply for a two-night retreat for women - but there are only 10 places available twice a year for the whole of the UK, and her application was not successful.
Mr Owen said there were very few providers in the UK, but added he did not feel residential rehabilitation was an effective solution.
Figures from the Gambling Commission released in October 2016 showed little difference between the number of women participating in gambling compared to men.
They showed 5% of Welsh women surveyed aged 35-44 were at risk of problematic gambling, with other age ranges showing lower risks.
Participation in any form of gambling activity was most common among those aged 55-64.
Ms Grant added most addiction support was focused on drugs or alcohol - and gambling was "back in ancient times" in terms of available support.
"This is a serious problem, a serious epidemic and it needs to be taken seriously," she said.
About 1.1% of the Welsh population are problematic gamblers with a further 4% at risk, according to figures released earlier this year by the Gambling Commission.
Mr Owen said: "When we first set out to tackle the issue [of gambling] we were a lone voice.
"We knew there was a major problem in Wales, but we lacked the evidence. Two years on and we not only know for sure there is a major problem with gambling, but we now have the evidence.
"A number of problem gamblers have made contact with us since 2015 which has helped shape effective recovery options for them."
Mr Owen described it as "one of the key challenges of our age".
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Many people participate in gambling activities without any apparent problems, but we recognise that for some people, gambling becomes an addiction which leads to harmful health and social impacts.
"While the regulation of gambling is not devolved, we are always keen to explore what more we can do to tackle gambling addiction and the impact it has on communities and families in Wales."
She added psychological interventions were available which can help motivate people to change their behaviour.
The first research findings on gambling among veterans will also be revealed at the conference, undertaken by Swansea University with the Forces in Mind Trust.
The hole, which measures approximately 4m (13ft) by 2m (7ft), has caused rubble to tumble into the water at Carnsew Quay, in Hayle.
Hayle Harbour Authority has fenced off the area and people are advised to stay away. Boats have also been moved.
Harbourmaster Peter Haddock said he was in contact with contractors, but was unsure when the wall would be repaired.
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Prosecutors said there was "serious or consistent evidence" against France's Loick Jammes, New Zealander Rory Grice and Irishman Denis Coulson.
The trio, who face a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail if they are found guilty, cannot leave France.
Jammes' lawyer said the charges allowed legal teams to "put forward a real defence" of their clients, "respecting the presumption of innocence".
A woman told police she had been drugged and raped in a hotel in Bordeaux following a league match between Bordeaux and Grenoble on March 11.
A lawyer for Coulson denied the allegations, describing the incident as "a night out between consenting adults".
Grenoble had suspended six players but reinstated them, citing a "presumption of innocence".
One of the founders of the Grassroots Out movement, he was visiting Stormont.
He said it was right the referendum campaign paused after the murder of MP Jo Cox, who was attacked in her West Yorkshire constituency last Thursday.
Canvassing over the weekend, Mr Bone said nothing had changed in terms of voters' response to his arguments.
Despite some weekend newspaper polls suggesting a revival in the Remain camp, Mr Bone said he does not accept the premise that the Leave campaign will not win.
He described the race as very, very close and said that that if everyone votes "we will wake up on Friday as an independent sovereign United Kingdom".
If Remain wins narrowly, he ruled out pushing for a second referendum.
Mr Bone was speaking at Stormont, where he and another Leave campaigner Tom Purseglove were visiting Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs Sammy Wilson and Ian Paisley
The MPs had been due to campaign in Northern Ireland on Monday, but are flying back to Westminster for the recall of parliament following the death of Mrs Cox.
Several high-profile Remain campaigners, including former head of the World Trade Organisation Peter Sutherland, have warned that Northern Ireland would suffer more than any other part of the UK in the event of a Brexit (British exit from the EU).
The referendum takes place on Thursday, 23 June.
Bowman, who is assistant youth coach, will take charge of the team for Saturday's match away to bottom-placed Premiership side Partick Thistle.
"Ultimately, it's the players who cost the manager his job." he said.
"That's the bottom line. If the players are not performing, the manager pays the price for it."
Bowman insists that the squad was fully behind McNamara and the rest of the coaching staff despite their side sitting second bottom of the table.
"He never lost the dressing room at all," Bowman told BBC Scotland.
"I've seen it before that managers have lost the dressing room, but he definitely never. The were upset what happened.
"You are always surprised when it happens. It always comes as a shock to you that they have lost their job."
Bowman, who has a spell as caretaker at Livingston in 2007, also intimated that it will be a few days before he decides if he would be interested in the manager's position on a permanent basis.
"You never say never," said the former Hearts, Coventry City, Dundee United, Raith Rovers, Orient & Yee Hope Union and Forfar Athletic midfielder.
"I'm enjoying this week and the boys have been great, but I will just wait and see what happens.
"I understand the club are looking for someone with a lot more managerial experience."
Defender Ryan McGowan was signed by McNamara earlier this year and says this week has been a tough one for all at United.
"It's been a little bit difficult obviously with everything that's gone on at the weekend and at the start of the week," he said.
"It's never nice to see, but as football players we have a big job with a game of football on Saturday to win."
The Australia international says the entire squad have sympathy with McNamara.
"We are the ones that are responsible for results and performances," he added.
"Once we cross that white line, it's really up to what we do and the things that we can influence.
"He can prepare us or do as much as he can Monday to Friday, but really it's us that are the one that can influence performances."
The girl died at the scene of the crash, on Dialstone Lane, Stockport, Greater Manchester, at about 01:20 GMT.
A 22-year-old man later died in hospital, Greater Manchester Police said.
A 23-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital and another man, 18, who was seriously injured in the crash, is in a stable condition.
The tests have been controversial with many parents claiming they make children feel stressed and anxious.
Here, parents reveal how their children are coping with the test.
"She is a bit apprehensive as they are a set of tests, and yes, they are allegedly a bit harder this year."
"But she will do her best despite a bad throat and the recent warm weather hindering sleep."
"She knows the tests are a fact of school life and that they were coming up - she has been prepared quite well and her school has been supportive."
"Teachers don't make light of the tests but they try to make them as fun as possible by including art and making things."
"I do simple maths quizzes or spelling tests with my daughter during a car journey, for example, to encourage her to work out things in the practical sense."
"The media have hyped it up - on Monday morning there was the news of children doing Sats - my daughter didn't need to hear that before breakfast to add stress on her."
"Throughout most modern history there has been some sort of exam at this age, be it the 11 plus, Sats or just end-of-year exams."
"My attitude is that if our children stand a chance of getting on in life, exams are something they are going to have to live with."
"Children need to get used to performing under pressure for exams, interviews, etc in the future - they should not be wrapped up in cotton wool."
"But the tests are not the be-all and end-all."
"I'm a strong believer that tests are good for children to see how they are doing at school and where they might need help."
"However, it's the insane pressure that's put on the children that I am against."
"Sats, in my opinion, are too hard and the children have been pushed and hounded to learn all they must to pass."
"My son has spent weeks and weeks doing practice paper after practice paper."
"I've told my son not to worry and try to keep him as relaxed as possible."
"But when he comes home from school I can see he is under pressure and is worried about not getting things right."
"In the latest newsletter from the school, I was shocked to read that parents must bring their child in even if the child is ill, just to do these tests."
"Our children forced to sit at school while sick for the benefit of what? Not for the benefit of the child."
"I feel we are not educating our children, just teaching them to pass these tests."
"These tests are purely for the school not for the children."
"As a parent of two Year 6 children, I am appalled by yet another unsurprising twist in this farce."
"I sat one of the mock Spag (spelling, punctuation and grammar) tests myself last night and I found it challenging, to say the least."
"Many of the questions are set to catch children out at every turn."
"I am a primary school teacher and so is my husband and we have had concerns about these tests for some time."
"I have given up hope with the current regime completely."
"I am glad about the NUT stance on this - as I have been telling my children all the way through, this has very little to do with them and what is important is their learning."
"The trouble is that vulnerable 10-year-olds are in the middle of this and I feel that we are failing them in our duty to give them a rounded, challenging and creative education."
"I think we do need some sort of assessment but these tests go too far - the curriculum is difficult and the testing is over-rigorous.
"My husband and I try not to let our children feel any of the pressure - we don't buy them extra books or go over things all the time."
"We're able to leave a barrier there because of our understanding of the school system but we see the whole picture."
"The tests are in the interests of the school and government, not the children."
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Thursday's Air India flight to Milan was over Pakistan when it turned back.
On return, the aircraft was thoroughly searched but "we couldn't locate it", an Air India spokesman told the BBC.
Experts say rodents on a plane can pose a serious threat as they can chew wires and impact the control systems.
The aircraft, with 200 people on board, was two hours into the flight when some passengers and cabin crew members said they spotted a rat, the spokesman said.
"Keeping passenger safety in mind, the aircraft was brought back," he added. "On search, nothing was found in the plane. But the aircraft will be fumigated as per procedure."
The Dreamliner flight AI-123 had to first jettison a large amount of fuel to be light enough for a safe landing, The Times of India reported.
The paper says this is the second time this year that AI flights from Delhi have faced a rodent problem - in May, an aircraft had to be grounded in Leh after rats were spotted on it.
Experts say rats usually board aircraft through catering vans.
Above them a constellation of glowing drones carries out a synchronised flying routine.
Through it all emerges a shimmering, futuristic limousine. The doors open and an elderly man steps out.
He makes a rather lengthy speech, which includes a conversation by video link with a woman from "the future". There's a lot of polite clapping from the audience.
To the uninitiated, all of this might seem slightly odd, but at a major international motor show - such as this week's event in Frankfurt - it is entirely normal.
Carmakers vie with one another to produce the most extravagant press launches, in an effort to grab a few precious headlines. It's certainly spectacular, but also undeniably cheesy.
Here in Frankfurt, the German manufacturers are under particular pressure to make an impact, because for them, it's a home gig. They all have huge pavilions, packed to the rafters with shiny new machinery. It's hot, noisy and very crowded - enough to give anyone a thumping headache.
Sometimes, the pressure tells. On Tuesday the chief executive of BMW, Harald Krueger collapsed on stage during his keynote presentation.
According to the company, he'd felt ill beforehand, but decided to go ahead anyway. Appointed as chief executive back in May. and attending his first major motor show in the job, perhaps he felt he didn't have a choice.
Often the machines which grab most attention at motor shows are the concept cars, those flights of engineering fancy that may or may not eventually get built - and that has certainly been the case here in Frankfurt.
To my mind, Porsche stole the show with its Mission E concept, a super-sleek 600bhp electric rocket, capable of travelling 500km (311 miles) on a single charge, and of replenishing its batteries within minutes.
It comes with a few gimmicks clearly designed to attract headlines, such as a camera which monitors the driver's facial expressions in order to trigger smiley emoticons on the dashboard. It can even upload the results to social media.
Ignore such silliness, and you're left with a car that has clearly been designed to tame Tesla - the Californian brainchild of Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk. Tesla has already shown that you can have an electric car that offers Porsche-like performance. Porsche now wants that car to be… well, a Porsche.
Mercedes also raised a few eyebrows with its rather Germanically-named Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile, or IAA. It looks an awful lot sexier than it sounds, a gleaming super-smooth missile, which by looking ultra-modern, also somehow manages to appear super-retro, like something out of a 1950s sci-fi comic.
It's been designed to showcase some super-advanced aerodynamics, including bodywork which moves at speed in order to reduce drag. Useful on a high-powered sportscar perhaps, but maybe not what you really need on your shopping runabout.
Both cars, though, highlight one of the key trends facing the car industry - the relentless march of technology.
Not so long ago car firms were simply industrial concerns. They bolted together mechanical stuff like engines and gearboxes in order to make cars, which always ran on petrol or diesel.
Nowadays, cars are festooned with gizmos such as adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance mechanisms and automatic parking systems. They can be electric, hybrids, plug in hybrids, fuel-cell powered and so on.
As a result, cars are no longer just cars. They're mobile computers. So car companies are having to act more and more like technology businesses.
At the same time, tech firms like Google and Tesla are threatening to muscle in on their territory. The rules of the game are changing rapidly, and the big names are having to adapt.
But if the industry is changing dramatically in one sense, in another it remains rooted in the past. Car shows are resolutely, unrepentantly sexist affairs.
Male executives strut around in suits and hold important conversations, while many of the women wear rather less and stand around looking frankly rather bored. Their role is purely decorative, designed to sell a male fantasy of speed and sex.
In an industry which has only one female chief executive - General Motor's Mary Barra - this smacks of complacency. And given that many car buyers are actually women, you have to question whether it actually works.
Company bosses are, however, clearly thinking about another issue - declining sales in the markets where they had hoped to make hay. Just a couple of years ago, executives at shows like this were talking excitedly about the opportunities presented by emerging markets, such as Brazil, Russia and above all China.
They've invested heavily in new models which are clearly designed with wealthy consumers in these markets in mind. So Frankfurt has been abuzz with talk of the hyper-luxurious Rolls Royce Dawn, the colossal Bentley Bentayga SUV, or the sportier Jaguar F-pace. New "sports utility vehicles" abound, because that's what these markets want.
But there's a problem. Sales in Brazil and Russia have tumbled dramatically this year, and even in China they've fallen recently. So carmakers have built plush new cars to cater for rapid growth in markets which are currently declining.
So far, there's no sign of panic, and executives at Frankfurt spoke to me in confident tones about a Chinese recovery. But there's no question it is a concern - and the longer Chinese sales are flagging, the greater it will become.
None of this, of course will be of any concern to the crowds who will continue to flock to the show until it closes on 27 September. One thing the car industry is good at is putting on a fine display.
Meanwhile the hordes of executives, PRs, fixers and journalists have largely gone home - their job is done. I'm heading off too, feeling distinctly footsore.
Car shows may be all about driving, but as you rush from cavernous hall to cavernous hall, they don't half involve a lot of walking as well.
Statys Baranauskas faces a total of nine charges.
He is accused of rape, sexual assault, causing grievous bodily harm and false imprisonment.
The accused did not speak during the brief hearing, but listened attentively as a detective gave details of the warrants under which he was arrested.
He was remanded in custody to appear again next week.
Mr Baranauskas was extradited from the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by PSNI officers on Thursday.
Low said he was confident those affected will have recovered to play in the game, which kicks off at 17:00 BST.
"Some of them still have a bit of a cold, but it hasn't been the case that they have had any feeling of tiredness," he said on Thursday.
"I hope they all remain stable and that we don't see any deterioration."
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The names of the seven players have not been released but defender Mats Hummels and midfielder Christoph Kramer were ill earlier in the week, with the former missing Monday's last-16 win over Algeria.
Three-time champions Germany are hoping to reach their fourth successive World Cup semi-final.
They finished top of Group G following two wins and a draw but were then given a tough test by Algeria in Porto Alegre, eventually winning 2-1 in extra time.
"We have not yet delivered our best possible performances, that is to come still," added Low, whose side opened their campaign with an impressive 4-0 win over Portugal.
"This isn't some easy-to-figure out computer game and your own team isn't always easy to programme, but you have to find the right combinations. You either win and stay or lose and go home."
France coach Didier Deschamps, a member of the World Cup-winning side of 1998, conceded Germany's exceptional record could help them.
"They are are very accustomed to this competition," he said. "Experience is more on their side, but we will play our game."
The two 41-years-olds, with nine world titles between them, are both looking for their 29th ranking event victory.
Higgins stormed into a 3-0 lead before O'Sullivan edged a tense fourth frame by doubling the pink.
Higgins made it 4-1 before O'Sullivan pulled another frame back, but a break of 104 took the Scot home.
He will play Judd Trump, a 5-3 winner over Robert Milkins, in Saturday's semi-finals.
Higgins told BBC Scotland: "Whenever you play Ronnie, you feel like even if you play well there is still a chance you could lose, so I am delighted.
"I was happy with my all round game and I feel great now.
"It has been a really good first half of the season and I would love to carry it on now. I am confident and would love to try to win it for the Scottish people."
Higgins was unhappy with the state of the table at the Emirates Arena, however, telling event organisers they need to "pull their finger out".
"There is just no grip on the cloth and that is after five days' play," he noted. "We have said it until we are blue in the face to the powers that be and it just falls on deaf ears.
"The tables will be re-covered tomorrow for the semi-finals but do the maths. We have had five days of continual play with lots of matches, and then they re-cover the table for the final three matches.
"They have got to pull their finger out and re-cover it more - it's as simple as that."
The other semi-final will see Hong Kong's Marco Fu, a 5-1 winner over Englishman Mark Davis, face world number 59 Yu De Lu, who pipped fellow Chinese player Liang Wenbo 5-4 in the last eight.
The 37-year-old, from London, died at the scene on the eastbound carriageway near junction 11, Reading, at around 14:10 BST on Saturday.
A man in his late thirties and two girls aged three and five were also travelling in the car.
They were taken to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, where the children remain. The man was discharged.
The eastbound carriageway was closed for up to four hours while investigation work took place, causing long delays.
Det Sgt Ashley Hannibal said: "This was a single-vehicle collision in which, sadly, a woman in her 30s died.
"I would like to take the opportunity to thank the many members of the public who stopped and helped immediately after the collision prior to the arrival of the emergency services."
Such a sentiment was echoed repeatedly by some of the hundreds of mourners who gathered in Batley to say their last goodbyes to MP Jo Cox.
It was a chance for the West Yorkshire community she fought on behalf of to stand united in respect and gratitude.
Almost a month has passed since the Batley and Spen MP was shot and stabbed outside a constituency surgery she was holding in Birstall, near Leeds.
But the public turnout on the day of her funeral was proof her presence has not been forgotten - people determined the legacy of a "remarkable" woman should live on.
Naseem Saeed was among those crammed into the town's historic Market Place to await the arrival of the funeral cortege.
"Jo was the one who really stood out in the crowd," said the 46-year-old.
"She was inspirational and everything she represented and fought to achieve will live on in people's hearts and minds.
"We will not, and should not, ever forget her."
Friday is normally a quiet market day in Batley, but as the morning progressed, the crowds gathered.
People of all ages stood either silently reflecting or quietly swapping stories about their encounters with the mother-of-two.
In between gentle sobs, Janet Leeson, 80, recalled her memories of the 41-year-old.
"She only met me once and she remembered my name. That was Jo. She really cared about people and it was so wonderful seeing her out and about with this bubbly smile and personality.
"It was very important I came today to say my goodbyes."
Seven-year-old Waris Abbasi said he would remember the MP for her smile and for making him buy Fairtrade bananas.
Clutching a white Yorkshire rose in her memory, the youngster said: "She came to our school to take part in a Fairtrade event and spoke to us about how important it was to try and help others.
"She was a really lovely person and her smile touched my heart."
His mum Nazneem followed up her son's tribute, explaining how Mrs Cox's influence meant "we now only buy Fairtrade items in our house."
When asked about her thoughts Bernadette Smith, 56, simply stated: "Jo was the best MP we ever had. "
Shortly after 11:00 BST, silence descended on the town as the funeral cortege approached.
But as the hearse carrying Mrs Cox came into view the hush was punctuated by applause.
Following behind were her husband Brendan, their two children and other close family.
The sight of the couple's young daughter sat protectively on her father's knee as she waved to the crowds prompted emotional responses from the crowds.
As the cortege continued on to the private family service, people stood hugging each other, wiping their tears and absorbing the enormity of the community's loss.
Sisters Maureen Chapel, 63 and Dorothy Donaghy, 65, said: "She fought tooth and nail for our community."
Mrs Chapel added: "It didn't matter what colour skin you had, what your religious views were, whether you were rich or poor. Jo treated everyone the same."
Asked how hard it would be to replace Mrs Cox as an MP, Peter Rock replied: "It's not hard. It's impossible."
Kvitova, 27, was leading 6-1 1-0 in the Aegon Classic semi-final when her fellow Czech quit with a leg injury.
Kvitova is playing in only her second tournament since she was stabbed by an intruder at her home in December.
"I'm enjoying playing again," said the former world number two.
Seventh seed Kvitova will play Australia's Ashleigh Barty in Sunday's final.
"I couldn't play for five or six months and I missed it," added Kvitova.
"It wasn't my choice to have a break but I always try to see positive things. I'm trying to enjoy tennis more and seeing things from a different angle."
Kvitova looked close to her best against Fed Cup team-mate and close friend Safarova, who was carrying the injury into the match.
Kvitova made an impressive start, dropping just one point as she raced into a 3-0 lead, breaking serve again in the next game before Safarova held at the third attempt for 5-1.
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Safarova, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist and 2015 French Open finalist, provided some resistance as Kvitova needed a fourth set point to serve out for the opener.
But Kvitova broke again in the opening game of the second set, before Safarova decided she could not continue.
Barty, 21, reached her first grass-court final after fighting back to win 3-6 6-4 6-3 against 2016 French Open champion Garbine Muguruza.
The US Presidential candidate must be treated the same as anyone else making anti-Muslim remarks, the ex-SNP leader said, and a ban would "do him good".
MPs will debate a petition on Monday urging action against Mr Trump after he called for Muslims to be denied entry to the US on counter-terrorism grounds.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Trump should be able to visit the UK and see the contribution made by Muslims.
The tycoon's call for a temporary ban on Muslims, which he made in response to the deadly shootings in San Bernardino in December, were criticised across the political spectrum in the US and Europe.
He caused further anger by claiming that areas of London and other parts of the UK have become so radicalised that they have become no-go areas for the police.
Despite the political backlash, Mr Trump is still leading several opinion polls in the race to be the Republican candidate for November's election ahead of the first primary contest next month.
Mr Trump, who owns the Turnberry golf course among other assets in Scotland, has threatened to cancel £700m of planned investment if he is blocked from returning to the UK.
But the former Scottish first minister, who once courted Mr Trump but whose relationship with him has deteriorated in recent months and who has been involved in a war of words with the tycoon, said he believed there were grounds for excluding him.
"What should happen is that the home secretary should consider Donald Trump's remarks in the same way as she consider the remarks of hundreds of other people and she should do it with exactly the same criteria.
"My view is that, yes, I would probably ban "The Donald" because it would do him some good. He wants to ban all Muslims from the US. I want to ban all Donald Trumps from Scotland."
The UK home secretary has the power to ban people from entering the UK on grounds of national security, if they are thought likely to incite racial hatred or if they are deemed not to be "conducive to the public good".
Theresa May has banned more than 200 people since 2010, according to figures published last year, although she has declined to comment on whether Mr Trump could be added to the list.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has joined prime minister David Cameron in opposing a ban, telling the BBC that although Mr Trump's views were "weird and off-the-wall", he would benefit from seeing first-hand how Muslims were treated in the UK and their contribution to British society.
"I decided to invite Donald Trump on his visit to Britain to come with me to my constituency because he has problems with Mexicans and he has problems with Muslims," he told the Andrew Marr Show.
"As you know my wife is Mexican and my constituency is very, very multi-cultural so what I was going to do was go down to the mosque with him and let him talk to people there."
He added: "I don't think we should ban people from coming to Britain on that basis. I think he should come here and have a lesson in going to all our cities. Why can't he go to Leicester, Birmingham and Newcastle and see that we have great diversity in our society."
More than 573,000 have signed the petition calling for Mr Trump to be banned from the UK. MPs will debate the petition, and a counter-petition criticising a ban signed by more than 42,000 people for three hours on Monday, starting at 16.30 GMT.
The historic Brexit vote, terror attacks across Europe, the attempted coup in Turkey, the ongoing war in Syria. There has certainly been no shortage of news in 2016.
But what else should we have reported this year? Is there a story we missed that you'd like to see investigated?
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Counties are allowed to field two overseas players in Twenty20 games, with up to four registered for that competition - although only two can be registered at any one time, and registrations must be for a minimum of 10 days.
Only one overseas player is permitted in the County Championship and Yorkshire Bank 40 league.
Kolpak contracts are signed by foreign players, using a loophole in European Union law to avoid counting against the quota of one overseas player per club.
Players who moved counties during the 2012 season are included on the 2012 list. Have we missed anyone? Please let us know.
Overseas player: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies); Albie Morkel (South Africa, for Twenty20)
Ins: Richard Johnson (Warwickshire), Billy Godleman (Essex), Jonathan Marsden (YTH)
Outs: Garry Park (REL), Matt Lineker (REL), Hamza Siddique (REL), Ross Whiteley (Worcestershire)
Overseas player: None
Ins: Ryan Buckley (YTH)
Outs: Michael Di Venuto (RET), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Ian Blackwell (RET), Mitchell Claydon (Kent, loan from 11 June - 2 September), Ruel Brathwaite (Hampshire)
Overseas player: Rob Quiney (Australia, start of season until mid-May); Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand, early June until mid-August); Shaun Tait (Australia, for Twenty20); Gautam Gambhir (India, mid-August until end of season)
Ins: Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Nick Browne (YTH), Monty Panesar (Sussex, loan from 19 August), Kishen Velani (YTH)
Outs: Billy Godleman (Derbyshire), Michael Comber (REL), Charl Willoughby (RET), Adam Wheater (Hampshire), Maurice Chambers (Warwickshire, loan from 28 August until end of season)
Overseas player: Marcus North (Australia); Nathan McCullum (New Zealand, for Twenty20)
Ins: Michael Hogan (UKP), Murray Goodwin (Sussex), Ruaidhri Smith (Scotland)
Outs: Robert Croft (RET), James Harris (Middlesex), Martin van Jaarsveld (REL), Chris Ashling (REL), Aneurin Norman (REL), Mike O'Shea (REL)
Other news: The county have dropped their "Welsh Dragons" limited-overs name and will be known simply as Glamorgan from 2013.
Overseas player: Michael Klinger (Australia); Dan Christian (Australia, for Twenty20)
Ins: Gareth Roderick (YTH), Cameron Herring (YTH), Tom Smith (Middlesex, loan from 20 June), Miles Hammond (YTH)
Outs: David Wade (REL), Jonathan Batty (RET - though joined Northants as emergency cover in September)
Overseas player: George Bailey (Australia, start of season until Champions Trophy); Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan, from 6 June)
Ins: Michael Roberts (Unicorns), Jack Sheppard (YTH), Jake George (YTH), Adam Wheater (Essex), Brad Taylor (YTH), Matt Coles (Kent, loan from 27 August), Ruel Brathwaite (Durham)
Outs: Kabir Ali (Lancashire), Simon Katich (Lancashire), Bilal Shafayat (REL)
Overseas player: Vernon Philander (South Africa, 26 June until end of July)
Ins: Calum Haggett (ex-Somerset), Mitchell Claydon (Durham, loan from 11 June - 2 September), Charlie Hartley (YTH), Matt Hunn (YTH)
Outs: Simon Cook (REL), Chris Piesley (REL), Azhar Mahmood (Surrey), Matt Coles (Hampshire, loan from 27 August)
Other news: West Indian all-rounder Brendan Nash has been registered as a Kolpak player, allowing Kent to sign an overseas player.
Overseas player: Simon Katich (Australia); Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand, for Twenty20)
Ins: Kabir Ali (Hampshire), Alex Davies (YTH), Gavin Griffiths (YTH), Luis Reece (YTH), Arron Lilley (YTH), Simon Katich (Hampshire), Wayne White (Leicestershire), Ashwell Prince (KPK), Kyle Jarvis (KPK)
Outs: Naqaash Tahir (REL), Sajid Mahmood (Essex), Gary Keedy (Surrey)
Overseas player: Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies, early part of season); Joe Burns (Australia, 15 May - 30 August); Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh, for Twenty20)
Ins: Tom Wells (YTH), Robbie Williams (Middlesex), Niall O'Brien (Northants), Anthony Ireland (Middlesex), Ollie Frecklingham (YTH), Angus Robson (YTH), Ben Raine (ex-Durham), Lewis Hill (ex-Unicorns)
Outs: Will Jefferson (RET), Paul Dixey (RET), Jacques du Toit (REL), Nadeem Malik (REL), Robbie Joseph (REL), Will Jones (RET), Wayne White (Lancashire)
Other news: Head coach Phil Whitticase has become director of cricket, with Ben Smith and Lloyd Tennant taking charge of the first and second XIs.
Overseas player: Chris Rogers (Australia, until late June, returning after the Ashes); Adam Voges (Australia, from July once Rogers joins the Ashes squad, including Twenty20); Kyle Mills (New Zealand, for Twenty20)
Ins: Nick Gubbins (YTH), James Harris (Glamorgan), Andrew Balbirnie (Cardiff University), Ryan Higgins (YTH), Tom Helm (YTH), Harry Podmore (YTH)
Outs: Andrew Strauss (RET), Scott Newman (REL), Anthony Ireland (Leicestershire), Robbie Williams (Leicestershire), Tom Scollay (REL), Steven Crook (Northants), Tom Smith (Gloucestershire, loan from 20 June)
Overseas player: Trent Copeland (Australia, start of season until 8 June, returning in September); Cameron White (Australia, for Twenty20); Richard Levi (South Africa, for Twenty20)
Ins: Matt Spriegel (Surrey), Steven Crook (Middlesex), Ben Duckett (YTH), Muhammad Azharullah (UKP), Graeme White (Nottinghamshire, loan for Championship games, from 10 June), Jonathan Batty (ex-Gloucestershire, as emergency cover in September)
Outs: Ben Howegego (REL), Rob White (REL), Dave Burton (REL), Jack Brooks (Yorkshire), Chaminda Vaas (REL), Niall O'Brien (Leicestershire)
Overseas player: Ed Cowan (Australia, start of season until 21 June); David Hussey (Australia, from June, including Twenty20); Ian Butler (New Zealand, for Twenty20)
Ins: Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire)
Outs: Karl Turner (REL), Scott Elstone (REL), Neil Edwards (REL), Darren Pattinson (REL), Graeme White (Northants, loan for Championship games, from 10 June), James Taylor (Sussex, loan for Australia game on 26-28 July)
Overseas player: Alviro Petersen (South Africa, from start of season and for Twenty20), Dean Elgar (South Africa, for June); Yasir Arafat (Pakistan, for Twenty20); Abdur Rehman (Pakistan, latter part of season until mid-August); Piyush Chawla (India, from mid-August)
Ins: Tom Abell (YTH)
Outs: Kevin O'Brien (REL, had been on contract for Twenty20), Steve Snell (REL), Nick Compton (Worcestershire, loan for Australia game on 2-5 July), Arul Suppiah (RET on 4 July)
Overseas player: Graeme Smith (South Africa, start of season until he was injured in May); Ricky Ponting (Australia, June-July); Glenn Maxwell (Australia, for Twenty20); Hashim Amla (South Africa, August-September)
Ins: Vikram Solanki (Worcestershire), Gary Keedy (Lancashire), Azhar Mahmood (UKP, Kent, for Twenty20), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland, short-term deal for Twenty20), Dominic Sibley (YTH), Tom Curran
Outs: Mark Ramprakash (RET, has become Middlesex batting coach), Matt Spriegel (Northants), Tom Lancefield (REL), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Rory Hamilton-Brown (Sussex)
Overseas player: Steve Magoffin (Australia); Scott Styris (New Zealand, for Twenty20); Dwayne Smith (West Indies, for Twenty20)
Ins: Rory Hamilton-Brown (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Surrey), Andrew Miller (Warwickshire), Harry Finch (YTH), Callum Jackson (YTH), Matthew Hobden (YTH), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire, loan for Australia game on 26-28 July), Steffan Piolet (Warwickshire, loan from 20 August until end of season), Ashar Zaidi (UKP, non-contract)
Outs: Murray Goodwin (Glamorgan), Andrew Hodd (Yorkshire), Naved Arif (REL), Will Adkin (REL), Kirk Wernars (REL), Monty Panesar (Essex, loan from 19 August)
Overseas player: Jeetan Patel (New Zealand)
Ins: Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Yorkshire), Freddie Coleman (YTH, Scotland), Sam Hain (UKP), Richard Jones (Worcestershire, loan from 22 August until end of season), Maurice Chambers (Essex, loan from 28 August until end of season), Peter McKay (YTH), Jamie Atkinson (Hong Kong), Stuart Poynter (Ireland, on one-game basis as injury cover for last game)
Outs: Richard Johnson (Derbyshire), Neil Carter (REL), Andrew Miller (Sussex), Steffan Piolet (Sussex, loan from 20 August until end of season)
Overseas player: Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka); Andre Russell (West Indies, for Twenty20)
Ins: Graeme Cessford (Royal Air Force), Michael Johnson (UKP, Western Australia, ex-Kent 2nd XI), Nick Compton (Somerset, loan for Australia game on 2-5 July), Ross Whiteley (Derbyshire), Tom Fell (YTH), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (YTH)
Outs: James Cameron (RET), Vikram Solanki (Surrey), Jack Manuel (REL), Ben Scott (RET), Richard Jones (Warwickshire, loan from 22 August until end of season)
Overseas player: Kane Williamson (New Zealand, mid-August until end of season)
Ins: Andrew Hodd (Sussex), Jack Brooks (Northants), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Matthew Fisher (YTH), Ryan Gibson (YTH)
Outs: Gerard Brophy (REL), Ajmal Shahzad (Nottinghamshire), Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire), Anthony McGrath (RET), Alex Lilley (REL)
Other news: Yorkshire have announced they will be known as the Vikings in one-day cricket in 2013 - their fourth different name since one-day nicknames were introduced by the ECB.
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About 30 anti-war campaigners held the demonstration outside a constituency surgery in Beeston held by the shadow foreign secretary.
Last week, Mr Benn was applauded by MPs during the Commons vote on airstrikes after urging them to "confront the evil" of so-called Islamic State (IS).
He was one of 66 Labour MPs who voted in favour of military action.
The motion was carried by 397 votes to 223 and the RAF has since carried out raids on Syria.
One of the Leeds Coalition Against the War protesters accused Mr Benn of "hypocrisy" in his parliamentary speech supporting bombing.
"I am a constituent of Hilary Benn and I completely disagree with what he's doing," he said.
"I think if Hilary Benn is not willing to listen to his constituents then we should move towards deselection and put pressure on the Labour Party and go about it that way."
Mr Benn talked to the protesters and defended his vote in favour of air strikes saying "he was standing up for what he believed in".
Speaking to the BBC after the demonstration Mr Benn said he had a "spirited discussion" with the protesters.
"We are a democracy," he said.
"The people who are living under Daesh have no opportunity, they despise democracy."
"And I think we have a responsibility and that's the argument I made, to stand up for people who are being oppressed and to try and assist and that's what the vote in parliament was all about."
St Mary's Church, in Llanfair Talhaiarn, has secured Heritage Lottery Funding to carry out much-needed repairs and restoration.
It comes after the building was temporarily closed last year after plaster fell off the ceiling.
The gravestone of 19th Century bard John Jones, known as Talhaiarn, is in the church's grounds.
Maryann Williams, who has been involved in the grant application, said: "It will mean that we will be able not only to preserve what we have but also we can develop the church and its surroundings."
The breakthrough came when their foreign ministers signed an accord setting out how the plant and the river would be environmentally monitored.
Argentina argued the mill polluted the river, while Uruguay said strict environmental codes were followed.
The dispute saw frequent protests on the Argentine side and strained ties.
"I'm very happy with the accord," Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said, while Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman used similar language, tweeting that "both governments are very satisfied".
Mr Timerman and his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Almagro, signed an accord late on Sunday, finessing an earlier agreement reached by the two countries in July.
The accord sets up a scientific committee composed of experts from both nations which will monitor the pollution levels in the River Uruguay and within the mill.
The pulp mill, which opened in 2007, is located in the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos on the banks of the River Uruguay which forms the border between the two South American nations.
Residents across the river in the Argentine town of Gualeguaychu staged frequent protests and closed the bridge that spans the river, arguing that the plant was contaminating the water.
People there say they will await the results of the first monitoring tests to decide if they will resume their actions, BBC Mundo's Veronica Smink reports.
Argentina lodged a complaint before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2006, arguing that Uruguay had broken the terms of a 1975 treaty regulating the use of the River Uruguay which forms the border between them.
In a ruling issued in April, the ICJ said that Uruguay had breached its procedural obligations to inform Argentina of its plans but had not violated its environmental obligations under the treaty and therefore the mill could continue operations.
She was attacked by the dog on Tuesday as police pursued a man who ran away after a stolen car crashed into a wall in Newton Heath, Manchester.
Her mother, Sarah Malone, said her daughter Phoebe was bitten on the legs and had "10 wounds".
The girl was taken to hospital. An internal investigation has begun, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
Mrs Malone said Phoebe was playing outside with friends when the incident occurred at about 19:55 BST.
Her son saw what happened from the window and shouted: "Mum, Phoebe's been bitten by a police dog", she added.
"I ran out and the next minute she was just sat on the chair and there was loads of police around her and she was just shaking.
"They asked me if I could get her in the house because she's cold, we need to get her warm.
"She's got 10 wounds, two of them very deep, they said if it was two inches more, it could have gone for her arteries, so it was serious.
"I'm still shocked," she added. "I just can't believe it's happened to a little girl, let alone my daughter."
Mrs Malone said her daughter was "traumatised" and criticised police for releasing the dog close to where children play. She called for a review of the training for dog handlers.
A police spokesman confirmed the incident happened while in pursuit of the driver of a stolen Fiat Punto who ran off after the car crashed into a wall on Blackstone Walk in Newton Heath.
"A police dog was deployed to pursue the offender and during the chase a six-year-old girl was unfortunately bitten. The girl was taken to hospital and kept in overnight for observation," he said.
"Her injuries are not believed to be serious."
The incident has been automatically referred to the force's Professional Standards Branch, GMP said.
The suggestion is in a discussion document launched at Stormont by Unite.
It says the Executive has "considerable unused borrowing powers" of about £1.2bn that could be used to fund a public sector investment programme.
The document also calls on London "to provide special support for Northern Ireland."
Unite's Ireland secretary Jimmy Kelly said: "Unite recognises that the NI Executive is facing significant budgetary constraints as a result of Conservative austerity cuts.
"But there are always choices. We want to start a dialogue about those choices."
Other proposals in the document which is entitled Growing the Economy & Living Standards are:
Unite said its ideas are "realistic and realisable", but it warned against "brutal cuts to the public sector" as a way of rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy.
"Our paper identifies some options for a more proactive approach to growing the economy," Mr Kelly said.
"The Executive needs to investigate options to invest to grow a high-value added, outward looking, export-oriented economy based on a strong manufacturing sector, a robust skills-base and world-class infrastructure."
Verena Becker was an accessory to the 1977 murder of West Germany's chief federal prosecutor, Siegfried Buback, the court ruled. His driver and a bodyguard also died in the ambush.
Becker, 59, denied any involvement. Two-and-a-half years already served in jail will be cut from her sentence.
The killer has not yet been uncovered.
The ambush happened in the south-western city of Karlsruhe. At the time the RAF was waging a violent campaign against the West German state, targeting prominent establishment figures and US military bases.
Mr Buback and his two aides were shot dead by a passenger on a motorcycle as their car was waiting at traffic lights.
Becker went on trial in Stuttgart in 2010, accused of playing a crucial role in planning and carrying out the murder. She was arrested the month after the murders.
The RAF, also called the Baader-Meinhof gang, killed more than 30 people. The group broke up more than 10 years ago.
The union's leader Christine Blower said there could be a rapid reversal, as happened with disability payments.
The NUT's conference is to vote on industrial action against the plans.
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to tell another union there is no "reverse gear" on the reforms.
"I want to be clear, there will be no pulling back," the education secretary will tell the NASUWT teachers' union, which is also holding its annual conference this weekend.
The NUT conference in Brighton on Saturday will debate calls for a wide-ranging campaign against compulsory academy status, including the threat of a one-day strike in the summer term.
Ms Blower, the union's general secretary, said that doubts about the academy plan stretched across the political spectrum.
"Sometimes the government gets it spectacularly wrong," she said. "There is very wide and deep opposition."
A number of Conservative party representatives in local government have spoken out against the plans which would remove the role of local councils and put all schools in the hands of academy chains.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron sent a message to the teachers' conference saying the compulsory academy plan is "worse than misguided - it is downright harmful. It will be a costly and disruptive process for thousands of schools".
John Howson, an expert on teacher recruitment and a Liberal Democrat, has urged faith groups to oppose the changes, arguing that they represent a "nationalisation" of local schools.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed the NUT conference on Friday and called for the academy plans to be abandoned, accusing them of being "asset stripping".
Roy Perry, representing the Local Government Association, has warned: "Forcing schools to become academies strips parents, teachers and faith groups of any local choice."
The NUT conference will hear calls for industrial action in opposition to the changes, which union leaders say could threaten teachers' pay and job security, as such decisions about pay and conditions would be decided by academy chains.
They accuse the plans of being undemocratic and "evidence free".
The union's deputy leader, Kevin Courtney, described it as a non-manifesto policy which had been "written on the back of a fag packet".
The union has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling on her to provide evidence that academies were likely to improve more rapidly than local authority schools.
The NUT also challenges the idea that academies are more autonomous, arguing that individual schools will lose their identity and independence once absorbed into academy chains, which would not need to have parent governors.
Mr Courtney said the impact would be to "drive the public out of decision making".
The scale of the changes would be the biggest overhaul of England's education system for generations, he said, but argued that there was no convincing evidence to justify it.
A spokesman for the Conservative party said the proposed reforms would accelerate a process of improving schools.
"However, there is still more to do to ensure consistent world-class teaching across the country.
"We are creating a dynamic school-led system where parents have a more significant voice in schools and play an active role in their child's education.
"To drive up standards we will encourage more schools to work together in multi-academy trusts so they share resources, staff and expertise.
"The crucial change is that under the academies system, strong schools and leaders are able to spread their influence, and those which are struggling get the help they need more swiftly.
"It is a system with parents and children at its heart, and will ensure no area is left behind."
Vicky Balch was among five people seriously hurt when two carriages crashed on the rollercoaster last June.
She has since begun using a Genium X3 prosthetic, which uses sensors to adapt to her movements and walking style.
It enabled her to "do normal things that a normal 20-year-old would do", she told ITV's Good Morning Britain.
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Miss Balch, from Leyland, Lancashire, described the prosthetic, made by German company Otto Bock, as "very clever" and it enabled her to walk and run unaided and cycle.
"It is a lot more natural, I have a lot more energy. I can do a lot more things like go and see my friends," she told The New Day show.
Miss Balch, who had her right leg amputated below the knee following seven rounds of surgery, said she had "really bad days" during her recovery, including moments when she did not know if she would walk again.
After learning she would get a new prosthetic, Ms Balch signed up to dating app Tinder, where she met her 24-year-old boyfriend Jordan.
"We hadn't been together long when we told each other we love each other," she said. "But Jordan is really sweet and I just feel so comfortable around him. If I'm at home, I'll just take my leg off and sit in my shorts, and he is so laid back about it."
Four other people were seriously injured - including Leah Washington, who also had to have a leg amputated - when their carriage crashed into an empty carriage at the Staffordshire theme park.
Park owner Merlin Entertainments is compensating those involved and said the incident was due to human error. The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting the firm over the crash later this month.
Eight Great Western Railway trains travelling between London Paddington and Maidenhead are now powered this way, rather than by diesel.
The £2.8bn scheme linking London and Cardiff has been plagued with problems, including delays and spiralling costs.
By autumn it is hoped electrification will increase capacity by 40% for passengers on the Thames Valley route.
The first two eight-carriage Electrostar trains were introduced in September and provided an additional 1,400 seats between Hayes and Harlington and London Paddington.
The new British-built Class 387 Bombardier electric trains will run using the overhead electric lines between Paddington and Maidenhead.
Electrostar trains will gradually replace the diesel Turbo trains currently in use in the Thames Valley region.
They are expected to run between Paddington and Didcot from January.
The electrification of the Great Western line is significantly behind schedule.
Network Rail, which is implementing the project, and the Department for Transport have been criticised by MPs for not being able to provide a schedule of when work on the line will be finished.
The plan was to electrify the route fully from Cardiff to London by 2018.
Electrification of some routes has been "deferred", affecting Didcot, Henley and Oxford and Bristol Temple Meads.
Costs have also increased, with the current budget three times higher than the original estimate of £874m in 2013.
The Spaniard, 27, is "really excited" by the chance to help United win the competition for the first time.
And he says United's second cup success of 2016-17 would make this a "great season" for the Red Devils, despite them finishing sixth in the league.
"I think we have the quality to get the trophy for the club," said Herrera.
"We have to play very well if we want to win it.
"We can be back in European titles - that's what United are about."
Victory in Stockholm would take United back into the Champions League, but Herrera said the players will simply focus on bringing a European trophy back to Old Trafford.
"We will have a chance to think about the other things we have achieved if we win it," he said.
"I am prudent because Ajax want to win it as well, and Ajax are a good team. They have a talented team. They play with no fear.
"It is one game, one trophy. That is what will be in our minds. We are going to play for one European trophy that this club has never won."
Herrera believes United are in the "right moment" to win Wednesday's final.
But he added: "Ajax are also a massive club. Massive clubs in finals are never easy to beat."
Herrera, who joined United in 2014 from Athletic Bilbao, was last week named the club's fans' player of the year.
But he stressed the club's achievements came before his.
"I don't want to think about what I have done," he said. "This is a team sport. This is Manchester United and we need hard work from everyone to get the trophy.
"If we don't win the final, people won't remember what I have done, or they will but not as much. I want to win it to make a great season.
"This game doesn't decide whether the season has been a success or a failure, that is too extreme. It can be a great season but I wouldn't say it would be a failure.
"I prefer to think that we have in our hands the chance to make history for the club and to make a great season."
Herrera will look to team-mates such as Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney - both Champions League winners in 2007-08 - for inspiration.
"They have been European champions. They can push us to be prepared for the final. Not every player in the dressing room has played in a European final. Less have won a European final."
Herrera said injured striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic had been helping the team team prepare for the final.
Ibrahimovic had surgery earlier this month after suffering cruciate knee-ligament damage in the Europa League win over Anderlecht on 20 April.
Herrera said: "Zlatan is here to help. We are a team who is together. Everyone is important. He is supporting us.
"The final is in Sweden, close to his house. But he will be there supporting and helping."
A report called Creating Coastal Powerhouses found people living in seaside towns are more likely to be poorly educated and unemployed.
They are also more likely to be claiming benefits, it said.
A separate survey conducted by the owners of Butlins found 65% of people see the British seaside as "run down".
According to the Department for Communities and Local Government 2015 Index of Multiple Deprivation, nine out of the 10 most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK are seaside communities, a list topped by Blackpool.
The BHA said urgent investment in both people and infrastructure is needed.
The report highlights a number of issues facing many resorts, including the collapse of industries such as shipbuilding and fishing, the demise of the traditional annual holiday by the seaside, growing drug use, and cutbacks in budgets affecting maintenance of public places, street cleaning and tourism promotion.
It has proposed a range of measures to tackle the decline, including offering incentives to get business investment to create jobs and growth.
It is also calling for improvements to broadband, road and rail access, and action to protect against the threat of rising sea levels.
The BHA cites the successful regeneration of Folkestone in Kent and the Jurassic Coast in Dorset and east Devon as examples of how the British seaside can recover.
It is calling for the creation of Coastal Enterprise Zones to encourage investment.
Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the BHA, said: "Our members… recognise the problems facing many coastal communities, but we also know there are fantastic opportunities to... help revive the Great British seaside holiday."
Martin Vickers, MP for Cleethorpes, said: "Cleethorpes has been a traditional UK seaside resort since 1820 and the seaside is the lifeline of Cleethorpes' economy... but more could be done to support the local economy."
He welcomed the suggestions in the report.
About half of those questioned on behalf of holiday firm Butlins said they considered the seaside "a bit downmarket", with about a third saying they had not been since childhood.
About 40% said the British seaside was "tacky".
Dermot King, managing director of Butlins, recognised an "urgent need for a new approach to regenerating our coastal communities", with investment looking to the future.
However, the Mayor of Skegness, Dick Edginton, questions whether British seaside resorts really are "languishing in a pit of everlasting squalor".
He acknowledged there were issues affecting places like Skegness, but added: "If this town was in such a poor state, as this report seems to suggest, then people wouldn't come here in ever increasing numbers."
A Cliftonville statement on Friday evening said Lyttle had "tendered his resignation" and Sligo later confirmed his appointment to their vacant post.
Mal Donaghy and George McMullan will take charge of the Reds in Saturday's Premiership game against Glenavon.
Sligo sacked Dave Robertson earlier this month and Lyttle had been strongly liked with the job in recent days.
A Sligo statement said that Belfast man Lyttle, 39, had accepted a contract to the end of the 2018 season.
"Gerard joins us with a good track record from his time with Cliftonville," said Sligo chairman Martin Heraghty.
"He is ambitious and eager to bring success to Sligo Rovers. Gerard shares the vision we have for the club."
Rovers caretaker boss Declan McIntyre will remain in charge for Saturday's League of Ireland game against Derry City with Lyttle's first game at the helm next Friday's away game against Drogheda United.
The Reds have had a disappointing season but the timing of Lyttle's departure was a surprise with the club certain to be involved in a European play-off.
However, Sligo are only nine matches into their 33-game League of Ireland campaign and wanted to get a manager in place quickly after a poor start to the campaign left them second from bottom in the Premier Division table.
A Cliftonville statement said Lyttle informed club chairman Gerard Lawlor of his decision on Friday afternoon.
"Cliftonville FC wishes Gerard well in his future career," it added.
Lyttle was appointed in October 2015 following Tommy Breslin's departure.
The Belfast man did guide the Reds to last season's League Cup but Lyttle's attempt to put his own stamp on the first-team squad by letting a number of players go and bringing in others did not lead to the club earning any silverware this term.
In January, Lyttle did ensure that Joe Gormley will be returning to the club next season on a three-year deal after signing the striker on a pre-contract deal.
The Reds have had only one win in their last nine games and they are now 26 points behind leaders Crusaders.
Lyttle's final match in charge was Tuesday's 4-1 thumping by Ballymena United at the Showgrounds.
The victim was targeted on the 17:36 train from Wishaw to Glasgow Central on Friday 14 October.
The group took pictures of the woman, called her "white trash" and other names, and made sexual gestures before they got off the train at Cambuslang.
The woman was not physically harmed but left distressed by the incident. Police have appealed for witnesses.
The men are described as Asian, in their 20s and all about 5ft 8in tall.
One was of medium build and was wearing a black jacket, dark jogging bottoms and dark trainers.
Another was wearing blue jeans and the third man was wearing grey Nike tracksuit bottoms.
PC Victoria Graham said: "This incident happened on a packed commuter train and so I think there may have been a lot of people who witnessed the incident but may not have realised the distress it was causing the victim.
"She was very upset and distressed by what had happened and for someone to be made to feel like this is completely unacceptable. If anyone saw what happened, please do come forward and let us know."
Margaret Ann Llewelyn, 53, was last seen at her home in Chepstow in 2002.
Her disappearance prompted a major search operation and relatives made several appeals.
Gwent Police were called to Beaufort Quarry on 24 February and said the remains have been identified as the grandmother.
The 53-year-old shot and stabbed to death the mother-of-two in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote.
Mair shouted "Britain first" in the attack, but the judge said the true "patriot" was Mrs Cox, not Mair.
Prosecutors said Mair was motivated by hate and his crimes were "nothing less than acts of terrorism".
Mrs Cox, MP for Batley and Spen, had been on her way to a constituency surgery when she was set upon in front of two of her assistants and shocked constituents.
Mair shot the 41-year-old with a sawn-off rifle and stabbed her with a dagger, turning on 78-year-old Bernard Kenny, who tried to stop him. In a raid of his home nearby, police found Nazi-related material.
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The jury found Mair guilty of having a firearm with intent, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Mr Kenny and having a dagger.
The judge gave him a whole life tariff, saying he was likely to spend the rest of his life in jail. He said the offence was so exceptional that Mair could only be released by a secretary of state.
Mair, dressed in a dark suit and blue tie, remained impassive as the verdicts were read out, after just over 90 minutes of deliberations.
He had not entered a plea and chose not to give evidence in his defence at the trial.
But before sentencing, Mair asked to speak to the courtroom. The judge declined, saying he had already had an opportunity.
Addressing Mair, Mr Justice Wilkie said: "You affect to be a patriot. The words you uttered repeatedly when you killed her, give lip service to that concept.
"Those sentiments can be legitimate and can have resonance but in your mouth, allied to your actions, they are tainted and made toxic."
Mair's inspiration was not love of country but admiration for Nazism, the judge said.
"Our parents' generation made huge sacrifices to defeat those ideas and values in the Second World War. What you did, and your admiration for those views which informed your crime, betrays the sacrifices of that generation."
He said Mair had not the courage to acknowledge what he had done and forced Mrs Cox's family to relive the events.
By contrast, your second victim of the day - Mr Kenny - acted "instinctively and courageously" to try to save Mrs Cox and deserves the highest praise, he said to Mair.
Mr Justice Wilkie said the murder was carried out to advance a political cause of violent white supremacism, associated with Nazism.
He said an aggravating feature was the weeks of planning in which Mair researched Mrs Cox, a past assassination of a serving MP and matricide, knowing she was the mother of young children.
The judge described Mrs Cox as "a wonderful mother, daughter, sister, partner, and companion".
He said her generosity of spirit was "evident in the selfless concern she had for others, even when facing a violent death", referring to Mrs Cox's plea to her assistants to get away and save themselves, as she lay dying in the street.
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The jury took just one hour and 36 minutes to reach its verdicts. Every seat in courtroom eight of the Old Bailey was filled as the jury foreman stood to deliver the guilty verdicts.
From Mair there was no reaction. He had maintained his silence throughout the trial and during every police interview.
As the verdicts were delivered, Jo Cox's family smiled. Her sister, Kim, held her mother's hand. Then Jo Cox's husband read a victim impact statement.
Standing in the witness box, in front of the man who murdered his wife, Brendan Cox told Mair that he pitied him because his life was devoid of love and consumed by hatred. It was a highly charged moment.
The Cox family watched as Mair was led away, in silence, to begin his life sentence.
In a statement read to a packed courtroom at the Old Bailey, Mrs Cox's husband Brendan said he was not there for "retribution" and felt "nothing but pity" for Mair.
Later, speaking outside court, he said his wife's killing was an incompetent and self-defeating act of terrorism that was driven by hatred but instead created an outpouring of love.
His family would not respond to hatred with hatred, he said, and Jo's ideas and values would live on in her children, and family.
Outside court, Mrs Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater said she and her parents, Jean and Gordon, were relieved that the process was over after a difficult few months.
"We can and we will work through our pain and, as a family, we are stronger and more united than ever.
"I, for one, will not be beaten by what has happened and I know I am not alone - it is the last thing my sister would want," she said.
"There may have been one act of extreme cowardice on that day, but there were acts of extreme bravery," she added.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mair had "robbed the world of an ambassador of kindness" and urged her fellow MPs to confront those who wish to promote the hatred and division that led to her murder.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd called it a "shocking and senseless murder" that was "an attack on all of us and the values we share of democracy and tolerance".
"As home secretary, I am determined that we challenge extremism in all its forms including the evil of far right extremism and the terrible damage it can cause to individuals, families and communities," she said.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement: "Mair has offered no explanation for his actions but the prosecution was able to demonstrate that, motivated by hate, his pre-meditated crimes were nothing less than acts of terrorism designed to advance his twisted ideology."
The CPS said it worked closely with police to build a strong case, and commended a number of "brave" eye witnesses who gave evidence.
Mair was a "cold-blooded killer" who lived a solitary lifestyle, with no social circle and had never come to the notice of the police before, DS Nick Wallen, of West Yorkshire Police, said.
Nothing could ever excuse the evil and the horror that he brought to the small town of Birstall, he added.
The order could breathe new life into an aircraft Boeing has said it may cancel.
The firm warned in June that its iconic 'Jumbo Jet" plane faced falling orders and pricing pressures.
The purchase significantly adds to Boeing's order book when it and rival Airbus have struggled to sell wide-body aircraft.
The UPS order, which includes an option for 14 more 747s, reflects growing demand for air freight, chief executive David Abney said.
"We have the demand and these aircraft will allow us to handle the demand on a very scheduled basis," he said.
Slow sales of the 747-8, the latest version of the four-engine plane that first flew in 1969, prompted Boeing to recently cut production to six a year and to warn in July it might stop making the plane.
Similar-sized two-engine planes that are more fuel-efficient have overtaken the 747 as passenger planes.
Sales have also slowed for Airbus's large, four-engine A380 passenger jet.
But the 747-8 freighter's hinged nose gives it an ability to carry large cargo.
UPS plans to use its 747-8s on important "trunk routes... connecting Europe to Asia, Asia to the US", Mr Abney said.
It will use older 747s and other planes to replace smaller planes, adding capacity.
"It's really a cascading effect that is more than the sum of its parts," Mr Abney said. "We may be adding only 14 at this time but... there's going to be multiples of larger aircraft with more capacity and much more locations."
"What is important is this is net add," he added. "In some places you're buying just to replace aircraft. This is not. This is a growth strategy. This is about opportunity.... We're going to put these planes to work as soon as we get them."
Voters in both constituencies go to the polls on Thursday to elect new MPs for the seats held by Labour at the last general election.
The winning candidates will replace Tristram Hunt in Stoke-on-Trent Central and Jamie Reed, in Copeland, Cumbria.
Mr Hunt quit to become director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Mr Reed to take a job in the nuclear industry.
Labour won Stoke-on-Trent at the 2015 election with 39.3% of the vote. UKIP was second with 22.7% and the Conservatives third with 22.5%. Independent Mark Breeze came fourth with 6.8%, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 4.2% and the Green Party with 3.6%.
Labour has held the seat since its creation in 1950.
It has also held Copeland since it was created in 1983, but the Conservatives have said they have a good chance of taking it on Thursday, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon declaring victory in the constituency - home to the Sellafield nuclear power station - "within our grasp".
Labour won in Copeland, a large, mainly rural seat, at the 2015 general election with 42.3% of the vote, the Conservatives coming second with 35.8% and UKIP third with 15.5%. The Lib Dems were fourth with 3.5% and the Green Party fifth with 3%.
A win for the Tories would be the first time the UK party of government has seized a seat from a rival party in a by-election since Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives took Mitcham and Morden in 1982.
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Barbara Fielding - Independent
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The court found that the school had not breached equality legislation in how it taught boys and girls separately.
But the judge rejected claims that the Ofsted inspectors had been biased.
Mr Justice Jay, sitting in London, has given both the school and Ofsted leave to appeal.
For legal reasons, the BBC cannot name the school or where it is located.
In the judgement Mr Justice Jay found "no evidence in this case that segregation in a mixed school, still less segregation in an Islamic school, has a greater impact on female pupils".
However, he did not overturn the report and the school remains in special measures.
Responding to the announcement, chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said: "It is our intention shortly to publish a revised inspection report for this school.
"We are, however, disappointed that the court has determined that the practice of completely segregating boys and girls in this publicly funded mixed-sex school does not amount to unlawful discrimination.
"I do not believe that segregating children without an educational reason is in their best educational interests. Ofsted has obtained permission from the Judge to appeal this judgement."
He continued: "As a society, we expect men and women to integrate freely and fully both in the workplace and in social settings.
"Here was a mixed-sex school where children were being kept apart on the grounds of gender. This segregation took place in all lessons, in the corridors, during breaks and lunchtimes and for all social and extra-curricular activities."
Senior inspectors visited the maintained Islamic school and compiled a highly critical report last summer.
The report highlighted a serious failure of leadership at the school, based not just on the segregation of boys and girls, but also on grounds of poor safeguarding of pupils and the discovery of offensive literature in the school library.
According to the inspection report, quoted in the court judgement, these books "included derogatory comments about and the incitement of violence towards women".
The judgement revealed that one of the books stated "that a wife is not allowed to refuse sex to her husband" and another "that women are commanded to obey their husbands and fulfil their domestic duties".
Two books made clear that a husband might in certain circumstances beat his wife, "provided that this is not done 'harshly'".
The Ofsted report said that boys and girls were being taught separately and kept apart for other school activities, a practice which the inspectors said did not prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
The school accused the inspectors of bias and irrationality in their report, particularly in their conclusion that segregating girls and boys amounted to unlawful discrimination.
It also accused Ofsted inspectors of acting unfairly because teaching girls separately had been a practice at the school for many years and yet the issue had not been raised at previous inspections.
While the judge upheld the school's argument about segregation not necessarily being discriminatory, he rejected its claim that the inspectors were biased and irrational.
In particular, the discovery of offensive literature in the library meant that Ofsted "was surely entitled to consider that the proper inference to be drawn was that there had been a significant failing of leadership and management at the school," said the judgement.
The school's submission to the High Court - which had the backing of its local authority - said publishing the original report would have caused unnecessary harm to the school and local community.
In recent months, the school has improved academically and both boys and girls achieve higher than average exam results.
It issued a three-day supply of emergency food on 117,689 occasions last year - a 65% increase on the figures for the previous year.
More than 36,000 of the parcels were distributed to children.
Across the UK, the trust's food banks were used more than one million times in 2014/15.
In 2011, there was one food bank in Scotland operated in partnership with the Trussell Trust.
The charity said that as of April 2015, it had 50 food banks in 27 Scottish local authorities.
The trust records the number of times that adults and children are given a three-day supply of emergency food from its centres.
It does not measure the number of individual users - but estimates that more than 65% were only helped once over a six month period, while 7.5% needed four or more vouchers.
The charity has broken the figures on food bank use down by council areas - with its food banks in Glasgow being used 18,000 times in the last financial year.
The figure was about 14,000 in Edinburgh and more than 10,000 in Fife.
The charity said the main reasons behind people being referred to its food banks were due to a benefit delay, low income or a benefit change.
Low income showed the biggest numerical rise, with 24,609 people referred for this reason in 2014/15 compared with 13,552 the previous year, an increase of more than 80%.
Ewan Gurr, Scotland network manager at The Trussell Trust, said: "Despite welcome signs of economic recovery, hunger continues to affect significant numbers of men, women and children in Scotland.
"The full extent of the problem could well be much wider as the Trussell Trust figures do not include people who are helped by other food charities or those who feel too ashamed to seek help."
The charity said as well as providing food it was also offering support services, including debt counselling and welfare advice.
Mr Gurr added: "The latest figures highlight how vital it is that we all work to prevent and relieve hunger in the United Kingdom. It is absolutely crucial that we listen to the challenges of those using food banks to truly understand the nature of the challenges people face.
"The experiences of those who experience hunger is the key to finding a solution."
The Trussell Trust, which partners with churches and communities, operates more than 1,200 food distribution centres across the UK.
A scoping study funded by the Scottish government in 2013 to provide insight into the extent of food aid provision in Scotland reported that the Trussell Trust's data is a good indicator of general provision and demand trends and reasons for demand experienced by other providers of food parcels.
The study recognised that there are many non-Trust food banks - they account for only 20% of all food centres in Glasgow - but that there is no definitive list of Scottish food banks.
But HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the office at Ty Moelwyn in Porthmadog, which employs 17 people offering a Welsh-language service, would move to Thedford House in the town in 2018.
Staff were told the news on Thursday.
It had been announced in 2015 that all tax offices across Wales would close, with staff expected to transfer to new centres in Cardiff and Liverpool.
Next year's move will mean Porthmadog staff are based in the same building as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the town.
HMRC said it would enable both departments to explore how they might work together in the future to provide Welsh language customer services.
Rachel McLean, director general of customer services at HMRC, said: "This move is vital to the success of our plans to continue to provide Welsh language customer services from Porthmadog.
"It will also allow us to explore how we might develop those services with both DWP and other government departments in the future."
Simon Brooks, chairman of Porthmadog town council said: "This is excellent news for the staff and their families and for the whole community.
"It is also a boost for the Welsh language in the Porthmadog area."
UK government minister Guto Bebb said he was "delighted" the future of the office had been secured.
"This demonstrates the UK government's commitment to the Welsh language and to ensuring that we maximise the benefits that come from co-locating government offices to provide the best possible service for the taxpayer," he said.
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The Euro 2016 qualifier, refereed by English official Martin Atkinson, was suspended in the 41st minute at 0-0.
Trouble flared when a nationalist Albanian banner flew above the pitch and was caught by a Serbia player.
Albania players tried to take it before several fans broke onto the pitch.
Atkinson led the players off the field and, after a delay of around 30 minutes, Uefa confirmed the match had been abandoned.
Albanian fans had been banned from attending the qualifier between the two Balkan rival nations.
Serbia and Albania have a history of turbulent relations, predominantly in relation to the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
It has been recognised by the United States and major European Union countries, but Serbia refuses to do so, as do most ethnic Serbs inside Kosovo.
"It is a regretful situation on which we will report; the referee, myself and the security adviser. The circumstances were such that we couldn't continue the match," Uefa match delegate Harry Been said.
"You all saw what happened and I cannot comment on who is to blame or what to blame. I will submit a report with my colleagues to Uefa and Uefa will decide what will happen further."
Serbian national broadcaster RTS reported that Olsi Rama, the brother of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, was arrested in the stadium's VIP box for instigating the drone stunt, but he later denied that was the case.
Serbian B92 Television journalist Milos Saranovic, who was at the match, told BBC Sport: "The whole atmosphere before the game was that Serbia and Albania was more politically sensitive than any other game.
"I cannot remember for years so many police at the stadium. Everything looked like a situation that is not normal.
"One small stupid situation made an explosion - that is the shortest way to describe the incident of the night.
"The players have usually been able to keep the atmosphere on the pitch normal. The game was normal for 40 minutes with no small accident on the pitch but when that flag appeared, the heat was going up."
Albania had been looking for their second win in Group I, having started the day top with four points.
Denmark, in second place before Tuesday's games, lost to Portugal, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a last-minute goal in a 1-0 win.
In other matches, Switzerland beat San Marino 4-0 in Group E - England's group - while Gibraltar lost 3-0 to Georgia in Group D. In that section's other games, Scotland drew 2-2 in Poland while the Republic of Ireland drew 1-1 in Germany.
Northern Ireland recorded their third win in as many games to beat Greece 2-0 and top Group F with nine points.
Finally, in Group F, Hungary edged Faroe Islands 1-0 and Romania won 2-0 in Finland.
Match abandoned due to crowd trouble, Serbia 0, Albania 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Serbia).
Offside, Albania. Ermir Lenjani tries a through ball, but Bekim Balaj is caught offside.
Offside, Serbia. Darko Lazovic tries a through ball, but Dusan Tadic is caught offside.
Corner, Albania. Conceded by Aleksandar Kolarov.
Attempt saved. Ermir Lenjani (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ansi Agolli.
Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
Bekim Balaj (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lorik Cana (Albania) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ansi Agolli with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Albania. Conceded by Nemanja Matic.
Attempt saved. Mergim Mavraj (Albania) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amir Abrashi.
Attempt missed. Amir Abrashi (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia).
Ermir Lenjani (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ansi Agolli (Albania) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Stefan Mitrovic (Serbia).
Bekim Balaj (Albania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Albania. Conceded by Zoran Tosic.
Foul by Stefan Mitrovic (Serbia).
Bekim Balaj (Albania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Lorik Cana.
Attempt blocked. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
Lorik Cana (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia).
Bekim Balaj (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dusan Tadic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lorik Cana (Albania).
Foul by Darko Lazovic (Serbia).
Mergim Mavraj (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Burim Kukeli (Albania) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
Attempt missed. Zoran Tosic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Andi Lila (Albania) because of an injury.
Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Since the introduction of the new format, NRL teams have won all six fixtures between the two competitions.
Leeds were the last team to beat a side from the southern hemisphere in 2012.
"Now that I've been here so long, I think there isn't a whole lot of credit, in some quarters, given to the Super League," said 50-year-old Smith.
He told BBC Radio Merseyside: "I think the opportunity for us to represent Super League and put a good foot forward is a real incentive.
"I also get the rivalry between the English and the Australians in terms of sport and that comes into play.
"We've only got two Aussies in our squad and I'm sure they'd love to win and get one over their native country."
Brisbane, coached by England boss Wayne Bennett, have been involved in the competition in 2015 and 2016 when they beat Wigan on both occasions.
Melbourne Storm pulled out of the chance to feature in 2017 to focus on their pre-season preparations, meaning there is just one other fixture - Wigan against Cronulla Sharks on Sunday.
"It is at a crossroads with where this competition could go," added former Great Britain coach Smith.
"We've certainly had a strong desire to be part of it and we want to show we can do it as well.
"A club doesn't get to play against touring teams anymore, this is it. This is something for some generations to remember for years and years to come."
When councils were reduced from 26 to 11, responsibilities like planning were passed to them by the government.
However, on Wednesday, Communities Minister Paul Givan said regeneration will remain an executive function.
Speaking on the BBC's The View, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said that decision was regrettable.
"He knows my position on the regeneration of powers to local councils, he knows I'm disappointed. It is my belief that the councils would be stronger partners.
"Paul isn't convinced of that at the minute. I work with councils every day. I admire their ambition and I'm going to continue to work with them."
Mr Givan said he wanted regeneration to remain with the executive for the time being.
"This was a power which had been discussed in the last mandate," he said.
"There were numerous attempts to bring forward legislation and there wasn't consensus to do that and I'm clear now in this new mandate that I don't want to be involved in tinkering around who gets what, where the budget should be divided, it's about getting things done."
The centres in Byfleet and Haslemere are due to close in March with the Bletchingley centre closing in June.
Chris Wyatt from the society said: "They are underused because people are not able to get a personal budget to come to the day centres."
Surrey County Council said the centres were "vastly underused" and would be looking for alternative services.
The Alzheimer's Society said about 115 people used the society's Surrey day centres.
Ms Wyatt, the South East's area manager for the society said: "Not very long ago we had six day centres across Surrey that were well attended and well funded.
"We are down to three day centres and we're faced with closing them as well.
"They are underused because people are not able to get a personal budget to come to the day centres."
The society said a lack of affordable transport meant many clients could not attend day centres without the support of a carer.
"Nobody is getting the right level of support and care they need," Ms Wyatt said.
Surrey County Council said it would be looking for alternative places for day centre users.
A spokesman said: "This will not be any easy task with the huge financial pressures we face to deliver our services, in particular adult social care where we face a funding gap running into tens of millions of pounds."
The government is to meet this week with Southern, which links London with Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Hampshire.
The rail company is embroiled in a long-running union dispute over the role of guards on new trains.
Mr Maynard said the continued delays and cancellations affecting the service were "unacceptable".
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Industrial action by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and high levels of staff sickness have hit services, with the introduction of a temporary emergency timetable initially cutting up to 341 trains a day.
Mr Maynard told the Commons: "Some routes are still suffering badly and my priority is making sure services are being restored in a timely, sensible and lasting manner."
"The real solution here is for the RMT to bring this dispute to a close and start to put passengers first," he added.
Mr Maynard also denied plans for "more generous" compensation to Southern Rail commuters affected by strikes were on the "backburner".
He also agreed to consider calls for season ticket holders to receive a rebate of up to 20%.
Meanwhile, Southern announced it would reinstate the full timetable from Tonbridge and Reigate to Redhill and London Victoria/London Bridge on Monday.
Alex Foulds, Southern's passenger services director, apologised to customers "who have suffered ever since the RMT began their unnecessary action".
He said the temporary weekday timetable had been delivering a "more consistent, reliable" service.
"We are steadily reintroducing trains and will continue to do so until the entire timetable is back in place," he added.
Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, called the changes "pitiful".
He added: "The fact passengers are still paying through the nose for a vastly reduced service is solely due to the gross managerial incompetence and profiteering of this basket-case rail operator.
"Yet again Southern are blaming their staff for their own systemic failures..."
RMT spokesman Garry Hassell has said the dispute "could last until Christmas".
Sinfield, 36, is the all-time record points scorer for the Rhinos and left after helping them to a domestic treble in the 2015 season.
In August he was appointed rugby director by the Rugby Football League.
"At some stage, I'd like to think I'd go back. I've been associated with the club since I was 13 years old," he told BBC Sport.
"The club means a great deal to me and I've probably got to sit on the fence a bit more with the job I have at the RFL, but it's still my club and to try and dispute that or play it down is not something I'd want to do.
"I'd love to be back there at some stage, I'm not sure when that would be. I don't have any concrete plans going forward, we'll see what opportunities arise over the coming years."
The former Rhinos and England captain rejected the chance to join Brian McDermott's coaching staff at Headingley last season after he retired from playing with rugby union side Yorkshire Carnegie and said in September he did not see himself going into coaching.
Robert Finlay, 48, from Wincanton, admitted causing David Hick's death by careless driving while drunk.
He was jailed at Bristol Crown Court along with his partner, Felicity Wheeler, 32, also Wincanton, who tried to cover up what happened.
Finlay's friend Joseph Breen was also jailed for his part in the cover-up.
Breen, 39, from London was jailed for three years after helping to scrap the car Finlay had been driving on the night of the collision in October 2014. Wheeler received 18 months for conspiracy to pervert the course of Justice.
Sentencing them at Bristol Crown Court, Judge James Patrick said he was sure they were all involved in trying to cover up what had happened.
Mr Hick, who had been out walking his dogs, was found with fatal head injuries on Cole Road in Bruton.
After the death of Mr Hick, Det Ch Insp Phil Jones had appealed to the driver saying "come and find us before we come and find you",
The court was told Finlay, who was also banned for driving from six years, had drunk seven pints with Breen prior to getting into the car.
Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), has pumped out more than 2,000 litres of water from its pipes in Scone, but has yet to locate the source of the flood.
SGN described the incident as a "challenging emergency".
It said engineers from across Scotland had been drafted in to help with the operation.
The engineers have been visiting properties in the village to switch off gas supplies at the meter.
SGN said in a statement: "Customers can come and visit us at our incident van which is parked at the Scone Old Parish Church, Burnside.
"Our senior engineering team is also continuing to investigate where water is getting into our network.
"In the meantime, we are using specialist equipment and tankers to remove the water which has already made its way into our pipes.
"This is a challenging emergency for everyone concerned, and we'd like to assure you that we are working very hard to resolve the situation while keeping you informed about what's happening."
For new side Crick Athletic Colts Ladies, however, the beginning of the 2016-17 campaign has proven to be a steep learning curve.
After 21-0 and 25-0 defeats in their opening two matches, Crick hoped to bounce back when they hosted Corby Town Ladies on Sunday in Northamptonshire Women's and Girl's Football League Division One .
What followed was a resounding 34-0 defeat, although the home side praised their opponents' "spirit and determination" on Twitter.
Secretary of Corby Town Ladies, Sheila Lauder, told BBC Radio Northampton: "In the second half the Crick goalkeeper pulled off some absolutely fantastic saves.
"They're a very new team, very inexperienced, and absolutely all credit to them - their spirit was excellent and they were full of praise for us."
The defeat left Crick bottom of the league after three matches, with a goal difference of -80.
"There were a couple of double hat-tricks in there and I think the defenders had a little bit of a day off," Lauder added.
"It was a good, spirited game and I wouldn't say the score reflected the game itself.
"From our point of view, and what we're trying to achieve, we'd rather see a lesser score against a more experienced team."
BBC Radio Northampton has contacted Crick for comment.
Brazilian authorities estimate around 35,000 are marching in the capital.
Troops are being deployed to defend government buildings and there is a heavy police presence on the streets.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Michel Temer, fresh elections, and for economic reform plans to be withdrawn.
Mr Temer has faced new corruption allegations in the last week, and is facing growing pressure to step down.
According to reports, several ministries are being evacuated because of the protests - but not before the agriculture ministry was damaged.
"There was an invasion of the ministry's private entrance. They lit a fire in a room, broke photos in a gallery of ex-ministers and confronted police," a spokesman told the AFP news agency.
There have been clashes between police and demonstrators and local media report one person has been injured and several have been detained.
Planned demonstrations began peacefully around midday before clashes with police erupted.
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some demonstrators, and video footage showed other members of the crowd smashing windows or setting makeshift barriers afire.
Last week, testimony released by the country's supreme court alleged that Mr Temer had taken millions of dollars in bribes since 2010.
The plea-bargain testimony came from bosses of a giant meat-packing firm.
In response, Mr Temer vowed to prove his innocence and remain as president while so doing.
On Saturday, he filed a petition to have the investigation suspended, but reversed that decision on Tuesday.
Mr Temer took office a year ago after his predecessor, President Dilma Rousseff, was impeached.
The two leaders, who hugged each other in front of reporters, also praised their countries' warm relations.
They discussed increasing trade links and security co-operation.
Mr Modi was also the first foreign dignitary to have dinner at the White House with Mr Trump.
A White House statement said the two leaders "resolved that India and the US will fight together" against terrorism which they called a "grave challenge to humanity", pledging to expand the sharing of intelligence and deepen joint counter-terrorism efforts.
They also "called on Pakistan to ensure that its territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on other countries".
The leaders said they would strengthen co-operation against threats including Pakistan-based militant groups Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
They urged Pakistan to "expeditiously bring to justice" those behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and last year's attack on an air base in Pathankot, which Indian officials have suggested were perpetrated by those two militant groups.
India has seen several terror attacks in recent years which Delhi claims were conducted by Pakistan-based militants.
It has also accused Pakistan of secretly sponsoring some of these attacks, which Pakistan has strongly denied.
India also "appreciated" the recent move by the US to label top Kashmiri militant Syed Salahuddin a "specially designated global terrorist", the White House said. The move effectively blocks him from transactions in the US.
The Trump administration's strong words on Pakistan and terror will be seen as a major diplomatic victory for India.
Previous US presidents, such as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, also came out with similar rhetoric but it never translated to anything more substantial, mainly because both were warned by the state department of the perils of isolating Pakistan.
In Donald Trump, however, Delhi senses a difference - a president who is more blunt and outspoken on Islamist terror without worrying about any potential diplomatic fallout.
So on that score, Trump and Modi are on the same page. But India's main concern is Pakistani support for Kashmiri separatist groups, at a time when the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir is particularly tense.
The US, on the other hand, is more concerned with the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan's perceived support for militant groups operating there as well as the Taliban, at a time when President Trump has approved plans to increase American troops on the ground.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Modi and Mr Trump gave a joint news conference in the White House's Rose Garden.
"The relationship between India and the United States has never been stronger, never been better," President Trump said.
He praised Indian airline SpiceJet's recent order of 100 planes from US manufacturer Boeing, and said he looked forward to exporting more energy resources to India, including natural gas.
Mr Trump, who regularly posts on Twitter, also described himself and Mr Modi as "world leaders in social media".
Mr Modi said the US was India's "primary partner" for its social and economic transformation, and that his plan for a "new India" converged with Mr Trump's "vision for 'making America great again'".
He invited President Trump and his family to visit India, which Mr Trump accepted, said the White House.
Mr Trump said his daughter, Ivanka, would also be leading a US delegation to an entrepreneurship summit in India later this year.
Earlier in his trip to the US, Mr Modi met the heads of 20 US companies, including Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai.
He told them that his government had pushed through thousands of reforms to make India "business friendly".
He later tweeted: "Interacted with top CEOs. We held extensive discussions on opportunities in India."
France international Schneiderlin, 27, was signed for United by Louis van Gaal for £25m from Southampton in July 2015.
He has played 47 times for the club but has only featured eight times under Jose Mourinho this season, including three Premier League appearances.
Everton, meanwhile, have agreed to loan striker Oumar Niasse, 26, to Hull, with personal terms still to be agreed.
The Senegal international signed for £13.5m from Lokomotiv Moscow in February 2016 but has played only seven times for the Toffees.
Following United's 2-0 win against Hull on Tuesday, Mourinho said: "Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward informed me that the situation is close. Morgan is more than probably going to Everton.
"I am sad and happy, sad because I like him and he could be an option for us, happy because this is what he wants, to play every game and be important in the team."
Manager Ronald Koeman demanded the club make January signings in the wake of their FA Cup third-round exit to Leicester.
They have already signed 19-year-old forward Ademola Lookman from Charlton for £11m.
If Schneiderlin, who was also a target for West Brom, moves to Goodison Park he will work with Koeman for a second time, having spent two years under the Dutchman at Southampton.
Koeman still retains a strong interest in another United player, his countryman Memphis Depay, who is also an Old Trafford outcast.
Everton, however, may face competition from abroad for the 22-year-old, who joined United from PSV for £25m in May 2015.
Former Chelsea and Aston Villa midfielder Andy Townsend
Morgan Schneiderlin has struggled to adapt and stamp his personality on anything at Old Trafford. But he gets across the ground well, he can tackle and he gets up and down the pitch.
At his best he's a typical Premier League central midfield player. Everton are buying someone who you know has been able to produce the goods in the Premier League from his time at Southampton. He's not a gamble.
The victim, in her late teens, was attacked in Cadogan Road, Cromer, Norfolk, and police were called at about 23.30 BST on Friday.
The force said the woman was being supported by specialist officers and the scene had been cordoned off while inquiries were being made.
They have appealed for anyone who may have been in the area at the time and could have information to come forward.
It said its members working for the Scottish Ambulance Service in Skye, Lochaber and Caithness have told of days when the service was stretched.
Among the reasons is increasing use of ambulances for non-emergency transfers to hospital in Inverness, said Unite.
SAS said it was aware of "pressures" and was working with NHS Highland.
Unite regional officer Richard Whyte said the union's members have become "increasingly frustrated and concerned" about emergency ambulances being "routinely" used for long patient transfers to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
He said: "This should only be done as a last resort and when a medical reason requires it.
"However, it would seem that Highland communities are being left with drastically reduced emergency cover while crews transport patients to Inverness.
"Sometimes before the ambulances can return to their own communities, they are being sent to cover calls in the Inverness area."
Mr Whyte added: "Our workplace representatives have raised concerns with the management of the Scottish Ambulance Service about these problems, and about the length of working hours that sometimes results."
SAS said it was aware of pressures on inter-hospital transfers and was working on this with NHS Highland.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said: "We are also aware of the need to keep emergency cover in the area.
"Calls are responded to based on patient need. This means sending patients the most appropriate response, which if they have an immediately life-threatening condition such as cardiac arrest will be the closest available resource.
"There is a range of responses we can send to emergencies, including air and land ambulances as well as first responders, and we continue to work closely with our partners and communities to ensure we deliver the safest and most effective service."
The spokesperson said that as part of a £5m additional investment in the service, it had recruited 12 staff into new posts across the Highland area since April last year.
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Green is one of four forwards released, along with Ashley Hemmings, Pat Hoban and Yoann Arquin.
Midfielders Jamie McGuire, Kevan Hurst and James Baxendale have also left the Stags, who finished 12th in the fourth tier this season.
Goalkeepers Brian Jensen and Scott Shearer and defenders Corbin Shires and Lee Collins complete the list.
Green, 30, scored 29 goals in 95 games in his second spell for the club after signing from Birmingham City on a free transfer in 2015.
Meanwhile 33-year-old McGuire is considering an offer to join the under-21 coaching staff at Field Mill.
Second through the sliding doors was Willie Rennie of the Scottish Lib Dems. He spoke about running away from the police "as a wee boy" and how he would fight in a war "if they would have me".
Asking the questions were Sarah (18); Jamie-Lee (16); Louis (16); Erin (18) and Megan (18).
They are all members of the BBC's Generation 2016 election panel.
Mr Rennie, who has been both an MSP and an MP, was posed the question: Who would you like to be stuck in a lift with?
He replied: "I think, probably my wife, would be the first one, but if I'm allowed a second one, it would be Tom Hanks - the great actor.
"I love Forrest Gump, and I'm a softy for Turner and Hooch, which is a fantastic film, just a slob out film to watch, so Tom Hanks, my wife, and yourself [Generation 2016 questioner Megan]."
Other questions put to Mr Rennie included - have you ever been in trouble with the police; would you fight in a war; would you let a refugee live with you and is it fair that the minimum wage is lower for young people?
The Scottish Green Party's Patrick Harvie; Scottish Tory Ruth Davidson; Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon have also been part of the BBC's Leaders in a Lift series.
It has now been discovered that war poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves met at Baberton Golf Club in Juniper Green.
A university lecturer searched libraries and archives for clues to solve the mystery.
The answer was found in letters from 1917 at Southern Illinois University.
Neil McLennan, a former head of history at Tynecastle School who now works as a senior lecturer at Aberdeen University, said where the men met had remained unknown for 100 years.
He said: "Confirming this venue has been something that I really got between my teeth.
"We always knew the three men met in Edinburgh but not where.
"Many may wonder why this matters but it is an important piece of the city's literary history.
"One of Edinburgh's golf clubs can say it held potentially the most powerful meeting of English literature in the 20th century.
"The three most significant war poets were there.
"Owen is often referred to as the most powerful war poet, perhaps even the most powerful poet in English literature and this meeting was key to his success."
Alan Goodman Baberton Golf Club Captain said: "We were excited to learn that this historic meeting took place in our clubhouse and led to such an important collaboration between three of Britain's greatest war poets.
"We intend to create a permanent reminder of this meeting for members and visitors to view."
The Manchester City boss said the former England player, 35, is at the same level as Spanish World Cup winners Xabi Alonso and Sergio Busquets.
Carrick, who joined United in 2006 from Tottenham, has made 31 appearances for the club this season.
"He's one of the best holding midfielders I've ever seen in my life, by far," Guardiola said.
Carrick has made more than 400 appearances in total and is United's second-longest serving player after Wayne Rooney.
The City boss, whose team play United in a rearranged Premier League fixture on Thursday, said that English football was "safe" with players such as Carrick and team-mate Marcus Rashford.
Carrick has picked up 34 England caps in an international career that started in 2001, while teenager Rashford has made eight senior appearances.
"I am a big fan of Michael Carrick. Marcus Rashford is a good talent. You have outstanding players, you can do it with the national team."
City claimed a 2-1 victory when the two Manchester sides met at Old Trafford in September but United have not lost a league game since October - a run of 23 matches.
"They are good, good rivals, good quality, in good form. They've had big series without defeat in the Premier League," the Spaniard continued.
"They have a lot of quality, history. We're looking forward to the game."
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Both Manchester sides are vying for a Champions League spot, with Guardiola's fourth-placed side currently one point ahead of Manchester United in fifth.
Hosts City have dropped 15 points at home this season and are unlikely to finish higher than third.
"I've been managing for nine years and this is my first year without a trophy. Sometimes it has to happen and it happened this year," Guardiola added.
"If I extend my career long, I'm sure there will be many years in the future it happens. But there's also a lot of teams in Europe who are not going to win a trophy."
City spent £175m on players last summer - the most of any Premier League team - with Manchester United second on the list after parting with around £150m.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said on Tuesday that spending the most money on players does not guarantee success and cited both Manchester clubs.
However, Guardiola said that Conte could not forget the Premier League leaders' own summer spending.
"It is not just United or City and this summer it's going to happen again," he said.
"I agree but I think he cannot forget that all the players Chelsea have, have cost a lot of money."
Andrew Check, 30, was jailed for 10 years on Monday after admitting two counts of assault by penetration.
Swansea Crown Court heard the imprint from his Fred Perry shoes at the house in the Tenby, Pembrokeshire, helped police trace him.
Check, of Tenby, must serve a further seven years on licence upon release.
Prosecutor Nicola Powel said the victim woke in the middle of the night to see Check stood over her.
He then held a knife to her throat as he assaulted her.
Det Adele Benjafield identified the tennis shoe pattern from a database of 38,000 images.
Police carrying out house-to-house inquiries visited Check's home and noticed he matched the physical description given to officers.
A pair of Fred Perry trainers were found at his home - they were not the ones worn in the attack, but were enough to make officers suspicious.
A search revealed the victim's DNA on a glove in Check's house.
In a video shown to court, the victim said: "I suffer with nightmares, anxiety, and panic attacks and I am unable to sleep. I don't know how and when I will recover my life again."
Judge Keith Thomas said: "Such an offence rightly frightens and horrifies people in equal measure.
"He carried out the attack in a callous and determined way. The rape sent shockwaves throughout the community. "
After the case, Dyfed-Powys Police Det Benjafield said: "The evidential value of footwear is becoming more recognised.
"It's value is on a par with fingerprints and DNA samples and scans of footwear are routinely taken of people who come through our custody suites."
The call was made during a debate on the future funding of farming.
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has established a consultative committee, to inform the executive's negotiating position.
The EU contributes about £250m a year to farmers
The assembly heard claims that funding agriculture was not a priority for the UK government.
Northern Ireland currently gets 10% of the UK's European subsidy payments.
Speakers, including the SDLP's Patsy McGlone, claimed that it would not do as well under a domestic agricultural policy.
If the Barnett funding formula, which is used to calculate Northern Ireland's share of UK budgets, was applied the equivalent share would be 3%, he said.
But the DUP's Edwin Poots claimed farmers had voted "overwhelmingly" for Brexit and it offered them opportunities.
These included displacing agricultural produce currently imported to the UK.
He said farmers did not want "handouts" but a fair return for their work.
Ulster Unionist Harold McKee said it was disappointing that the "most basic preparations weren't put in place" prior to the referendum vote.
Sinn Féin's Caoimhe Archibald claimed the signals from Westminster were "not encouraging" and the minister had "her work cut out for her".
David Ford of the Alliance Party said the chancellor's commitment to underpin direct payments for farmers until 2020 was "not much of a guarantee" given that it would be 2019 at the earliest before the UK would be in a position to leave the European Union.
Well, if you are Welsh sailor Hannah Mills, the answer is simple. You aim to repeat your success, maybe this time in a different boat.
History awaits for the 29-year-old as Mills aims to become Britain's most successful female Olympic sailor and put her name among the world greats in her sport.
After flirting with the idea, Mills confirmed this week she plans to attempt to win the 49erFX gold at Tokyo 2020 after winning the 470 class with Saskia Clark in Rio last year.
Putting off retirement
Mills' Rio recognition will be completed when she collects her MBE at Buckingham Palace next month.
She has revealed why she has decided against following a fellow Rio golden girl into retirement.
"I thought I would finish after Rio," Mills told BBC Wales Sport.
"Saskia was retiring, we'd had such an amazing six-year partnership and achieved everything we had ever dreamed of together. It seemed a natural conclusion.
"After Rio, I did some different things, work experience up in London to experience real life. That was cool and re-energised me.
"You put everything into an Olympic campaign, you are absolutely drained and have nothing left to give.
"I also did some sailing for fun and got the love back.
"I had a good think. I am 29 and might not get this chance again. I'm just so excited about the next three and a half years."
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Why change boats?
Mills is now back in training, currently in southern Spain trialling the new boat with Alain Sign, who competed in Rio.
"I have sailed the 470 for 10 years and won Olympic silver and gold," said Mills.
"I felt whatever I wanted to achieve in Tokyo, I needed to break away from that boat.
"Maybe in a year's time, I will be back there [in the 470 boat], sailing it full of passion.
"But right now, I knew I wanted to keep sailing and was desperate to win another gold medal. This is the right event for me."
The pair will compete in three mixed events before Mills has to find a female partner to compete at the World Championships in September, with a final decision on her Olympics boat expected in a year.
"I have been sailing with Alain who is one of the best in the world," said Mills.
"The little mistakes I am making, he can stop happening and he is constantly telling me things to get better.
"It's a huge benefit. We have three regattas opened up to mixed crews, which is fantastic because I get real racing experience.
"The World Championships are in September so I will need to find a female partner for that.
"I am having ongoing chats and scouting. After the World Championships, there will be a review time to decide whether I continue in the 49erFX with a final decision expected in February or March 2018."
What's the difference?
Mills has explained how the two boats differ.
"The main thing is I am now standing on the side of the boat," said the Dinas Powys sailor.
"I am hooked on to a wire, it's called trapesing, as opposed to sitting down and leaning out the side of the boat.
"It's a new skill and I have been quite wobbly at times.
"With the FX being a bigger boat, I'm going to need to put on some weight which is a challenge in itself as I'm tiny.
"I'll need to put on about 10% of my body weight, so quite a lot."
Concussion concern
Mills has revealed her return to sailing was hampered by a six-week lay-off because of concussion.
"In the first training camp in January we were doing a fitness session and one of the guys knocked me over," said Mills.
"I experienced concussion symptoms. I struggled to concentrate and focus on anything.
"If I concentrated on anything too hard, my brain felt as if it wouldn't work. I would be exhausted and have to have a lie down."
Concussion is currently a hot topic in sport and Mills revealed the effects she has suffered.
"It was distressing," said Mills.
"You can't see an injury in your brain but there is no time frame in when you are going to get better and you don't know how bad the damage is.
"It's hard to say whether I am fully recovered. It feels like I am, especially these last few weeks.
"Up until that point, I was still showing the odd sign and if I did too much in a day, I'd be tired.
"I would say I am 99% now and luckily come out the other side."
Nelson Jobim is the third minister to lose his job since Ms Rousseff took office in January - a turnover that has strained her governing coalition.
He is reported to have called one fellow minister a "weakling" and described others as "idiots".
Mr Jobim will be replaced by the former Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim.
Nelson Jobim is one of several ministers who also served under Ms Rousseff's predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
He is said to have been angry that Ms Rousseff overruled him on a multi-billion dollar contract to buy fighter jets.
In recent weeks he been reported as making a series of critical remarks about fellow ministers.
First he said at an opposition event that he was surrounded by "idiots".
Then he said in a television interview that he had voted for Ms Rousseff's opponent Jose Serra in last year's presidential election.
The final straw appears to have been a magazine interview, parts of which have been leaked, in which he reportedly called another minister a "weakling".
Mr Jobim's resignation is the third to shake Ms Rousseff's government since she took office on 1 January.
Last month, her Transport Minister Alfredo Nascimento resigned over a corruption scandal in his department, though he denied any wrongdoing.
And in June her chief of staff, Antonio Palocci, stepped down in the face of questions about his rapid accumulation of personal wealth.
Webb made his comeback from an ankle injury in the Swansea region's 26-21 win over Newcastle.
The 28-year-old is expected to be released from Wales' Six Nations squad to continue his return to fitness.
"There's a strong possibility and we'd be more than comfortable in giving him as much game time as he needs," said attack coach Gruff Rees.
"He certainly wouldn't train properly until Thursday or Friday, but that's no issue with someone like Rhys.
"He lead the side last week, he knows a lot of our tactical messages and he'll drive probably an even younger group this week."
Webb is one of 11 Ospreys players in Wales' squad which met up on Monday.
He has played only an hour since undergoing ankle surgery following Wales' 32-8 defeat by Australia on 5 November.
The studio is reported to have paid more than $30m (£19m) for the title, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Michael Fassbender is to play Jobs in the film, based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the late entrepreneur.
The real-life drama will be directed by Danny Boyle, from a script by fellow Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin.
Sony had bought the rights to produce a film based on Isaacson's biography following Jobs' death in 2011.
The studio has not explained why it pulled out, though it had reportedly struggled to fit the film into its schedule.
Director David Fincher was initially set to direct but pulled out of talks in April.
A number of big-name actors have also been attached to the film, among them Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale.
Jobs was a charismatic figure and a master at presenting Apple's latest products. But his career took dramatic turns.
After founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in the late 1970s, he was driven out of the firm in a boardroom coup in the 1980s.
A decade later he was bought back when Apple ran into trouble and presided over an era when it became the most valuable US company and producer of the highly successful iPhone.
He died in October 2011 at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
16 December 2015 Last updated at 14:42 GMT
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Kortney Hause put the visitors ahead from close range after a flick-on by Dave Edwards, who then headed a second from Connor Ronan's free-kick.
Alex Mowatt was sent off on his debut for Barnsley, with Tykes manager Paul Heckingbottom then sent to the stands.
Edwards smashed in his second, before Marc Roberts scored a late consolation after Adam Hammill's shot was parried.
Barnsley created several chances to level after falling behind, with stand-in goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne making a fine reaction save to deny Mowatt when put clean through by Marley Watkins.
But it soon turned sour for Mowatt, who signed from Leeds United on Friday, when he was shown a straight red card moments before half-time for a sliding challenge on Jack Price.
Paul Lambert made six changes to the starting XI which won at Anfield, but his side could have had a third before half-time had referee Chris Kavanagh not overturned his own penalty decision when Adam Hammill and Bright Enobakhare tussled in the box.
Barnsley's defence, who have conceded more goals than any other team outside the bottom seven, struggled to cope with set-pieces, particularly from Ronan, who also hit the post.
Heckingbottom had to watch most of a ragged second-half from the Oakwell stands after a tussle in the Wolves dug-out.
The defeat, only Barnsley's second in eight league matches, dropped them a place to eighth, while Wolves moved up to 16th.
Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom: "It wasn't our night and I am disappointed that we conceded the first two goals like that - and it gave us a mountain to climb. Then came the sending off, so the game was all but over by then.
"The naivety has cost us. That's why we lost. It showed me that we weren't right tonight and we can't keep conceding goals like that."
"I have not seen it again, but on first look it did look like a red card - Alex [Mowatt] has been poor there and let us down. He apologised straight away at half-time. He was up for it, but he's just gone over the edge a little bit."
Wolves manager Paul Lambert: "I thought it was fantastic after coming off the highs of an emotional game on Saturday, possibly the highest emotionally that I can remember.
"The feelings of the players, supporters and staff and everyone was associated with Wolves has been draining after all that had happened at Liverpool, so I decided to change it around, but I thought the three young lads in the team were outstanding.
"This was always going to be a difficult place to come. It was never going to be pretty, it was always going to be direct and the Championship is like that, but I thought we were terrific."
Match ends, Barnsley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.
Second Half ends, Barnsley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.
Attempt missed. Adam Hammill (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Andreas Weimann (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
(Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Andreas Weimann (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by George Saville (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Adam Armstrong (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Angus MacDonald (Barnsley) because of an injury.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Lee Evans replaces Bright Enobakhare.
Foul by Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. George Saville replaces Conor Coady.
Attempt saved. Adam Hammill (Barnsley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
Attempt blocked. Joe Mason (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Coady.
Goal! Barnsley 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3. Marc Roberts (Barnsley) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Adam Hammill (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Adam Hammill (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Hammill (Barnsley).
Goal! Barnsley 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3. David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bright Enobakhare.
Foul by Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Marc Roberts (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barnsley. Adam Armstrong replaces Ryan Williams.
Substitution, Barnsley. Tom Bradshaw replaces Marley Watkins.
Attempt blocked. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Scowen (Barnsley).
Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Angus MacDonald (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Andreas Weimann replaces Connor Ronan.
Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Kortney Hause.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Williams (Barnsley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marley Watkins.
Attempt missed. Gethin Jones (Barnsley) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Evans following a corner.
With 94% of the votes counted, Mr Kuczynski had 50.2% against 49.7% for Keiko Fujimori.
Officials suggested it could take a few more days to declare a winner.
Ms Fujimori, 41, had a strong lead ahead of the vote on Sunday but corruption scandals in her Popular Force party may have dented her support.
She is the daughter of Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail for crimes against humanity.
Ms Fujimori has said tackling crime is her priority. She won the first round of voting in April.
The latest tally of votes is available at the Peruvian electoral commission (ONPE) website.
Mr Kuczynski, 77, who is an ex-Wall Street financier, said he would use his international financial experience to promote economic growth.
"We're going to have a government built on consensus. No more low blows or fights," he said, as the results started to come in.
Ms Fujimori won support from some Peruvians who credit her father with defeating the country's Maoist Shining Path rebel group in the 1990s.
Shadow of jailed ex-president cast over Peru polls
But others say they would never support anyone associated with her father, who is serving 25 years in prison for ordering death squads to massacre civilians during his attempts to end the insurgency.
Mr Kuczynski is supported by the main opposition forces, including prominent figures such as left-wing former candidate Veronika Mendoza and the Nobel Prize winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.
But he has faced scrutiny over his close relationship to Peru's business elite.
If he wins, he will become the oldest ever president of Peru at the time of taking office.
Some 23 million Peruvians were eligible to vote voted on Sunday's election to replace outgoing leftist President Ollanta Humala.
The mainland benchmark index, the Shanghai Composite, fell sharply by 8.4% to 3,211.75 points, extending last week's losses.
The sell-off continued despite China's latest attempts to reassure investors.
Over the weekend, Beijing said it planned to let its main state pension fund invest in the stock market.
Under the new rules, the fund will be allowed to invest up to 30% of its net assets in domestically-listed shares.
The fund will be allowed to invest not just in shares but in a range of market instruments, including derivatives. By increasing demand for them, the government hopes prices will rise.
The Hong Kong Hang Seng index followed the mainland's sharp decline, dropping 4% to 21,523.57 points in early trade.
Simon Littlewood, president at business advisory firm ACG Global told the BBC there were concerns that the world's second biggest economy was "a one-trick pony as they have been trying repeatedly over the past few months to put more liquidity into their economy", yet so far have failed to calm markets.
Over the past week, China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 12%, adding up to a 30% drop since the middle of June.
The sharp fall sparked a global sell-off, with the Dow Jones in the US losing 6%, while the UK's FTSE 100 posted its biggest weekly loss this year of 5%.
Earlier this month, the Chinese central bank devalued the yuan in an attempt to boost exports.
Elsewhere in Asia, the region's biggest stock market, Japan's Nikkei 225 traded 2.8% lower at 18,907.39 points in Monday morning trade.
It marks the Nikkei's lowest level in nearly five months.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was down by 2.9% to 5,063.50 points.
Iron ore miner Fortescue posted an 88% drop in annual net profit as the sector was hit by a global drop in commodity prices. Fortescue shares were down by more than 10% on the weak results.
In South Korea, the Kospi index followed the region's lead, trading 1.4% lower at 1,850.56 points.
Earlier on Monday, stock markets in the Middle East also fell sharply.
Over the weekend, the International Monetary Fund weighed in on the global sell-off in an attempt to avoid further market panic.
China's economic slowdown and fall in equities was not a crisis but a "necessary" adjustment for the economy, a senior IMF official said on Sunday.
"It's totally premature to speak of a crisis in China", Carlo Cottarelli, IMF executive director representing countries such as Italy and Greece on its board, told a press conference, reiterating the international lender's forecast for a 6.8% expansion of the Chinese economy this year, below the 7.4% growth achieved in 2014.
On Friday, figures showed China's factory activity in August shrank at its fastest pace in more than six years.
This came after official figures showed the country's economic growth continuing to slow. For the three months to the end of July, the economy grew by 7% compared with a year earlier - its slowest pace since 2009.
The Brussels talks on Thursday will look especially at the problems faced by Turkey, hosting more than two million Syrian refugees.
The EU is anxious to stem the record influx of refugees from Turkey, as 350,000 reached Greek islands between January and September this year.
The migrant crisis has severely strained the goodwill between EU states.
The inconsistency in asylum policy across the EU has led to bitter arguments.
Hungary, Slovakia and some other countries are reluctant to take in non-European refugees, arguing that they have much less experience of integration than countries like Sweden and Germany.
But German Chancellor Angela Merkel also faces growing opposition at home to her welcome for refugees, as the number of asylum seekers in Germany this year is forecast to reach at least 800,000.
Opinion polls suggest her popularity has suffered. But across Europe there is also sympathy for refugees fleeing war and persecution, and some anxiety that EU solidarity - fundamental to the bloc's consensus politics - is now crumbling.
The first few refugees have been relocated from Italy and more flights will follow soon from there and Greece, but progress is slow. Even if the target of 160,000 is met, it will take at least two years to transfer them.
So a key short-term priority is to improve the filtering of migrants when they arrive, so that only those in genuine need of international protection get asylum.
So-called "hotspots" are being set up in Italy and Greece, where EU teams are trying to speed up the registration process and ease the pressure at overcrowded reception centres.
A draft of the summit conclusions, seen by the BBC, calls for strengthening of the EU's external borders and a more determined "return" policy - that is, ensuring that economic migrants are sent home.
The EU border force Frontex is to get more staff and a wider mandate, so that it can help national authorities to deport migrants.
Currently fewer than 40% of those refused asylum are sent back.
The leaders will also discuss setting up a European coastguard service.
The European Commission is ploughing in extra funding - the total EU budget for the migration crisis is nearly €10bn (£7.4bn; $11.5bn) for 2015-2016.
But the 28 member states' governments are lagging behind, the Commission complains.
They are far from fulfilling their aid pledges - including aid earmarked for the UN and other humanitarian organisations.
"Even if the influx of refugees slows down during winter, we must be ready for spring and the threat of bigger waves flowing to Europe," said summit chairman Donald Tusk in a letter to fellow EU leaders.
There are expectations that Russia's air strikes in Syria in support of a government offensive, as well as further gains by so-called Islamic State (IS), will displace more Syrians - on top of the 11 million already uprooted.
The EU is offering more aid and resources to Turkey to improve conditions in the refugee camps.
That is a priority before winter, as severe hardship there - and in other countries on Syria's borders - could push more refugees to make the hazardous journey to Europe.
An EU-Turkey joint action plan is being finalised, to ease the refugees' plight, crack down on people-smuggling gangs and help Turkey repatriate migrants to countries deemed to be safe.
The migrant crisis will dominate this summit, so little time will be spent on the UK government's push for EU reform and the rule changes that Prime Minister David Cameron wants.
Mr Tusk says the leaders will "take stock of the next steps with regard to the UK referendum on its membership of the EU, and confirm our commitment towards seeking viable solutions".
A December EU summit is expected to be the forum for more detailed debate of the UK's renegotiation.
More than 400 complete skeletons were discovered during work on St John's College between 2010 to 2012.
The remains, dating from the 13th to 15th Centuries, were burials from the Hospital of St John the Evangelist.
The four-year £1.2m study aims to learn more about the health of the urban poor during the epidemic.
About 1,000 parts from bodies were also discovered in what a St John's College spokesman described as "one of the largest medieval hospital burial grounds ever found in Britain".
The majority of the people buried on the site are poor townsfolk rather than clerics, and include men, women and some children.
The epidemic killed millions of people across Europe.
Researchers from a number of disciplines, including archaeology, history and genetics, will combine forces to "test directly the effects of the Black Death on a medieval town population before, during and after the epidemic".
The Hospital of St John the Evangelist was an Augustinian charitable establishment, providing care to members of the public between about 1200 and 1500.
The research is funded by the Wellcome Trust and St John's.
This sets the scene for a mammoth election campaign that unofficially begins now, 74 days out from the proposed poll date.
It's early days but already a number of policy and leadership themes are emerging. Mr Turnbull's decision to call a double dissolution election has ramifications for Australia's upper house, the Senate, too.
Australia's constitution allows for an early election to be called when the upper house, called the Senate, twice blocks a piece of legislation that has been passed by the lower house, the House of Representatives. Although ostensibly designed to resolve political deadlocks, in practice it has largely been used opportunistically by governments who see an advantage in going to the polls early.
The rejected legislation in this case is the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) bill, which seeks to re-establish a watchdog to monitor union activity in the construction industry. Although the government is insisting the bill is important enough to warrant calling a double dissolution, the opposition and most pundits believe that the decision is more about politics than policy.
Both sides will reveal their platforms over the coming weeks, but the broad campaign brushstrokes are already there to see.
The government will centre its campaign on economic management credentials. It will position itself as the party best placed to transition Australia from the mining boom through to a new phase of economic growth.
Even its attack on the unions with the ABCC bill is being framed as an economic issue and this line of attack will likely fall away as the campaign progresses. The 3 May budget will provide clarity on the government's economic plan.
Labor, conversely, will run on a "people first" platform of health, education and nation building, while also making cost savings in the budget. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is also lobbying hard for a Royal Commission into banks.
Despite operating under the Westminster system, Australia's election campaigns tend to have a presidential flavour. So the popularity of the prime minister and opposition leader will be a key factor in determining the winner.
Mr Turnbull is the clear frontrunner here. Well known to Australians through his prominent public life as a barrister and advocate for the republic movement, he maintains a handy lead over Mr Shorten as preferred prime minister. It was Mr Turnbull's popularity with the electorate that prompted the Liberal party to dump Tony Abbott as its leader.
But Mr Shorten has narrowed the gap on his opponent over recent months and at this stage appears to be running a more disciplined campaign. He'll need to prove himself against Mr Turnbull in one-on-one debates later on, but the seasoned parliamentary performer is used to such public forums.
Mr Turnbull will attempt to paint Mr Shorten as a union lackey who cannot manage the economy; Mr Shorten, conversely, will say Mr Turnbull is an out-of-touch protector of greedy banks leading a divided party that stands for nothing.
Labor needs to win 21 seats to take power, a swing of 4.3%. Recent polls have Labor in a position to achieve a swing of this magnitude on a two-party preferred basis, but the reality is more complex than that.
Mr Turnbull could pull more preferences from the Greens than more conservative leaders and individual battles in key marginal electorates are likely to have a big impact on the result. Labor's primary vote remains very low.
The government passed laws changing how Australians vote for members of the upper house in March. The new rules change the distribution of preferences in such a way that members of so-called "micro-parties", such as the Motoring Enthusiasts Party, will find it much more difficult to secure seats in the Senate. A double dissolution election requires that all Senate seats be declared empty - at a normal election, only half of the seats are up for grabs, and Senators typically get two terms in office.
The chance to get rid of pesky crossbench senators who block government legislation and secure a majority in the upper house is clearly one of Mr Turnbull's motivations for holding the double dissolution. But with opinion polls moving against him, it remains to be seen whether the prime minister's gamble pays off.
A man believed to be in his 30s died after being shot outside the Marriott Hotel in Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, at 09:45 GMT on Tuesday.
Det Ch Insp Marina Ericson said the gunman was "waiting for the victim in the car park" and shot him before chasing him on foot.
A ballistics expert has been brought in to examine the scene, the force said.
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The suspect was seen getting into a dark-coloured car being driven by an accomplice following the shooting, Det Ch Insp Ericson said.
No one has yet been arrested.
Police said a key witness was an "innocent member of the public" whose car was flagged down by the victim following the shooting.
The man was driven to the Volunteer pub, half a mile away from the hotel, where paramedics tried to save him before he died.
A post-mortem examination will be taking place on the victim's body later.
In his annual report, Lord Thomas said much needed to be done to address changes that would follow from far-reaching reforms now being planned.
"Although judges recognise that they are well-paid in comparison to most people, static pay (in real terms, reduced pay) and adverse alterations to pension arrangements (particularly for more recently appointed judges) have had a significant impact," he said.
"In addition, there has, overall, been a widespread feeling of not being valued or appreciated for their work."
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Lord Thomas confirmed the Treasury had allocated £738m for modernising the courts and tribunals of England and Wales, with some of the money being raised from the sale of court buildings.
Past failure to invest meant that many courts lacked modern means of communication, he said.
"Outdated IT [information technology] systems severely impede the delivery of justice," he said.
IT was the central element in changes now being planned or piloted, the head of the judiciary said, though there would also be changes to court structures and procedures.
Courts were still using computer programs designed in the 1980s or 1990s "precariously supported by outdated operating systems", he said.
Lord Thomas had high praise for a report he had recently received from Lord Justice Briggs, the deputy head of civil justice, calling for the creation of an online court to decide cases worth up to £25,000.
Lord Justice Briggs said the central assumption of his review of the civil courts was that it was "now technically possible to free the courts from the constraints of storing, transmitting and communicating information on paper".
The challenge was to design a paperless court while recognising there would have to be a "substantial, difficult and probably painful transitional period before that revolutionary change is fully achieved", he said.
It required both a "willing suspension of disbelief" and an "informed imagination about the contours of a brave new paperless world for which there are few, if any, precedents", he said.
To show what could be done, he had conducted his entire six-month review without receiving or generating a single piece of paper - despite being a "two-finger typist", he said.
The new court would not decide all its cases online, Lord Justice Briggs said.
A judge might conduct some hearings on the telephone, by video conference or even face-to-face.
But it would be the first mainstream court in England and Wales designed to be used, from start to finish, without lawyers.
At least in its early development, it would deal only with money claims, Lord Justice Briggs said.
New software would guide litigants on how to formulate their claims and show them how to scan the relevant supporting documents using their smartphones, he said.
Next, a case officer would deal with conciliation and case management.
Finally, a district judge would decide the case - with a face-to-face trial being regarded as a last resort.
Claimants and defendants could still consult lawyers if they could afford them - but the online court would eventually become compulsory for low-level claims.
Lord Thomas recognised in his annual report that the justice system "has become unaffordable to most".
As a result, he said, "there has been a considerable increase in litigants-in-person for whom our current court system is not really designed".
The change programme - which, for the first time, is being driven by the judges themselves - would allow these and other issues to be tackled, the lord chief justice said.
But he was well aware of the strain this would put on the judiciary and support staff at a time when resources had been reduced.
As well as an increase in litigants without lawyers, the judges were "having to handle an ever-increasing quantity of challenging and emotionally charged cases in family and crime", he said.
Even so, "much remains to be achieved in order to improve morale and to ensure that the inevitable changes which will occur during the reform programme are sympathetically addressed".
Few people outside the courts have yet grasped the scale of the changes that are now to take place in the courts of England and Wales.
These are certainly the biggest changes to the machinery of justice since the 19th Century - if not before - and the judges regard them as essential if the courts are to continue to do more work with fewer resources.
The charity has called on the new Welsh Government to learn from the outcomes of its nine projects across Wales.
Building Livelihoods tackles the nearly one in four households in poverty.
But instead of targeting poorer geographical areas, it looks to provide tailor-made support to individuals and build on their skills and needs.
Official figures show that 23% of households in Wales are living in poverty - counted as having less than 60% median income.
Despite three ministers and one deputy minister tasked with reducing poverty in Wales, the proportion of households living below the threshold remains similar to 1999.
Up until now, Welsh Government policy has focused its attention on the 10% of most deprived communities in Wales.
But Building Livelihoods has targeted the individual rather than a particular area.
Oxfam Cymru claims its nine pilots have saved £4.43 from health and social services budgets for each £1 spent.
Since 2012, the charity has worked with more than 1,000 people in different parts of Wales.
These range from refugees in Swansea, people with disabilities in Wrexham to young families in Duffryn in Newport.
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jobs created
93% received intensive support
57% reported new skills and confidence
185% More involved in community
53% Measurably improved their livelihood
Rather than going into a neighbourhood classed as deprived, this approach concentrates on what individuals can achieve and builds on that.
Each person is offered one-on-one help, training and courses.
Some also became mentors to others joining the project.
In all, 90 people involved across the pilots found full-time work and more than 600 said they felt they had more skills and confidence afterwards.
The programme, supported by the Big Lottery and Unilever, has been independently evaluated by economic consultants Arad.
It concluded Oxfam Cymru's approach increased individuals' confidence and well being and made them much more likely to be able to get out of poverty.
It recommends that the approach should be taken on by other service providers.
CASE STUDY- BANWEN, NEATH PORT TALBOT
Banwen is a village in the Dulais valley, bordering the old coalfield and the Brecon Beacons.
There are still some jobs at the Onllwyn washery but the pits have gone and now the area is trying to attract tourism with walks and mountain bike trails.
A third of people in the area are classed as economically inactive - with three times the proportion of people long term sick or disabled than the Wales and England average.
More than a quarter do not have qualifications.
The Dove workshop in this Neath Port Talbot village works with long-term unemployed people.
"This area is one of the forgotten parts of Wales, it's very isolated from other areas," said Oxfam Cymru campaign manager Matthew Hemsley.
"Our approach is very individually focused.
"People's experiences of poverty are all very different and unique. We work with people to give them the individual and intensive support they need. As the challenges are all different, the responses have to be different and work for them."
Oxfam said it is not just looking at what people do not have but what they have - from community and family to education and qualifications so they can "tailor an approach".
Although only 12 jobs have been created by the Dove project so far, Mr Hemsley said they faced tackling issues of long term unemployment, sometimes with poor health or basic education issues in the background.
He said the projects were a step towards transforming people.
"It helps restore people's confidence," he said.
"If you're constantly concentrating on their negatives, people can get stuck in those ruts, so we believe this can make a difference and help people with how they see themselves as individuals."
Tim Ashill is studying English, maths and IT at the Dove.
He now helps out two days a week at a woodworking project making products by up cycling wood - from benches to puppets for schools and nursing homes.
"It's to give me confidence; it's helped with depression, especially the woodwork - it's nice to work with wood, it's peaceful doing it, it's therapeutic. The courses are also there for future employment when the time's right.
"I'd like to do something with the community and whatever work I get I'd like to be doing some kind of community work because by doing this project I've met so many people I wouldn't have met otherwise."
UN envoy Martin Kobler described the deal as historic, saying Libya had "turned a page" in efforts to achieve reconciliation and stability.
However, the heads of the rival parliaments failed to sign the deal because of major disagreements.
Armed groups which control much of Libya were not part of the talks.
Libya has been in chaos since the 2011 overthrow of long-serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi by Nato-backed forces.
It has two rival governments, one based in the main city, Tripoli, and the other about 1,000km (620 miles) away in the port city of Tobruk.
The signing draws a line under a 14-month political process that gained more prominence in recent months because of the large influx of refugees and migrants to Europe, and the growing threat of Islamic State militancy in the country.
Diplomats put extra pressure on the Libyan delegates in recent weeks because in order to address those issues they need a single government to work with.
Some observers sounded alarm bells ahead of the signing, cautioning that it could further divide Libya if it did not include all the key players - and not everyone was present at the ceremony in Morocco.
A security plan to protect the new unity government - which at the moment only exists on paper - is crucial, and this does not exist.
This latest step is a huge gamble.
It could yet prove to be a springboard for a wider agreement that eventually unites Libya.
But if it fails, it may lead the country into a darker spiral of violence over legitimacy and control.
Amid the turmoil, the country has become a major departure point for some of the thousands of migrants travelling to Europe from Africa.
There is also international concern that the militant so-called Islamic State (IS) group is taking advantage of the instability to expand inside Libya.
Mr Kobler said the new government would have to tackle the dire humanitarian situation in Libya, and fight IS and other jihadi groups.
"You must not forget that this is the beginning of a difficult journey. There is a critical need for national reconciliation [in Libya]," he told the rival politicians.
Around 80 of the 188 members of the Tobruk-based parliament and 50 of the 136 rival lawmakers in Tripoli signed the deal, the AFP news agency quotes participants as saying.
On Tuesday, the heads of the two parliaments, Agila Salah of Tobruk and Nouri Abusahmen of Tripoli, said they had not authorized anyone to sign the agreement on their behalf.
Mr Salah pleaded for more time, warning that "acting hastily would lead to more problems in the future".
Mr Abusahmen said "we will not accept foreign intervention against the will of the Libyan people" referring to the UN-backed deal.
The two leaders met for the first time in Malta on Tuesday.
Mr Salah's parliament is internationally recognised, and based itself in Tobruk after being driven out of Tripoli.
The 30-year-old has suffered an injury-ravaged career since winning the world title in 2011 when he was already European and Commonwealth champion.
Greene is now focusing on the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
"London is off the cards, I'm hoping to race towards the end of the year to qualify for the Commonwealth Games," Greene told BBC Sport Wales.
Greene picked up two fourth-place finishes at the London 2012 Olympics in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay.
"I finished my season pretty early last year because my groin was giving me problems," he explained.
"I was doing rehab between October and December and had my groin scanned again in January. It had got worse and they had to strip it right back.
"Perhaps in the past I might have tried to push through the pain. Because I am older in my career I want to make sure I have a good few years. So I have to look after myself in the short term over the next six months.
"It is disappointing but it's the hand I have been dealt."
Greene says that "I still want to get back to the level I was," despite his injury problems.
"I have had a bad hand over the last couple of years and this is the last thing that needs to be sorted," he added.
"Once I was told the news I wouldn't be racing this summer, I was so distraught for a few weeks.
"That made me realise how much I still wanted to be part of the sport at the highest level. So I am still training, doing my thing and looking to get back to the form of a few years ago."
Greene was not helped after UK Athletics withdrew his funding last November for the 2017 season.
But the Llanelli hurdler insisted he could overcome the financial issues.
"The main benefit of having the funding was to get the access to the physiotherapists who are at Loughborough where I am based," said Greene.
"It just means I have to find other people out of the system or see the same people but out of the set hours."
The 28-year-old, who has over 100 Premiership appearances to his name, spent the summer playing in Ohio before beginning his trial last month.
Director of rugby Dean Richards said: "We are delighted to have been able to bring him on board full time.
"He is a quality player, he knows this league very well and we look forward to working with him on a permanent basis."
Waldouck came off the replacements bench in Saturday's 58-5 thrashing at Bath.
The Falcons return to action on Sunday when they host Leicester Tigers.
The 30-year-old, who denied the charge and can appeal, has been fined £1,250 and must complete an education course.
The incident occurred in the 71st minute of a League Two game against AFC Wimbledon on 19 March.
"The player was alleged to have used abusive and/or insulting words contrary to Rule E3(1)," an FA statement said.
"It was further alleged that this was an 'aggravated breach' as defined by Rule E3(2) as it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race.
"The charge, which the player denied, was found proven following an Independent Regulatory Commission."
Flinders has also been warned about his future conduct.
Mr Amiridis, 59, went missing three days ago after travelling to Rio from Brasilia for the traditional New Year celebrations on Copacabana beach.
He was last seen on Monday in the city of Nova Iguacu on the outskirts of Rio, where the car was found.
Forensic experts are carrying out tests to establish the body's identity.
The ambassador's car was discovered under a flyover on one of the main access roads to Rio.
He had phoned his wife from a flat in Nova Iguacu on Monday saying he was about to go out. He has not been heard from since.
Police say it is unlikely that he was kidnapped, as no ransom has been sought.
Rio has a high crime rate and violent incidents are not unusual, especially in the busy season between Christmas and New Year, when hundreds of thousands of tourists travel to the city.
The pair, named in court as Gillian Phillips and David Oakes, were discovered in Bentfield Gardens, Stansted Mountfitchet, at 23:00 BST on Wednesday.
Investigations suggested they had been stabbed, Essex Police said.
Brett Rogers, of Bentfield Gardens, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court earlier.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on 27 July.
Post-mortem examinations are due to take place on the bodies of the man and woman, who were not related.
Detectives are still searching for a murder weapon and said the cordon around the property would remain in place "for the next few days".
Last year, more than 1,000 schools across the UK took part in this diversity award-winning project.
Students reported on a range of issues, from social media addiction to why dancing is not just for girls and how Muslim women can wear the hijab. Some even interviewed leading politicians.
Using lesson plans and materials from this website, teachers help their pupils develop students' journalistic skills so they can report on the stories that matter to them and make their voices heard.
The project culminates on School Report News Day - this year to be held on Thursday 10 March 2016 - where all schools taking part produce stories and publish them on their school websites.
There are four Practice News Days - the last one will be on Tuesday 9 February (also Safer Internet Day) - for schools that wish to have a trial run.
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The lender's third quarter cash profit for the three months to the end of March was about 2.2bn Australian dollars ($1.74bn; £1.15bn).
CBA said the flat result was due to higher regulatory costs.
But analysts said the bank may still deliver a record full-year cash profit.
The lender's net profit for its third quarter was also approximately $A2.2bn.
Many Australian banks use a cash profit result rather than net profit as their preferred performance measure. The cash profit numbers strip out one-off items, including those that may introduce distortions to a bank's performance in a given period.
CBA's first-half cash profits posted earlier this year came in at 4.62bn Australian dollars, 8% up from the same period a year earlier.
CBA's figures were unaudited and came with limited information, but they follow disappointing half-year figures from rival Westpac.
They also follow half-year results from ANZ, which were described by analysts as a welcome relief after the disappointing Westpac numbers.
National Australia Bank, which is the country's number one lender by assets, is also expected to file its half-year results this week.
National Australia Bank, Westpac, ANZ and CBA make up the so-called big four lenders in Australia.
They are regarded as highly profitable and came out of the global financial crisis relatively unhurt.
However, there are concerns that Australia's big lenders rely too heavily on their home lending businesses.
In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, CBA said its home lending volume growth "continued to track slightly below system", but that growth in household deposits was "particularly strong" in the quarter.
The country's big lenders are also facing increased regulatory controls amid rising property prices.
In a report published last year, Australian lenders were told they needed to hold more capital to be able to survive future financial crises.
The Financial System Inquiry report singled out bank competition, increased capital levels and inefficient taxes for reform.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the country's central bank, cut its key interest rate on Tuesday by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 2%, with rising property prices in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, one of the reasons for the cut.
A strong currency and a drop in iron ore prices were also among the reasons for the cut, which is the second this year, following a previous 25 basis point cut in February.
There were 464,824 new car registrations, a rise of 17.7% on a year earlier.
The sales figure was also the second-highest on record since the introduction of twice-yearly car registrations in 1999.
In the three months to March car sales rose 13.7% to 688,122, the SMMT added.
March is typically the busiest month in the year - accounting for almost a fifth of all car sales annually.
The month also saw the biggest-ever rise in sales of alternatively-fuelled vehicles, with sales soaring 63.8% compared with a year earlier, to 8,713.
Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said the "surprisingly strong level of growth" in sales was a reflection of intensifying consumer confidence.
"Given the past six years of subdued economic performance across the UK, there is still a substantial margin of pent-up demand that is contributing to a strong new and used car market," he added.
"We expect the market to continue to perform positively for the rest of the year, albeit at a more modest rate."
And Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said the March sales figures were "extremely good news for the car industry".
He said they gave a "significant boost" to the UK's overall economic growth prospects for the first three months of the year.
Nicola Sturgeon told a gathering of party faithful in Glasgow that a shake-up was needed to bring positive change.
She also said it was time to abolish the House of Lords where members are paid "£300 a day for just showing up".
Voters throughout the UK go to the polls on 7 May to decide who will be their next MP.
The latest polls indicate the SNP is on course to winning most of Scotland's 59 Westminster seats and that Labour and Conservative would fail to win an overall majority in the House of Commons.
This has led to suggestions the nationalist could play a power broker's role in the event of a hung parliament.
Ms Sturgeon said in her keynote address to the SNP's spring conference: "I think I can safely say that we do still want Scotland to be independent.
"But at this general election - with the power of the big parties weaker than ever before - I say this to people of progressive opinion all across the UK.
"As long as Scotland remains part of the Westminster system, we will be your allies in seeking to shake up and reform that outdated and discredited system once and for all.
"Westminster needs to change. To be more responsive to the needs and demands of ordinary people, wherever they are in the UK.
"So to people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, I make this promise. The SNP stands ready to work with you in making that positive change for all of us."
The politician pledged that if there were a hung parliament, SNP MPs would vote to "stop a Tory government even getting off the ground".
Ms Sturgeon then set a challenge to Labour to "match" her pledge and "join forces with a vote of confidence to "lock David Cameron out of Downing Street".
She went on: "If Labour fails to make that commitment, the only conclusion people will draw is that Labour would rather have the Tories back in power than work with the SNP.
"And that will be the final nail in the political coffin of Scottish Labour.
"So I challenge Labour today to join us in opposing austerity - not in words, but in their spending plans.
"And if they won't, I serve notice now that we will use our influence in the House of Commons to force them to abandon the needless pain of Tory cuts."
Despite the SNP's good showing in the polls, Ms Sturgeon reminded those gathered that the party's biggest success at a general election was in 1974 when it won 11 seats.
She said: "So the next time you read the polls, remember this - any seat we manage to win beyond 11 will be record breaking for the SNP.
"But just as we will take nothing for granted, nor will we set any limit on our ambition.
"The more seats we win for the SNP, the louder Scotland's voice is going to be."
Elsewhere in the conference speech, the MSP and first minister of Scotland pledged to;
A 2010 report found £135m must be spent annually on defences by 2035 just to maintain the current level of risk.
Councils across Wales are now planning for a "managed retreat".
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said it was not currently part of Welsh government policy.
But BBC Wales' Week In Week Out has found local authorities around Wales are already making preparations.
Fairbourne, in Gwynedd, is expected to enter into managed retreat in 2025. It is one of around 50 communities listed as being in such areas in the next 45 years.
More than 400 homes are expected to be abandoned in the village by 2055 as part of that policy.
Resident Sonia Norton, 83, said: "Ten years will probably see me out and it's not good for the future, for Fairbourne as a thriving community, because it will stop people buying in here.
"The people already here will probably just last it out."
Murray Dods, who runs Fairbourne Railway, said: "Any kind of policy that declares that there is a cut-off point is inevitably going to make house values in the area drop.
"Who'd buy a house in a place that they know isn't going to be there in 20 years' time? At some stage somebody's going to make themselves very unpopular by saying 'no more'."
The advice to retreat from some communities comes from Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs), which draw up a future strategy based on the state of existing defences, the economic importance of the area and information on sea level rises.
Gwynedd council adopted its SMP last year and has accepted that in the long term it cannot continue to defend Fairbourne.
"The plan is trying to sustain the position in the short term, but in the long term we will have to have that managed retreat," Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said.
"I recognise that people are going to be in a very, very difficult position. We cannot leave them on their own, we have to support them in the future," he added.
One of the main factors leading to the decision is the rise of sea levels.
Mike Phillips, professor of coastal geomorphology at University of Wales Trinity St David, said science was against low-lying villages such as Fairbourne.
"Sea levels are rising. It means the cost of defending this place will be too high," he said.
"As a coastal scientist, I think it is right to consider managed retreat as an option because we cannot afford to continually defend our coastline."
But Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies insisted the Welsh government was not considering managed retreat at present.
"At the moment managed retreat is not actually a part of our policy approach," he said.
"But your basic point that you can't do everything, everywhere and you can't fund everything, everywhere is absolutely correct."
A 2010 report by Natural Resources Wales' predecessor body, Environment Agency Wales, found £135m needed to be spent annually on flood and coastal defences by 2035 just to maintain the current level of risk.
Building more defences, in order to take people out of flood risk areas, would increase that spending to £170m a year by 2035, the report said.
Civil engineer Jaap Flikweert advised the US Army Corps of Engineers on safer defences for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
He said it was important to plan ahead of potential disasters to avoid putting people's lives at risk in the future.
"If you see it coming, take the time - use the time - of a generation to make that change," he said.
Week in Week Out is on BBC One Wales, Tuesday, 11 February at 22:35 GMT
But as with much that has taken place over the past two and a half months, Mr Sanchez's plea is essentially mere choreography as he has only managed to do a deal with the centrist Ciudadanos party, while alienating the anti-austerity, left-wing Podemos.
The Socialist Party (PSOE) came second to the conservative Popular Party (PP) in December's inconclusive elections.
Alone, neither of the two new parties in parliament can give the PSOE an absolute majority, although Podemos offered a glimmer of hope of cobbling together a workable minority government with smaller left-wing groups and the acquiescence of Basque and Catalan nationalists.
There is no hope that Mr Sanchez will be assisted by the PP, which still has the rudder of the country in its possession until a new government can be formed.
Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy points to the fact that he won December's elections and it is Mr Sanchez who is refusing to negotiate a triple alliance of the PP, the PSOE and Ciudadanos that would keep the conservative leader in power.
Partido Popular (Popular Party, PP): Centre-right party of Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in power since December 2011 but lost its majority in 2015
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE): Centre-left party, led by Pedro Sanchez, in power alternately with PP since 1982
Podemos: Left-wing party founded in 2014 by university professor Pablo Iglesias
Ciudadanos (Citizens): Centrist party formed in Catalonia in 2006 opposing Catalan independence before going national in 2013, led by Albert Rivera
Mr Sanchez's speech felt like the start of what could be a long electoral campaign, until the possible ballot date of 26 June comes around.
The Socialist reeled off the potential benefits of "change" - the key word in his speech - according to the manifesto for government signed by the PSOE and Ciudadanos, including:
"All of these things can be set in motion next week," Mr Sanchez repeated on several occasions, looking at Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. "The parties of change" must come together, he added.
The message was the Socialists have understood the urgent need for reform in a country wracked by 21% unemployment and a political system plagued by corruption and they have been prepared to negotiate a better deal with political adversaries.
According to Mr Sanchez, the inflexibility of Podemos, which broke off talks with the PSOE when its accord with Ciudadanos was announced last week, means the legislature may last only until the deadline of 3 May.
"Real dialogue means taking the risk of being convinced," Mr Sanchez said, ending his address by saying that, win or lose, he was proud to have tried to unblock the political impasse.
Sitting in Spain's Congress, under a painting called The Embrace, last Wednesday, Mr Sanchez and Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera explained the basis of an agreement some commentators described as beautiful but useless.
Both sides have ceded ground:
While its 200 proposals are often short on specifics, the "embrace agreement" is clearly an attempt to occupy a large swathe of the political spectrum, from the centre to the centre-left.
This leaves Podemos exposed as a stubbornly radical group not prepared to ease up on its demands for a massive tax-and-spend campaign to tackle poverty and a referendum on independence in Catalonia.
Mr Sanchez, who faces a possible leadership challenge in party primaries this spring, has chosen to embrace a party of moderation rather than succumb to a bear hug from the pony-tailed Mr Iglesias, who brought Podemos to within a whisker of overtaking the PSOE in December and has said he does not fear fresh elections.
As no-one finds the solution to Spain's fragmentation, the blame game has begun in earnest.
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Their study will suggest the body's own immune system could be attacking brain cells of those genetically susceptible.
It builds on global studies identifying 30 genes linked to the disease.
About 45,000 people in Wales are thought to be living with dementia, with Alzheimer's the most common form of the illness.
For years, scientists have been looking at a small number of genes which apply to very rare forms of Alzheimer's but they have been trying to find the ones which apply to more common forms of the disease.
To do that, they need to study of the genes of far greater numbers of people.
Forty research groups led by scientists in Cardiff, France and the United States have been working more closely together and have now pooled a worldwide database of 90,000 samples.
45,000
people with Alzheimer's disease
100,000 numbers estimated to have dementia by 2055
25,000 estimated to be living with dementia but undiagnosed
£1.4bn estimated cost to Welsh society of Alzheimer's a year
"We're about to submit a paper that is enormously exciting and which I think will really change, without a doubt, what we think of Alzheimer's disease going forward," Professor Julie Williams, head of the research team at Cardiff University, said.
"Over the last five or six years we've been successful in identifying 30 genes that increase - or decrease - your risk for Alzheimer's disease.
"Now this is telling us what some of the major components in disease development are. It's new, it's exciting; it's a different perspective on what Alzheimer's disease is."
A lot of dementia research over the last two decades has been looking at a few elements in brain behaviour such as amyloid plaques - the tangles that occur within the neurons.
Prof Williams said now they were looking at something different - backed by genetics - which is the immune response in those people who go on to develop Alzheimer's disease.
"Our immune response is about how the brain keeps us safe, it's about getting rid of things which might invade the brain, getting rid of nerve cells and bits that go wrong," she said.
"It has a very complicated set of activities and some of those are actually, I think, dismantling the brain at its roots."
One of these involves a pruning function which is quite normal and helps our brains develop as we grow.
But now scientists believe it is triggered again in some people as they get older and actually eats away at synapsis [connections between nerve cells] and brain cells.
Researchers will also look at how factors such as lifestyle and exercise could play a part.
"If we can understand how that happens we can then possibly have preventive treatments or therapies for people who have the disease," Prof Williams said.
HOW SUPER SCANNERS WILL HELP RESEARCH
Cardiff University's range of scanners at its new £44m brain imaging research centre Cubric will be used in the research.
It includes Europe's most powerful brain scanner - which has been described as the "Hubble telescope of neuroscience".
One research project is targeting 180 people in the Cardiff area, aged between 40 to 60, to help study the genetic risks of Alzheimer's and how issues like lifestyle and obesity interact.
Volunteers will be given MRI scans as well as having blood and saliva samples taken.
Cardiff University is also looking for volunteers for research into early onset dementia.
Meanwhile scientists in Bangor have developed new ways of helping individuals develop new skills or re-learn skills they have lost, and lead projects allowing patients to create visual art.
They are looking into ways to communicate with patients who have lost the ability to speak.
Prof Williams said: "It's great people are living longer, it's something to celebrate but it means there will be more disease out there and Alzheimer's and dementia will be up at the top of that list unfortunately."
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Scientists in Cardiff say they are on the verge of an "enormously exciting" breakthrough in understanding the causes of Alzheimer's disease.
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Fourth seed Muguruza won 7-5 6-4 to make amends for losing last year's Wimbledon final against Williams.
The 22-year-old is Spain's first female champion at Roland Garros since Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in 1998.
Williams, 34, had hoped to win a 22nd Grand Slam singles title and tie Steffi Graf's Open-era record.
"I'm so, so excited - to play in a Grand Slam against one of the best players, it's the perfect final," Muguruza said.
"I'm so happy. I had to be very ready and concentrated on all the points and just to fight as much as I can.
"All the matches I've played against her helped me. It's our favourite tournament in Spain and I want to thank all my Spanish supporters."
Williams had reached the final despite reportedly struggling with a thigh problem, but the defending champion began in terrific form, moving freely as she made the early running.
It was all Muguruza could do to hang on, a forehand and an ace seeing off early break points, and it was Williams who faltered first by dropping serve with a double fault at 2-2.
With both players hitting huge groundstrokes and vying for control of the rallies, Williams looked to have gained the upper hand with three games in a row taking her 5-4 in front.
However, Muguruza played a nerveless service game to stay in the set and then clinched it with some wonderful hitting down both tram lines.
The second set began with three breaks of serve but it was still Muguruza who was dictating, another stunning forehand into the corner moving her into a 3-1 lead.
Muguruza was prepared to concede double-faults - her tally ending up at nine - to keep Williams at bay on her second serve and it proved a successful tactic.
Williams could not fashion a break point in the latter stages of the second set and did well to fend off four match points on her own serve in game nine.
Muguruza remained rock solid, however, finally converting on her own serve with a lob that caught both players by surprise, before the Spaniard fell to the clay in celebration.
Williams suffered only her sixth defeat in 27 Grand Slam finals stretching back to 1999, but did not blame her injury issues.
"It was OK," she said. "I'm not one to ever make excuses and say, like, 'Oh, my adductor was hurting,' or whatever.
"At the end of the day I didn't play the game I needed to play to win and she did. Adductor or not, she played to win.
"She won the first set by one point. I mean, that just goes to show you that you really have to play the big points well, and she played the big points really well.''
The American has now missed out in three consecutive Grand Slams, and will head to Wimbledon later this month looking to defend her title and finally land a 22nd major.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
"Grand Slam singles champions born in the 1990s are no longer unique. Muguruza emulated Petra Kvitova's achievement by winning here at the age of 22, which is very young by modern standards.
"She has the big serve, lethal power from the baseline, and showed a cool head and a strong heart to close out the match after Williams had saved those four championship points. Players are developing the belief to beat the world number one, but a semi-final and two finals from the last three Grand Slams show Williams is far from done yet."
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Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat world number one Serena Williams in straight sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.
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Australia skipper George Bailey smashed three sixes in his 49 off 20 balls, taking 26 off the final over from Jade Dernbach as his team posted 195-6.
In the 5-0 Test series defeat, Australia scored 3,189 runs for the loss of 77 wickets. England scored 2,158 and lost all 100 wickets.
In the 4-1 ODI series defeat, Australia scored 1,291 runs in losing 35 wickets, England scored 1,340 runs but lost 42 wickets.
In the 3-0 Twenty20 series defeat, Australia scored 539 runs and lost 12 wickets, England scored 441 runs and lost 28 wickets.
Eoin Morgan hit two sixes in his 34 but the next highest was 14 as England were all out for 111 in the 18th over.
Their tour record against Australia finished: played 13, lost 12, won one.
There have been many dismal moments for England down under but on day 104 there were new depths to descend to, with certainly no British medal-winning performances at the well-populated Olympic Stadium, staging an international for only the third time.
As has so often been the case, it was not disastrous throughout, with only 24 coming in the first four overs from Stuart Broad and T20 debutant Chris Jordan after Bailey chose to bat.
But Aaron Finch was dropped on eight by Jordan off Tim Bresnan and swiftly swished three sixes, Ben Stokes conceding 23 from his opening two overs in his first appearance of the series.
Ben Cutting, in only his third T20 international, demonstrated that he was another Australia batsman capable of authentic, powerful strokeplay to all parts of the ground and Stokes was dispatched for two more sixes when he returned for a third over.
What a complete mockery this is. I feel sorry for the fans, as everyone wanted to see some competitive cricket. England are in disarray. Should they put this tour to the back of their minds, or break down exactly what went wrong?
Joe Root, the only spin option, ended a partnership of 53 in five overs with a superb one handed return catch to dismiss Cutting for 29.
Jordan had Cameron White caught down the leg-side in the following over, and in the next, Broad struck twice, including the wicket of Twenty20 cricket's highest run-scorer Brad Hodge, the 39-year-old top-edging to fine-leg.
But Wade was dropped by Ravi Bopara on four and he proceeded to add 56 from the final four overs with Bailey.
It was the astute captain who caused the most disruption, however, destroying Dernbach with some inspired, inventive hitting.
The much-maligned seamer's first three overs in the middle of the innings had gone for a respectable 23 runs but Bailey picked all of his variations and found the gaps in the field.
Piercing the field was not always necessary, a slower ball bouncer swotted in tennis forearm fashion over long-off and the next ball launched over long-on to take the total number of maximums to 13 in the innings, and Dernbach's figures for the series to 1-141 from 11 overs.
In contrast, England's batsmen managed to find the fielders with unerring regularity, losing 3-14 in 14 deliveries to leave Morgan with a requirement of 171 from 15 overs when he came to the crease at number five.
The left-hander played an impish flicked sweep off the medium pace of Dan Christian to bring up the 50 in the eighth over, but wickets continued to fall and in the 13th over he was the sixth man to depart when Mitchell Starc took a fine low catch rushing in from deep mid-wicket.
Bopara's dismissal rather summed things up, a huge swipe thudding into his pad and the ball trickling into the stumps to remove one bail, and perhaps inevitably the tour finished with a farcical run out after a mid-pitch mix-up.
Had the international matches been played under the points system used in the Women's Ashes, Australia's winning margin would have been 44-2.
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The slow pitch in Durban didn't really do him any favours but he bowled an immaculate line and length to pick up 3-16 as England reduced South Africa to 137-4.
Broad really has blossomed into a supreme competitor - he relishes the challenge of bowling sides out and he has the skill and control to do so.
There was one extraordinary over that he bowled to Dean Elgar where he went round the wicket, over the wicket, round, over, but each ball was bang on the spot - that's not easy to do and it just shows the absolute mastery he has over the cricket ball.
Thank goodness he has shaken off that ridiculous 'enforcer' tag - there's no need to bowl bouncers; a good, probing line and length can be just as hostile.
In fact, I thought England's attack as a whole demonstrated that principle.
Without banging it in short, they looked more penetrative and hungry than the South African attack, and that's why, if I were to give anyone the upper hand at this stage of the match, I would have to give it to England.
I'm a great supporter of Alastair Cook as England captain but I do think he missed a trick by not reviewing Ben Stokes' lbw appeal against Elgar.
As we know, had England reviewed, the not-out decision would have been overturned and Elgar wouldn't be unbeaten on 67 overnight.
Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I did think it was a little odd at the time - England had both reviews left, but we didn't even see a huddle form as you usually do in these situations. Cook must have thought Elgar hit it, as umpire Aleem Dar probably did, but Stokes was absolutely convinced.
All in all it was a pretty frustrating day for Stokes, who also had what I thought was a perfectly legitimate catch off AB de Villiers given not out.
As far as I'm concerned it was cleanly taken - we all know the two-dimensional cameras of the review system can't be relied upon for those decisions, so it's disappointing that the umpire didn't have the conviction to give it out on the field.
England's total of 303 was underpinned by Nick Compton's measured 85 - and unlike some, I have absolutely no qualms about the sedate nature of his innings.
Yes, he batted slowly, but I thought he played really well - he came in with England having a huge amount to do and held the innings together. It's not the sort of pitch where you can thrash the ball about. It's a slow pitch and it's all about survival and you've got to play with a certain amount of caution.
That's not to say there's no room for improvement - you can always look to be busier or run a few more singles - but overall I think he can feel extremely proud of his effort, and unlucky not to score a century.
His 85 runs could be hugely valuable for England. South Africa have got quite a timorous batting line-up, and if England bowl them out quickly tomorrow, they could put themselves in an excellent position to set up victory.
I wouldn't want to be chasing more than 250 batting last on this pitch.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's James Gheerbrant.
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Badreddine's death near Damascus airport was announced on Friday and initially blamed on Israel, Hezbollah's chief enemy.
Badreddine was believed to have run all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011.
Thousands of Hezbollah troops are supporting President Bashar al-Assad.
This has pitted it against several groups of anti-Assad rebels - from so-called Islamic State (IS) to the al-Nusra Front.
Without naming any group, the Hezbollah statement said: "Investigations have showed that the explosion, which targeted one of our bases near Damascus International Airport, and which led to the martyrdom of commander Mustafa Badreddine, was the result of artillery bombardment carried out by takfiri groups in the area."
Takfiri is used to describe militants who believe Muslim society has reverted to a state of non-belief.
However, the BBC's Arab Affairs Editor Sebastian Usher says questions still remain over Badreddine's death.
A monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there had been no recorded shelling or firing in the area for more than a week, although Hezbollah has not said when Badreddine died.
Many political assassinations involving Lebanese and Syrian political figures have remained unsolved, our correspondent says.
Obituary: Mustafa Badreddine
Profile: Lebanon's Hezbollah
Who stands accused of Hariri killing?
The Lebanese Shia Islamist movement has played a major role in helping Iran, its main military and financial backer, to prop up the government of President Assad since the uprising erupted in 2011.
Thousands of Hezbollah fighters are assisting government forces on battlefields across Syria, particularly those near the Lebanese border, and hundreds are believed to have been killed.
The Hezbollah statement said Badreddine's death "will increase our determination... to continue the fight against these criminal gangs and defeat them".
Born in 1961, Badreddine is believed to have been a senior figure in Hezbollah's military wing. He was a cousin and brother-in-law of Imad Mughniyeh, who was the military wing's chief until his assassination by car bomb in Damascus in 2008.
According to one report, a Hezbollah member interrogated by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), described Badreddine as "more dangerous" than Mughniyeh, who was "his teacher in terrorism".
They are alleged to have worked together on the October 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut that killed 241 people.
Badreddine is reported to have sat on Hezbollah's Shura Council and served as an adviser to the group's overall leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The group was established in the wake of the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in the early 1980s, and has called for the "obliteration" of Israel.
Badreddine was also charged with masterminding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.
An indictment from the ongoing Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague details Badreddine's role in bombings in Kuwait in 1983, that targeted the French and US embassies and other facilities, and killed six people.
He was sentenced to death over the attacks, but later escaped from prison.
Correction: An earlier version of this article wrongly said in a picture caption that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah attended Badreddine's funeral. This mistake resulted from an agency error.
Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, said that a rise of 2p-3p a litre was on the cards.
He said the plunge in the value of the pound against the dollar would have an immediate impact, as wholesale fuel prices are quoted in dollars.
The rises were likely to be implemented on forecourts next week, he said.
That was because the increase would apply to some deliveries made from this weekend.
Motoring organisation the AA took a similar view. It said: "Assuming that current market conditions persist over the next 10 to 14 days, the price of petrol at some fuel stations might be expected to rise by 2.25p a litre, or £1.25 a tank."
Some suppliers may have hedged their exposure to currency fluctuations, which would delay any increases.
If the pound strengthens again, the impact on the cost of fuel would be diminished, and any weakening in the oil price would also help drivers.
The substitute steered a header home on 85 minutes to give Anna Signeul's squad a boost ahead of the tournament opener against England on 19 July.
Scotland captain Gemma Fay, winning her 200th cap, made a strong save to deny Megan Connelly.
But the hosts did most of the pressing and were rewarded by Murray's goal.
The Scots, preparing to make their debut at a major finals in the Netherlands, will also meet Portugal (23 July) and Spain (27 July) in Group D.
The visitors arrived at Stark's Park with five wins from their previous six games and were well organised in defence, sitting deep and allowing Scotland lots of possession.
Leanne Ross and Frankie Brown had early glimpses of goal for the hosts but it took until 27 minutes for Fiona Brown to test Ireland keeper Marie Hourihan with a fierce shot from 22 yards.
Minutes later, Hayley Lauder was denied when Harriet Scott blocked with a extended leg. The same player then cleared from Caroline Weir's bending corner kick.
With three minutes remaining in the first half, Hourihan made the save of the match, clawing away a looping header from Erin Cuthbert.
The second half, punctuated by several substitutions, saw Brown and Lauder capitalising on Ireland errors to cause problems down the left wing.
But it was the Scotland defence that suddenly looked vulnerable and goalkeeper Fay was left alone to keep out a forceful Connelly strike.
Lana Clelland set up Cuthburt to shoot wide as Signeul's team began to pin a tiring Ireland back in the latter stages.
A series of half-chances were spurned before Murray dashed into a good position and slipped a neat header past the grasping hand of Hourihan to send Scotland off to the Netherlands in good spirits.
Scotland head coach Anna Signeul: "We got out of it what we wanted. We wanted to have a really tough game. They were very well organised, very hard to break down.
"We didn't expect to get so much time on the ball and that slowed us down a little bit. It didn't give us much room in behind.
"We needed to be creative and we needed to find solutions to try break them down or open them up. We had some great chances in the first half and some great shots on goal.
"We have worked a lot on defence and I think we still need to do a little bit on small details here and there. Work on set prices and things like that."
The draft see the NFL's 32 teams choose the best players from American college football teams across seven rounds.
As the league's worst-performing side last season, Cleveland were given the first pick and chose 21-year-old Garrett from Texas A&M.
British-born Obi Melifonwu is yet to be selected, with six rounds to come.
Melifonwu, 23, who moved to America aged three, was considered a fringe first-round prospect and should be selected on Friday when the second round begins, while fellow Londoner Jermaine Eluemunor could also be a day two pick.
The draft takes place up until Saturday with a total of 253 selections due to be made.
An estimated 70,000 football fans attended Thursday's first round outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The big surprise of the night came with the second pick of the first round when the Chicago Bears, who were due to have the third pick, traded with the San Francisco 49ers to leapfrog them and select quarterback Mitchell Trubisky from North Carolina.
TJ Onwuanibe, a 14-year-old from Baltimore, who is in remission after battling a rare form of brain cancer, was chosen to announce the Baltimore Ravens' pick of Marlon Humphrey.
UCLA's Takkarist McKinley, who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons, walked on stage with a picture of his grandmother, who he then dedicated his achievements to. McKinley was raised by his grandmother Myrtle who died in 2011.
He said: "I told her, before she passed away, I was going to win my dream. 'I'm going to get out of Oakland, I'm going to go to the NFL.'
"I made that promise to her. Thirty seconds later she passed away. And it's who I do it for, it's who I do it for."
They have put a sample of the familiar gas under so much pressure that it takes on a previously unseen solid crystalline form.
The team tells the journal Nature that this phase may be just a step away from so-called metallic hydrogen.
Predicted 80 years ago, this exotic substance could lead to ultra-fast computers and even super rocket fuel.
"We think we've reached a state of the material that is probably the precursor to metallic hydrogen," explained Ross Howie, formerly at Edinburgh University but now based in China.
"If you compare what we've observed experimentally with what's theoretically predicted for metallic hydrogen - they're very strong similarities between the two," he told the BBC's Science In Action programme.
The group used a set-up called a diamond anvil cell to compress its sample of molecular hydrogen.
This apparatus is essentially two gems that have been placed in opposition to each other.
Their polished tips, comparable in size to the width of a human hair, are made to press into a cavity containing the sample.
"The volume of hydrogen we use is about a micron cubed - a size that is on the order of a red blood cell," said the Nature paper's lead author, Philip Dalladay-Simpson, from Edinburgh's Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions.
"We use brute force - a large lever arm. We apply about a tonne of force on the back of the diamonds to generate huge pressures inside the cell."
In their experiments, the scientists are able to achieve in excess of 350 gigapascals (3.5 million atmospheres) at room temperature. These pressures are not dissimilar to what would be experienced at the centre of the Earth.
The big squeeze on the molecules of hydrogen gas turns them first into a liquid and then into a solid.
As the pressure gets ever more intense, the atoms in the hydrogen molecules pack closer and closer together, and the electrical conductivity in the crystalline material increases.
Ultimately, the hydrogen atoms should stack so efficiently that their electrons become shared - just as in a metal.
However, the team does not quite see this phase, but rather something that is probably just short of it.
"This would be a mixed structure of different layers, where you might get a layer of hydrogen molecules followed by an atomic layer, and these alternate," said Dr Howie, who is now affiliated to the Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research in Beijing.
The work puts new constraints on where the full metallic hydrogen phase might exist: possibly below 450 gigapascals at room temperature.
The ambient temperature is very significant, because if metallic hydrogen can ultimately be produced this way it opens the door potentially to a new type of perfect (zero resistance) conductor - a material to boost the performance of next-generation computers.
"It's been predicted that metallic hydrogen could be a room-temperature superconductor, which is still yet to be achieved with any material," said Dr Howie.
"However, because we are playing with such small quantities, the practical applications at this stage are not clear."
Another prediction for metallic hydrogen suggests it could form the basis of a super fuel, producing substantially more thrust than the standard super-chilled hydrogen used in today's rockets.
Scientists are also fascinated by metallic hydrogen because they think it may account for a large fraction of the internal composition of planets such as Jupiter.
The high pressures and temperatures that exist several thousand kilometres below the gas giant's cloud surface are believed to produce a fluid form of metallic hydrogen. Movement in this electrically conducting liquid is very likely the source of the world's colossal magnetic field.
Nasa has a probe called Juno arriving at the planet later this year to investigate the possibility.
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Warnock said Thursday's match was his last in charge, with Burton Albion boss Hasselbaink his replacement.
"Jimmy will find it tough, but there's no reason why he can't be successful," Warnock said.
Onuoha profited from a mistake by Reading goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi to give Rangers victory in the last minute.
The centre-back had earlier missed a glorious chance from a close-range header after Charlie Austin had flicked the ball on.
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Nick Blackman had Reading's best chance when he hit the crossbar with a second-half free-kick.
Just as a game of limited quality and few chances looked set to end goalless, Onuoha rose at the back post to head in Alejandro Faurlin's deep corner.
Oman international Al-Habsi saw the ball squirm through his legs and across the line to secure victory for Warnock in his final game as interim boss.
Warnock, who took charge after Chris Ramsey was sacked on 4 November, said afterwards that his temporary reign was over.
Reading and QPR were both guilty of creating little quality in the final third.
Aside from Blackman's left-footed free-kick off the bar, Michael Hector headed chances from set-pieces wide in either half while substitute Hal Robson-Kanu screwed a left-foot effort wide from the edge of the area for the Royals.
Junior Hoilett had QPR's only other attempt on target with a tame left-foot shot in the first half.
Defeat sees Reading miss out on a return to the top six while QPR move to within two points of the play-off places.
QPR interim manager Neil Warnock: "It's been a difficult 24 hours as I didn't expect it to be my last game.
"It was quite strange today. I asked the players to give me everything they had and they did, they were magnificent.
"I'm off to Cornwall tomorrow and then we'll see what's around the corner in the next few weeks."
Reading manager Steve Clarke: "I understand the supporters are disappointed that we're not winning matches.
"If supporters direct anger at me, it means they're not directing at the players, so that's fine."
Match ends, Reading 0, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Second Half ends, Reading 0, Queens Park Rangers 1.
Foul by Leroy Fer (Queens Park Rangers).
Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Garath McCleary (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Goal! Reading 0, Queens Park Rangers 1. Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Faurlin with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Andrew Taylor.
Offside, Reading. Andrew Taylor tries a through ball, but Orlando Sá is caught offside.
James Perch (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Garath McCleary (Reading).
Attempt blocked. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Fer.
Foul by Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers).
Ali Al Habsi (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Orlando Sá.
Attempt blocked. Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Faurlin with a cross.
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Michael Hector.
Attempt missed. Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Garath McCleary with a through ball.
Substitution, Reading. Orlando Sá replaces Matej Vydra.
Substitution, Reading. Ola John replaces Nick Blackman.
Attempt missed. Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Charlie Austin with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Matthew Phillips (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Anton Ferdinand.
Attempt blocked. Tjaronn Chery (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Tjaronn Chery replaces Junior Hoilett.
Leroy Fer (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Anton Ferdinand (Reading).
Foul by Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers).
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Sandro (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Williams (Reading).
Substitution, Reading. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Álex Fernández.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Grant Hall.
Alejandro Faurlin (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Williams (Reading).
Offside, Reading. Michael Hector tries a through ball, but Matej Vydra is caught offside.
Foul by Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers).
Michael Hector (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Alejandro Faurlin (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Williams (Reading).
The culprits had been watching and waiting for an opportunity to make their move. The fact that the turtles were in a national park did not stop them.
Even more surprising was the fact that these turtles had been confiscated from smugglers not long ago to be released into the wild. But they were now back in the smugglers' hands.
This is the latest twist in the cat and mouse game between Taiwanese authorities and an increasingly wide and bold network of animal smugglers who have been tapping into the island's rich fauna to profit from its giant neighbour China's huge appetite for wild animals.
"We can't tell you where the rescued animals are kept; only a small number of staff know. Every time we tell the media, word gets out and we see break-ins," said section chief Lin Kuo-chang of the forestry bureau's wildlife conservation division.
In the past few years, Taiwan has seen a sharp spike in the number of animals smuggled to China.
Most of them are protected Chinese box turtles and yellow pond turtles.
From 2006 to 2013, more than 11,000 turtles were confiscated from smugglers. In Taiwan, each turtle sells for $30 (£18) but in China, they can fetch up to $200 (£124).
Last year saw an especially large number of confiscations: 7,010 turtles were confiscated by Taiwan's coast guard - more than any other year. If sold in China, they would be worth $1.4m (£8.7m).
What is driving the demand is Chinese people's increasing wealth and appetite for exotic cuisine, unusual pets and traditional Chinese medicine.
Turtles are the easiest target because they stand a better chance of surviving the smuggling process - they can go without food and water for longer periods of time compared to other animals. The turtles are also considered good luck charms that can bring fortune to their owners.
"Taiwanese people don't catch such turtles because they are considered auspicious. Taiwan's turtles can live for 50 years. But in the past 10 years, China has been collecting these turtles to eat or raise as investment treasures. They call them fung shui turtles," Mr Lin said.
Taiwan is an easy target because it's separated from mainland China by a body of water called the Taiwan Strait, only 130km (81 miles) wide in the narrowest part. And people on both sides speak the same language.
On top of that, Taiwan still has a sizable population of turtles, whereas the numbers in Japan were small to begin with. Mr Lin also said mass consumption in China nearly wiped out the species.
Contrary to previous decades when the Taiwanese smuggled animals from China because it was wealthier, the tables are now turned. They are now lured by the profits and are being recruited to help smuggle animals to China.
Residents in rural areas collect the animals - including snakes and rare birds - from the wild and sell them to middlemen.
Taiwanese fishermen are then hired to take the animals out to the Taiwan Strait and hand them over to Chinese boats waiting in the waters. Some turtles are smuggled in cargo ship containers.
How the smugglers work has also become common knowledge, one fisherman said.
"They contact each other by telephone, set up a place to meet and exchange the animals at sea. People do this because they are motivated by the profits," he said.
Inspections have also been stepped up.
Last December, 2,010 turtles were found hidden in the belly of a fishing boat when coast guards acting on a tipoff intercepted the boat at sea, near Taiwan's Suao fishing harbour.
In two other cases last year, 2,440 turtles were found in a boat at another harbour and another 2,621 turtles were confiscated from a truck about to take them onto a boat.
Despite a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and fines of up to NT$1.5m ($49,400; £30,650), the smugglers even steal rescued turtles from shelters including national parks and universities, where they are kept before being released into the wild.
That's why late last year the Taiwanese government set up a turtle conservation area in northern Taiwan - Asia's first for land turtles.
By releasing the animals into a large, unpopulated natural environment, officials hope to make it harder for smugglers to catch them.
But patrolling the area will be difficult. So they are taking other measures too, including rewarding people for tip offs, inspecting fishing boats and teaching the public to protect animals.
Not doing so could eventually harm the island's rich biodiversity.
Taiwan's tropical-to-temperate climate and topographies have endowed the island with a diverse array of fauna - including hundreds of species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
"If we lose one species, it will affect the whole ecology," said Kuan Li-hao, director of the Conservation Division at the Forestry Bureau.
But with many boats plying the waters between Taiwan and China and much money to be made, the number of cases intercepted might be just a fraction of the total number of smuggling cases happening.
Dan DiMicco said Britain was "a friend" of America and was leaving the EU for the right reasons.
Both presidential candidates say they are against present plans for a free trade deal between the US and Europe.
Mr DiMicco called for an overhaul of the global free trade system.
"These are not idle threats," he told the BBC.
"Things have gotten so bad that we will leave Nafta [the North American Free Trade Agreement], WTO [the World Trade Organization] and the Korean Free Trade Agreement if we can't get a fair deal."
He added: "The system was gamed for whatever reasons to begin with, the gaming's got to be removed, and it's got to be balanced for the American worker, American business, the American economy and trade deals are going to be walked away from if they can't be renegotiated to the point where they are net-positive for our GDP and they are positive for our good-paying job growth.
"And it is something Donald Trump is not going to walk away from. He is committed to it."
Mr DiMicco said with the present Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) proposals "on hold", Britain would be at the front of the queue for any future trade deal once the UK has left the EU.
His comments contrast with those of outgoing President Barack Obama, who - speaking before the UK's EU referendum in June - said Britain would go to the "back of the queue" for trade deals with the US if it left the EU.
When asked if the US would do a deal with Britain ahead of the EU, Mr DiMicco told me: "Absolutely.
"First off they are our friends, they have always supported us, and we've worked together, and they are leaving the EU in our estimation for the right reasons.
"They have lost control of their economy, the job creation engine, so why shouldn't we be working with like-minded people before we do a deal with anybody else?"
Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a New South Wales beach.
A 63-year-old man, originally from Britain, was arrested in March and charged with her abduction and murder.
A court heard the man confessed in 1971, but police had not believed him.
The man, who was 17 at the time, had also given details about the possible location of her remains, the Wollongong court heard on Wednesday.
Police initially discounted his information, believing it was inaccurate, but it had since been supported by other evidence, a magistrate was told.
The accused man cannot be named because he was a minor at the time.
Police have said they do not believe Cheryl's body will be found.
Defence lawyer Laura Fennell questioned whether the new evidence should be admissible because it was given by a minor who had been suffering mental health issues.
But the magistrate denied bail, saying the prosecution case appeared to be strong.
The man has not formally entered a plea.
Investment in Hinkley Point C should be held until 2019 so problems with a similar reactor design in France are solved, the CFE-CGC Energy Union said.
It comes after French firm EDF Energy agreed a deal in principle last year, to invest in the Somerset site.
Unions occupy six of the 18 seats on the board of EDF, which is yet to vote on a final investment decision.
The £18bn project has been plagued by delays, but publicly the firm has insisted a decision to move forward is imminent.
Speaking at the EDF annual presentation of accounts last month, chairman Jean-Bernard Levy said the final investment decision was "just ahead of us", but he did not give an exact date.
Analysis by BBC Points West's Clinton Rogers
The Hinkley C story has been a rollercoaster - with little sign of a less bumpy ride around the corner.
The company's problem is that it has made too many pronouncements of a final investment decision being "soon." Many deadlines have come and gone.
And each time nerves jangle a little more among those who say the nuclear project is vital to the economic prosperity of the West.
Locally, many millions of pounds have been spent on new roads, new training centres, new offices. Companies in and around Somerset have been gearing up for the development, which has promised 25,000 new jobs in the construction phase alone.
There are many who say that too much has been invested for Hinkley not to happen now. But in France, it seems there are influential voices now trying to derail the new nuclear train.
Francis Raillott, of CFE-CGC, which has two seats on the EDF board, said investment should not be made until problems surrounding a project in Flamanville, France - which is years behind schedule and millions of Euros over budget - have been solved.
"Right now, Hinkley is too risky for the company," he said.
"We think it is better to wait and see. Wait for three years so we can see that everything works... or not."
An EDF spokesman said: "Final steps are well in hand to enable the full construction phase [at Hinkley] to be launched very soon."
Hinkley is due to start generating power in 2025, and is expected to provide 7% of the UK's electricity once it is running.
"The Blade" is the first in a series of temporary art pieces marking Hull's year as UK City of Culture.
It was placed in Queen Victoria Square after being transported from the new Siemens turbine factory in east Hull.
The Hull Daily Mail reports that Hull 2017 organisers are now preparing a planning application.
More on this and other Hull stories
Hull City Council planning manager, Alex Codd, said: "Nationally, planning permission is not needed on a piece of land that is being used for an event that is to last up to 28 days.
"However, as the installation will be temporarily located in Queen Victoria Square for longer [than] this, we understand the Hull 2017 team are now preparing an application for planning permission, which will then go through our usual planning process."
City of Culture chief executive Martin Green said: "We worked closely with the council and because the artist wanted it to be a surprise we agreed that planning permission would go in after the installation.
"Thousands of people have visited Blade and it has achieved national and international headlines.
"This is a great example of Hull City Council and the Culture Company working together."
The meeting is being held in Addis Ababa, and both men first held separate talks with Ethiopia's prime minister.
The conflict in the world's newest state has left thousands dead and more than one million homeless.
The UN has accused both sides of crimes against humanity, including mass killings, sexual slavery and gang-rape.
Alastair Leithead reports on rape and murder in Bentiu
"Widespread and systematic" atrocities were carried out in homes, hospitals, mosques, churches and UN compounds, a UN report said on Thursday, calling for those responsible to be held accountable.
An estimated five million people are in need of aid, the UN says.
A cessation of hostilities deal was signed by both sides in January but failed to bring an end to the violence.
A 30-day truce was supposed to have taken effect on Wednesday.
The US has said it is not optimistic that Friday's one-day talks will produce an immediate result.
Mr Machar arrived on Thursday in preparation for the talks in Addis Ababa, while President Kiir flew in on Friday.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed to mediate the talks proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry after his visit to the region last week.
Discussions are expected to centre on ending the fighting and power sharing.
South Sudan ministers have said the government's priority is to stop the violence and discuss a "transitional process".
However, Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that a transitional government would not be discussed, and that Mr Kiir would remain leader until the 2015 elections.
The release of and dropping of treason charges against four top South Sudanese politicians is said to have paved the way for talks.
The men's release had been a key demand of the rebels.
"I don't believe that [the two sides] will reach an agreement straight away," US Ambassador to South Sudan Susan Page said during a radio call-in show.
"But if they can agree on a broad-based process on how to resolve the conflict, end the fighting, that would be a step forward."
Ms Page said that people wanted peace and could not understand why the country should have descended into war barely three years since independence.
Correspondents say far-reaching international sanctions could be imposed against both sides if there is no discernible progress in reaching an agreement.
The violence began when President Kiir accused his sacked deputy Mr Machar, of plotting a coup.
Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then marshalled a rebel army to fight the government.
The battle assumed ethnic overtones, with Mr Machar relying heavily on fighters from his Nuer ethnic group and Mr Kiir from his Dinka community.
The UN has about 8,500 peacekeepers in South Sudan, which became the world's newest state after seceding from Sudan in 2011.
However, they have struggled to contain the conflict, and the government has accused the UN mission of siding with the rebels.
It denies the allegation.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011, breaking way from Sudan after decades of conflict between rebels and the Khartoum government.
It remains one of the world's poorest countries.
Rods inserted into the arm release hormones to stop egg production and prevent pregnancy.
While the age of consent is 16, parental consent for the treatment is not legally needed as long as young people are capable of understanding it.
Health trusts provided the figures to BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show.
Overall, 609 under-16s received implants in the past five years, although one trust could only provide figures for last year:
It is not clear what the personal circumstances are of the individual girls who were seeking treatment.
The Western Trust, where the 11-year-old received the treatment, said in a statement that unlike other trusts in Northern Ireland, it has a number of specialist nurses trained in the insertion and removal of implants.
"All methods of contraceptive are discussed with the patient and their doctor when attending a clinic," it said.
"The implant is frequently the method of choice of young people and is one of the most reliable and one of the safest methods of contraceptive, with no serious medical side effects unlike the combined contraceptive pill."
It added: "Any young person with safeguarding issues attending the clinics will have a general and sexual history taken and risk assessment completed.
"If the young person is not accompanied by a parent, guardian or social worker they will be encouraged to involve parents.
"If the service has any safeguarding concerns about a young person attending the clinic, an appropriate referral is made to child protection services, as per trust policy."
The Southern Trust said its staff comply with guidelines "in relation to assessment (physical, psychological and social), information around health sexual health choices, information about methods of contraception and capacity to consent to sexual intercourse and medical treatment".
The Northern Trust said young people who visit clinics by themselves or with a friend are "always encouraged to talk to a parent or other significant adult about their visit.
"Every young person is always asked questions about the age of their partner and whether or not the sexual relationship is consensual," it said.
"All young people are advised of the law regarding the age of consent for sexual activity in Northern Ireland."
It said if child protection concerns are identified, a referral is made to social services.
There are no separate figures for the South Eastern Trust, as its sexual and reproductive health services are managed by the Belfast Trust.
In a statement, the Belfast Trust said the contraceptive implant is strongly supported by experts and "has been used as a last resort depending on the particular issues facing each girl", such as menstrual blood loss or alcohol or drug abuse.
There has been a small breach of the hull which is being monitored, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) said.
The Aurora Australis broke free of its mooring lines at Mawson at 09:15 local time (04:15 GMT) on Wednesday.
All 68 expedition members and crew on board were safe and well, the AAD said.
The AAD said blizzard conditions were forecast to ease by Thursday and expedition members would be transferred to Mawson research station if winds dropped below 55km/h (34mph).
The Aurora Australis left Hobart in Tasmania on 11 January and carried out marine science research around the Kerguelen Plateau, a submerged continent that extends for 2,200km (1,365 miles), before arriving at Mawson on Saturday.
It broke free of mooring lines amid winds of more than 130kph (80mph) and ran aground at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour.
Operations manager Shaun Deshommes from the ship's owner, P&O Maritime Services, said the boat's starboard side was resting alongside West Arm and the vessel was listing, ABC reported.
But he added that this was thought to be because of the blizzard conditions.
"The crew have been able to secure additional mooring lines and, despite the strong winds, the ship is sheltered from heavy swell and remains stable," he said.
The AAD said the crew had discovered a small breach of the hull into a space usually flooded with ballast water. The breach did not affect the stability of the vessel and did not pose a risk of fuel leaking out into the environment, the organisation said.
The AAD said that it was still unclear whether the ship would be able to continue its voyage, but added that the expedition could be continued on another boat or by plane.
The Aurora Australis was due to sail to the Davis research station to collect more expedition members before returning to Australia between 15 and 23 March, the AAD said.
The Aurora Australis, which is 95m long and weighs 3,911 tonnes, was launched in 1989 and is capable of breaking ice that is up to 1.2m thick.
The ship is designed to cope with heavy seas and contains laboratories that are used for biological, oceanographical and meteorological research. It also has a gym, library and recreation areas.
In the past, the Nigerian military has claimed to have found some of the girls, before backtracking.
After their kidnapping by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in 2014, the then-Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh, famously insisted the army knew where the girls were and would bring them back soon.
That of course did not happen. Western allies also reportedly complained that Nigeria did not act on intelligence they had provided.
All this criticism might explain why the army would want to show how their operations had resulted in the freedom of one of the group.
Official statements said the freed Chibok Girl had been rescued in a military operation.
But a source told the BBC she said she was found by a vigilante group in a village where she had sought refuge from Boko Haram.
It was from there she was taken into army custody, and the Nigerian government sprung into action.
After being reunited with her family, the girl was handed over to the Borno State government and then flown to the capital, Abuja, to meet President Muhammadu Buhari and appear before the world's media.
By this time, photos were circulating of her with her four-month-old baby and a man who claimed to be her husband.
Some critics were outraged that she could have found love with a man who could have been one of her captors.
She says the man was a captive who was forced to fight for Boko Haram and was made her husband before he absconded and escaped with her.
Others also questioned why the spotlight needed to be shone on her so soon after her ordeal.
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The conversations were soon interrupted by a further announcement from the army - that it had found another Chibok girl.
Coming so soon after the news of the first one, there was seemingly little room to doubt the story.
The army named her and released a photo as proof. But questions soon arose.
The army said she was in her first year of secondary school at the time of her abduction, but it was well known that the girls who had inspired the Bring Back Our Girls campaign had all been final year students.
Representatives of the missing girls' parents said they did not recognise her and that she was not on their missing list.
They said she was indeed a student at the same school, but Boko Haram seized her at a different time and location.
This raised more questions still because. while 97 women and children were also rescued, it was she who immediately shot into the limelight.
She will most likely now fade into obscurity. The others who were saved remain faceless and will possibly end up in a camp for displaced people.
It appears that despite the progress the military has made in fighting Boko Haram, they realised the world was more interested in the Chibok Girls.
The media has made little of army reports that troops had rescued almost 12,000 abductees from Boko Haram between February and April, including a group of 10,000 refugees stranded near the border with Cameroon.
Those people had no-one to campaign for them.
Joshua Wong, 18, had been invited to the country to take part in academic talks on democracy in China.
He was detained shortly after arriving at an airport on the northern island of Penang and sent back to Hong Kong.
The organisers of the event at which Mr Wong was due to speak have demanded to know why he was refused entry.
"We're angry at the government's actions," said Ng Yap-hwa, a human rights activist.
"There's no reason that the Malaysian government should stop us from organising any international talk on the democracy movement."
Penang immigration authorities have yet to comment.
Mr Wong was one of the main leaders of the Hong Kong protests, which saw tens of thousands of demonstrators flood the streets demanding the right to fully free leadership elections.
He was arrested twice and took part in a hunger strike in a bid to force the Beijing and Hong Kong governments to engage in talks about the 2017 election.
His Facebook page showed he had been invited to participate in a series of seminars across Malaysia including one in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Writing on the social networking site he said: "Malaysia's government doesn't allow me to enter, now on my way back to Hong Kong."
Mr Wong said a Malaysian immigration official told him a "government order" had been given to deny him entry.
Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he had knowledge of the incident, according to news website Malaysiakini.
A spokesman for Hong Kong's immigration department said the entry of its residents to other countries was "out of the control of the Hong Kong government".
The 38-year-old has taken on billions of dollars of vested interest on Wall Street, and won for the little guy.
His successes were detailed in the best-selling book Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, and apt for a tale that could read like a Hollywood movie script, Sony Pictures bought the film rights.
Brad's story started in 2002 when he began working as a stockbroker in New York for the Royal Bank of Canada, aged 24.
Buying shares for his clients, Brad kept running into the same problem.
It went something like this - his team would go to purchase a bundle of stocks at a certain price. But once they pressed "buy", only part of the order was available, and the price for the rest had gone up.
After some investigation he found that the problem was caused by something called "high frequency trading" (HFT).
But what is HFT? And why should we care?
HFT is a system that uses complex computer programs to execute millions of trades per second.
Using information generated at speeds many times faster than the blink of an eye, super-fast computers installed with HFT software can estimate the rising value of a stock before the increase takes place.
Utilising HFT since 1999 has enabled some large investment banks, hedge funds, and other institutional investors to buy stocks microseconds before everyone else. They then make a profit - billions of dollars over the years - by selling the shares on at a higher price.
Brad, who was trading for the likes of pension funds, and didn't have access to HFT, thought it was completely unfair. And he was determined to do something to prevent it.
So with a team of colleagues Brad started work on a way to disable HFT.
Leaving Royal Bank of Canada with its blessing, in 2012 Brad established a stock brokerage called IEX that would utilise a method to remove the advantage of HFT.
What they devised was a "speed bump", a system whereby trades are slowed down by 350 microseconds by using 38 miles of fibre optic cable stored in a compartment the size of a shoe box.
This doesn't sound like much of a time lapse - but it was enough of a delay to even the playing field by stalling HFT.
So anyone buying shares via IEX would not be at risk of an HFT rushing ahead of them. And IEX - like any other stock brokerage - would make its money by taking a small commission.
But while Brad and his colleagues thought they had come up with a great idea, not many people were initially interested.
Starting out in a 200 sq ft (18.5 sq m) windowless office space in downtown Manhattan, the company could barely afford to pay salaries, and struggled to attract start-up funding.
"I think the idea sounded a bit crazier [to other people] than we first thought," Brad admits.
But Brad's competitive nature - honed over years of playing hockey and the Canadian version of American football, wouldn't let him quit.
And IEX eventually began to make headway among traders looking to escape a market that seemed rigged against them.
But the biggest boost for IEX was the March 2014 release of the book Flash Boys by financial journalist Michael Lewis.
Brad says it changed his life but more importantly, it helped the public understand the issue.
Before Flash Boys was released the company struggled to attract new talent. "We had to find people who really believed in what we were doing," he says.
But after Flash Boys became a best-seller, IEX started to receive hundreds of application letters, and it was able to raise $75m (£53m) from investors.
Yet the company's higher profile, and then Brad's application for it to become a bona fide stock market, sparked a furious response from many in the Wall Street establishment who defended HFT and attacked IEX.
IEX's opponents said its speed bump was unfair and wrong because it distorted prices.
Jeff Sprecher, the chief executive of Intercontinental Exchange, the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, even went as far as calling IEX's approach "un-American".
Bill Hart, boss of Modern Markets Initiative, a group that advocates HFT, says: "Investors should always know the right price for their stock, by slowing that down we think investors won't see the best price."
Yet despite all the criticism of IEX, earlier this month the US regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, approved it becoming the 13th stock exchange in the US.
IEX, which is profitable but currently handles only 1.6% of US stock trades, expects business to now grow extensively.
One of the numerous benefits of becoming an official stock exchange is that traders are legally bound to send orders to it if the stock prices listed there are better than other markets.
"Brad and his team have done a great job," says share trader Joseph Saluzzi of Themis Trading, and co-author of a book on HFT.
"They have taken some hits from major players who threw everything at them to stop them, and had the money and lobbyists to do it, and after all that IEX hasn't changed its general philosophy."
Now with a team of 70 people, IEX has upgraded its office to the 44th floor of 4 World Trade Center, one of the new skyscrapers built on the site of the former World Trade Center at the southern tip of Manhattan.
Brad's David has certainly beaten Goliath so far.
In a blistering speech at the United Nations, John Kerry said the future of Syria was "hanging by a thread".
He said Monday's attack, which killed 20 civilians, had raised profound doubt over whether Russia and the Syrian government would live up to the terms of the ceasefire deal.
Moscow has denied being involved.
The Russian defence ministry now says a US drone was in the area where the aid convoy was struck.
Gen Igor Konashenkov said a Predator strike drone appeared above the convoy several minutes before it caught fire, and left the area 30 minutes later.
"We are not jumping to unfounded conclusions. Only its owners know why the drone was in the area at the right time and what kind of tasks it was pursuing there," the general said.
He did not directly accuse the US of firing on the aid convoy from a drone but pointedly said that such a drone could carry out high-precision strikes against targets on the ground.
His comments follow Mr Kerry's declaration that Russia should stand up and take responsibility for air strikes, criticising Russia's defence ministry for changing its story.
He said he felt like Russia was in "a parallel universe" after listening to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov address the council.
The UN says it has resumed preparation for convoys of aid to Syria and hopes to deliver aid to besieged and hard-to-reach areas as soon as possible.
Monday's attack prompted the UN to suspend all aid convoys to those areas.
Mr Kerry said flights should stop "in order to de-escalate the situation and give a chance for humanitarian assistance to flow unimpeded".
The attack had "dealt a heavy blow to our efforts to bring peace to Syria," he said.
A further attack on Tuesday night killed five medical workers for an international aid agency.
A partial truce brokered by the US and Russia lasted just a week.
Heavy air raids have continued in Syria, especially in and around Aleppo.
A senior US official told the Associated Press that the US believes "with a very high degree of confidence" that the strike was carried out by a Russian-piloted aircraft.
Speaking after the UN Security Council meeting, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said "the overwhelming responsibility for the breaches in the ceasefire that we have seen lies with the Assad regime and indeed its sponsors".
But he said, the peace process that led to the truce could be revived.
The Syrian ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said the future of Syria would be decided by its people.
"Syria will not become another Libya or Iraq," he said. "We will never allow this."
A spokeswoman for the Syrian opposition delegation at the UN in New York told the BBC she was pessimistic about the future of the ceasefire.
"What are the Russians doing to enforce the regime or to pressure the regime to comply and not violate this agreement?
"The Russians themselves are violating this agreement," she claimed.
Syria's five-year civil war has left more than 250,000 people dead and displaced more than 11 million others.
Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal that all aircraft should be prohibited from flying over certain areas of Syria so that humanitarian aid can be delivered unhindered probably falls short of a formal no-fly zone.
Who for example might police such a zone?
Would aircraft intruding into it be shot down, and if so by whom? Managing such small parcels of air space could also be a problem - any aircraft flying into them could be many miles away in a very short space of time.
Mr Kerry's idea though is probably to be seen more as a declaratory policy: an attempt to get the Russians and Syrians - the only people likely to fly aircraft that might strike targets in these zones - to formally acknowledge that they will not do so.
The founder of 1st Knight Military Charity was secretly filmed selling T-shirts emblazoned with offensive messages at its Blackpool headquarters by a BBC Scotland investigation team.
Andy Linihan also sold badges alluding to the shooting of suicide bombers.
After viewing the footage, the Charity Commission said it had begun its highest level of investigation.
The BBC documentary, The Great Military Charity Scandal, discovered the charity was selling Nazi-themed T-shirts and hooded jumpers, some emblazoned with neo-Nazi emblems.
Velcro badges, designed to be placed on uniforms or baseball caps featured a picture of an assault rifle and the words '72 Virgins Express'.
When asked by an undercover journalist what the words meant, Mr Linihan said they referred to the shooting of suicide bombers.
He said: "When they supposedly go up to heaven or wherever they go to, there are 72 virgins waiting for them."
He then put on a woman's voice and is heard saying, `Hello Johnny, I'm here, even though my head's blown off', before erupting into laughter.
A volunteer for the charity, which organises respite trips for veterans suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, then told the BBC investigator: "We shoot them and they get the virgins."
The Charity Commission confirmed it had opened the most serious form of investigation it can undertake into 1st Knight.
A spokesperson said: "The commission has opened a statutory inquiry into 1st Knight Military Charity - registered charity number 1158071.
"The inquiry was opened today in response to regulatory concerns identified from publicised footage of the BBC documentary, 'The Great Military Charity Scandal', in which the charity features, and items shown to the commission by the BBC that were obtained as part of its investigation.
"The trustees of the charity have been notified and the commission will issue a public statement about the inquiry in due course."
Another body, the Fundraising Regulator, which oversees fundraising conduct in the UK, has said it will also investigate concerns about the charity as a result of the BBC investigation.
Mr Linihan said he accepted the items filmed by the BBC were "products which ought not to be sold by the charity".
He added: "As a result of your visit we have withdrawn the products from the shop and removed them from the internet."
James Joseph Heaney, 46, from Spruce Meadows committed 19 offences between October 2011 and February 2013.
Londonderry Crown Court heard how Heaney falsely presented himself as a director of a fast food company in the city.
He will serve six months in prison and further six months on licence.
The investigations in to his offending began in February 2013 when Mr Heaney contacted HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and reported to them that he had submitted erroneous VAT returns.
The judge said he had deliberately concealed from the company directors their true VAT liabilities and instead pocketed the money.
Heaney was acting on behalf of the Hill Billy Fried Chicken outlet at Strand Road.
He deliberately changed the payee on company cheques to his own name and lodged the monies due to HMRC from the company into his own bank account.
The court was told that Heaney also involved his son and daughter in his offending to enable them to get mortgages to buy two houses, one at Elmwood Terrace and the other at Drumleck Drive.
Mr Heaney told Lloyds Bank that the houses were for private residential purposes, but instead he rented them out to students after submitting false totals from the earnings of his son and daughter.
The judge said the directors of the company were unaware of Heaney's offending and that he had deposited their HMRC liabilities into his own account.
The judge added that in passing sentence he took into consideration the defendant's personal circumstances, that he was a broken man as a result of his bankruptcy, that he had health problems and that he and his wife had adopted an autistic child.
The 35-year-old has agreed an initial 10-match contract and will be available for their opening T20 game against Derbyshire at Grace Road on 22 May.
He will join Australian pace bowler Clint McKay in the squad.
"Leicestershire will have a new look for 2015 and I'm ready to play my part," Elliott said.
"I'm really excited to be a Fox this season and make some valuable contributions with both bat and ball."
Although born in South Africa, Elliott has played five Tests and three T20 matches for New Zealand.
But his main involvement in international cricket has been in the 50-over format, with 62 caps so far, and he is currently playing for the Kiwis at the World Cup.
"His experience will be invaluable to us in the new era for Leicestershire County Cricket Club," chief executive Wasim Khan told the club website.
"Grant is a fine middle order batsman and also offers us good options with the ball and in the field."
Elliott could play more than the stipulated 10 matches, depending on whether he is picked for New Zealand's tour to England at the start of the summer.
In many ways the scheme - known as Class 3A - looks generous.
But it may not necessarily be the best way to boost your pension, and indeed by doing so you may lose other benefits.
As a result, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is advising people to get financial advice. But here are some general guidelines:
Anyone who received their pension before 6 April 2016. That means that men are eligible if they were born before 6 April 1951. Women are eligible if they were born before 6 April 1953.
The idea is that such people should be compensated, as they will not be eligible for the new - and more generous - flat-rate state pension, which starts in April 2016.
Any current pensioner can benefit. Those who live for a long time will inevitably get better value out of the scheme than those who live for a short time.
The maximum you can get is £1,300 a year, or £25 a week. This will be paid on top of the current state pension of £115 a week. How much you pay for that income depends on your age. For example, if you are 65, that £25 income would cost you £22,250. That is a one-off payment, which you will not get back. However, if you are 80 it would only cost you £13,600. You can chose to buy a smaller amount.
The government has produced a calculator to help you work out costs.
Click HERE to use the calculator.
The top-up payments will rise with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).
In addition, spouses or civil partners will, in most cases, be able to inherit some of the payments. They will get between 50% and 100% of the cash. The rules for passing on the payments are the same as they are with the additional state pension.
Anyone who has not got a full National Insurance contribution record - frequently women or those who have been self-employed - is likely to be better off topping up through another existing scheme, known as Class 3.
That scheme is far more generous financially, but only applies to people who have not got a full contribution record.
However, anyone who claims means-tested benefits may see them reduced, as a result of their income being boosted by either of these schemes. In particular, anyone who claims the guarantee element of pension credit, housing benefit, or council tax support may be affected.
Those whose incomes may exceed £42,385 as a result will also be liable to the 40% rate of income tax.
Anyone who is in poor health may not get good value for money out of it. Such individuals may do better to buy an enhanced annuity.
Experts say the top-up scheme represents very good value for money. Buying a top-up at the age of 65 provides an annual return of 5.84% on the payment you make.
An equivalent private-sector annuity - which also offers an inflation-linked income for life - would provide a return of 3.69%, according to investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown.
"No private pension company can offer such an attractive deal," said Tom McPhail, pension expert at Hargreaves Lansdown. According to his calculations, the cost of buying a pension top-up is much lower than the cost of buying a standard annuity. See table above.
However, some people may want to consider other forms of investment as an alternative. Peer-to-peer lending can offer returns of 6% before tax, and at the same time individuals would keep their capital. But, unlike top-up payments, such investments do carry a level of risk.
The scheme will only run for 18 months, so is due to finish in April 2017. It is not known what will happen after that. To register an interest, or to get more information, visit this page on the DWP website.
Early on, Rory Watson saved Ricky Miller's penalty, denying the league's runway leading goalscorer.
But the south coast club continued to press and Aswad Thomas curled a shot on to the inside of the post.
North Ferriby hit Dover with a sucker-punch early in the second half when Curtis Bateson bent a delightful free-kick past Steve Arnold.
But midfielder Joe Healy scored his third in three games for the Whites, smashing in after a Watson punch fell conveniently into his path.
Two defenders then combined as Sam Magri teed up Thomas to strike home the Dover winner.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 1, Dover Athletic 2.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Dover Athletic 2.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Tyrone Sterling replaces Ricky Miller.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Mitchell Pinnock replaces Joe Healy.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ross Armstrong replaces Curtis Bateson.
Substitution, Dover Athletic. Moses Emmanuel replaces Ross Lafayette.
Curtis Bateson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Sam Cosgrove replaces Ryan Kendall.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Dover Athletic 2. Aswad Thomas (Dover Athletic).
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Matthew Templeton replaces Danny Emerton.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Dover Athletic 1. Joe Healy (Dover Athletic).
Ross Lafayette (Dover Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Dover Athletic 0. Curtis Bateson (North Ferriby United).
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 0, Dover Athletic 0.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Dover Athletic 0.
Ben Middleton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Three-time Tour de France champion Froome struggled early on but made up time in the latter stages to finish one minute 2.12 seconds behind Cancellara.
The Swiss came home in one hour 12 minutes 15.42 seconds, 47.41 seconds ahead of silver medallist Tom Dumoulin.
Britain's Geraint Thomas finished ninth on the wet-dry 54.6km course.
Froome's bronze means Team GB have now won seven medals at the Rio Games, with hopes of further success on Wednesday in gymnastics, shooting, rugby sevens, tennis and more.
Hit by heavy rain showers throughout the race, riders were at risk of sliding off their bikes on the downhill sections of the tricky, jungle-lined Rio course, which was the scene of some serious crashes in the previous weekend's road races.
Cancellara, 35, appeared to descend on the wet, downhill sections faster than pre-race favourites Froome and Dumoulin, giving him a sizeable advantage.
By the 32km checkpoint, Froome's hopes of gold had all but evaporated and he was also seven seconds adrift of third-placed Australian Rohan Dennis.
However, Dennis broke a handlebar in the closing stages, which required a change of bike.
That gave Froome a chance and he took advantage with a strong finish over the last 10km.
Froome said he performed to his best on the course, located on Rio's southern coast.
"I can't be disappointed," he told BBC Sport. "I'd love to have been in with a chance of gold. I gave it everything I had.
"Fabian was the clear winner. If I had lost by five or six seconds I would have been disappointed myself. Fabian was the strongest guy.
"I tried to hold back a little bit for the last lap knowing how hard the course was but I didn't have any more."
Olympic track cycling champion Chris Boardman
"If you ask people in any other sport how long you can maintain peak form for, you're probably going to get an answer of a couple of weeks.
"To come to Rio and win this time trial after the exertions of the Tour de France, you're asking for top form for more like two months.
"It was a good course for Froome, but he can be happy with a bronze in my opinion.
"Thomas was thrown in at the last minute, and he can be proud of his performance. He got stuck in."
Thomas, who had finished 11th in the road race after crashing near the finish, said: "I got stuck in but it wasn't my day.
"The disappointment of my road race crash overwhelms everything else, but it's an amazing experience to represent Team GB at the Olympics.
"I can be proud that we gave it everything."
Cancellara, seventh behind gold medallist Bradley Wiggins four years ago, said: "It is pretty special.
"After the 2012 disappointment and many other ups and downs, now in my last season, my last chance, I knew it would be challenging with Froome and all others.
"To finish with another gold it is not bad."
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The ashes were owned by Johnny Carson's ex-wife Joanne, who was one of Capote's closest friends and who died last year.
Capote, whose seminal books included In Cold Blood and Breakfast At Tiffany's, died in Carson's home in 1984.
After his death, Joanne received a portion of his ashes, which have been valued up to $6,000 (£4,500).
"[Joanne] often said the ashes brought her great comfort," according to Julien's Auctions, who will offer the macabre memorabilia for sale on 24 September.
Capote was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's Tonight show, which led him to become "best buddies" with Joanne Carson, as she later described it.
He often lived and wrote at Carson's Los Angeles home until his death. Joanne told Vanity Fair in 2012: "He had a writing room in my house - he spent a lot of time here because it was a safe place and nobody could get to him."
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Matt Walker was swimming in Marine Lake, Clevedon, in August when the band slipped off his finger.
He contacted a metal detecting club who used their equipment to search the lakebed when it was drained last week.
Mr Walker said he would be "eternally grateful" to them for finding the white gold band, which is engraved with the date of the couple's anniversary.
He said: "I was swimming with the kids and when I climbed up onto a raft, I realised I had lost my ring.
"I was absolutely devastated to have lost it but the water there is so murky, there was no chance of finding it."
The "Somerset Artifact Seekers" - which helps people search for lost items - discovered the ring in the silt.
Volunteer Dave Baker said: "It took us about an hour of looking before I was minded to go over to the pontoon and then within seconds I found it.
"We do it because of that face they get when they see the item that they thought was lost forever returned to them- it is absolutely phenomenal."
Mr Walker previously lost the ring in a harbour in Cornwall, although was able to rescue it as the water was clear and it was easy to spot.
He said: "It's pretty careless of me really, I will need to get it made smaller."
His wife of 13 years, Rachel, added: "When my son told me Matt had lost the ring I thought he was having me on.
"I would have had a go at him as I always take my ring off when I swim, but he was really upset.
"We're so grateful to the group who found it."
Mr Walker has given the detectorists a donation by way of thanks.
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Connecting Teesside with Yorkshire, the 68 miles (109km) of signposted trail will give walkers access to the coast from Filey Brigg to Middlesbrough, through Scarborough and Whitby.
Natural England said it showcased stunning views.
The government agency is aiming to have England's Coastal Path fully open by 2020.
Work is under way on approximately 60% of the scheme.
Natural England chief executive James Cross said: "We want people to enjoy exploring all of this coast, using a high-quality, well-signposted route."
The newly-opened section follows much of the coastal section of the Cleveland Way national trail.
A stretch has been created near Staithes to bring the trail closer to the headland, while a restored footbridge has enabled a blocked section of the Teesdale Way to reopen.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had approved an additional eight-mile (13km) link between Newport Bridge on the Tees and North Gare, near Hartlepool.
It will connect the new 68-mile part with 34 miles (55km) along the Durham coast which is already open.
The tooth, dug up at Blick Mead in Wiltshire, is believed to be evidence of the earliest journey in British history.
It is thought to be from a pet Alsatian-type dog that travelled 250 miles from York with its owner.
Archaeologist David Jacques said it was significant as it was not known people travelled so far 7,000 years ago.
The shape and size show the tooth was from a domestic dog, he said.
It also suggests people were visiting Stonehenge 2,000 years before the monument was built.
"The fact that a dog and a group of people were coming to the area from such a long distance away further underlines just how important the place was four millennia before the circle was built," Mr Jacques said.
"Discoveries like this give us a completely new understanding of the establishment of the ritual landscape and make Stonehenge even more special than we thought we knew it was."
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Bones found near the tooth suggest the dog would have feasted on salmon, trout, pike, wild pig and red deer.
Researchers at Durham University used carbon dating to discover the age of the tooth and isotope analysis on the enamel.
Mr Jacques, a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham, said: "We know it was probably born in the area of York.
"It was drinking from the area when it was young, it went on a journey of about 250 miles to the Stonehenge area with people and it ate what the people were eating on this site at Blick Mead.
"You would not get a wolf travelling 250 miles but you're much more likely to get a dog doing that because it's travelling with its people."
Previous excavations have uncovered tools from Wales and the Midlands and evidence people lived near Stonehenge for long periods of time, near the natural springs used hollowed out tree trunks for shelter.
He will continue as taoiseach (PM) until parliament chooses a successor.
The 66-year-old, who was elected taoiseach in 2011, tendered his resignation in March, but has been acting prime minister since then.
He told a parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday that a successor would be appointed by 2 June; the leadership contest will begin later, with nominations closing on Saturday.
After an electoral college of the parliamentary party, county councillors and party members have their say, Ireland's Dail parliament will vote in the new leader as taoiseach later in June,
The two favourites are Leo Varadkar, who is the son of an Indian immigrant, and Simon Coveney, whose father was also a government minister.
Mr Kenny announced his departure at a brief parliamentary party meeting where some supporters were said to have been visibly upset.
The veteran politician, from Castlebar, County Mayo, had been under pressure to resign from factions within his own party that were dissatisfied with his leadership.
In a statement announcing his retirement, Mr Kenny said it had been a "huge honour and privilege" to steer the party over the course of 15 years.
He would "continue to carry out my duties and responsibilities as taoiseach" until his replacement took over, he added.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Mr Kenny had been a "strong and consistent friend" to her country.
"I want to thank him for all he has done to maintain the unique and close spirit of co-operation between our two nations, which has gone from strength to strength during his time as taoiseach," added Mrs May.
Her predecessor David Cameron said Mr Kenny "was a strong leader for Ireland, a great partner for the UK, and remains a good friend".
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said Mr Kenny "did his best from his perspective" but his "political legacy is dominated by crisis, chaos, and chronic lack of accountability".
Among Mr Kenny's final official overseas engagements will be a two-day trade mission to Chicago and the centenary commemoration of the start of the World War One Battle of Messines, both in the first week of June.
The woman had been snorkelling off the north-western resort of Cabo San Lucas.
The exact circumstances of the incident are unclear. Firefighters say the whale jumped up and landed on the boat, throwing the victim into the water.
But the tour company said the woman was injured when the captain had to make a sudden turn to avoid the surfacing whale, which hit one side of the boat.
She later died in hospital. Two other people were also injured.
Local media said the unnamed woman, believed to be 35 years old, was on a boat with 23 other people when the accident happened.
The vessel was returning from taking tourists on a snorkelling trip.
Boating accidents involving whales are relatively rare - although two years ago a US sail boat sank off western Mexico after a breaching whale fell onto it.
In July a sightseeing boat was overturned by a whale off the coast of California.
On Wednesday, Mexican authorities said more than 2,500 grey whales had gathered in the area, one of the highest numbers in the past two decades.
The lagoons and bays off Baja California Sur are popular with pregnant females who bear their calves here.
Grey whales can reach a length of almost 15m (50ft) and a weight of 36 tonnes.
Overall retail sales grew by 1.3% last month compared with March, according to the US Commerce Department - the strongest gain since March 2015.
Car sales climbed by 3.2%, a sharp reversal from the 3.2% fall recorded in the previous month.
March's total retail sales were better than previously reported, falling by 0.3% not 0.4%.
When cars, petrol, building materials and food services are stripped out "core retail sales" rose by 0.9% in April. Analysts had forecast a 0.3% gain.
"The numbers came in much stronger than we expected," said Peter Cardillo chief market economist at First Standard Financial.
"That will help alleviate the market's concerns over retail. The number also puts the rate hike back on the table," he added.
Sales grew in most retail sectors, except building materials and garden equipment.
Non-store retailers, which include online and catalogue businesses, were up 2.1%, clothing rose 1% and even the troubled department store sector edged up by 0.3%.
This slight improvement comes at the end of a week in which four department stores have published disappointing results.
Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom and J C Penney have all reported a fall in sales.
Like for like sales at J C Penny fell 0.4% in the first quarter of its financial year up to 30 April.
US department stores have lost out as shoppers have spent on more expensive items including electronics, household goods and cars.
According to Neil Saunders, chief executive of Conlumino retail growth is slowing, amid a "darkening" economic outlook. However he says the slowdown is not dramatic and it does not affect all sectors equally.
"Consumers are now more cautious about spending than they were at the start of the year. This is something not helped by the increase in the cost of gas which, although still lower than last year, has risen consistently for the past few months. Gas now takes a larger share of retail spend than at any time in the past 6 months," he said.
"Ultimately, this means that while Americans are still spending they are doing so more selectively: choosing which products to buy and which retailers to visit and paying much more attention to things like price and value for money.
"This week we have heard from those retailers which have lost out because their strategies, positioning, or appeal is wrong. While their fortunes reflect a more negative mood, they are not necessarily representative of retail as a whole."
Ministers say there will be a "national approach" to forensic science in criminal cases in England and Wales.
The Forensic Science Service, a government-owned company, was shut down in 2012, after the government said it lost £2m each month.
But in 2015, the National Audit Office warned standards were slipping.
It said forensic science provision was under threat because police were increasingly relying on unregulated experts to examine samples from suspects and crime scenes.
The spending watchdog's report came after work was transferred to in-house police labs and private firms.
Senior politicians, scientists and lawyers had warned in 2012 that closing the forensic science archive would cause miscarriages of justice and stop police solving crimes, as police forces had to create individual storage systems.
In its plan, the Home Office acknowledged forensic science provision had become fragmented.
Digital analysis of computers and smart-phones was being conducted in an "ad hoc manner" which did not provide value for money, it said.
Ministers said they were supporting a police review of whether there should be a "joint Forensic and Biometric Service" to achieve economies of scale, increased capability and resilience.
The youth work charity received the money against the advice of officials, who had raised concerns about how it would be spent.
Local authorities have been making plans to support young people who would need help if Kids Company closes.
Kids Company said closure speculation was "dangerous and irresponsible".
The Cabinet Office said it would not comment on whether the charity would close.
The news that the charity might have to close comes as the result of a joint investigation by BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News.
Last month, their investigations revealed that the £3m grant from the Cabinet Office would only be paid on the condition that Camila Batmanghelidjh, its high-profile chief executive, agreed to step down as part of a reorganisation. The government finally released the money last week after she said she would do so.
The Cabinet Office's £3m grant had been intended for a "transformation and downsizing plan" that would support the charity as it reformed itself.
That department is currently making plans to recover the grant because the Cabinet Office believes that the conditions attached to the use of the money were not met.
According to an email cache passed anonymously to Newsnight and BuzzFeed News over the weekend, the charity appears to have used some of the cash to pay staff - a day-to-day cost for which officials say it was not intended, and which should have been met by private donations.
The charity, which relies heavily on public funding, supports deprived young people with counselling services, education, hot meals and housing provisions.
Ms Batmanghelidjh wrote to staff last Tuesday saying: "I am so sorry you have not been paid yet. We are waiting for exchanges between the government and the philanthropists and trustees to be completed."
On Wednesday, she wrote: "Everything has been agreed, we are going ahead with payroll. It will be done tomorrow as soon as the money hits our account.
"Thank you for your patience. You have been amazing and I am so sorry that the machinery of Whitehall was slower than we would have liked."
On Thursday, when the Cabinet Office grant had been cleared into the charity's bank account, she wrote: "I just want to let you know that we have just received our funding from the government and are processing payroll right now."
The charity said: "Kids Company's July payroll was two days later than usual whilst we waited for a grant from the Cabinet Office to arrive."
According to one official familiar with the matter, £800,000 was paid out immediately to staff.
Officials are now working out how much of the grant they will be able to recover.
Kids Company said it was "grateful for the ongoing support of the Cabinet Office that recognises the need for our work supporting some of society's most vulnerable children and young people". It is not clear what conditions the charity understood were attached to the grant.
On Tuesday afternoon government officials, charities and local authorities were briefed on the likely impact of of the charity closing its services.
The decision to make the £3m grant was controversial. The Cabinet Office's lead official, Richard Heaton, wrote to ministers on 26 June asking for a "ministerial direction" before making the payment.
The permanent secretary logged his view that he thought the grant would be poor value for money. He sought written confirmation that they wanted him to go ahead with a grant regardless.
Mr Heaton said: "It is... my judgement that the proposed additional £3m grant does not represent value for money, in terms of delivering the outcomes for which the department is funded by parliament."
Ministerial directions are relatively rare; only three were requested in the past parliament across government.
In their reply, Matthew Hancock and Oliver Letwin, Cabinet Office ministers, said he should press ahead and that they took confidence "from the changes that Kids Company has undertaken to make in terms of its leadership, management and governance, which we judge do give it a realistic prospect of long-term viability so it can continue to deliver for vulnerable young people".
This is not the first occasion on which Mr Letwin had intervened to secure funding for the charity.
During the last Parliament, he and Steve Hilton, the prime minister's one-time adviser, supported the charity's call for funds within Whitehall in 2011.
Officials in the Department for Education report that Downing Street was in favour of funding the charity. Michael Gove, then education secretary, and Tim Loughton, then children's minister, opposed giving grants to the charity.
Last week, the police opened an investigation into serious allegations of incidents involving young people who use the charity that were not passed on to the police. The charity says it always meets its obligations to report crimes.
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A statement from its board blamed "the challenges of securing new funding and dealing with cash-flow in a very difficult climate for our sector".
The charity ran the Where is My Public Servant? (WIMPS) project and also worked extensively with young people in sectarian interface areas.
It had won a number of awards for its work.
In 2012, the organisation became the first in Northern Ireland to receive a Big Society Award from the Prime Minister David Cameron.
It also took local young people abroad to South Africa, the USA and the Middle East.
The board's statement went on to say that "as we refuse to problematise and label young people, we often find that our work doesn't fit the boxes of funders and government departments.
"We urge the Northern Ireland Executive to consider more deeply the conditions of the lives of so many young people here.
"We have the highest youth unemployment in the UK (over 20%) and yet young people are our greatest asset."
The statement continued: "The stop-start nature of funding for our sector and the frequent gaps between funding programmes have been major contributors to the situation that has led to this regretful and very difficult decision."
Public Achievement was founded in 1999 and employed nine staff.
Lawro's opponent for this week's fixtures is legendary 1980s pop star Rick Astley.
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Astley is a Manchester United fan and says he did not really have any choice in the matter. "I did not even have to think about it," he explained. "I always supported United because my older brothers do."
He only began watching United regularly in the late 1990s when he took a break in his music career and his first visit to Old Trafford in 1998 saw the Red Devils beaten 1-0 by Arsenal, who are back in Manchester on Saturday.
Astley told BBC Sport: "United are so exciting as a team going forward but, like every team, there are certain days when it doesn't click and when it is like that it is just painful.
"That was just one of those days unfortunately - so I might be a jinx."
He has better memories of another meeting between the two sides a few months later, however, when he saw Ryan Giggs run past what seemed like half the Arsenal team to score his favourite United goal in a famous FA Cup tie.
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"It is an obvious one to choose as my favourite but I was watching the game in a bar at the Val d'Isere ski resort in France," Astley said.
"The bar has a very low roof and the amount of people who banged their heads when Giggs scored was unbelievable - it just kicked off big time.
"It was weird because obviously the Arsenal fans were gutted but you could see in some of their faces that even they could appreciate it. It is just a ridiculous goal, almost as if someone wrote it down and said 'there you go, just go and do that'."
You can make your own predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the last round of games before the international break, Lawro got four correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 70 points.
He was beaten by former Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger, who got five correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 80 points.
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Man Utd 1-1 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Rick's prediction: I won't be at the game, so I won't jinx United this time. 7-0
Match report
Crystal Palace 1-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Rick's prediction: City are a bit of a mega-force right now so I have got to say they will win. 1-2
Match report
Everton 1-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Rick's prediction: 2-0
Match report
Southampton 0-0 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Rick's prediction: 1-3
Match report
Stoke 0-1 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Rick's prediction: 2-0
Match report
Sunderland 3-0 Hull
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Rick's prediction: 0-0
Match report
Watford 2-1 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Rick's prediction: I think Leicester are getting it back together. 0-1
Match report
Tottenham v West Ham (17:30 GMT)
The contract situation at Tottenham concerning Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris is a really interesting one. How Spurs deal with that problem, and whether they match their wage demands or not, will be a sign of the club's ambition.
As for the game, Kane's fitness will have benefitted from being allowed to leave the England camp early. He should start, like he did against Arsenal before the international break, and he should be a bit sharper now.
Spurs have drawn their past four league games but I fancy them to win here. West Ham will have to wait to pull clear of the relegation zone.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Rick's prediction: 2-1
Match preview
Middlesbrough v Chelsea (16:00 GMT)
I am on Match of the Day 2 for this game on Sunday.
Chelsea's impressive form continued against Everton last time out and, although Middlesbrough are on a decent run of results, I do not see them stopping the Blues from making it six league wins in a row.
Like Liverpool, Chelsea do not have European football to worry about, and seem to be building up a head of steam.
The battle at the top is great for the Premier League. It looks like the top five teams might pull clear and Manchester United have got a lot of work to do if they want to stay in touch.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Rick's prediction: 0-3
Match preview
West Brom v Burnley (20:00 GMT)
These teams have a few things in common - they are both in mid-table and managed by two very good British managers who know exactly what they are doing.
I am going with Tony Pulis's West Brom to win on Monday, though. Sean Dyche's Burnley side got a point at Old Trafford at the end of October but that is their only point on the road so far this season.
The Clarets do not have much of a goal threat away from home and I do not see the Baggies giving them many opportunities in front of goal.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Rick's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Laura Trott)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
Harding scored twice with cool finishes from attacks down the left side, added to Caroline Weir's close-range finish to establish a 3-2 half-time lead.
Reading had led 2-1 when Brooke Chaplen's shot squirmed in and Melissa Fletcher drilled in inside the box.
Liverpool sealed it when Laura Coombs tucked in Harding's cut-back.
The Reds are now top outright in WSL 1, having won both of their opening games, while Reading are second with a win and a loss in their two opening games.
Match ends, Liverpool Ladies 4, Reading Ladies 2.
Second Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 4, Reading Ladies 2.
Foul by Rachel Furness (Reading Ladies).
Ali Johnson (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Reading Ladies. Kirsty McGee tries a through ball, but Rachel Rowe is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Charlie Estcourt (Reading Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anna Green.
Attempt missed. Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Caroline Weir.
Foul by Remi Allen (Reading Ladies).
Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Kate Longhurst replaces Shanice van de Sanden.
Offside, Reading Ladies. Kirsty McGee tries a through ball, but Rachel Rowe is caught offside.
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ali Johnson replaces Niamh Charles because of an injury.
Foul by Remi Allen (Reading Ladies).
Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Niamh Charles (Liverpool Ladies) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rachel Furness.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Charlie Estcourt replaces Brooke Chaplen.
Substitution, Reading Ladies. Anissa Lahmari replaces Melissa Fletcher.
Attempt missed. Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Rebecca Jane (Reading Ladies).
Natasha Harding (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Melissa Fletcher (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Rachel Furness (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Reading Ladies. Conceded by Gemma Bonner.
Rebecca Jane (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niamh Charles (Liverpool Ladies).
Offside, Reading Ladies. Rachel Furness tries a through ball, but Brooke Chaplen is caught offside.
Offside, Liverpool Ladies. Sophie Ingle tries a through ball, but Shanice van de Sanden is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Melissa Fletcher (Reading Ladies) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rachel Rowe with a cross.
Harriet Scott (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niamh Charles (Liverpool Ladies).
Goal! Liverpool Ladies 4, Reading Ladies 2. Laura Coombs (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Natasha Harding.
Attempt missed. Rachel Furness (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies).
Second Half begins Liverpool Ladies 3, Reading Ladies 2.
First Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 3, Reading Ladies 2.
Offside, Reading Ladies. Remi Allen tries a through ball, but Brooke Chaplen is caught offside.
Foul by Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies).
Mae disgwyl i "Yr Egin", sy'n cael ei adeiladu gan Brifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant fod yn barod erbyn gwanwyn 2018.
Dywedodd penaethiaid y Brifysgol wrth aelodau seneddol eu bod yn gobeithio y byddai'r adeilad yn llawn maes o law.
Does yr un cwmni ar wahân i S4C wedi arwyddo cytundeb prydles hyd yma.
Dywedodd Is-ganghellor Prifysgol Y Drindod Dewi Sant, Medwin Hughes, ei fod yn gobeithio y byddai Yr Egin yn cyrraedd capasiti o 60% o fewn y ddau fis nesaf, ond cyfaddefodd byddai angen mwy o gwmnïau.
Dywedodd Mr Hughes wrth y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig: "Mae £3m o'r arian rent sydd wedi'i dalu rhag blaen gan S4C yn helpu gyda llif arian am 2 i 3 blynedd, ond bydd angen iddo fod yn 60% llawn er mwyn i'r cynllun dalu ffordd."
Fel rhan o'r cytundeb gyda'r Brifysgol, bydd S4C hefyd yn talu £60,000 mewn taliadau gwasanaeth blynyddol.
Dywedodd AS Ceidwadol Brycheiniog a Maesyfed, Chris Davies, wrth y pwyllgor bod "arogl o gwmpas" y prosiect a "niwl" yn amgylchynnu y berthynas rhwng y Brifysgol ag S4C, ond gwadu hynny wnaeth Mr Hughes gan ddweud: "Mae hi wedi bod yn neges glir a chyson rhwng S4C a'r Brifysgol.
"Fel gydag unrhyw gytundeb mawr ceir cytundebau cyfrinachedd. Ar y cyfan, mae'r cysylltiad rhwng S4C a'r Brifysgol wedi cael ei gyflwyno mewn modd priodol."
Yn gynharach ym mis Mawrth fe gafodd yr Egin £3m o gyllid gan Llywodraeth Cymru ar ôl i'r Brifysgol sylweddoli na fyddai'r cyllid Ewropeaidd oedd ar gael iddynt yn ddigonol.
Ali Price and Finn Russell return, with Fraser Brown and Gordon Reid on the bench for Gregor Townsend's side.
Connacht also welcome back several internationals, with Tiernan O'Halloran and Kieran Marmion in the backline.
Sean O'Brien, Jake Heenan and John Muldoon return to make up the back row.
Up front, Denis Buckley and Finlay Bealham pack down in the front row with hooker Tom McCartney. Quinn Roux and Andrew Browne make up the second-row partnership.
Ireland Sevens player Josh Rowland starts on the bench after recovering from an ankle injury.
Connacht coach Pat Lam said: "All our games with Glasgow are challenging, particularly in Scotstoun, where we have never won.
"But that chance to create a bit of history just adds to the excitement for us."
Glasgow are sixth in the Pro12 table, one place and seven points ahead of the visitors, who have a game in hand over the Scots.
Warriors' returning internationals should be boosted by a positive Six Nations performance, with Vern Cotter's Scotland having finished fourth in the table following three victories.
Hogg starts at full-back on Saturday and is joined in the back three by Sean Lamont, who lines up on the right wing, with Rory Hughes on the opposite side.
In the centre, Peter Horne captains the side for the second game in a row, alongside Nick Grigg, and Horne's brother George is among the replacements.
The Scotland half-back pairing of Price and Russell are reunited and, in the front-row, Alex Allan and Sila Puafisi pack down either side of All Black Corey Flynn.
Matt Smith will make his home debut starting on the open flank and he is joined by Rob Harley and Adam Ashe in the back-row, with Harley set to make the second highest number of appearances of any player in a Glasgow shirt.
Glasgow coach Townsend said: "It's great to welcome so many of our Test players back into our squad. They formed the majority of a Scotland team that got three wins in the Six Nations.
"It's great to see our players working hard during games, doing work that leads to tries and also scoring tries. It means they're full of confidence and they'll bring that confidence back into our squad.
"The quality of the session goes up when you have a really good group of players training, either in the team or the opposition team. We've missed them.
"We realise that this is the biggest part of our season. It's the time where we usually play well - it'll be tougher for us this year because of the opposition we're playing, but it's a really exciting period.
"Connacht are a side we respect greatly, from their positive approach to the game and also how hard they work for each other."
Glasgow Warriors: S Hogg, S Lamont, N Grigg, P Horne (captain), R Hughes, F Russell, A Price; A Allan; C Flynn, S Puafisi, T Swinson, B Alainu'uese, R Harley, M Smith, A Ashe.
Replacements: F Brown, G Reid, D Rae, S Cummings, L Wynne, G Horne, A Dunbar, P Murchie.
Connacht: T O'Halloran, N Adeolokun, B Aki, C Ronaldson, S Ili, J Carty, K Marmion; D Buckley, T McCartney, F Bealham, Q Roux, A Browne, S O'Brien, J Heenan, J Muldoon captain).
Replacements: D Heffernan, R Loughney, D Robertson-McCoy, J Cannon, N Dawai, J Cooney, T Farrell, J Rowland.
Referee: Ian Davies.
One of the first and most vivid pieces of footage, posted by Twitter user William Locke, recorded the entire explosion.
The person behind the camera was knocked over by the shockwave but not before they captured the scale of the blast, as the ensuing series of images from his video shows.
Others recorded the blast - a huge fireball rising above the port in Tianjin followed by a huge cloud of dust and ash rising into the sky.
In the aftermath of the explosion, thick smoke and dust could be seen in images taken on people's phones and uploaded to Weibo, the Chinese microblogging platform similar to Twitter.
The BBC's Paul Wood, who was embedded with the marines at the time, recalls the fierce fighting and asks what it can tell us about today's struggle against Islamic State.
We were on a rooftop in Falluja. A sniper was in a minaret a couple of hundred yards away.
The sound of battle was all around us but the roof seemed awfully still and quiet.
You couldn't see the bullets. It was more like feeling their presence. We all lay flat, an unseen force pressing down. That force was fear.
The military translator stood and shouted down to the street. A dozen civilians, men and women, were inching forward, waving a ragged white sheet.
"Raise your shirts", he shouted to the men. He was afraid they were hiding suicide belts. "OK. Move!" he yelled. "Get the hell away from here: it's dangerous."
We crawled off the roof and fell down the stairs, back into the noise and confusion of the building.
Two marines were at a window, one firing, one spotting. "Right there! Right there!" An hour later we heard that the last man off the roof had been killed. A bullet from the sniper hit him in the back, below his flak jacket, as he jumped into the stairwell.
That was Lt Dan Malcolm. He was 25. I remembered him as a quiet and thoughtful young officer who liked to play chess. Like us, he had left the roof, the danger all too apparent.
He went back because of a desperate call from another lieutenant, Elliot Ackerman, whose platoon was coming under friendly fire.
"We had these artillery rounds landing in the street in front of us," Lt Ackerman told the BBC last week.
"I could hear the steel slapping against the building we were in. So I got on the radio, screaming out, trying to figure out what was going on. Dan ran back up to that rooftop to see where the rounds were landing and call them off of us."
Ten years on, Elliot Ackerman, deeply affected, still wears a wristband to remember Lt Malcolm.
How was it that the biggest battle of the Iraq campaign was fought more than a year-and-a-half after the invasion - and after the now notorious declaration by President Bush of "Mission Accomplished"?
Falluja was never going to welcome the Americans as crowds of Shia Muslims did when US forces arrived in Iraq, in March 2003.
Falluja was Sunni - and it had done well under Saddam Hussein's Baath party rule. Its sons joined the army and the police. After March 2003, they were unemployed.
Some turned to crime: the highway near Falluja became notorious for armed hijackings. Some joined the "resistance".
On 31 March 2004, four American private security contractors were ambushed in the centre of Falluja. They were probably killed when their armoured four-wheel-drive vehicle was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade.
To make sure, small boys brought jugs of petrol and a crowd set the bodies alight. The men's charred bodies were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates.
The US Marines wanted to move into Falluja "like a soft mist" and quietly arrest the guilty, said the military historian Bing West, a former Marine Corps officer in Vietnam.
As the crisis unfolded, Mr West was at the headquarters of the marines' commander, Gen James "Mad Dog" Mattis.
"Ambassador [Paul] Bremer [former US administrator in Iraq] and President Bush got very angry and emotional and the order came down the chain of command, 'No, you are to seize the city,'" Mr West told me in an interview in 2006.
"And the marines said, in a polite way, 'Do you know what it takes to seize a city of 300,000?'"
But that was exactly what the US Marines were ordered to do. Their attack in April 2004 - the first battle of Falluja - quickly got bogged down. Marines I spoke to recalled being trapped, fired on from all sides as the young men of Falluja rose up to defend their city.
Civilian casualties were inevitable and anger spread across Iraq, leading to street protests and more attacks on coalition forces.
There was unrest among the Shia majority, not just among Sunnis. Members of the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council threatened to walk out. Iraq was boiling over. The marines were ordered to retreat.
After that, Falluja became a safe haven for al-Qaeda. Kidnap victims - Iraqi and foreign - disappeared there. Strict sharia [Islamic law] was enforced. Locals spoke of beheadings in the street.
Outside, a long, slow military build-up began. Civilians were warned that they should leave. A noose was thrown around the city. Anyone suspected of being an insurgent was arrested at checkpoints.
In October 2004, journalists came to Camp Falluja to "embed" with the force that would shortly try to retake the city.
During the first battle, in April, Muslim opinion had been outraged by US targeting of mosques. Fallujah has so many it is known as "the city of mosques".
They were being used as insurgent bases, the minarets sniper positions. The marines wanted journalists there to witness that.
I joined 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment - the 1/8 - led by Lt Col Gary Brandl.
Col Brandl told his men they were leaving behind the shadow war of insurgent ambushes and roadside bombs planted by a "faceless enemy".
"The enemy has got a face," he said. "He's called Satan. He's in Falluja. And we're going to destroy him."
Years later, that is still one of my most memorable quotes of the Iraq war. The unit's pastor said the "wrath of God" would be called down on the "terrorists, evildoers" in Falluja, with the US Marine Corps the instrument of that wrath.
The night before everyone "stepped-off", Col Brandl explained the battle plan to his officers, using a mock-up of Falluja laid out on the dusty floor of a barracks.
One rifle company would take the main road into Falluja. A second would go up that road to move into the complex of government buildings in the centre.
It was an old fashioned marine charge. "Hey diddle-diddle, straight up the f-ing middle," one of the officers said to me quietly.
So as the sun rose a couple of days later, the US forces in the city centre buildings found themselves under fire from all sides.
The fighting was at close quarters, with the two sides sometimes just a few yards apart
Meanwhile, Col Brandl strode around like a Hollywood version of what a Marine Corps officer should be, cigar stuck between his teeth as he dished out orders.
The bodies of insurgents lay in the streets for days, being gnawed at by dogs.
We moved to a house with one squad. The owners had left behind Baath party membership cards and pictures of Saddam Hussein.
Outside, insurgents were hiding behind a breeze block wall. As night fell, they fired rocket propelled grenades that made yellow streaks as they sailed over the house.
Marine snipers using thermal imagers could see the insurgents and shot them through the wall.
The marines lost a man in an intense firefight for another house that went on most of the morning. Inside, they found the bodies of two men and a boy aged about 10. The whole squad was very upset about that.
To me, it seemed to show that some of the menfolk of Falluja had stayed behind to fight the Americans.
The marines were not just facing the foreign jihadists whose passports - Saudi, Egyptian, Algerian - US commanders said had been found on insurgent bodies.
But most of the people had left Falluja. The only civilians we saw were on the first day, from the roof of the building where Lt Malcolm was killed.
That was the crucial difference with the first battle of Falluja. The image of a city packed with non-combatants being pounded with artillery and white phosphorous was wrong.
After a week of combat, the marines had taken back Falluja. The 1/8 alone had lost more than 20 men.
A year later, we went back to Falluja. A Marine Corp major showing us around stood embarrassed as a woman in black niqab screamed at him that her husband had been shot dead at a checkpoint.
As we found out later, the Iraqi Army, not the Americans, had killed him. But people were angry at the US.
That didn't change until the Sunni tribal "Awakening" - and only then because Sunnis feared genocide at the hands of Shia death squads.
Now the black flag of jihad flies over Falluja once again, the Islamic State in control.
Sunnis have turned to them because of hatred of the Shia-led government in Baghdad.
American military advisers are back in Iraq but the US is not about to refight the battle of Falluja.
The lesson of 10 years ago for Western governments battling the Islamic State today? It is that military force alone is not enough for lasting victory.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is launching a public consultation on the plans for trains from the south of England to London, Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough.
GTR's Southern services have been disrupted in a long-running dispute over the role of conductors.
The RMT union called the timetable plan "spin" to hide the "daily chaos".
GTR said there would be new direct routes between Brighton, Gatwick Airport and Cambridge, and from London Bridge to the Medway Towns.
A spokesman said the changes planned for 2018 would lead to greater reliability.
Direct trains between London Victoria and Seaford may no longer run with journey times between Victoria and Eastbourne and direct services between Brighton and Seaford reduced.
Services between Brighton and Eastbourne, and between Brighton and Hastings could be increased, GTR said.
Passengers travelling between Brighton and Ashford International may have change at either Eastbourne or Hastings, adding up to 27 minutes to the journey.
Phil Hutchinson, who is leading the public consultation on the plans, said: "We are proposing a complete redesign of the timetable by looking at which journeys are most important to passengers.
"We are creating more capacity and new cross-London routes with connections to Crossrail."
But Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT union, said: "Passengers don't want to be consulted on how services may improve in almost two years' time.
"They want action now to end the daily chaos to their journeys.
"This can only raise suspicions that the Southern spin machine is at full tilt to obscure the reality of cancelled train services."
The UK health service was praised for its safety, affordability and efficiency, but fared less well on outcomes such as preventing early death and cancer survival.
The research by the Commonwealth Fund, a US think tank, looked at countries across the world, including the US, Canada, Australia, France and Germany.
The US came bottom.
It is the second time in a row that the UK has finished top.
Three years ago, when the survey was last done, the UK was also number one.
It comes despite the NHS being in the grip of the tightest financial squeeze in its history with lengthening waiting times.
The NHS was praised for the safety of its care, the systems in place to prevent ill-health, such as vaccinations and screening, the speed at which people get help and that there was equitable access regardless of income.
Only in one of the five themes looked at did the NHS perform poorly compared with the other nations - health outcomes. This covers general health of the population, early deaths and cancer survival among other measures.
1 UK
2 Australia
3 Netherlands
4 = New Zealand
4 = Norway
6 = Sweden
6 = Switzerland
8 Germany
9 Canada
10 France
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England's Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "These outstanding results are a testament to the dedication of NHS staff, who despite pressure on the front line are delivering safer, more compassionate care than ever.
‎"Ranked the best healthcare system of 11 wealthy countries, the NHS has again showed why it is the single thing that makes us most proud to be British."
But others pointed out that in terms of quality of care - as shown by the health outcomes - the findings were more damning.
Kate Andrews, of the Institute of Economic Affairs, said the NHS was "far from being the envy of the world".
"The UK has one of the highest rates of avoidable deaths in western Europe, and tens of thousands of lives could be saved each year if NHS patients with serious conditions such as cancer were treated by social health insurance systems in neighbouring countries, such as Belgium and Germany.
"It is not just low-income earners who receive poor care, the NHS's provision of care is equally poor for everybody, irrespective of income."
The infection was related to the treatment he has had for prostate cancer over the past 18 years, his daughter, Rev Canon Mpho Tutu said.
Mr Tutu was readmitted on 28 July one week after being discharged. He will now continue his recovery at home.
Archbishop Tutu retired from public life in 2011 but continues to travel.
The 83-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate cancelled a planned trip to Rome in December following another infection.
The statement said Mr Tutu was happy with "the first-class" treatment he had received.
However, he told Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, that "most South Africans did not have access to decent health care".
The archbishop also celebrated Eucharist in the hospital with daughter Mpho, it added.
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The popular soap opera is watched in more than 60 countries, and has been running for 25 years.
The show's producers are planning a series of blockbuster storylines, including a fairytale wedding and the plotting of an attempted murder.
Neighbours tells the story of ordinary suburban folk in a fictional Australian city.
While it might not sound like gripping television, the show's simple formula of mixing family disputes with troublesome teenagers and romance has intrigued many millions of viewers around the world.
The producers have launched a series of festivities to mark the programme's extraordinary longevity with storylines that include the return of an old favourite and the appearance of the first openly gay male character.
The success of Neighbours owes a great deal to its international appeal.
Viewing figures in Australia have declined steadily in recent years but the daily dramas on Ramsay Street continue to thrill audiences overseas.
The soap opera is shown in Ireland, Norway and Belgium as well as Barbados and New Zealand.
Britain has been fixated with this legendary show for decades.
The marriage of characters Scott and Charlene, played by the actor Jason Donovan and the singer Kylie Minogue, was watched by more than 20m people in the United Kingdom.
Despite its fluffy reputation, Neighbours has occasionally tackled far more weighty issues, including drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
He is among several lawmakers to express frustration after three Republican senators opposed a bill to scale back parts of the US health law.
The so-called "skinny" repeal is the Senate's third failed attempt to roll back Obamacare.
It is considered a blow to Republicans who vowed for years to repeal the law.
The legislation fell apart during the early hours on Friday, when Arizona Senator John McCain cast the decisive vote to reject the bill by 51 to 49 in the Republican-dominated Senate.
He joined Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins in opposing the plan.
An estimate from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found the "skinny" repeal would have resulted in 16 million people losing their health insurance by 2026, with insurance premiums increasing by 20%.
Mr Ryan said Republicans "should not give up" on the plan, but added that he would now turn his attention to overhauling the tax code.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, described the result as a "disappointing moment".
He continued: "It's time to move on."
Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks blamed Mr McConnell for the failure, telling CNN "the leadership at the top is responsible. The buck stops there".
"If Mitch McConnell cannot get the job done on this, how is he going to get the job done on the rest of President Trump's agenda over the next three and a half years?" he asked.
Mr Brooks added that Mr McConnell should pressure the Senate to pass a new version of former President Barack Obama's signature law - the Affordable Care act - or step down.
Iowa Congressman singled out Mrs Murkowski and Mr McCain for the loss.
He said Mrs Murkowski "was initially appointed to her position by her father" and that her write-in campaign in 2010 "was essentially a revolt" against Republican primary voters.
Mrs Murkowski was elected to her fourth term last year.
Congressman Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican, was among several lawmakers to share his disappointment on Twitter.
Texas Senator John Cornyn tweeted it was up to Democrats now to protect Americans from a market collapse.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst tweeted she was "disappointed" the Senate could not repeal the "flawed law" while Georgia Senator David Perdue blamed "an unworkable budget process and politicians who put their political self-interests ahead of national interest".
"The American people should be outraged and should demand real change now," he said in a statement. "It is extremely important that we get this fixed."
But Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich applauded Mr McCain, Mrs Murkowski and Mrs Collins in a tweet on Friday, saying "Courage is contagious".
President Trump lamented the failed vote during a speech at Suffolk County Community College in New York on Friday afternoon, but added "you can't have everything".
He told the crowd he said from the beginning to "let Obamacare implode" first and then repeal it.
"I turned out to be right," he added.
A spokesman for Mr Obama weighed in on the debate on Friday, praising those who "mobilised, organised and made their voices heard".
"President Obama still believes that it is possible for Congress to demonstrate the necessary bipartisanship and political courage to keep delivering on the promise of quality, affordable health insurance for Americans," Kevin Lewis said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer lauded the three senators who voted against the bill.
"I have not seen a senator who speaks truth to power as strongly as well as frequently as John McCain," he said at a news conference on Friday.
He also called Mrs Collins and Mrs Murkowksi tough women and said he spoke to Speaker Ryan on Friday about working on bipartisan legislation.
By Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
Instead of beating the drum for healthcare reform, the administration has been all over the map.
A hastily announced ban on transgender individuals in the armed forces, issued by presidential tweet. A press conference to herald efforts to combat gang violence. A campaign-style rally in Ohio with a focus on the threats of illegal immigration. A speech to a Boy Scouts gathering that was heavy on media bashing.
In case that wasn't enough, over the past week the administration has been beset by internecine warfare. Mr Trump publicly questioned the effectiveness of his former campaign confidant, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, subjecting him to an increasingly angry barrage of tweets.
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The bill - officially known as the Health Care Freedom Act - would have eliminated parts of Obamacare, including the individual mandate requiring all Americans to have health insurance coverage or pay a fine, and the employer mandate, which requires the same of companies with 50 employees or more.
It also would have temporarily repealed a tax on medical devices, defund the US women's group Planned Parenthood for a year and provide more money to community health centres, as well as given states more flexibility in complying with Obamacare regulations.
But the pared-down measure would have left much of Obamacare untouched, including the expansion of Medicaid, a government health programme for the poor that faced deep cuts in earlier proposals.
A requirement that all insurance plans cover essential health benefits, federal subsidies to help consumers pay for insurance as well as taxes on wealthy Americans also would have remained in place.
The stripped down bill came after earlier Senate defeats for proposals to replace Obamacare and then to partially repeal it.
Mr McCain said he had voted against the skinny repeal because it did not amount to meaningful reform and would not have improved care for Americans.
There are not thought to be any further plans for a new bill to repeal Obamacare because the skinny repeal was seen as the only measure Republicans could get through Congress.
However, lawmakers could revive the issue and take it up later in the year.
Following the vote, President Trump tweeted: "As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal."
Mr Trump's position on healthcare reform has varied - he has spoken out at various points for Obamacare being repealed, repealed and replaced, or being allowed to collapse by itself.
In his statement, Mr McCain said Obamacare was in a state of "collapse", with healthcare premiums "skyrocketing" and providers "fleeing the marketplace".
He criticised the way Obamacare had been passed by Democrats using their Obama-era majority and called for senators to "return to the correct way of legislating" with input from both parties.
"We must do the hard work our citizens expect of us and deserve," he said.
But Texas Senator Ted Cruz insisted the fight was not over.
"Mark my words, this journey is not yet done," he said.
Writers including former national poet Gwyneth Lewis will present analysis and readings from the medieval Welsh text.
The Mabinogion Revisited can be heard at 22:45 GMT from 14 to 18 November.
Writer Jon Gower said: "It's wonderful to share a national treasure that not even everyone in Wales realises we've got."
The medieval tales include fabled beasts and monsters and one of the earliest-known references to King Arthur.
Some of the stories are more than 1,000 years old, but others are thought to date back even further.
They were popularised and caught the imagination of a new generation of readers when the 11 tales were translated in the mid-19th Century.
"It's one of the finest collections of European folk stories," said Gower.
"But they also have a relationship to the country in which we live today, as so many of the places on the map today connect with those stories told such a long time ago.
"They had been handed down orally from one storyteller to another, down the generations."
The other writers discussing the Mabinogion as part of The Essay series are Prof Sioned Davies, James Hawes and Horatio Clare.
The series is part of BBC Radio 3's 70th anniversary programming. It launched as the Third Programme in 1946, and featured contributions from Dylan Thomas in its early years.
Thomas's play Under Milk Wood premiered on the station shortly after his death in 1954, with Richard Burton playing the principal narrator.
As well as speech programming, it also broadcasts music and has a longstanding relationship with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
BBC Radio 3 controller Alan Davey, who studied the Mabinogion at university, said he welcomed the chance to broadcast the work.
"The Essay on Mabinogion forms part of BBC Radio 3's 70th anniversary, as part of our mission to connect audiences with remarkable music and culture," he said.
Jon Gower's essay will be on the role of nature in the tales and he said they remain relevant today.
"You can look for clues to elements of the landscape in Wales now, and how it's changed," he said.
"For instance in Culhwch and Olwen there's reference to the deforestation of the land.
"There are characters in the tales which have got universal appeal. For instance there's King Arthur, who is chasing the Twrch Trwyth [a wild boar] around Wales and which had him running everywhere, and defeated almost all of his bravest knights.
"It shows that we have possession of that folk character, who is a legend and an icon of Britain."
A New York appeals court unanimously rejected every Argentine argument against the payout.
The decision is the latest twist in the long-running legal saga.
Argentina refuses to pay anything to investors who declined to participate in a previous debt reduction deal involving most of the nation's lenders.
"What the consequences predicted by Argentina have in common is that they are speculative, hyperbolic and almost entirely of the Republic's own making," the judges said in their decision.
But the appeals court held off forcing Argentina to pay pending an appeal to the Supreme Court - which is considered unlikely to hear the case, but puts off any decision to 2014, well after Argentina's congressional elections in October.
The appeal came after a Manhattan court ruled last February that Argentina had violated its contractual obligation to treat all creditors equally. That meant the country would have to pay the bondholders, led by NML Capital and Aurelius Capital Management.
Argentina defaulted on some $100bn of debts in 2002, and has since restructured its debt twice, cancelling around 75% of the nominal value of the bonds.
Almost 92% of the country's bondholders agreed to write off most of the amount owed to them.
NML Capital and Aurelius are demanding 100% repayment of the $1.3bn, plus interest.
The investors were so determined to get their money that they went to court to have an Argentinean ship, the Libertad, impounded in Ghana last year. After several weeks, the ship returned home.
The 20-year old utility player, who can operate in midfield, spent last season at League Two side Wycombe Wanderers.
He has made one first team appearance for Southampton in 2014-15, when he also skippered the young Saints to the Under-21 Premier League title.
"I've been watching Jason for the last six months," said boss Jon Whitney.
"Wycombe's manager Gareth Ainsworth is a good friend of mine. He spoke really highly of him as a player and a person. He's a committed defender. Southampton think really highly of him."
Since being appointed manager on 1 June, Whitney has brought in four midfielders, Kacy Milan Butterfield, Peterborough United's Erhun Oztumer, Sheffield United's Florent Cuvelier and Colchester United's Joe Edwards.
The loan deal with Southampton will run until January 2017.
Since the end of last season, Walsall have lost of right-back Jason Demetriou, centre-half Paul Downing, winger Milan Lalkvovic and midfield link man Romaine Sawyers, who all turned down offers from the club.
Demteriou has since signed for Southend, while Downing has joined MK Dons, Lalkovic is to go to Portsmouth and Sawyers remains linked with former Saddlers boss Dean Smith at Championship side Brentford.
The Saddlers remain in negotiations with winger Anthony Forde, while they are still to determine the future of midfielder Sam Mantom, striker Jordan Cook and left-back Andy Taylor.
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The website will hold information for schools and parents to tackle the "spell of twisted ideologies".
There will also be a "tougher approach" to preventing illegal, unregistered schools.
Mrs Morgan says the aim is to protect "impressionable minds from radical views".
The measures will be announced at Bethnal Green Academy in east London, a school attended by three girls who ran away to Syria last February.
In her speech, Mrs Morgan will say that this is "absolutely not about shutting down debate in schools" or "wrapping young people in cotton wool".
The education secretary says there has to be a balance between preventing extremism and allowing an open debate with challenging ideas.
"That isn't easy, there's no hard and fast rule, age appropriateness matters, as do the motivations of the speakers," Mrs Morgan will say.
"It requires judgement - but just as we must be absolutely clear that we should never give those who peddle extremist ideologies' entry in to our schools or colleges, so too we must guard against inadvertently hiding young people from views which we simply think are wrong and disagree with."
The anti-radicalisation website promises to provide "practical advice to protect children from the dangers of extremism", with information from the government and groups such as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
It will include information on:
NSPCC head Peter Wanless likened tackling the appeal of extremism to preventing grooming.
"We are contacted daily by worried parents and children themselves on all sorts of issues including radicalisation and dangers associated with extremism," said Mr Wanless.
"Spotting the signs of such abuse has never been more important if we are to help protect children from sexual exploitation, gang related activity or other hate crimes."
Mr Wanless added he wanted parents to be aware of "tell-tale signs of exploitation".
Bethnal Green Academy principal Mark Keary said the website would be a "vital tool" and "educators have a crucial role to play in protecting children from the threat of radical views".
The Department for Education is also promising a "significant escalation" of investigations into schools operating without any formal registration or oversight.
In November, Ofsted said it had found 15 unregistered, illegal schools, including some in Birmingham and London.
A further three schools were discovered a month later, with calls from inspectors for more urgent action to close them.
There will also be a consultation on making sure information is shared to track pupils leaving a school to move to another part of the country.
Mrs Morgan said the website would give teachers and families "the expertise they need to challenge radical views and keep their children safe".
She said "improving intelligence" on where pupils went when they moved away from a school would cut the risk of "young, promising children falling under the spell of twisted ideologies".
"There will be no single knockout blow against those who seek to corrupt young people - but the action we are taking to protect children, inform parents and support teachers will put us firmly on the front foot."
"Controversial slimming pill sweeps the UK", "15 inconveniences of being a woman", "Nine people you won't actually believe exist", "Danger! Don't watch this with your wife" - if you've ever seen any of these headlines screaming out at you, then you'll be familiar with the company's work.
Taboola is one of the main providers of sponsored stories on news and gossip websites.
When you scroll to the bottom of the page, there are picture and caption links to three, six or eight external stories, typically under the headings "More stories from around the web" or "You may like".
More often than not the captions hoping to tempt you to click on them are just a little lowbrow, and the photos accompanying them typically show celebrities or women in bikinis (or both).
Critics have described Taboola's (and its rivals') content as "spam", "click-bait", "degrading", "representing a race to the bottom" and many other derogatory terms.
Yet 400 million of us around the world click on Taboola's links every month, and the business - which was only founded in 2007 - now enjoys revenues of $250m (£154m) a year.
Taboola, which is essentially a hi-tech digital advertising company, was established in Israel by Adam Singolda, who had previously spent almost seven years as an officer in an elite encryption unit of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
While the technology the company uses is sophisticated, Taboola's business model is straightforward. News websites don't have to pay to carry its links, and instead they get a share of the advertising revenue that Taboola receives from the advertiser behind each promoted story.
For many newspaper groups who are continuing to see sales of physical newspapers plummet, Taboola provides them with a much appreciated new digital revenue stream, helping them to better monetise their websites.
Yet why is Taboola's content often so annoying?
A charming Mr Singolda, 32, who is the company's chief executive, jokes that we only have ourselves to blame.
"The problem is that for everyone who hates one piece of content, many others love it, and click on it," he says.
"So we register it as a popular story, and leave it up, so more people can see it. If no-one clicked on it, or tweeted about it, then we would remove it."
He adds: "A journalist once complained that he was always seeing stories about [reality TV star] Kim Kardashian on Taboola. So I asked him if he ever clicked on them, and he said yes. So I replied, 'What are you calling me for then?'"
Yet Taboola does seem to have taken the criticism on board, as a year ago it introduced a tool to enable people simply to click to remove stories they don't like.
And as long as a reader of a particular news website doesn't remove the cookies that recognise who they are, Taboola's software will remember their preferences.
So if someone clicks once to remove a link to a story on Kim Kardashian, that should be the last time they ever see her via Taboola.
And Mr Singolda insists that the company's software is getting ever more sophisticated in how it aims to provide people with the additional content they may want.
So to use one simple example, if someone often reads stories about wine, Taboola will aim to provide wine-related sponsored story links.
While Mr Singolda came up with the idea for Taboola after he left the army, he says his military service played a vital role, as it gave him a wealth of training and managerial experience.
A keen computer programmer, and maths whizz kid since he was a young child, upon starting his compulsory national service, he was chosen for the IDF's computer science training programme, before graduating first in his officers' training class.
At the age of just 20, he was leading a team of soldiers doing encryption work, such as allowing an Israeli general to use his mobile phone securely.
"There was no money in the world you could pay to get that experience," he says.
"I learned firsthand how to lead a team, and get everyone to work together. And being the army I couldn't give anyone any financial reward - the only way to get people to do stuff was to inspire them."
The army also enabled Mr Singolda to meet and get to know many people who would go on to join him at Taboola.
After leaving the army, he came up with the idea for Taboola while living back at home with his parents.
He managed to secure the backing of an angel investor, and with a handful of staff and no turnover for four years, developed the software before Taboola was eventually launched to customers.
Today it has 200 employees, and the news websites that use it include USA Today and the Huffington Post.
While Taboola's headquarters is now in New York, it maintains a large office in Tel Aviv, and is just one of a great many hi-tech firms based in Israel.
Mr Singolda says Israel is so strong in the technology field for a number of reasons, including the training that military service provides, and the fact the country has always had an entrepreneurial culture.
And while some Taboola employees are IDF reservists who were called up to serve during the recent conflict in Gaza, Mr Singolda says the company was otherwise unaffected.
Instead, Taboola is now looking to secure a fresh multi-million dollar injection of investment, as it plans to expand around the world - both with and without Kim Kardashian.
The US diplomat made the remarks on his Twitter account, saying a UK exit (Brexit) could also lead to political gridlock or "calls for partition".
His claims were dismissed as "nonsense" by Northern Ireland's first minister.
Arlene Foster said it was "disgraceful" that anyone would suggest that violence would be a consequence of a Brexit.
Mr Haass chaired multi-party negotiations about flags, parades and the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 2013, but the talks broke up without agreement.
In his tweet, he said it was "unlikely that those in NI unable to agree on past could agree on future".
The UK's EU referendum takes place on 23 June.
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Not bad for a bit of fun, according to Tinchy Stryder, who recorded the track with the Chuckle Brothers.
"I bumped into them at Celebrity Juice...we just got along," the rapper said.
But the charity behind the track told Newsbeat they want people to remember it's not just about the laughs.
Ronke Okay from the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) said: "It's a great cause and Tinchy is a fantastic ambassador.
"It's good to see that two generations, Tinchy's age and the Chuckle Brothers, can collaborate on something that is so important and bring awareness to it."
The organisation has been looking to increase the number of ethnic minorities who are on the bone marrow transplant register.
They claim a black person waiting for a transplant faces a one in 100,000 chance of finding a donor.
For a white patient it's one in four.
When the ACLT was founded in 1996, 500 names were on the register. There are now 50,000.
Ronke says they hope with Tinchy's help that number will rise.
"We're completely grateful to him, we know that it's a cause that's close to his heart."
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The estate, which tumbles down a hillside below Highgate, opened in 1979, the year she came to power.
Every flat here has its own south-facing balcony or courtyard. There is an abundance of greenery, designed as a visual continuation of the wild space of Highgate cemetery, which borders the estate.
Karl Marx, buried among the ivy and brambles, would surely have applauded a publicly funded project that upgraded the lives of its working-class inhabitants.
But the thought of Mrs Thatcher spreading her philosophy of home ownership here may well have felt as if the lady herself was walking across his grave.
On this estate you will meet musicians, architects, and solicitors - alongside what in Mrs Thatcher's time were known as blue-collar workers: cleaners, hospital porters and bus drivers.
Of the 300 flats on the estate, two-thirds are occupied by council tenants. The rest are privately owned.
People like John Holland, who works as a security guard, bought his house from the council thirty years ago. That was shortly after Mrs Thatcher's Housing Act was passed in 1980, enabling tenants to buy their homes at a large discount.
At the time he and his sister paid £39,000 for their five-bedroom property, even though it was valued at around £70,000.
"Right-to-buy had a huge impact on Britain's housing market. The high discounts made the offer a fantastic bargain for those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. It meant that there was some real growth in levels of owner occupation and helped to create more mixed communities. So it was great for individuals - but there has been an equally great sting in the tail.
"Put simply, the sales proceeds were not used to build the new affordable homes we needed then and even more desperately need now. Some homes have been sold on into the private rented sector, with much higher rents adding to the growing housing benefit bill. The short-term gain for individuals was huge. The long-term impact is a major contribution to our present housing crisis."
Today it is worth around £600,000.
Unsurprisingly, right-to-buy made him a happy man indeed.
"If it weren't for Mrs Thatcher's policy, we couldn't have afforded to buy," he says.
"There's no way we'd be property owners now if it wasn't for her. It was perfect, absolutely perfect."
Other long-term residents of the estate have very different views. One man, who did not want to be named, said most people could not afford to buy at the time. Others who did manage to purchase had subsequently struggled.
"A lot of people who bought couldn't afford the repayments, because the economy went down under Mrs Thatcher," he says.
"Also the scheme meant they stopped building enough social housing."
Linda Treherne, a resident of the estate since it was built, is also bitter about the policy.
Under the rules, councils were prevented from reinvesting most of the proceeds of council house sales in new homes. After 1990, most local authorities were only allowed to spend 25% of such receipts on building houses.
"It took control away from the council's housing departments. Because of right-to-buy, we are in a mess," she complains.
She points out that some people on the estate bought two properties, and now rent them out.
"It really rankles me that people made such a profit," she says.
Some residents are second-generation owners, having bought their homes from the original council tenants.
Architect Alex Thomas paid £250,000 for his flat three years ago. The original tenant had bought it for just £30,000 in 2000.
"He bought a yacht, I expect," says Thomas.
Fabian Watkinson, a musician, is also a second-generation owner. The previous owners sold it to him on the very first day they were allowed to, three years after they bought it from the council.
He is not exactly full of praise for Margaret Thatcher, but admits he is lucky to have it.
"I have to say I'm grateful for the right-to-buy. I'm very happy," he says.
But he believes the real legacy of the policy is in the nature of the mixed communities it created.
Here on the Whittington estate, professionals live right alongside manual workers; black and white live on the same streets.
"Right-to-buy has created a social mix," he says.
"Overall I think it worked very well. It has created a great sense of community. I know my neighbours."
Architect Alex Thomas agrees.
"The people who own flats take a pride in the place, and often get involved in community groups. So the policy had positive benefits."
Lying in his shady grave next door, Marx would never have agreed.
For this was a policy that attempted to cut across all class lines, and fulfil the very capitalist aspirations of acquiring a home and putting money in the bank.
But with two million Britons having taken up Margaret Thatcher's offer since 1980, even he would have to recognise its enduring appeal.
The 26-year-old made nine appearances for Saints this season after joining from Hull KR in October 2016.
Walker could make his debut against his former side Huddersfield on Friday.
Coach Chris Chester said: "I have worked with Adam for a number of years, and we have got a good relationship. He is one of the best young British forwards in Super League."
Glasgow University is being given a total of £18m by the Scottish Funding Council to develop two of the centres.
One will focus on electronic sensor and imaging systems. The other will aim to pioneer medical research projects.
A Digital Health Institute will also be created in Edinburgh to address demands on health and social care services.
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has pledged £10m over the next five years to support the Innovation Centre - Sensor and Imaging Systems (IC-SIS) at Glasgow University.
It is hoped the facility will support collaborative projects with industry and deliver new products to market.
Estimates suggest that the initial £10m investment could generate up to £596m for the Scottish economy.
The centre will be supported by 11 other Scottish universities and 22 industry partners.
The SFC is also providing £8m of funding to Glasgow University over five years to back the creation of the £20m Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC).
Stratified medicine involves examining the genetic make-up of patients and their differing responses to drugs designed to treat specific diseases.
By building up an understanding of the "strata" of responses and the genetics of the diseases, medical researchers hope to create more personalised and effective forms of treatment.
The facility, at the new South Glasgow Hospitals Campus, will involve a consortium of other universities, NHS Scotland, and industry partners, including biotech firm Life Technologies.
It will focus on developing new forms of treatment for chronic diseases, including cancer, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Construction work is expected to begin in November this year, with a fully-operational centre due to open in September 2015.
The SFC will also provide £10m over five years to support the development of a Digital Health Institute (DHI).
The project is a collaboration between Edinburgh University, Glasgow School of Art, NHS24 and a consortium of other universities.
The institute will look at ways of addressing "the unsustainable demands" on health and social care services in Scotland through new technology.
A key part of its work will be help companies develop and market new and innovative products which help address the cost savings which are thought to be necessary to maintain current care standards in Scotland.
Edinburgh University campus will be the starting point for the institute with the administrative functions being based there.
The first lab will be in Forres with the intention to set up a second in the Lothians area in the near future.
A mobile lab will also be set up to allow the 14 health boards across Scotland to benefit.
The "experience labs" will let companies and academics work quickly with people on the ground to test new solutions and develop towards commercial exploitation.
First Minister Alex Salmond said the three innovation centres would place Scotland at the forefront of "life sciences, innovative technology, ideas and development" and create "an enormous number of jobs in a highly-skilled and high value field".
He said: "This is an exciting new collaboration between all parts of public life, with Scottish industry, higher education institutions, multinationals, our small and medium sized enterprises and our public sector partners working together to provide solutions to demand-led problems facing industry in Scotland by supporting innovation for future growth.
"Innovation centres offer game-changing opportunities for collaboration between our academic and business base.
"The investment and partnership model is unique and their potential for growth is huge."
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Alice could only manage $28.1m (£19.2m), while X-Men: Apocalypse debuted on top with an estimated $65m (£44.4m).
Both films received poor reviews from the critics.
On Friday, Alice Through the Looking Glass's star Johnny Depp received a restraining order after wife Amber Heard alleged he assaulted her.
Heard had filed for divorce earlier in the week.
But Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, said the takings for Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass probably had little to do with the news of Heard's allegations.
"I think the reviews had more to do with the film's performance than any personal drama for Depp," Dergarabedian said.
The first film, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, took $116m in its opening weekend in 2010.
The sequel, directed by James Bobin, had been expected to open with $60m plus. The film cost $170m (£116m) to make.
"It's a disappointing result," said Dave Hollis, distribution chief for Disney, who said the firm's strategy was to make "big bets".
"But when you make big bets, there are times when you have results that are disappointing," he added.
The latest X-Men instalment also opened well below the $90.8m debut of 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past and the $132.4m (£90.5m) opening of February's X-Men spin-off Deadpool.
The Angry Birds Movie grossed $18.7m (£12.7m) in its second weekend, knocking it back from first to third place.
Captain America: Civil War took fourth spot, with comedy Neighbors: Sorority Rising rounding out the top five.
The cleaners are employed by KGB Cleaning Services and earn £7.20 an hour, which they say forces them to live in poverty and "constant worry."
They are calling to be paid the Living Wage Foundation rate of £8.45 an hour.
The university said they would raise the issue with management and KGB Cleaning Services has been asked to comment.
The cleaners work on campuses in Newport, Treforest, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff.
The union Unison said they are one of the only groups of workers at the University of South Wales which do not benefit from the Living Wage, and called the university "hypocritical for boasting it is a Living Wage employer."
Unison said: "Had the university not outsourced the work, those staff would today benefit from decent wages."
One worker said: "I understand someone struggling to get by if they haven't got a job but if you have to get up before 5am to work hard every day, there has to be some reward."
Another said: "We are the bottom rung of the ladder but the whole thing would collapse without us."
The university said it was aware of the points raised by Unison, and although it was a dispute between the cleaners and the contractor, they would raise the issue with their management.
A spokesman said: "We have built into the contact with KGB the need to pay the National Living Wage, and have stipulated that expected increases in the Living Wage in the coming years will also be honoured by the contractor."
They added: "The university values highly the contribution that cleaners make on our campuses."
Michael Gove was visiting the Antrim Show alongside DUP MPs Paul Girvan and Ian Paisley.
On Friday he said that subsidies after Brexit will have to be earned rather than just handed out.
Northern Ireland, with 3% of the population, currently receives almost 10% of the UK's EU farm subsidies.
Mr Gove said: "There will always be some areas of UK where more is spent on agriculture.
"Northern Ireland and upland areas of Scotland, Wales and England will receive support in future to ensure communities there can survive."
Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life, part of what Mr Gove calls his vision for a "green Brexit".
In Antrim he promised that the UK framework for agriculture would have the flexibility to allow the devolved administrations to make sure the policy is right for their areas.
Mr Gove did not define the limits of any framework, saying he has to consult the devolved administrations.
The Conservative Party manifesto pledged to keep overall farm subsidies at their current levels until 2022.
Sinn Féin said that Mr Gove pulled out of a prearranged meeting with them "without prior notice at the very last minute".
South Antrim MLA and party chairperson Declan Kearney said: "This is the latest example of the Tories' disrespect for voters in the north and is in default of the British government's responsibility as a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement to be rigorously impartial in the political process.
"The Tory deal with the DUP is making it more difficult to reach a resolution to the current political difficulties in the north," he added.
Officers' suspicions were heightened by the diminutive figure wearing a fleece in hot weather, Spanish media report.
On closer inspection the "passenger" was also wearing sunglasses, headphones and a rather large baseball cap.
Car-share or carpool lanes have been introduced in some cities to prioritise vehicles with two or more people.
The aim is to reduce congestion by encouraging people to travel together rather than driving separately.
The incident took place during the morning rush hour on the A6 motorway last Thursday, El Pais reports.
The driver was stopped "to explain his strange companion," the force said.
The driver was fined €200 (£153; $226), the paper says. Another driver was caught on the same road with an adult-sized doll complete with wig and sunglasses, it adds.
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He was aged 12 in April 2012 when he dived for a football in Leavesden Green recreation ground, landing on a shard of glass which cut his hand causing lasting nerve damage.
A legal battle saw a High Court judge overturn an earlier ruling which had dismissed claims for compensation.
The case has cost Watford Borough Council £100,000 in legal costs.
The boy's original claim for damages was thrown out in October after a county court judge found the council had an adequate system of checks to ensure safety in the park.
Evidence was put forward at the county trial showing that the bin area had been inspected that morning and any broken glass removed.
The boy, who was not named due to his age, had been playing football with his friends on a makeshift pitch in the park.
When the ball went astray, he dove to prevent it heading into an area where there was a shelter and bin.
"He put his hand on the ground near the shelter, near one of the bins, and unfortunately hit his hand against a shard of broken glass," said Mr Justice Jay at the High Court.
Broken glass in the area around the shelter was known to be "quite a significant problem", especially during school holidays, he added.
Justice Jay said the earlier decision had to be overturned as the borough council had failed to comply with an order over disclosure of evidence prior to the county court trial last October.
He added the county court judge had not properly taken into account the fact that the council had not produced an assessment of the risk of broken glass in the park.
The decision means the boy is entitled to claim "substantial" damages which his lawyers valued at about £200,000.
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Spinner Adam Zampa took 3-23 but Bangladesh scored 44 in the last three overs to make 156-5 after being put in.
All-rounder Mahmudullah struck seven fours and a six in an unbeaten 49 from 29 balls and Shakib Al Hasan made 33.
In reply Usman Khawaja fired a maiden T20 fifty but Australia lost 5-37 inside five overs before edging home with nine deliveries remaining.
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The Australians, winners of five 50-over World Cups, have yet to win the T20 version, with defeat by England in the 2010 final the nearest they have come to date.
After losing to New Zealand in their first group match they overcame a few decidedly anxious moments against the Tigers to revive their Group 2 campaign and are next in action against Pakistan - who have also played one and lost one thus far - in Mohali on Friday.
The blonde 23-year-old leg-spinner born in New South Wales made his debut for Australia in a one-day international against New Zealand last month and took three wickets in two matches.
After failing to get in the wickets column in his first three T20 internationals, he struck with his second delivery against Bangladesh, took another in his next over with a quicker flipper that claimed an lbw and an important third when left-hander Shakib top edged to backward point.
Bangladesh were dealt a major blow shortly before the start of the match when Tamim Iqbal, their cavalier left-handed opener and leading run-scorer in all three formats, was ruled out because of illness.
Tamim had struck five sixes in his maiden T20 international century against Oman in the first stage but in his absence, four separate batsmen hit sixes against the Australians, each of them reaching double figures at a strike rate in excess of 100.
The majority were all too brief cameos but Mahmudullah shared 51 from 29 balls with Mushfiqur as Bangladesh recorded their highest total in four T20 meetings with Australia.
Ruthless with anything short, stylish left-hander Khawaja appeared to have done the bulk of the work for the Australians when he missed a leg glance and was bowled with 42 required from as many balls.
Glenn Maxwell then looked to have settled any doubts when he smashed three fours in the 16th over bowled by debutant left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib, but after two mighty sixes in the following over that also saw Mitchell Marsh depart, the big-hitting all-rounder was stumped with nine still needed.
Having been dropped and seen a run out chance fumbled, John Hastings hit straight to deep mid-wicket before, to the great relief of the Australian bench, James Faulkner received a long hop from Sajib and pulled it for a winning boundary.
Australia captain Steve Smith: "We made it difficult for ourselves at the end. I thought they bowled well in the middle overs. We needed one of top four to go on and we need to look at that in the next couple of games.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza: "We've lost two, but we have to play hard in the final two matches and see what happens."
It is South Africa's third successive Test series win in Australia, following victories in 2008-09 and 2012-13.
The hosts resumed on 121-2, 120 runs behind but lost eight wickets in under 20 overs on the fourth morning.
"I am embarrassed. We've lost five Tests in a row and that's humiliating," said Australia captain Steve Smith.
"We are not being resilient, we are not willing to tough it out and get through tough periods. It is not good enough."
Smith, who took 40 minutes to score his first runs of the day and was eventually ninth out after moving his score on from 18 to 31, said his players were not "digging in" and "having the pride in our wicket", adding "I'm quite sick of saying it".
South Africa's Kyle Abbott took 6-77 in the second innings, while Kagiso Rabada claimed 4-34 to leave the hosts facing the prospect of a first series whitewash on home soil.
The tourists won the first Test in Perth by 177 runs and captain Faf du Plessis now wants his side to complete the sweep when the third Test starts at the Adelaide Oval on 24 November.
"That's the mission for us now. We want to do that very badly," he said.
"We've got Australia in a position where they're under pressure and won't let that go. It's hard enough to get them in this position so we'll do everything we can to keep them there."
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The cyclist from Wanlockhead was on the B797 near Mennock at about 19:20 on Monday when the accident happened.
Police said no other vehicle was involved.
He was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with a serious head injury.
The average figures since 2010 were confirmed by the PSNI.
They came after a senior police officer said officers were coming under threat predominately from dissident republicans, but also from loyalist paramilitaries.
"There is a steady drumbeat of that," Det Ch Const Drew Harris said.
"We could expect every month one or two officers to be in the position where they're having to move home." he told the BBC's Nolan Show.
The figures released by the PSNI indicated that an average of seven officers had been moved after being threatened since 2010.
On average, nine officers were also admitted into the PSNI Home Security Aid scheme per year. The scheme involves security features, such as reinforced doors, cameras and security lights, being installed at the homes of officers.
Meanwhile, an investigation by the BBC's Nolan Show found that mental health-related absence within the PSNI had increased by almost 40% in four years.
Mr Harris said this created huge upheaval.
Last month, the PSNI said it was working hard to bring those carrying out paramilitary shootings to court after the number of such attacks doubled in the last year.
Twenty-eight paramilitary-style shootings were recorded in 2016-17, with republicans believed to be responsible for 25 and loyalists for the other three.
A further 66 people were the victims of paramilitary-style assaults, police said.
In February, it was revealed that police in Northern Ireland deal with one paramilitary death threat against a member of the community each day.
Last month, the leader of Northern Ireland's largest party said all paramilitary groups should disband.
Asked if the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) should disband immediately, Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said: "There should be no paramilitary organisations."
Before he was chief executive he headed up the bank's investment banking arm, Barclays Capital, which has been associated by investigators with the offences that led to Barclays' £290m fine.
There were widespread calls for his resignation because the offences took place within his department and on his watch, especially after the bank's chairman, Marcus Agius, announced his own resignation.
Mr Diamond had already said that he would not take a bonus for this year as a result of the scandal.
It was not the first time the 60-year-old Boston-born former academic - he began his career as a university lecturer - had made the headlines.
Mr Diamond was previously best-known for his huge wealth: last year he topped the list of the highest-paid chief executives in the FTSE 100.
In 2011 Mr Diamond earned £20.9m, comprising salary, bonuses and share options, and he is reported to have a personal wealth of £105m.
There has long been controversy about the amount he earns.
In 2010, Lord Mandelson described him as the "unacceptable face of banking", saying he had taken a £63m salary for "deal-making and shuffling paper around".
Barclays dismissed the figure as "total fiction" saying that his salary as head of Barclays Capital was actually £250,000.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said he believed Mr Diamond had earned £6m in 2009 from a long-term incentive scheme and £27m from selling his stake in a Barclays-owned business that had been sold.
He joined Barclays in 1996, having worked in senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley International.
As the world financial system teetered on the brink in 2008 and 2009, Mr Diamond won accolades for his role in the successful and profitable takeover of the US operations of Lehman Brothers.
The deal - described by Mr Diamond himself as "transformational" - catapulted Barclays into the top league of global investment banks.
He took over as chief executive of Barclays in September 2010.
Barclays set itself apart from its competitors by refusing a British government bank bailout at the height of the credit crunch crisis, arguing that Barclays would make more money if it was not subject to any extra government controls.
Instead, Barclays opted to raise money by selling a large stake in itself to foreign investors (mainly from Qatar, China and Singapore), which boosted the bank's share price and Mr Diamond's bonuses.
Those bonuses themselves have become increasingly controversial: there was "no possible justification" for his 2010 award of £6.5m, according to Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union.
This response may be expected from a trade union leader, but shareholders have started to show unease too. This April, nearly 27% of the votes cast at Barclays' annual general meeting rejected the bank's remuneration report.
The opposition came despite Mr Diamond's bonus payments being restructured so that he would only receive half of them unless certain challenging targets for the bank were met.
For many, Mr Diamond compounded his offences when he told MPs last year the time for "remorse and apology" by banks over their role in the financial crisis should end.
But his time at Barclays was finally ended by a scandal at Barclays Capital, for which remorse and apologies were not enough.
He may now have more time to indulge his other interests, which include sports and the arts.
Away from banking, Mr Diamond is a fan of Chelsea and also follows the New England Patriots American football team. He plays golf off a 9.2 handicap.
He also chairs the board of theatre company Old Vic Productions, whose other members include Dame Judi Dench and Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry.
The third all-Wales annual report for cancer looks at the progress made in the Welsh NHS against the Welsh government's cancer delivery plan.
It focuses on early diagnosis and more effective cooperation between GPs, hospitals and other health care providers.
More than 18,000 people were diagnosed with cancer each year by 2012.
But there has been a 25% reduction in deaths between 1995 and 2012 among people under 75.
The Welsh government report also shows that since 1995, there has been a 17.5% improvement in the number of people still alive a year after diagnosis, with a 20.1% improvement in the number of those still alive five years after diagnosis.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "New and more effective treatments mean that many more people can now expect to live longer after their cancer treatment.
"However, the report also sets out the challenges the Welsh NHS faces. We do expect to see improvements over the coming year in the percentage of patients, newly diagnosed with cancer who are treated within 62 days."
Dr Andrew Goodall, chief executive of NHS Wales, said: "We will continue to track our progress in future years to ensure that we are in a sustainable position to achieve our vision by 2016."
Matilda Ho spoke at the Ted (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference about the need to spread the message about healthy eating.
She is backing a range of start-ups, including one that offers protein made from silkworms.
China has a growing problem with obesity and diabetes.
"China has 20% of the world's population but only 7% of land is arable," Ms Ho told the BBC.
"One in four diabetics is now Chinese and one in five obese people."
Ms Ho began tackling the issue with an online farmers' market which now supplies 240 types of new produce from 57 farmers.
It has gained 40,000 subscribers since it was launched 18 months ago.
"I wanted to use technology to shorten the gap between growers and consumers," Ms Ho told the BBC.
"It is a right to know where your food comes from and it empowers consumers."
The food is delivered to customers via electric vehicles and in biodegradable boxes to keep the carbon footprint low.
China has a rapidly rising middle class and a culture where it is polite to over-order food for guests in restaurants.
Ms Ho realised that one online start-up was not enough and has now launched an accelerator to promote a range of food tech firms.
It includes a start-up that uses silkworms as a sustainable source of protein.
"In China, silkworms are by-products of the textile industry so they are affordable and accessible," explained Ms Ho.
"They also don't sound like a bug so it doesn't sound as yucky as an insect. As kids we raised silkworms at school."
There is a history of insect eating in China but silkworms are the only insect currently legal in China to use as an ingredient in food.
There is a push to legalise crickets too but that is likely to take three to five years to become law.
The pair have had seven unsuccessful world title challenges between them and a tight contest was predicted.
But Groves landed more the regular and telling blows and was awarded the verdict 118-110 by all three judges.
Chris Eubank Jr successfully defended his British middleweight title for the first time with a fourth-round stoppage of the previously unbeaten Tom Doran.
Groves, 28, was knocked out twice by Carl Froch in 2013 and 2014 and outpointed by WBC super-middleweight champion Badou Jack last year.
"I think I performed great, but I got caught with punches," Groves told Sky Sports. "Martin Murray is a class act and should be a world champion.
"It was make or break, but I had him out on his feet. That was my first step up since losing to Badou Jack. I did well but hats off to Murray. What a performer."
Murray, 33, has come up short in three middleweight world title fights and was also outpointed by Germany's WBA super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham in his most recent fight.
Groves, defending his lightly-regarded WBA 'international' belt, looked the sharper in the first three rounds but Murray got a foot-hold in the fourth, pinning his opponent in the corner and unleashing a barrage of blows.
The Londoner's seasoning at the higher weight became evident in the middle rounds and he wobbled Murray with a right uppercut at the end of the seventh.
Murray appeared to be fully recovered by the ninth but he was stiffened by a left-right combination at the end of the round and staggered to his corner.
But just when the St Helens fighter looked like he might be spent, he landed with a couple of monstrous right hands in the 10th, which Groves did well to absorb.
Murray continued to search for a knockout blow over Groves' low left hand in the last two rounds but it was Groves who landed with the more telling shots.
And when the final bell sounded, Murray was almost out on his feet.
Following his defeat, Murray said he would not be quitting boxing.
"I got beaten by a better man. He was good and he hurt me a couple times," he told Sky Sports.
"I'm gutted. I'm sorry I didn't do enough today and I got beat clearly. But I'm not ready to retire.
"People say George Groves is finished but he proved he's not and I definitely have so much more to give."
Eubank Jr, 26, was fighting for the first time since winning the British middleweight belt from Nick Blackwell, who was put into an induced coma after the contest having suffered bleeding on the skull.
Blackwell woke from his coma a week later without requiring an operation, although he has been forced to retire.
Eubank's father, Chris Eubank Sr, admitted he lost his ruthless instinct after his 1991 rematch with Michael Watson, which left the latter with life-threatening injuries.
But Eubank Jr was as effective as ever against Doran, dropping the Welshman three times before the referee called a halt to proceedings.
Eubank is targeting a match with WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, who is undefeated and has 32 knockouts from 35 fights.
But, having taken some solid shots from the unheralded but game Doran, challenging the Kazakh knockout artist is likely be a step up too soon.
"It's all about making statements," Eubank Jr told Sky Sports. "I feel I'm at world level now and can be challenging for world titles.
"Gennady Golovkin - everybody's scared of you but I'm coming for you and I'm coming for your belts."
Dillian Whyte returned to action following his defeat by Anthony Joshua last December with a sixth-round knockout of the Czech Republic's Ivica Bacurin.
Birmingham super-flyweight Kal Yafai continued his serene progress in the pro ranks with a first-round stoppage of Hungary's Jozsef Ajtai. Yafai, 27, is unbeaten in 19 paid fights.
Former Olympic bronze medallist Anthony Ogogo got his stop-start career back on track with a first-round victory over Croatia's Frane Radnic.
Ogogo, 27, forced his opponent to retire in his corner to improve his pro record to 10 wins in as many fights, with six of those by knockout.
Conor Benn, son of former two-weight world champion Nigel, made it three wins out of three with a savage knockout of the Czech Republic's Lukas Radic.
But former Commonwealth light-welterweight champion John Wayne Hibbert was stopped on a bad cut in the sixth round by Italy's Andrea Scarpa. The Essex boxer, 31, hoped a victory would lead to a world title shot.
The 54-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent went 5-0 up but was pegged back to 10-10 before pulling clear to win 16-13.
Taylor, who dedicated victory to his ill mother, said: "It's been very tough recently with her being in hospital.
"This week's been a little bit of escapism. My mind goes blank for that two or three hours while I'm playing, and I've loved it."
Taylor has won the Grand Slam, contested by players from both the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuits, in six of the eight years it has been staged.
He topped his group without losing a match before defeating Peter Wright, Michael Smith and Mervyn King on his way to Sunday's final.
"It was very, very tough and Dave didn't give up," said Taylor, who is hoping to win a 17th world title next month.
"If he'd started off the game like he finished it, then it would have been a different kettle of fish."
Chisnall admitted a slow start had cost him the chance to win a first major title in the PDC.
"I'm happy with my performance over the last week but the final got away from me at the beginning," the 34-year-old from St Helens said.
"You can't give Phil Taylor a 5-0 lead, and even though I've been further behind this week, Phil was too good in the end."
Scott County, a poor area where needle-sharing by drug users is common, has seen 79 new cases in recent weeks - up from an annual average of five.
Governor Mike Pence has authorised health officials to implement a needle exchange programme - a remedy he has opposed in the past.
HIV is the virus that causes Aids.
"Scott County is facing an epidemic of HIV, but this is not a Scott County problem; this is an Indiana problem," the governor said.
"With additional state resources and new tools provided by this emergency declaration, I am confident that together we will stop this HIV outbreak in its tracks."
The outbreak was first identified in late January. Since then, officials have diagnosed 79 people with the life-threatening virus - up from 26 cases just one month ago.
State officials said the governor's emergency declaration provides additional resources for officials to coordinate a response to the "outbreak of HIV that has reached epidemic proportions".
State epidemiologist Pam Pontones said almost all of the cases originated from illegal drug users sharing syringes.
A large majority of the victims had shared a needle with an infected person while injecting Opana, a prescription painkiller.
Officials expect the number of infections to rise, and are working to contact as many as 100 other people linked to those with confirmed cases.
The order will authorise local health officials to create a temporary needle exchange programme under the supervision of the state health agency.
Mr Pence, a Republican, has opposed such programmes in the past on the grounds that they are not effective in controlling drug use.
Ed Clere, a member of the state's legislature and another Republican, said similar legislation was proposed last year but it became stalled in the state's Senate.
"Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange could make a difference," he said.
Scott County is located about 30 miles (48km) north of Louisville, Kentucky.
Joanne Morris's cottage on Station Street, Bloxwich, was raided by police in November.
Nearby properties, including Bloxwich police station, were evacuated and cordoned off for up to three days.
Morris earlier admitted a total of 10 charges and has been jailed for seven years after a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The 48-year-old - who went by the name of Paul Morris at the time of the arrest - was caught when airport borders agency staff intercepted a parcel containing gun parts addressed to her.
Police said a raid on her home uncovered the largest single haul of its kind in the West Midlands in the past 10 years.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on detonators, while officers said 1.5kg of explosives was discovered that "had the potential to flatten homes and put lives in danger".
West Midlands Police said search teams found seven sticks of plastic explosives, detonators and fuses buried in a flower bed, plus a basic improvised explosive device made up of gun powder and metal caps inside a plastic denture tablets tube.
Det Sgt Craig Newey, said Morris had "accrued a dangerous arsenal of firearms and explosives over several years".
He said she was "highly trained" and had all the components to build "viable explosive devices".
"Though there was no evidence she intended to use them in anger, they posed a huge risk and were potentially deadly," Det Sgt Newey said.
"Chemical warfare protection suits and ration packs were found at the address. One hypothesis was that Morris was preparing for some kind of world war three 'doomsday' scenario."
The haul included ammunition presses, bullet casings, bullet heads and gun powder, as well as explosives typically used by the army for demolition exercises, police said.
Morris worked as a nurse after leaving the army and was an ambulance controller at the time of her arrest.
In May, she pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully possessing ammunition, four counts of unlawful possession of an explosive substance, one count of making an explosive substance and one count of illegally possessing a shotgun.
The eight include the chair, vice chair and secretary of committee.
Kathryn Johnston, who is among those who have stepped down, said there was a "dysfunctional element" in the party's regional executive.
However, the new chairman said the committee rejected all the allegations of former committee members. Their positions have now been filled.
Those who resigned said they were stepping down due to concerns about "a small minority" who, they claim, support other political groups but are "secretly organising" within Labour.
The eight said the activities of those whom they term a "vocal and troublesome element" were contrary to the Labour Party's rulebook.
Ms Johnston, who is a former secretary of Labour NI, said they had taken the decision after five months of meetings.
Ms Johnston told Good Morning Ulster that administrators of the People Before Profit Facebook page were also Labour NI members - which is against Labour Party rules.
"Rules are rules, it is quite clear," she said. "Chapter two of the Labour Party rules [says] you can't be a member of two parties."
Boyd Black, chairman of Labour NI, said the resignations were made before an executive committee meeting on Monday night.
He said the meeting was called "after a number of grassroots party activists had indicated that they would attend in order to call the [former] EC members to account on a number of issues, including inactivity and lack of accountability".
He said the party remained "fully committed to Jeremy Corbyn's 'For The Many Not The Few' policy manifesto".
The resigning officers remain members of the Labour Party.
A spokeswoman for People Before Profit said: "We have no knowledge of any current members of People Before Profit who are involved at any level in the Labour Party of Northern Ireland.
"Reports of People Before Profit members involved in entryism into the Labour Party of Northern Ireland have come as a surprise to us."
Sting, Robbie Williams and Emeli Sande are among the acts who will be performing in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The show takes place at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on 6 December and will be broadcast on ITV.
Walliams said he was "very honoured and excited" to be hosting the show for a second time.
"I was lucky enough to host back in 2012 so will be looking forward to another fabulous evening with huge talent."
This year's line up includes Funny Girl actress Sheridan Smith, Barry Gibb, One Republic, DNCE and Gary Barlow.
There will be performances from Barlow's musical The Girls, An American In Paris and Dreamgirls, as well as the cast of Cirque Du Soleil's The Beatles Love show.
Also performing on the night will be this year's Britain's Got Talent winner, magician Lance Corporal Richard Jones, and dance troupe Diversity, who previously won the show.
McFly singer Tom Fletcher will read from his book The Christmasaurus and comedians Joe Lycett, Alan Davies and Rob Beckett are also on the line-up.
The show is staged annually in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, which helps people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.
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We know that Theresa May's government won't provide a running commentary on the Brexit process so what did we learn today?
With the government looking at protecting certain industries in Brexit negotiations, former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb highlighted the importance of Europe to the automotive and aerospace industries in Wales.
He asked Alun Cairns: "Given that Brexit probably won't mean retaining full membership of the single market will you nevertheless commit to fighting and doing everything you possibly can to retain full single market-style benefits for those critically important sectors in the Welsh economy?"
Mr Cairns told him the UK had landed some important investments. "We want to retain the most open market arrangements and I think the confidence shown by Nissan demonstrates that they understand the priority we are placing on that."
Labour's shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens wanted Ford in Bridgend to be offered the same deal as Nissan in Sunderland. She also highlighted the "potentially disastrous" impact of the loss of European Investment Bank funding.
Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats were worried about the impact of Brexit on farming and the Welsh red meat industry. Plaid parliamentary leader Hywel Williams (no vegetarian, he) asked Mr Cairns what steps he was taking "to ensure that in the future French, Italian, Spanish and German people continue to have Welsh meat and eat it?"
Alun Cairns and Guto Bebb gave little away about the government's plans. We did learn that Wales is "open for business" - whatever that means - and that Mr Cairns had had meetings with "key stakeholders".
On European funding, he suggested that Brexit offered an opportunity to do things differently with regional funds, again questioning how well £4 billion has been spent in the poorest parts of Wales over 16 years.
Mr Bebb sidestepped a question from Labour MP Paul Flynn who invited him to condemn the suggestion from Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies that after Brexit farm subsidies be decided at Westminster rather than in Cardiff.
But Ministers agreed that they they do want people in EU countries to have access to Welsh red meat. To have their steak and eat it, to coin a phrase.
Police were called to the scene on the A720, near the Dreghorn junction, just before 17:00 on Saturday.
The teenager was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with serious injuries.
The incident involved a blue Skoda Citigo travelling westbound. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
The road was closed until about 03:00 while an investigation was carried out.
Sgt Andy Gibb, of Police Scotland, said: "We're currently working to establish the full circumstances surrounding this collision and are asking anyone who may have witnessed this, or who has any other information which can help with our inquiries, to come forward."
The court ruled Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz did not show "new and compelling" reasons to stay in the UK.
Their appeal came after the European Court of Human Rights backed successive UK courts in ruling for extradition.
The men have left Long Lartin prison in a police convoy.
Three police 4x4s, two armoured vans and a blacked-out police people carrier arrived at the Worcestershire jail at 18:15 BST.
A Home Office spokesman welcomed the decision and said it was "working to extradite these men as quickly as possible".
The BBC understands two US civilian jets - one of which is registered to the US Department of Justice - are on the tarmac at an air base in eastern England.
Judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Ousley said in their ruling that there was an "overwhelming public interest in the functioning of the extradition system" and that there was "no appeal from our decision".
Of the long legal battle to send the men - whose extradition requests were submitted between 1998 and 2006 - to the US, Sir John told the court: "It is unacceptable that extradition proceedings should take more than a relatively short time, to be measured in months not years.
"It is not just to anyone that proceedings such as these should last between 14 and eight years."
There was no doubt each man had, over the years, "either taken or had the opportunity to take every conceivable point to prevent his extradition to the United States", he added.
The comments echoed those of James Eadie QC - representing the home secretary - who, during this week's hearing, argued the men's applications amounted to an abuse of process.
The judges' written ruling, read out in court, concluded that "each of the claimants' applications for permission to apply for judicial review or for a re-opening of the statutory appeals be dismissed".
By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent
Abu Hamza's final appeal against extradition ended in judicial fireworks in the High Court - although the judges expressed their anger in completely different terms to those used by Abu Hamza when he preached in London.
Barring an utterly unforeseen legal twist - and this case has had its fair share - the next time we'll see Abu Hamza will be in Federal Court in New York.
The battle has seen prime ministers and US presidents come and go. Six home secretaries had his file in the ministerial red box.
But put aside the courts and the politics for one moment and remember his real impact.
He caused lasting harm and enormous community tension.
And he cast a long shadow over the lives of British Muslims who wanted to get on with life - just like the Christians and Jews Abu Hamza hated.
The judges rejected a plea by Abu Hamza to delay his extradition so he could undergo an MRI brain scan which, his lawyers said, could show he was unfit to plead because of degenerative problems.
"The sooner he is put on trial the better," they said.
The 54-year-old, a former imam at Finsbury Park mosque, north London, was suffering from chronic sleep deprivation and depression as a result of eight years in prison, his lawyers added.
But during the hearing, Sir John observed there were "excellent medical facilities in the United States".
The BBC's Dominic Casciani, at the High Court, said the British government had got the result it had wanted to see for years on Abu Hamza, who the US first attempted to extradite in 2004.
His extradition was halted when the UK decided to try him on allegations relating to his sermons. He was convicted in 2006.
The judges also rejected appeals from Mr al-Fawwaz and Mr Bary, who are accused of being aides to Osama Bin Laden in London.
The US alleges they promoted violent jihad against the West and were involved in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, which killed more than 200 people.
The battle to stay in the UK is also over for Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan, who are accused of running pro-jihad website Azzam.com - which the US says was hosted there - and of helping terrorists.
In a statement prepared in prison before the verdict, Mr Ahmad said that, "By exposing the fallacy of the UK's extradition arrangements with the US, I leave with my head held high having won the moral victory."
Mr Ahmad's father, Ashfaq, said outside court he was appalled the British legal system had let him down "in a manner more befitting of a Third World country than one of the world's oldest democracies".
"We will never abandon our struggle for justice for Babar and the truth will eventually emerge of what will be forever remembered as a shameful chapter in the history of Britain," he added.
And Emma Norton, legal officer for human rights group Liberty, said that, as Mr Ahmad's alleged offences took place in the UK, "It beggars belief that he won't be tried here."
"Isn't British justice - so admired around the world - capable of dealing with crimes committed in the UK by its own citizens?" she added.
In a statement released by its embassy in London, the US said it was "pleased" the men were being extradited after "a lengthy process of litigation".
"The law enforcement relationship between the United States and United Kingdom is predicated on trust, respect, and the common goals of protecting our nations and eliminating safe havens for criminals, including terrorists," it added.
Lord Reid, who was home secretary in 2006 and 2007, meanwhile, said that like "the vast majority of people in this country" he had a sense of satisfaction "that justice, or at least this sense of the judicial process" had been complete.
He told BBC News "The propriety, the attention, the compassion, the legal approach that has been taken on this by the British stands in marked contrast to what was meted out to the victims of some of these alleged crimes."
But he urged the home secretary to look at the length of time the legal process took "because there is no doubt there has been a degree of frustration".
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the judges had thrown down the gauntlet for Parliament to look at judicial reviews - which can be used to re-open issues that have already been decided.
One of the challenges was to stop suspects from storing up last-minute legal challenges that frustrated the courts and bewildered the public, he added.
The "daring" nude sculpture sold for £11.6m after five minutes of bidding, auctioneers Sotheby's said.
The bronze Iris, Messenger of the Gods, is very rare as it was cast during Rodin's lifetime and had been estimated to reach between £6m and £8m.
The previous auction record for a Rodin was set in 2008 when his sculpture of Eve sold in New York for £9.6m.
The Iris sculpture last appeared at auction in 2007 at Sotheby's in London when it sold for £4.6m.
It is one of only two casts made in Rodin's lifetime that are still in private hands. The remaining five are in museums.
Rodin created Iris between 1890 and 1891. The sculpture that sold on Wednesday was cast between 1902 and 1905.
Auguste Rodin died in 1917 at the age of 77.
Iris is said to be the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythology and was a link between the gods and mankind.
According to the Rodin Museum, the work's explicit pose "aroused not only indignation but also fascination" and "suggests the movements of the French Can-Can and a gymnast stretching her limbs".
Wednesday's sale also saw Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme, a 1935 portrait, sell for £18.9m.
Helena Newman of Sotheby's said there had been a "depth of bidding from a broad international spectrum" during the sale, which saw five lots selling for more than £7m.
The league's top scorer, formerly of Manchester City, drove his kick wide when the game was goalless.
He did, though, seal victory with a fine first-time finish after Radja Nainggolan had bobbled in an angled first-half shot to put Roma in front.
"Next time I might leave the penalties for someone else to take," Dzeko said.
"I got my goal in the end and that's the important thing. Penalties can be missed. It happens."
Footage of his first penalty miss, during a 1-0 win at Udinese on 15 January, went viral on social media after he blazed his kick well over the bar.
However, the Bosnia-Herzegovina international has been prolific in front of goal for Roma, scoring his 18th Serie A goal of the campaign from a Mohamed Salah cutback with 13 minutes to play.
The victory moves Roma back above Napoli, who beat Genoa 2-0 on Friday, but both sides continue to trail leaders Juventus.
Crotone, promoted from Serie B last May, have not been out of the relegation zone all season, and remain next to bottom.
Roma travel to Spain to face Villarreal in the first leg of a Europa League round of 32 tie on Thursday.
Match ends, Crotone 0, Roma 2.
Second Half ends, Crotone 0, Roma 2.
Corner, Roma. Conceded by Lorenzo Crisetig.
Attempt saved. Marcello Trotta (Crotone) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonardo Capezzi.
Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Radja Nainggolan.
Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
Federico Ceccherini (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Marcello Trotta (Crotone) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boadu Maxwell Acosty.
Hand ball by Leonardo Capezzi (Crotone).
Substitution, Roma. Mário Rui replaces Bruno Peres.
Attempt missed. Boadu Maxwell Acosty (Crotone) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrea Nalini.
Offside, Roma. Leandro Paredes tries a through ball, but Edin Dzeko is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Capezzi (Crotone) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Marcello Trotta (Crotone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Nalini.
Substitution, Crotone. Andrea Nalini replaces Aleksandar Tonev.
Substitution, Roma. Daniele De Rossi replaces Mohamed Salah.
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Tonev (Crotone) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Crisetig.
Attempt blocked. Diego Falcinelli (Crotone) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Boadu Maxwell Acosty.
Goal! Crotone 0, Roma 2. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Substitution, Crotone. Marcello Trotta replaces Noe Dussenne.
Edin Dzeko (Roma) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Federico Ceccherini (Crotone).
Emerson (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Falcinelli (Crotone).
Offside, Crotone. Aleksandar Tonev tries a through ball, but Leonardo Capezzi is caught offside.
Foul by Emerson (Roma).
Aleandro Rosi (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Bruno Peres (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kostas Manolas (Roma) because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Crisetig (Crotone) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Roma. Radja Nainggolan tries a through ball, but Edin Dzeko is caught offside.
Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Roma).
Boadu Maxwell Acosty (Crotone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Emerson (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a cross.
Corner, Roma. Conceded by Federico Ceccherini.
Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Leandro Paredes (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lorenzo Crisetig (Crotone).
Attempt saved. Boadu Maxwell Acosty (Crotone) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
It includes over 10,000 assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, and 400 shells and grenades.
The guns and ammunition were seized in January during an operation against firearms trafficking.
Investigators also found an illegal workshop with machinery to manipulate and reactivate weapons, near Bilbao. Five people were arrested.
Cash amounting to 80,000 euros (£70,000 / $85,000) was seized.
The operation involved counter-terror police from Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Gerona.
Europol, which supported the investigation, said the firearms were sold in Spain, France and Belgium.
It said some of the weapons were deactivated, but did not comply with established standards.
Criminals acquired the arsenal largely through auctions and other legal channels before reactivating it.
The gang had been using a sports shop as a front for its distribution centre - which in reality sold firearms, weapon components and ammunition.
Police said the weapons would have had an easy journey onto the black market, and into the hands of terrorists or organised crime groups.
Europol said firearms traffickers exploit legal loopholes and legislative differences between EU countries to divert guns from legal suppliers.
Reactivating deactivated weapons is one of Europe's main sources of illegal guns.
The agency said it had seen a significant increase in the number being supplied to criminals since 2014.
Saeed Mortazavi was convicted of misappropriation and wasting public goods.
The offences are said to have taken place while he was in charge of Iran's social welfare system in 2012 and 2013.
He has previously been the subject of US sanctions, accused of "sustained and severe violations of human rights".
State television quoted prosecutors as saying the sentence was too light and that they planned to lodge a complaint.
His sentence is also open to appeal.
Mortazavi, a close ally of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been fiercely criticised by reformists and human rights organisations.
He rose to prominence in the early 2000s, when he was instrumental in shutting down reformist newspapers and imprisoning journalists.
He was also linked to the case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist, who died in 2003 after being arrested.
However, his fortunes began to change after the authorities put down mass protests that erupted after Mr Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in 2009.
Parliament held him responsible for the deaths of three protesters who had been imprisoned.
The trio died of injuries obtained during their time in Kahrizak prison. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded to the public outcry by closing the prison entirely.
Mortazavi was subsequently appointed as head of Iran's State Welfare Organisation, during which time the alleged corruption took place.
He was removed from that role in January 2013 due to pressure from parliament. But Mr Ahmadinejad quickly reappointed him in a caretaker capacity.
In 2014, Mortazavi was disbarred and banned from holding public office for five years, after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that he ordered the torture of the three dead protesters in 2009.
Iran continues to use forms of punishment widely condemned by other nations.
Human rights groups such as Amnesty International say punishments including blinding, being made deaf, or amputation are common.
Sajid Raza, 42, and two other members of staff - Shabana Hussain, 38, and Daud Khan, 43 - will go on trial in June 2016 charged with a number of offences relating to their involvement at Kings Science Academy.
The charges relate to the period between April and August 2011.
Leeds Crown Court heard the trial would last six weeks.
Ex-principal Mr Raza, of Spring Gardens Road, Bradford, faces three charges of fraud, three of false accounting, two of obtaining a money transfer by deception and one of fraud by false representation.
Former head of department Ms Hussain, of Wilmer Road, Bradford, is charged with one offence of fraud by abuse of position and one offence of acquiring criminal property.
Ex-director of finance Mr Khan, of Thornhill Place, Thornbury, is charged with two offences of fraud by abuse of position and three offences of false accounting.
All three are accused of abusing their positions as officers of the academy by making a series of unauthorised and unlawful payments into the personal bank accounts of Mr Raza and Ms Hussain from a grant provided to the school by the Department for Education.
No pleas were entered at the hearing on Friday.
The academy was one of the first free schools to open in September 2011. It has since become part of the Dixons academy group.
But behind the clichés, the characters can also demonstrate determination, compassion, ambition - and fearlessness.
The England women's football team believes the traits of Disney princesses are exactly what you need to be come a successful player.
The Football Association (FA) has joined with Disney on a campaign that focuses on the character's strong attributes - to encourage more young females into football.
Striker Nikita Parris said: "My favourite Disney princess is Ariel from The Little Mermaid because she was fearless.
"I was the same when it came to playing football with the boys in my home town. I had to be determined in order to make it."
Captain Steph Houghton added: "Being brave, being strong and being kind are all important attributes when it comes to building a successful team.
"They are all qualities that girls can learn from Disney princesses."
But can modern girls pick up anything from the likes of Disney's 80-year-old Snow White - who cleans up after a bunch of men and needs a prince to save her?
Current Miss England Stephanie Hill, 22, thinks they can.
She dresses up as Disney princesses for children at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice near Sheffield.
She believes Disney princesses, both old and modern, can be positive role models for young women.
"I think the more vintage Disney princesses that are scrutinised, like Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, who people depict as waiting for success to come to them, can be inspirational.
"In the end they had similar drive. They wanted a better life and it just so happened male figures came into that.
"The famous quote is Cinderella didn't ask for a prince, she asked for a night off and a dress.
"Every single Disney princess has had to go through trouble to get where they want to be.
"They show the struggle and that you can get through the other side with enough work and support and a positive can-do attitude."
Over the years, Disney has moved away from depicting its princesses as delicate and demure.
The late 1980s saw an ambitious mermaid Ariel defy her dad to achieve her dream of becoming a human - even if she did sacrifice her voice for a man.
Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Jasmine in Aladdin had an independent streak, while Mulan showed women could fight just as well as men - if not better.
In 2009, Tiana became Disney's first black princess and 2012's Merida from Brave showed off an adventurous spirit and a love of archery.
Despite not being official Disney princesses, Frozen's Elsa and Anna have been praised for putting sisterhood at the heart of their happiness.
And Disney's newest female heroine Moana was depicted with an average body type and without a love interest.
Suzie Longstaff, headteacher of the all-girls Putney High School in south-west London, has done assemblies about empowering girls through Disney princesses.
She says: "Disney have come a long away, and my two children have grown up with Elsa and Anna and Moana and Ariel. They are all so much better female role models.
"They have traits that the FA is extolling, and any way we can empower girls to believe in themselves through role modelling they recognise and enjoy is fantastic.
"My five-year-old is permanently dressed as Moana at the moment. I think she is a great strong girl who can stand up for herself."
However, Mrs Longstaff thinks some of the older Disney princesses do not portray strong female characteristics.
"I said to the girls at school that the one role model I wish my girls wouldn't dress up as is Cinderella.
"She sits around for years for her prince to come along and in this day and age we can't encourage girls to do that. They must go out and stand up for themselves.
"Disney and the FA are on the road but there is a long way to go to completely equalise the perception of female and male role models as well as diversity."
Disney appears to be keen to move away from focusing on the stereotypes of what makes a princess.
Last year it launched a ten-point checklist of what it takes to be a Disney princess - and it didn't include the need to wear a tiara or a ball gown.
Instead, they included being honest, trying your best and never giving up.
Siobhan Corria, head of inclusion for charity Action for Children, says there is a role for the more modern Disney princesses in inspiring young women.
However, she believes there are more contemporary role models girls can aspire to.
"I think that more recent Disney characters that don't fit gender stereotypes are inspirational for young girls in terms of achieving things," she says.
"It's good to see Disney keep up with the changing times.
"But I'd prefer organisations like Disney to really be shattering the gender stereotypes as much as possible and give both genders non-traditional roles as a way of inspiring people."
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They want the tests to be carried out by independent assessors who are not connected to the motor manufacturers.
The EU also wants to be able to recall any vehicles across the region and carry out spot checks on the road.
At the moment tests are carried out at a national level and are then valid across Europe.
The new plan to test the level of nitrogen oxide being emitted from car exhausts will apply to all countries in the EU.
Laboratories that test cars would also no longer be paid directly by the manufacturers, in order to prevent conflicts of interest.
The Commission also wants the power to order recalls.
"To regain customers' trust in this important industry, we need to tighten the rules but also ensure they are effectively observed," said Jyrki Katainen, the European Commission's vice-president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness.
The EU does not, at the moment, have the powers to act against any single nation. It faced severe criticism following the VW emission scandal that it was too scared to take on Germany's power car industry.
Officials believe the Volkswagen scandal exposed serious weaknesses in the way new cars are tested and certified before being allowed onto the road.
The commission wants to give itself the power to order recalls at a European level, and to impose heavy fines on manufacturers which allow illegal vehicles onto the market.
It also wants to set up a system of spot checks, so that if a manufacturer were to succeed in cheating its way through a test, the deception would soon be discovered.
The new reforms could face stiff resistance from some countries opposed to seeing powers taken away from national authorities.
Member of Parliament for the Green Party, Bas Eickhout said: "It will be attacked heavily by the member states because it boils down to giving away sovereignty to Brussels."
But Monique Goyens, director general of the European Consumer Organisation, welcomed the new rules.
"Authorities across Europe failed to expose the use of Volkswagen's illegal defeat device and for years consumers have been unable to rely on carmakers' official fuel consumption figures.
"Without radical change to the approval system of passenger cars in Europe, the car emission-scandal is bound to happen again."
The proposals will take months, possibly years, for EU lawmakers and national governments to agree.
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Crews fought the blaze with compressed air foam as gas cylinders were present at the site.
The East of England Ambulance Service treated the man, aged in his 40s, who suffered minor burns to his hand and face.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, for further care.
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Strangford in County Down, which is one of the areas where pups are counted, saw 107 recorded this year.
And places like the Copeland Islands, off the County Down coast, are also reporting good numbers.
The seal is the top predator in inshore waters and a strong population is taken as an indicator of the health of the surrounding ecosystem.
The Department of the Environment's marine division monitors the seal population every year, drawing on help from volunteers and wildlife charities.
Stephen Foster is one of those in charge of the work.
"It certainly seems to have been a good season, and with the weather having been so good for the last few weeks they haven't been hit by storms," he said.
"That means there've been good conditions for the mothers to come ashore to feed them and help them grow."
The pups are only on shore for a matter of weeks.
During this time they must put on about 2kg (4lb 6oz) of weight a day.
The mothers do not feed during this time, spending all their time at sea foraging for food and protecting their pups.
They can lose about 4kg (8lb 13oz) a day while that is happening.
After four weeks, the pups lose their fluffy white coat and have to take to sea to fend for themselves.
It will take six years for the males to develop. The females take three years to reach full maturity.
They will then return to their breeding grounds to have their own pups.
Grey seals are a protected species.
The monitoring statistics are fed back to Europe to ensure Northern Ireland is living up to its protection responsibilities.
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The grey seal population is having a good year, with record numbers being born along the Northern Ireland coast.
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Debating plans for further devolution to Cardiff Bay, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns suggested AMs would have powers to force people to cast their ballot.
But Welsh Affairs Select Committee chairman David Davies told BBC Wales he would be "wary" of any such moves.
He said: "If politicians can't persuade people to come out and support someone, the fault lies with us not the public."
Mr Davies, MP for Monmouth, added: "Trying to convince ourselves that we're all relevant and popular by forcing people to vote and punishing them in some way is not the answer in my opinion."
Although there are no indications they are planning to do so, AMs would be able to introduce compulsory voting under UK ministers' plans to devolve further powers to Cardiff Bay, including control of assembly elections and income tax varying powers.
The devolution proposals, contained in the Wales Bill, were debated by MPs on Tuesday.
Labour Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens told BBC Radio Wales she had "always been a fan of compulsory voting".
Speaking on the Good Morning Wales programme she said: "I consider it a bit like jury service - you know, it's your duty as a citizen."
"Provided there are options for people who don't want to chose a particular party, or can just term up and register the fact that they've arrived at the ballot box and not register to vote, then I'd be in favour of it."
Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, said compulsory voting would be a "major change, moving voting from a civic right to a civic duty".
"I'm not entirely convinced that's the way to do it," he said.
"What we should be looking at is electoral reform, that's a necessity."
In April, Labour Welsh Government minister Ken Skates said compulsory voting should be considered to boost assembly election turnout and he was "personally in favour" of it.
Labour has previously rejected the idea, as have the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP.
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On a slow Sydney pitch, England slipped to 15-3 and barely recovered - Rene Farrell taking 4-15 in their 101-8.
Australia were untroubled in the chase, Elyse Villani's unbeaten 36 getting them home with nine balls to spare.
10-13 Jan: Test, Perth - England won by 61 runs
19 Jan: 1st ODI, Melbourne - England won by seven wickets
23 Jan: 2nd ODI, Melbourne - Australia won by 26 runs
26 Jan: 3rd ODI, Hobart - Australia won by four wickets
29 Jan: 1st T20, Hobart - England won by nine wickets
31 Jan: 2nd T20, Melbourne - Australia won by seven wickets
2 Feb: 3rd T20, Sydney - Australia won by seven wickets
England had already won the Ashes on the multi-format points system, but end with three wins and four defeats.
Their defence of the trophy they won at home last summer was given the best possible start by a 61-run win in the Test match - the six points earned meaning only two victories were needed from the three one-day internationals and three T20s.
They came in the first ODI and first T20 but, since then, the touring batters have failed twice to give Australia two consolation wins.
At Stadium Australia, the top order was ripped up by Farrell, who removed Lauren Winfield, captain Charlotte Edwards - via an excellent catch by Nicole Bolton - and Lydia Greenway for a golden duck.
From 15-3, much seemed to rest on Sarah Taylor and for a while her steady accumulation looked likely to begin an England fightback.
But, perhaps undone by one that stuck in the pitch, Taylor holed out to long-on off Megan Schutt for 22, beginning another collapse that saw four wickets fall for 30 runs.
In that time, some panicked running saw Nat Sciver, who top-scored with 28, run out in a mix-up with Danielle Wyatt, who herself was then found short by Meg Lanning's direct hit.
"England's change bowling needs some work, especially when it's going to be integral at the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh on slower decks. Take out Shrubsole and Brunt, and you're not left with a great deal. Georgia Elwiss has looked better on slower decks, but I don't think Charlotte Edwards uses herself enough. Danielle Hazell is their main spinner, but at this moment in time, I'd rather see Charlotte Edwards bowling than Danni Wyatt. Sarah Taylor also needs to push on - she's getting into good positions but not going on, and she's an elite batter."
In the end, it took a late effort from Danielle Hazell and Jenny Gunn to set Australia 102, a target made slightly trickier by the slow conditions and paceless outfield.
And, with off-spinner Hazell conceding only nine runs from four overs with new ball, England had control from one end.
But, with the seam of Kate Cross and Gunn expensive, openers Alyssa Healy and Villani were able to compile a stand of 48.
When Healy heaved Arran Brindle to Greenway on the leg side, Lanning arrived to continue Australia's progress, only for the captain to needlessly pull Georgia Elwiss to deep square leg.
However, Villani remained and, though some late pressure forced the run-out of Bolton, Alex Blackwell's busy entry proved that England had fallen short.
Still, England were able to celebrate with the Ashes trophy in the Sydney evening sunshine, but improvement is needed in the shortest format before the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in March.
Ten years later he was found guilty of killing the people who died when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Megrahi, who has always proclaimed his innocence, unsuccessfully appealed against his conviction. But he was subsequently allowed to return home after it emerged that he had terminal cancer, and he died in 2012.
Here are some of the key moments in the story of the bombing.
Scottish prosecutors request permission from the Libyan authorities to interview two suspects over the Lockerbie bombing.
Scottish judges rule that relatives of the victims should not be allowed to pursue an appeal on Megrahi's behalf.
Families argued they should have the right to carry forward the miscarriage of justice appeal for Megrahi.
Scotland's top prosecutor, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland, reaffirms his belief that Megrahi is guilty of the Lockerbie bombing and says no Crown Office investigator or prosecutor ever raised concerns about the evidence used to convict him.
He also pledges to continue tracking down Megrahi's accomplices.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at his home in Tripoli, aged 60.
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is overthrown by an uprising in Libya, and is killed by rebels.
Megrahi falls into a coma at his Tripoli home with CNN reporting he appeared to be "at death's door".
The Scottish Parliament is recalled to discuss the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill faces questioning over his decision from MSPs but says he stands by his decision and will "live with the consequences".
The Scottish government releases Megrahi on compassionate grounds. He returns home to Libya aboard a jet belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Judges accept an application by the Lockerbie bomber to drop his second appeal against conviction.
The permission of the High Court in Edinburgh was required before the proceedings could be formally abandoned.
Megrahi asks to be released from jail on compassionate grounds due to his illness.
Relatives of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie bombing mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy.
A court rules that Megrahi, will remain in jail while he appeals against his conviction.
The father of one of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing reiterates his call for Megrahi to be released.
Jim Swire, whose daughter was killed, criticised the slow appeal process faced by the man convicted of the attack and said the question of whether Megrahi should be released was one of "common humanity".
Megrahi's lawyer reveals the 56-year-old former Libyan intelligence agent has been diagnosed with "advanced stage" prostate cancer.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, which has been investigating the case since 2003, recommends Megrahi is granted a second appeal against his conviction.
Megrahi is told he must serve at least 27 years in jail.
His sentence was increased after a change in the law meant he had to again come before the Scottish courts so that the punishment period could be set.
Lawyers acting for families of the Lockerbie bombing victims say they have reached agreement with Libya on the payment of compensation.
The deal to set up a $2.7bn (£1.7bn) fund was struck with Libyan officials after negotiations in London.
Megrahi spends his first night at a prison in Glasgow after being flown by helicopter to HMP Barlinnie.
Megrahi loses his appeal against the conviction.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is found guilty of murder after the historic trial under Scottish law in the Netherlands.
The judges recommend a minimum of 20 years "in view of the horrendous nature of this crime".
Megrahi's co-accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, is found not guilty and told he is free to return home.
The trial of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 48, and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, 44, opens at Camp Zeist, a specially convened Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands.
Both of the accused deny murder.
The suspects are taken into Dutch custody after flying from Tripoli to an airbase near the Hague and are formally charged with the bombing.
UN sanctions against Libya are suspended as agreed.
Britain and the United States propose trying the suspects in the Netherlands under Scottish law.
The UN Security Council imposes sanctions on air travel and arms sales over Libya's refusal to hand the suspects over for trial in a Scottish court.
US and British investigators indict Libyans Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah on 270 counts of murder, conspiracy to murder and violating Britain's 1982 Aviation Security Act.
The men were accused of being Libyan intelligence agents.
Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, 38 minutes after take-off from London.
The 259 people on board the Boeing 747 are killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
Gary Fraser, 36, had failed to return to the prison following a temporary period of leave.
He was reported missing at 18:00 on Sunday.
The Italian succeeds Remi Garde, who was sacked in March before the club's relegation from the Premier League.
Di Matteo, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, will be assisted by former Blues team-mate Steve Clarke.
Villa were also linked with ex-Manchester United boss David Moyes and new Derby County manager Nigel Pearson, but Di Matteo was always first choice.
Dr Tony Xia, the Chinese businessman whose takeover of Villa is awaiting Football League and Premier League approval, is convinced Di Matteo will raise the West Midlands club's profile in the Championship.
The former West Brom and Schalke boss and Clarke, 52, have been out of management since last year.
The pair have never worked together in management but were Chelsea team-mates for two years.
Clarke will take hands-on responsibility for Villa's group of underachieving players.
The Scot has excellent contacts and recent experience in the Championship, having managed Reading until he was sacked last December.
Thanks to his time at Newcastle United and Liverpool, he also has an excellent reputation as a first-team coach and worked as an assistant to Jose Mourinho at Chelsea for three years.
As a head coach, Clarke, a former Scotland international, guided West Brom to their highest Premier League position of eighth in 2013.
Di Matteo has not managed at Championship level since 2009-10, when he guided West Brom to an immediate return to the top flight.
Since 2011, the former Italy midfielder, who played 32 times for his country, has been sacked by the Baggies and Chelsea. He left Bundesliga side Schalke in May 2015 after failing to qualify for the Champions League.
The first task for Di Matteo and Clarke will be to eliminate underperforming players on long contracts, while bringing in players suited to the physical challenges of the Championship.
New owner Xia has already promised extensive funds for player recruitment.
The Cadw Dragon spent the summer touring castles, and the body reported a 22% increase in family visitors.
Welsh Government figures showed more than 600,000 people explored Cadw sites between July and September - the highest ever recorded for that quarter - while the dragon was on display.
Meanwhile Caernarfon Castle welcomed nearly 40,000 visitors during its first fortnight of Poppies: Weeping Window.
The dragon visited castles in Flint, Caerphilly, Chepstow, Beaumaris, Rhuddlan, Kidwelly, Caernarfon and Harlech.
Lynne Evans, owner of Glanmors Cafe in Caerphilly, said: "The cafe was heaving during the last two weeks of July - we couldn't understand why we were so busy until we realised that the dragon was back at the castle.
"We had hundreds of family visitors, stretching from Caerphilly locals to people from further afield in Cardiff - it was absolutely tremendous to see the cafe so busy."
The dragon will reside at Raglan Castle until 12 November, while the poppies installation will be open to the public until 20 November.
Marler has been charged for calling Samson Lee "Gypsy boy" during England's Six Nations win over Wales.
The 25-year-old has already been cleared by Six Nations organisers and had his apology accepted by Lee.
But RPA chief Damian Hopley, said Marler is "being hung out to dry" by an "excruciating media witchhunt".
"It is important to place on the record how we have watched the events around this ongoing disciplinary process unfold in a state of disbelief," said Hopley, the RPA's chief executive officer.
Rugby's world governing body asked Six Nations organisers to explain the decision not to punish Marler for his comments to Lee, who is from the Traveller community.
The Harlequins player was reprimanded by England head coach Eddie Jones, but the Welsh Rugby Union was disappointed he was not suspended.
He faces a hearing on 5 April, with World Rugby saying the prop's remark "amounts to misconduct and/or a breach" of its code of conduct.
RPA chief Hopley, a former Wasps and England winger, added: "Let's be absolutely clear, Joe is not racially motivated and this matter should have been closed when it was originally dealt with three weeks ago.
"We will be watching the ensuing process extremely carefully but the thought of World Rugby calling for yet another hearing and therefore prolonging this episode defies belief."
This is the extraordinary finding from a new study that examined the fossil record of baleens - the group of filter feeders to which the blues belong.
These animals were relatively small for most of their evolutionary existence and only became the behemoths we know today in the past three million years.
That is when the climate likely turned the oceans into a "food heaven".
Favoured prey - such as krill, small crustaceans - suddenly became super-concentrated in places, allowing the baleens with their specialised feeding mechanism to pig-out and evolve colossal forms.
"The blue whales, the fins and bowheads, and the right whales - they are among the most massive vertebrates to have ever lived," explained Nick Pyenson from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, US.
"Some of the dinosaurs were longer, but these big whales even outweighed the largest dinosaurs. And isn't that surprising? People kind of think of gigantism as being a fact of the geologic past. But here we are, living in the time of giants on Planet Earth," he told BBC News.
*Whales have been around for about 50 million years - a blink of the eye in the 4.6-billion-year history of the Earth.
Dr Pyenson is publishing the new research - conducted with Graham Slater from the University of Chicago and Jeremy Goldbogen from Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station - in a journal of the Royal Society called Proceedings B.
It is based on a deep analysis of the Smithsonian's extensive collection of cetacean bones, and in particular of whale skulls which are a good indicator of overall body size.
The team estimated the lengths of 63 extinct species, including some of the very earliest baleens that swam in the oceans more than 30 million years ago. And combined with data on modern whales, this investigation was then able to establish the evolutionary relationships between whales of different sizes.
What emerges from the research is a picture showing not only that gigantism is a recent phenomenon but that this bigness arises independently in the different baleen lineages.
The smaller whale species that had previously persisted start to go extinct within the last three million years, right at the same time as the giants begin to appear.
It all points to a major shift in the environment and the team suggests the best explanation is the onset of ice ages at the end of the warm Pliocene Epoch, the beginning of the Pleistocene.
The existence of major ice sheets would have restructured the oceans, changing the way water and nutrients were distributed.
"This period sees some dramatic changes, including the closure of the Panamanian isthmus, shutting off connection between the Atlantic and Pacific," explained Dr Slater.
“Ice sheets in the north develop a lot of cold water that sinks and is then transported around the globe. And what you get are intense upwellings that bring that nutrient-rich cold water back to the surface. That allows algae to go crazy and that allows krill to feed and to form really dense aggregations."
It is not the abundance of prey per se that favours large baleens, but rather the prey's patchy, concentrated nature. And with their filter-feeding system of eating, the big whales are able to take maximum advantage.
“They can travel from one feeding zone to the next very efficiently because their big size means their 'miles per gallon', their MPG, is very high. And they seem to know precisely the right time to turn up at these feeding grounds," Dr Slater added.
Two points are worth noting. First, commercial whaling in the last century decimated baleen populations and very probably removed most, if not all, of the ultra-giants out there. Few blues now exceed the 30m lengths that were often recorded at processing factories.
Thanks to the international moratorium on whaling, the true giants could yet return. But this raises the second issue: the changing climate.
If the experts are right, we are heading back towards the Pliocene. Increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could well see global temperatures in the next century that are three or four degrees warmer than they are today. This would almost certainly trigger further ocean changes.
"We’re playing with the dials on 'Spaceship Earth'," commented Dr Pyenson.
"We don’t know how things are going turn out, especially for these food resources which may or may not be persistent in space and time. There are some baleens that we think might be more flexible. Gray whales, for example, appear to have a very broad feeding range; blue whales not so much - they really need their krill."
Richard Sabin is the curator of marine mammals at London’s Natural History Museum.
He called the research "compelling and important" and also highlighted the ecological knife-edge on which some of these animals must live: "There are 90 or so cetacean species. They’re a very diverse group and some of them are very specialised.
"So, you have creatures like the river dolphins that use echo-location to find their prey and the blue whales that are very specialised feeders with their krill. These animals have evolved within systems that they now depend on remaining stable."
London's NHM is about to make its blue whale skeleton the star attraction of a remodelled entrance hall.
The near-4.5-tonne specimen has been hung from the ceiling in a lunge-feeding pose, mouth open.
The display is under wraps for the moment, but a big unveiling is promised in the next few weeks.
"The visualisations that we released give you an idea, but they don't really do it justice. She looks spectacular. You get so many different perspectives from the different angles, and you get a real sense not just of her size but of her dynamism as well."
London’s Natural History Museum will also stage a new exhibition on whales to coincide with the unveiling.
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It was the most dramatic of murders - what one lawyer called "an act of nuclear terrorism" on the streets of London - and the victim was a man who had once worked for the Russian security services but was later on the payroll of their British counterparts.
So what have we learned about the man, how he died and who was behind it?
The inquiry has delved deep into Alexander Litvinenko's past and particularly his falling-out with his employers in the Russian security service in the late 1990s - then headed by Vladimir Putin.
We heard about his fleeing to London and then his subsequent vocal criticism of Mr Putin, which included accusing the Russian leader of being behind apartment bombings in Moscow.
Mr Litvinenko had a close relationship with exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky and Chechen exiles in London, as he also worked on investigations into Russian businesses and individuals for private security firms.
Just before he died, Mr Litvinenko had been proud to have become a British citizen.
The inquiry also learned about his relationship with MI6, including the fact he received regular payments form the British secret service and had a handler codenamed Martin.
There has never been much doubt that Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with radioactive polonium.
But we learned much more about how this was discovered, almost by chance, as he lay dying after weeks of tests and growing confusion about his illness.
Polonium was described as an "almost perfect murder weapon" - but once it had been discovered, a trail could be followed that extended across the capital and beyond.
Police said they would never know what long-term dangers exposure to it could mean for the public.
Some 97% of the world's polonium, the inquiry heard, came from Russia.
The evidence pointed - as had always been suspected - to the poison being delivered in a cup of tea in the Pine Bar of the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square, London.
A teapot showed very high traces of radioactivity on the spout consistent with it having been used to pour the polonium out.
At the bar, Alexander Litvinenko met the two alleged killers, Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi.
Both men deny they were involved in murder.
The police suggested, though, that while the alleged killers knew they were carrying a poison, they did not know it was radioactive.
That, police said, explained why Mr Lugovoi was willing to have his family in close proximity and even shake Mr Litvinenko's hand after the poisoning.
The inquiry also heard testimony from unnamed individuals who suggested that in Germany, Dmitry Kovtun had also asked a friend to find a cook who could administer what was called a "very expensive poison" in London.
The evidence linking the two alleged killers - Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi - was primarily forensic.
Police were able to correlate their movements with the trail of polonium, not just in London but further afield.
This related to flights they took, bars they visited, the Emirates football stadium where they saw a game, Mr Kovtun's movements in Germany and even a visit by them to the British Embassy in Moscow after the murder.
Dmitry Kovtun had been due to give evidence in the final days of the inquiry but raised last-minute concerns that doing so would breach confidentiality agreements with Russian investigators.
This meant neither of the men was able to answer or challenge the evidence against them directly.
Other theories received limited attention in the inquiry.
The police dismissed the claim that Litvinenko himself had somehow been involved in smuggling polonium or that MI6 framed Lugovoi and Kovtun.
Suicide was also ruled out and while there was some evidence that Litvinenko's relationship with Boris Berezovsky had cooled, there was nothing to suggest that this could have led to his death.
Neither Lugovoi nor Kovtun were said to have had a personal motive for murdering Litvinenko and so the belief was that they must have been acting on behalf of someone else.
The use of hard-to-find polonium was another factor.
"The evidence suggests that the only credible explanation is that in one way or another the Russian state was involved in Litvinenko's murder," the lawyer for the police, Richard Horwell QC, said in his closing statement.
He was careful, though, not to say that this had to mean that Vladimir Putin gave the order.
Ben Emmerson QC, lawyer for Litvinenko's widow Marina, however, said in his closing statement that the evidence pointed to Mr Putin.
"When the evidence is viewed in the round, as it must be, it establishes Russian state responsibility for Alexander Litvinenko's murder beyond reasonable doubt. And if the Russian state is responsible, Vladimir Putin is responsible."
Alexander Litvinenko's problems with Russia's leader began when he was an FSB officer in the late 1990s and complained to Mr Putin, then the director of the security service.
His fierce criticism of Mr Putin continued after he fled to London, when he was seen by some in Russia as a traitor.
He was also investigating corruption among senior individuals and links to the mafia.
In the summer of 2006, changes to a law permitting the elimination of "extremists" gave it a wide definition that the police said could have included Litvinenko.
No conclusive evidence was heard in the inquiry as to who might have given the order although various theories were raised.
Secret evidence heard by the chairman of the inquiry, Sir Robert Owen, may include further intelligence on this specific issue, which is why his willingness to point the finger will be so closely watched and may determine how much diplomatic fallout there is from the inquiry.
He is due to deliver his report to the home secretary by the end of the year.
The New York Times says flagged messages were made available to the FBI, but the scans have now stopped.
It adds that the tech company adapted one of its spam and child-abuse-image filters to carry out the task.
The details build on an earlier report by the news agency Reuters.
Yahoo declined to add to its previous statements, in which it said Reuters' report was "misleading" and that it was "a law-abiding firm".
The California-based company also said the mail-scanning process outlined by Reuters "does not exist" on its systems, but did not explicitly address whether it had done so previously.
The New York Times says its report is based on interviews with two unnamed US government officials and a third anonymous person "familiar with" Yahoo.
It says that FBI investigators had learned that agents of a foreign terrorist body were using Yahoo's email service.
The bureau had managed to discover a "highly unique identifier or signature" used by the terrorists, it adds, but had been unable to indentify which accounts were being used, and so wanted Yahoo's aid.
It says that a judge at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was persuaded that the string of characters would have been used only by a foreign power, and so agreed to issue an order for Yahoo to comply.
The US law governing what can and cannot be scanned is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa).
The original version, passed in 1978, set out strict conditions under which a special court could authorise electronic surveillance if suspects were believed to be engaged in espionage or planning an attack against the US on behalf of a foreign power.
Following the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration secretly gave the NSA permission to bypass the court and carry out warrantless surveillance of al-Qaeda suspects, among others.
After this emerged in 2005, Congress voted to both offer immunity to the firms that had co-operated with the NSA's requests and to make amendments to Fisa.
A relaxation to the rules, introduced in 2008, meant officials could now obtain court orders without having to identify each individual target or detail the specific types of communications they intended to monitor so long as they convinced the court their purpose was to gather "foreign intelligence information".
In addition, they no longer had to confirm both the sender and receiver of the messages were outside the US, but only had to show it was "reasonable" to believe one of the parties was outside the country.
Yahoo had previously handed over data about its users to US cyber-spies - a fact it fought a legal battle to be able to reveal - but only after unsuccessfully appealing against the demand
But Reuters's article said that it had not challenged last year's order, a decision that allegedly disappointed some of its staff and led to the resignation of its chief information security officer.
A Fisa court order would restrict Yahoo from discussing the matter.
But the reports have raised privacy concerns and prompted US lawmakers and the EU's lead data protection commissioner to say they are looking into the allegations.
"This is a perfect example of why we need to reform [the Fisa Amendments Act]," said the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights campaign group.
"Absent such reform, congress must not reauthorise section 702 [of Fisa, which permits warrantless surveillance] when it expires at the end of next year."
Vincent Lambert, 39, has been in a coma for seven years after a motorcycle accident left him tetraplegic.
His family have been split over whether he should be kept alive.
The case was taken to the European court last year after France's highest court had ruled in favour of ending his life support.
It sparked fierce debate in France where euthanasia is illegal, although doctors can withdraw care under a 2005 passive euthanasia law.
The court in Strasbourg ruled on Friday that the decision to stop intravenously feeding Mr Lambert did not violate European rights laws.
Mr Lambert has been kept alive with the use of intravenous food and water at a hospital in Reims in north-eastern France.
His wife Rachel and some of his brothers and sisters had agreed with doctors' recommendation that his life should be ended as there was no hope of recovery.
The doctors said Mr Lambert had shown signs last year of resisting treatment, and Rachel Lambert said her husband would "never have wanted to be kept in this state".
"There's no relief, no joy to express. We'd just like his will to be done," she said after the ruling.
But Mr Lambert's parents - who are said to be devout Roman Catholics - and other siblings say he has shown signs of progress and believe he just needs better care.
"They are trying to make us say we don't want him to go, but it is not at all the case, we don't want him to be snuffed out," his mother Viviane said earlier this year.
They took the case to Strasbourg after France's highest court ruled last year in favour of ending Mr Lambert's life support.
And their lawyer hinted before the ruling that they would fight on if it went against them.
Jean Paillot said the decision to stop life support "was taken by a doctor and can only be carried out by this doctor", who is no longer in charge of Vincent Lambert's care. He said they would seek a new medical decision through the French courts.
Josh Strauss and Fraser Brown powered over for first-half tries after fine work from fly-half Finn Russell, who kicked two penalties.
Scrum-half Ali Price fizzed in for a third score after 47 minutes.
But Glasgow failed to score a fourth try and earn what might have proved a vital bonus point, with Xavier Chauveau grabbing a late Racing consolation.
The defeat effectively eliminates the winless French champions from the tournament.
From the first whistle, Glasgow played with a pace, accuracy and ambition that Racing could not live with. Russell controlled things magnificently from 10, backed up wonderfully by Price, a constant menace to the visiting French.
Like Glasgow's stunning victory in Paris last weekend, though, it was almost daft to pick out individuals when the collective was so powerful. Glasgow had bundles of ideas and found tonnes of space. They had ball-carriers by the bucketload, a dominant scrum and an all-round tempo that made Racing look like a team of old men.
The opening try, after five minutes, was a delight, beginning with Russell's dink over the top of the Racing defence, then gathered by Tommy Seymour who fed Stuart Hogg up the left. Hogg beat one tackler, drew in another and offloaded to Strauss, who went over on his 100th appearance.
The second try was another pearler, Russell and Price involved again before the outstanding Brown went through a stretched and insipid Racing defence to score near the posts. Russell had missed his first conversion but made no mistake with his second. After 14 minutes, Glasgow led 12-0.
Racing were being ripped apart - they missed 21 tackles in the first half alone - and fell further behind when Russell banged over a penalty just after the half-hour. They were camped in the French half. When they shunted Racing backwards in a scrum they won another penalty soon after. Once again, Russell's kick was good - 18-0.
Racing had one attack worthy of the name in the entire first half, Marc Andreu going close but not close enough in the left corner.
After the restart, Glasgow went again. Alex Dunbar started punching more holes in the Racing defence and with Russell playing flat as you like, the visitors were on the back foot once more.
Price, as sharp as a tack, saw his opportunity at a breakdown and went in for Glasgow's third try, converted by Russell.
There was a response from Racing, who cleared their bench and finally won some ball. They came close to battering over on three occasions but were repelled every time. That terrific Glasgow defence would have head coach Gregor Townsend purring. Chauveau eventually broke through to score, but it was in the last minute. Too little, too late.
Racing, with three straight defeats, are now a busted flush in terms of qualification for the last eight. Glasgow, meanwhile, are bang in contention and are playing beautifully. A thunderous victory on a seismic night for the Warriors.
Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend: "We went at them right from the kick-off in defence and when we got ball we looked really dangerous. I felt we were dominant for 40, 50 minutes, and the atmosphere here was great.
"It was one of those special nights, but we've still got a bit to work on. That last 30 minutes we need to be better, especially when we come up against Munster in a few weeks' time."
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Sam Johnson, Lee Jones, Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Jonny Gray (capt), Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Corey Flynn, Alex Allan, Sila Puafisi, Brian Alainu'uese, Chris Fusaro, Henry Pyrgos, Mark Bennett, Sean Lamont.
Racing 92: Brice Dulin, Teddy Thomas, Casey Laulala, Anthony Tuitavke, Marc Andreu, Dan Carter, Maxime Machenaud (capt); Viliamu Afatia, Camille Chat, Ben Tameifuna, Gerbrandt Grobler, Francois van der Merwe, Wenceslas Lauret, Chris Masoe, Leone Nakarawa.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Eddy Ben Arous, Cedate Gomes Sa, Thibault Dubarry, Antoine Claassen, Xavier Chauveau, Benjamin Dambielle, Joe Rokocoko.
29 July 2016 Last updated at 12:44 BST
Sixty years after it accepted its first tenants, BBC Berkshire speaks to some of the Britwell Estate's residents, including Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
The area was made up exclusively of families from Paddington, West Kensington and Shepherd's Bush, making it a pocket of London in Berkshire.
21 May 2016 Last updated at 00:10 BST
Filmmaker Dan Murdoch visits a gun range in Dallas and speaks to one of the reps about the right to carry.
Last summer he documented clashes between a resurgent Ku Klux Klan, and a growing Black Power movement.
Now in a follow up to KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy, he revisits some of the people he met and meets members of the Black Liberation Movement to find out what black power means, what their motivations are and why the movement seems to be gaining traction.
Watch Black Power: Americas Armed Resistance here
Researchers say there has been a forty-fold increase in the rate of quakes in the US state between 2008-13.
The scientists found that the disposal of water in four high-volume wells could be responsible for a swarm of tremors up to 35km away.
Their research has been published in the journal, Science.
Sudden swarm
There has been increasing evidence of links between the process of oil and gas extraction and earthquakes in states like Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma in recent years.
In 2011, a small number of people were injured and 14 houses were destroyed in the town of Prague, Oklahoma by a 5.7 tremor.
Investigators linked it to the injection of wastewater from the oil industry.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has also reported on the question of seismicity induced by wastewater disposal.
This new research goes further, linking a large swarm of Oklahoma tremors with a number of specific water wells, distantly located.
More than 2,500 earthquakes greater than magnitude 3.0 have occurred around the small town of Jones since 2008. This represents about 20% of the total in the central and western US in this period.
Researchers have now linked this increase to a near doubling in the volumes of wastewater disposed of in the central Oklahoma region between 2004 and 2008.
Water is never far away in the energy extraction process. It is used not just for hydraulic fracturing, but also to squeeze more oil out of conventional wells.
Large amounts of naturally occurring water are often released with the oil and gas - and this briny liquid needs to be separated from the fuels, using a method called "dewatering".
"There is a high ratio of water to oil," said the study's lead author Dr Katie Keranen from Cornell University.
"It differs for each well. The typical nationwide ratio is five to one. We're seeing much higher ratios, in the hundreds, at the beginning of the well."
According to Dr Bill Ellsworth from the USGS, the high price of oil has driven this water-based approach. But the law says that drinking water has to be protected from the salty flow.
"As part of the business model, you have to be able to dispose of these very large volumes of saline water. You can't treat it; you can't put it into the rivers. So, you have to inject it underground."
Four of the biggest of these wells in Oklahoma have been pumping around 4 million barrels of water a month to a depth of 3.5km beneath the surface.
To determine the impact of this water, the scientists developed a model that could calculate the way the underground wave of pressure from these wells spread out.
By comparing this to seismic data from the Jones cluster, it was concluded that the injection of wastewater is "likely responsible" for the swarm.
"It is possible that pressure looks to have risen in the places where the earthquakes are occurring," said Dr Keranen.
"That pressure increase is what we see in natural triggering. So, if a fault is close to failure, the amount that the pressure is going up at these locations in our model is enough to push them over the edge."
The four wells that are the subject of the study are owned by a company called New Dominion. It insists that it operates its wells (named Sweetheart, Chambers, Flower Power and Deep Throat) safely and within permitted parameters.
"The company notes the author did not consult with New Dominion's geologist and engineers to determine whether her premises are in any way correct," the company said in a statement.
"At best, these incorrect assumptions are irresponsible."
The authors say that they are uncertain about the potential for the large-scale disposal of wastewater to trigger events of larger magnitude.
They point to an incident in 2010 when an earthquake ruptured a portion of a 7km long fault. If the entire fault had gone, the authors write, it could have led to a magnitude 6.0 tremor.
"We often see more larger earthquakes when we see a lot of smaller ones," said Dr Keranen.
"But this is new situation with induced seismicity and we still have a lot of questions that we are trying to address."
This view is echoed by Dr Bill Ellsworth from USGS.
"There are thousands of these wells in the US, so only a few appear to be problematic. The difficulties can be avoided but we need to know more about the process so we can give proper guidance to the authorities."
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Wales was named as assistant to Robin McBryde for June's Tests against Samoa and Tonga, along with Matt Sherratt (Blues) and Stephen Jones (Scarlets).
The decision follows the news that Blues general manager Billy Millard will leave at the end of the season.
"It would have been great to have Danny on tour, but we fully appreciate and understand his position," said McBryde.
"It was a tough decision for him to make, but we'd like to thank him for doing so at an early enough juncture for it not to hinder our preparation for the tour.
"I look forward to working with Danny again in the near future."
Wilson will oversee a number of changes in a minor restructuring of the rugby department at the Blues.
"With Billy leaving, some adjustments to the rugby department and an increased workload, all of my focus and attention is needed at Cardiff Blues," he said.
"I want to remain in Cardiff to ensure we are best prepared for pre-season, the 2017-18 season itself and beyond.
"I am very grateful to the Welsh Rugby Union for the opportunity, and their understanding of my decision, and wish Robin and his team all the very best for what will be a tough tour."
Wales name their squad for the summer tour at midday on Tuesday 9th May.
Author JM Barrie played in the gardens of Moat Brae in Dumfries as a child.
At one point it was facing demolition but finance has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
It means work can now start on the literature and storytelling centre which should open in two years' time.
The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT), which is behind the scheme, hopes it can attract 40,000 visitors a year, contributing £1.3m to the local economy.
It should create a dozen new jobs with about another 20 created indirectly by the extra visitor spending.
Joanna Lumley, PPMBT patron, said: "This is tremendous news for Dumfries and a lovely gift to young people everywhere.
"Moat Brae inspired JM Barrie to write one of the best-loved children's stories of all time.
"We hope it will give new generations of young people the courage and confidence they need to lead creative lives.
"It's an awfully big adventure, and this is just the start."
Dame Barbara Kelly, who chairs the trust, said it was "wonderful" that the building had been saved and now had a "new future as a major visitor attraction and a community asset at the heart of Dumfries".
"The transformation of the house and gardens will make an invaluable contribution to the town's social and economic regeneration," she said.
"It will also provide brand new opportunities for children and families for fun and discovery."
Born in Kirriemuir in Angus, Barrie moved to Dumfries in 1873 at the age of 13 and credited the "enchanted land" at Moat Brae as helping to inspire the Peter Pan story.
The works on the property will help to create:
Its Neverland Discovery Garden will have Peter Pan and Neverland-themed interactive features including:
Development director Cathy Agnew said it was "great" to be able to make the funding announcement.
"I think JM Barrie would love to know that the town, the house and the garden which so inspired him will now inspire hundreds of thousands of others," she said.
"As one of the world's most successful playwrights, he really understood the importance of igniting young people's creative imagination and so do we."
Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Ronnie Nicholson said the local authority was "delighted" to be a partner in the project.
"Children from Dumfries and Galloway, and beyond, will have a wonderful place to learn and play, attracting visitors to our region," he said.
Lucy Casot, head of the HLF in Scotland, said she looked forward to seeing the transformation of the site while Philip Deverell of Creative Scotland said it was great to see fundraising progress so well.
Further fundraising will now take place so the trust can develop a series of other features and projects at the site.
The midfielder, 31, sustained the injury in a challenge on Sheffield United's Leon Clarke.
Bolton manager Phil Parkinson told the club website: "It's a blow for both him and us, but it's also a chance for someone else to step up."
Bolton went on to win their first League One game 1-0, with Jay Spearing scoring the only goal.
The Azzurri decided not to compete at the ruck during their 36-15 Six Nations defeat by England on Sunday.
World Rugby have told the BBC it could 'clarify' the law, but despite the grey area Diamond thinks the idea is likely to be adopted in the Premiership.
"One or two bright coaches, like Conor O'Shea, will bring it into the Premiership now, no doubt," he said.
Italy's unusual playing style meant there was no offside after a tackle, allowing their players to interrupt England's attacking line and cause confusion.
England coach Eddie Jones said Italy's play "wasn't rugby", but O'Shea believes the plan, masterminded by defence coach Brendan Venter, "challenged people's minds".
Rugby's governing body commented that it was "too early to speculate" about potential rule changes, meaning that, for the time-being at least, the tactic might be tempting to Premiership coaches.
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However, Sale, who are 10th in the Premiership, will not be taking a leaf out of O'Shea's book.
"I could never bring in something as contentious as that," Diamond told BBC Radio Manchester.
"The laws are intricate, but there's always the ability to manipulate them.
"The fact of the matter is you've got the most prestigious rugby competition in the world on and no one wants to watch that rubbish; we want to see a good, abrasive game.
"It's a bit like cowardice. It's like walking backwards at scrums instead of hitting through the mark, but it's within the laws."
Diamond said he would prepare his side to counter the tactics.
"I think that as soon as it happens to you, you should just pick and go as they've got nobody behind the ruck," he added.
Northampton, who play Sale in the Premiership on Friday, are also guarding against the possibility of the opposition adopting such tactics.
"I'm surprised England didn't pick up on it because it's been a theme in the last few weeks," Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder told BBC Radio Northampton.
"Referees have been talking very specifically about whether it's a tackle situation or a maul. [Northampton coach] Dorian West has been doing quite a lot of work with the team for those situations.
"It was surprising that England hadn't spoken about it previously."
Wasps were on the receiving end of the tactic before utilising it themselves when England number eight Nathan Hughes scored a late try to draw their Champions Cup game with Toulouse in October.
But head coach Dai Young told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire he would not be employing it to the extent that Italy did at Twickenham.
"It's part of the laws and you've got to play the laws," he said. "Toulouse did it to us and we took one into them as well when Nathan Hughes scored our second try.
"It probably doesn't make for a great spectacle. We're trying to bring things into the game like bonus points and scoring tries to keep people watching.
"If we saw more and more of it, from a spectator point of view, I'm sure they'd want to get rid of that, as it's not something people would want to come and watch.
"It's not something that's going to drag people in."
McHugh, son of UU manager Martin, fisted in to give the students a 2-20 to 4-13 opening win in Section C.
In the same section, new Cavan boss Mattie McGleenan saw his side achieve a 1-13 to 0-12 win over Tyrone who have won the cup for five years in a row.
Tyrone's Mattie Donnelly and Niall McDermott of Cavan were sent off.
Cavan's Seanie Johnston also had to leave the action early as he got a black card.
Gerard Smith scored an early goal for Cavan as Tyrone were made to pay for poor finishing.
Connor McAliskey was stretchered off with a suspected cruciate knee injury on a disappointing day for the Red Hands, whose hopes of a sixth McKenna Cup title in a row are badly dented.
Smith's goal came in the 19th minute of a match in which the home side were never behind.
Cavan sub Paul O'Connor was on the field a matter a few seconds when he split the Tyrone defence finding Smith in space, and the forward fisted the ball over keeper Niall Morgan's head.
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Meanwhile, in a competitive match at Ballybofey Donegal, fielding an entire team of Under-21 players managed by Declan Bonner, seemed to be heading to a narrow win over the UU students.
They scored two goals in each half through Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Micheal Carroll, Brandon McCole and Ethan O'Donnell.
But UU, with a number of Donegal senior players in their ranks including the resourceful forward Patrick McBrearty, kept sending points over to keep the contest alive and set the stage for McHugh's decisive score.
Cavan: J Farrelly; F Reilly, K Clarke, K Brady (0-1); C Brady, J Dillon, P Faulkner; L Buchanan, S Tierney; M Reilly (0-1), T Corr (0-1), G Smith (1-2); S Johnston (0-4, 3f), N McDermott (0-1, f), N Clerkin
Subs: P O'Connor (0-1) for Buchanan (18), M Argue (0-2) for Tierney (HT), T Mooney for Dillon (44), S O'Rourke for Corr (47), J McLoughlin for O'Connor (62), C Smith for Johnston (BC, 68)
Tyrone: N Morgan; A McCrory, J Munroe, R McNabb; M Cassidy, T McCann, N Sludden; D McClure, P McNulty; D McCurry, P Harte (0-1), C McCullagh (0-1); L Brennan (0-3, 1f), C McAlliskey (0-5, 3f), R O'Neill (0-2, 2f)
Subs: R Brennan for Cassidy (15), HP McGeary for R Brennan (30), M Donnelly for McNulty (HT), R McHugh for McCurry (57), N McKenna for McAlliskey (62)
Gene Ormsby gave Wolves an early lead but Fetuli Talanoa hit back for Hull.
Chris Sandow put the hosts back in front after Benjamin Jullien charged down Marc Sneyd's kick, but the Black and Whites led 12-10 at the break through Mark Minichiello.
Kurt Gidley's penalty levelled the score but Gareth Ellis' try and a late Sneyd drop-goal won the game for Hull.
Warrington began the game in second place in the table knowing that victory would see them leapfrog Hull at the top on points difference, but instead they slip to third after Wigan secured a late win at Hull KR to climb above them.
Hull, meanwhile, are unbeaten since losing at Leeds on 15 April and have won 13 of their last 14 games in league and cup.
But although the meeting of the top two was high on intensity, it was strewn with errors as players of both sides struggled to keep hold of the ball in slippery conditions.
Both of Warrington's first-half scores were the result of Hull errors, while the Black and Whites were made to make work harder for their tries as slick passing sent Talanoa over in the corner, while Minichiello side-stepped past Stefan Ratchford to touch down.
Daryl Clark wasted the chance to put Warrington back in front after the break when he knocked on after Sneyd dropped a high kick before Ellis spun out of a tackle to score the game's decisive try.
Warrington coach Tony Smith:
"We were certainly not worthy of going top tonight. They deserve their win, I thought they were slightly better than us in their execution.
"I thought our defence was pretty good, we just didn't put any pressure on them and we turned the ball over too cheaply.
"We looked way off it in terms of our skills and we're going to address that. We're generally good at going away and rectifying things."
Hull FC coach Lee Radford:
"It was a horrible game, a poor advert for the top of the competition, but we're sat at the top so I'm not going to complain.
"It was bizarre, a really strange and scrappy affair, and we probably won't see that again for a long time. The players are as baffled as we are.
"If there's a positive, I thought we defended really well. We had to be physical on both edges and we conceded just two opportunist tries, which is obviously pleasing."
Warrington: Ratchford, Lineham, R. Evans, Atkins, Ormsby, Gidley, Sandow, Hill, Clark, Sims, Currie, Jullien, Westerman.
Replacements: Dwyer, G. King, Wilde, Bailey.
Hull: Shaul, Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Talanoa, Tuimavave, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Ellis.
Replacements: Green, Bowden, Pritchard, Washbrook.
Referee: James Child (RFL)
Attendance: 10,513
The screen star said in an interview with the Radio Times there is an "intern culture" of richer hopefuls being subsidised by their parents.
He said: "It worries me that in the arts, a very rich community, we're not offering more support."
The 50-year-old Liverpudlian added he was given a grant for drama school.
Morrissey, whose screen credits include Blackpool and US serial The Walking Dead, said that he was able to work while he was at the city's Everyman Theatre.
"There's an economic exclusion of working class people happening now. I got lucky, but if I was starting out now, it would be a lot harder, because my parents could never have supported me through that 'Is it going to happen?' period.
"Television is doing very well for itself, but the trickledown effect isn't working," he added.
Earlier this week, Dame Judi Dench echoed Morrissey's concerns, saying that she receives letters from aspiring actors asking for help to put them through drama school.
"Anyone who's in the theatre gets letters countless times a week asking for help to get through drama school. You can do so much, but you can't do an endless thing. It is very expensive," she told The Observer newspaper.
The Oscar winner said repertory theatres should be reinstated around the UK and suggested their demise was making the acting profession more elitist.
Actress Julie Walters has also taken a swipe at elitism in the business, saying: "The way things are now, there aren't going to be any working class actors.
"I look at almost all the up-and-coming names and they're from the posh schools."
Actors from more privileged backgrounds who were educated at public school have hit back at criticism that they have the upper hand.
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch said: "It's just so predictable... so domestic, and so dumb... It makes me think I want to go to America."
Actor Freddie Fox added: "I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts."
Other younger stars from privileged backgrounds who have been singled out include Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston.
Sir Maurice was the designer and creator of Edsac, a computer that ran its first program in May 1949.
The Cambridge machine was the first widely-useable stored program machine and was very influential on the nascent British computer industry.
It set standards for how computers should be used in academia and business that have lasted until the present day.
Following work on developing radar during World War II, Sir Maurice returned to Cambridge to begin designing the machine that would become Edsac.
Prior to the war he had studied mathematics at Cambridge and been heavily involved with the rather limited calculating machines used in the department.
Study of the design documents for what would become the US Edvac machine convinced him that computers were the future and he started the project to build one at Cambridge.
His efforts were helped by a trip to the US to attend a series of lectures, known as the Moore School, run by the American scientists who had built the pioneering Eniac computer and were working on its successor Edvac.
"Maurice Wilkes was the first to turn these ideas into a fully-functional electronic stored-program computer when the Cambridge Edsac ran its first program in May 1949," said computer historian Professor Simon Lavington.
Unlike earlier machines such as the Manchester Mark I which were largely experimental, Sir Maurice wanted to put his computer to practical use.
"The Edsac group was the most influential of the early British computing teams," said Prof Lavington, "most especially in setting high standards for the development of software and the organisation of a computing service to scientists and engineers."
The success of Edsac caught the attention of catering firm J Lyons which funded further development of the machine and led to the creation of the Leo - one of the first machines put to dedicated business use.
Innovations at the Cambridge computer laboratory, such as microprogramming and time-sharing, were widely influential in the industry at large.
"If any person deserves the title of the father of British computing, it is surely Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes," said Prof Lavington.
The co-ordinated raids on 60 addresses were the first time the authorities had acted on this issue in such a way.
The aim is to tackle what police called "a substantial rise in verbal radicalism".
Typical crimes included "glorification of Nazism [and] xenophobic, anti-Semitic and other right-wing extremism", they said.
Holger Munch, president of Germany's federal criminal police authority, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) said: "Today's action makes it clear that police authorities of the federal and state governments act firmly against hate and incitement on the internet."
He said politically motivated hate crime on the internet had increased significantly in the wake of the European refugee crisis.
Last year, Germany took in up to one million migrants and refugees.
"Attacks on refugee shelters are often the result of radicalisation which begins in social networks," Mr Munch said.
Much of the alleged hate speech took place in a secret Facebook group between July and November 2015, police said.
The raids were carried out across 14 German provinces, involving 25 police departments.
Incitement of racial hatred is a crime under German law and a person can be jailed for up to five years in a case of inciting "hatred against a national, racial, religious group or a group defined by their ethnic origins".
Facebook, Twitter and Google have all come under fire in Germany for failing to remove hate speech from their platforms promptly.
Under pressure from the German authorities, the three tech firms agreed at the end of last year to delete such speech from their services within 24 hours.
Facebook also agreed to a series of further measures including:
Analysis for the Social Mobility Commission suggests that more than a third of homebuyers in England depend on money from their family.
Using the latest official data available, from 2013-14, researchers found 34% of buyers needed cash or a loan from their parents.
That compared with just 20% in 2010/11.
A further 10% of buyers relied on inherited wealth, the research found.
"Affordability problems mean that parents and other family members have a critical role in assisting their children to buy their first home, either by means of a gift of money or a soft loan," said the report author, Dr Paul Sanderson from Anglia Ruskin University.
The issue has already been highlighted by the insurance company Legal and General, which said that a quarter of all mortgages in the UK last year were part-funded by parents.
It said that the average amount given was £17,500.
The research also said that home ownership among young families was "in free fall".
It found that in 1990, as many as 63% of 25-29 year-olds owned their own properties. By 2015, that proportion had fallen to 31%.
A survey by Savills in December last year found that just 20% of 25-year-olds now own a house or flat.
The average cost of a home bought by a first-time buyer in England and Wales is now just under £200,000, according to the Land Registry.
Alan Milburn, a former Labour health secretary and now chair of the Social Mobility Commission, said: "Home ownership helps unlock high levels of social mobility, but it is in free-fall among young families.
"The way the housing market is operating is exacerbating inequality and impeding social mobility."
But he welcomed government recognition of the problem.
Under the Starter Homes programme, buyers aged between 23 and 40 will be able to buy homes at a 20% discount to the market value.
The initiative, brought in by former prime minister David Cameron, will start in 30 areas of England and will apply to homes up to £250,000 in value, or £450,000 in London.
As discussed in February's White Paper on housing, the government also wants councils to develop more specific housing plans, to encourage smaller developers to build houses, and to allow more vertical building in urban areas.
The Social Mobility Commission was set up in 2010 and advises the government on social mobility issues in England.
"He should not be in this country, he is a dangerous person," Nick Clegg told ITV's Daybreak.
Abu Qatada will be released later from Long Lartin prison, in Worcestershire.
On Monday, a UK court decided he might not get a fair trial in Jordan, where evidence obtained by the torture of others could be used.
Mr Clegg said: "We are determined to deport him, we strongly disagree with the court ruling. We are going to challenge it, we are going to take it to appeal. We are absolutely determined to see this man get on a plane and go back to Jordan, he does not belong here.
"He should not be in this country, he is a dangerous person. He wanted to inflict harm on our country and this coalition government is going to do everything we can to challenge this every step of the way to make sure that he is deported to Jordan."
Jordan's acting information minister Nayef al-Fayez told the BBC his government shared UK authorities' disappointment at the Siac ruling.
By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent
Abu Qatada has lived in the UK for almost 20 years - and he might be here a few more yet because the legal roadblock on deportation is very difficult to remove.
Judges say there is a real risk that the preacher's retrial in Jordan would be unfair because it would include incriminating statements made by men who were tortured by the secret police.
They want to see either an unambiguous change to Jordan's criminal court code to exclude such material, or a ruling by its higher courts to the same effect.
So there is little prospect of Abu Qatada being deported unless the home secretary can convince Jordan to change or convince the UK's Court of Appeal that Siac got the law wrong.
If either of those routes were successful - and that's a very big "if" - it wouldn't end there. The cleric could ask the European Court of Human Rights to examine what Jordan is saying - something that could take years.
Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Othman, has been in detention in Britain for seven years - although he has never been charged with a crime in the UK.
Earlier this year, judges at the European Court in Strasbourg ruled the cleric would not face ill-treatment if returned to Jordan, citing assurances outlined in a UK-Jordan agreement.
Crucially, however, the judge did not believe he would get a fair trial because a Jordanian court could use evidence against Abu Qatada that had been obtained from the torture of others.
On Monday, despite the UK obtaining additional assurances from Jordan, Siac chairman Mr Justice Mitting ruled he was not satisfied Abu Qatada would be tried fairly.
David Anderson QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, told the BBC: "The key to this case really lies in Jordan.
"What the judge said, what the court said in terms, was that a simple amendment to the Jordanian criminal code so as to remove an ambiguity that is in it at the moment ought to suffice to make deportation possible, because it would then be possible to say without fear of contradiction that Abu Qatada, if placed on trial back in Jordan, would not be tried on the basis of evidence obtained by torture," he told Radio 4's Today programme.
Home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz, who branded the Siac ruling "farcical", said the king of Jordan would be visiting the UK later this month, which gave the government "an opportunity to try and persuade him to go that little bit further in terms of the way the criminal code of Jordan operates".
The case had cost taxpayers £1m, he said.
Human rights lawyer Julian Knowles warned that it could drag on for years.
"We've got another year's worth of UK litigation at least. And then if Abu Qatada is the loser at the end of the domestic phase, he can then go back to the European Court and say, 'Look, the English courts have misunderstood the evidence.'
"The European Court will look at the position as it then is in 2014 or 2015 or whenever it is, and there is a possibility therefore that we are in for several years more of litigation."
The bail conditions imposed by Mr Justice Mitting on Abu Qatada include being allowed out of his house only between 08:00 and 16:00, having to wear an electronic tag, and being restricted in whom he meets.
Abu Qatada faces a retrial in Jordan for allegedly conspiring to cause explosions on Western and Israeli targets in 1998 and 1999. He was found guilty of terrorism offences in his absence in Jordan in 1999.
The Palestinian-born Jordanian has been described as the spiritual leader of the mujahideen. Security chiefs believe he played a key ideological role in spreading support for suicide bombings.
Keith Best, from the charity Freedom from Torture, said: "This really ought to be a wake-up call that those who live by the sword, perish by the sword, and if states continue to try to obtain evidence by torture - notoriously unreliable by the way - then those states have got to learn that if they want to prosecute people in the courts, those prosecutions will probably fail."
The 300-year-old Llanfair Clydogau bridge, near Lampeter, was closed earlier this month after one of its arches collapsed in adverse weather.
The closure split the village, with residents having to make an eight-mile (13km) detour to get to the shops.
Ceredigion council said it hopes to restore the grade-II listed bridge as "quickly as possible".
The council is working closely with Cadw during the restoration, which it hopes will be complete by June 2016.
Huw Morgan, the council's strategic director for sustainable communities, said: "Restoring and conserving such unique and historical landmarks like this bridge is very important to the heritage of Wales."
Pedestrian access will be maintained during the work.
The 29-year-old moves to Lisbon until the end of the season, with an option to make the deal permanent.
It is Doumbia's fourth straight loan switch since joining Roma from Russian side CSKA Moscow in January 2015.
"It is an enormous pleasure to join this great club," Doumbia told the club's official website.
"I am very happy because I only arrived a few days ago and received a warm reception from everybody.
Doumbia has quickly dismissed reports - which blighted his time in England - that he did not like to train during the week for fear of getting injured.
He says he is in Portugal to play football and is focused on the task ahead.
"I don't want to create false expectations but I have not come here to spend my holidays," he said.
"I will prepare myself in the best way during pre-season, and after that we will see."
Doumbia, who played in his homeland, Japan and Switzerland before his 2010 move to CSKA, scored 84 goals in 130 games for the Russian club.
He made only 13 appearances for Roma before returning to former club CSKA Moscow on loan in August 2015, scoring five goals in 13 appearances.
Another loan spell at English side Newcastle in the second half of the 2015/2016 season ended in a big disappointment as he made only three substitute appearances.
Last season he scored 21 goals in 33 games while on loan with Swiss side Basel, winning the League and Cup double.
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The letter tells reservists which regiment or unit to join in the event of war, he told the BBC.
He insisted that the correspondence was not related to Russia's annexation of Crimea or recent fighting in Ukraine.
However, neutral Finland has increased co-operation with Nato this year.
In April the Finnish navy dropped depth charges in waters near Helsinki as a warning to a suspected submarine, which some media reports said was Russian.
The air force in recent months has also had to deal with some airspace violations by Russian warplanes.
Russia has repeatedly warned Finland not to join Nato and has criticised its co-operation with Nato members.
Finland's defence ministry said letters to conscripts were sent throughout May to inform them of changes to the structure of Finland's military.
"The letter reminds them of their responsibilities and what they will be expected to do in the event of a military crisis," the spokesman told the BBC. "The process was started before events in Crimea and Ukraine and is done in part to ensure that we have the right contact details."
But recipients say it is the first time such correspondence has been sent for many years and that the mass communication tactic reflects the concern of the authorities about Russia's intentions.
The Soviet Union invaded Finland in 1939, seizing more than 10% of the country's territory before a peace deal was signed in 1940.
Finland was part of the Russian empire for more than 100 years before it won independence in 1917.
During the Cold War, Finland was officially neutral, but remained under the influence of its neighbour. It forged close ties with the Soviet Union.
Finland shares a 1,340km (833-mile) border with Russia. It has a system of universal male conscription under which all men above 18 serve for 165, 255 or 347 days.
The regular army has about 12,000 soldiers and can rapidly expand to about 280,000 troops if reservists are called up, the defence ministry says.
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Finland has sent letters to nearly a million reservists to collect their contact details and remind them of their duties in case of combat, a defence ministry spokesman said.
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Ellie Harrison said she was shocked and overwhelmed by the response to her project which involves her deliberately staying within the confines of the city while monitoring its impact on her art.
Speaking to a sell-out audience in Glasgow, she said her project was more complex than media coverage had suggested.
The artist, who has been based in Glasgow since 2008, addressed the subject at an event organised by Imagination: Festival of Ideas: "I was inspired by the idea first raised by the Scottish sociologist Patrick Geddes who said: 'Think global, act local'.
"It would be part experiment, part protest and part strike and as part of that, I'd refuse to travel out of Glasgow for a year," she said.
She said the title the Glasgow Effect which refers to the city's lower life expectancy, was chosen as a contrast to the better known Glasgow Miracle, which refers to the city's successful contemporary artists.
"I don't think anyone is properly addressing the Glasgow Effect, and that's what I want to address. We spend a lot of money on consultants but no one can explain it," she said.
"At the same time, I wanted to draw attention to the elitism and apathy of the art world."
That certainly happened. At the start of January, a newspaper ran an article in which she was accused of taking a "poverty safari".
She was criticised on social media, and became the subject of a radio phone-in.
"The irony is that I normally keep quite a low profile. Why should I feel scared working in my own city? But it takes time to do good work and social media culture has lost all sense of patience. It undermines considered debate."
She said she had no regrets about the project's title or an illustration on her website of a greasy plate of chips.
"I am proud to call myself a Glaswegian artist. I've been here since 2008 and on my very first day I went to buy some chips. I'd lived in Nottingham before and I'd eaten chips but nothing like this. These were white with saturated fat. I found that shocking.
"I didn't set out to create deliberate controversy. I make events like this on Facebook all the time, and it's like tumbleweed rolling through. This one attracted a million people. No-one could have created it. It was the perfect storm."
Despite the furore, Ms Harrison said she would continue to work on her project, expecting it to take a year to complete, but could not confirm what form it would take.
She is also still in discussion with Creative Scotland and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, where she works as a part-time lecturer, about allocation of money from the £15,000 grant and says she plans to make an announcement on her own website shortly.
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Mr Ewing said he agreed with the outcome of a public local inquiry into the Infinergy's proposal.
Highland councillors unanimously agreed in 2013 to lodge an objection to the project.
The move, by members of Highland Council's north planning applications committee, triggered the inquiry.
Landscape conservation charity, the John Muir Trust, has welcomed the government's decision.
It said the wind farm would have been constructed close to an area of wild land.
Helen McDade, head of policy for the trust said: "As someone who grew up in Caithness, I am delighted for the local community which campaigned strongly to prevent the unique character of this landscape."
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Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has refused to give consent for a 24-turbine wind farm near Reay in Caithness.
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Allied said the move would strengthen its market share in Scotland, particularly in the central belt.
The combined firm will have 30 offices across Scotland, employing more than 160 staff and 36 directors, and an annual turnover of £10m.
Murray and Muir's 14 staff in Glasgow and Edinburgh will move to Allied offices.
Allied chairman Grant Robertson said: "We are delighted to announce this merger, which we believe signals a positive upturn in the Scottish property market reflected by the increasing demand for our surveying services and expertise.
"As we continue to grow our business, the strength of all our offices across Scotland, combined with Murray and Muir's established network, particularly with solicitors, will ensure we are in a prime position to maximise opportunities and to continue to deliver a quality service to all our clients."
Allied offers a full range of property services, including residential and commercial property valuations.
Its main client base is composed of estate agents, banks, investors and developers.
The teenager was discovered when officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were called to Timperley Metro station at 16:30 BST.
He was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
GMP believe he may have taken MDMA or ecstasy but are still working to establish the facts.
Last month, three 12-year-old girls were taken to hospital after taking ecstasy in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Insp John Cave from GMP said of the incident in Timperley: "It is very early stages... the boy is very poorly and we want to urge anyone who may have also taken the drug to get checked out at hospital as soon as possible.
"It is critical that young people understand the implications of taking drugs and would urge that they think twice before doing so.
"People taking these drugs don't know what they contain or the effect they will have - it's not worth the risk of ending up in hospital or even losing a life.
"If anyone is in possession of these drugs I would urge them to hand them in to the police, a chemist or other medical practitioner immediately, and if you have taken any themselves that they go to hospital as a precaution."
GMP has urged anyone who may have information about how the boy came to fall ill to call the police on 101.
Ecstasy, or MDMA, is an illegal synthetic drug that people take to feel energised and euphoric.
The effects usually kick in after about half an hour and take a few hours to wear off.
A big problem with ecstasy is that the tablets are rarely pure - they can be cut with other substances and cause nasty side effects.
If a child takes ecstasy they will be getting a large dose relative to the size of their body, which is more risky.
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Anyone with a heart condition, epilepsy or asthma can have a very dangerous reaction to the drug.
There are have been numerous deaths involving ecstasy.
It will also be a good-bye to Leslie Odom Jr., who portrays Aaron Burr, and Phillipa Soo, who plays Eliza Schuyler.
Fans have queued for days to buy tickets, with the most expensive being sold at $20,000 (£15,400).
The hit show about the life of one of America's founding fathers is described as "a landmark American musical".
Miranda, who plays Alexander Hamilton, said he would work on other projects. Odom Jr. will focus on his career as a singer and Soo will take part in another musical.
Hamilton won 11 statuettes at the Tony Awards in New York last month - including one for Odom Jr. - and the Pulitzer Prize for drama earlier this year.
In addition to blockbuster ticket sales, the album of the show is the highest-selling cast recording for 50 years, picking up this year's Grammy Award for best musical theatre album.
Caitlin Goddard, from Detroit, had been queuing from three nights and two days for a ticket.
"We wanted to see the show but we were OK to wait for a while. It was definitely finding out that so many of the principals were leaving that we were like, 'OK, we have to do it now!'" she told the Associated Press news agency.
Rukkus, a secondary ticket marketplace, says the average price for this Saturday's show is $3,391 (£2,618), AP reports.
For subsequent shows, the price drops substantially, with an average of $1,286 (£993).
Hamilton is expected to open at London's Victoria Palace Theatre in October 2017.
A pilot service, linking North Ayrshire and the Kintyre peninsula, has operated for the past three years.
Transport Minister Derek Mackay said it had proved "incredibly popular" and transported an average of over 10,000 passengers and 2,000 cars per year.
He said the permanent service would be part of an enhanced summer timetable for CalMac next year.
"The pilot service proved incredibly popular and I'm sure this announcement will be welcomed by passengers and the communities at either side of the route," Mr Mackay said.
"This will be a real boost for the local economy, enhancing transport links to Campbeltown and the Kintyre peninsula, as well as supporting the tourist trade by making it easier and more attractive for visitors.
Beginning in May over the past three summers, the service provided three sailings in each direction each week.
The sailings provided an alternative to the four-hour drive between Campbeltown and Glasgow and was the first regular car ferry service between Kintyre and Ayrshire.
Until the 1930s, sea travel was the main way of reaching Kintyre from the central belt.
The decision to make the route permanent was taken after Transport Scotland hired consultants to carry out a full evaluation.
CalMac's operations director, Drew Collier, said: "Passenger numbers on this route during the trial confirm that the demand is there for a regular ferry link and we look forward to delivering this service next year in support of the local community in Campbeltown."
Team SCA, the first all-women crew to enter for 12 years, suffered a series of accidents and problems during the New Zealand-to-Brazil stage.
The team's boat lost its electronics, capsized and hit three objects in the South Atlantic Ocean.
"We made mistakes, we had things go wrong, but we fixed it all," said Davies, after finishing on Tuesday.
"We made it to dock and we're in one piece so we're happy."
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing won the 6,776 nautical mile Auckland to Itajai stage on Sunday and lead the round-the-world race by seven points.
The race started in the Spanish city of Alicante in October, with teams visiting 11 ports in 11 countries across nine legs, and finishes in Gothenburg in June.
The agreement will see an extra £1bn for Northern Ireland in return for the DUP backing the minority government.
But Downing Street said the money will not be subject to the Barnett formula.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has previously said he would not support funding which "deliberately sought to subvert the Barnett rules".
Speaking to BBC Scotland last week, he added: "We have clear rules about funding of different parts of the United Kingdom.
"If the funding falls within Barnett consequentials, it should come to Scotland."
Mr Mundell was also quoted in newspapers over the weekend as saying that he would block any "back door funding" for Northern Ireland if it meant the other devolved nations missing out.
Downing Street said the Barnett formula does not apply to the new money as it is being provided as an addition to the Northern Ireland Executive's block grant.
In a similar way, the formula did not apply to city deals in Scotland and Wales, or previous packages of support for Northern Ireland, a Number 10 source said.
The city deals saw £500m spent directly in Glasgow, £125m in Aberdeen, and £53m in Inverness, but the investment did not impact on Barnett consequentials elsewhere in the UK.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson argued it was "absurd" to criticise UK government spending on top of Barnett in Northern Ireland, when "the exact same thing happens in Scotland".
But Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, claimed the "grubby, shameless deal" showed that "the Tories have shown that they will stop at nothing to hold on to power - even sacrificing the very basic principles of devolution."
She added: "By ignoring the Barnett formula, Scotland will be missing out on an estimated £2.9bn in funding for our public services - that is the price to Scottish taxpayers for the Tories to stay in power.
"This breaks the very principles that underpin devolution and the funding settlement the Tories pledged to protect."
It was not the opposition parties who insisted, initially, upon the application of the Barnett formula in relation to any putative DUP deal. It was the Secretary of State. For Scotland.
In advance of today's deal, David Mundell said there were rules about funding in the UK. Clear rules. And, he added, if the funding fell within the scope of Barnett then cash should come to Scotland too.
Indeed, he signalled that he would contest any deal which breached that position.
Pedants that they are, Mr Mundell's rivals now want to hold the Secretary of State to his word. They say he should join them - the Scottish and Welsh governments plus others - in demanding a wider distribution of cash.
The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says this is hypocrisy. That those critics know that formula bypass is feasible. That the deal is intended to ensure UK stability.
And the line from the Scotland Office? I suspect they have had better days. But they insist that the Secretary of State was simply demanding clarity: that he wanted an upfront deal, rather than anything in any way underhand.
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Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale warned that the prime minister risked "weakening the bonds that unite the UK" if she did not provide extra money to tackle austerity in Scotland, Wales and the regions of England.
Carwyn Jones, the Labour first minister of Wales, said the agreement "further weakens the UK" and "all but kills the idea of fair funding for the nations and regions."
Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie called on Mr Mundell to resign as secretary of state for Scotland over the government's "shameless deal with the homophobes and climate deniers of the DUP".
And the Liberal Democrats said the prime minister had "once again put her party ahead of our country".
The deal, which comes two weeks after the election resulted in a hung parliament, will see the 10 DUP MPs back the Tories in key Commons votes.
Theresa May fell nine seats short of an overall majority after the snap election, meaning she is reliant on other parties to pass legislation, including relating to the terms of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
DUP leader Arlene Foster insisted the "wide-ranging" agreement was "good for Northern Ireland and for the UK" and predicted it would deliver a stable government as the country embarks on the Brexit process.
The agreement will see a total of £1.5bn in funding - consisting of £1bn of new money and £500m of previously announced funds - to be spent over the next two years on infrastructure, health and education in Northern Ireland.
Mrs Foster said the money was needed to address the challenges from Northern Ireland's "unique history".
The prime minister said the pact was a "very good one" for the UK as a whole, adding: "We share many values in terms of wanting to see prosperity across the UK, the value of the union, the important bond between the different parts of the UK".
They say Mr Demirel, who held office in 1993-2000, died early in the morning in Guven Hospital in the capital, Ankara.
He had reportedly been treated for a respiratory tract infection.
In a political carrier spanning nearly 50 years, he also served seven times as the country's prime minister. His government was twice overthrown by the country's powerful military.
Mr Demirel - who led the Justice Party in 1964-90 - and a number of other politicians were banned from politics after a military coup in 1980.
The ban was lifted in 1987, paving the way for Mr Demirel's return to power several years later.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has appointed eight people to work on the renewal of the BBC's royal charter - which sets out the corporation's remit.
Dawn Airey, former boss of Channel 5, and Dame Colette Bowe, former chairwoman of Ofcom, are among the advisers.
The current BBC charter is set to expire at the end of 2016.
Ms Airey, who is an executive at Yahoo, has previously called for the licence fee to be cut and to consider charging for website output.
Meanwhile, The Sunday Times has reported that a government green paper is due to be published on Thursday which will ask fundamental questions about the BBC's role, including whether it should stop chasing viewers and provide more public service programmes.
The green paper will look at exploring options to replace the £145.50 licence fee, with a household tax or subscription system, the paper said.
It will also suggest that the BBC website should be scaled back, question whether the corporation's news fulfils its obligation to be impartial, examine whether more of the broadcaster's output should be independently produced and consider the future of BBC Worldwide - the corporation's commercial arm - the paper reported.
The Sunday Times also said the green paper would look at replacing the BBC Trust with Ofcom.
Mr Whittingdale said: "Each member of the independent advisory group brings individual skills, experience and expertise.
"Together they will contribute to the oversight of the government's review of the BBC royal charter. I look forward to working with them on this important issue."
Other members of the panel include: Shazam executive chairman Andrew Fisher, Arts Council England boss Darren Henley, Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield, former Shine Group chief executive Alex Mahon, digital entrepreneur Lopa Patel and journalism professor Stewart Purvis, a former editor-in-chief of ITN.
Mr Whittingdale's predecessor Sajid Javid, now business secretary, said the charter review should address what the BBC broadcasts and its "internet capabilities".
The discussion about changes to the BBC around licence fee renewal time was nothing new, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, but bigger issues needed to be dealt with in the charter review. He refused to be drawn on whether the BBC should be smaller.
Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, accused the government of an "unpatriotic" approach to the BBC which, he said, was part of the British identity and "one of our great public institutions".
Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust from 2007 to 2011 said the corporation was coming under "intense pressure" and was facing a "hand-picked panel by John Whittingdale replacing the Trust... and not even a mention of how the public, who pay for the BBC are going to be involved".
"I think this is a matter for real concern," he added.
He said there was always room for debate over what the BBC does but the government's approach "feels like the beating up of the BBC to make it more compliant, less bold and that's really not in our national interest".
Earlier this month the BBC announced, after negotiations with the government, that it would take on the £750m cost of free TV licences for people over the age of 75.
BBC director general Tony Hall said the deal gave the corporation "financial stability and the ability to plan for the future".
However writing in the Observer Lord Hall said the negotiation process should not happen again.
He writes that "...although the BBC used this pre-Budget window of opportunity to reach a fair deal, it is not a process we would have chosen and it is not a process that should be repeated.
"I believe that for future negotiations the debate about the BBC's scale and funding should be taken out of the political cycle."
The OECD said "caution" was needed in the roll-out of the policy, given its possible impact on employment.
In the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged to raise the wage to £7.50 an hour next April.
The OECD also forecast that the UK would have one of the lowest growth rates among G20 countries by 2018.
The National Living Wage was introduced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Budget in July 2015.
It came into effect in April this year, and was set at a rate of £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and over, with the aim of increasing it to £9 an hour by 2020.
The UK's Office for Budget Responsibility estimated it would give a pay rise to 1.3 million workers this year.
The OECD said the UK's labour market had been "resilient", although job creation had moderated recently.
"Real wages have been growing at a time of low inflation, but the fall of the exchange rate has started to increase price pressures," it said.
"Caution is needed with the implementation of the policy to raise the National Living Wage to 60% of median hourly earnings by 2020.
"The effects on employment need to be carefully assessed before any further increases are adopted, especially as growth slows and labour markets weaken."
The organisation's stance echoes the widespread claims of business organisations in the 1990s that the introduction of the UK's national minimum wage - which started in 1999 - would lead to widespread job losses.
Those fears proved to be groundless, with the number of people in employment rising from 27 million then to nearly 32 million now.
The OECD says the world economy has been stuck in a low growth trap for five years. It says government spending and tax policies could be used to provide a boost.
The report expects action on these lines from the administration of President-elect Donald Trump in the United States and predicts that will result in a modest boost beyond US borders.
It also suggests that other countries could afford to take similar steps.
But the OECD says that any benefit could be offset if countries resort to measures that restrict trade to protect their own industries.
The OECD predicts that the UK's economy will grow by 1% in 2018, slower than both Germany (1.7%) and France (1.6%).
However, the organisation has raised its UK growth forecasts for this year and 2017.
It now predicts the UK's economy will expand by 2% this year, compared with an earlier forecast of 1.8%, while in 2017 it has lifted the growth forecast to 1.2% from 1.0%.
The OECD said the upward revision was specifically because of Bank of England action and the depreciation in sterling since the Brexit vote.
Looking ahead, the organisation warned that the UK's unemployment rate could rise to more than 5% because of weaker growth.
It also predicted a sharp rise in inflation as the pound's slide against the dollar and euro starts to be reflected in prices in the shops.
"The unpredictability of the exit process from the European Union is a major downside risk for the economy," it said.
The OECD's forecast for growth in the US has risen since the election of Donald Trump as the country's next President.
It revised its prediction for 2016 up to 1.5% from 1.4%, and next year's estimate to 2.3% from 2.1%. In 2018 it is forecasting 3% growth.
US President Barack Obama has said it himself: "When women succeed, nations are more safe, more secure and more prosperous."
That rather neatly sums up a realisation that has gradually dawned on the development community in the past 10 years: that focusing policies on women and girls benefits not only them, but also whole countries and even the world.
It has always made sense to focus on women, simply because they are disproportionately affected by global poverty, violence and corruption.
Two-thirds of the world's illiterate people are women.
The original Millennium Development Goals made girls' education and maternal health two of the main priorities.
Big strides have been made in both areas since 2000 - though it is worth remembering there are still as many girls out of primary school in Ethiopia as there are in primary school in Britain.
Now we are moving into a different phase, where policy-makers are turning their attention to another agenda beyond schooling - how to empower women economically.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes that if workforce participation between men and women were more equal, worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) would leap by 12% by 2030.
That's why other powerful women are joining in Mrs Merkel's call to close the workforce gender gap.
They include:
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde
This isn't just about the fact that women tend to earn less than men across the world - a theme that has resonance in richer countries.
It's also that women are more likely to be in insecure jobs, making them more vulnerable to economic shocks.
They might face tougher legal barriers too - laws in more than 100 countries still curtail women's roles in the economy.
In sub-Saharan Africa women farmers make up nearly half the agricultural workforce, yet in many states they still lack basic legal rights to the land they cultivate.
Following the genocide there, in 1994, Rwanda decided to change its laws to allow women to inherit land just as men do.
Many Rwandan women now hold property in joint land titles with men - so they have a formal stake in how that land is used.
Experts say these policies have had a transformational effect in letting women thrive economically and helping them to pull their families out of poverty.
The World Bank believes that if the gender gap in agriculture across the world was closed, the number of people who go hungry could be reduced by 100-150 million.
Technology will also be key in bringing more women into the workforce and unleashing their full potential.
At the moment, a woman is 21% less likely to own a mobile phone than a man (in Africa it's 23%; in the Middle East it's 24% and in South Asia it's 37%).
This matters because countries such as Kenya - with its M-PESA system - have a good story to tell about the revolutionary power of mobile phone banking.
If more women own phones in the coming years, it stands to reason that more of them will be able to start their own businesses or learn about market prices.
Putting women in greater control of household finances has a virtuous knock-on effect too, as they are on the whole better than men at investing money in their family's education and healthcare.
That's why the UN development goals for the next 15 years specifically look at the need to improve women's access to the internet and new methods of communication.
Source: Poverty is Sexist report
There are other encouraging signs of change.
The World Economic Forum calculates that in the past decade alone, seven million women have joined the labour force in Pakistan, along with another seven million in Bangladesh.
Recent data also suggests women entrepreneurs are on the rise in emerging economies such as Nigeria and Ecuador.
Much of this is to do with changing attitudes.
As girls' education has become more of an accepted part of family life, women themselves are becoming more aspirational - wanting to make proper use of their skills.
Their families, too, want to see an economic return on the education they've invested in.
And yet for all the G7 talk of empowering women and "fostering female entrepreneurship", it still means very little in some of the world's poorest communities.
In its recent report Poverty is Sexist, the campaign group One says that every day 39,000 girls across the world become child brides, depriving them of the education that could make them the businesswomen - and political leaders - of the future.
The venue has been closed since the bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May, which left 22 people dead.
It will reopen on 9 September with a fundraising show featuring a number of north-west acts.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be joined by indie bands The Courteeners and Blossoms, 1980s pop star Rick Astley, and poet Tony Walsh.
Walsh captured the spirit of the city when he performed his poem This Is The Place at a vigil the day after the attack.
Gallagher's appearance will also have particular significance - his song Don't Look Back In Anger became an anthem of unity in the wake of the bombing after a crowd started spontaneously singing it at a memorial.
The Courteeners also performed it when they played to 50,000 fans at Old Trafford cricket ground five days after the atrocity.
Gallagher's brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam appeared at the One Love Manchester benefit concert a week after that, but Noel did not.
More acts are still to be announced for the arena reopening concert, which is titled We Are Manchester.
All profits will go towards establishing a permanent memorial to the victims, which will be built by the new Manchester Memorial Fund.
Tickets for the show, costing £25 and £30, will go on sale at 09:00 on Thursday 17 August.
There will be extra security and ID checks, and fans have been asked not to bring bags larger than 35cm x 40cm x 19cm.
Councillor Sue Murphy, deputy leader of Manchester City Council, said: "No-one will ever forget the terrible events of 22 May but Manchester has reacted with love, solidarity and a determination to continue doing the things which make this such a vibrant city.
"We welcome the reopening of the arena, a major venue which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, as a powerful symbol of this defiant and resilient spirit."
Renovation work has been taking place in the venue's foyer, where the bomb was detonated.
The arena's general manager James Allen said: "May's events will never be forgotten, but they will not stop us - or Mancunian music fans - from coming together to enjoy live music.
"Manchester Arena has celebrated over 20 years hosting some of the greatest musical talent of all time, and the significant economic and cultural impact that this has on the city means that this legacy must continue.
"Public safety is always our priority and we are doing all we can to keep people safe at our venue."
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Redrow Homes' outline proposals for the greenfield site near St Fagans includes almost 6,000 homes, four schools, shops and parks.
If passed, Plasdwr will be built over 20 years and will also include sports and healthcare facilities.
But residents and politicians have objected over traffic, overdevelopment and environmental concerns.
Plans for the first stages of the development, which will see about 1,000 homes built on land near Pentrebane Road and Llantrisant Road, have already been granted.
The latest phase of the scheme is for homes on a 900 acre-site (368 hectare) of fields bordering Fairwater, St Fagans, Danescourt and Radyr.
As well as homes, it includes proposals for three primary schools, a secondary school, playgrounds, play areas and facilities for teenagers such as a BMX or skateboard park.
There could also be two food stores, a GP surgery and dentist, sports pitches and allotments as well as restaurants and pubs.
New roads, bus routes and cycle paths are also planned.
But community councils in Radyr and Morganstown and St Fagans are against the scheme, while a petition of more than 200 names and 130 letters have also been submitted in opposition.
Plaid Cymru AM Neil McEvoy and Rod McKerlich, councillor for Radyr and Morganstown, are also against it.
Their concerns include worries about wildlife, increased traffic, and questions over whether local services could cope with the large influx of new residents it would bring.
The planning application will be considered by councillors on Wednesday.
A SpaceX cargo ship sent the sequencer into orbit on Monday, along with other items for the crew.
It was developed by the UK-based company Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
The device is designed to show whether DNA sequencing is possible in microgravity.
Nasa hopes DNA sequencers could enable the environmental monitoring of microbes to identify potential causes of illness and understand the health of astronauts.
Last year, Nasa microbiologist Dr Sarah Castro said of the project: "Currently aboard the space station there is not a real-time method for identifying microbes, diagnosing infectious disease, and collecting any form of genomic and genetic data concerning crew health.
"Meeting these needs relies on returning samples from space to Earth and subsequent ground-based analysis, which takes time."
The sequencer, which is just 9.5cm long and weighs 120g, is tiny compared to the microwave-sized devices used on Earth.
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Fletcher was diagnosed with chronic bowel disease ulcerative colitis in 2011 but has returned after surgery.
"You can be running to the toilet 10, 20, 30 times a day and losing a lot of blood," said the Scotland midfielder.
"I ended up in hospital a couple of times on an IV drip. Surgery enabled me to be here today. I'm very fortunate."
I've got young children and just trying to be a dad was very difficult
Fletcher first noticed the problem in 2008 but it was not until two years later that it began to have a detrimental impact on his life and career.
"I remember when I was first diagnosed being very blasé about it - looking back now that was quite immature," said the 30-year-old.
"But as a professional footballer playing in the Premier League for Manchester United I felt on top of the world, I felt untouchable.
"I stayed silent until about 2011 or 2012 because it's not something you generally talk about, the symptoms of ulcerative colitis. My close family and friends knew, but nobody else knew at the club.
"I found it difficult, making up stories for reasons why I wasn't at training, why I was looking ill, why I was feeling ill, why I was rushing off to the bathroom. Basically lying to people's faces.
"Once I started talking about it and making it public knowledge it was such a relief; it was the best thing I did."
Fletcher made only one start for United in the final two months of the 2010-11 season and appeared just 10 times the next campaign.
It was announced in December 2011 he would take an extended break from the game and he finally underwent surgery in January 2013.
"The surgery was a success, I'm better now," explained an emotional Fletcher. "I'm living a normal life and back playing football.
"I can't have any relapses now. I'm not going to have episodes where I get extremely ill, get taken to hospital or have a breakdown at any moment. I've got a routine that I stick to and it's working fine.
"There are no guarantees with surgery, but it has enabled me to be back playing for Manchester United and feeling great."
Fletcher returned to action in on 15 December and has featured in seven of their subsequent 12 matches.
At the height of his illness, the Scot was barely able to leave his own home, but he never lost hope of resuming his career.
"I've got young children and just trying to be a dad was very difficult," admitted Fletcher, who was speaking at the launch of United for Colitis in aid of Crohn's and Colitis UK. "Doing simple stuff like taking them to the park and going to watch them play football.
"But I always had the belief that I'd be back playing. Although doctors and specialists made me aware there was a real possibility that I would never play again, I never got into that mindset.
"If I was to accept that then I might not be sitting here today. Although I was prepared to stop playing for the greater good of my health, I was fortunate to find out that playing football wasn't making me ill.
"I was able to come through that and to be back playing football is a really nice moment, something I'm really enjoying.
"But I can't just settle for being happy to be back and being a bit-part player. I want to be playing every game, being an important part of the team, playing for Scotland, winning trophies and achieving success.
"I've definitely got a mindset of making up for lost time."
Data from Pearson, which runs the BTEC awards, suggests that girls who take these qualifications are more likely than boys to get top grades.
Despite this success, girls are vastly outnumbered by boys on these courses.
"When girls do sign up to these vital subjects they flourish," said Pearson president Rod Bristow.
Pearson's figures show that the number of girls taking BTECs in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects is growing - but from a low base.
This year, girls made up 5% of students taking engineering at BTEC Level Two, taken alongside GCSEs. That amounts to 810 girls, a rise from 680 last year.
However more than a third (37%) of these girls gained a distinction, compared with 20% of boys.
At BTEC Level Three, the proportion of female engineers was just 4% - but again they performed better than their male classmates, with 14% achieving the highest grade, as opposed to 9% of the boys.
In information technology (IT), girls made up 38% of the cohort at Level Two but around a third (31%) gained a distinction, compared with 21% of the boys.
The proportion of girls taking the more challenging Level Three in IT was just 18% but again their grades were strong with 15% gaining the top grade, compared with 12% of their male classmates.
"Still too few girls make the next step in a Stem-related career by studying these subjects at university. This is something educators, business and government all need to work on and put right," said Mr Bristow.
Surrey-based student Mehreen Rana, who obtained a distinction in her Level Three BTEC in IT and has a place to study computer science at King's College, London, said: "I hope more girls will follow in my footsteps and realise studying a Stem-related subject at school, college and university could be right for them too."
Anna Douglas, director of applied sciences at City and Islington College, said female role models were key to encouraging young women into Stem subjects.
"We are fortunate to have a number of female science tutors at the college, many of whom are educated to PhD level, who act as fantastic role models to young female students. This provides them with the skills, confidence and drive to pursue rewarding careers through Stem subjects."
Helen Wollaston of Women into Science and Engineering said the results proved "that girls can do science, IT and engineering.
"At a time when UK industry is crying out for more people with Stem qualifications, we have to get more of this female talent into the workforce."
MP Andrew Miller, chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee said it was important to find out why girls with science qualifications were not following through into Stem careers.
Engineering UK's chief executive Paul Jackson said the wider engineering community was working to "engage and inspire girls and boys in equal measure".
Pearson's figures came as the Institute of Physics (IoP) announced that three quarters of UK university physics departments have now signed up to its Juno Code of Practice, aimed at fighting gender inequality in the subject.
Women make up one-fifth of physics undergraduates but only 7% of physics professors.
The aim of Juno is to redress this with better childcare provision, flexible working and a more transparent organisational structure, says the IoP.
Mr Agnew, fondly known as Aggers, was a bowler for Leicestershire before joining BBC Radio Leicester and then the BBC's Test Match Special.
His suggestion that Ian Botham had failed to "get his leg over" was voted the greatest sporting commentary ever in a poll.
Mr Agnew said he was "really thrilled" to be made MBE.
"It's great to get a pat on the back no matter what you do and this is a big pat," he said.
"Test Match Special is a tight knit crew and I look at this as a team award.
"I've also been able to be more of an all-rounder, having done the Olympics and royal events, but I know cricket, and cricket on the radio is my home".
The famous "leg over" comment was broadcast on 9 August 1991, while commentating on the day's play at the Oval on Test Match Special.
Aggers and the late Brian Johnston both dissolved into helpless laughter.
"People have tried to write off radio but it is unique," Mr Agnew said.
"It is warmer and more personal and on long programmes like Test Match Special it is like a soap opera in terms of the characters the listeners get to know.
"It gets cricket and sport out there to new and wider audiences."
Claire Lomas, who completed the London Marathon in a robotic suit, is also among Leicestershire's New Years Honours recipients.
The 36-year-old has been appointed MBE for charitable and voluntary services to spinal injury research.
Ms Lomas has raised more than £570,000 for charities since being paralysed from the chest down in a horse riding accident in 2007.
As well as completing the London Marathon in 2012, Ms Lomas hand-cycled 400 miles around England in 2013, and completed the Great North Run in September while 16 weeks pregnant.
Her challenges have raised money for Spinal Research and the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.
Ramandeep Kaur Mann, of Derby, was arrested after her husband Sukhjit Singh was found with his throat slit on 2 September in Banda, Uttar Pradesh.
Their neighbour Nick Rai believes Mr Singh, 34, was murdered as a result of a dispute over land he owned in India.
Ms Kaur Mann has been arrested but has not yet been charged.
"They were a devoted couple, no doubt about it. They were devoted to their children, their home, their work and their local Sikh temple where he spent a lot of time and gave a lot of his time," said Mr Raj of Littleover, Derby.
In a news conference in India, a police spokesman said Mr Singh's throat was cut and he was hit on the head with a heavy instrument.
Police said Ms Kaur Mann had colluded with her alleged lover Gurpeet Singh, her husband's childhood friend, in the murder.
But Mr Rai said: "I believe that Sukhjit was killed over a dispute over land that he owned in India. It is my belief that his wife and his friend were not involved.
"I believe the real reason behind the murder… is that Sukhjit owned land in India and someone wanted to take that land from him."
He added that Mr Singh's mother had warned her son not to return to the ancestral property because he would be in danger.
The Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to a British national who had been detained and to the family of Mr Singh.
Prayers will be said at the Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Derby over several days.
The school is introducing a "trouser uniform" and a "skirt uniform" that can be worn by pupils up to age 16, regardless of their biological gender.
At least one person with gender dysphoria has taken up the option, according to the college.
Head Richard Cairns said the change to its 170-year-old code followed requests from a "small number of families".
"It ties in with my strong personal belief that youngsters should be respected for who they are," he added.
"If some boys and girls are happier identifying with a different gender from that in which they were born, then my job is to make sure that we accommodate that.
"My only interest as headmaster is their welfare and happiness."
Mr Cairns said whereas most schools gave transgender pupils "personal leeway with uniform" he wanted to "abolish the notion of boys' and girls' schools altogether".
"Traditional uniform will be worn but the type of uniform will be a matter for the individual boy or girl, always assuming parental support."
Fred Dimbleby, a sixth-form pupil at the college, said the change had support across the school and gave Brighton College a "real sense of unity".
"I think it would be great if all schools took up this idea. Secondary school is such a formative period for people so it's important to encourage people to be who they are and who they want to be."
Brighton College teaches up to 900 pupils aged between 11 and 18.
The A$715m ($524m; £347m) offer, made in December, was described as too low and opportunistic.
Ferrovial first attempted to buy the company in late 2014 but abandoned the bid after failing to get support from Broadspectrum's board.
Shares in Broadspectrum closed 1.2% lower on Thursday.
Broadspectrum, which last September changed its name from Transfield Services, is an outsourcing and construction services company.
It operates in several sectors, including infrastructure, property, defence and financial services.
One of its biggest revenue sources comes from a contract to run Australia's offshore detention centres on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and on Nauru in the Pacific.
Human rights groups have criticised the management of the centres and the company has faced allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct by its employees.
The protest in the capital, Dhaka, demanded its removal.
The demonstrators say the figure, a variation on the Greek goddess Themis but in a sari, goes against Islam.
The protest is another sign of tension between Islamic conservatism and liberal values in Bangladesh.
Backers of the conservative Islamist group, Hefazat-e-Islam, gathered outside the Baitul Mokarram mosque after Friday prayers, carrying placards and promising further protests across the country if the statue was not removed.
The protesters say the figure, erected in December and holding the familiar sword and scales of justice in her hands, amounts to idolatry.
"Statues or any kind of idols are completely banned in Islam," one demonstrator told the BBC.
"There is no place for a statue in our religion. So Muslims can't allow a statue in the Supreme Court premises."
There is growing tension in Bangladeshi society, and politics, between Islamic conservatives and more moderate, secular voices who want to defend pluralism and free speech, said the BBC South Asia Editor Jill McGivering.
The protesters' demands present the government with a dilemma at a sensitive time, she added.
Evidence of tension has come in the form of a series of murders of liberal writers and attacks by Islamist militants in recent years.
Members of the National Union of Students (NUS-USI) are holding their annual conference in Templepatrick, County Antrim, on Tuesday.
Ahead of the conference, the NUS president Rebecca Hall said continued budget cuts would create a "lost generation" of students in the future.
She also called on the government to lower the voting age to 16.
The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), which is responsible for higher education funding in Northern Ireland, is facing cuts of £82m or 10.8% from its annual spending.
"This is arguably the first generation that could have worse prospects than their parents," Ms Hall said.
"They could have less education opportunities, they have worse job prospects, lower pay and higher living costs than their parents.
"Many in this generation also feel they have to leave Northern Ireland. They could become a lost generation if government does not act to address these deeply damaging issues."
In 2012, the Stormont assembly backed a motion calling on the voting age to be reduced to 16.
However, electoral policy is not devolved and remains the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).
Ms Hall said students aged 16 and 17 deserved a chance to vote on issues affecting further education.
"Many further education students cannot have a say on the cuts that will have such a massive impact on their educational lives," she said.
"Sixteen-year-olds pay tax to the government so why should they not have a say on how their taxes are spent?"
Transline Group said it was suffering from "tighter margins in the recruitment industry".
A spokesman said it was appointing administrators to protect its "business, employees and customers".
Last year, a Commons committee raised concerns over working conditions at Sports Direct's main Shirebrook warehouse.
The move gives the firm 10 days to find a solution to its financial problems.
MPs criticised the agency after it gave evidence at a Commons committee inquiry in 2016, saying their testimony "lacked credibility".
A Transline spokesperson said: "We are close to securing inward investment that will allow us to drive forward with continued growth and infrastructure development.
"We expect to hear more regarding potential trading investments imminently."
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said the "current uncertainty" over Transline's future was "yet more evidence of the need for Sports Direct to wean itself off its over-reliance on temporary agency workers at its Shirebrook warehouse.
"Sports Direct must urgently move to put agency workers onto permanent contracts to bring security to the workforce and certainty to the business," he said.
"Transline must not be allowed to dodge its responsibilities or the back pay it owes for non-payment of the minimum wage at Sports Direct."
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley recently sanctioned the appointment of a workers' representative to the firm's board in an attempt to improve the company's image.
Mr Ashley said he would walk away from the company if he failed to rectify it.
Last July, MPs accused the retailer of not treating its workers like humans and claimed its working practices were similar to those of a Victorian workhouse.
Aberystwyth University and three partner organisations were given £239,512 by the UK government towards developing the bag.
It will protect the crops against excess humidity, disease, drought and pests.
The money is a share of £16m distributed by the Agri-Tech Catalyst.
John Yuill died and Lamara Bell was critically injured in the crash on the M9 on Sunday, but the pair were only discovered by officers on Wednesday.
Sir Stephen House said information from a call received on Sunday had not been entered into police systems.
The chief constable admitted that the force had "failed both families".
There have been calls for an independent investigation of the case.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc) is reviewing the handling of the incident, focusing on the call on Sunday.
Mr Yuill, 28, was killed and Ms Bell, 25, is in a medically induced coma at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, having suffered kidney damage from dehydration from lying in the wreckage for so long. Her condition was described by doctors as "very serious".
Her family said they were angry and disgusted by the way Police Scotland had handled the case.
The chief constable said a member of the public had called the 101 non-emergency number at about 11:30 on Sunday after seeing the car down the embankment near the Bannockburn slip road.
The call had been taken by an "experienced officer", who remains on duty. However, "for reasons yet to be established" this was never entered into systems or sent out to operational teams in the area.
Sir Stephen said: "Firstly I want to apologise to the families of John Yuill and Lamara Bell and to the people of Scotland for this individual failure in our service. Everyone in Police Scotland feels this most profoundly.
"Our duty is to keep people safe and we've not done that effectively on this occasion, with tragic consequences, and I want to apologise to everyone for that.
"I completely understand the level of concern being raised about the circumstances surrounding the handling of the incident of the crash near the M9 slip road at Bannockburn and, in particular, Police Scotland's response to information received.
"That we failed both families involved is without doubt."
Sir Stephen said the incident had been "rightly" referred to Pirc and the Crown Office, and that police would remain independent of the investigation.
Justice secretary Michael Matheson, also the local MSP for Falkirk West, said he was keen for the investigations to be taken forward in a "quick and very swift way".
He said he had been assured by Police Scotland that all relevant information would be passed on to Pirc.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has written to Mr Matheson asking for a full independent inquiry, saying the closure of a number of local control rooms under the move to the single police force could have had a "detrimental impact".
He said: "Public anger and sadness over the events which unfolded this week has been substantial, and underlines the importance of getting answers over how this situation unfolded.
"There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the decision to close a number of police control rooms has had a detrimental impact on the quality of service that hard-working call centre staff are able to provide.
"Our response to this incident must allow for a close examination of the current situation in Police Scotland's remaining call centres. If these cuts have made life more difficult for officers and the communities they serve, then we need to know about it."
They were testing old drugs to see if any killed the dysentery bug.
Tests on animals,
published in Nature Medicine
, showed that auranofin was 10 times more effective than the best drug currently available.
Further studies will be needed in humans, but researchers say it holds great promise.
Amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamoeba histolytica, which infects the bowels. It results in severe diarrhoea including bloody stools. More than 70,000 people are thought to die from the disease each year - most are in developing countries.
US researchers tested 910 drugs, some of which had already been shown to be safe for human use, on amoebas in the laboratory.
It showed that auranofin was much better than the current treatment, metronidazole, at killing Entamoeba histolytica.
Follow-up experiments showed that it was also more effective at treating mice and hamsters which had been infected with the ameoba.
It has been prescribed to patients with rheumatoid arthritis since 1985.
One of the researchers, Prof James McKerrow, from the Sandler Center for Drug Discovery at the University of California, San Francisco, said: "When we're looking for new treatments for the developing world, we start with drugs that have already been approved.
"If we can find an approved drug that happens to kill these organisms, we've leapfrogged the development process that goes into assessing whether they are safe, which also makes them affordable throughout the world."
Prof Sharon Reed, from the University of California, San Diego, said: "Because auranofin has already been approved for use in humans, we can save years of expensive development.
"This new use of an old drug represents a promising therapy for a major health threat."
Dr Graham Clark, a reader in molecular parasitology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said metronidazole was very effective, but it did have side effects and was not always successful.
He said: "The work presented in this paper is particularly useful as it identifies an existing drug, auranofin, that has already been tested and approved for use in humans, which seems to be at least as effective as metronidazole.
"Although auranofin has to date only been tested in animal models of amoebic disease, this means that there is now a potential alternative treatment for individual cases where metronidazole fails to cure the infection or in the event resistance to metronidazole emerge as a clinical problem in the future."
Similar memorials have sprung up recently following the deaths of music legend David Bowie and Motorhead's Lemmy, with fans using social media to share their tributes from the sites.
Flowers, notes and scarves were left at the site at London's King's Cross Station hours after news of Alan Rickman's death broke.
The film and theatre actor, who died on Thursday, reached a new generation of devotees when he played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
Jon in London shared his photos. He says: "Harry Potter has been part of my childhood.
"I grew up with Harry, but Snape was always my favourite character. Alan brought him so brilliantly to life.
"I even have a Slytherin tattoo!
"It definitely feels a part of Snape has passed on with Alan and I wanted to mark it with a fitting tribute at King's Cross."
Claire in London: "I've been a fan from the start of the books, the films brought my imagination of the books to life.
"Alan Rickman was perfect as Snape. No-one would have been able to play him any better.
"I was passing the area and decided to go and take a moment to remember Alan Rickman and what he did for the Harry Potter world."
As every Harry Potter fan knows, platform 9 3/4 is where young wizards leave for Hogwarts. This fan didn't want to miss the chance to pay homage at the makeshift shrine.
It's not the first time fans have expressed their grief at the passing of a celebrity by gravitating to a spot that they are synonymous with.
When David Bowie died flowers began to appear at a mural in Brixton in London, the area where he was born.
Coralie Grassin from Hampshire shared her photo of a David Bowie mural on Facebook after paying her respects: "It was strange and very emotional. But there were also a lot of selfies being taken.
"The popularity of social media means you can share the moment with fans who aren't there.
"But it also feels like you have to prove your presence, to be 'trendy'.
"I watched a girl spend 10 minutes trying to photograph the red rose she was holding with the perfect background. First with her camera, then with her phone. By the time she was finished, there was no emotion left. She threw the rose on the pile and left.
"Thankfully though some raw emotions do survive modern times."
Perhaps it is understandable that the death of a public figure triggers a public display of mourning.
In December, when British rock star Lemmy Kilmister lost his battle with cancer, devotees packed his favourite bar and grill, the Rainbow on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in the US.
They placed flowers, cigarettes and bottles of Jack Daniel's on a makeshift shrine on the pavement outside the bar.
On the bar's patio, they signed their names and on a giant picture of him they wrote their tributes.
Joe Bagnato from Florida was one fan who travelled to the Rainbow. "There is no Motorhead unless Lemmy is behind that Rickenbacker bass," he said.
Following the death of Amy Winehouse in 2011, flowers and messages began appearing outside the singer's Camden home in London.
Today a permanent memorial stands in Camden so fans can continue to pay their respects.
Perhaps it was the death of Princess Diana that marked a shift in the way we mourn.
In 1997, when the "people's princess" died, thousands of individual moments of quiet reflection were demonstrated publicly.
Now the spread of the internet and increasing social media use allows us the freedom to easily share those expressions of our collective grief.
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In the blue corner, Tom Winsor, now HM chief inspector of constabulary, who was asked to review police pay and conditions in England and Wales by the Home Office in 2010.
In the red corner - Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, a former Metropolitan Police commissioner and crossbench peer, who was asked to head an independent commission on policing by the Labour party last year.
In a letter to Lord Stevens obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, Mr Winsor records his dismay at parts of the peer's report, which he describes as "beyond rational comprehension" and "plainly unsustainable".
The reply from Lord Stevens quotes a series of often personal criticisms of Mr Winsor from police officers. One claims "Winsor was not independent" and that his review was "politically driven".
The personal feud reflects a deeper clash between police officers who resent a civilian having such a central role in their future, and Conservative politicians who think it is best for an outsider to push through necessary reform and scrutiny.
The row began when Lord Stevens published his review of policing last November and criticised Mr Winsor for a "failure to engage" properly with serving police officers before announcing his controversial reform proposals.
The report described the Home Office-commissioned Winsor review as "a damaging process" and said the reforms had "not been accompanied by adequate discussion or engagement with those most affected."
The Labour party-commissioned Stevens' report also appeared to hint that the government's review had been politically motivated, saying the reform package "needs to be subject to independent review in due course".
Tom Winsor was furious and demanded Lord Stevens withdraw any suggestion that he had failed adequately to consult.
"This is plainly unsustainable," Mr Winsor wrote in a letter dated 16 December, noting that he had already told Lord Stevens about the "over 7,000 submissions from police officers and others" as well as written and oral evidence obtained by his review.
"How this can be described as a failure to engage the police service is beyond rational comprehension," the letter continues. "I was further dismayed to see that, notwithstanding my clear explanation to you of how extensively we did engage with the police service in the review, you repeated the criticism without amendment in your oral presentation of the report."
In an angry conclusion to his letter, Mr Winsor writes "the failure of any communication to me on the subject when one was promised, does no credit to the Commission."
A reply from Lord Stevens, dated 9 January, apologises for the delay in responding but repeats the central criticism: "The Government's programme of reforms, of which your review was a key element, collectively failed to engage with grass roots members of the Service and key partners."
Lord Stevens suggests the process had "contributed to the fall in police morale" and then quotes comments from police officers who had contacted his commission.
"PLEASE STOP TOM WINSOR FROM TAKING AWAY ALLOWANCES AND EXTRA PAY FROM HARD WORKING POLICE STAFF. Start listening to the people doing the Job!!!," says one.
"It seems to me and a great deal of my colleagues that Winsor was not interested in what any rank and file officer had to say!!!!!!!!!!!!" says another.
A third questions the objectivity of the process: "We are being treated like chattels with changes to pay and conditions without independent review. (Winsor was not independent). Policing in the UK needs a Royal Commission, not a politically driven review."
Lord Stevens' letter also suggests Mr Winsor ignored evidence from the Police Federation, the organisation representing rank and file officers.
"The Federation had a plan of their own that they were keen to share with you whch [sic] they claimed would have saved the police service money but which you took no notice of," Lord Stevens writes. "I am not claiming this to be the truth when there is such disparity in the accounts bu [sic] it is something the Commission could not ignore."
The spat reflects police hostility to the idea of the home secretary appointing a non-police officer to review their pay and conditions, anger heightened by Tom Winsor's subsequent appointment as chief inspector of constabulary in 2012.
The home affairs select committee said it had received "nearly 100 representations from individual police officers expressing concern" at his nomination for the chief inspector role. Sir Hugh Orde, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told them "the appointment of a non-police officer" signalled a step-change from tradition.
The Police Superintendents' Association and Police Federation also expressed their opposition to the idea of a civilian being appointed as the boss of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
The late Paul McKeever, then chairman of the Police Federation, said his members struggled to comprehend "how anyone who has not worked extensively within the police service" could have the necessary understanding for the role.
The home secretary, by contrast, has shown great loyalty to Mr Winsor, evidenced by the fact that in December the HMIC was given a £9.4m increase to its budget - money top-sliced from the police budget. Some senior officers have interpreted the move as a deliberate snub to the service and a pat on the back for Mr Winsor.
In a further move, Mr Winsor has written again to Lord Stevens this morning, clearly still fuming. Responding to the suggestion that he failed to take any notice of a Police Federation money-saving proposal during his review, Mr Winsor asks why no-one had asked him about the matter.
"The rules of natural justice - and basic fairness and courtesy - require that such material matters are put to the person who is the object of the criticism for his or her response," Mr Winsor writes. "I cannot understand how the Commission could have thought accepting these criticisms in this was fair or responsible."
Lord Stevens has said that a colleague on his commission, Professor Jennifer Brown, had emailed Mr Winsor's office on two occasions prior to the launch of his report "without receiving any response". Mr Winsor has responded saying there is no "record or recollection of any attempt on the part of Professor Brown to communicate" during the period in question.
The 26-year-old former Melbourne Rebels man can play as a wing or at full-back.
"He is an excellent acquisition. He has consistently impressed in Super Rugby," director of rugby Andy Robinson said.
Woodward added to the club website: "I felt it was the right time for me to experience playing in a new environment and Bristol is the right fit for me."
Scottish middle-distance runner Eilish McColgan is hoping to compete for Great Britain in the 3,000m steeplechase at next year's Rio Olympics.
In the wake of renewed allegations about doping in athletics, she tells BBC Sport about the difficulties faced by clean athletes.
All athletes who are part of the whereabouts system can access their test results online. I didn't know that. And neither did many of the other athletes I've spoken to since the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012 was leaked to the Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD/WDR last week.
I suppose as a clean athlete, I've never had to concern myself with the numbers. Maybe the athletes who are doping have a much wider knowledge.
In order to get the situation straight in my own mind, I had a peek at my own blood reports. For all the good it did. I don't possess the knowledge to interpret what is or isn't suspicious from a bewildering array of numbers.
But I want to believe my sport is clean and, as I understand it, these blood values can be spiked or altered with exposure to altitude, altitude tents, pregnancy and illness.
These are all things athletes are subjected to, so making a decisive judgement on the matter is very challenging. Many people jump to the conclusion that suspicious data equals doping and, although it seems that way, not all abnormal tests will be. And that is where it becomes tricky.
So what about the athletes who have these questionable values?
I think it's difficult to claim that one abnormal blood value is suspicious but perhaps if their values were extraordinarily higher than my own - I would start to question them myself.
Having said that, I am by no means Olympic medal-winning standard, nor do I live the perfect athlete lifestyle, and so perhaps my figures aren't comparable to these Olympic medal-winning athletes.
But I still regularly have to give drug tests in order to pave the way for clean sport. The televised Diamond League meetings that I compete in are plagued by athletes returning from bans, some of whom have made the wrong choice not once, but twice.
All sports contain cheats. People want to bypass their way to success and unfortunately drugs are the quickest way to do so. It means suspicion is inevitable.
I fully believe it's possible to win medals clean. I'm extremely fortunate to have my mum - 1991 World Championship 10,000m gold medallist Liz McColgan - as a clear example of that.
Her training diaries are concrete proof of the hard work and sacrifices she made in order to win major titles.
Winning clean is possible - it's just made a lot more difficult, against opposition willing to take the easy route.
From a young age the word 'drugs' didn't mean much to me other than 'say no'. Perhaps a little naive on my behalf, but the situation never occurred. However, the word has manifested its way into my life and started to overshadow the sport I love.
Now I fear that this data being leaked may give the dopers and their doctors the opportunity to make sure they never breach the boundaries again nor raise the alarm of suspicion.
I truly believe the GB team heading to the World Championships later this month are clean and I hope the public can support them.
But the same testing procedure is not equal from nation to nation and that is where our main problem lies. Something needs to be done to make sure all countries are singing from the same hymn sheet before we reach the point of no return.
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Clinics in the remote area of Guinea where the current outbreak began eight months ago are still struggling to cope with the scale of the epidemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the latest figures for the Ebola outbreak. There have been 15,935 reported cases and 5,689 reported deaths.
Here is the latest Ebola news for Thursday 27 November - in 15 seconds.
The first half was a dull affair with neither side taking control in the wind and rain. Cambridge did have the ball in the net after only four minutes, but an offside flag was raised before Luke Berry headed home from six yards.
On 32 minutes it took a superb sliding tackle by Stags defender Mal Benning to stop Conor Newton in his tracks as he shaped to finish.
Mansfield's three best goal attempts all came from Mitch Rose. The midfielder volleyed over on 11 minutes, forced Will Norris to block his 20-yard snapshot on 24 minutes and saw Norris well-placed for his ambitious 35-yard dipper just before the break.
The second half was no better, though Newton wasted the chance of the game for Cambridge on 61 minutes. Unmarked, and only eight yards out, he turned Berry's cross wide of the far post.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Mansfield Town 0, Cambridge United 0.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 0, Cambridge United 0.
Foul by Pat Hoban (Mansfield Town).
Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brad Halliday (Cambridge United).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adam Chapman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high.
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Leon Legge (Cambridge United).
Foul by Adam Chapman (Mansfield Town).
Adam McGurk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Max Clark replaces James Dunne because of an injury.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Pat Hoban replaces Mitch Rose.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by James Dunne.
Attempt blocked. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town).
James Dunne (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by George Taft.
Foul by Ashley Hemmings (Mansfield Town).
Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Piero Mingoia.
Attempt missed. Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Adam McGurk replaces Conor Newton.
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Greg Taylor (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Ashley Hemmings replaces Kevan Hurst.
Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Dallison (Cambridge United).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Ben Williamson replaces Joe Pigott.
Attempt missed. Conor Newton (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Krystian Pearce.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Krystian Pearce.
Foul by George Taft (Mansfield Town).
Piero Mingoia (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. CJ Hamilton replaces Darius Henderson.
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The decision comes after 170,000 activists from around the world demanded action to help lesbians targeted for "corrective rape".
The authorities have been accused of not doing enough following the recent killing and rape of lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza.
Police say they do not consider sexual orientation when investigating murder.
"To us, murder is murder, whether somebody is Zulu, English, male or female - we don't see colour, we don't see gender," police ministry spokesman Zweli Mnisi told the BBC on Tuesday, after rights groups urged the police to do more to find those responsible Ms Nogwaza's death.
She was stoned, stabbed and gang-raped in the KwaThema township east of Johannesburg over the Easter weekend.
Unlike in many African countries, homosexual acts are legal in South Africa and discrimination based on sexual orientation is banned, but activists say gay and lesbian people are often attacked in townships.
They say "corrective rape" - when a lesbian is raped to either punish her, or "correct" her behaviour - is becoming increasingly common.
Ndumie Funda, founder of the gay rights organisation Luleki Sizwe which works in 10 black townships and rural areas near Cape Town, welcomed the government's announcement.
She said it was important to get "corrective rape" classified as a hate crime.
"The South African constitution is one of the highly respected and acknowledged constitutions and it says we are all equal; we're therefore reminding our government to say that this was being promised and we voted for you so we need protection," she told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
Luleki Sizwe started an online petition at Change.org to get the government to take action.
"In less than six months, a tiny group of township activists has mobilised more than 170,000 people from 163 countries and gotten the highest levels of government to address their basic demand, that the sadistic crime of 'corrective rape' be taken seriously," Change.org representative Benjamin Joffe-Walt is quoted by the Sapa news agency as saying.
Justice ministry spokesman Tlali Tlali said the the task team would begin its work in July and include six representatives from the judiciary, police and department of social development and six representatives from the gay community.
"The team will be charged with developing a legislative intervention plan, a public awareness strategy, and LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex]-sensitive shelters," he said.
In 2008, female footballer and gay rights activist Eudy Simelane was also killed in KwaThema, some 80km (50 miles) east of Johannesburg.
Two people were given long prison terms for her murder and rape, although prosecutors denied that her sexuality had been a motive.
Thohir, part owner of Major League Soccer club DC United and basketball's Philadelphia 76ers, heads the three-person consortium.
"The new partners' enthusiasm and pragmatism are certainly a guarantee for the future," said Moratti.
Thohir added: "Today is a truly special day in my life."
Inter Milan broke the transfer world record in 1999 when they paid £32m for Lazio striker Christian Vieri. The Vatican called the size of the fee "disgusting".
A club statement confirmed a binding agreement has been signed to make International Sports Capital (ISC), a company indirectly owned by Indonesian businessmen Thohir, Rosan Roeslani and Handy Soetedjo, the controlling shareholder of Inter.
Moratti, who will retain a seat on the board, became Inter president in 1995 and has overseen five Serie A titles, one Champions League and a Uefa Cup.
His father Angelo Moratti was in charge of the club in the 1960s when Inter won the European Cup twice in successive years.
Inter, a loss-making club with debts of about 300 million euros (£254m), are the only Italian team never to have been relegated throughout their 105-year-long history.
"I think Inter history is going to be enriched by a new season thanks to our new international partners who, I am sure, will contribute to a continued string of successes," said Moratti.
"My family and I will continue to live this marvellous story together with Erick, Rosan and Handy granting our unchanged devotion and fondness that bond us to the club and to the Inter supporters".
Thohir said: "I am honoured that Mr Moratti has entrusted me with the responsibility to lead Inter into the next chapter, and I am excited to have him continue in the future as my partner.
"I am an entrepreneur, but first of all I am a supporter and a sports lover. I cannot wait to put our passion and international experience at the service of this fantastic club and its supporters."
Inter are fourth in Serie A under coach Walter Mazzarri. They finished ninth last season with Marco Stramaccioni at the helm and failed to qualify for Europe for the first time in 15 years.
Experts say the British Journal of Surgery findings offer reassurance to women with this hereditary risk.
Although inherited genes increase the likelihood of developing breast cancer, they do not make the disease harder to treat successfully, the research shows.
The authors looked at the outcomes of nearly 3,000 UK breast cancer patients.
All the women in the study developed cancer before the age of 41. Around two-thirds said they had no family history of the disease while the remaining third said they did.
The researchers looked at how the cancers were growing, and how well the tumours responded to treatment.
There was no significant difference between the two groups of women in terms of how often the cancer returned or spread around the body.
This finding remained even when the researchers sorted the cancers into treatment types - those that could and could not be treated with hormone therapy.
Lead researcher Prof Ramsey Cutress, from the University of Southampton, said: "Successful treatment for breast cancer is just as likely in young patients with a family history of breast cancer, as in those without a family history.
"Patients with a family history of breast cancer can therefore be reassured that their family history alone does not mean that their outcome will be worse."
Dr Matt Lam, from Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "These findings could offer reassurance to these women and could help them significantly when selecting their treatment options."
Samia al Qadhi, chief executive at Breast Cancer Care, said: "Many younger women with breast cancer are terrified about it coming back, especially when they have seen other family members face the disease.
"This crucial study now gives clear evidence confirming that, rather than a family history, it is the type and stage of the breast cancer and the treatments given which are the biggest factors influencing each person's survival.
"It's also important to remember that spotting the signs early is vital - diagnosing breast cancer as soon as possible can lead to simpler and more effective treatment."
About a quarter of all cases of breast cancer are thought to be related to hereditary factors. Some of the genes involved have been identified and can be screened for, but experts say there are many more yet to be discovered.
In the UK, guidelines say women should only be referred for genetic testing if they are at high risk - for example, if your mother or sister developed breast cancer before she was aged 40.
Men should be offered genetic screening if, at any age, their father, brother or son develops breast cancer.
In the UK, most breast cancers occur in women aged around 45 and older, which is why routine mammography screening is offered to women in this age group.
Most breast lumps are not cancerous but it is best to get checked if you notice any of the following:
Source: NHS Choices
There is no doubt that the 28-member EU has come a long way since six European countries founded the European Economic Community in 1958.
Their aim was to avoid another devastating war in Europe by making its countries economically interdependent.
But what began as a purely economic union has become an organisation responsible for many different areas of policy, from agriculture to transport.
At the heart of the EU are laws designed to allow most goods, services, money and people to move freely within EU member states.
The European Commission - the EU's administrative arm - is responsible for proposing and drafting EU legislation.
If draft proposals are approved by the European Parliament, representing EU citizens, and the Council of Ministers - representing member states - then the proposals become law.
The two most common types of EU laws are known as regulations and directives.
Regulations have direct and immediate effect within EU member states once they have been brought into effect at EU level.
Directives set out an EU objective, which individual countries must transpose into national legislation.
The difference can be seen in examples provided by the EU's own website.
When the EU wanted to make sure there were common safeguards on goods imported from outside the EU, it adopted a regulation.
When the EU wanted to strengthen rights for consumers across the EU - for example, by eliminating hidden charges and extending the cooling-off period - it adopted a directive.
EU law is interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg - or the European Court of Justice, as it used to be called.
This is completely separate from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights.
However, the EU has its own Charter of Fundamental Rights.
EU institutions such as the commission, the parliament and the council are legally bound to uphold rights in the charter - as are EU governments whenever they apply EU law.
The EU court in Luxembourg interprets EU law to make sure it is applied in the same way in all EU countries and settles legal disputes between national governments and EU institutions.
Member states are required to comply with the court's rulings, and may be fined if they do not do so.
But there are limits to the EU's powers, of which the most obvious is language.
Although a common language would undoubtedly help improve trade there are no plans to impose one across Europe.
Nor has the EU tried to change the constitutional structures of its member states.
EU summits are attended by presidents, prime ministers and chancellors who lead countries with very different legal systems.
All the EU can do is to ensure that its members meet common standards of justice and democracy.
The EU's powers to make and enforce laws have a bearing on the UK's sovereignty.
When we speak of the sovereignty of Parliament, we mean the right of the House of Commons and the House of Lords - with the formal approval of the monarch - to make any laws Parliament may choose.
Parliament can be said to have given up some of its sovereignty when it passed the European Communities Act 1972, enabling the UK to join what was then the European Economic Community, at the beginning of 1973, and requiring courts in the UK to apply EU law.
Michael Gove, who also wants to leave the EU, explained at the weekend what he saw as the consequences of EU membership.
He said the UK government "cannot remove or reduce VAT, cannot support a steel plant through troubled times, cannot build the houses we need where they're needed and cannot deport all the individuals who shouldn't be in this country".
But David Cameron took a different view of sovereignty in his interview with Andrew Marr.
"Sovereignty really means: are you able to get things done? Are you able to change things, to fix things?
"You might feel more sovereign, but if you can't get your businesses access to European markets, if you can't keep your people safe… you're less in charge of your destiny."
The prime minister also promised proposals to make clear that Parliament was sovereign.
However, his proposals are not expected to include legislation.
If Parliament is not already sovereign, then saying so will not change anything; and if Parliament is already sovereign, there seems little point in declaring it.
Mr Cameron told Parliament the agreement reached in Brussels last week would give the UK a "special status" within the EU and ensure it never became part of a European super-state.
However, those who want to leave the EU say the only sovereignty that matters is the ability to make all our laws in the UK.
And if that's what sovereignty means, it's difficult to see how it can be achieved while the UK remains part of the EU.
It is the only country, after Saudi Arabia, to impose such a ban, amid mounting concern about the outbreak which has killed nearly 1,000 people.
The ban covers Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which are worst affected by Ebola, Ivorian officials said.
It excludes Nigeria, where a tenth Ebola case has been confirmed.
There is no cure for Ebola, which has infected at least 1,779 people since the outbreak was first reported in Guinea in February.
Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure; patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a global health emergency and is hosting a meeting of medical experts in Geneva to discuss the ethics of using experimental drugs on patients.
A Roman Catholic priest, infected with Ebola in Liberia, is being treated with the experimental drug, Zmapp, in a hospital in Madrid.
The drug has also been used in the US on two aid workers who are said to have shown signs of improvement.
Analysis: Will Ross, BBC News, Lagos
Nigeria has been an example of how controversial a clinical trial can become. In 1996 the US-based pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, carried out a drug trial during a meningitis outbreak in which about 12,000 people died from the disease in the northern state of Kano over six months.
Pfizer gave 100 children an experimental oral antibiotic called Trovan which it said had already been tested on more than 5,000 patients. Pfizer was sued by the government as well as by affected families after 11 children died and dozens were left disabled during the trial - some with brain damage.
The firm argued that meningitis had harmed the children and not the drug. But after lengthy legal battles a multi-million dollar settlement was made with Kano state and in 2011 four families received the first compensation payments.
One key difference between this Ebola outbreak and the 1996 case is that when Pfizer conducted the Trovan trials another meningitis drug was already widely used.
A trial gone wrong can have long-term effects: it is no coincidence that northern Nigeria is one of the few areas in the world where polio remains endemic as the Trovan trial added to suspicion of Western medicine.
The Ivorian government said in a statement that it had forbidden all "carriers from transporting passengers" from countries grappling with the outbreak, the AFP news agency reports.
The statement did not name the countries, but a health ministry official confirmed to the BBC that it covered Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - not Nigeria.
Ivory Coast borders Liberia and Guinea to the west.
Preventive measures at the international airport in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, would be stepped up and "all passengers on arrival will have to have their temperatures taken with an infrared thermometer", the AFP news agency reports.
Nigeria's Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said a nurse was the latest person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Africa's most populous state.
She contracted the virus from Liberian government employee Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola in Nigeria last month.
British Airways, Pan-African airline Asky and Nigeria's Arik Air have suspended flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone and Emirates Airlines has suspended flights to Guinea.
Saudi Arabia's travel ban is aimed at preventing Liberians, Sierra Leoneans and Guineans from visiting Islam's holy sites until the virus is contained.
Sir Chris, who was aged 68, was a high-profile head of the Ofsted education watchdog between 1994 and 2000. He had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2006.
His criticisms of classroom standards and "incompetent teachers" had made him a controversial figure.
But the Ofsted chief had argued: "I am paid to challenge mediocrity, failure and complacency."
Prime Minister David Cameron has tweeted: "Chris Woodhead started a crucial debate on school standards and reform. Meetings with him were never dull. My thoughts are with his family."
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan described him as an "immense figure in the world of education".
"His determination to ensure that every child had the best education possible raised aspirations and changed lives. He was someone unafraid to speak his mind or challenge established orthodoxies and our education system is the better for it," said Mrs Morgan.
The current Ofsted chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw said that when he was working as a head teacher, during Sir Chris's time running Ofsted, he had "greatly appreciated the courage and bravery he showed in confronting a complacent education establishment. He said the uncomfortable things that needed to be said".
Sir Chris was one of the most high-profile figures in education in the 1990s, identified with opposing progressive teaching methods.
He had influential roles in shaping the national curriculum and England's exam system.
He came to public prominence as head of Ofsted, where he warned about the standard of teaching. Sir Chris was Ofsted's second chief inspector, but he came to define the role of the challenging watchdog of education.
This included the controversial claim that there were 15,000 "incompetent teachers" in England's classrooms.
But when accused in 1999 by MPs of being too confrontational, Sir Chris said: "There's no point at all in having a school inspection system if it gives praise where it isn't due."
In 1999 he was also caught up in a controversy about when he had begun a relationship with a student he had taught while he had been a teacher in the 1970s. He had insisted that it had developed only after they had both left the school.
David Blunkett, education secretary during Sir Chris's last years as head of Ofsted, commended his "bravery".
"He wasn't just brave in these latter years with motor neurone disease which is a horrendous illness, but also he was brave in taking on vested interests."
Mr Blunkett said: "Occasionally we clashed, actually more often behind the scenes we agreed."
After resigning from Ofsted in 2000, Sir Chris became a professor of education at the University of Buckingham. He was awarded a knighthood in 2011.
He had spoken of the frustrations that led to his stepping down as chief inspector.
Sir Chris was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and later became patron of the campaign group Dignity in Dying.
Sarah Wootton, the group's chief executive, said Sir Chris had been "a powerful voice for an assisted dying law in his last years. Sir Chris was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, and later liver cancer and he faced both illnesses with his trademark no-nonsense courage".
Brian Lightman, general Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, described Sir Chris as a "controversial figure, with forthright views, and his time as chief inspector of schools frequently brought him into conflict with the teaching profession".
The leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, Russell Hobby, said: "Without doubt, Sir Chris was a significant force in education for many years."
Unnamed advisers told the New York Times the 73-year-old sees a gap and has instructed staff to draw up plans.
Last year he commissioned a poll to see how he might perform against Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Democratic favourite Hillary Clinton.
Mr Bloomberg would reportedly pump $1bn of his fortune into a campaign.
He has yet to make a statement on the issue but members of his staff have told other US media that he is indeed thinking about running, especially if Mrs Clinton is wounded by her rival Bernie Sanders.
The New York Times also reports that he has set a deadline for making a final decision in early March, when he could still enter the race in all 50 states.
The Republican and Democratic candidates face their first real test in just over a week, when Iowa becomes the first state to make its choice of nominee.
Michael Bloomberg is reportedly considering an independent bid for the presidency if Republican Ted Cruz or Donald Trump faces Democrat Bernie Sanders or a weakened Hillary Clinton.
Such a scenario could prove deadly for the Democrats. While Mr Bloomberg nominally holds no party affiliation and once was elected New York City mayor as a Republican, his candidacy likely would bleed support from the Democrats, and the Republicans he attracts would come from safely liberal states in New England, the mid-Atlantic and the West Coast.
It is a recipe for putting Donald Trump in the Oval Office with only a modest plurality of the vote.
Mr Bloomberg has embraced issues - gun control, climate change and sweeping public-health regulations - that are anathema to the right, no matter how palatable his pro-business policies may be.
While the former mayor may see this as a rare opportunity to run against flawed candidates from both parties Âand, in 2016, anything seems possible, his path to the presidency still would be a long shot.
It could end up creating an outcome where his dearest issues are actively undermined by the candidate who defeats him.
Elan Jones, great granddaughter of one of the settlers unveiled the 4ft (1.2m) memorial at Princess Dock on Saturday.
It is thought about 50,000 people in Patagonia have Welsh heritage from the 153 settlers who boarded the Mimosa.
The event was organised by the Merseyside Welsh Heritage Society as part of its Mimosa Festival.
The draft directive would require 75% of the packet to be covered - front and back - with the warnings. But company branding would not be banned.
It would also ban strong flavours such as menthol or vanilla, which can mask the bitter tobacco taste.
The revisions to the EU's 2001 tobacco directive could become law in 2014.
"Tobacco products should look and taste like tobacco products," said EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg, presenting the proposals.
The current requirement for health warnings on packets is 30% minimum coverage on one side and 40% on the other.
The new packaging requirements would also apply to roll-your-own tobacco.
The legislation would allow member states the option of plain, non-branded packaging "in duly justified cases".
Words like "light", "mild" and "low tar" are deemed to be misleading and would be banned.
The Commission says packets must be big enough to ensure full visibility for the health warnings, so the recommendation is at least 20 cigarettes per pack.
Fourteen EU states already have 20 as the minimum, four stipulate a minimum of 19, and in the UK and Italy the minimum is 10. It is also argued that bigger, more expensive packets are less attractive to young smokers.
The EU would maintain its ban on chewing tobacco - called snus. Only people in Sweden can use it, under an exemption acknowledging the country's snus tradition.
The Commission says almost 700,000 Europeans die from smoking-related illnesses each year - equal to the population of Frankfurt or Palermo. The associated costs for healthcare in the EU are estimated to be at least 25.3bn euros (£20.6bn; $33.4bn) annually.
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The Swans were bottom of the league when Clement arrived in January as replacement for Bob Bradley.
Clement has won 26 points from his 18 games in charge and has been nominated for manager of the season.
"I'm sure they will be much better off for it next year," Pulis said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Sport, Pulis continued: "Paul would have got a lot of experience from his time at Derby, although it didn't go that well for him there.
"The fact he's managed to come into Swansea, roll his sleeves up and pull them out of trouble, he'll become a better manager himself but I'm sure the club will do better next year under him."
Clement was assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich, and Pulis says he has adapted well to working at a smaller club in Swansea.
He was sacked as Derby boss, his only managerial role before Swansea, after eight months in February 2016.
"I think the great thing is that you've got a smashing manager who's had wonderful experience as an assistant at top clubs," Pulis added.
"He's had a go at Derby himself so he's found the pitfalls there and come back and done a fantastic job at Swansea.
"He'll understand and recognise that when you are working with a smaller club, those small margins are even smaller than what you could imagine to get the results that you need."
Swansea host West Brom in their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday.
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The train driver was forced to apply the emergency brake when he saw the woman at Waterbeach on 12 September.
Richard Schofield, from Network Rail, said it was "one of the closest near misses we've seen".
British Transport Police is trying to trace the woman, who failed to stop despite the flashing lights and warning signals.
They are asking for a package similar to that given to Iraqi interpreters, in a case whose outcome is becoming increasingly urgent as Nato's withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan gathers pace.
An announcement is expected on Wednesday about how fast British forces will withdraw from the country.
Lawyers from Leigh Day & Co have written to the foreign secretary and the defence secretary asking for the scheme in operation in Iraq to be extended to Afghanistan.
Eddie is one of those who would have much to gain if the case succeeds.
He has stared bleakly at the walls of his room in Glasgow for nine months, waiting to hear whether his case for asylum in the UK has been accepted. He doesn't want to use his real name because of threats against himself and his family in Kabul.
The fluent English-speaker has spent the last eight years helping British and American troops speak to their Afghan allies, risking his life on patrol in Helmand, and working side by side with British soldiers.
But at the age of 27, Eddie is stuck in a legal limbo, waiting for news from the Home Office.
His solicitor, Andrew Morris of Hine Solicitors, makes clear that Eddie is not part of the legal action, though he could benefit from it if it succeeds.
He emphasises that all his client wants is an answer: "Eddie does not wish to sue the British Government that he has served. He has been a loyal servant to the British Forces for a significant number of years and has been waiting for his asylum application to be granted since March this year.
"There is no good reason for the delay when there is clear evidence that he has put his life on the line for British soldiers. Other interpreters have had their application granted within weeks"
Other Afghan interpreters such as Mohammed, one of those behind the legal action, have been granted asylum after a lengthy battle. But Eddie has heard nothing for months, and this bright, once energetic young man is suffering from depression.
"The job I did was a risk, especially in southern Afghanistan, but I was proud to do it," he explains.
He saw more than 25 of his colleagues lose their lives amid the violence, but believed that he was serving his country by working with British troops. At first, he brushed off the Taliban threats. But then came more threats, early in 2012.
"This time, they came from the Afghan government and high-ranking Afghan soldiers, as well as the Taliban. When they started to threaten my family, I had to give up," he tells me.
"I loved my job and staying in Afghanistan, my country. I loved serving it. But I had to leave for my family's sake."
So why do so many Afghan interpreters fear that they are or will be a target for assassination?
"The Afghan government were not happy with the way we did things for British forces," says Eddie.
"They think that we are spies, and according to Afghan law and Islamic rules, a spy must be beheaded. That's the reason they hate all interpreters, not just me. And the Taliban see us as traitors."
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But now he feels as though he is being penalised by British officials.
"I served British forces honestly and loyally, and this waiting feels like a kind of punishment. The Home Office just need to let me know if I deserve to stay alive. Otherwise, they should send me back to Afghanistan. There, I may suffer physical torture, but this is mental torture."
Eddie lives on £5 a day, money he hates taking as he would rather be allowed to work, as he has done from the age of 16.
The UK does not offer a formalised package for its Afghan staff, even though Iraqi interpreters were finally given assistance after it became clear some risked being killed as a result of their work.
Eddie insists the Afghans' fears are genuine.
"The other allied forces in Afghanistan - the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Germany - know their interpreters will not survive after 2014, so they are helping them," he explains.
Eddie's prediction is that many will be killed once the protection of western forces is removed, paving the way for scores to be settled.
"Just a few months ago, two interpreters were killed. It's going to get worse," he says.
Iraqi interpreters were offered a one-off package of financial help, as well as exceptional leave to enter the UK and the opportunity to resettle here.
The three Afghans bringing the case claim their situation is no different to that of the Iraqis.
One Afghan interpreter, Ahmadullah, lost his father and two cousins in an assassination he says was directly linked to his work for the UK.
"These men have shown incredible bravery in assisting British forces," says Rosa Curling from Leigh Day & Co, who represents the men.
"It is only right that the country should not now leave these men exposed to the threats and very real dangers posed by the Taliban to both themselves and their families. We believe that the fact there is no comparable scheme with the one set up in Iraq is illegal, and we have asked for the government to rectify this.
"If we do not receive an adequate response we will take this to judicial review proceedings."
A statement from the Foreign Office said: "People who have put their life on the line for the United Kingdom will not be abandoned.
"Locally engaged Afghan staff working for our armed forces and civilian missions in Afghanistan make an invaluable contribution to the UK's efforts to help support the spread of security, stability and development in their country.
"We take our responsibility for all members of staff very seriously and have put in place measures to reduce the risks they face… We follow an agreed cross-government policy for considering cases of intimidation or injury on a case by case basis. The policy ensures that we take into account the individual circumstances of each case and allows us to decide a proportionate response. "
For Eddie, the response cannot come soon enough. The young Afghan is convinced that gaining asylum in the country he served could mean the difference between life and death.
Mr Liu was the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) deputy head until he was sacked in August 2013.
The court in Langfang found him guilty of accepting about 35.6m yuan (£3.5m; $5.8m) in return for granting favours to businesses.
China has been embarking on a drive to stamp out corruption among officials.
On Wednesday, the court north of Beijing ruled that Liu "took advantage of his post to seek gains for others, illegally took cash or gifts from others by himself or via his son Liu Decheng", AFP news agency reports.
He had already confessed to the charges, with court reports saying he had "lost the trust of bosses and colleagues. I deeply regret my actions".
In addition to the life sentence he had lost political rights for life, with all personal property and wealth confiscated, said Xinhua news agency.
His confession and his co-operation with the investigation meant he was spared the death penalty, said officials.
Liu's case was unusual in that allegations against him first came from a Chinese journalist. Investigative journalism that directly leads to prosecution of suspects is rare in China.
He was at the time one of the most senior officials to be detained after President Xi Jinping launched an corruption crackdown after coming to power in 2012.
Last week criminal charges were brought against former security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese Communist Party official ever to face trial for corruption.
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".
As well as creating all 800 players, Mr and Mrs Pratchett have also pledged to sketch personalised pictures of the top 100 donors.
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.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
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.
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However, the court gave Mr Gilani only a symbolic sentence and he will not have to serve any time in jail.
Mr Gilani had denied that he had been in contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
The prime minister had argued that the president, who rejects the corruption charges, has immunity as head of state.
The case is part of a stand-off between the government and the judiciary, which many believe is being backed by the military as it pursues the case against the civilian administration.
Mr Gilani's lawyers say he will appeal against his conviction.
A meeting of the senior leadership of Mr Gilani's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) after the court case expressed concern "over attempts to dismiss an elected government and an elected prime minister".
Those attending concluded that the prime minister can "only be removed in accordance with the... constitution".
The three-month trial ended on Tuesday when defence and prosecution counsels concluded their arguments.
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad
The Supreme Court found the prime minister guilty, but sentenced him to confinement for just a few minutes - "until the rising of the court".
The short order from the court was very lenient and also rather vague.
The outstanding issue is whether Mr Gilani could be disqualified from office. It will depend on whether he has been convicted under a specific clause in the constitution, 63-1 (G), which would mean he is automatically disqualified from holding public office. But the court order was unclear on that point. A detailed judgement will be issued later.
Meanwhile, Mr Gilani, who was flanked by supporters, left the court a free man. His standing with the public appears to have improved as he stood his ground in this case.
Arriving at the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, Mr Gilani and his fellow cabinet members were surrounded by the media and his supporters, some of whom showered him with rose petals.
He left the building shortly after the verdict was announced, having been symbolically detained for just a few minutes until the court adjourned.
The court found Mr Gilani guilty of contempt for "wilfully flouting and disregarding" its order directing him to contact the Swiss government over corruption cases against President Zardari.
This action, Thursday's order said, "is substantially detrimental to justice" and "brings this court into disrepute".
Even though Mr Gilani was found guilty, the verdict may well be viewed as a victory by the government as it would appear that for the moment he can carry on in office, the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad reports.
He describes the mood among Gilani supporters as one of celebration, despite the conviction.
There were immediate opposition calls for Mr Gilani to step down.
"The court verdict is based on truth and reality. The prime minister himself invited this situation," opposition leader Nawaz Sharif told Geo TV.
Mr Gilani, who was making his third appearance before the court this year, had previously said he would have to step down if he was found guilty.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says there is still a chance that Mr Gilani could be automatically disqualified from holding public office - it depends under what part of the constitution he has been convicted.
Our correspondent says the court has issued no such order and not initiated proceedings to that effect, so Mr Gilani is free to remain in his post for now.
A detailed judgement from the court is still awaited.
President Zardari is accused of using Swiss bank accounts to launder bribe money. He has long said the charges are politically motivated.
The Supreme Court has said Mr Gilani defied a court order to write to the Swiss authorities and ask them to reopen the cases against Mr Zardari.
The defence counsel's main argument was that the case in Switzerland had been closed by a Swiss judge "on merit" and there was no justification to apply for its revival.
The defence also argued Mr Zardari has international immunity against criminal proceedings for as long as he is president. Mr Gilani's team had argued that there was, therefore, no legal evidence to find the prime minister in contempt.
His government's battle with the Supreme Court began shortly after Mr Zardari took office in 2008.
In early 2009, the Supreme Court overturned a controversial amnesty dating from the period of former President Pervez Musharraf which protected President Zardari and hundreds of other politicians from being prosecuted for corruption.
General elections are due by early next year.
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Basuki Tjahaja Purnama congratulated his rival after exit polls showed Anies Rasyid Baswedan clearly ahead.
Critics of Mr Purnama had accused him of blasphemy, heightening racial and religious tensions. Mr Baswedan was accused of courting hardliners.
The new mayor takes office in October. Official results come in May.
"We now will come together and forget this campaign. Jakarta is home for all of us," Mr Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, said in a nationally televised news conference.
"We understand that our supporters are disappointed. But don't dwell on it."
Mr Baswedan hinted he would try to heal divisions, saying: "We celebrate diversity... We are all ready to work together again."
Hardline Islamist groups say Mr Purnama, a Christian of Chinese descent, insulted a Koranic verse during a campaign speech and have rallied large crowds against him in recent months. He is now on trial for blasphemy, which he denies.
Correspondents say this made the election a choice between secularism and a growing hardline Islamist movement.
The run-off election between the two men came after no candidate secured more than half the votes in the first round.
Shortly after polls closed, unofficial counts by private polling companies showed Mr Baswedan had secured a strong lead, with a margin in the double digits.
Police said the election proceeded "smoothly and safely with no significant disruption". They had warned against voter intimidation.
A coalition of hardline Islamic groups supporting Mr Basedan had previously said it would send at least 100 activists to each polling station to monitor voting. But correspondents said they had a very limited presence.
Mr Purnama voted with his family in north Jakarta early on Wednesday morning and urged voters not to be afraid.
Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front which has been leading protests against Mr Purnama, also cast his vote.
Asked by the BBC if his group was damaging Indonesia's pluralist democracy, he said: "Democracy doesn't stop someone from voting for a person from the same religion as you.... Christian vote for Christian, Muslims vote for Muslim."
The election has also seen anti-Chinese sentiment, sparking unease in a country that has seen violence against its Chinese minority in the past.
A number of Chinese Indonesians who turned up to vote told the BBC that they had not been intimidated.
"Politics is cruel. There will be threats, physically or verbally. But I still feel comfortable even though I'm of Chinese descent... So far they only scream out hatred but haven't really acted on it," one voter, Rudi Irmawan, told the BBC.
Mr Purnama was accused last year of insulting a Koranic verse during a campaign speech, which he has denied, saying his comments were aimed at politicians "incorrectly" using the Koran against him.
Hardline Islamists have cited that verse from the Koran to support an argument that Muslims should not vote for a non-Muslim leader.
If convicted, Mr Purnama faces a maximum five-year jail sentence. His trial is due to resume on Thursday.
Observers say the controversy clearly hurt Mr Purnama's chances. Once considered the clear frontrunner, he won the first round of the election in February with only 43% of the vote, while Mr Baswedan had 40%.
The Jakarta Post has described the campaign as "the dirtiest, most polarising and most divisive the nation has ever seen".
Indonesia is the world's most-populous Muslim country. About 85% of its population are Muslim, but the country officially respects six religions.
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It happened on the Shore Road on Saturday night just after 2100 (BST).
Part of the road was closed between Fortwilliam Park and Skegoneill Ave.
The alert is now over and the Shore Road has been reopened. A local resident said something had exploded in a bin in an alleyway at York Parade.
Residents said the bang was so loud that their windows shook.
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The man, named only as Alexandre, was a convert to Islam who had "wanted to attack a representative of the state", Prosecutor Francois Molins said.
Police arrested the man on Wednesday morning in the Yvelines region, 45km (28 miles) south-west of the capital.
He was traced thanks to DNA found at the scene, police said.
French anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case.
The victim, Private First Class Cedric Cordier, has been released from hospital, AP news agency reports.
The stabbing took place three days after the killing of British serviceman Drummer Lee Rigby outside a barracks in the Woolwich area of London.
French President Francois Hollande said that while all theories would be investigated, there was no evidence to link the two attacks.
The suspect stabbed the soldier with a "fairly clear intent to kill" and had probably acted based on his "religious ideology", Mr Molins told reporters.
He said the man had been seen on surveillance footage "saying a Muslim prayer" minutes before the attack.
The suspect, who was unemployed and homeless, had already been known to police for petty crimes.
He was identified through DNA discovered on a plastic juice bottle left behind at the scene, police spokesman Christophe Crepin said.
Interior Minister Manual Walls earlier warned against drawing hasty conclusions while the investigation was still in its early stages.
"We need to know more about his motives, his background, his family environment," he said during a TV interview.
Pfc Cordier was approached from behind and stabbed in the neck with a small-bladed knife in La Defense business district on Saturday.
The attack took place in a busy underground hall where shops and public transport lines converge.
The 23-year-old victim was in a stable condition after the attack, police said.
Witnesses had described the attacker as a bearded man of North African origin.
The man was monitored on security cameras and seen taking off his robe and running away, officials said.
France is on high alert following a threat from the North African wing of al-Qaeda, related to the country's involvement in Mali.
The raised alert level is one of the reasons why soldiers are on patrol in central Paris and other high-profile areas, correspondents say.
Last year, soldiers were targeted by Islamist militant Mohamed Merah in the Toulouse area of southern France.
He shot dead three French paratroopers then attacked a Jewish school, murdering three children and an adult, before being killed in a police siege.
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A 21-year-old suspect arrested earlier over the stabbing of a French soldier near Paris on Saturday has admitted to the crime, officials say.
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Det Supt Charlie McMurdie said e-crime cost the UK economy an estimated £27bn a year and was not "victimless".
She said fraudsters and robbers get longer sentences than cyber criminals.
Her comments come after the FBI busted an Estonian gang who infected four million computers in 100 countries with code redirecting users to online ads, allegedly making them $14m (£9m).
Security firms hailed Operation Ghost Click as the "biggest cyber criminal takedown in history".
Det Supt McMurdie said: "Sentencing is still an issue. Some of these people have made millions and if it was fraud or robbery they would get eight or 10 years but they get less because it's cyber crime."
She pointed to a number of successes in recent years, including Operation Lath and Operation Pagode, which had resulted in several people being convicted in British courts.
Det Supt McMurdie said Operation Pagode centred around a criminal "cyber supermarket" website where up to 8,000 people exchanged information about stolen credit cards, and bomb-making and drug-making kits.
She said it was "the largest English-speaking forum of its kind" and contained details of 130,000 compromised credit cards.
Operation Lath saw Ukrainian nationals Pavel Klikov, 29, and Yevhen Kulibaba, 33, from Chingford, Essex, jailed for withdrawing an estimated £3m from victims' bank accounts, having used Trojans to infect them.
But Det Supt McMurdie believes their sentences of four years and eight months did not reflect the severity of the crime.
"Sentencing powers are sufficient but it's the appreciation of the harm these individuals are causing that is lacking," she said.
"In total some of these cases involve £5m or £6m. People think there are no victims, no-one loses out because individuals get their money back from the banks. But it's a loss to the UK economy and a gain for that criminal organisation."
She said there was a "significant cyber threat around the Olympics" and said there was already a lot of fraud involving online ticketing but the picture was "constantly evolving".
Det Supt McMurdie said the police nationally had been given an extra £650m from the government to fight cyber crime and her own team had grown from 20 officers to 104.
In January, three new regional e-crime units will be launched in north-west England, the East Midlands and Yorkshire/Humberside.
The Met's e-crime unit is also involved in the ongoing investigation of internet activist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec.
"Most of our activities have international aspects," she said.
Det Supt McMurdie said she was aware of Operation Ghost Click and said her unit liaised with the FBI on an almost hourly basis.
"When the Americans get hit, it is inevitable that we will be hit too," she said.
Det Supt McMurdie denied the police had employed ex-hackers to do "penetration testing" on their own and other websites but added: "The people who test our infrastructure have the same skillset as hackers. You could call them hackers but they're not."
Asked if there was evidence "traditional criminals" were switching to cyber crime, she quipped: "There is no significant intelligence that old-fashioned 'blaggers' have become cyber hackers. They wouldn't understand it. Nor have I evidence of old-fashioned gangsters commissioning cyber criminals."
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said many companies were spending millions of pounds protecting themselves from cyber crime and he encouraged them to share good practice.
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Arfon Jones said the comment was "banter" in response to UK government plans to extend surveillance powers.
Mr Jones also stood by a tweet that said the "UK created ISIS".
He added that he did not recall using a swear word to describe David Cameron.
Conservative MP David Jones, a former Welsh secretary, said he was "shocked".
In a tweet posted on 1 April 2012, Arfon Jones wrote: "I think we should have a protest where thousands of us send emails containing the words bomb+terrorist+Iran. That should keep GCHQ quiet."
Mr Jones said it was meant "in jest" and followed proposals to give the security services more power to monitor people's internet use.
Spying agencies had "enough power already", he told BBC Wales.
Plaid candidate defends 'bomb' tweets
Mr Jones, a councillor in Wrexham, is a former police inspector in north Wales who retired in 2008 after 30 years in the police.
Shortly before the Nato summit in Newport in 2014, he said increasing the terror threat was "ironic", adding: "Nato countries created Islamic State after all."
Another tweet last July about airstrikes in Syria said: "UK created ISIS/ISIL so let's bomb them!"
In a statement he said: "These comments related to my concerns that further Western military involvement in the Middle East would lead to more radicalisation and intensify the violence in the region.
"Furthermore, that intervention would increase the threat to security here at home and make terror attacks on the UK mainland more likely.
"Former head of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller herself admitted that the Iraq invasion had radicalised many young Muslims who saw the war as an attack upon their religion.
"To date, foreign airstrikes have killed over 2,000 civilians in Syria alone. It is clear that ill-thought through intervention leads to further bloodshed and instability, and I stand by that view."
Clwyd West MP David Jones said: "These are by any standards very extreme views, and not what people would expect from a man who wants to be put in charge of policing in North Wales.
"Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, must now say whether she and her party continue to support Arfon Jones, given the extreme nature of his opinions."
Ms Wood told BBC Wales she was sure Mr Jones' Twitter feed would "perhaps be more sort of in line with the role in which he is seeking to be elected to".
Born in Neath in 1794, Capt Rees Howell Gronow attended Eton and listed amongst his friends: the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, the Duke of Wellington, and the Prince Regent - the future King George IV.
Reputedly the second-best shot in the British Army, he was also a socialite dandy, and an inveterate gambler, duellist and womaniser.
He bribed his way into parliament and spent time in a debtors prison after losing the first of his two fortunes.
His four volumes of endearingly witty Reminiscences and Anecdotes were a kiss-and-tell on London and Paris society of which any modern tabloid would be proud.
They earned him a second fortune, which he promptly blew, leaving his young wife and four children penniless when he died aged 71 in 1865.
But despite his larger than life persona, former Guardian deputy editor and historian David McKie said Gronow's telling of Waterloo bears up to scrutiny against other contemporary sources.
"I first stumbled across his works in a second-hand book shop in Tunbridge Wells," he said.
"He was only 21 at Waterloo, so by the time of writing he was looking back on events over 40 years before.
"Nevertheless, his account of friends and comrades losing their arms, their legs, their lives, all around him feels real and immediate. It isn't boastful in the way of many other sources, and appears to be factually sound.
"He clearly wants to entertain with his writing, but you get the sense of a man for whom recording history accurately is important."
After the Napoleonic wars, together with Beau Brummell, Gronow became well known around London as a founding dandy; a group of fashionable young men who placed high importance on clothes, society and leisurely pursuits.
They are credited with popularising the cravat and leading the switch from knee-breaches to long trousers, and are said to have polished their boots with Champagne.
But this extravagance came at a price, and on 18 June 1823 - the eighth anniversary of Waterloo - he was declared bankrupt and thrown into the debtors' prison.
"He shows admirable candour," McKie said.
"Writing with the benefit of age, he's refreshingly honest about the follies of his youth, and how he can see the same weaknesses leading to the ruin of those around him.
"Yet he's not apologetic either. He sees time in a debtors' prison as an occupational hazard for those who liked adventurous lives. After all, it wasn't seen as real prison, and inmates could have their meals, and even wives and mistresses, brought in.
"He demonstrates the same pithy frankness when, after describing how he lost his chance of winning a parliamentary seat at Grimsby because he wouldn't bribe the electors, he goes on to record how, in a subsequent contest at Stafford, 'I set out to bribe every man, woman and child'."
However, being an MP proved too much like hard work and Gronow soon retired to France where, aged 63, he married a Breton aristocrat 30 years his junior and had four children.
He was in Paris for the 1848 uprising which forced out Louis Philippe, and again for the coup in 1851 when Louis Napoleon seized power.
According to McKie, it was then that Gronow's memoirs truly came into their own.
"He writes like an unquenchable gossip, but with the authority of a man well connected in the highest echelons of society. His descriptions are acerbic, but softened with humour.
"In some ways he's a hard man to like; unthinkingly anti-Semitic and misogynistic, and in parts nauseously sycophantic towards Wellington. But in other ways he's a liberal who's ahead of his time.
"He is scathing about the failures of the officer class to deal decently with those they command, and talks in uncommonly sympathetic terms about the plight of the poor during the Paris uprisings."
He died in Paris on 20 November 1865 and, according to the Morning Post: "He left his widow and infant children wholly unprovided for."
But for a man for whom all publicity was good publicity, perhaps the bitterest pill of all for Gronow to swallow would be that 150 years after his death, hardly anybody remembers his name.
NHS Forth Valley commissioned internal and external reviews of the deaths of 24 unborn babies after recording an unusually high number of stillbirths.
The internal report found care had been good or excellent in 20 of the cases.
But it said that in the other four "different care might have influenced the outcome".
The report did not specify what that meant - but the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said it uses the term to mean a baby that may have been born alive rather than stillborn.
However the external review, which was carried out by a consultant and a senior midwife at neighbouring NHS Tayside, concluded that the findings of the internal report were probably "overly-self critical".
It said that any changes to care would have made no difference in two of the four cases, and was very unlikely to have changed the outcome in another.
In the fourth case, a pregnant woman was invited to go home and collect her belongings prior to admission.
The external review said it would "probably have been appropriate" to check the unborn baby's heartbeat with a cardiotocograph (CTG) machine before the woman was sent home.
But it said the CTG could "reasonably have been delayed" if other biometry on the woman's scan was reassuring.
The two reports were obtained by BBC Scotland under freedom of information laws.
The health board said in a statement: "The internal review did not identify any significant issues or concerns and concluded that, in the vast majority of cases, there were complex underlying factors which meant that the stillbirths sadly could not have been prevented.
"These included fetal abnormalities, genetic conditions, trauma injuries and underlying health issues.
"The internal review also identified a small number of cases (four) where it was felt that the care could have been improved, although this may not necessarily have altered the outcome."
The external report said that, in a small number of cases, the risk factors included smoking and cannabis misuse.
And it concluded that the care given by NHS Forth Valley had been to a consistently high standard, and that staff should be credited for this.
It also called for national consideration to be given to a more "homogenous" system of stillbirth investigation.
The two reviews were carried out after stillbirths in the Forth Valley area rose above the national average in the first half of 2016 after generally having been beneath the Scottish average since 2012.
The majority of the stillbirths occurred at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
Dr Klara Ekevall, who compiled the health board's internal report, told BBC Scotland that the "large majority" of the cases it had looked at it were found to have had excellent care.
She added: "There were four cases where we felt things might have been done differently and that there was a possibility that might have affected the outcome. Some of these things were to do with documentation or follow-up arrangements.
"The external review looked at the same four cases and concluded that we'd been overly-critical of ourselves and they didn't feel like any changes to the care would have impacted on those cases."
Gillian Morton, NHS Forth Valley's head of midwifery, said: "I am pleased that the external review concluded that the quality of care delivered by our local maternity staff was of a consistently high standard.
"I am aware that some of the coverage about the review may have concerned local women and impacted on the morale of local staff. I therefore hope that the findings of both reviews will provide some reassurance and restore confidence in our local maternity services.
"Sadly, it is not possible to prevent every stillbirth. However, we remain committed to the ongoing delivery of high quality, safe and effective maternity care. We shall also continue to monitor our outcomes, review any cases on an individual basis and act on any learning identified."
Stillbirth is defined as a baby being delivered with no signs of life that is known to have died after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy.
NHS Forth Valley said the number of stillbirths in its area fell consistently throughout the second half of 2016, when they were similar to previous years.
There were a total of 158 stillbirths in Scotland 2015 - a figure which has almost halved since 1990. A total of 55,098 babies were born alive in 2015.
A report published by researchers at Leicester University last month found that the stillbirth rate in Scotland has fallen from 5.43 to 4.72 per 1,000 births since 2013 - the lowest level of all the UK nations.
The claim: The use of private contractors in the NHS has doubled since the end of the last Labour government.
Reality Check verdict: In cash terms, the amount of money has indeed doubled. Although, as a proportion of NHS spending, it has not.
"They've started spending more money in private provision in the NHS than ever before," he said.
"It's gone up from £4bn at the tail-end of the last Labour government, now to £8bn - it doubled."
It is certainly true to say the proportion of NHS money going to private providers has been rising.
In 2009-10, 4.4% of NHS spending in England went to the private sector, according to a parliamentary answer.
NHS spending that year was £98.4bn, which means about £4.3bn went to private providers.
The figure Mr Smith gives is for 2014-15, when the figure was £8.1bn, which was 7.3% of NHS spending (although the government previously gave a figure of 6.3%).
We have now had the figures for 2015-16, when £8.7bn went to private providers, which was 7.6% of the total.
So, in cash terms the amount of money has indeed doubled. Although, as a proportion of NHS spending, it has not.
Another criticism of the Conservatives from Mr Smith was: "The reality is they have cut the funding to the NHS. NHS spending as a proportion of GDP has dropped in every year under the Tories."
GDP stands for gross domestic product and is a measure of all the goods and services provided by an economy.
While NHS spending has been going up in cash terms, it is not keeping pace with the growth of the economy, meaning spending as a share of GDP has indeed not been going up.
Spending as a share of GDP is a commonly recognised measure of a country's investment in its citizens' health, and is used to make international comparisons.
There was a steady increase in spending as a percentage of national income from 1992-93 until 2009-10.
Since then, it has either fallen or remained static every year until 2014-15. Although, there was a 0.1 percentage points increase in 2015-16.
In a letter to staff, which has been seen by the BBC, Dr Frank Harsent said "the time was right to go and do other things" and he will stand down in May.
Earlier this week, it emerged he had taken staff to a conference in Florida a week before a "major incident" was declared at two county hospitals.
The trust runs Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals.
Dr Harsent has worked in the NHS for 43 years and held the position of chief executive in Gloucestershire for the past seven years.
In the letter, he said: "The NHS is about to go through a period of major change and our trust needs a chief executive who will be here for the long term and that would not be me".
The 23-year-old American finished on 13 under par after a final-round 67 in the tournament in Memphis, Tennessee.
Americans Brooks Koepka, who carded a 66 on Sunday, Steve Stricker and Phil Mickelson, who both shot 67, ended in a three-way tie for second.
"You work so hard to get here, and to finally be able to put the trophy up, I can't describe it," said Berger.
He also became the fourth first-time winner at the TPC Southwind event in the past six years.
Dustin Johnson shot a 63 on Sunday, the best round of the tournament, to finish in fifth.
Scientists had expected that limiting driving at the weekend would reduce vehicle emissions by 15%.
But this analysis looking at pollution measurements in a city with serious air quality problems, found no discernible effect.
Residents got round the restrictions by car pooling, using taxis and purchasing extra vehicles, researchers say.
Back in 1992, the UN declared Mexico City the world's most polluted city.
Massive growth in the use of cars coupled with a geographic location that trapped a toxic blanket of dirty air over the city saw tens of thousands of people hospitalised every year.
In an effort to tackle the problem, restrictions were introduced in 1989 with drivers prevented from using their cars on one day per week. The system was based on number plates so a licence ending in a five or six meant the car couldn't be driven on Monday and so on.
The programme, known as Hoy No Circula, has been hugely successful in terms of compliance and has seen some improvements in air quality with Mexico no longer ranked as the most polluted city, having been overtaken on that dubious honour list by the likes of Beijing and Delhi.
Mexico's driving curbs were extended to Saturdays back in 2008 with an analysis carried out beforehand indicating that nitrogen oxides and large particulates would decline by 16%.
To look at the impact of the Saturday restriction, US researchers analysed not just air quality samples but also public transportation numbers and weekend attendance at the city's zoo to get a clearer picture of overall activity.
"I looked at a whole bunch of pollutants, mean levels, maximum levels, every hour of the day, but I couldn't find any evidence that the programme improved air quality," Dr Lucas Davis from the University of California, Berkeley, who carried out the study told BBC News.
"The thinking was it was supposed to get people to take public transportation but if you look at data, they didn't and anecdotally people say they don't take the subway on the day they can't drive, they get a family member to drive them or they take taxis."
Public transport in Mexico City is inexpensive the author says, but often overcrowded. He also believes there are cultural factors behind the reluctance to give up the car.
"Driving is a real status symbol in Mexico City, and once a family have raised enough money to buy a car, there's a status associated with private vehicles that's tough for people to break. There's a bit of a cultural or socio-economic resistance to taking public transport."
Despite this study, other experts believe that Mexico has made significant strides towards improving the environment while both the population and the economy have expanded and hundreds of thousands of new vehicles have come on to the roads.
"Alongside driving restrictions, Mexico City has made massive investments in public transport to provide cleaner alternatives to driving," said Mark Watts, executive director of C40, the global network of cities dedicated to improving the environment and fighting climate change.
"Several new bus rapid transit lines have opened recently and they have the largest year-round bike sharing scheme in North America. At the recent C40 Mayors Summit hosted by Mexico City, Mayor Mancera committed to ban diesel cars from the city by 2025, because they are responsible for the pollutants that are most dangerous to public health."
Madrid, Athens and Paris have have also promised to stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks from the middle of the next decade.
Many cities in emerging economies are now putting driving restrictions similar to Mexico in place to curb the growing problem of dirty air. So are there lessons in the Mexican experience that will make the imposition of driving schemes more effective in other growing cities?
"You have to go more directly after pollution," says Dr Davis.
"So that means increasing the cost of driving, and that means higher gas prices, or congestion pricing or parking and it also means more emissions testing and making it more stringent."
The research has been published in the journal, Scientific Reports.
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Michael Dunn, from Redcar, knocked through the wall behind his fridge to create a cavity to hide the runaway girl from police.
Teesside Crown Court heard the 57-year-old had raped and abused four girls over a period of several years.
He was convicted of 10 rapes, false imprisonment and indecent assault.
The court was told Dunn was "paranoid, controlling and short tempered".
Prosecutor Richard Bennett said if any of his victims challenged him "they suffered physically" and "he had sex when he wanted".
They "were in his thrall and felt almost powerless" against their "paranoid and short-tempered" abuser.
He said: "Michael Dunn is a violent, controlling and sexually abusive man."
The court heard Dunn would use a bag of dust and a panel to camouflage the hole where one girl was kept, concealing her from police on eight or nine occasions.
The girl had already been the victim of sexual abuse, having been raped and beaten by another man.
The jury was told he imprisoned a second female victim, subjecting her to repeated violence, and filled his house with cameras, locks and alarms.
He also groomed and sexually assaulted another vulnerable under-age girl, giving her alcohol and cigarettes, and raped another pre-teenage girl.
Dunn was also convicted of three charges of false imprisonment and three charges of indecent assault.
He was cleared of one charge of rape, one of making a threat to kill and one of grievous bodily harm.
After the hearing, Det Sgt Dave Pettrick of Cleveland Police, said: "This was an extremely complex and difficult inquiry which spanned many years.
"Essentially Dunn groomed several women and young girls, in some cases making them completely dependent on him, and carrying out sexual offences against all of them.
"Some of the victims were kept in line through Dunn's extreme violence or even through the fear of violence and he had complete and absolute control over their lives."
He will be sentenced at a later date.
The US were beaten 16½-11½ at Gleneagles in September, their sixth defeat in the last seven contests.
Former captains Raymond Floyd, Tom Lehman and Davis Love are also on the 11-man panel, which will explore areas including captain and player selection.
However, Paul Azinger, who captained the US to their last victory in 2008, chose not to be part of the group.
"I'm not ready to jump on a task force," Azinger, 54, told ESPN.
"I have a scheduled meeting with the PGA of America in early November and I just think it's too soon for me to commit to jumping on a task force."
Azinger did not elaborate on the subject of next month's meeting but, speaking in the aftermath of the latest defeat, he did not rule out returning to the captaincy at Hazeltine in 2016.
In a media conference held immediately after the conclusion of the loss at Gleneagles, Mickelson appeared to criticise captain Tom Watson by stating his support for Azinger's winning formula at Valhalla in 2008.
Jim Furyk, the world number four, and world number 10 Rickie Fowler, who both played at Gleneagles, are also included in the group, along with veteran tour player Steve Stricker, PGA vice-president Derek Sprague, PGA chief executive officer Pete Bevacqua and PGA secretary Paul Levy.
Also debated will be the qualifying system, the dates by which the team is determined and the timing of wildcard selections.
Woods, who has not played in a tournament since August because of injury and asked not to be considered for a wildcard place at Gleneagles, said: "I think this is a great step by the PGA to accomplish what we all want - to win the Ryder Cup.
"The Ryder Cup is very important to every player who has the honour to represent his country. I'm excited to be part of this group."
When you look back, you'll remember it as the day the Chinese yuan began its journey to become one of the world's most important currencies.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the yuan is now part of an elite basket of currencies that until now included only the US dollar, the Japanese yen, the euro and the British pound.
The yuan won't actually start being a part of the basket until September 2016 - so this move won't have any immediate impact on financial markets.
But don't kid yourself. This largely symbolic gesture is an historic one - and a sign that China is rising ever faster and further on the global financial stage.
So what does that mean for the rest of us? Well, by some accounts it's the start of a whole new world order.
Nomura Securities predicts that by 2030 the yuan will become one of the top three major international currencies - "a peer to the US dollar and the euro as the most used currencies in the world."
But all of this depends on whether China continues its financial reforms - which have been one of the main reasons behind the IMF's decision to include the yuan in this elite basket.
The IMF said the decision was "an important milestone in the integration of the Chinese economy into the global financial system" and that it would bring about "a more robust international monetary and financial system".
Nomura says that although the yuan's share of trading volumes in the international currency market is still small - less than 2% relative to China's share of global gross domestic product - that its daily trading volume tripled between 2010 and 2013, from $34bn (£22.6bn) to $120bn.
That means there's a whole lot more yuan on the markets.
China has been working towards this for the last few years - and it's remarkable that their highly managed currency has been deemed fit to enter this special basket of freely traded currencies.
Beijing sees the inclusion of the yuan as a sign of just how important China has become to the global financial system.
In order to make this happen, the world's second largest economy has pushed through a number of changes in recent times - including allowing foreign investors to access its stock markets.
But just how transparent China will be about the way it runs its financial markets will be a key determinant as to whether the yuan gets to the next step.
It's clearly become an ambition for the powers that be in Beijing to see the yuan become a true global currency - alongside the US dollar, the yen and the euro.
In the face of slowing economic growth in China, analysts have acknowledged there have been some worrying signs that the government is either trying to roll back on some key financial reforms - or that the chaps in charge really don't know what they're doing.
Case in point: the effective devaluation of the yuan earlier this year took markets by surprise - and the People's Bank of China was widely criticised for mishandling the communication around how those events unfolded.
Now, Chinese officials will be under even more pressure - and scrutiny - to get their message right. The world will be watching to see what kind of impact more yuan circulating the international markets will have.
If the yuan becomes a fixture of the global economy, then it's likely the rest of the world will become even more exposed to what Beijing does - which will make it ever more important that China's leaders push through meaningful financial reforms.
From the suggestions, the BBC's DJ Edu, who hosts a weekly African music show on BBC radio, compiled them into a special five-minute mix of 50 songs from 50 countries.
DJ Edu also picked the five songs that he personally felt represented Africa:
This is a very special song. If you play it anywhere in Africa, people know it.
For me, it was the song that introduced African music to the world - you'd be on holiday in Jamaica and you'd hear it.
Also, 2Face Idibia is one of the most humble human beings on the planet.
His wedding in Dubai earlier this year was entirely funded by his fans - that's how much people admire him.
This is a really exciting new song from Ghana, a follow-up to the world-famous Azonto dance, which went viral (it was viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube).
What's also very exciting is the fact that Fuse ODG is a British musician of Ghanaian origin, and his track is being play-listed across the UK.
Eric Wainaina was in a boy-band in the 1990s called Five Alive, before he went on to have a solo career in World Music.
DJ Edu- Destination Africa
Daima means forever.
It almost became the national anthem in Kenya.
It summed up how young Kenyans feel about their country.
It was sung at presidential inaugurations.
It's got harmony, it's melodic.
People really love it and it has made Eric Wainaina a household name in Kenya.
Benin-born Angelique Kidjo is one of the most outstanding and successful female artists in Africa.
Agolo, which was nominated for a Grammy in 1994, is very traditional and yet modern.
If you're an African you can relate to it and if you're not, you can connect to it.
Ms Kidjo is truly an icon - ask any female artist in Africa and she will tell you she looks up to her.
Known as the "Princess of Africa", she is a true ambassador of South African and African music.
I remember hearing her music while growing up in Kenya - she is one of the first artists to cross boundaries with her music.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka has a unique voice and sound and inspires and uplifts young women and young Africans alike.
DJ Edu's 50-track mix was featured on the BBC World Service programme Newsday. You can see DJ Edu's entire playlist and share your comments on the BBC Africa Facebook page.
The move brings the number of permanent staff at the Dunfermline centre to more than 640.
Amazon said it expected that number to rise to 750 as the facility continued to expand its operations.
The firm has committed to opening more UK warehouses over the next two years, creating another 2,000 permanent roles.
Amazon director of operations Catherine McDermott said: "We're delighted that so many of our top performing temporary associates have now joined us on a permanent basis.
"Amazon has invested over £1bn in its UK operations, including our fulfilment centre in Dunfermline where hundreds of employees focus every day on providing an exceptional experience for our customers all over the UK, Europe and the world."
Amazon opened its one million sq ft (92,000 sq m) centre in Dunfermline in late 2011, along with a customer services base at Waverley Gate in Edinburgh.
Ivorian striker Bony, 26, has scored eight of the Swans' last 13 goals in the Premier League.
And with Swansea winning only one of their last five league games, Williams, 30, has urged his side to ease the scoring burden on Bony.
"We need to chip in with more goals as a team. We need to find goals from other places on the pitch," he said.
Swansea could be without Bony for a lengthy period when he joins the Ivory Coast squad for the African Cup of Nations.
With the Elephants expected to convene early in January and with the final taking place on 8 February, the Swans might be shorn of their top-scorer for a month.
Bony scored Swansea's only goal in Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Tottenham, a match Swans manager Garry Monk felt they could have won had they been more clinical.
It was their second loss in succession following their 3-1 reverse at West Ham, and Williams says Swansea must improve in front of goal to turn their fortunes around.
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"We need to take our chances, we all know that," said Williams.
"We get a lot of chances in most games, especially at home. You've got to take them.
"This is the Premier League. The amount of chances we get, you can't keep missing and expect to win games."
Swansea are ninth in the table and travel to relegation-threatened Hull on Saturday.
But Williams warns his side could come unstuck against the Tigers if they continue wasting goal-scoring opportunities.
"It's pretty simple really. We need to convert chances. We have to take them," he added.
"When I say we need to take chances, as a team we need to share the goals out a lot better.
"It hurts. We have to pick ourselves back up and go to Hull, which is always a difficult place."
Sheffield student Bryony Hollands, 19, from Berkshire, died after being struck by a car in Nottingham, in August.
She was walking along Woodthorpe Drive with her boyfriend, 20-year-old Ben Evans, who was left with permanent deafness in one ear.
Thomas Burney, of no fixed address, was believed to have taken cocaine and was three times over the drink drive limit.
Burney, 26, had pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing injuries by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing.
At Nottingham Crown Court, Judge James Samson told him: "You got out [of the car] only thinking of yourself, you tried to dispose of a syringe and a wrapper and wanted to remove evidence of your drug taking.
"You wanted to remove data from your telephone, no doubt evidence of your dealer.
"You smelled of alcohol and were unsteady on your feet, you told a member of the public you had been taking cocaine and said 'no police'."
Miss Hollands, from Maidenhead, was studying music in Sheffield and had planned a career in music therapy.
Mr Evans said in an impact statement: "The whole thing was surreal, a huge nightmare that I thought I would wake up from but then it finally hit me that it had happened.
"He has destroyed our future. I cannot believe that this has been ripped away by this man's stupidity. I wish every day it had been me."
Outside of the court her father paid tribute to all of those her tried to help his daughter.
Mark Hollands said: "Their selfless actions made this a little easier for us to bear [in] sharp contrast to those of Thomas Burney whose irresponsible behaviour has inflicted on us as a family, Bryony's boyfriend Ben, and so many of her young friends, a grief and loss that we will bear a lifetime.
"Bryony gave us 19 years of selfless fun and smiles, words cannot come close to describe how special she was to us."
The Committee on Climate Change provides expert, independent advice to the Scottish government.
Its latest publication has recommended emissions reductions of just over 60% by 2030.
The Scottish government said it recognised the need to maintain its "high ambition approach".
Scotland's emissions targets are calculated using 1990 as a baseline.
The committee's latest advice is based on evidence taken from government, industry, NGOs and other key stakeholders. It also held public hearings and has carried out its own analysis.
The report said Scotland has "made good progress in reducing its emissions to date".
In 2013, emissions had fallen by 38% on 1990 levels and were on track to exceed the target of 42% by 2020 set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act.
The committee said its recommended emissions targets for 2028-2032 continued along that "ambitious trajectory", putting Scotland on track for a reduction of at least 80% in 2050.
However it said they were "stretching objectives" which would need "strong action" including:
Lord Deben, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, said: "Scotland is leading the UK in its ambitious approach to tackling climate change and is to be commended for doing so.
"There is a lot of positive action already under way in Scotland, driven by both its vibrant renewable sector and its bold policy approaches. This must now be accelerated.
"New policies will be required to meet these ambitious but achievable carbon objectives. With these actions Scotland can continue as an example to the rest of the UK in its approach to address climate change."
The Scottish government's plan to cut air passenger duty has already led to criticism from climate campaigners.
They have pointed out that Scotland's interim climate change targets have repeatedly been missed.
Commenting on the latest report from the committee, the Scottish government's Climate Change Minister Aileen McLeod said: "We are on track to exceed our 2020 target for a 42% reduction from baseline levels in greenhouse gas emissions and have outperformed the UK as a whole in every year since 2010. Out of the Western European EU-15 countries, only Sweden has achieved greater reductions to date.
"In their advice, the committee recognise Scotland's high ambition and progress to date. I am particularly pleased that the Committee has acknowledged that Scotland would have met all of its fixed annual targets to date, had it not been for technical improvements to the way we account for greenhouse gas emissions.
"The committee's current advice on how best to maintain our high ambition approach will be taken into account when Scotland's next batch of targets are set in October."
Meanwhile, a member of the the UK Committee on Climate Change, Professor Jim Skea, told BBC Scotland any cut to air passenger duty would "inevitably" increase emissions and result in additional cuts in other sectors.
He explained: "I'm afraid we do not know yet what the exact impact would be on Scotland's emissions but it's fair to say that inevitably emissions will increase because of the air passenger duty change.
"The committee will be coming back in September to do a report to the Scottish Government and I'm sure that's a topic we will look at in some detail."
The midfielder smashed the spot-kick down the middle of the goal after Pierce Sweeney was adjudged to have fouled substitute Kai Naismith in the area.
Portsmouth controlled the opening 45 minutes with Exeter struggling to get out of their half, but the visitors were unable to find that killer touch until late on.
Christian Burgess headed wide of goal, Roberts and Danny Rose fired efforts wide and high while the latter also saw another goal-bound shot bravely blocked by Troy Brown.
Exeter's one chance of the half fell to striker Liam McAlinden, who failed to react quickly enough to a cross and scuffed his shot into the arms of David Forde.
Curtis Main headed wide as the onslaught continued from Pompey and substitute Conor Chaplin saw a shot deflect just wide of the far post.
An Exeter counter led to Jake Taylor crossing, but Pompey cleared with Joel Grant lurking, while Pompey substitute Noel Hunt almost scored with his first touch but was denied by Bobby Olejnik.
However, Pompey finally broke the deadlock in the 85th minute when Roberts kept his composure from 12 yards, lifting his side into eighth place in the table.
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Match ends, Exeter City 0, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 0, Portsmouth 1.
Foul by Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City).
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by David Forde.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by David Forde.
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth).
Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City).
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Drew Talbot.
Matt Oakley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Goal! Exeter City 0, Portsmouth 1. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Portsmouth. Kal Naismith draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Matt Oakley.
Hand ball by Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth).
Attempt missed. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Ethan Ampadu.
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Attempt blocked. Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Kal Naismith replaces Milan Lalkovic.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Curtis Main.
Attempt missed. Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Lloyd James.
Attempt blocked. Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ryan Harley (Exeter City).
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Connor Riley-Lowe (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Curtis Main (Portsmouth).
Attempt saved. Troy Brown (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
It is appealing for nearly $500m (£325; €443) to cover the immediate needs of 5.6m Iraqis for the next six months.
Three million have been displaced since Islamic State (IS) begin its campaign to seize vast swathes of Iraqi territory last year, the UN estimates.
But many refugees have been scattered, further hampering aid efforts, it adds.
"More than 50% of the operation will be shut down or cut back if money is not received immediately," warned the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande.
The consequences of such a reduction in aid would be "catastrophic", threatening to leave millions without food, water and shelter, she added.
In a new report, the UN describes the humanitarian needs in Iraq as "staggering". It says more than eight million people are already in need of immediate support, with the figure projected to rise to 9.9m by the end of 2015.
The IS crisis is one of the most brutal insurgencies in the world, the report says, with populations subjected to mass executions, systematic rape and torture.
As atrocities committed by IS militants make headlines, a desperate humanitarian crisis has been deepening without the international attention which aid workers believe it deserves.
A UN source told me the warning over funds was "not an idle threat that aid agencies sometimes make."
Because of the slump in international oil prices, and the cost of counter-insurgency operations, the Iraqi government is broke and unable to help.
So the UN is hoping that countries in the US-led coalition, who've spent large amounts of money on airstrikes against IS militants, will now come forward with cash for the conflict's many victims. Officials say it's needed for everything from "survival kits" for people as they flee, to counselling for traumatised women and girls, and programmes trying to prevent children being recruited to fight.
"Children have been used as suicide bombers and human shields, sold at markets, killed by crucifixion and buried alive. Women and girls have been enslaved and subjected to grotesque sexual violence."
Children constitute 45% of the total number of people in need, with three million of them not receiving the most basic standard education, the report details.
The UN says the funding shortfall has already forced 77 frontline health clinics to be closed, with food rations to over a million people reduced.
Separately on Thursday, the director of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, warned up to 84% of its health services in Iraq would close by the end of this month without further funding.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) also joined the appeal for more funds and said it was expanding its operations in central and northern Iraq to meet growing demand.
"The human suffering witnessed by our teams is enormous," MSF's spokesman Fabio Forgione said, describing current levels of assistance as "largely insufficient... even to meet the most basic services".
Islamic State (IS) fighters last month seized Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's largest province of Anbar, forcing tens of thousands more to flee the city.
But Iraqi government forces backed by Iraqi Shia militia say they are preparing to launch a counter-offensive to retake the city.
The US said on Wednesday more than 10,000 IS militants have been killed since an international coalition began an air campaign last August targeting the group's strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
For nearly 50 years, the government has been locked in legal battles with the teachers' unions over salaries.
However, despite what many thought would be the end of the dispute, it is far from over.
The teachers' pay body had argued that it cannot afford the increase while the teachers unions are adamant.
Learning is yet to begin for the third and final term of school - an important one because students finishing primary and secondary school will sit their national examinations in a couple of weeks.
Kenyan teachers have been demanding better pay since before independence.
At times they have been successful, for instance, in 1966 they convinced the government to create one employer for all teachers, the Teachers Service Commission.
The origins of this strike goes back to 1997 - learning was paralysed across the country for nearly two weeks as teachers demanded a 150-200% pay rise.
A general election was just weeks away, so the government had no option - it bowed to the pressure because the stakes were high.
The increment was to be implemented in phases over the course of five years.
But 18 years later, it is yet to be fully honoured.
Over the years, the government has argued that it cannot afford the proposed rates.
Finance Minister Henry Rotich recently said: "This financial year, we have not provided for resources for any pay hike."
But the bigger concern for the government is that raising teachers' salaries will lead to demands from other civil servants who are "watching and waiting."
"It will raise the same wage bill we've been arguing is already high - 55% of our expenditure goes to pay salaries," said Mr Rotich.
The lowest paid teacher earns a basic salary of about $160 (£110) a month, and the highest, a chief principal, takes home $1,090 (£800) in basic pay.
The court award to teachers will cost the country about $170m (£112m).
The treasury has insisted it cannot raise the amount. It said the only option was to raise taxes - something that the public is expected to reject.
The government allocated $1.8bn (£1.2bn) for teachers' salaries this financial year, which is nearly 40% of the public wage bill and 5.6% of the entire budget.
The education sector normally receives the highest allocation of funds - about a third of the national budget.
Neither the unions, nor the government, appear ready to back down.
The government has previously ended workers' strikes using a combination of agreements that are rarely honoured once the dust settles, and threats to sack union officials and arrests.
Right now, the government has appealed against the court ruling. But in the meantime, parents' uncertainty continues.
Capaldi shocked fans by making the announcement during a BBC Radio 2 show with presenter Jo Whiley.
He said he will leave Doctor Who at the end of the year. "I feel it’s time to move on," he said.
The 58-year-old Glasgow-born star became the 12th actor to play the Doctor in 2013.
While speaking about the upcoming 10th series, he said it would be his last.
"I feel sad, I love Doctor Who, it is a fantastic programme to work on," he said. "It can't praise the people I work with more highly, but I have always been someone that did a lot of different things."
He said he was asked to stay on after his contract ran out, but he wanted to move on to other challenges.
The new series airs in spring and Capaldi said his final episode will be shown at Christmas.
The popular sci-fi series, which was first shown on TV in 1963 and underwent a reboot in 2005, features a Time Lord known only as "The Doctor".
The character travels through time and space in a ship called the Tardis, which look likes a 1960s police telephone box from the outside.
The main character has the ability to regenerate, a quality that has allowed a number of actors to have played the role over the years.
Claire Fuller has been exchanging the card with her father after she first sent it to him in 1984.
Stephen Fuller posted the card, which has a picture of a glum yellow duck wearing red wellington boots, in Thame, Oxfordshire, on 10 February.
Ms Fuller, from Winchester, said her 78-year-old father felt "gutted" after it failed to arrive.
The pair started sending the card back and forth after Mr Fuller added a message to it and returned the card to his daughter for her 18th birthday in 1985.
"I sent it back the next year and we just carried on," she said.
"It's very flimsy - we squeeze in message every year - but round the duck it's getting tighter and tighter with the writing getting smaller and smaller.
"We both feel so sad it's gone missing."
An appeal to find the card has currently been liked 2,630 times and had more than 3,980 retweets on Twitter.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Every item of mail is important to us. We appreciate the sentimental value of this card and are seeing if we can trace it.
"We would always advise customers sending valuables or cash through the post to use a tracked service."
In the event of a vote for Brexit, by 2018, houses could be worth up to 18% less than if the UK voted to remain, George Osborne told the BBC.
But former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable said a price fall would be good for affordability and economic balance.
G7 finance ministers said Brexit could cause a "shock" to the world economy.
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An analysis by the Treasury to be published next week will suggest that two years after a Brexit vote, UK house prices could be between 10% and 18% lower than after a remain vote, Mr Osborne told the BBC.
"If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets... People will not know what the future looks like," he said.
"And in the long term, the country and the people in the country are going to be poorer. That affects the value of people's homes... And at the same time, first-time buyers are hit because mortgage rates go up, and mortgages become more difficult to get. So it's a lose-lose situation," he added.
By BBC political correspondent Chris Mason
With four and a bit weeks to go until referendum day, voters find themselves swimming in a murky ocean of questionable statistics.
And when I say questionable, I'm being polite.
August bodies and grand figures on both sides are making bold claims. And they are both guessing.
So what's happening here? Each side is playing what it sees as its greatest hit.
The let's stay in brigade talk about the economy. The more grabby the headline, the more people who will notice.
The let's get out brigade talk about immigration. The more grabby the headline, the more people who will notice.
There will be plenty more claims where these came from before you pick up that stubby little pencil in a draughty polling station.
The G7 finance ministers said after two-day talks in Japan: "Uncertainties to the global outlook have increased, while geopolitical conflicts, terrorism, refugee flows, and the shock of a potential UK exit from the European Union also complicate the global economic environment."
Mr Osborne's comments echo those made by the International Monetary Fund last Friday, which said Brexit could cause a "sharp drop" in house prices.
But energy minister Andrea Leadsom, of Vote Leave, said: "This is an extraordinary claim and I'm amazed that Treasury civil servants would be prepared to make it.
"The truth is that the greatest threat to the economy is the perilous state of the euro; staying in the EU means locking ourselves to a currency zone - which Mervyn King, ex-governor of the Bank of England, has rightly warned 'could explode'.
"The safer option in this referendum is to take back control of the vast sums we send to Brussels every day and Vote Leave on 23 June."
Sir Vince tweeted: "Osborne on house prices. Surely big price fall good for affordability and economic balance. Stick to jobs and basic economics George."
Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said financial forecasting was handed over to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility because Treasury reports could not be trusted.
"When I heard that I did think of Pinocchio and the nose growing rather long here," he told Sky News.
"Even the Treasury report has to admit that even under their most pessimistic forecasts the British economy would continue to grow after we left the European Union.
"And this report also says that house prices would continue to grow."
Campaigners for Vote Leave have previously said that lower house prices would help first-time buyers and those in the rental market.
"After we Vote Leave, we will be able to fix our broken migration policy whilst supporting the construction industry with the talent it needs," Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott said on Thursday.
"The biggest pressure on housing supply is immigration which has made buying your first home and even renting unaffordable for many."
On Thursday, estate agents claimed a Brexit take around £2,200 off average house prices by 2018.
Ratings agency Moody's also said that curbing immigration would ease competition for housing, and slow down house price and rental inflation.
Also on Saturday, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged mothers to vote for the UK to stay in the EU for the sake of their children.
He told a conference of left-of-centre think tank the Fabian Society: "To mothers who are worried about the prospects for their children in the future and want to know where the jobs will come from, to people who feel that globalisation is a runaway train and it's out of control and uncontrollable, we've got to show that we can manage that in the public interest."
Gym owner and promoter Alex Morrison told the Scottish Sun on Sunday that Towell was advised not to box on because "he wasn't feeling too good".
Mr Morrison said: "He looked okay."
Towell, 25, was knocked down twice during his bout with Welsh fighter Dale Evans in Glasgow on Thursday and died in hospital on Friday night.
His partner Chloe Ross had revealed he had been suffering migraines for weeks but had dismissed it as pre-match stress.
Towell's management team have said they were unaware he had been complaining of headaches.
But Mr Morrison told the newspaper the Dundee fighter cut short a training session after speaking to people at his gym.
He said: "He was sparring with a guy called Stewart Burt but he stopped because of the headache.
"I never paid any attention as he looked okay.
"When he told the guys he wasn't feeling too good, they advised him not to box."
Towell died after taking part in a welterweight title eliminator against Carmarthen fighter Evans.
Dr Louise Eccles, who is the chief medical officer of the British and Irish Boxing Association, told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast "alarm bells would have been ringing" if Towell had mentioned the headaches during medical checks before the fight.
She said her organisation, which has similar rules to the British Boxing Board of Control which sanctioned the Towell fight, employed "rigorous" medical checks.
Dr Eccles said it insisted on an annual, thorough medical plus an annual MRI head scan, an optician's report and blood tests.
She added: "We have a pre-fight medical and if the doctor is not happy with the boxer's condition, the fight will not go ahead.
"The question would have been asked, pre-fight, to the gentleman: Have you had headaches recently? That is a standard question in the pre-fight medical. And in the annual medical, headaches are mentioned frequently and tested for neurologically.
"Boxers tend to be excited and very pumped up before the occasion and also have rigorous training before and event.
"So, mild headaches are possible, but that would set alarm bells ringing in any doctor's mind. And, if mentioned, further questioning would take place.
"I don't know if Mr Towell mentioned it to the doctor, but I would like to think that if he'd had a lot of migraine headaches he would have mentioned it, but unfortunately has not."
Tributes have been paid to Dundee fighter Towell - known as "Iron Mike" - who is only the third professional boxer to die in the UK from apparently fight-related injuries in 21 years.
He had been undefeated going into the fight, with 11 previous wins and one draw on his professional record.
Towell was knocked down in the first round before recovering to continue the match.
Referee Victor Loughlin stopped the fight in the fifth round shortly after Towell was knocked down by Evans for a second time.
He received treatment in the ring and was given oxygen before being taken to an ambulance on a stretcher.
Professional boxer turned promoter Ricky Hatton set up a JustGiving page which has raised more than £20,000 to support Towell's family.
The Borussia Dortmund midfielder, 25, sustained a partial tear of an ankle ligament and is expected to be out for six or seven weeks.
"For him and for us this is extremely regrettable," said Germany coach Joachim Low.
Sampdoria's former Everton defender Shkodran Mustafi has replaced Reus.
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Reus's withdrawal is a major blow to Germany's World Cup preparations, with Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender already ruled out with a thigh injury.
But despite losing another midfielder, Low has decided to call up defender Mustafi, who was at Goodison between 2009 and 2011 but made only one substitute appearance before moving to Italy.
"It is not about us replacing Marco Reus one on one," said Low.
"Our quality in the position behind the strikers is very high. We have Lukas Podolski, Andre Schurrle, Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Julian Draxler and Toni Kroos to give us plenty of alternatives.
"That's why we decided for another option for the defensive area. Shkodran impressed us in training camp, he's fit, we have confidence in him."
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria).
Midfielders: Julian Draxler (Schalke), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Christoph Kramer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Andre Schurrle (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich).
Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal).
Swindon and Cricklade Railway said the train and three wagons were on the track near Hayes Knoll when fire crews arrived on Friday at about 18:00 BST.
Dave Peacey, from Swindon and Cricklade Railway, said they had just refurbished it for the coming season and it was "very hurtful".
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said it was investigating the cause of the blaze.
Mr Peacey said: "Back in January and February a team of us refurbished the whole thing inside.
"We repainted it, cleaned all the upholstery and made it look really smart for this coming season. And now of course we've lost it and it's very hurtful.
"It's valued at around about £80,000, but with the three wagons that were adjacent to it that have also been destroyed, the value is in excess of probably £100,000 damage."
The train - a Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (DEMU) - was built in 1964 and is nicknamed the "thumper" because of the engine's distinctive noise. It was one of only three in the country.
Mr Fillon, a former French prime minister, surprised many by reaching the run-off in the conservative primaries this weekend and could well succeed Francois Hollande next year.
Chancellor Merkel has surprised rather fewer with her announcement that she wants to stand for a fourth term.
French conservative daily Le Figaro says Mr Fillon, the representative of the "calm right", "confounded all predictions"
He benefited, political editor Alexis Brezet argues, from "enduring sentiment against Nicolas Sarkozy", the ex-president who lost the French Republicans' primaries on Sunday.
In the centre-left Le Monde, commentator Vanessa Schneider sees the "revenge of Mr Nobody" after a series of political humiliations, notably losing the race for the leadership of the UMP, as the Republicans were then known, in 2012.
Her colleague Francoise Fressoz agrees that Mr Fillon represents a win for the "traditional, liberal-Catholic right".
Belgium's Le Soir sees the rise of Francois Fillon as bad news for the ruling French Socialists and attributes Mr Sarkozy's unexpected fall to his "polarising character".
"The Republican right found a leader on Sunday and the left woke up on Monday plunged in an abyss of confusion," it concludes.
Christian Wernicke, reporting from Paris for Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung, notes Mr Fillon's "highly radical" economic programme, in particular proposals for drastic cuts in public spending.
Aldo Cazzullo of Italy's Corriere Della Sera, predicts a contest between Mr Fillon and the National Front's Marine Le Pen next year.
He is sure that left-wing voters "who would have hesitated to vote for Sarkozy" would opt for Mr Fillon in the run-off as a "victory for Marine would be the end of Europe".
German papers warn of trouble looming for Mr Merkel if she wins next year's election.
Alessandro Peduto of Saxony's Freie Presse argues that the opposition Social Democrats' weakness is her main strength" and a fourth term could "exacerbate social polarisation" to the advantage of the anti-migrant AfD party.
He thinks she will struggle to "pacify German society after the chaos of the refugee crisis, let alone find quick solutions to the many crises in Europe and further afield".
Anja Maier, the Bundestag correspondent of leftwing Tageszeitung, says the AfD will campaign on a slogan of "'Renewal vs Standstill" in the "most gruelling election the country has ever seen".
In conservative Die Welt, Torsten Krauel also worries that Mrs Merkel is out of touch with the public mood.
"She wants to stabilise a political centre ground that more and more people do not consider the centre ground, and defend Western values that voters do not think of as their values any more," he warns.
Die Zeit's Ludwig Greven raises the spectre of Hillary Clinton's defeat in the US presidential election.
It warns that the "sober, rational working out of problems, without a vision or narrative explanation" is "not enough to convince and inspire people".
Thomas Wieder, the Berlin correspondent of France's Le Monde, says Mrs Merkel is the "anti-populist candidate", the "guarantee of stability in a chaotic world".
Nicolas Barotte in Le Figaro focuses on the Social Democrats, seeing them as having "no strategy" to defeat Mrs Merkel in 2017, and expects her to take advantage of months of wrangling before they chose their candidate for the chancellorship.
The Netherlands' De Volkskrant concludes grudgingly that Angela Merkel's experience and the respect she enjoys makes her the "best candidate to represent Europe on the bizarre world stage at present", especially as she "does not raise unrealistically high expectations".
The paper acknowledges that she took the lead in Europe on migration, Ukraine and the euro, but adds that the "shaky" state of these issues makes her the "personification of Europe's identity crisis".
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The legal action is aiming to establish the drivers with worker status, rather than as self-employed customers or partners - which is how Uber sees them.
The first four cases were lodged last week, arguing the company is breaching its duty on basic rights.
Uber says most of its drivers want the flexibility its approach offers.
Drivers pay a fee to use the Uber technology. When a job comes up the nearest driver is offered it, otherwise it goes to the next person. For this, Uber takes a fee of 20%, soon to rise to 25% for new drivers.
Employment lawyer Nigel Mackay, who is representing the drivers, said Uber was not complying with employment law.
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"What we want to do is try and ensure these drivers get workers' rights, the rights that anyone who works is entitled to. Things like minimum wage, the right to paid holiday," he said.
He added that the ways in which Uber controlled its drivers - including the provision of initial training, guides as to which routes to take and requirements for minimum hours - meant they were not just self-employed.
Mr Mackay said there were also serious health and safety issues as currently Uber did not ensure its drivers take rest breaks or work a maximum number of hours per week.
"A lot of these workers work 50, 60, 70 hours per week - they should be entitled to paid time off for doing that work," he said.
"I think it's true that there's a real risk to health and safety if drivers are being pushed by circumstance to drive these long hours - because they are not sitting in an office, it is a potentially dangerous job."
James Farrar has worked for Uber since last December.
"I joined because I was working on a start-up so I needed the flexibility to work when I wanted, while having the remainder free for research and writing. The flexibility with Uber is really great.
"The only problem is that when you're not working you're not earning and your earnings are so much lower than I expected. It's really starting to bite now.
"It's more difficult to make money than six months ago. There's a certain amount of money [I want to be earning] each day and I just need to stay out longer and longer to earn it.
"My average pay in July was £5.03 an hour, well below the minimum wage. So if you want to cover your costs and keep the family afloat, you've got to work a lot of hours.
"I wouldn't want to be picked up myself by somebody who has worked 18 hours a day. Since we are self-employed, Uber does not take responsibility for that occupational risk.
"I could get another job, but Uber has so aggressively come into the market, the chances of working for other operators are rapidly evaporating."
GMB, the union that represents professional drivers, has instructed Leigh Day to take the action on behalf of its members driving for Uber.
The first cases were submitted to the London Central Employment Tribunal. The law firm says it will be submitting further claims and will be asking the tribunal to hear them all together.
Uber describes itself as a "fully licenced" service that connects potential passengers with a background-checked private driver and takes a cut - typically 20% - of the fee.
It currently operates in 10 cities in the UK. It had 7,000 drivers in London in 2014, a number which has risen to 20,000 this year.
Uber says the drivers are self-employed not workers and therefore and therefore they do not have to guarantee them a minimum wage.
Uber's regional general manager, Jo Bertram, said most of its drivers had moved from traditional jobs with prescribed shifts as they wanted the flexibility Uber's approach offered.
"The fact you can work literally whenever you want, spend time with kids, you can build business on the side. That's the flexibility the majority of Uber drivers are looking for," she said.
She added the company looked at how much money the drivers took home very carefully.
"What we find is drivers using the app actually take home around £15 or £16 an hour. Obviously their costs vary hugely depending on whether they rent or own and a number of other factors, but the majority are actually making around £10/12 per hour even after costs."
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In a quiet first half, Tarique Fosu broke the deadlock, capitalising on York goalkeeper Scott Flinders' mistake to finish into the bottom corner.
Bradley Fewster came close to converting for the Minstermen, before Josh Windass doubled Stanley's lead with a strike from the edge of the box.
After numerous York chances, Windass added a late third for Stanley.
Following Stanley's dominant start, York began to create chances of their own. Fewster turned and shot over the bar before Luke Summerfield placed his effort straight at Accrington goalkeeper Ross Etheridge.
The result leaves York 10 points behind Newport with only two games left, as the Minstermen's four-year stay in the Football League is brought to an end.
Meanwhile second-placed Stanley strengthened their chances of automatic promotion to League One, stretching their buffer to the play-offs to two points after Plymouth lost to Dagenham and Redbridge.
The deal has been concluded fast but it is no less momentous for it. Never before have the England rugby union team been led by a foreign coach. That they will be now owes much to Jones' considerable coaching experience and something to his availability compared to that of the other dream candidates.
It is also down to the flip-flop - not the rubber-soled footwear favoured on the beaches of Jones' native Australia, but the habit of those in charge of such appointments in English sport to go for the polar opposite of whoever was deemed to have last failed in the job.
This is a strategy perfected by the Football Association and borrowed by others since.
You can trace the about-turns back through the years: low-cost and low-key Roy Hodgson replacing the expensive and autocratic Fabio Capello, a vastly experienced overseas name to take over from the callow and outclassed Englishman Steve McClaren, himself the bellowing antitheses of detached Sven Goran Eriksson, who got the job in the first place because he was considered a calm tactical genius compared to the heartfelt yet naïve Kevin Keegan.
Keegan, man of the people, replaced the eccentric and isolated Glenn Hoddle. Born-again Christian Hoddle succeeded Terry Venables - who had stepped down to clear his name in connection with off-field business dealings. Venables' overseas experience and attractive style of play contrasted with the long-ball British basics of Graham Taylor.
And so on, and so into other sports. England cricket swapped taciturn foreigner Duncan Fletcher for the ebullient and homegrown Peter Moores. When Moores proved short of international nous and clout, he was replaced by flinty Zimbabwean Andy Flower, former number one-ranked batsman in the world.
Then, when Flower was deemed too dour, the cheerful Moores was brought back, swiftly to be ditched again when the same failings became apparent - and succeeded this time by a wise old Aussie in Trevor Bayliss.
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The RFU has long done the same, ever since Sir Clive Woodward flounced out of the Twickenham hot-seat. Andy Robinson too dour? Bring in the attacking ethos of Brian Ashton. Ashton lacking authority? Call for the dark charisma of Martin Johnson. Johnson exposed in the first coaching job he had ever done? Time for Stuart Lancaster, a grassroots coach with minimal public profile.
Which takes us to Jones. Lancaster had one season of Premiership experience before he was given the England job, a season which ended in a cash-strapped Leeds side being relegated back to the Championship. He had never before been to a rugby match at the Millennium Stadium or the Stade de France.
Jones? Jones has coached everywhere - at two different Super Rugby teams in Australia, as an assistant to Jake White for the South African national side, in England with Saracens and with Japan in the three years leading up to the last World Cup.
He has taken the Wallabies to one World Cup final and helped the Springboks win the next in 2007. Whether he is the right man for England is less clear.
No other union has the financial or playing resources enjoyed by the RFU. It is one of the reasons why, unlike Wales, Scotland and Ireland, it has always reached into its vast hinterland for the man to lead its national side.
Even now the logic can be questioned. RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie insisted that Lancaster's replacement must have international experience. That makes sense if Lancaster's shortcomings were the only benchmark - but not on other criteria.
Lancaster failed for a variety of reasons. Not all of them are present in every other English coach, just because they share the same nationality.
Had Wales gone with the same approach as Ritchie, they would not have appointed Warren Gatland, the man who has led them to two Grand Slams in England's barren years and a World Cup semi-final despite far smaller resources.
It would have meant Ireland passing up Joe Schmidt, who took them to the Six Nations title last spring, and would have kept Scotland from the wisdom of Vern Cotter, who was one questionable refereeing decision from steering his adopted nation into their own World Cup semi-final.
Michael Cheika, universally lauded for his revitalisation of the Wallabies over the past year? Never coached at international level before. Woodward, who dragged the ship to its high water mark? International novice when he took the helm.
Jones has enjoyed great success, most recently in inspiring Japan to the greatest upset the World Cup has ever seen, their 34-32 triumph over South Africa two months ago.
He deserves great credit for both their unparalleled success and the style in which they did it. Will the same work in the vastly different set-up around England, where he will have neither the same control over his players nor the same eager players to mould in his image?
His Brumbies side of the late 1990s was one of the best that Super Rugby has seen. That alone will not conjure him up a breakdown specialist like the great George Smith if, as it seems, he deems current captain and incumbent Chris Robshaw as lacking the necessary specialist skills.
Because he has endured failures too. Japan may have won more matches at the World Cup than England, but Jones was also sacked by Australia in 2005 after eight defeats in nine, and resigned from the Queensland Reds in 2007 after they finished bottom of the Super 14 table.
Choosing the coach is the easy bit. Changing the system he operates in so that it produces more world-class players capable of playing with same skill-set as world champions New Zealand is arguably more important but also a lot more difficult.
Just like those players, a coach needs the right environment around him to flourish - a serendipitous blend of human and financial resources, the right specialists below him, the right leader above.
Otherwise we flip-flop again, and one pair of those is enough for anyone.
Six themes were initially identified by organisers of the Longitude Prize; these were then put to a public vote.
The winning theme was announced on the BBC's One Show, broadcast on Wednesday evening.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a "post-antibiotic era" where key drugs no longer work and people die from previously treatable infections.
The competition is based on the 1714 Longitude Prize won by John Harrison.
Harrison's clock allowed sailors to pinpoint their position at sea for the first time.
Speaking on the One Show, BBC science presenter Alice Roberts said: "There were some amazing challenges, but this is such an important one facing us at the moment.
"From here, the Longitude Committee will reconvene and they will tighten up exactly what the challenge is going to be. We know it's going to be something about how we tackle antibiotic resistance; it could be a new way of diagnosing a bacterial infection versus a viral infection.
"They want to narrow down that challenge so we'll really know when someone has won it."
Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of medical research charity the Wellcome Trust, said he was "delighted" by the result.
"Antibiotics, and indeed the multitude of drugs used daily to treat infection, are the bedrock on which much of modern medicine is built.
"Yet rapidly emerging drug resistance threatens the medical successes - from transplant surgery to cancer treatment - we currently take for granted. It is crucial we focus our collective global research efforts on this, one of the greatest public health threats of our time."
By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC news online
In the war between bacteria and medicine, bacteria are winning. Drug resistant tuberculosis, gonorrhea and Klebsiella are popping up around the world.
Antibiotic resistance would not be a problem if there was a continuous supply of fresh antibiotics, but there has not been a new class of the drugs discovered since the 1980s.
It means there is a terrible future on the horizon - a world without antibiotics.
The World Health Organization has warned that "many common infections will no longer have a cure and, once again, could kill unabated".
Cutting open the body in surgery and cancer treatments, which weaken the immune system, will both be more deadly without antibiotics.
Reversing the tide of this war will be a huge challenge and worthy of a £10m prize.
Analysis: The Antibiotic Apocalypse
Lord Martin Rees, chair of the Longitude Committee and Astronomer Royal, said he hoped the prize would "speed up progress towards meeting the challenge of resistance to antibiotics by stimulating invention and innovation - especially 'out of the box' thinking".
And the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies - who has previously warned of the threat posed by resistance - said the development of a rapid diagnostic test would "help to conserve the antibiotics we have and thus ensure they remain effective for as long as possible".
The £10m prize fund has been offered by the innovation charity Nesta and the government-funded Technology Strategy Board.
The original £20,000 prize was set by the British government to solve the most vexing issue of the 18th Century: how to determine a ship's longitude at sea.
For sailors to pinpoint their position on the waves, two clocks were required: one that was set each day, using the the height of the sun in the sky, and another that kept the time back at port.
The problem with the latter was that the pitch and roll of the oceans, and the humidity and temperature changes at sea would damage the delicate mechanisms of a timepiece.
But Mr Harrison, a clockmaker from Yorkshire, created a chronometer that overcame these problems.
It took several prototypes and decades of battling with the scientific elite before he was finally deemed the winner. His work revolutionised navigation and saved countless lives.
The original six categories on which the public was asked to vote were:
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After the second MPs' ballot, Home Secretary Mrs May finished with 199 votes, Energy Minister Mrs Leadsom 84 and Mr Gove, the justice secretary, 46.
Conservative members will now decide the winning candidate, with the result due on 9 September.
The winner will become the UK's second female prime minister.
Mr Cameron resigned after finishing on the losing side in the UK's EU referendum, in which there was a vote for the UK to leave.
The results were announced at Westminster by Conservative MP Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee.
There had originally been five contenders to succeed Mr Cameron, with MPs voting in two rounds to get that number down to two.
The contest now moves to its final stage with the Conservative Party's 150,000-strong membership deciding between Mrs May, a Remain campaigner with a long track record in government, and Mrs Leadsom, a leading light of the Brexit campaign who has stressed her City and business background.
Speaking after the results were announced, Mrs May said she had secured support from all wings of the Conservative Party and pledged to bring the Tories together.
She promised "strong, proven leadership" to negotiate the UK's departure from the EU, and to "make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us".
Conservative MP Tim Loughton, Mrs Leadsom's campaign manager, said she would bring a "huge and fresh skills base" to Downing Street if elected.
He played down her lack of cabinet experience, saying she would have "no problem stepping up to the job" having had a long career outside politics, adding: "She has done things outside of this place on so many different levels."
Analysis by Nick Robinson, Radio 4's Today presenter
Now we know. The name of Britain's next prime minister will be either Andrea or Theresa.
Two women. Two Tories. Two potential leaders who - whether they like it or not, whether the country likes it or not - are destined to be dubbed the new Maggie.
That though is where the similarities between May and Leadsom end. One - of course - made the case, ever so quietly, for Remain. The other argued, ever so passionately, for Leave.
One is highly experienced - the longest-serving home secretary for more than a century. The other would be the least experienced prime minister this country has had since Pitt the Younger.
Not only has Andrea Leadsom had no Cabinet experience. Unlike David Cameron or Tony Blair, she has not served an apprenticeship as leader of the opposition.
But this run-off is about much more than that. May and Leadsom are figureheads for two very different visions of Conservatism, backed by different factions which have been at war in the party for a quarter of a century. Read Nick's full article
Mr Gove said he was "naturally disappointed" not to have made it to the final two, describing the remaining contenders as "formidable politicians".
He welcomed the fact that the UK would be getting a second female prime minister - after Margaret Thatcher - and called for a "civilised, inclusive, positive and optimistic debate".
Mr Gove did not announce backing for either candidate, but several of his key backers, including Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, switched their support to Mrs May.
Anyone wanting to vote has to have been a member of the Conservative Party by 9 June.
Polling expert Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said the electorate for the contest represented a "very distinctive slice of Britain".
They would be mostly over 50, disproportionately male, and "overwhelmingly middle class", he said.
Guide to the contest
He predicted the Brexit debate would "play a role" in the contest, but not a defining one. About two thirds of Tory members voted to leave, but a higher proportion saw a candidate's leadership credentials and vision for Britain as the most important factor, he added.
Mrs Leadsom's departmental boss, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, is backing Mrs May and took aim at her junior ministerial colleague's lack of government experience.
She said: "The fact that she hasn't had experience at the Cabinet table, hasn't had much experience even as a junior minister - let's face it she's had just two years - I do think is a problem at this stage."
But one of Mrs Leadsom's high-profile backers, former worker and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, said she would "develop" over the coming weeks and get "better and better and better".
Mrs Leadsom is also supported by former London mayor and one-time leadership favourite Boris Johnson, who said she would replace the "absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive confident and optimistic approach".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said on Twitter he was backing her.
Few companies have the fan base enjoyed by the yellow excavators, perhaps hitting a height when a single by Nizlopi (The JCB Song) reached number one in December 2005.
A sell-out calendar the same year, featured women in flesh-coloured bodysuits dangling from the machinery's prongs.
The company, established by Joseph Cyril Bamford (hence JCB), seemed to be going from strength to strength.
But in 2008 and 2009 1,684 jobs were cut as the the construction industry was badly affected by the credit crunch and rising raw materials prices.
By 2012, things were looking brighter for JCB as it posted a record profit of £365m, opened a £63m factory in Brazil, and announced a doubling of trade in Africa. UK employees were given a £500 Christmas bonus and a three per cent pay increase.
In 2013, the company announced plans for 2,500 new jobs.
But just a year later the company cut 150 jobs, and last September a further 400 jobs were lost after a "dramatic" slow down in world markets.
Joseph Cyril Bamford began his business in a rented lock-up garage in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1945.
He used a second-hand welding set and some surplus military equipment to make tipping trailers for farmers to hitch to the new generation of petrol-driven tractors.
In 1950 the company moved to a former cheese-making factory in nearby Rocester - where JCB is still based.
In 1952, machines were first made in yellow - a colour now synonymous with the brand.
In 1963, the design classic JCB 3C was born. The company said "it took backhoe performance to new levels".
The 1970s and 80s saw more new concepts, and in 1990 the world's first fully suspended, high-speed draught tractor was produced.
Two JCB diesel engines powered the JCB Dieselmax to the diesel world land speed record in 2006, and the millionth JCB machine was built in 2013. It was coated in special celebratory silver paint.
A limited edition backhoe has been produced to mark the company's 70th anniversary.
The 29-year-old has not featured in this year's Six Nations, and the last of his 18 Test caps came last summer.
"I spoke to the England staff a couple of times. They're happy with how I'm playing - they think I'm playing very well," he told BBC Radio Northampton.
"For reasons that they have, they've gone for Ben Youngs and Richard Wigglesworth."
He added: "I have to take that on the chin and adapt and react to that."
Leicester's Youngs has started all three of England's Six Nations games so far, including Sunday's 19-9 loss to Ireland, and was replaced by Saracens' Wigglesworth each time.
Harlequins nine Danny Care is also an option, but missed his club's defeat by Northampton last week with a calf strain.
Dickson, meanwhile, has captained Saints in their last two games, helping keep Jim Mallinder's men top of the Premiership.
"I want them to do well. I'm English, I'm patriotic. And I'm desperate to get into that set-up," he said.
"All I can do is keep playing well for Saints, keep us at the top of the league and hopefully the goal will come soon."
Arthur John Patterson had denied killing 22-year-old Jo Jung-Pil in the capital Seoul.
He has been given a 20-year sentence, the maximum for someone aged under 18 at the time of a crime.
Patterson, who was 17 years old at the time, was extradited from the US years after another American was acquitted.
Mr Jo, 22, was found with multiple stab wounds in the fast food restaurant in Seoul. Prosecutors said the men did not know each other and argued that Patterson had shown a "devil-like brutality" in stabbing Mr Jo to death for no apparent reason.
Edward Lee, a Korean-American friend of Patterson's who was at the scene, was initially found guilty of murder after a trial in 1998. Both men admitted to witnessing the murder but accused each other of killing Mr Jo.
Patterson was initially tried as an accomplice. He was found guilty and he served a short jail term.
But Mr Lee was acquitted on appeal for lack of evidence. After being released, Patterson fled to the US.
Prosecutors re-opened the case after a 2009 film based on the events re-ignited public anger.
Patterson was living in the city because his father was a civilian contractor to the US military. The crime happened in the nightlife district of Itaewon, close to a US military base.
There are about 28,000 US military personnel based in South Korea. The two militaries regularly carry out drills together, which are unpopular with many South Koreans.
Patterson was formally charged with the murder in his absence in 2011, leading to his extradition.
She is famous all over the world thanks to her debut album 19 and follow-up 21. Last year she won the best song Oscar for James Bond theme tune Skyfall.
The London-born singer came to public attention when she became the first winner of the Brits Critics' Choice Award in 2008, and since then she's gone on to win six Grammy awards in the US.
She enjoyed the longest run ever by a woman at the top of the UK album charts and she became the first woman to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five at the same time.
MBE stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire.
People with MBE's include TV chef Jamie Oliver, and Olympians Jessica Ennis and Nicola Adams.
This Honour is part of a group of awards created by King George V during world war one.
The retailer surprised the markets with its £3.7bn deal, which will result in Booker shareholders holding 16% of the combined company.
Tesco shares jumped 9% to 205.90p, while shares in Booker were up 15% at 210.50p.
Tesco was the biggest riser on the FTSE 100, with the benchmark share index up 4.89 points at 7,166.38.
Shares in BT edged up 0.5%. The telecoms firm reported a sharp fall in third-quarter profits, down 37%, as it comes to terms with its Italian accounting scandal.
The company also confirmed that Corrado Sciolla, head of continental Europe, would step down over the affair.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.5% against the dollar to $1.2535, and dropped 0.4% against the euro to 1.1747 euros.
Bolasie's hopes of playing for the Democratic Republic of Congo in Gabon were wrecked when he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament on 4 December.
His dreams of showcasing his talent on the continent's biggest stage were shattered and he admits, missing the Nations Cup was tough.
I felt like a supporter outside and that was strange and tough for me
"Watching DR Congo was the most difficult and frustrating thing so far," Bolasie told BBC Sport.
"Because when you helped the team to qualify and think about all the sacrifices you made, then you'd also want to be there at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"But I was unfortunate to get injured and I was not able to be there to follow up on the great run we had in 2015."
Bolasie, reflecting on his country's quarter-final exit at the tournament late last month, said he would love to have been there.
"I think just seeing the country play, seeing how excited the fans of DR Congo get when they see the country play.
"It was difficult to see from when you used to play. I felt like a supporter outside and that was strange and tough for me," added Bolasie.
The 27-year-old, who is expected to be out for another ten months after his second surgery, insists he is drawing inspiration from his idol and World Cup-winning Brazil legend Ronaldo (pictured) to come back from his own first serious injury.
"The inspiration to stay positive comes from my idol Ronaldo because he suffered a serious knee injury three times in his career, yet he never gave up" said Bolasie.
"These things tend to have a terrible effect on your state of mind but when you are mentally strong you can deal with it.
"I've seen many people go down with one and never come back but you can only stay positive and hope to bounce back stronger."
Bolasie was eligible for his country of birth France and the nation of his upbringing England but opted to represent the country of his parents DR Congo and made his debut in 2013 against Libya in a World Cup qualifier.
He has scored eight goals in 28 appearances for The Leopards and was also an integral part of the squad that finished third at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Tries from Ross Ford, Ruaridh Jackson and Fraser Brown were not enough as Peceli Yato and Henry Seniloli crossed to add to 17 points from Ben Volavola.
"Really disappointing we didn't win," Townsend said.
"The main parts of the game - the defence, the contact, our attack accuracy - weren't anywhere near where they need to be."
After a five-try win over Italy in Singapore and that famous victory against the Wallabies, hopes were high that Scotland would complete a clean sweep by putting Fiji away.
However, a team featuring 12 changes from the win in Sydney lacked cohesion in attack and struggled badly in defence, missing 30 tackles.
"For us to win Test matches we've got to defend really well - like we showed last week - and we probably missed too many tackles today," said Townsend, who tasted defeat for the first time as Scotland head coach.
"Fiji came alive when they broke those tackles. We've got to look after the ball, make sure we work teams in our attack and probably too many balls got dropped in contact with the wet ball."
Townsend, while acknowledging his own team's shortcomings, was keen to emphasise how well Fiji played, particularly a man the former Glasgow coach knows all too well - former Warriors lock Leone Nakarawa.
"Leone is an outstanding player, probably the best second-row in the world," said Townsend. "Certainly the best offloading player in the world.
"At times we defended him really well, we managed to close him down, but at other times he kept his energy, his line-break ability, and created a fantastic try.
"There were a number of Fijians that played really well. We didn't play as well as we have on tour, but I have to say credit to Fiji. They played some outstanding rugby, especially in that second half. They were tough to handle."
Despite the loss, Townsend says the experience will prove invaluable for the squad's future development.
"Hopefully we'll get more determination and realisation that if we don't do our defence well or get through our phases in attack then we're going to give teams opportunities to beat us," he added.
"We've got the template from last week on how we can beat the best teams in the world. This is a template to say 'this is how we're going to struggle against teams that are in the top 10, top 15 in the world, if we don't get things right'.
"It's not so good when you lose but there will be areas where we'll be a better team from what we've learned today."
Hillary Clinton was challenged by rival Bernie Sanders at a televised debate for backing the Iraq War, which he says led to the rise of the militants.
She said it was up to others to lead the fight against IS and called on Turkey and the Gulf states to do more.
The attacks killed 129 people and injured hundreds in the French capital.
Hours after the near-simultaneous attacks, CBS News said the debate in Iowa would re-adjust its focus to put more emphasis on counter-terrorism and foreign policy.
A moment's silence was observed in Des Moines before the debate began, and the three candidates expressed their condolences with France.
But then they clashed over how best to deal with IS, which has claimed responsibility for the atrocities.
Mrs Clinton, the former secretary of state, said: "It cannot be an American fight... we will support those who will take the fight to Isis."
But former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley disagreed, saying: "America is best when standing up to evil in this world."
And Mr Sanders, a Vermont senator, also attacked the former secretary of state Mrs Clinton when she said the US did not have the "bulk of responsibility" for the instability in the region.
The invasion of Iraq, which she backed, was to blame for the rise of al-Qaeda and IS, he said.
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This primetime showdown is the party's second debate of the election campaign, two fewer than the Republicans, who have a much wider field.
In 79 days, Iowa will be the first state to pick a presidential candidate from each party.
Voters across the US will go to the polls finally in November 2016 to choose the new occupant of the White House.
Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (PATCH) hands out free food parcels, clothing and households items to people in a financial crisis all year round.
Items are donated to the charity's basics banks and various drop-off points by members of the public.
"Last year we gave food parcels to benefit more than 3,500 people and that number is growing," said PATCH co-ordinator Tracy Olin.
This time of year is particularly busy for Mrs Olin and PATCH volunteers, with the annual Christmas toy appeal in full swing.
The charity's Milford Haven headquarters is chock-a-block with thousands of donated toys which will be given to children who would otherwise go without on Christmas Day.
Mrs Olin explained the idea for the toy appeal came about seven years ago when she met a woman who had "debt collectors knocking at her door."
"People kept going up to her kids saying 'if you're good Father Christmas will come and see you', and she was desperate for her children not to think they had been naughty," she said.
"It just so happened that NatWest bank had some leftover toys from its Christmas toy appeal and they just happened to be for the ages of her children.
"It then became obvious that we needed to do one."
Mrs Olin said the first few years were easy, but as the appeal grew, so did the number of referrals. So far this year, almost 200 families, including more than 500 children, have been referred.
She explained the referral system for the toy appeal is "more lenient" than the system used for the basics banks.
"Our day-to-day stuff is for people who are in a financial crisis, but the toy appeal is more about debt prevention," said Mrs Olin.
"People will borrow money at extortionate interest rates, sometimes running into the thousand per cent."
"It's so important that kids have a Christmas and for parents to see their children have a Christmas. That is why we do not wrap the presents we donate, so it comes from them and not some anonymous charity," said Mrs Olin.
Each referred child receives:
Everything is packed in a box with a roll of wrapping paper, sticky tape and delivered courtesy of the charity Pembrokeshire FRAME.
Mrs Olin was full of praise for the "generosity of the Pembrokeshire people".
"Every year I panic that we're not going to have enough toys and every year I wonder why because the people of Pembrokeshire always come up trumps," she said.
As well as public donations, PATCH receives toys from Radio Pembrokeshire and Valero Pembroke Refinery, supermarkets and banks, as well as cheques.
"There are always children that get to me, and this year it was a cheque from a family of four kids who decided they wanted to give their Christmas money to the less fortunate.
"The big cheques are wonderful and of course we need them, but when a kid gives up their pocket money or their Christmas present it really touches me."
PATCH would also not be able to function without the work of its volunteers.
It has more than 60 regular volunteers who work at the basics banks all year around, and hundreds more people give up their time to take part in the Christmas toy sort.
Among them are Sainsbury's workers Jane Jones and Tracey Rees.
Mrs Rees said: "PATCH has been Sainsbury's charity of the year for two years and we just love helping the community."
Mrs Jones said: "It's nice to be able to come out and help, especially at Christmas time. It's good to know that so many children will not be going without."
Mrs Olin said her involvement in the toy appeal made her "feel like Father Christmas."
"Christmas is about giving," she said.
"People donate toys without knowing what's going to happen to them and they trust us to give to the appropriate people.
"They don't get anything back in return, not even a thank you.
"It's phenomenal that people can do that."
He chaired a board meeting of Transport for London (TfL) on Wednesday which approved funding for an additional 195 Routemaster buses.
It paves the way for the order to be placed within weeks, before his term as London mayor ends.
It will deliver a much-needed manufacturing boost to Ballymena.
TfL had been told that without any further order, Wrightbus would close down its Routemaster production line next month.
TfL has previously bought 805 updated versions of the iconic red bus, after awarding Wrightbus the contract in 2009 to supply up to 1,000 vehicles.
The election for a new mayor in May has created doubts about the future of what is considered one of Mr Johnson's flagship projects.
Mr Johnson, who is stepping down, has envisaged 2,000 Routemasters on the city's streets by 2020.
But Labour's mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has vowed to freeze future purchases "of the most expensive buses in the world".
They cost about £350,000 each.
Any new order would include adjustments to design, including opening windows and a better performing battery.
But the Pussy Riot case is being held up by Western diplomats and human rights groups as the embodiment of many things that are wrong with Russia, and the sudden, dangerous direction the country appears to have taken since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in May.
A group of spirited women artist/activists had dared to do the unthinkable. They took their shock tactics into one of the most sacred parts of Moscow's main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
They were young, foolish, and highly insensitive to the religious feelings of others, but groups like Amnesty International say that that in no way justifies turning the full power of the Russian state on them.
Instead of being fined for a public order offence, three of them were arrested and detained for five months before being put on trial and convicted of the criminal offence of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. They will now spend two years in a harsh Russian penal colony.
Pussy Riot had been protesting against what they saw as the constitutionally damaging relationship between President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. (The constitution says that Russia is a secular state and that no religion can be established as the state religion.)
What human rights groups including Human Rights Watch are now saying is that the state's reaction to the women's action supports their complaint.
The church authorities were among the strongest cheerleaders for the prosecution. The trial at times felt like a session of some kind of quasi-religious court, with witnesses being asked if they were good practising members of the Orthodox Church.
Then there were the doubts about the trial's fairness. The defence lawyers appeared to despair at times at what they saw as blatant bias by the judge.
They were rarely allowed to question prosecution witnesses, and most of their own witnesses were not allowed. At times the case descended into a shouting match between the defence lawyer, Violetta Volkova, and Judge Marina Syrova.
That is why Western diplomats in Moscow says this case epitomises today's Russia.
It has a top-down political system, which the Kremlin micro-manages far too much. There is a blurring of lines between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church.
And, in the legal system, prosecutors and judges often appear to lack any kind of independence. Trials are often less courtroom dramas than courtroom farce.
So the Russian government has brought down a chorus of condemnation on itself, but the question is how much it really cares about that.
Firstly, many in Russia were genuinely outraged about the protest in the cathedral, and Vladimir Putin will be hoping to gain support from that conservative constituency.
Secondly, he seems to believe that the way to deal with dissent in Russia at the moment is to apply pressure on the new opposition rather than to engage with them.
Thirdly, international condemnation could actually help him appeal to those parts of Russian society who are still deeply distrustful of the West.
Former Cameroon captain Eto'o was suspended by the club until further notice last month after allegedly accusing the club leadership of racism on social media.
Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk said Eto'o had expressed regret over the posting and had insisted it was not aimed at the club leadership.
"We hope he will behave more carefully in the future and make a positive contribution to the team." Ozturk announced during a meeting with the squad.
35-year-old Eto'o had written the controversial post on his Instagram account last month in reference to a public criticism, saying:
"Perhaps some people do not feel respect for me because I am black."
Eto'o later made a second post denying the criticism was aimed at Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk, who had criticised Eto'o for his performances earlier in the season. Ozturk said at the time, "no player is above the interests of Antalyaspor. Everyone must know their place."
Eto'o called Ozturk his "brother" in his second Instagram post, adding that the Turkish people had supported him "wholeheartedly".
"My message was to a person who criticises me unjustly for years and while he continues his criticisms, I kept winning trophies," Eto'o wrote, with the Turkish club stating Eto'o would have a separate training programme until his case was heard by their executive board.
Eto'o, who came off the bench in the first half, could not prevent Antalyaspor from losing 3-1 at Galatasaray.
His side remain bottom of the Turkish Super Lig.
Three-time Champions League winner Eto'o moved to Antalyaspor in June 2015 as the keystone of the club's bid in the southern Mediterranean resort city to find national and even European success.
But his stint has turned sour since August amid intense rumours in the close season that he would join Istanbul arch rivals Besiktas.
Four-time African footballer of the year Eto'o enjoyed much of his club success at Barcelona, where he played from 2004 to 2009.
His trophies there included three La Liga crowns, alongside former Brazil forward Ronaldinho, and two Champions League titles.
He also won the Champions League, under Jose Mourinho, at Inter Milan in 2010, and has an Olympic gold medal, which he won with Cameroon in 2000.
Eto'o is the leading all-time scorer in the Nations Cup with 18 goals and he appeared at four World Cup finals - 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 - playing in eight matches and scoring three goals.
Cameroon's 54-goal all-time leading scorer won back-to-back African Cup of Nations with his country at the 2000 and 2002 editions.
The death toll in 2015 was 1.34 million people, a new report reveals.
An estimated 325 million people are living with chronic hepatitis caused by B or C virus infection.
Hepatitis vaccines and medicines exist, but they are not yet reaching everyone in need.
This is partly because infections are not always identified - just 9% of all hepatitis B infections and 20% of all hepatitis C infections were diagnosed in 2015.
As a result, millions of people are at risk of a slow progression to chronic liver disease, cancer and death, says the WHO.
Viral hepatitis refers to five different forms of virus, known as A, B, C, D, E.
Some (hepatitis B, C and D) can be spread through contact with infected bodily fluids, including blood, while others (hepatitis A and hepatitis E) are spread through contaminated food or water.
In some parts of the world, including regions within Africa and the Western Pacific, hepatitis B and C infections are all too common.
Hepatitis B infection requires lifelong treatment - the WHO currently recommends the medicine tenofovir, already widely used in HIV treatment - but hepatitis C can be cured with a course of antiviral drugs.
The WHO says some countries are taking successful steps to scale up hepatitis services:
Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, from the WHO, said: "We are still at an early stage of the viral hepatitis response, but the way forward looks promising.
"More countries are making hepatitis services available for people in need - a diagnostic test costs less than $1, and the cure for hepatitis C can be below $200.
"But the data clearly highlight the urgency with which we must address the remaining gaps in testing and treatment."
Raquel Peck, from the World Hepatitis Alliance, said: "Today, 325 million men, women and children are living with a cancer-causing illness, despite the availability of preventative vaccines for hepatitis B and curative treatments for hepatitis C.
"We need to use this report to advocate for a public health approach, so that testing and treatment are rolled out at the scale necessary to ensure that every person has the opportunity to live a healthy life."
The alleged offences against 21 patients are said to have taken place at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport between June 2011 and January 2012.
Victorino Chua, 49, originally from the Philippines, denies all the charges.
He is accused of secretly injecting insulin into saline bags and altering prescribed dosages on medical notes.
Mr Chua denies killing Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and 83-year-old Alfred Weaver.
The nurse has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges in all, including 25 counts of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, eight counts of attempting to administer poison and one count of administering poison.
The trial at Manchester Crown Court began in January.
The singer could not attend the ceremony, but sent a message saying: "That's amazing. I've only just put out new music. I'm so chuffed."
Irish singer Hozier won song of the year for the dramatic ballad Take Me To Church - the show's only public vote.
And One Direction opened the show, in one of their last public performances before taking a year-long hiatus.
Surrounded by pyrotechnics, the four-piece played their number one hit Drag Me Down, to huge screams from the audience.
Earlier, the band had braved torrential rain outside Birmingham's Genting Arena to pose for photos with fans.
Asked by host Chris Evans if they were really taking a career break at the height of their success, Liam Payne replied: "It sounds like a stupid plan but, yes, it's true."
Other performers included Ellie Goulding, who played a sweeping, orchestral version of her 50 Shades Of Grey theme Love Me Like You Do, backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Little Mix played their hit single Black Magic, while country duo The Shires performed a special duet with former beautiful South stars Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot, including the songs The Austerity of Love, Nashville Grey Skies and Leaving on a Jet Plane.
And Rod Stewart closed the show with the songs Please and Sailing.
Taylor Swift won the best international artist prize - accepting her trophy, a golden vintage BBC microphone via a video from Australia.
"Oh my God, this is really heavy," said the star. "I really appreciate you guys shipping this out, because it must have cost a lot."
Hozier also commented on the hefty trophy, joking: "You could kill a man with it. I think they're going to put it in the new edition of Cluedo."
The singer, whose 1989 world tour has been one of 2015's top earners, added that playing Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich had been "an amazing highlight of my year".
And Jack Garratt picked up the BBC Introducing Award, recognising a newcomer who has risen through the ranks of the BBC's new music strand.
"It's a weird feeling being validated for potential," he said. "A lot of these things are saying, 'you might be good next year' which is an incredible compliment to receive - but there's a certain pressure to it."
But the evening really belonged to Adele, whose new album 25 has become the year's biggest seller on both sides of the Atlantic after just three weeks on sale.
"Sorry I'm not there," said the star in her video message. "I'm absolutely gutted but thanks so much for my award. I hope you're all having a wonderful evening."
Other acts appeared to be in awe of the singer.
"She stepped into 2015 near the end and smashed everything out of the park," James Bay told the BBC. "She's an incredible artist so it's well deserved."
"You can't touch Adele," said Little Mix star Perrie Edwards.
"She will always be at the top, just sitting there comfortably," added Leigh-Anne Pinnock. "No-one will ever touch her."
Live coverage of the ceremony and the TV broadcast is continuing on BBC Music's dedicated live page.
The full list of winners and nominees is as follows:
The activists, including supporters of the Occupy Central movement, are protesting against China's involvement in how Hong Kong's new chief executive will be elected in 2017.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend.
Martin Lee, an activist and former legislator, is seen below wearing goggles and a face mask to protect himself against the use of pepper spray by the police. Some activists even wrapped their eye-ware in plastic wrap as an added precaution.
Umbrellas were also used by protesters to shield them from pepper spray.
The protective gear was supplied by volunteers who carried food and water to demonstration areas around the city.
Police threw tear gas canisters into the crowd on Sunday evening in a bid to drive them back.
The standoff between protesters and police brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill.
But the tear gas and pepper spray did not deter the protesters...
Police arrested dozens of people on Sunday, with more than 25 people hospitalised for injuries sustained in scuffles with police in riot gear.
Thousands of protesters remained on the streets into the early hours of Monday, threatening disruption to public transport and school closures.
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The Gunners are close to signing Elneny from FC Basel and Wenger believes all clubs in the top flight will be active.
"We hope to have things done this week. I'm optimistic," said Wenger.
Ex-Arsenal striker Benik Afobe's move from Wolves to Bournemouth for about £10m is the biggest so far this month.
Chelsea's £23m signing of Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado was the largest deal completed on transfer deadline day in 2015 as Premier League spending in the January window matched 2014's £130m.
That figure fell well short of the record £225m spent in 2011.
Wenger said: "My prediction is that it could be one of the most active January transfer windows that we've seen."
The Frenchman is anticipating a lot of deals being done in the league over the next three weeks.
"I would say for the media you could have some good news in the January transfer window," he said. "I believe many clubs will be active. You go from the clubs who are down in the table like Villa, who have to do something, to the clubs at the top."
He also tipped Afobe to do well at Bournemouth.
"Afobe has the qualities to integrate into a team like Bournemouth, whose game is based on movement, pace and quick football," he added.
"I am very happy for Benik because he had an outstanding attitude here. Sometimes you have to let people go who are not completely ready for us, knowing they could be successful."
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The man suffered severe injuries to his hand at Southampton Crown Court on Monday, Hampshire Constabulary said.
It added it was investigating but no arrests had been made.
A crowdfunding page has been set up to help raise cash for the man who is expected to be "incapacitated for some time", and had raised almost £1,500 by Friday.
More on this and other stories from across the South of England.
Neil Harmston - a colleague and friend of the victim - set up the appeal and described his colleague's injuries as "appalling".
He said they were the result of a custody cell door being "kicked shut on his hand".
He added it was a "particularly difficult time" for the alleged victim as his partner is due to give birth to their child.
GEOAmey, which provides prison escort and custody services in England, said it was also investigating.
Work on the Japanese garden at Cowden Castle in Clackmannanshire began in 2014.
Created in the early 1900s by explorer Ella Christie, it is among the few surviving sites of its kind in the UK.
The garden is considered internationally important because it was the first to be designed by a female Japanese designer.
Taki Handa had come to the UK to study horticulture and met Ms Christie, who commissioned her to design and build a Japanese garden.
Born in 1861, Ms Christie had travelled widely in Asia and visited many countries, including Japan.
She was inspired by the gardens she had seen in Kyoto and Tokyo to plan her own Japanese-style garden in the grounds of her home at Cowden, near Dollar.
Centred on a long artificial lake, the garden incorporated elements of three traditional Japanese garden forms: a pond and island garden, a stroll garden, and a tea-house garden.
The garden was vandalised in the 1960s and none of the original built structures have survived, but many of its features still remain - including plantings and its symbolic stones.
The restoration is being carried out by one of Japan's leading landscape architects, Prof Fukuhara, with the assistance of Ai Hishii.
The professor said Taki Handa's "passion and enthusiasm" was still evident in the garden.
"When we first visited to do the survey, it was covered with overgrown plants and trees and we thought the garden... had been in the care of nature for a very long time," he said.
"But we started to dig to find evidence of the garden, little by little, and we found evidence of a beautiful Japanese garden - perhaps the most beautiful Japanese garden at the time. So we felt we need to restore this garden"
Until recently, the garden was privately owned by Ms Christie's great nephew, Sir Robert Stewart. It is now owned by a charitable trust and managed by Sir Robert's daughter, Sara Stewart.
Ms Stewart told BBC Scotland the restoration was "sensational" and said they were privileged to have Prof Fukuhara leading the project.
"We're incredibly lucky to have him - he's like a rock god in Japan," she said.
The garden will have its first public opening since 1955 on 3 September at a ticketed event, but Ms Stewart said she hoped the site would be fully opened to the public in 2017 - if they can raise another £1m.
"I really want to see it complete for my father, who's 90 this year. This was his dream and he's an incurable romantic, so he loves the continuing story," she said.
Lennox accepted the award for her "outstanding contribution to British music" and her charity work.
The former Eurythmics frontwoman is one of the UK's most successful solo artists, selling in excess of 80 million records and winning eight Brit awards.
Paying tribute, singer Adele called her "an example of a brilliant talent".
"So many of her songs have been the soundtrack to my life," she added.
More than 1200 guests attended the charity event in Aid of Nordoff Robbins and The BRIT Performing Arts & Technology School.
Lennox, 58, said she was "very touched and honoured" to receive the award.
"Music has given me a lifetime of experiences and opportunities that I would never have dreamed possible, and I feel very privileged to have been able to become an artist and communicator, especially as a woman."
She performed a number of her hit singles including There Must Be An Angel, No More I Love You's and Here Comes The Rain Again.
Born in Aberdeen, Lennox trained at the Royal Academy of Music before becoming lead singer of the band The Tourists. Along with her fellow band member Dave Stewart, she went on to form the Eurythmics, who enjoyed a string of hits throughout the 80s.
Lennox released her acclaimed debut solo album Diva in 1992 and went on to record Medusa in 1995, both of which topped the UK album chart.
In 2004, she won an Oscar for her song Into the West which appeared in the Lord of the Rings film sequel, The Return of the King.
Lennox's charity work includes her support of Greenpeace and Amnesty International but she is best known for her work fighting Aids. In 2007 she established the SING campaign, dedicated to raising funds and awareness for women and children affected by HIV and Aids.
In 2010, Lennox was named as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Aids.
In another recorded tribute, Archbishop Desmond Tutu called her "one of those exemplary human beings who chose to put her success in her chosen career to work in order to benefit others", adding "she is a true friend of Africa and of South Africa."
Sir Elton John called the award "well deserved" while actor Stephen Fry added: "She shines, that's what she does, she has her lustre and gleam. As a humanitarian, Annie stands alone."
Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde said: "The world is a better place when you sing."
The Music Industry Trusts Award has raised over £4.5 million for Nordoff Robbins and the BRIT Trust. Past recipients include Sir George Martin, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tom Jones.
It follows a series of raids in Cheltenham by officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary earlier on Thursday.
A force spokesman said the men aged 25, 26 and 30, remain in police custody for questioning
He added the arrests were part of an investigation by the county's multi-agency child abuse investigation team.
The incident was reported to have happened in the Bon Accord Crescent area on Friday.
A report on the man, 20, was sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Crown Office said: "After full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, he was liberated from custody pending further inquiries and did not appear in court."
The Wings, who are 22nd in the table, four points from safety, sacked Loui Fazakerley on Monday following a run of 10 league games without a win.
Frost, 39, will be assisted by former Gillingham defender Barry Ashby.
The duo were part of the coaching set-up when Jamie Day was Welling manager from 2009 to 2014, Frost as first-team coach and Ashby as Day's assistant.
"It's a great opportunity for me and I am very much looking forward to the road ahead," Frost told the club website.
"The aim is clear: survival. The club want to remain in the division and that's a challenge me and my staff believe we can achieve.
"I do not underestimate the task ahead and how hard it's going to be. It's going to be a big test of character."
Jamie Turner has joined Frost's backroom staff as goalkeeping coach.
The decision by the military-backed, civilian-led government - the latest in a series of reforms since last year - reduces the list by about a third.
No other details of who had been taken off the list were provided.
The move came a day after the president announced a major cabinet reshuffle.
The reshuffle is the largest since President Thein Sein's government took office in March 2011, after the military junta ceded power.
"These relaxations are in line with the country's transformation," presidential spokesman, Nay Zin Latt, was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.
He added that more names would be eventually removed, and "only those who were put on the blacklist due to criminal and other economic misdemeanors will remain on the blacklist".
State media said the removal of names from the list gave a green light to Burmese citizens abroad to return home.
"In the past, companies and persons from all fields including media men were blacklisted and banned by the government in the national interest," reports the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
"But the government is lifting the ban on them in accord with the reforming system."
The blacklist - which the newspaper said included a total of 6,165 names - has also been known to include government critics, foreign journalists and public sector workers who went abroad during military rule.
Actress Michelle Yeoh, who played Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the film The Lady, was among those previously blacklisted.
Author Benedict Rogers, who wrote the biography of former military leader Than Shwe, was also included several times.
During nearly five decades of military rule thousands of people - foreigners and Burmese - were blacklisted by the authorities. Some were expelled, others living overseas, especially political activists, assumed they could not return, or that they would be arrested if they did.
Since the new government's reforms, some Burmese living overseas have tested the restrictions and been allowed to return. Observers say a measure of the extent of the reforms will be whether prominent exiled activists are allowed back into the country.
The university's Nuon Solar Team was the first to arrive at the finish line in Adelaide. The 3,000km (1,800 mile) race took four days to complete.
The race, which happens once every two years, started on Sunday in Darwin.
Nearly 50 teams from universities and schools around the world took part. Delft University had also won the last challenge in 2013.
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The winning team celebrated by jumping into the fountain in Adelaide's city centre.
In second place was a team from the University of Twente, also from the Netherlands; while Japan's Tokai University came in third.
Rolling Jubilee has purchased and abolished $3.8m (£2.35m) of debt owed by 2,700 students, paying just over $100,000 (£62,000), or as it says, "pennies on the dollar".
The campaign group, which wants to "liberate debtors", says it takes its name from the tradition in many religions of marking a "jubilee" celebration by freeing people from debt.
An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protest that began in New York, the campaigners, funded by donations, say that more than three quarters of US households are in debt.
Debts can be bought and sold in the financial marketplace. But student debt, which has spiralled to an estimated $1.2 trillion (£619bn), is not usually as available to buy as other debts, such as unpaid medical bills.
In this speculative secondary market, third parties buy debt for a fraction of its original cost and try to collect the full amount from debtors.
But these debt campaigners are buying debts and then writing them off.
The student loan debts cleared by Rolling Jubilee were for students from Everest Colleges, a string of institutions owned by Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company.
A Facebook group is overflowing with reports of people having to pay back hundreds of dollars each month while working minimum-wage jobs.
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it was suing Corinthian over its lending tactics.
Laura Hanna at Rolling Jubilee says the student debt situation amounts to a "bubble".
The group pulled off the deal to illustrate how cheaply the money owed can be sold on the secondary debt market, she says.
"We wanted to question the morality around repayment," she says.
"Your debts are on sale. They are just not on sale to you."
Ms Hanna says the problem lies deep within the structure of the education system and the way that selling education as a commodity reinforces inequality.
Many of Everest Colleges' debtors are single mothers and are on low income, she says.
"It is documented that they end up worse off and have no better chance of getting work than if they simply finished high school," she says.
The group is hoping to show students that if they work together, they can renegotiate their debt.
Its debt collective has 350 Everest College students who are working to renegotiate their debt with the student loans companies and refuse unfair debts.
In the past few weeks, she says thousands more have signed up.
At the very least, says Ms Hanna, students have another tool for negotiating their repayments.
"As an individual, you should feel morally compelled to renegotiate that amount."
Dawn Kaylor is a 49-year-old single mother from Illinois. She is one of 40 million people across the country in debt because of their student loans.
She studied law at one of the Everest Colleges and owes $177,000 (£110,000).
"I live in fear and worry every day about what my future holds.
"It's a very scary and depressing situation to be in. The scariest part is there is no way out.
"There is no relief, other than death."
Ms Kaylor recently joined the collective to try and challenge her debt.
She now works in a bank, which pays minimum wage. She says she can pay back only $90 (£56) a month - but that is because she has deferred two of her loans as she is still technically enrolled at the college.
When she has to start paying back her loans in full, she says she won't be able to pay for medical care. "I will probably lose everything I have," she says. "Including my home."
Student debt can pursue people all through their working lives and into retirement.
The United States Government Accountability Office published figures last month showing there were more than 700,000 households with people aged over 65 still repaying student debt.
These pensioners still owed more than $18bn (£11bn) - and officials giving evidence to a US Senate committee said this could mean that student debt repayments could be deducted from retired people's social security benefits.
More than half of student debtors who are over 75 are in default on their loans.
This week, the Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen warned the quadrupling of the student loan debt since 2004 represented a barrier to social mobility.
John Aspray, national field director at the United States Student Association (USSA), said recent changes in law mean people in medical or gambling debt can declare themselves bankrupt - but to do so for student debt means satisfying an '"undue hardship" criteria, which is very difficult to prove.
"Opportunities for renegotiating are very well hidden," he says.
He says Rolling Jubilee's work was "important and symbolic" as a lot of people "don't even consider" getting rid of their debt.
As 85% of student loans are guaranteed by the national government the USSA is putting pressure on the department to "cut contracts with the worse corporations", says Mr Aspray.
"Political reforms are needed," he says. "We are going to see people continuing to rebel against this."
The attack happened at about 16:00 GMT on Thursday in Hutton Avenue, Oldbrook, in Milton Keynes.
After the assault, the offender, who is described as black and wearing dark clothes including a dark puffa-style jacket, left the scene on foot.
Thames Valley Police have asked for anyone who saw or heard anything out of the ordinary to come forward.
A spokeswoman said officers had been conducting enquiries in the area and neighbourhood patrols were ongoing.
Supt Gill Wootton said: "Officers are working extremely hard to trace the offender and to protect the community following this incident."
The victim is being supported by specially trained officers.
The man, who was in his 20s, was attacked at a house in Churchill Road in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire on Monday. Police were called at about 17:15 GMT.
The victim was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn in Norfolk, where he died at 03:30 GMT.
Cambridgeshire Police said an 18-year-old man from Wisbech has been arrested in connection with the attack and they are not looking for anyone else.
Det Insp Dave Murphy said: "We believe the offender and the victim were known to one another."
Travel is being disrupted for a third day as a strike by French ferry workers causes problems on both sides of the Channel.
Tony Henderson from Larne said a group of more than 100 migrants ran at him with iron bars and machetes.
John Graham who lives in Bangor said he has to keep his doors locked.
MyFerryLink workers walked out on Monday for the second time in a week over the sale of the company's ferries to the rival firm DFDS Seaways.
The strikes forced the Port of Calais's closure and left thousands of Dover-bound trucks stuck on the M20 in Kent.
Mr Henderson is stuck in about 10km of traffic with a lorry load of paper since early on Wednesday. The drivers have no proper toilet facilities and are dependant on the contents of their own fridges for food.
He said migrants were "running riot" on the main road.
"They feel quite at ease opening doors and forcing padlocks off because... the police can't be everywhere at one time. They know if we get out we're outnumbered.
"They try and force padlocks, they secret bars approximately 18 inches long and about half an inch in diameter in a bag or something, then they walk along and put it inside the padlock and smash them off."
Mr Henderson said the drivers watch out for each other.
"It's threatening, yes, It's been worse," he said.
"It's not funny watching 100-plus people coming running at you with iron bars and machetes and you are the focus of their sole attention to get into your truck.
"They have machetes. They hide them quite well from the police."
He said the economic impact of the delay was "catastrophic" for the companies involved.
"This was loaded yesterday. I should have been on a boat yesterday or a train and I should have been delivering today, so at this present moment in time, we're not even in England.
"The strike has made the situation worse."
Another driver, John Graham from County Down, has been stuck in traffic since 10:00 BST on Tuesday.
"You don't have any facilities. You're expected to sit on a motorway, you can't get out anywhere, you can't do anything - all you can do is sit there and look at the traffic.
"You've no information, whatever information you get is normally distorted, it's second-hand."
He said he had also been "threatened by migrants, banging on the door trying to get in. You can see they've got knives."
"Not just one, there's maybe eight to 10 of them, all at once, and you have to look down the side of your trailer to see if they're trying to get in and you're looking down the other side to see if there's any trying to get in through the passenger side. You have to keep your doors locked.
"I slept on the side of a motorway last night, because I couldn't get out of a queue, doors locked.
"I got about four hours sleep last night in total because of the noise of the motorway, the heat - you can't open your windows because of the heat - or you're worried that somebody tries to gas you or put something into the lorry so you have to open it. If they put a lit rag in through your windows, you'd have to open your doors."
The industrial action is expected to continue until Thursday.
New figures reveal there was an 1% increase in both UK and EU students at Scottish institutions in 2015/16.
There was also a 3% rise in the number of international students from non-EU countries, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa).
Experts said it was testament to the "world-class reputation" of Scotland's universities.
The report found that:
However Alastair Sim, the director of Universities Scotland, warned that the number of Indian and Nigerian students had also fallen significantly.
The figures were revealed after an all-party parliamentary group at Westminster was told that Indian students were choosing Australia over the UK.
Mr Sim said: "These are welcome figures for Scottish universities from Hesa given the context our universities are currently recruiting in.
"Overall, non-EU student numbers are up 3% to 29,980 with Chinese and American student numbers up 2% and 3% respectively.
"However we are seeing the impact of the Home Office's unhelpful approach to international students with Indian student numbers down and Nigerian student numbers falling significantly.
"Our universities are competing with institutions across the world, many who have ambitious targets and are actively being supported by their governments, who recognise the importance and value of international students.
"The fact that Scottish universities continued to attract international students at a time where the number of university-sponsored study visa applications fell is testament to the hard-earned world-class reputation of Scotland's universities."
The report also found that 50% of the degrees awarded by higher education departments in Scotland were in science subjects, compared with 43% for the UK as a whole.
Shirley-Anne Somerville, the minister for further, higher education and science, said she was "delighted" that student numbers were rising.
"Scotland has a world-class higher education system and one that will always be based on the principles of being free, fair and funded," she added.
"These latest Hesa figures show a really positive picture for Scotland's higher education system, we not only have more Scots in higher education but also gaining the qualifications they need to succeed and have worked hard to achieve - it's a great success story.
"It is also extremely heartening to see enrolments in science increase and we must continue to encourage more young people - particularly young women - to choose a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
"We will continue to do all that we can to ensure all of our young people get an equal chance to get a world-class education."
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He left the Channel 4 winter sports show after getting a small leg fracture while taking part in snowcross training.
A spokesperson from Channel 4 told Newsround "Although [Sir Bradley was] keen to continue in the competition he will no longer take part following the fourth show in the series.
The last series of The Jump was troubled with injuries that saw seven celebrities quit the show. The injuries encouraged Channel 4 to review it's safety procedures.
Sir Bradley, who announced his retirement from cycling in December, tweeted: "Gutted to be leaving The Jump. I wanted to give you an injury update.
"Seen a specialist, I have a small leg fracture and need to rest for 3-6 weeks. Good news no surgery or cast required."
The report has been looking at the run-up to the conflict, whether troops were properly prepared, how the war was conducted and what planning there was for its aftermath.
Here's a timeline of the main developments since the inquiry, under Sir John Chilcot's leadership, began in July 2009.
The report will be published on Wednesday 6 July, it is announced. Sir John Chilcot says national security vetting has been completed and that no sections of the report will either be removed or redacted.
He confirms that the report will be 2.6 million words long and that families of the 179 British service personnel and civilians killed in Iraq will have the chance to read it before it is published.
It later emerges that the full report will cost £787 to purchase while the 150-page executive summary will cost £30.
Chilcot report to be published on 6 July
Sir John Chilcot says, in a letter written to Prime Minister David Cameron, that he expects to finish the report - which will be more than two million words long - by April 2016.
He says that allowing for National Security checking the PM should be in a position to publish the report in "June or July 2016".
In his latest update, Sir John Chilcot said the process of giving witnesses subject to criticisms in the report the right to reply had yet to be completed, with some individuals yet to respond.
Until this happened, he said he could not set out a "realistic timetable" for when the report would be completed but hoped to do so as soon as possible.
In response, David Cameron expressed his "disappointment" and said he was "fast losing patience" over the time being taken. He has asked the cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heyward to meet with Sir John to discuss the issues involved.
Appearing before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Sir John Chilcot says he will not give any timetable for publication as he does not want to "arouse false hopes".
He says the process of giving witnesses criticised in the draft report the right to respond is the primary obstacle standing in the way of completing its work.
He says he is not aware of any individuals holding up the process by taking an undue length of time to respond to his findings.
He also informs MPs that one of the panel members, historian Martin Gilbert, has died.
Chilcot rejects calls for Iraq timetable
Sir John Chilcot says he will agree to appear before the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in early February to answer questions about the inquiry's progress. However, he insists he will not comment on the substance of its work or its likely publication date.
The inquiry will not be published until after the election, Sir John Chilcot confirms. David Cameron says he would have liked the report to have been published already and criticises the previous government for not establishing it earlier.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says the public would find the latest development "incomprehensible".
Government minister Lord Wallace says the report is "largely finished" and the process of contacting people who have been criticised to give them a right to respond is taking place. He suggests the inquiry should have more staff at the outset to deal with the documents and confirms the report will be "held back" until after May's election if it is not ready for publication by the end of February.
More staff needed
William Hague, the leader of the House of Commons, says he hopes the report will be published before the general election on May 7 2015. David Cameron says the same but both men say they are "not in control" of the timing of the report's conclusion.
Hague hopes for 2015 publication
The UK's top civil servant said the inquiry will "not be a cover-up in any shape or form". Sir Jeremy Heywood told MPs that the report would be "more transparent" than people were expecting and would include material that would not normally be disclosed "in a million years". The cabinet secretary said the inquiry was "happy" with the documents it could publish after a "delay of sorts".
Inquiry will tell "whole story"
Details of the "gist" of talks between Tony Blair and George Bush before the Iraq war are to be published, the inquiry disclosed, but transcripts and full notes of conversations will remain secret at the request of the Cabinet Office.
Deal over Bush-Blair documents
Tony Blair has said he wants the Iraq Inquiry report to be published as soon as possible and "resents" claims he is to blame for its slow progress. The former Labour prime minister said he was not blocking any documents and publication would allow him "restate" the case for the 2003 invasion.
Blair: I am not to blame for delays
The US has no veto over the disclosure of communications between Tony Blair and George W Bush regarding war with Iraq, the UK Cabinet Office said in response to media reports suggesting Washington was behind delays to declassification of documents.
No 'US veto' over Blair-Bush notes
The inquiry says it cannot proceed with the next phase of its work because key information, including correspondence between Tony Blair and George W Bush, has yet to be released. Sir John Chilcot said it had not yet agreed with the government over the publication of the most "difficult documents".
Hold-up over access to key documents
The inquiry announces a further delay to the publication of its report. In a letter to the prime minister, Sir John Chilcot says he will not report before the middle of 2013 at the earliest - a decade after the war. The report is "unprecedented in scope" and will be about a million words long, he adds. He also confirms the inquiry is seeking a "dialogue" with government officials over further access to secret documents, such as notes of Cabinet meetings and correspondence with foreign governments.
The inquiry says it will not publish its report until the summer of 2012 at the earliest, six months later than had been anticipated. It says it needs this extra time to "do justice" to the issues involved. It also suggests it has not yet been given permission to publish or refer to all the classified documents it wants to in order to provide the fullest picture of decisions taken. It says it needs co-operation from the government to do this in a "satisfactory and timely manner".
The inquiry publishes new witness statements and de-classified papers as it gives an update on its work. In one of the new documents, a former senior intelligence official disputes evidence given by former No 10 spokesman Alastair Campbell in 2010. Michael Laurie contradicts claims made by Mr Campbell that the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons threat was not designed to "make the case for war". He said he and others involved in its drafting thought "this was exactly its purpose". Separately, inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot says the final report will not be published until the autumn at the earliest.
In the last hearing to be held in public, former foreign secretary Jack Straw insisted regime change was "never" the goal of UK policy towards Saddam Hussein. If the former Iraqi leader had complied with UN disarmament demands, he would have remained in power, Mr Straw argued. Mr Straw said he believed the military action was justified but expressed his "deep sorrow" for the loss of life of British troops and Iraqi civilians. Bringing an end to the public part of the inquiry, Sir John Chilcot said he would not set an "artificial deadline" for publishing its final report while indicating it would take "some months".
Straw denies regime change plan
The UK drew up a list of countries seen as potential threats after 9/11 in a process known as "draining the swamp". The Foreign Office sought to identify countries that could pose "similar risks" as Afghanistan, senior former diplomat Stephen Pattison said. Mr Pattison told the inquiry the process led to Iraq moving up the political agenda after 9/11 although the phrase "draining the swamp" was dropped after it emerged it had been taken from a magazine article.
UK drew up 'threat list' after 9/11
Tony Blair was "reluctant" to hold Cabinet discussions about Iraq because he thought details would be leaked, the UK's top civil servant told the inquiry. Sir Gus O'Donnell said Mr Blair did not believe Cabinet was "a safe space" in which to debate the issues involved in going to war. The number of informal meetings held under Mr Blair's premiership meant records of discussions were not "as complete" as he would have liked.
Blair 'feared Iraq Cabinet leaks'
The former head of the armed forces said Tony Blair's government had lacked coherence and failed to deliver the equipment needed to fight the Iraq war. Admiral Lord Boyce told the inquiry that the Treasury had to be "beaten over the head" to deliver on the former prime minister's cash promises, adding that "half the cabinet" did not think the country was even at war.
The UK's most senior official in Iraq told ministers that "heavy-handed" US military tactics made security worse in the year after the 2003 invasion. In a de-classified letter released by the Iraq Inquiry, Sir David Richmond said the unpopularity of the coalition and failure to supply electricity was "visible signs" of lack of progress. He told the Inquiry "things had started to go badly wrong" earlier in 2004 but insisted the UK had managed to alter US thinking in some areas.
US tactics 'hurt post-war Iraq'
Tony Blair was warned by the UK's top civil servant in 2002 he was getting into a "dangerous position" on Iraq. Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Wilson said he alerted Mr Blair to the legal issues involved - which he saw as being a brake on military action. In separate evidence, his successor Lord Turnbull said the cabinet "did not know the score" about Iraq when they were asked to back military action in March 2003. Ministers had not seen key material on Iraq policy and were effectively "imprisoned" as they knew opposing the use of force would likely have led to Tony Blair's resignation.
Blair warned about 'Iraq dangers'
Tony Blair is recalled to give evidence for a second time. He expresses "deep and profound regret" about the loss of life suffered by UK personnel and Iraqi citizens during and after the 2003 war. He addresses questions about the war's legality, admitting Former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith could have been more closely involved in decision making but his final determination was that war was lawful. He also said the West must confront the "looming challenge" posed by Iran, if necessary by military force.
Blair's regret for Iraq war dead
The Iraq inquiry published details of evidence given by former spy chief Sir Richard Dearlove. Sir Richard, head of MI6 in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, said suggestions that he became too close to Tony Blair were "complete rubbish". Assessment of Iraq's weapons threat was "incomplete", he said, and there was a "convincing" case that Saddam Hussein had "weaponised" chemical agents.
Spy chief detailed Iraq worries
Sir John Chilcot says he is "disappointed" the government has chosen not to make public details of correspondence and conversations between Tony Blair and President Bush about Iraq. The panel - which has seen the material - said disclosure of key extracts would serve to "illuminate Mr Blair's position at critical points" in the run-up to war. But Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell said publishing the information was not in the "public interest" as it could "prejudice relations" between countries in future and "inhibit exchanges" between leaders.
Iraq inquiry criticises secrecy
It emerges that former attorney general Lord Goldsmith was "uncomfortable" with statements made by Tony Blair about the legal basis for war in early 2003. In fresh written evidence, Lord Goldsmith - who ultimately concluded that the military action was lawful - said he was concerned about remarks by Mr Blair about the need for a further UN mandate and suggested they were not compatible with advice given. Mr Blair's spokesman said he would deal with the issue when giving evidence on Friday.
Blair to deal with Goldsmith claims
Tony Blair will be recalled to give evidence a second time, the inquiry confirms. It says it wants "more detail" from a number of witnesses including the former prime minister, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and former Chief of the Defence Staff Lord Boyce. A number of other prominent figures, including Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell, have been called to give evidence for the first time.
Blair recalled for Iraq questions
Sir John Chilcot reports on a recent visit to Northern Iraq where he and one other panel member spoke to senior figures within the Kurdish regional government about their perspective on the war and its aftermath.
Details emerge of how much the inquiry has cost to stage so far. Between July 2009 and March 2010, the inquiry cost an estimated £2.2m. Nearly £800,000 was spent on staff costs while nearly £600,000 was spent on the public hearings, including room hire and broadcasting.
The committee gives an update of its work over the summer: It says it met with 80 serving officers who took part in the Iraq campaign and also visited the defence medical rehabilitation centre at Headley Court to learn about the treatment and rehabilitation of those injured during the war. It also gives details of its visit to Iraq where, during meetings in Baghdad and Basra, it spoke to government officials including former prime ministers Ayad Allawi and Ibrahim Al-Jaafari.
Chilcot inquiry visits to Iraq
The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was not "very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott said. He told the inquiry he was "nervous" about the intelligence being presented in 2002 - some of which he said was based on "tittle-tattle". Nevertheless, he defended the military action taken as "legal" and said he would take the same decision again. Closing public hearings for the summer, inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot said the committee may choose to recall some witnesses in the autumn and also planned to visit Iraq in the autumn to hear "Iraqi perspectives".
Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts
Troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan created the "perfect storm" for an overstretched army, a former Army chief said. Gen Sir Richard Dannatt said the Ministry of Defence's projections of required troop commitments differed from Army estimates and the Army had come close to "seizing up" in 2006. His predecessor Gen Sir Mike Jackson, in his evidence, said there were too few troops to cope with the aftermath of the invasion.
Army 'almost seized up in 2006'
The UN's former chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said it is his "firm view" that the Iraq war was illegal. Dr Blix said the UK had sought to go down the "UN route" to deal with Saddam Hussein but failed. Ex-Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, who advised the war was lawful on the basis of existing UN resolutions, "wriggled about" in his arguments, he suggested. Dr Blix also said his inspectors had visited 500 sites in Iraq but found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
Blix 'sure' Iraq war illegal
The inquiry has been "too easygoing" in grilling witnesses about the lead-up to the war, a former UK diplomat said. Carne Ross told the BBC that chairman Sir John Chilcot was running a "narrow" investigation, with the standard of questioning "pretty low". Mr Ross alleges that the Foreign Office withheld key documents before he gave evidence to the inquiry recently.
Iraq inquiry 'too easygoing'
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg had to clarify the government's position on the Iraq war after telling MPs the conflict had been "illegal". At prime minister's questions, Mr Clegg said Labour's former foreign secretary Jack Straw would have to account for his role in the "disastrous" decision to invade. Mr Clegg later stressed his opinion was a "long-held" personal one and the government awaited the outcome of the Chilcot inquiry.
Clegg clarifies Iraq war stance
The invasion of Iraq "substantially" increased the terrorist threat to the UK, the former head of MI5 said. Baroness Manningham-Buller told the inquiry the action "radicalised" a generation of young people, including UK citizens, and she was not "surprised" that UK nationals were involved in the 7/7 bombings in London. The intelligence on Iraq's threat was not "substantial enough" to justify the action, she argued.
Iraq war 'raised terror threat'
Helping British troops seriously wounded in Iraq was a "real challenge" but welfare support has improved as a result, defence officials said. Improved battlefield care saved more lives but more soldiers were left with multiple injuries, senior personnel officers told the inquiry. Air Marshall David Pocock said the military had "learnt a lot [of lessons]" about helping casualties. But he accepted support for bereaved families was often not good enough.
Iraq wounded 'real challenge'
Legal concerns were partly to blame for the government not being open with the families of troops killed in Iraq, a former minister said. Adam Ingram told the Iraq inquiry lawyers advised caution to officials about their wording in case it was taken as an admission of liability. He said it was "very wearing" for ministers to have to meet bereaved relatives who blamed them for deaths. But he dismissed some reports of equipment shortages as "urban myths". Legal fears 'hit Iraq openess'
The cabinet should have seen all the arguments on the legality of the Iraq war, a former senior minister has said. Lord Boateng said it would have been "helpful" to see then Attorney General Lord Goldsmith's full legal deliberations in the run-up to war. Military action would be lawful, Lord Goldsmith ruled days before the invasion, but critics said his earlier reservations were not made clear. But Lord Boateng said he believed the invasion was "right".
Ministers wanted more Iraq 'trust'
Dealing with Saddam Hussein through sanctions and other methods was a "very available" alternative to military action, a former UK diplomat said. Carne Ross, who resigned over the war, told the Iraq inquiry that the UK did not work hard enough to make its pre-2003 policy of containment work. Officials trying to argue for this approach felt "very beleaguered". There was no "significant intelligence" to back up beliefs Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, he added.
Iraq war options not considered
The inquiry said it had taken evidence from 35 people in private. Witnesses who have appeared behind closed doors included Sir Richard Dearlove, a former head of MI6. Individuals to have taken part in private as well as public hearings included Sir John Scarlett, Sir David Manning and Sir Jeremy Greenstock. Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot said evidence was taken in private where doing so in public would have damaged national security or international relations. Inquiry hears from 35 witnesses in private.
Iraq inquiry hears from 35 witnesses in private
Tony Blair "misread" Iran's view on efforts to build a democracy in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, a former UK ambassador to Tehran said. Tehran did not wish to "destabilise" efforts to establish a government after Saddam Hussein's overthrow, Sir Richard Dalton told the inquiry. Claims of Iranian support for al-Qaeda and the counter-insurgency in Iraq that began in 2004 were "exaggerated", he argued.
Blair 'misread Iran view on Iraq''
The government "let down" the families of British troops killed in Iraq in terms of the support given to them, ex-Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said. He told the Iraq inquiry that the Ministry of Defence "simply did not get it right" in terms of the overall "welfare package" given to families. Communication was often inconsistent and inquests into deaths in service took too long. However, he defended government action over pay and compensation for injuries as well as the medical care given to the wounded.
Bereaved Iraq families 'let down'
The Blair government should have "sorted out" its plans to rebuild Iraq after the war much sooner, a former minister told the inquiry. Sally Keeble said the Department for International Development's role was still under debate "close to the action" starting in 2003. There was a "problem" with the UK's military and aid roles not being focused enough on one area of Iraq, she added, while "real issues" had arisen over funding.
Iraq plans too late ex-minister says
The inquiry publishes previously secret documents relating to the legality of the war after they were de-classified by the government. Details of former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith's draft legal advice to Tony Blair on 12 February 2003 were published on the inquiry's website, as well as a note he sent to former prime minister on the issue two weeks earlier. The inquiry also heard from the former head of the Diplomatic Service, Lord Jay, who said he was "very uncomfortable" with the idea of military action without the backing of the UN. However, he said he did not "dissent" from Lord Goldsmith's conclusion that the war was lawful.
Iraq war legal advice published
The inquiry resumed hearings after a four-and-a-half month break for the general election. It heard that former French President Jacques Chirac believed the invasion was a "dangerous venture". Sir John Holmes, the UK's ambassador to France in 2003, said Paris saw efforts to get a further UN resolution to authorise military action as a "trap". Also, the man sent to advise Iraqi officials on building up its police force after the invasion said there was not enough focus or resources given to the task. Douglas Brand said British and US officials had unrealistic expectations about how quickly officers could be trained and believed policing structures could be "imposed" quickly after the war despite the unstable situation in the country.
Iraq probe told of Chirac concern
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the United Nations had been "feeble" in following up threats made to Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq war. He added that most Iraqis felt they had been liberated from tyranny since the fall of Saddam Hussein and the situation in the country showed "chaotic potential". Ministry of Defence permanent under-secretary Sir Bill Jeffrey said the expansion of UK involvement in Afghanistan did not mean forces left Iraq at the wrong time. Concluding hearings until after the UK general election, inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot urged political parties not to use its proceedings as a campaign issue.
UN feeble with Saddam - Miliband
Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied starving UK armed forces of equipment, insisting at the Iraq inquiry that every request made while he was chancellor was met. Making his long-awaited appearance, the prime minister said he fully backed the 2003 war and had been kept "in the loop" by Tony Blair in the build-up. However, he expressed "sadness" for the deaths of British soldiers and Iraqi citizens.
PM denies Iraq war cash curbs
The full story: Brown's appearance
The inquiry says Prime Minister Gordon Brown will give evidence on 5 March. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander will also appear on that day while Foreign Secretary David Miliband will appear on 8 March.
Sir Kevin Tebbit, a retired permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence, claimed Gordon Brown had "guillotined" £1bn from defence spending in December 2003, while efforts to rebuild Iraq were ongoing. This created the need for a "very major savings exercise", he said. Mr Brown rejected the allegations later in Parliament. Also giving evidence, former Defence Secretary John Reid said the "failures of Vietnam" haunted the US military during the earlier part of its time in Iraq, hindering reconstruction efforts. And former human rights envoy Ann Clwyd said she believed there was "no other option" than to remove Saddam Hussein to prevent further persecution of a large section of the Iraqi population.
Brown denies defence 'guillotine'
Vietnam 'affected Iraq planning'
'No option' in removing Saddam
Tony Blair's cabinet was "misled" into thinking the war with Iraq was legal, ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short told the inquiry. She said Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been "leaned on" to change his advice before the invasion and that the cabinet had not properly discussed events leading up to the war. She also suggested she had been "conned" into remaining in the cabinet despite her misgivings about the war by the promise of a lead role in post-war reconstruction efforts.
Cabinet misled on Iraq says Short
Ministers were warned of a "serious risk" the military would not have all the equipment it needed to invade Iraq, the inquiry heard. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the head of the armed forces, said defence chiefs "simply didn't have enough time" to source everything they wanted and more time to prepare would have made a "significant difference".
Ministers warned of Iraq kit risk
In the most eagerly anticipated moment of the inquiry, Tony Blair insisted he had no regrets in removing Saddam Hussein. During six hours of questioning, the former prime minister mounted a robust defence of his decision to take the UK to war, describing the former Iraqi leader as a "monster" and a threat to the world. There was "no conspiracy, deceit or deception" behind the decisions he took and no "covert" deal with President Bush to back military action. At the time he was convinced the regime possessed weapons of mass destruction while it was clear Saddam planned to step up weapons programmes once he was able to.
I'd do it again Blair tells Iraq inquiry
The full story: Blair's appearance
Lord Goldsmith told the inquiry he changed his view on the legality of military action but denied this was down to political pressure. While initially believing a second UN resolution was necessary, he concluded otherwise in the middle of February 2003 after consulting with lawyers and diplomats in the US about the meaning of existing UN agreements. He issued a definitive judgement only days before the war because the military said they needed one to go ahead. He made clear he stood by his decision that the invasion was lawful. Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot also said he shared Lord Goldsmith's frustration that not all relevant documents had been declassified.
Goldsmith admits Iraq legal shift
Anger at documents secrecy
Straw defends ignoring advice
Two former Foreign Office legal advisers told the inquiry that, in their opinion, the invasion of Iraq was unlawful without the express backing of the United Nations. Sir Michael Wood, the department's chief legal adviser, said Foreign Secretary Jack Straw rejected his advice that a further mandate from the Security Council was needed to justify military action. His deputy Elizabeth Wilmshurst, who resigned in protest at the decision to go to war, said the way in which the legal arguments were presented and assessed had been "lamentable".
Iraq legal decision 'lamentable'
Straw rejected Iraq legal advice
The inquiry heard from Des Browne and John Hutton, defence secretaries between May 2006 and July 2009. Mr Browne said he found it personally "difficult" to cope with the impact of British fatalities in Iraq. He said he never came under pressure to shift resources from Iraq to Afghanistan but questioned the ability of the UK armed forces to fight two major campaigns at the same time. Mr Hutton said the death toll among Iraqis had been "disastrous" but the invasion was justified as Iraq was now a democracy and not a threat to regional security. But he said a shortage of helicopters was a "factor" in the campaign.
Iraq deaths 'difficult'
Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot confirms that Gordon Brown will appear at the inquiry before the general election. He said Mr Brown had written to the inquiry stating that he would be prepared to give evidence whenever "you see fit" and would be "happy" to do so before the election. Sir John said the hearing was likely to take place in late February or early March at a date to be agreed. Opposition parties, who had criticised the decision to delay Mr Brown's appearance until after the election, welcomed the change of plan.
PM to face inquiry before election
Supporting the invasion was the "most difficult decision" of his life, Jack Straw told the inquiry. The foreign secretary said he was aware the UK could not have gone to war without his backing. He said he had taken the decision "very reluctantly" as he disagreed with the US objective of regime change as the basis for action but he believed Iraq posed a threat. He said the 45-minute claim in the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons threat was an error that "has haunted us ever since".
Iraq my 'hardest choice' - Straw
Including the 45-minute claim in an intelligence dossier on Iraq's weapons was "asking for trouble", Tony Blair's former security co-ordinator Sir David Omand said. He described it as a "bit of local colour" which was used because there was little other detail that the intelligence services were happy to be included in the September 2002 dossier.
45-minute claim 'a bit of colour'
Former defence secretary Geoff Hoon - the first cabinet minister from the period to appear before the inquiry - said the first he heard of the controversial "45 minute claim" on Iraq's weapons was when he read about it in the September 2002 dossier. Separately he also said he had opposed the deployment of British troops to Helmand, before forces were reduced in Iraq.
Iraq weapons claim 'new' to Hoon
Hoon opposed 2006 Helmand mission
Britain gave "no undertaking in blood to go to war in Iraq" in March 2002, Tony Blair's former chief of staff told the Inquiry. Jonathan Powell dismissed ex-diplomat Sir Christopher Meyer's claim that his stance had hardened after a private meeting with the US president. He said there had been an "assumption" Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, because Saddam had used them before.
No Iraq deal 'signed in blood'
It emerges that the inquiry met in private on Friday following a request by General Sir John Reith, the man who ran British operations during the war. He told the inquiry that the Ministry of Defence had been "reluctant" to begin vital logistical planning for a potential invasion as late as December 2002 for fear of alerting the public. Ultimately, he said there were no equipment shortages but some kit could not found once it was sent to Iraq.
Iraq inquiry meets in private
UK forces in southern Iraq had to rely on their US allies for helicopters because all UK aircraft were deployed in Afghanistan, a senior military officer told the inquiry. Major General Graham Binns, who commanded coalition forces in Basra from mid-2007 until early 2008, said there was a "major gap" in attack helicopters but those provided by the US were "magnificent".
Ex-No 10 spokesman Alastair Campbell was attacked for suggesting former cabinet minister and war critic Clare Short was barred from key meetings because she could not be trusted. Former head of the civil service, Lord Turnbull, said his remarks were "very poor" and Ms Short's views should have been respected. He also said Tony Blair must explain recent comments that he would have backed the war even if he had known Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.
Campbell criticism of Short 'poor'
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications chief, told the inquiry he would defend "every single word" of the 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, containing the famous claim that Saddam's weapons could be launched within 45 minutes. In a typically combative performance, stretching over nearly five hours, he said the dossier could have been "clearer" - but he insisted the government did not "misrepresent" the threat they posed by Saddam's weapons. He also denied claims Mr Blair "shifted" to back regime change after a US summit, pouring scorn on the evidence given to the inquiry by former UK ambassador to the US Sir Christopher Meyer.
Campbell defends Iraq war dossier
Lt Gen Sir Richard Shirreff said the British Army was effectively providing "no security at all" in the southern Iraqi city of Basra by mid-2006. The former commanding officer of the multi-national division in south-east Iraq told the inquiry that 200 troops were attempting to control a city of 1.3 million people, with militias "filling the gap". He also said troops had not been employed effectively and criticised equipment levels provided for the mission in southern Iraq.
Basra security was 'non-existent'
The complexity of negotiating the British exit from Iraqi in 2009 was revealed. Peter Watkins from the Ministry of Defence said that one lesson learnt was that the coalition allies should have sought a single agreement with the Iraqis. "We should have applied the Balkans principle of in together out together". Foreign Office officials described with some optimism how life for the people of Basra had steadily improved, six years after the invasion.
Evidence centred on Operation Charge of the Knights in March 2008 when an Iraqi-led military campaign drove the Mahdi Army militia out of Basra. Lt Gen Barney White-Spunner of the Multi- National Division South East said the Iraqis had asked the British to carry out aerial bombing of areas which had not been "sufficiently vetted", where there could be civilian casualties. UK forces refused to launch these attacks. In the event, the Shia militias "crumbled quickly" in the face of the Iraqi-led operation.
Witnesses described the period leading to the drawdown of British forces in Iraq. Jon Day from the Ministry of Defence confirmed that the UK held talks with the Mahdi Army militia in Basra three months before British troops pulled out of the city and moved to the airport. Lt Gen Sir Peter Wall said young soldiers would complain how bored they had become in Basra in the final months of the operation. Christopher Prentice, the British ambassador to Baghdad (2007-09), said the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al Maliki was "very very keen" on the relationship with Britain.
Sir William Patey, the former UK ambassador to Iraq, told the inquiry some post-war ambitions for the country were "probably higher than the ability to deliver". He talked about the difficulties of drafting a constitution and setting up an effective police force. General Sir Nick Houghton, former chief of joint operations, said that, from 2006, there had been pressure to reduce British force levels in Iraq to concentrate on the new mission in Helmand.
Ambassador queries Iraq ambition
The bombing of the UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003 had "a very serious impact" on UK efforts to rebuild the country, former overseas aid official Jim Drummond told the inquiry.
UN Iraq blast 'hindered UK work'
Britain may have had "second thoughts" about its participation in the Iraq war had it foreseen the mayhem that would occur in the years after the invasion, the inquiry was told. Sir John Sawers, a former adviser to Tony Blair and now head of MI6, said the level of violence in post-war Iraq was "unprecedented". Earlier, top commander Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry said the invasion could have failed without the backing of UK troops.
Iraq violence 'unprecedented'
Key decisions taken in post-war Iraq were examined as Sir Jeremy Greenstock made his second appearance before the inquiry. He said the US thwarted UK efforts to give the UN a "leading political role" in post-war Iraq and US officials did not listen to UK advice or even keep them informed of major developments.
Iraq errors 'must not be repeated'
The US refused to accept it was facing an organised counter-insurgency in Iraq, the UK's senior military representative in Baghdad told the inquiry. Lt General John Kiszely quoted former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as saying growing attacks in 2004 were the work of a "bunch of no hopers". Lt Gen Jonathon Riley, who commanded forces in the south of Iraq, said the US had "no choice" but to disband the Iraqi army - a decision criticised by many UK officials. He said the force lost the respect of the people and effectively "disbanded itself".
Iraq counter-insurgency 'not recognised'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has yet to appear before the Chilcot inquiry. However, asked about the decision to go to war in a BBC TV interview, he said he would have done so even if he had known Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. The "notion" that Iraq was a threat to the region had tilted him in favour of the invasion, he added. Reacting to the remarks, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said he was "surprised" by them while Sir Ken MacDonald, a former director of public prosecutions, has accused Mr Blair of "alarming subterfuge" in justifying the war.
Blair Iraq attitude 'a disgrace'
Blair attacked for Iraq war claims
Tony Blair's ex-foreign policy adviser Sir John Sawers said the US was not talking about war with Iraq in early 2001. Sir John, the current head of MI6, visited Washington in January that year for informal talks with the incoming Bush administration. George W Bush and the then UK prime minister held their first meeting at Camp David in the February. There was agreement that their policy of "containment" of Iraq through sanctions and no-fly zones was "unsustainable", Sir John said. And while there was talk of "regime change", there was no discussion of military intervention.
US 'not talking of war in 2001'
"Amateurs" were put into key roles in post-invasion Iraq, Britain's senior military representative in Iraq said, claiming lives had been lost as a result. Lt Gen Frederick Viggers said senior officials, including ministers, needed more training to deal with the complexities involved in mounting an invasion. Lessons from Iraq were not being applied in Afghanistan, he added. Sir Hilary Synnott, the Coalition Provisional Authority's (CPA) regional co-ordinator for Southern Iraq from July 2003 until January 2004, said the long-term plan for the governance of Iraq was "deeply flawed". He said bureaucracy, resource and expertise problems had hampered the coalition's mission. Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb likened the CPA to "dancing with a broken doll".
Army chief lambasts Iraq 'amateurs'
Ex-spy chief Sir John Scarlett said there was "no conscious intention" to manipulate information about Iraq's weapons. He denied being under pressure to "firm up" the September 2002 dossier which contained the claim Iraq could use WMD within 45 minutes of Saddam's order. Former permanent secretary at the Department for International Development, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, said UK aid officials had "scanty" evidence of the situation in Iraq in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion. Air Marshall Sir Brian Burridge, who led UK ground forces in Iraq, said he was told by a top US commander 10 months before that it was a "matter of when not if" it went into Iraq.
No Iraq manipulation says Scarlett
Iraq details 'scanty' before war
Army chief 'told of US Iraq aims'
A senior British officer said he urged Tony Blair to delay the invasion of Iraq two days before the conflict. Maj Gen Tim Cross, who liaised with the US on reconstruction efforts, said planning for after the conflict was "woefully thin". A senior diplomat also told the inquiry the UK government felt "helpless" to deal with the kidnappings of its citizens in following the war. Edward Chaplin, former UK ambassador to Iraq, said the taking hostage and killing of Ken Bigley and Margaret Hassan had been "terrible" events.
Officer urged Blair to delay war
UK felt 'hopeless' over hostages
The US first revealed its military plans at a meeting in June 2002, the UK's chief military adviser to the US Central Army Command told the inquiry. Major General David Wilson said there was no talk of Iraq among top US commanders in Spring 2002 but this "changed suddenly" in June when he said the "curtain was drawn back" on their thinking. Asked to comment on the plans, he said the UK could not back them without political and legal approval. Dominic Asquith, British ambassador to Iraq in 2006-7, said the Treasury refused to provide extra cash for reconstruction projects in Basra which he said was "extremely frustrating".
Moment 'US revealed war plans'
Treasury accused over Iraq funds
The US "assumed" the UK would contribute troops to the invasion even if there was no UN backing, the head of UK armed forces at the time told the inquiry. Admiral Lord Boyce said the "shutters came down" in Washington when UK officials pointed out they would not be able to back the war without Parliamentary approval. He also criticised Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development during the invasion, saying her department had effectively hampered reconstruction efforts and been "particularly uncooperative".
US 'assumed UK war involvement'
Short's 'Iraq team sat in tents'
In a session dominated by the aftermath of the war, a senior Foreign Office official said there was a "dire" lack of planning in the Bush administration for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Edward Chaplin, head of the Middle East department in 2003, said the UK raised the issue many times but its concerns had been largely overlooked. His colleague, Sir Peter Ricketts, said the UK could have achieved more in its role in stabilising and rebuilding southern Iraq after the invasion if it had been given more resources.
Planning for post-war Iraq 'dire'
Tony Blair indicated he would be willing to back "regime change" at a meeting with President Bush in Texas in April 2002, the prime minister's foreign policy adviser at the time told the inquiry. But Sir David Manning stressed that Mr Blair told the President he should get UN support for the move and continued to press for this throughout 2002. According to Sir David, during the Texas meeting, President Bush said there was no "war plan" for Iraq but a "small cell" had been set up in Florida to explore options for removing Saddam Hussein. Sir David also said Mr Blair asked in June 2002 for military options for the UK joining action against Iraq.
Blair 'pledge on regime change'
The UK's ambassador to the UN in the run-up to the war said he believed the invasion was legal but of "questionable legitimacy" as it was not backed by the majority of UN members or possibly even the British public. Sir Jeremy Greenstock revealed he had not always been kept fully informed of British policy as it developed and had considered resigning at one point. Had weapons inspectors been given more time to do their job, the war could possibly have been prevented, he argued.
Iraq war legitimacy questioned
Tony Blair's stance on Iraq "tightened" after a private meeting with US President George Bush in April 2002, the inquiry was told. Sir Christopher Meyer, the UK's ambassador to the US in the run-up to war, said a day after the meeting Mr Blair mentioned the possibility of regime change publicly for the first time in a speech. In his evidence, the former ambassador said military preparations for war overrode the diplomatic process and he criticised post-war planning for Iraq as a "black hole".
Bush 'hardened' Blair Iraq stance
The UK received intelligence days before invading Iraq that Saddam Hussein may not have been able to use chemical weapons, the inquiry heard. Sir William Ehrman, the Foreign Office's director general for defence and intelligence between 2002 and 2004, also said it was a "surprise" that no weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq. Meanwhile, Gordon Brown rejected claims from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg that the government could effectively veto aspects of the final report, saying it was up to the inquiry what went into it.
Iraq war eve WMD doubt revealed
On the first day of public hearings, four senior diplomats and advisers gave evidence on the war's origins. Sir Peter Ricketts, a top intelligence official at the time, said the UK government "distanced itself" from talk of removing Saddam Hussein in early 2001. He said it was assumed it was not "our policy" despite growing talk in the US about the move. Before the hearings began, inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot said he would not "shy" away from criticising individuals in his final report.
Inquiry focuses on Iraq 'threat'
Launching the inquiry, Sir John says he intends to hold as many hearings as possible in public. Over the summer, he and his team begin to wade through thousands of government documents relating to the war. In September, the inquiry team meet relatives of some of the 179 service personnel killed in Iraq between as well as retired and serving members of the armed forces. At a meeting in London, a retired Army officer whose son was killed in Iraq says the government "misled" the country over the reasons for going to war.
Iraq inquiry 'told of war lies'
Gordon Brown announces an inquiry will be set up to "learn the lessons" of the Iraq conflict, to be led by former civil servant Sir John Chilcot. He tells MPs it should be held in private but within days and under pressure from the opposition and ex-government officials, he says it will be up to Chilcot to decide how to proceed.
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Iraq inquiry: Day-by-day timeline
Brown denies inquiry U-turn
Barcelona arrive in Glasgow on Tuesday lunchtime for the latest shoot-out between familiar foes, where defeat would finally end the Scottish champions' hopes of reaching the last 16.
And Celtic will be praying that Lionel Messi has not made that flight.
Barca's Argentina superstar missed Saturday's exasperating goalless draw at home to mid-table Malaga with illness.
And it is the Andalusians who will have handed Brendan Rodgers a degree of confidence that his team can repeat Celtic's barnstorming 2012 victory over the same opponents.
Barca had 81% possession against Juande Ramos' outsiders. They had 14 corners and 28 shots at goal. They didn't have Messi.
The 29-year-old was on his sick bed as his team-mates fired blanks at the Nou Camp for the first time since February 2015.
Midfielder Andres Iniesta has also been dogged by knee problems throughout the season.
They didn't have the suspended Luis Suarez either, though the Uruguay striker returns for their trip to Scotland.
And, while Luis Enrique's side still possess more than enough to sweep aside just about anyone and everyone, there is little doubt they are prone to the odd bout of profligacy without him.
The Barca boss's post-match tone suggested more than a bit of frustration at the spilling of two home points, describing his side as "infinitely" better.
"It's very difficult to create clear-cut chances against a team that takes such a defensive approach," he said.
"I can only praise my team, my players and the fans. They didn't get the reward they deserved.
"We have lost games with Messi and Suarez in the team. It's squads that win titles."
Enrique was clearly irked by the Malaga approach, with the visitors' penalty box resembling the M8 Plantation at rush hour throughout.
However, the discipline, determination and no little luck that Malaga carried will have to be replicated by Rodgers' men and, the more the Northern Irishman thinks about it, the more he'll be convinced they can keep their European hopes alive.
For his part, former Tottenham Hotspur boss Ramos claimed it would have been "suicide" to approach the match with anything other than containment in mind.
"My players were exceptional," he said. "We had four players from the B team playing. It would have been suicide not to have played how we played.
"We prepared for the game Barca were going to play with their best players [available]. We didn't change that.
"They played with 11 internationals. To have had Lionel would have been another problem, but we coped with everything they threw at us."
As the saying goes, it is the hope that kills you.
Barca have lost both the matches they have played immediately before their last two games against Celtic, before going on to inflict record European defeats on their Scottish opponents.
Another saying is that hope springs eternal.
And, depending on what happens in Monchengladbach, with Manchester City visiting Borussia, it may be that Celtic have to produce something even more gargantuan than their 2012 heroics to drag their European season through the cold winter months.
They would do worse than study the performance of Ramos' men from the Costa del Sol in their quest to do so.
Top two teams qualify for group stages; third-placed team enters Europa League; fourth-placed team eliminated
Site owner City Property has confirmed the market has been "partially re-opened".
Only smaller vehicles are being allowed into the site on Thursday evening, although access for HGVs may become possible overnight.
Firefighters were called to the two-storey Blochairn Fruit Market in the north east of the city when the alarm was raised at 03:44.
At the height of the fire widespread flames could be seen across the site and more than 70 firefighters were in attendance.
Workers, who had been processing orders and loading vans, were evacuated. There were no reports of any injuries.
Crews are continuing to hose down the building.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said despite extensive damage, much of the building had been saved.
The British Hospitality Association had predicted that the blaze would affect local restaurants, flower shops and cafes which rely on daily deliveries from Blochairn.
City Property, which owns the site, said it was trying to establish alternative arrangements so that normal business could resume as soon as possible.
SFRS deputy assistant chief officer John Joyce said: "What I can tell you is that we've saved a very good proportion of it.
"In fact the site operator are pretty happy with the parts that we have saved because that is the main operational part of the building.
"It's a real shame for those businesses which have been badly affected, but we're working with the businesses and the city council to get the functioning part open as soon as possible."
He said a specialist fire investigation team would attempt to establish the cause of the fire in the coming days.
BBC Scotland understands one line of inquiry being looked at by the fire investigation team is the possibility the fire started in a fridge in the fruit market.
Fish merchant Donald Neilson, the director of John Vallance Ltd, described seeing the fire coming towards them along the roof.
He said there had been reports of a small fire at the other end of the market.
Mr Neilson said he had not thought the fire would impact on his the part of the site, and he went to check the fruit market area.
"It really was like a raging inferno through there at the far end," said Mr Neilson.
"I ran back in and shouted to our staff 'everybody get out right now'."
He said deliveries were left lying and vans were left half-loaded.
"The most important thing is everybody got out," he said.
Jim McGhee, who owns Castle Douglas fruit and veg shop Mitchell's, was also there when the fire broke out.
"I was in the market at 02:30 this morning - I had been there for about an hour and the fire alarms went off," he said.
"Within 10 minutes the fire had spread right through the bottom end of the market and gas cylinders were exploding.
"It was really quite bad."
He said it had been quite easy to walk out of the warehouse, and that the fire brigade had been on the scene "really quickly".
Initially, emergency services were being hampered in their efforts to put out the fire due to low water pressure caused by the number of appliances tackling the blaze.
Scottish Water was contacted and took steps to boost the water pressure in the area.
Insp Stuart Clemenson, from Police Scotland, told BBC Scotland the building had been still well ablaze three hours after the fire started.
He said: "The site itself employs approximately 400 people who have now all evacuated out."
SFRS said 12 fire engines and four aerial appliances had been involved in the operation.
Police Scotland said Blochairn Road between Royston Road and Siemens Place had been closed due to the fire. Local diversions were in place.
A large plume of smoke from the building led to speed restrictions put in place for drivers on the nearby M8 motorway. This was later lifted.
Hundreds of traders work at the market, supplying fresh fruit and vegetables and fish to shops and restaurants in the west of the country.
The con-artists often adopt the persona of someone in authority such as a police officer or a fraud detection manager, transcripts have shown.
The Take Five campaign, which raises awareness of scams, asked a speech pattern analyst to study calls.
Dr Paul Breen said fraudsters use a variety of techniques to garner trust.
"The process used by fraudsters is carefully scripted from beginning to end - knowing the language fraudsters will use to mimic patterns of trust can help people to avoid becoming a victim," he said.
He found that while many people are more likely to trust a stranger over the phone if they sound like a "nice person", a caller acknowledging someone's concerns and sounding apologetic can be the hallmark of a scam.
Analysis suggested that fraudsters use snippets of information about their victims, remain patient and acknowledge concerns about security to gain the trust of the person being called.
Cases of identity fraud have been rising, with young people a growing target, often after people give up personal information to someone pretending to be from their bank, the police or a retailer.
Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) found the construction and retail and wholesale sectors had "a relatively successful" first three months of the year.
But nearly half of manufacturing firms reported a decline in orders.
And about 45% of firms in financial and business services said profits declined over the quarter.
SCC's latest quarterly economic indicator also suggested that the tourism sector enjoyed strong sales, but companies were less confident about future performance and profit margins.
Construction firms indicated a growth in profitability, with 50% of all respondents reporting that overall sales revenue had increased over the quarter.
More building companies said they anticipated growth to continue in terms of sales revenue, employment and investment over the next three months.
But they reported that skills shortages remained a challenge for the sector.
Firms in retail and wholesale reported growth in sales and investment, with an increase in online sales boosting optimism.
About 45% of businesses in the sector said they expected growth in sales to continue in the current quarter.
A similar percentage of manufacturers experienced a decline in orders following a strong quarter at the end of 2015.
However, the majority of respondents expected orders to increase or remain at the same level over the next three months.
Nearly half of all financial and business services firms who took part in the survey said profits over the quarter declined.
But SCC noted "a clear distinction between the performance of oil and gas sector businesses, which are continuing to report weak performance and non-oil and gas businesses which are reporting positive trends".
SCC chief executive Liz Cameron said: "This detailed picture of the Scottish economy after the first three months of 2016 shows that business performance is inconsistent across a range of sectors.
"As Scotland prepares to head to the polls for next month's Scottish Parliamentary elections, we know that our economy is on a knife edge between growth and recession and that the prospects for the future are unclear.
"In these circumstances, it is imperative that our new Scottish government puts the economy at the centre of its plan for government over the next five years, systematically addressing those factors under the Scottish Parliament's control that could be used to make Scotland the most competitive place in the UK to do business."
Michal Malecki, 31, admitted false imprisonment and wounding after storming into the Bita Pathways centre on Alcester Street in the Digbeth area of Birmingham in August.
One of the women he held hostage needed stitches to her arm after Malecki cut her with scissors.
The siege lasted for nearly five hours.
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About 20 members of staff, 100 service users and 10 students in the building were moved from the centre to the nearby Spotted Dog pub while police negotiators tried to persuade Malecki to release the women.
Shortly before he went into the charity he had been reported as "behaving erratically" in a nearby bus station, pushing a till off a counter and trying to smash a display cabinet.
He then went outside and jumped on and rode on the bonnet of a moving car before going into the Pathways centre.
At the time, the chief executive of Pathways, Erica Barnett, said the man "was not connected in any way" to the charity and was "a total stranger off the street."
As well as wounding and false imprisonment, Malecki pleaded guilty to the possession of class B drugs and two counts of common assault. He was jailed for four years and three months.
Det Ch Insp Sean Russell from West Midlands Police, said: "Malecki was responsible for a terrifying attack on staff at a charity he had no connection with. I am satisfied that he has been made to pay for his crimes.
"I hope that his jailing will mean the victims of his crimes can start to move forward knowing their attacker has been brought to justice."
The shadow chancellor has said those on over £80,000 a year would pay "a modest bit more" to fund public services.
Income tax in Wales could be varied by 10p within each tax band from 2019.
Labour pledged in the 2016 assembly election campaign not to raise income tax in the current assembly term.
During First Minister's Questions on Tuesday, the leader of the UKIP group at the assembly, Neil Hamilton said: "The Labour Party nationally is apparently going to stand on a policy of increasing the top rate of income tax from 45p to 50p."
Mr Jones said he would stand on a platform of ensuring that those who can afford to pay a little bit more do so in order to ensure that we have the public services that people expect.
Mr Hamilton then said: "I take it from that response that it is now the policy of the Welsh Government when tax powers are devolved to this assembly to follow the Labour Party's manifesto nationally of increasing the top rate of tax in Wales.
"Because the evidence from the last time this happened in 2013 was that reducing the tax rate from 50p to 45p led to an enormous increase in revenue of about £8bn."
The first minister replied: "As far as the Welsh rate of income tax is concerned we've already pledged that we will not increase the rate of income tax during the course of this assembly."
Plaid Cymru has said it would look at the possibility of a ring-fenced tax rise to pay for health and social care when a Welsh rate is devolved.
The Welsh Conservatives have called for cuts to the higher and basic rate, the Liberal Democrats have also proposed cutting the basic rate once the power passes to Wales
Tax devolution will give Welsh ministers powers over about 20% of the money they receive to spend on public services.
But most of their budget - currently around £15bn a year - will continue to come from an annual block grant from the UK Treasury.
The Scottish golf club said a recent consultation found that admitting women members was supported by over three-quarters of those who participated.
Muirfield voted in May not to admit women members and lost its right to stage the Open Championship.
Royal Troon, situated in South Ayrshire, is the host for this year's Open, which runs from 14-17 July.
Troon said in January it would review of its male-only membership policy.
Club captain Martin Cheyne said: "We have said a number of times recently that it is important for golf clubs to reflect the society in which we exist and the modern world that looks to us.
"Therefore, I am delighted with the decision taken by Members of Royal Troon this evening and look forward to welcoming women to our great Club.
"It is the right decision for the Club today, and for the generations of golfers that will follow."
The vote came just two weeks before the Ayrshire course was due to be the venue for the Open.
Mr Cheyne added: "Tonight, we turn our attention to jointly hosting the 145th Open Championship with our great friends at The Ladies Golf Club, Troon.
"We can now all be focused on golf and showcasing this wonderful club and golf course to the huge global audience that this most prestigious Championship commands."
The decision has been welcomed by the sport's governing body, the Royal and Ancient.
A statement from it said: "We welcome this decision by the membership at Royal Troon and recognise its significance for the club.
"Our focus today is very much on The 145th Open in just under two weeks' time but we can now look forward to many more great Championships at Royal Troon in years to come."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "A victory for equality and common sense. Well done, Royal Troon. Hopefully Muirfield will follow suit."
Muirfield's decision in May not to admit women members was greeted with anger in and out of the game and the course was stripped of the right to host the Open.
The East Lothian club held a ballot at the end of a two-year consultation on membership but failed to get the two-thirds majority of its 648 eligible voters required to change policy.
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which runs Muirfield, said it is now seeking a fresh ballot.
Irish President Michael D Higgins made the announcement during a visit to the University of California at Berkeley.
He said an initial grant of $40,000 (36,000 euros) would be used to support the establishment of a new Irish studies programme on campus.
The grant will also be used towards the organisation of events and debates on Irish cultural themes.
RTÉ reports that the grant is from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and will not be used to develop taught academic programmes.
Dean of Arts and Humanities Anthony Cascardi said the campus had a "bit of Irish in its blood".
He acknowledged that Berkeley was named after George Berkeley, an alumnus of Trinity College in Dublin.
Earlier this year, six people died after a balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the city of Berkeley.
Five of the six people who died were Irish students based in the US as part of a work exchange programme.
The Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens, erected more than 80 years ago, is used as part of Hogmanay and festival firework celebrations.
Councillors will next week discuss multimillion-pound proposals to redevelop the gardens.
The 140-year-old Ross Fountain would also be restored.
It is part of plan by city hotelier Norman Springford, who has offered to help finance the project.
Mr Springford, who owns four Apex hotels in the capital, said: "Whilst it has been a personal ambition to see redevelopment, the opportunity for this to become a reality arises from a real spirit of public/private co-operation.
"I'm sure we are all looking forward to being given the chance to deliver a project which the city can have pride in."
Members of the council's corporate policy and strategy committee will be asked to consider the feasibility of the project at a meeting on Tuesday.
The next stage would see the publication of a report for consideration by the full council.
The plans would then go to the Scottish government as the Ross Bandstand is on common ground.
The Ross Bandstand venue was developed as a venue in 1935 and has a capacity of 2,400.
The original facility dates back to 1877, gifted to Edinburgh by William Henry Ross, chairman of the Distillers Company Ltd.
Andrew Burns, City of Edinburgh Council's leader, said: "Scores of famous acts have graced the Ross Bandstand stage and while it remains a key venue for the city's famous festival fireworks and hogmanay concert in the Gardens, it is more than 80 years old and is nearing the end of its useful life.
"It has been a long-held ambition of the council to create a new facility as part of major renewal of the gardens but is not, in the current financial climate, a project we could undertake alone.
"We are extremely grateful to Mr Springford for his personal commitment to the project.
"Princes Street Gardens are a major source of residents' pride in the city and it is important that we get any changes to the park right."
UnitingCare won a competitive tender to run the contract to supply older people and adult community healthcare in Cambridgeshire. It began on 1 April.
Jo Rust from the union Unison said "it's evident that they can't make financial cost savings" promised.
Patients have been told services will not be disrupted.
Older people's services have been transferred back to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CPCCG).
Dr Neil Modha, its chief clinical officer, said "both parties" had decided to end the contract because "the current arrangement is no longer financially sustainable".
He added "we all wish to keep this model of integrated service delivery" and "services will continue and not be disrupted".
UnitingCare declined to be interviewed.
It is a consortium of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The company was selected to run the service by CPCCG after a lengthy procurement process and from a shortlist of three organisations.
What does the £800m five-year contract cover?
Ms Rust said she was "totally shocked" at news the contract had come to an end.
"It cost over £1m to commission the UnitingCare partnership, to put it out to tender - and it was a waste of money," she said.
"But it will be business as usual as these services are vital to the health economy of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, despite the uncertainty."
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Hameed, 19, was one of three uncapped players selected for the two Tests in Bangladesh starting next month.
Boycott, also an opener, scored 8,114 runs at an average of 47 in 108 Tests for England from 1964 to 1982.
"He had quite a good career, so he's not a bad person to be compared to," Hameed told BBC Radio 5 live.
The former England Under-19 captain, who has been described as "Baby Boycott", added: "I'd like to think I'm more of a modern-day Boycott. I've got a few more tricks up my sleeve."
BBC Test Match Special pundit Boycott is England's sixth highest Test run-scorer of all time, while Hameed, who made his Lancashire debut in August 2015, has played only 19 first-class matches.
He has scored 1,129 runs in County Championship Division One this season, including four centuries and seven fifties.
If he plays in Bangladesh, he is set to become only the second teenager to open the batting for England in Tests.
"Mum and Dad were quite emotional," Hameed said of his call-up.
"They've made a lot of sacrifices for moments like these and hopefully I can provide them with a few more."
England play three one-day internationals in Bangladesh, beginning on 7 October, before the first Test in Chittagong starts on 20 October.
Alex Hales, captain Alastair Cook's opening partner for much of the last year, opted not to tour because of security fears.
His absence means Hameed and 21-year-old Northamptonshire batsman Duckett, who has scored 1,338 first-class runs this season, are in contention to open the batting.
"I'm in a very different situation from the guys who have already played for England," Duckett told BBC Radio Northamptonshire.
"This is my first tour. It's what I've wanted to do all my life.
"I'm not going to throw it away just because people are talking about what could happen in Bangladesh."
Surrey all-rounder Zafar Ansari is the third of the uncapped players named in a 17-man squad, while Surrey team-mate and off-spinner Gareth Batty has been recalled 11 years after playing the last of his seven Tests.
When play began at 13:10 BST because of a wet outfield, Gloucestershire resumed on 69-0, 265 behind the Foxes and looking for batting bonus points.
The visitors ended on 403-2 at Grace Road, with Dent (165) sharing a stand of 177 with Van Buuren (121 not out).
Leicestershire are fourth in Division Two and Gloucestershire third.
Gloucestershire captain Gareth Roderick: "I suppose you could say it's a winning draw, and it's good to finish a few points ahead of a team close to us in the table, but there just wasn't enough cricket left in the game.
"That said, it was a very pleasing effort with the bat today.
"Chris Dent is in a rich vein of form, and Graeme van Buuren is showing just what a good acquisition he is - and then to have Michael Klinger and Hamish Marshall to come, it shows what a good batting line-up we have now."
Leicestershire director of elite performance Andrew McDonald: "We probably weren't at our best with the ball today, which isn't like us, but they're a quality batting unit.
"It's very tight in the table, ten points or so covering the top four, and it will probably be tight until the end.
"There's an awful lot of cricket to play and a win here or there could make all the difference."
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England cricketer James Anderson and ex-Chelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard have both become OBEs.
Boxing champion Carl Froch is made an MBE, as are distance runner Jo Pavey and England footballer Casey Stoney.
Wheelchair tennis player Jordanne Whiley is also appointed an MBE.
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Speaking to BBC Sport from Canada, where she is part of England's World Cup squad, Stoney said: "It's huge for women's football.
"Women in sport don't really get much recognition, so to get recognition in your area of sport, to get recognised for your services to the game, is really important because it's not just about me, it's about the players who played 25 to 30 years ago, who put me in this position to be able to go to a World Cup."
In rugby union, former England fly-half and Rugby World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson becomes a CBE, while ex-Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies has been made an OBE for his work as president of Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre.
Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has been made an OBE as has England squash world champion Nick Matthew.
Liz Nicholl, UK Sport chief executive, has also been appointed a CBE.
Edwards, 67, is a former Wales and British and Irish Lions scrum-half who won 53 caps for his country.
He scored what is regarded as the greatest try of all time for the Barbarians against New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park in 1973.
Fast bowler Anderson, 32, became England's leading Test wicket-taker in April and has now taken 403 wickets in 104 Tests.
Head, 69, who co-founded Williams with Sir Frank Williams, helped the team claim nine constructor championships.
Sir Frank said: "His engineering talent helped play a key role in establishing Great Britain as a leading force in global motorsport and the benefits of this are still being felt to this day, both culturally and economically."
Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, brought the first two stages of the Tour de France to the county in 2014.
Knight: Gareth Edwards, former British and Irish Lions and Wales scrum-half; Patrick Head, former director and co-founder of Williams F1 team; Gary Verity, for services to tourism and the Tour de France Grand Depart 2014.
CBE: Liz Nicholl, UK Sport chief executive; Jonny Wilkinson, former England fly-half.
OBE: James Anderson, England fast bowler; Brian Davies, chef de mission Team Wales at 2014 Commonwealth Games; Jonathan Davies, former Wales fly-half and president of Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff.
Peter Dawson, R&A chief executive and secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews; Huw Jenkins, Swansea City chairman; Anthony Kendall, London Youth Games chair; Frank Lampard, former England footballer; Jonathan Lane, Tennis Foundation chair; Nick Matthew, English squash player.
MBE: James Chalmers, Football Safety Officers Association president; Lloyd Cowan, UK Athletics lead sprint coach; Carl Froch, boxing world champion; Alison Harris, for services to the British Horse Society and to equestrian sport in Yorkshire; Richard Knight, for services to rowing; Catriona Morrison, for services to sport and voluntary service in Scotland.
John Monaghan, for services to sport administration in Northern Ireland; Jo Pavey, long distance runner; Casey Stoney, Arsenal Ladies and former England captain; Jordanne Whiley, wheelchair tennis player.
BEM: Jim Montgomery, former Sunderland goalkeeper and club ambassador.
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Welsh rugby great Gareth Edwards, ex-Williams director Patrick Head and Gary Verity, who brought the Tour de France to Yorkshire, have been knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Jeremy Corbyn said the next generation will be most affected by the outcome of the referendum on 23 June.
He told an audience in Liverpool: "If you don't register to vote then you have no voice."
Meanwhile the Leave campaign criticised the "daily avalanche of institutional propaganda" against leaving the EU as the IMF warns of "bad" consequences.
Elsewhere on the campaign trail:
On Friday, Mr Corbyn launched a voter registration drive in Liverpool, telling an audience of young voters that their future was at stake.
Polls suggest that the under-30s are the most pro-EU but are least likely to vote, while older voters are more likely to favour Brexit.
If you are not on the electoral register and you want to vote in the EU referendum you have until midnight on Tuesday, 7 June to submit an application for a vote.
In England, Scotland or Wales, you can register to vote online anytime at gov.uk/register-to-vote. If you are a British citizen living abroad, you can register to vote online in the same way. In Northern Ireland, visit the government's Register to vote in Northern Ireland page to download a registration form. If you are an Irish citizen living abroad who was born in Northern Ireland, visit the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland website to download the correct form.
The deadlines for applying for a postal vote at the referendum are: Northern Ireland - 5pm, Friday 3 June 2016, Great Britain - 5pm, Wednesday 8 June 2016.
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The Labour leader urged young voters to make sure they registered to vote in the referendum on 23 June: "Take destiny in your own hands, register to vote and make your decision. Don't let somebody else make it for you."
He said it would be "young people who will make the difference" and urged them to embrace the idea of people working together across Europe to tackle climate change, inequality and to "hold global corporations to account"
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
Later, in a speech at Oxford University, former Conservative PM John Major will suggest some of his party colleagues who are campaigning for the UK to leave the EU risk "morphing into UKIP" by turning "to their default position - immigration".
"This is their trump card. I urge them to take care, this is dangerous territory that - if handled carelessly - can open up long-term divisions in our society," he will say.
But UKIP leader Nigel Farage told LBC Radio that the "Remain" campaign knew that "the strongest hand that the Leave camp have got is that by leaving the EU, we get back control of our borders and we would be able to put in place an Australian-style points system."
But he said the official Vote Leave campaign, of which UKIP is not a part, "don't think I should exist" and were "more concerned about Conservative Party politics" than winning the referendum.
Asked about Bank of England Governor Mark Carney's comments on Thursday that a vote to leave could hit the UK economy, Mr Farage dismissed "all these forecasts of doom and gloom" adding: "Mr Carney is paid out of the public purse and is doing the government's bidding isn't he?"
He added: "The whole apparatus of government at every level is being mobilised to tell us what we should think.... I suspect he would be fired if he didn't take the government's side."
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The Labour leader has urged young people to "take control" of their future and vote to remain in the EU.
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John Weston, from Groby, was strapped to the upper wing of a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane and flown 500ft (152m) into the air for 15 minutes.
Mr Weston, a rear gunner on a Lancaster Bomber in World War Two, was raising money for the Alzheimer's Society after his wife's death.
The event took place at Wickenby Aerodrome, in Lincolnshire.
After he landed Mr Weston said: "It's windy up there!"
The veteran, who had to lose 12 lbs (5.4 kg) for the challenge, raised an undisclosed amount for the Alzheimer's Society.
He said: "For three years [my wife] was reasonably active, then she got very poorly and for the last eight months it was cruel to see her.
"She'd lost the use of her arms, legs, speech and couldn't swallow."
The World War Two airman added he felt grateful that no one was trying to "shoot him down".
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A dismal first half yielded just three points from the boot of Jason Tovey.
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne came off the bench in the second period to set up the first of two Damien Hoyland tries.
And the replacement scrum-half darted through to score as the ill-disciplined visitors faded in the face of increased pressure from the hosts.
Edinburgh nudge ahead of Glasgow and Munster into fifth place, with those teams in action on Saturday.
If Alan Solomons' side are to hang on to a top-six spot and earn a Champions Cup place, they will need to turn in more performances like the second-half showing at Murrayfield.
The error-strewn opening 40 minutes was simply appalling.
A strangely sluggish Edinburgh moved ahead on 13 minutes when Tovey, making his debut after a loan move from Dragons, knocked over a penalty following a high tackle on thundering prop WP Nel.
A ragged sequence of fumbles, stray passes and petty squabbles followed, with Kelly Haimona shoving a penalty wide for Zebre.
The first half ended with Oliviero Fabiani barreling through a gap to touch down but the visiting hooker's route was cleared by an obstruction, picked up by the television review.
With both sides penalised for squint line-out ball soon after the interval and Haimona short with a penalty attempt, an upturn in the quality on show looked unlikely.
But Hidalgo-Clyne's introduction brought with it some much-needed zip and he threaded a grubber through for Hoyland to run on to and the winger was able to kick it on and win the race for the line.
Soon after, Hoyland was diving over in the corner after Phil Burleigh did well to gather a fizzing high pass from Hidalgo-Clyne.
Tovey converted on both occasions and the fly-half made it three from three when his clever break was supported well by Stuart McInally, with the replacement hooker offloading for Hidalgo-Clyne to waltz through unchallenged.
The chance of a just a second try bonus for the hosts this season appeared to have gone when a late penalty was kicked into touch only for Zebre to rob the line-out.
However, an offside infringement allowed Edinburgh to keep the ball alive and, with the clock red for almost two minutes, a patient passing move was finished off by Toolis.
Edinburgh: Kinghorn, Hoyland, Allen, Burleigh, Brown, Tovey, Kennedy, Dickinson, Ford, Nel, Bresler, B. Toolis, Coman, Watson, Du Preez.
Replacements: Helu for Brown (74), Hidalgo-Clyne for Kennedy (48), McInally for Ford (41), Andress for Nel (73), A. Toolis for Bresler (73), Bradbury for Coman (5). Not Used: Dell, Dean.
Zebre: Van Zyl, Beyers, Boni, Pratichetti, L. Sarto, Haimona, Palazzani, Lovotti, Fabiani, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Bortolami, Cook, Ruzza, Meyer.
Replacements: Postiglioni for Lovotti (74), Ceccarelli for Chistolini (48), Caffini for Cook (24). Not Used: Roan, Koegelenberg, Burgess, Canna, Bisegni.
Ref: Leighton Hodges (Wales).
9 February 2016 Last updated at 13:29 GMT
The survey, carried out by Comres, found a massive 78% of those in this age group had a social media account. That is despite rules for many sites requiring people to be 13 or over to sign up.
Even though the survey found most people felt happy when using social networking sites - it also showed many did not always have such a great time.
Viviani powered ahead of Sonny Colbrelli and Michael Schwarzmann at the end of Friday's 180km ride around Payerne in western Switzerland.
Britain's three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome finished 68th.
The 31-year-old Team Sky rider stays 29 seconds behind Felline as he continues preparations for the 2017 Tour.
Saturday's Romandie stage takes the riders across a mountainous 164km route from Domdidier to Leysin that features two category-one climbs.
The six-day, five-stage race - an early indicator of form before the Tour de France in July - ends with a 17.9km individual time trial in Lausanne on Sunday.
Tour de Romandie stage three result:
1. Elia Viviani (Ita/Team Sky) 4hrs 27mins 42secs
2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain) Same time
3. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger/Bora)
4. Alexander Edmondson (Aus/Orica)
5. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra/ AG2R)
6. Youcef Reguigui (Alg/Dimension Data)
7. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg/Quick-Step)
8. Moreno Hofland (Ned/Lotto)
9. Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus/Katusha)
10. Juan Jose Lobato (Spa/LottoNL)
Overall classification after stage three:
1. Fabio Felline (Ita/Trek) 12hrs 40mins 24secs
2. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger/Quick-Step) +8secs
3. Jesus Herrada (Spa/Movistar) Same time
4. Primoz Roglic (Svn/LottoNL) +9secs
5. Ion Izagirre (Spa/Bahrain) +12secs
6. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) Same time
7. Jose Goncalves (Por/Katusha) +13secs
8. Ruben Fernandez (Spa/Movistar) Same time
9. Michael Albasini (Swi/Orica) +14secs
10. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa/Movistar) Same time
Selected others:
16. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +18secs
39. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +29secs
56. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) +53secs
89 Alex Dowsett (GB/Team Sky) +8mins 32secs
99 Ben Swift (Gb)/UAE Team Emirates +9mins 34secs
The pair were players together at Barnsley in the 1970s, with McCarthy serving as Warnock's apprentice.
Warnock's Bluebirds face McCarthy's Ipswich Town on Saturday hoping to end a four-game winless run.
"He's like me and doesn't worry about the sack, and if he left tomorrow he'd get a job the next week," Warnock said.
He continued: "And so would I."
40-years and 2,253 games in management have passed since McCarthy and Warnock's apprenticeship days, with the pair managing 17 clubs between them.
Warnock remembers McCarthy as an imposing figure, even as a teenager.
"I was about 25 when I met him, he was younger [McCarthy is ten-years Warnock's junior], and an apprentice," he recalled.
"He was the biggest 16 year old ever, I think he was shaving at 12, he is a tough nut but is also a great guy.
"We've had ups and downs in our careers, we've been at clubs and it's been like I've always said - be careful what you wish for - and Mick's been the same but come through it.
"We've had some good battles over the years. He's got a bit to do to catch me yet. I remember him cleaning my boots, I bring it up every time I see him."
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McCarthy has been speaking this week about apparent pressure on his position at Portman Road, but Warnock thinks he is merely a victim of his own longevity.
"He's a bit like Wenger, fans having a go at regular times, but Mick just doesn't worry. We are passed that aren't we?" he added.
Warnock says he feels sorry for other managers in the Championship who are less secure in their positions, with 14 bosses from that division having lost their job this season alone.
"The Championship has had 14 managers sacked, dear me, how can you talk about building a project," Warnock said. "You just hope you can do well.
"We want to do well next season, but you don't know in this game. We could be at the bottom end and sacked by Christmas, nothing is guaranteed, but as you get older you don't feel the pressure as much.
"You enjoy it more. Young managers have two or three games rather than two or three years. It's frightening for up and coming managers."
Warnock thinks that the huge financial incentives on offer for promotion to the Premier League lead to a lack of patience in board rooms.
"I think it's about the money, especially the Championship. It was £100m when I last went up but I think it's more than that now and all the foreign owners have come in for that carrot of the Premier League," he explained.
"The clubs coming down the parachute payments they get will be phenomenal but that won't worry us, we've got bricks in place, we're looking for the icing on the cake.
"Although clubs come down they have the money, they lose two or three better players because they want to be in the Premier League. It won't be plain sailing for them."
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says her government will move to scrap the dress code requirement.
This comes after a provincial Green party politician introduced a bill in the BC legislature aimed at preventing employers from setting gender-based footwear requirements.
Mandatory high heel dress codes were recently debated by MPs in the UK.
On Sunday, Premier Clark tweeted in support of BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver's private member's bill, saying she agreed "100%" with not forcing women to wear heels at work.
Mr Weaver tabled a private member's bill last week "designed to prevent employers from setting varying footwear and other requirements based on gender, gender expression or gender identity".
An employee in BC who feels a dress code is discriminatory could file a human rights complaint, though there are concerns that workers, especially in low wage and precarious positions, would be hesitant to do so.
High heels - and whether women should be required to wear them in the workplace, or at the Cannes film festival - has become a fashion flashpoint in recent years.
In Canada, much of the debate around dress codes for female employees has centred around the restaurant industry, where critics have said gender-specific dress codes are too common and based on stereotypes or sexist ideas of how a woman should dress.
Mr Weaver's bill was in part inspired by a series of reports into the west coast province's service industry. In Ontario, some of the largest restaurant chains have taken steps to phase out "sexualised" dress codes.
It is not a new issue in the food service industry. In 2000, Nevada cocktail waitresses launched a "Kiss My Foot" campaign to agitate against being forced to wear heels in casinos.
Mr Weaver said he was surprised to learn that companies still had high heel policies in place.
"You're kidding, this is a thing in 2017?" he said he thought at the time.
While these dress codes appear most common in bars and restaurants, Mr Weaver's bill would cover all workplaces, including retail and corporate offices.
BC Restaurant and Food Services Association chief executive Ian Tostenson said he did not expect pushback from industry members, who understand it could be a health and safety concern for wait staff.
It is not clear whether Ms Clark's government will support Mr Weaver's proposed bill or take separate steps to end the practice.
In the UK, high-heel dress code policies have been in the headlines since a London receptionist was sent home from work in December 2015 for not wearing high heels at the accountancy firm PwC.
Nicola Thorp subsequently launched a petition asking that dress code laws be changed so women have the option to wear flat formal shoes in the workplace. It received over 152,000 signatures.
The UK Parliament debated the issue 6 March, and the UK government has said the dress code imposed on Ms Thorp was unlawful.
The firm that sent Ms Thorpe home in 2015 has also changed its policies.
But a House of Commons report found that requirements to wear high heels remain widespread across the UK.
After Kevin Bru's free-kick was only partially cleared, Ward controlled the ball before firing it in the corner.
Jermaine Beckford was forced off with concussion, but the visitors nearly drew level as Callum Robinson's shot was tipped over by Bartosz Bialkowski.
Liam Grimshaw volleyed wide late on as Ipswich hung on for a first league win since the opening day of the season.
Ward's impressive strike came moments after Beckford was taken off in the 15th minute, and Freddie Sears then saw a goal-bound effort deflected just past Anders Lindegaard's upright as the hosts looked to double their lead.
However as the visitors grew in confidence Eoin Doyle almost reached Chris Humphrey's long throw, but Tommy Smith just blocked off the forward from reaching the ball.
Former Tottenham forward Ward had another opportunity to double Ipswich's tally after Jonas Knudsen laid the ball off to him in the box, but he could only send his first-time shot high and wide.
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:
"I thought we were excellent today. We played really well in the first half and then we stood up to a right scrap in the second half - it was a real bloke's performance.
"Daryl Murphy put in a transfer request and my view is you don't stand in the way of someone who wants to leave.
"It is great move for him and he has been terrific for us so I wish him well. It is a great bit of business for the club and we will reinvest and get other players in."
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"I am disappointed as you know when you come to Portman Road and play against a Mick McCarthy side, you have to compete and battle.
"We lost too many individual battles and not enough players played to the standard that I know they are capable of.
"There was not a great deal in the game but we didn't do enough, on or off the ball, to get anything out of it.
"I am hoping to strengthen. I have given a list of names to the owner and I am hoping to tick some people off. It is going to be a crazy three or four days through all the divisions."
Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Preston North End 0.
Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Preston North End 0.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Adam Webster replaces Grant Ward.
Attempt missed. Liam Grimshaw (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Eoin Doyle (Preston North End).
Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Callum Robinson with a cross.
Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Luke Varney replaces Brett Pitman.
Offside, Preston North End. Paul Gallagher tries a through ball, but Greg Cunningham is caught offside.
Tom Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Attempt blocked. Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonas Knudsen.
Substitution, Preston North End. Liam Grimshaw replaces Daniel Johnson.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Teddy Bishop replaces Kevin Bru.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Bailey Wright.
Attempt blocked. Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Douglas with a headed pass.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Jonas Knudsen tries a through ball, but Freddie Sears is caught offside.
Foul by Paul Gallagher (Preston North End).
Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Bartosz Bialkowski tries a through ball, but Brett Pitman is caught offside.
Foul by Eoin Doyle (Preston North End).
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Preston North End. Greg Cunningham tries a through ball, but Eoin Doyle is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Chris Humphrey (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eoin Doyle with a headed pass.
John Welsh (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Bru (Ipswich Town).
Foul by Chris Humphrey (Preston North End).
Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
John Welsh (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town).
Attempt missed. Greg Cunningham (Preston North End) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Gallagher with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
Substitution, Preston North End. Eoin Doyle replaces Thomas Spurr.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
After a successful visit to Japan earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
He will be following this up with his visit to the US at the end of September. And it is being claimed that both Mr Xi's visit to India and Mr Modi's visit to Washington will pack quite a punch.
Given the recent history of turbulence in Sino-Indian ties, the visit of the Chinese president to India will be closely watched and analysed.
As chief minister of Gujarat, Mr Modi travelled to China five times, more than to any other nation, and he has been visibly impressed by China's economic success.
His landslide electoral victory in May was viewed by some in Beijing as a harbinger of better times, with Mr Modi being described as India's "Nixon" who will take Sino-Indian ties to new heights.
This early exuberance has now given way to a more realistic appraisal but Beijing views Mr Modi as a strong leader who can deliver.
An early outreach to Mr Modi was, therefore, seen as essential in making sure that Delhi does not gravitate rapidly to an emerging anti-China coalition in the larger Indo-Pacific as the US fashions its strategic rebalance to the region.
Mr Xi will start his visit from Modi's home state of Gujarat on Mr Modi's 64th birthday on Wednesday where he will be personally welcomed by the Indian prime minister and treated to a sumptuous traditional dinner on the banks of the Sabarmati river.
Mr Modi and Mr Xi have already met previously at the Brics summit in Brazil where they were able to develop a personal rapport which they would like to use to make this visit a success.
Much like Mr Modi, Mr Xi is also a strong nationalist leader who has a hardline orientation on national security but remains eager to co-operate on economic issues.
Mr Modi's room for diplomatic manoeuvering is considerably higher than that of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, who was constrained by his lack of political authority and his party's seeming foreign policy ineptitude.
Where the Congress Party has been paralysed by an almost irrational fear of offending Chinese sensitivities and in the process ended up jeopardising Delhi's ties with its partners like Japan and the US, Mr Modi has taken a more confident position from the very time he assumed office.
Where he has openly talked of Chinese "expansionism" and has started taking concrete measures to insulate India from the negative effects of China's rapid military modernisation, he has also made it clear that he would be going all out to woo Chinese investments into India.
Mr Modi's energetic diplomacy in his first few months in office seems to have put China on notice that Delhi is not without options in a rapidly evolving global geostrategic context.
It has increased India's strategic space which Mr Modi would now like to leverage in his engagement with Beijing.
In a sign that the focus of Mr Xi's visit will be on energising trade ties, the Chinese president will be accompanied by more than 100 Chinese businesspeople.
China is likely to announce several major investment initiatives in India as the Chinese corporate sector starts looking at India with renewed interest under Mr Modi.
India has been averse to Chinese participation in many sectors of the economy, thereby reducing the flow of Chinese foreign direct investment into India despite its dire need for it.
Chinese companies will now be encouraged to invest in India by unveiling dedicated industrial parks in India.
China is India's largest trading partner but with an increasing trade deficit hovering around $40bn. This is something that Mr Modi remains focused on rectifying.
This focus on trade and economic issues does not mean that Mr Modi's government can afford to soft pedal on strategic issues.
Last week, India's Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, made it clear China must respect India's territorial claim over Arunachal Pradesh.
"For India to agree to a one-China policy, China should reaffirm one-India policy," argued Ms Swaraj.
The Sino-Indian relationship faces a number of challenges - from the vexed boundary issue to a growing trade imbalance.
Public perceptions have turned negative as mutual distrust between China and India has grown in the last few years.
According to the Indian Home Ministry, there have been 334 "transgressions" by Chinese troops over the Indian border in the first 216 days of this year.
China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean poses its own challenge to India.
Mr Xi's visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka before coming to India underscores Beijing's commitment to develop close links with the island states of the Indian Ocean.
China's plans for a "maritime silk road" connected by cross-border infrastructure will further cement Beijing's role in the region as both Male and Colombo have lapped up China's invitation to join this initiative.
India has been invited too but it remains ambivalent about the project and is yet to make up its mind.
The challenges are immense but so is this opportunity which is presented by the emergence of strong political leaderships in Beijing and Delhi.
Both Mr Modi and Mr Xi have recognised this. It remains to be seen if they will be able to grasp the nettle this week.
Harsh V Pant is Professor of International Relations at King's College, London.
Nadiem Amiri's strike from the edge of the box wrong-footed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to open the scoring on Friday.
England's best chance fell to Alfie Mawson, but the Swansea defender's weak shot was easily saved after Nathaniel Chalobah sliced an acrobatic volley.
Jack Stephens could also have levelled, but Julian Pollersbeck saved well.
The Southampton defender then latched on to a deep free-kick inside the area late on, only to miscue his attempt from close range.
However, it was the hosts who dominated possession, with Wolfsburg midfielder Max Arnold - capped at senior level by Germany - impressing before he was substituted.
The 22-year-old went close to doubling the lead before the break with a long-range effort that Sunderland keeper Pickford watched wide.
Pickford gave an assured performance after conceding the goal, saving well on several occasions to keep the deficit at one.
Aidy Boothroyd's side are in friendly action again on Monday, when they visit Denmark.
They kick-off their finals campaign against holders Sweden on 16 June, with Slovakia and hosts Poland also in their group.
Match ends, Germany U21 1, England U21 0.
Second Half ends, Germany U21 1, England U21 0.
Janik Haberer (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (England U21).
Niklas Stark (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tammy Abraham (England U21).
Attempt saved. Lewis Baker (England U21) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacob Murphy.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Matthias Ginter.
Matthias Ginter (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (England U21).
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Niklas Stark.
Attempt blocked. Jacob Murphy (England U21) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Chilwell.
Substitution, Germany U21. Thilo Kehrer replaces Davie Selke.
Attempt missed. Lewis Baker (England U21) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by John Swift.
Foul by Davie Selke (Germany U21).
Mason Holgate (England U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jack Stephens (England U21) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Baker with a cross following a set piece situation.
Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21).
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (England U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Niklas Stark (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Chalobah (England U21).
Attempt missed. John Swift (England U21) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Davie Selke (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mason Holgate (England U21).
Attempt saved. Jack Stephens (England U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, England U21. Conceded by Jeremy Toljan.
Attempt blocked. Maximilian Philipp (Germany U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, England U21. John Swift replaces Harry Winks.
Marc-Oliver Kempf (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (England U21).
Substitution, Germany U21. Janik Haberer replaces Max Meyer.
Substitution, Germany U21. Maximilian Philipp replaces Maximilian Arnold.
Jeremy Toljan (Germany U21) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (England U21).
Attempt blocked. Tammy Abraham (England U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Chalobah.
Gideon Jung (Germany U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gideon Jung (Germany U21).
Tammy Abraham (England U21) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Matthias Ginter (Germany U21) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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A disjointed first half was enlivened by George Ford's try off turnover possession, although Carlo Canna's boot kept the Azzurri within a score.
But two quick tries from Jonathan Joseph, his fifth and sixth in his past seven Six Nations matches, calmed English anxieties.
And the Bath centre completed his hat-trick with a powerful run into the left-hand corner before Owen Farrell gathered Jamie George's classy offload to score England's fifth try.
Having beaten the two traditionally weakest nations, England now face the sterner test of Ireland in a fortnight before Wales come calling two weeks further on.
But with their next two matches at home they have the opportunity to build on these early if predictable successes and lay down the blueprint for what a Jones team will really look like.
After an early exchange of penalties in a messy opening period, England opened a lead when Mike Brown won a turnover in the Italy 22, Billy Vunipola's smart inside pass finding Ben Youngs down the left and Farrell spotting Ford free on the wing for the fly-half to slide over for his first international try away from home.
Farrell had been off for a head injury assessment, forcing a comprehensive if brief reshuffle of the back line, but it was Italian injuries that really began to count - Marco Fuser, Alessandro Zanni and Gonzalo Garcia all being replaced in the first half-hour.
Canna's third penalty narrowed the visitors' lead to just two points at half-time, not quite the "good hiding" that coach Jones had asked for in the build-up.
England were looking to put the Italian back three under pressure with high kicks but just as last weekend at Murrayfield, silly mistakes and infringements slowed their momentum.
There was limited sign of the fluency Jones had hoped for, and had Canna not hooked a kickable penalty England would have trailed after 50 minutes.
Instead Italy gifted them a second try, Leonardo Sarto's looping, obvious pass on his own 22 picked off by the predatory Joseph for his sixth try in 18 caps.
With Danny Care on for Youngs, Joe Marler for Mako Vunipola and the highly-rated Maro Itoje on for his debut at blind-side flanker, at last the points and panache followed.
Care's cute grubber off a 10-man rolling maul was gathered by Joseph for his second, and with 20-year-old Paul Hill a second debutant off the bench, England's forward power enabled them to take a tighter grip.
Joseph fought through three tackles to score in the left-hand corner off more turnover ball and Care fed George who popped a pass out of contact to Farrell as a tiring Italy fell away.
It might be just two matches since an England player last grabbed a Test hat-trick - both Nick Easter and Jack Nowell scored three against Uruguay - but Joseph confirmed his value to England with three contrasting yet equally impressive scores.
Italy: McLean; L Sarto, Campagnaro, Garcia, Bellini; Canna, Gori; Lovotti, Gega, Cittadini, Biagi, Fuser, Minto, Zanni, Parisse.
Replacements: Pratichetti for Garcia (32), Padovani for Canna (60), Palazzani for Gori (75), Zanusso for Lovotti (62), Giazzon for Gega (41), Castrogiovanni for Cittadini (58), Bernabo for Fuser (14), Steyn for Zanni (30).
England: Brown; Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Hartley, Cole, Lawes, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Goode for Brown (69), Care for Youngs (49), Marler for M. Vunipola (47), George for Hartley (69), P Hill for Cole (69), Launchbury for Lawes (47), Clifford for Robshaw (62), Itoje for Haskell (54).
Ref: Glen Jackson (New Zealand).
Following the Grenfell Tower disaster in London, Electrical Safety First (ESF) said the Welsh Government should test white goods such as fridge-freezers and washing machines for free.
The Metropolitan Police said the blaze started in a Hotpoint fridge-freezer.
The Welsh Government said its fire safety advisory group would look at what lessons could be learned.
In Wales, registered social landlords own 36 blocks and ESF wants the fire safety advisory group to consider making councils and housing associations have a legal responsibility to carry out free electrical safety checks on appliances and a register of white goods.
The charity said the initial cost would be between £500,000 and £600,000 every five years.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "The group will take an informed approach, making recommendations to ensure tenants in Wales continue to be informed and safe.
"It will be guided in this by the work of the UK government's expert panel."
ESF looked at Stats Wales figures for fires involving white goods including dishwashers, fridge-freezers, spin dryers, tumble dryers, washing machine and washer/dryers.
There were 1,249 fires from 2009 to 2016 involving these appliances.
Robert Jervis-Gibbons, public affairs manager at ESF, said: "We believe that first and foremost, those living in densely populated areas like tower blocks in Wales must be protected.
"As a result we would like to see the Welsh Government implement safety checks as a matter of urgency."
At a one-day inquiry on Thursday, senior fire officers gave evidence to an assembly committee on fire safety in high rise blocks in Wales.
Stuart Millington of North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said visits had been carried out at all 76 properties above six storeys high.
Politicians also heard evidence of some residents living in high rise properties had been attempting their own fire safety tests on building materials.
Iwan Cray from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "Given the scenario where we are today, 700 flats we've knocked on doors since Grenfell and not everybody has taken up the offer of a home fire safety check in those blocks, which is quite surprising really."
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa was attacked in the capital, Bujumbura.
He was a stern critic of President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term in office.
On Sunday presidential aide Gen Adolphe Nshimirimana was killed in an attack on his car in Bujumbura. He was in charge of the president's personal security.
Burundi has suffered serious unrest since President Nkurunziza's decision in April to seek a third term in office.
Opponents argued this violated the constitution and there was a failed coup attempt in May.
A presidential election was held last month which Mr Nkurunziza won, but which was boycotted by the opposition.
The US special envoy for the region, Tom Perriello, condemned the attack on Mr Mbonimpa.
"We are just horrified," he told BBC Newsday.
"This is a truly courageous man who has repeatedly stood up for the rights of the people of Burundi and has repeatedly been sent to prison for standing up for basic civil rights," he added.
The activist is in intensive care in a Bujumbura hospital, a relative told Reuters news agency.
The shooting took place near Mr Mbonimpa's home north of the capital on Monday evening.
"He was going home when suddenly a group of motorcyclists encircled him and started shooting at him. Many of the bikers had guns," the relative said.
Several foreign diplomats have visited Mr Mbonimpa in hospital, says the BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Bujumbura.
Mr Mbonimpa is believed to be one of the few members of Burundi's civil society opposed to the president who have not fled the country.
In April, he was held without charge for more than 24 hours by the intelligence services after he called for protests against the president's efforts to secure a third term.
Correspondents say that Mr Mbonimpa's work over the years for the rights of prisoners and others has won international acclaim and that rumours of his death had circulated in Burundi before the shooting took place.
Figures suggest that 4.5 million part-worn tyres are sold in the UK every year.
In some areas more than 80% are sold illegally, many with serious safety defects, according to council Trading Standards' teams.
The LGA said irresponsible traders were "putting lives at serious risk".
Part-worn tyres are being sold with unsafe repairs and incorrect labelling, council Trading Standards teams reported.
In 2015, there were 16 deaths and 908 road casualties that involved illegal, defective or under-inflated tyres, according to government figures.
Durham County Council officers found that just one of the 39 tyres they checked at various traders bore the required "part-worn" tyre marking, with 25 tyres having problems that could impair safety.
Ten tyres had unsafe repairs, nine were over 10 years old and one was 23 years old.
The LGA is urging motorists buying second-hand tyres to check that they bear the required "part-worn" marking, which lets drivers know that the tyre has been checked and meets legal requirements.
Simon Blackburn, chairman of the LGA's Safer and Stronger Communities Board, said: "Cheap part-worn tyres might be tempting to buy but if they don't have the correct legal markings, motorists risk buying illegal tyres which could contribute to a major accident."
Mr Blackburn advised motorists to go to a reputable trader and check tyres for the "part-worn" stamp, as well as any cracks, tears and lumps.
He also said drivers should check the state of the tread before buying a tyre.
He added: "New tyres are available to suit all budgets, provide a safer option and should last longer, meaning they may offer better value for money in the long term."
Bowie unveiled two albums and his Ziggy Stardust persona during a series of gigs at Aylesbury's Friars music venue in the early 1970s.
Sculptor Andrew Sinclair has promised that the Buckinghamshire memorial will be "something special".
Fundraising for the statue is still under way and it is not yet known when designs will be revealed.
Mr Sinclair has admitted he is under a lot of pressure to get his Bowie design right. He said: "He was there all my life. He was like a friend.
"I wanted to create something that encompasses his career and his life, with Ziggy Stardust as the main focus. But, at the same time, he's too big a character to just make him Ziggy.
"Historically the design itself has to resonate through the ages."
Mr Sinclair added: "There's an opportunity to use colour in the sculpture. He'll be holding a microphone but his actual position will be unusual. I want to produce something special, that's unique to Aylesbury and something people can be proud of."
Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of the modern era, died of cancer in January at the age of 69.
His style changed through the decades and was well known for creating his flamboyant, glam rock alter ego Ziggy Stardust, which he unveiled at Aylesbury Friars.
Tracks from two of his most iconic albums, "Hunky Dory" and "The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" were also given their debuts at the venue.
The local council has already given the go-ahead for the monument to be built under the Market Square arches.
But it said that no taxpayers' money was available for the project so organisers will have to raise the £150,000 needed through grants and an online petition.
Robinson, 41, has been working at Euro 2016 as Michael O'Neill's number two.
The Latics have been looking for a new manager since the departure of John Sheridan, who left to take over at Notts County.
"When I came down, I felt like this was the right club. I really like what the owner said to me," Robinson said.
"He sold me his ideas and ambitions and I had demands of my own. He has been really good with that and it's an exciting time for the football club.
"I'm more than ready for this job. It's a club that has massive tradition and I want to get an identity back to the club."
Robinson is set to appoint Ian Baraclough as his assistant after they worked together when Baraclough was manager of Motherwell between December 2014 and September 2015.
Last week, Oldham added former Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest boss Sean O'Driscoll to the coaching staff and gave him a role in helping the board appoint a new manager.
Steve Evans, most recently of Leeds United, rejected the offer to manage Oldham despite agreeing personal terms.
The 23-year-old striker joined from Millwall for the rest of the end of the season on Monday, his second temporary deal at Sixfields.
"John was outstanding, exactly what we wanted," Wilder said.
"He had energy, aggression, he ran away from them a couple of times, was a goal threat and scored, so he can be delighted with his second debut."
Marquis has had seven loan spells at six different clubs since making his Millwall debut in 2009 and got Northampton's second goal in their 2-1 win at York on Tuesday night.
"Getting to the pace I didn't think would be a problem, the way I play is quite high intensity, it was just how long I could go really," Marquis told BBC Radio Northampton, after playing 60 minutes of the match.
"It was planned before to get an hour and I put everything I had into the hour for fitness.
"I was a bit rusty here and there and I had a good chance in the first half, which I think when I'm fit and sharp I'll be taking.
"Apart from that it was good, and nice to get some minutes in the legs."
Sam Woodhead, 18, failed to return to a cattle station in central Queensland on Tuesday afternoon.
The former Brighton College student from Richmond in south-west London was "within hours of death" his mother, Claire Derry said.
Mr Woodhead was found on Friday after a rescue helicopter spotted his shorts.
Ms Derry told BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme: "He's apparently in a very different condition to what he was on Friday.
"He's brown and looks very well indeed but he has some kidney problems due to the dehydration."
He had lost two stone (12kg) in the three days he was missing, she said.
"We were probably within two hours of him surviving something like that.
"The plane only saw his shorts fly into the air at the last moment as they were turning away, and they then turned back. They had very little fuel left on board."
Mr Woodhead told Radio 4 he got disorientated after going on a run.
"It started like a pretty normal run and I didn't have a set route and ended up a long way from where I thought I was.
"I knew that people would be looking for me, but I knew cars or horses would not be able to reach me.
"I turned to drinking my contact lens solution and drunk some of my own urine. It was getting pretty desperate.
"I don't think I would have lasted another half day. I was on my last legs."
He added: "The helicopter was flying pretty low and, as it went along, my shorts which I'd put on top of my SOS signal to give it some colour, flew up in the air under the propeller and they turned round and saw me."
Speaking from Longreach airport in north east Australia, Ms Derry said: "We are about to fly back to Brisbane.
"The doctor feels that in about a month he'll be properly restored to his former self."
Mr Woodhead said he is planning to continue his travels.
He was reported missing by the owner of Upshot Station, where he was working. The backpacker had been in Australia for eight days when he disappeared.
Temperatures were about 37C (100F) in the area at the time.
Macy's net income for the period between August and October was $118m (£77m), down from $217m in the same period last year.
Shares in the company fell 14% following the news.
In a statement, Macy's chief executive Terry Lundgren said the company was "disappointed" that the pace of sales did not improve as much as expected.
Sales were hurt in part by the warm weather, which made it harder to sell winter clothing, and a strong dollar, which hurt tourist spending.
"Heading into the fourth quarter, we are shifting our organisation into overdrive to focus on sales-driving activities in the holiday shopping season," said Mr Lundgren.
The company now sees full-year earnings coming in at $4.20 to $4.30 per share, compared with an earlier guidance of $4.70 to $4.80.
Macy's has opened five discounted outlets in the New York area and plans to open a sixth before the end of the year.
The company, which also owns the department store Bloomingdale's, plans to open three new discount branches of that store too.
Macy's said it is also considering discounts at its stores to help move large quantities of inventory.
On a call with investors chief financial officer Karen Hoguet said "we will need to liquidate this inventory in the fourth quarter so that we can maintain the flow of fresh new merchandise."
Macy's has been cutting down on the number of standard priced stores that it owns for the last several years. Earlier this year it announced plans to close 35 to 40 stores in the US in early 2016.
It will provide treatment to NHS, private and self-funding patients.
The treatment is a highly-targeted type of radiotherapy that can treat hard-to-reach cancers.
Cardiff-based Proton Partners International's announcement comes after two-year-old Freya Bevan was forced to travel from Neath to Oklahoma for treatment in February.
Freya and her family made the journey because the treatment for her brain tumour was not available in the UK.
Proton Partners International said two other centres will also open in London and Northumberland in 2017.
It found 20,804 shops opened in the UK between January and the end of June, down 15% on the second half of 2015.
The slowdown was surprising as the first few months of the year typically see a surge in new shops opening up.
The LDC said worries over the state of the global economy and concerns over Brexit were probably behind the fall.
Describing the slowdown as a "dramatic fall", Michael Weedon from the LDC said Brexit was not entirely blame.
"In January and February people were not thinking, 'better not open a shop'," he said.
Instead, concerns over the global economy were likely to have weighed on the minds of entrepreneurs.
The LDC report showed that the number of shop closures also fell in the first half of the year, but by only 5% to 22,801.
All told, closures exceeded openings by 1,997 - reversing the situation in the second half of 2015 when openings were ahead of closures by 335.
Warm weather lifts retail sales in July
Prada seeks younger customers
The vacancy rate fell for most of the first half of the year, as shops were demolished or used for other purposes faster than new buildings were put up.
However the vacancy rate for shops and leisure premises edged higher in June, rising to 11.2%.
"Whether this will be just a twitch in the statistics or the beginning of a long term reversal will become clear over the coming months," said Matthew Hopkinson from the LDC.
"For example, the 23% net growth in restaurants since 2010 is unlikely to continue.
Business, government and the media are all sniffing the air and scanning the horizon for any piece of news that might tell us what happens next," he added.
Following the financial crisis of 2007, the vacancy rate hit a high of 12.4% in 2011, and has only declined modestly since then.
The Canadian government said gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter shrank by 1.6%, its largest loss since 2009.
The Canadian economy was hit hard by wildfires in its oil sands region, reducing its production.
In the first quarter of the year, Canada's economy grew by 2.5%.
The recent drop in GDP was larger than analysts had projected, but not far off the predicted 1.5% loss.
"[The figure] could have been worse, given the hit from the wildfire, and clearly confirms the disappointing downward trend in exports over the last few months," said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
In May, wildfires devastated the parts of northern Alberta where much of Canada's oil and natural gas is produced.
The fire burned 2,300 sq miles (5,957 sq km) of land and caused nearly $6bn ($4.5bn) in damages.
Economic growth is expected to pick up in the later half of the year as oil production gets back on track. But the decline in global oil prices will continue to weigh on the country's growth.
Canada's economy slipped into a recession at the end of 2015 as crude prices fell, but has since mostly recovered.
It was not only energy export that dropped in the spring, though. Declines in manufacturing exports also hit the economy. That sector is expected to pick up in the second half of 2016.
Economic figures for June, however, appear to signal that the downward trend may be over.
"I think the Bank of Canada is still confident that exports will turn up and lead the economic expansion in the second half of the year," said Mr Guatieri.
The government is also hoping that negotiations with the European Union over a free trade deal will help increase exports.
A slowdown in the US economy also factored into Canada's second-quarter stumble. The US is Canada's largest trading partner and an uptick in US consumer spending should help lift exports.
The body of Alan Jeal was discovered on Perranporth beach on 25 February. He had multiple injuries and a pair of earphones stuffed in his mouth.
The show will feature a reconstruction of the body being found on Perranporth beach.
It also shows his last movements and bus journeys he took around Wadebridge, Truro, Newquay and Perranporth.
Det Ch Insp Dave Thorne, who features in the programme, said: "It has been five months since Alan's body was found and there are still many unanswered questions in this case.
"We are hoping that this latest appeal will bring us new leads to help us solve the mystery and bring closure to the family."
The programme also features interviews with Alan's brother Derek Jeal and some unseen family photographs of Alan as a younger man.
Officers have released new CCTV footage of Mr Jeal outside Bridge Tools in Wadebridge at about 16:45 GMT on 24 February. He was wearing a light-blue jacket, which has not been recovered.
Officers are also keen to trace a potential witness who was seen on CCTV at the bus stop in Truro's Lemon Quay at 18:19 GMT on 24 February.
Officers believe the man, with grey hair, wearing a long dark coat and fisherman's style hat, saw Mr Jeal while waiting for a bus.
Crimewatch, 21:00 BST BBC One 22 July 2014
Paul Tomlinson, 29, from Nottingham, filmed the attacks and discussed it on social media, in June 2014.
Tomlinson, of Melford Road, was jailed for 20 weeks and banned from keeping dogs for three years, at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
The RSPCA described Tomlinson's actions as "barbaric" and would not be tolerated in modern society.
Tomlinson was charged with two counts of wilfully killing or attempting to kill a badger, contrary to the Protection of Badgers Act, on 5 and 23 June 2014.
He was also accused of keeping three Lurcher dogs for use in connection with an animal fight, contrary to the Animal Welfare Act.
Magistrate Pam Draper told Tomlinson: "You kept and trained dogs for fighting, enabling them to kill the badgers.
"You videoed this happening and posted it on social media and the dogs sustained injuries."
After the sentencing Mike Butcher, RSPCA's chief inspector, said Tomlinson went out to "deliberately attack" animals.
"That can't be tolerated. In this day and age it's a barbaric way to pass your time - it's amazing how many people do this and how prevalent it is," Mr Butcher said.
"It was organised, it was thought about, so that should always contain a jail sentence."
Stirling Orchestra, which formed in 1983, is one of the five competitors in All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge.
The four-part BBC4 series aims to find the UK's top amateur orchestra.
Stirling made it to the final five after 250 orchestras initially entered the competition by submitting videos.
The orchestra, which has about 70 members, includes a horse riding coach, a social worker and a microbiologist.
It will face the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, North Devon Sinfonia, the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra and Birmingham-based People's Orchestra in the competition.
The winning orchestra will perform on stage at the BBC Proms in the Park, in Hyde Park.
Stirling Orchestra draws amateur musicians from across central Scotland and rehearses every week at the city's Wallace High School.
It performs two or three concerts a year in Stirling's Albert Halls.
Stephen Broad, the orchestra's conductor for the past 12 years, said: "I think that when an orchestra plays well together the whole experience of it becomes much more successful, both for the orchestra and the audience.
"We have a huge range of abilities in the orchestra but you can still achieve a really successful concert if you look for everyone to play together well."
There were only eight weeks between the orchestra's first rehearsal and the first knock-out round of the competition.
Cellist Gemma McAusland said: "I think you get the discipline of having to practice.
"When you're just sat at home and you've got nothing to aim for, nothing to practice for, you can very quickly become out of practice yourself.
"Coming to orchestra once a week forces you into that routine of having to get the instrument out of the case on a regular basis.
"That in turn improves your playing over a longer period of time and it's enjoyable as well."
The show will be presented by BBC Proms presenter Katie Derham.
The orchestras will be mentored by double-bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, and conductor Paul Daniel will judge the competitors.
The newspaper group revealed the sale price in a statement filed to the Hong Kong stock exchange. The deal was announced on Friday.
Besides the English-language newspaper, Alibaba will also own sister publications, websites, and magazines.
The acquisition has raised questions due to the close links Alibaba founder Jack Ma has with Beijing.
What do employees at SCMP think of the deal?
Alibaba has promised that the paper would have editorial independence, and said it could leverage on its technology expertise to develop the paper.
The newspaper group said it will gain about HK$1.4m from the sale, "a very substantial proportion" of which would be disbursed in a special cash dividend.
The paper was founded in 1903 but profits and sales have been hit in recent years by the same declines as newspapers in many countries.
The store on Glenesk Road in Langholm was broken into at about 02:35.
It follows similar incidents last month at a Co-op petrol station in Lockerbie and a supermarket in Moffat.
Police are gathering and studying CCTV footage in an effort to identify and apprehend the people responsible for the latest break-in.
Det Insp Scott Young said: "I would urge anyone who saw anybody acting suspiciously in the area to come forward to police as a matter of urgency.
"In particular I would like to trace two men who were seen in the Waverley Road area around 11.30pm on Wednesday evening.
"They were wearing dark coloured clothing and baseball caps."
Police are want information on two vehicles seen between 23:30 on Wednesday and 03:00 on Thursday.
One was a light coloured Transit-type van and the other was a small white hatchback car.
"The police investigation is continuing into similar incidents at the Co-op petrol station in Lockerbie and the Co-op in Moffat last month," added Det Insp Young.
"We believe that these previous incidents are linked to this break-in."
Fe wnaeth AS Arfon, Hywel Williams gyhoeddi nos Lun y bydd Shiromini Satkunarajah, 20, yn cael ei rhyddhau o ganolfan gadw Yarls Wood.
Roedd Mr Williams wedi codi'r mater yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin ddydd Llun.
Roedd Is-Ganghellor Prifysgol Bangor, yr Athro John Hughes, hefyd wedi galw ar y Swyddfa Gartref i ailystyried alltudio Ms Satkunarajah cyn iddi gwblhau ei hastudiaethau.
Cafodd Ms Satkunarajah, ei harestio ddydd Iau diwethaf ar ôl i'r awdurdodau wrthod ei chais am loches.
Mae dros 86,000 o bobl arwyddo deiseb i geisio ei hatal rhag cael ei hanfon yn ôl i'w mamwlad.
Ond dywedodd Mr Williams ar wefan Twitter nos Lun: "Falch o gyhoeddi heno fod fy etholwraig Shiromini Satkunarajah wedi ei rhyddhau ac ni fydd yn cael ei halltudio yfory. Diolch bawb am y gefnogaeth."
Yn gynharach, dywedodd Mr Williams ar lawr Tŷ'r Cyffredin: "Mae hi wedi dilyn y rheolau mewnfudo i'r llythyren, ond pan alwodd i orsaf heddlu Caernarfon yr wythnos ddiwethaf fe gafodd ei harestio, ei chadw yn y celloedd am dridiau a'i throsglwyddo i Yarls Wood.
"Rwyf wedi cysylltu â'r Gweinidog Mewnfudo sawl tro i ofyn iddo ddefnyddio doethineb yn yr achos yma, sydd â chefnogaeth eang gan gynnwys gan rai o aelodau'r Tŷ.
"Hyd yma nid yw wedi fy ateb. Mae hi i fod i adael yfory."
Cafodd Ms Satkunarajah, ei geni yn Sri Lanka ond mae wedi byw ym Mhrydain ers wyth mlynedd ac ar fin gorffen ei chwrs mewn peirianneg electroneg.
Cyn y datblygiadau diweddaraf, roedd disgwyl iddi adael Prydain fore Mawrth.
Daeth Miss Satkunarajah i Brydain yn 2009 fel rhywun oedd yn dibynnu ar ei thad oedd wedi dod yma gyda fisa.
Fe wnaeth ei thad farw yn 2011 ond fe gafodd hi a'i mam aros tra ei bod yn cwblhau ei haddysg yn yr ysgol ac yn dechrau ei chwrs yn y brifysgol.
Cafodd ceisiadau pellach i aros eu gwrthod ond roedd ganddi hawl i aros tra roedd hi'n apelio.
Dydd Iau cafodd wybod bod ei chais am loches wedi ei wrthod.
Yn ôl Iestyn Pierce, pennaeth adran beirianneg Electronig a Thrydanol Prifysgol Bangor mae'n fyfyrwraig "abl iawn a diwyd" fyddai yn debygol o gael gradd dosbarth cyntaf.
"Pe byddai yn cael graddio byddai yn aelod gwerthfawr o'r gweithlu mewn pwnc lle mae prinder byd eang."
Spaniard Clotet, who replaced Michael Appleton in July, saw his new team seal victory with goals from Wes Thomas and Josh Ruffels.
The Latics could have gone in front when Aaron Amadi-Holloway set up Craig Davies, but the striker's first-time shot was saved by visiting goalkeeper Simon Eastwood.
Instead it was Oxford who led after 39 minutes as Jack Payne played a through-ball and, with Oldham appealing in vain for offside, Thomas raced clear and slotted home.
Ryan Ledson went close to adding a quickfire second for the away side, with his 20-yard drive forcing a save from Ben Wilson.
Oxford, who narrowly missed out on last season's play-offs, again showed their attacking threat with a superb move which ended when Payne was smartly denied by Wilson.
Oldham squandered a good chance when Tope Obadeyi slashed off target, but the visitors doubled the lead on 71 minutes as Ruffels collected Payne's pass and fired home from 12 yards.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic).
Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Payne (Oxford United).
Attempt saved. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Christian Ribeiro.
Mike Williamson (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mike Williamson (Oxford United).
Attempt blocked. Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Courtney Duffus replaces Craig Davies.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ryan Flynn replaces Oliver Banks.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Mike Williamson.
Goal! Oldham Athletic 0, Oxford United 2. Josh Ruffels (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Payne.
Substitution, Oxford United. Canice Carroll replaces Joe Rothwell.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Attempt missed. Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Joe Rothwell (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Rothwell (Oxford United).
Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonathan Obika (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oxford United. Jonathan Obika replaces Wes Thomas.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Marvin Johnson.
Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Ryan Ledson.
Foul by Marvin Johnson (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Tope Obadeyi replaces Paul Green.
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ryan Ledson (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Peers voted by a majority of 92 to amend the Welfare Reform and Work Bill to make ministers report annually on income levels in the poorest families.
The move was spearheaded by the Bishop of Durham, Rt Rev Paul Butler, who argued income-related statistics must be recorded so they could be assessed with other measurements of deprivation.
Ministers say life chances are a better measure of economic outcomes.
The defeat could be overturned when the bill returns to the Commons later this year.
If it is not, ministers will be obliged to present a report to Parliament each year setting out the percentage of children in households whose net income is 60% to 70% below the median average.
The government's decision to change how child poverty is measured, to focus on the root causes of poverty rather than income disparities, has angered opposition parties and anti-poverty campaigners
But ministers insist that income benchmarks put in place by the last Labour government painted a false picture and meant that inter-generational factors holding families back, such as unemployment and low educational attainment, were ignored.
Bishop Butler said he conceded income levels should not be the only measure of levels of relative poverty but were still highly significant.
"It is also possible to understate the importance of income, or the lack of it, especially among those of us who have plenty," he said.
"There is also a wealth of academic evidence pointing to the damaging effect income poverty has on children's wellbeing, including their health, education and future employment prospects."
While he was not seeking to reinstate an income-based definition of child poverty, the bishop said his proposal would ensure income was measured and reported on an equal basis to other social indicators.
Ministers insist the move is not needed as income-related statistics would still be collated.
Welfare minister Lord Freud said, on their own, income figures were at best a "partial reflection" of an individual's economic wellbeing, and did not take into account levels of debt and savings, employment histories and increased school spending in areas of the highest deprivation.
During Monday's report stage debate on the Welfare Bill, ministers also announced that the government would be exempting recipients of carer's allowance from the overall household benefit cap, which is set to fall to a maximum of £20,000 outside London and £23,00 in the capital.
Lord Freud said the government valued the contribution carers made to society and was taking further steps to support them.
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Bashir Naderi, 19, had his deportation stopped by a judge just hours before he was due to board the plane last month.
He has lived in Wales for nine years after his mother paid traffickers to bring him to the UK.
Mr Naderi said: "I just want to live a normal life, like a normal person".
His father was a policeman when Taliban fighters had control of the country, murdering him close to the family home.
Mr Naderi had been sent out to bring lunch to his father when he witnessed him being shot dead.
"I was nine years old. No one can forget something like that," he said.
"It happened right in front of me. If someone is being murdered right in front of you, you don't forget it."
After the death, his mother sold the family plot of land so her son could be smuggled out of the country and brought to the UK.
He told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad show he did not know if his mother was alive or dead.
Mr Naderi said he had no other family back in Afghanistan and feared for his own safety if he was forced to return.
"I would have nowhere to go, I don't speak the language - I belong here," he said.
"I just want to stay in this country. This is my home town where I belong with my family.
He was arrested in October after reporting for a monthly sign-in at the Home Office and taken to a detention centre in Oxfordshire to await deportation.
He was given an initial 14-day reprieve just hours before he was due to be forced on to a plane, after a judge ordered his release.
More than 14,000 people have signed a petition organised by his girlfriend demanding he is allowed to remain in Wales, backed by celebrities including the singers Cerys Matthews and Charlotte Church.
His case has also won cross-party support from AMs and backing by MPs.
"If they knew Bash like the rest of us, there could be no way they could send him back," said his partner, Nicole Cooper.
"He wouldn't fit in - he would stand out, especially with the Cardiff accent he has. It's traumatising - it's not fair."
Mr Naderi, who has been studying decorating at Cardiff and Vale College, said he had been overwhelmed by the support he has had.
He still has to report to the Home office every week while his case is being reviewed.
"Every time I go in I am scared, I am frightened I am not going to come out again," added Mr Naderi.
The Home Office said it did not comment on individual cases.
Lady Macbeth, which is released in the UK this week, sees the 21-year-old from Oxfordshire in her first lead role.
The film has been getting five star reviews, with The Telegraph calling it "a lusty, jaw-droppingly amoral bodice-ripper".
The Guardian described it as "a daring journey into the darkest corners of the world of bonnets and bows".
Pugh plays Katherine, a teenage bride in 19th-Century rural England, stifled by her marriage to a man twice her age.
The film is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
It's also the debut feature of theatre director William Oldroyd. Pugh signed up as soon as she had read the screenplay by playwright Alice Birch - despite it coming at the same time as another script.
"As actors we don't have jobs for 90% of the year, and then suddenly you get two offers at the same time," she said. "I remember my agent calling me about Lady Macbeth and saying you just need to read the script - so I did and I knew I didn't have to read the other one!"
Pugh's role sees her transform from innocent bride to calculating killer after she begins an affair with a farmhand (Cosmo Jarvis) on her husband's estate.
"I think the wonderful thing about Katherine is that she is such a child," said Pugh. "She doesn't understand consequences and she doesn't understand much about what she's doing until it's too late."
The drama was shot "on a miniscule budget" in 24 days on location in Lambton Castle near Chester-le-Street in County Durham.
"It was made on very little and that's rare for a period film," said Pugh, who honed her on-screen accent by chatting to the locals during the two weeks of rehearsals.
"The accent was a bit of a fear of mine at the beginning," she admitted. "It's not Geordie and it's not Newcastle, it's Northumberland - we worked really hard on that beforehand."
Pugh, who's been acting and singing since the age of seven, made her film debut opposite Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams in Carol Morley's The Falling, about a mysterious fainting epidemic at an all-girls school in 1969. It was shot in Oxford where Pugh was born and went to school.
Her role as the rebellious Abbie saw her nominated for the best newcomer award at the BFI London Film Festival.
"The Falling was a big, flashy bizarre experience," she said. "I kept on saying at the time it was a fluke because I did the audition and I didn't think anything would come of it.
"Now I've gone from working with Maisie to doing a lead role. Lady Macbeth is a great opportunity for me to prove that maybe the outcome of The Falling was not necessarily a fluke."
In 2015 Pugh made a US TV pilot, Studio City, in California and she was seen on ITV last year in the detective drama Marcella, starring Anna Friel.
Lady Macbeth had its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, but Pugh was unable to attend as she was shooting Liam Neeson thriller The Commuter, about a businessman who gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy on his way home from work.
Fellow cast members include Vera Farmiga, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill and Patrick Wilson.
"It's a proper full-on action film with lots of jumping and running," Pugh explained.
"I play this hipster/punk/goth. She's got lots of tattoos and piercings and pink hair. She's pretty cool actually.
"And completely different to Lady Macbeth."
Pugh has since played the lead role in another film, Fighting with My Family, written and directed by Stephen Merchant, about a family of professional wrestlers.
An earlier version of this interview was published in September 2016.
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Mr Obama was criticised by pro-Brexit campaigners after he warned of the consequences of the UK leaving the EU.
UKIP's Nigel Farage said Mr Obama was "talking down Britain", while Tory Liam Fox said his views were "irrelevant".
Mr Obama, on a three-day UK visit, will meet Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn later.
His intervention came on his first full day in the UK and comes just weeks ahead of the 23 June in-out referendum.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron, Mr Obama said the US "wants Britain's influence to grow - including within Europe".
"The UK is at its best when it's helping to lead a strong European Union. It leverages UK power to be part of the EU.
"I don't think the EU moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it."
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Mr Obama's message on trade was "very blunt" and "really upped the ante" in the referendum debate.
Leave campaigners responded angrily, with Mr Farage accusing the US president of doing Mr Cameron's "bidding" and talking down Britain. "I think that's shameful," he added.
Mr Fox said Mr Obama would be leaving the White House soon, and therefore his comments were "largely irrelevant".
He told BBC's Newsnight: "We heard 'you are our best friend, we have a special relationship, and you will get a punishment beating if you leave the EU'.
"This is very much the Downing Street refrain."
Conservative MP Dominic Raab labelled Mr Obama a "lame-duck American president doing an old British friend a political favour".
Downing Street rejected suggestions that lines had been fed to Mr Obama, saying the US president spoke for himself.
Meanwhile, another prominent Leave campaigner - former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith - has tried to move the referendum debate on to immigration.
In an article in the Daily Mail, he says the introduction of a national living wage - a move he supported while in government - will "surely lead to another stampede to our borders".
He adds: "To make the Living Wage work for British people, we need to be able to control the number of people coming in."
Mr and Mrs Obama will spend the second full day of their visit in London on Saturday.
The US president will meet Labour leader Mr Corbyn and visit the Globe Theatre as part of the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
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Peter Roberts, 46, shot Daphne Masterson in the head then stopped her getting help for about 36 hours.
Truro Crown Court heard the pellet was lodged in Ms Masterson's skull, resulting in a serious brain injury.
Roberts, from Millendreath, near Looe in Cornwall, was jailed for one count of wounding, two counts of possessing firearms and one of affray.
The court heard Roberts shot his lover in the early hours of 28 September 2014, but Ms Masterson did not call 999 until the morning of 29 September.
Paramedics arrived at her home in Millendreath and found her with a wound to her right temple and a bloody towel on her shoulder.
Judge Simon Carr said: "It must have been obvious she required medical attention, but you seemed to have attempted to cover it up."
Roberts threw a rifle off nearby cliffs on the morning of 28 September, the court was told.
He was banned from holding firearms due to previous convictions for violence, but police discovered he had bought a .177 air rifle in Liskeard and a .22 air rifle from a neighbour.
Medical experts found the main part of the pellet had gone Ms Masterson's brain.
Her daughter said in a victim impact statement that her mother struggled with everyday tasks and regularly burst into tears as a result of the shooting.
Ramsay Quaife, in mitigation, said Roberts was "a hardworking, decent man".
He was sentenced to 30 months for wounding, 15 months consecutive for two counts of possession of firearms and a further 15 months for a separate charge of affray.
They argue that there should be greater public acceptance of same-sex relationships.
Some 133 Tory MPs voted against plans to allow same sex marriage earlier.
Fifteen Labour MPs, four Lib Dems, eight Democratic Unionist and an independent were also against the move.
The rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 as a symbol of gay and lesbian community pride.
It first flew from government buildings during Pride 2012.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "Flying the rainbow flag is a great symbol of pride - and what better place than Whitehall, the centre of government, to demonstrate that.
"I was proud to raise the flag for the first time last year, and hope to see more departments following suit this year."
Pride week, which will run from the 23-30 June, will this year have a theme of "love (and marriage)", in recognition of the equal marriage law which the government is pushing through Parliament.
Several Conservative MPs spoke out against the equal marriage law, but it passed the Commons with the help of Labour and Lib Dem votes.
Francis Maude has previously written that his brother, who was gay and died from AIDS in 1993, would have experienced a much better life if "there been greater acceptance of publicly acknowledged stable same-sex relationships".
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We are proud to fly the flag and look forward to a time when same sex couples can get married."
The lead changed hands four times in the first 20 minutes after Ciaran Hearn ran in for Irish inside a minute.
Seb Stegmann touched down for Carnegie before Brendan McKibbin's converted try gave Irish the lead only for Mike Mayhew to put the visitors back on top.
Fergus Mulchrone put the Exiles in front before they ran in three second-half tries to seal a top-flight return.
The hosts went into the game leading by 11 points from the first leg of the Championship final and aside from an early scare they never looked like relinquishing their advantage.
Alex Lewington crossed straight after the restart, McKibbin touched down for his second and Lewington got his second after a misplaced pass from Carnegie as Irish built up a big lead.
The visitors then scored four second-half tries of their own with Ben Wes, a penalty try, Sione Faletau and Stegmann keeping the score on the night reasonable but Tommy Bell's boot meant a comeback was never on the cards.
Irish's Ben Franks and Carnegie's Charlie Beech were sent off for punching late on.
The game was Bryan Redpath's last in charge of Yorkshire Carnegie as the former Scotland international is leaving the club to take up a job outside of the sport.
Irish's return to the Premiership comes at the first attempt and just over a year after their relegation from the top-flight under former head coach Tom Coventry.
New Zealander Coventry departed soon after following a season in charge and was replaced by former Irish second row Nick Kennedy as director of rugby.
With coaching assistance from fellow ex-players Declan Danaher, George Skivington and Paul Hodgson, Kennedy swiftly guided Irish to the Championship summit as they lost just once in the regular season.
South African Brendan Venter, also a former Irish player, helped oversee the coaching transition in his role as technical director in between working with Italy and more recently South Africa as defence coach.
Following promotion, London Irish will hope they can fare better than Bristol, whose own return to the Premiership lasted just one season.
With just more than three months before the Premiership resumes, the race will be on for Irish to recruit new players and secure existing ones on new contracts.
But, with a squad already containing more than a dozen internationals and highly-rated teenage winger Joe Cokanasiga, selected in England's squad to tour Argentina next month, the foundations are there.
Off-the-field, the club will also need to appoint a new chief executive to succeed club stalwart Bob Casey, who returns to the Republic of Ireland with his family this summer.
London Irish: Bell, Lewington, Hearn, Mulchrone, Ojo, Marshall, McKibbin, Hobbs-Awoyemi, Paice, Franks, De Chaves, Sinclair, Coman, Cowan, Treviranus.
Replacements: Porecki, Court, Hoskins, Robson, Narraway, Steele, Tonks.
Yorkshire Carnegie: Elder, Holmes, Lucock, Casson, Stegmann, Ford, Davies, Beech, M. Mayhew, Cusack, Smith, Myerscough, Stedman, R. Mayhew, Burrows.
Replacements: Graham, Boyce, Faletau, West, Beck, Green, Wright.
McDermott first met Pardew, who was then in charge of Reading, watching a reserve fixture at Brentford's Griffin Park in 1999.
Pardew later approached McDermott to join Reading as the club's chief scout and under-17 manager in 2000, a few days after McDermott lost his job as manager of non-league outfit Woking.
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McDermott would spend three years working under Pardew, who guided the Royals back into the second tier before leaving to join West Ham.
"If it wasn't for Alan, I probably wouldn't be here," McDermott told BBC South Today.
"It was just a chance meeting. We had a good chat at the game and then I worked with him for three years.
"He started something at Reading that was very, very special. He put a team together that Steve Coppell carried on and he's been part of a history that's seen an awful lot of success.
"It was quite strange at the time but I got that phone call. I am glad I was there that day - it was meant to be. I'll always be grateful to him for bringing me here."
After spells in charge of the reserve and youth teams and a period as caretaker manager, McDermott was appointed Reading boss in January 2010.
"I have done nearly every job at this club," said the 54-year-old, who returned to the club in December after 13 months at Leeds United.
McDermott and Pardew are good friends but there will be no room for sympathy when their two teams meet on Friday.
Championship club Reading are unbeaten at home in 2016, while Palace are on an awful Premier League run - their three wins since the start of January have all come in the FA Cup.
McDermott was at Selhurst Park to watch Palace lose to Liverpool on Sunday, courtesy of a late Christian Benteke penalty.
He continued: "They were very unfortunate not to win the game, they played well, they have good threats and it was not so long ago they were winning every week.
"They will be hurting after that result but we have to take care of ourselves, we have to make sure that we perform.
"This is a Premier League side coming to a Championship club."
Reading hold fond memories of the FA Cup, having reached the semi-finals under Steve Clarke last season, and they have already recorded one scalp over Premier League opposition this term, beating West Bromwich Albion 3-1 at home in the fifth round.
McDermott himself has enjoyed plenty of cup success with the Royals, leading them to consecutive FA Cup quarter-finals in 2010 and 2011.
"It would be fantastic to be able to walk out at Wembley," he said. "It means an awful lot to the fans, players and to the owners. We want to put on a really good performance."
When asked for a poignant memory in the competition, McDermott is quick to answer.
"It's 2-1 at Anfield," he says, recalling the extra-time victory over Liverpool in an FA Cup third-round replay in 2010, while in caretaker charge of the club.
"Brynjar Gunnarsson nutmegging one of the Liverpool players, crossing the best ball I have ever seen into the box and then Shane Long heading the best header I have ever seen into the back of the net and us winning. That stands out."
The ex-Black Cats player, 54, returned as a coach in 2013 before first-team roles under Dick Advocaat, Sam Allardyce and David Moyes.
The club are managerless after Moyes' departure following relegation.
On Friday, Sunderland said their search for a new boss would be put on hold while negotiations with potential new owners were ongoing.
Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes was offered the role but rejected the opportunity in favour of staying at Pittodrie.
The agreement was signed in Congo-Brazzaville between mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia.
The BBC's Andrew Harding says despite the deal fighting has continued in the volatile central town of Bambari.
Almost a quarter of the 4.6 million population have fled their homes.
Muslims have been forced to flee the capital city and most of the west of the country, in what rights groups described as ethnic cleansing.
Both sides have been accused of war crimes such as torture and unlawful killing.
The ceasefire agreement did not last long in Bambari. Two ex-Seleka soldiers were shot, and one killed, in a roadside ambush in town on Thursday morning, by suspected anti-Balaka fighters.
Even before the incident, the ceasefire had been dismissed as worthless by Muslim civilians and fighters in a town at the centre of a new surge of violence.
Dido Ibrahim Mahamad, a local captain in the ex-Seleka alliance, told the BBC that the only way to resolve the conflict in CAR was to partition the entire country, dividing it between Muslims and Christians.
In the dilapidated but still thriving Muslim neighbourhood of Bambari, shopkeepers said they had no confidence in the French peacekeepers, accusing them of bias towards Christians. A man called Moussa described the ceasefire as "worthless."
French troops - who first arrived here in January - continue to patrol the town. Christian civilians have abandoned their neighbourhoods and are living in three crowded camps on the outskirts - thousands of families sheltering from the ferocious seasonal rains in makeshift straw huts. Some said they welcomed the ceasefire and the promise of elections next year but were doubtful about the prospects of reconciliation in Bambari.
Andrew Harding: CAR's road to anarchy
The negotiations began in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville on Monday.
"We have signed this ceasefire agreement today in front of everyone. Our commitment is firm and irreversible" said Mohamed Moussa Dhaffane, who headed the Seleka delegation.
Patrick Edouard Ngaissona, head of the anti-Balaka negotiating team, said anyone caught violating the ceasefire would be arrested.
The president of Congo-Brazzaville and mediator of the talks, Denis Sassou Nguesso, said the talks were a success.
"The longest journey begins with the first step... Brazzaville is the first step," he said after the agreement was signed.
The Seleka rebels dropped their demand for CAR to be divided into a Muslim north and a Christian south.
Further talks are due to be held in CAR to decide details such as disarmament and the country's political transition.
The latest violence in CAR began when mainly Muslim rebels seized power in March last year.
Source: Index Mundi
The majority Christian state then descended into ethno-religious warfare.
The presence of some 7,000 international peacekeepers has also failed to put an end to the violence and revenge attacks.
Earlier this month Amnesty international named at least 20 people it says are suspected of ordering or committing atrocities and suggests they should be tried under international law by a hybrid court using national and international experts.
The theft from the Stahnsdorf cemetery outside Berlin is thought to have taken place between 4 and 12 July.
It is not known whether the grave, which sits beside those of Murnau's two brothers, was targeted specifically.
Born in 1888 in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau died in a car accident in California in 1931.
His best-known film remains 1922's Nosferatu, an unauthorised adaptation of the Dracula story starring Max Shreck as the vampire Count Orlok.
Murnau moved to Hollywood in 1926, where he directed the Oscar-winning silent drama Sunrise among other films.
The making of Nosferatu was dramatised in 2000's Shadow of the Vampire, in which Murnau was played by John Malkovich and Shreck by Willem Dafoe.
Police have called for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious at the cemetery in recent weeks to come forward with information.
Viktors Arustamovs was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court for the unlawful killing of his mother Lija Arustamovs.
The 52-year-old was killed in their home on Main Street, Portavogie, on 12 December 2015.
The judge said Arustamovs suffered from an "untreated psychotic illness" at the time of the killing.
The court heard that the defendant strangled his mother as she lay in bed.
It also heard that Arustamovs took a break from strangling her but resumed when he heard a voice in his head telling him: "If you start, you have to finish."
The court heard that after listening to classical music and smoking cigarettes for about an hour, Arustamovs called 999 and told emergency services: "I think I killed my mum... she just stopped breathing."
The judge accepted the killing was not pre-meditated, that the defendant himself alerted the authorities and that he had expressed remorse.
It was also accepted that the defendant was suffering from a psychotic episode that "in all likelihood" was precipitated by drug use.
At an earlier hearing, the court was told Arustamovs came to Northern Ireland in 2011 from Latvia, and had worked on the fishing boats in Portavogie until 2015, when his psychotic problems started to manifest.
Just prior to his mother's death, Arustamovs had been living rough in Dublin and Belfast before returning to the County Down village.
Prosecutors said paramedics were first on the scene after Arustamovs made his 999 call at about 01:16 GMT.
Ms Arustamovs was found lying in bed with blood on both sides of her head. A post mortem examination indicated she had been manually strangled.
When police arrived, the court heard that Arustamovs told them he had strangled his mother and made a gesture suggesting such with his hands. He also spoke about his mental health.
After being arrested, the defendant made a full admission that he had killed his mother.
When asked if he and his mother argued, he said "all the time".
He also said that while he did take drugs, he did not have any on the evening in question as he had no money.
Arustamovs told police: "I took her by the throat and my heart starting beating so so fast I thought it was going to jump out of my chest."
Despite the confession, Arustamovs told police he did not mean to kill his mother and, at one stage, said: "I don't know what came over me... I couldn't even kill a cockroach."
He told police that when he had finished, he covered his mother with a blanket, placed her hands on her chest and said "forgive me".
He then put on classical music, took four Tempazepam and packed a bag before calling 999.
Prosecutors said Arustamovs was a long-term substance abuser who had a history of "serious mental illness" and had experienced neglect and abuse in his childhood.
Arustamovs defence lawyers said the situation was "tragic" and that: "From a very early age this young man was the subject of an extremely chaotic lifestyle."
The Right Reverend Michael Perham died aged 69 last month after a battle with cancer.
He was appointed in 2004 and retired in November 2014.
People travelled from as far away as America and Sweden to attend the service at Gloucester Cathedral, which was presided over by current bishop the Right Reverend Rachel Treweek.
In 2015 Bishop Perham was cleared by both the Church of England and police of two allegations of historical sexual abuse.
Analysis - Richard Atkins, Faith and Ethics Producer, BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Bishop Perham served as a priest in the Church of England for more than 40 years before becoming Bishop of Gloucester in 2004.
During his time in the role, he was a member of the House of Lords, and served on the working party reviewing the Church of England's teaching on human sexuality.
Above all he was a strong advocate of the role of women in the church as priests and bishops.
In February 2014, Michael announced he would be retiring that November as bishop. But in the August, he stepped back from his ministry while allegations of sexual abuse in the 1980s were investigated.
He admitted to me in a interview that these totally unfounded allegations hit him hard and undermined his confidence.
Bishop Perham was a kind, thoughtful and intelligent man who also enjoyed the cut and thrust of interviews on the radio.
He was always very happy to pop along to BBC Radio Gloucestershire no matter what the time of day.
It was a privilege to have known and worked with him.
At a news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping, India's PM Narendra Modi said "peace on the border" was important for progress.
Talks came as India accused China of fresh territorial incursions in Ladakh.
China is one of India's top trading partners but they vie for regional influence and dispute their border.
Mr Modi and Mr Xi made separate statements at the end of their talks in Delhi on Thursday.
Under the investment plans, China pledged to:
Both sides also focussed on increasing co-operation in trade, space exploration and civil nuclear energy.
Mr Modi called for an early settlement on the disputed common border between the two countries and said the "true potential of our relations" would be realised when there was "peace in our relations and in the borders".
There have been reports in the Indian media of Chinese troops trying to construct a temporary road into Indian territory across the Line of Actual Control (the de facto boundary) in the disputed Ladakh region over the past week.
Mr Xi said he was committed to working with India to maintain "peace and tranquillity" on the border.
"China-India border issue is a problem which has troubled both sides for long... As the area is yet to be demarcated, there may be some incidents," he said.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said: "After timely, effective communication, the relevant situation has already been appropriately bought under control. Border issues are leftover issues from history."
The face-off between Chinese and Indian troops along their disputed border is being widely reported in India, with some suggesting that it could derail talks between the two countries. That is highly unlikely.
The border dispute is an old one, dating back to 1914 when Britain, India's former colonial power, signed an agreement with Tibet making the McMahon Line the de-facto border between the two countries. China has always rejected this.
Both sides also claim each other's territory - India, the Aksai Chin region of Kashmir and China refuses to recognise Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh as part of India.
There have been several incursions of Chinese troops across the border in these areas which have been highlighted by the Indian media. Diplomats from both sides, however, play down these transgressions. The simple fact is that there are differing perceptions on where the border lies - what India believes is Chinese troops crossing into their territory is seen by Beijing as the exact reverse: Indian troops occupying Chinese land.
It is extremely unlikely that these confrontations will lead to an outright conflict or even sour ties between the two countries. But they do reflect the suspicion and distrust that exist on both sides of the border.
Mr Xi began his visit in Gujarat, the home-state of Mr Modi, on Wednesday, before heading to Delhi.
On Wednesday, the two sides signed several agreements, including one to set up a Chinese-backed industrial park in Gujarat.
Indian and Chinese companies have also signed preliminary deals worth more than $3bn (£1.8bn) in aircraft leasing and telecoms, among other sectors.
Despite the continuing tensions, trade between India and China has risen to almost $70bn (£43bn) a year, although India's trade deficit with China has climbed to more than $40bn from $1bn in 2001-2002.
First Minister Carwyn Jones had previously criticised plans to use the tax to pay for extra doctors.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt told the Senedd a tax could "add to the armoury of initiatives" to tackle obesity but "there are practical difficulties" which need investigating.
On Wednesday, AMs voted by 38 to 10 in favour of the motion.
It proposed to bring forward plans to use new taxation powers under the Wales Act 2014 to allow the next Welsh government to introduce a levy on sugary drinks.
Plaid research has suggested a 20% tax on sugary drinks could cut the number of obese people in Wales by 8,300 and those overweight by 13,300.
Elin Jones, Plaid's shadow health minister, said: "Excess sugar consumption is one of the biggest risks to public health and unless we take action the threat will continue to grow.
"I'm pleased that the Welsh government has today U-turned and supported our proposals."
However, the Welsh government said the vote did not represent an about-face, because it had never opposed a sugary drink tax in principle - only Plaid's mooted earmarking of the proceeds.
During a previous debate, the first minister said it was "not sensible" to pay for extra doctors "by ensuring people drink more pop".
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The 53-year-old had just locked up HQ Prime Meats, in Smethwick, in the West Midlands, when the men appeared and beat him in the street.
They tried to make him reopen the premises before taking some jewellery from him and escaping in an Audi A3.
The victim suffered a badly broken leg which required emergency surgery, West Midlands Police said.
He remains in a severe but stable condition in hospital following the attack in Fawdry Street on 8 January.
The suspects fled towards Cranford Way, the spokesman added.
Anyone with information is urged to call police.
Ahead of their child obesity strategy, ministers asked Public Health England to review the evidence on how to reduce sugar consumption.
But PHE has come under criticism for not releasing the findings of its report.
And the body has now confirmed a sugar tax is one of its recommendations.
The acknowledgement came after PHE director of diet and obesity Dr Alison Tedstone appeared before MPs on Tuesday saying the organisation "does see a role for a fiscal approach" and the higher the tax increase "the greater the effect".
Afterwards, sources at PHE confirmed the report specifically called for him to consider a sugar tax, adding this was not the most important of its recommendations.
In her evidence to the Health Select Committee Dr Tedstone said action was also needed on promotions and advertising, citing:
The food industry must also be pressured to cut the amount of sugar in its products in the same way it had done with salt, Dr Tedstone said.
But she added: "PHE does see there is a role for a fiscal approach in reducing sugary drink consumption.
"The higher the tax increase the greater the effect," she said, pointing out that in Mexico a fizzy drinks tax had led to a 6% fall in consumption, with the biggest impact on the poorest people.
"The point of the tax is to nudge people away from purchasing these things towards purchasing things that are more consistent with a healthy balanced diet," she said.
However, Dr Tedstone also said that her review had concluded tax was only the fourth most effective way to fight obesity.
"We think there could be bigger impacts from getting a handle on promotions, and of getting a handle on the deep, consistent advertising our children are exposed to on unhealthy foods," she said.
About 40% of food sold in England was discounted and these deals were "heavily weighted" towards sweet and fatty products, Dr Tedstone's research found.
She said these promotions did not cut costs for consumers but simply "lead to us buying more food".
She added: "PHE are advising that promotions need to be restricted and rebalanced if we want to reduce sugar consumption."
Her appearance before MPs followed that of her boss, Duncan Selbie, on Monday, who had to defend the non-release of the report in a tense session.
He said there was "no conspiracy" and it would be released alongside the government's child obesity strategy in January.
The view within PHE is that as the review was commissioned by ministers, it is up to them to release it.
The Department of Health said it would be considering the PHE recommendations as it drew up its strategy.
Gary Fraser scored in between doubles from Kris Doolan and Robbie Muirhead, with Kilmarnock's goals from Josh Magennis and Mark Connolly not enough.
"Today it was a chance to get above them that's all we're looking to do," Archibald told BBC Scotland.
"Same as last week, the chance to get out of the bottom two and we did it."
And Archibald said the victory at Rugby Park was the best performance from the Jags this season.
"The second-half certainly," he said. "I think we were unplayable for a spell.
"We created some great chances and scored some very, very good goals. Absolutely delighted with it.
"Our ambitions today were a massive incentive for us."
Partick Thistle are now looking up the table but Archibald says hopes of a top-six finish remain some way off.
"Not at the moment, it's far too early for that," he explained.
"Seven or eight games ago we were relegation candidates - nearly favourites probably - so, no, it's been a good turnaround but there's a lot of hard work to be done."
In contrast, Kilmarnock manager Gary Locke was furious with what he called an "embarrassing" display, especially after a creditable 0-0 draw at Celtic Park last weekend.
"[I am] very angry," said Locke. "They got a bit of credit last week about how they went about the game and then you've got to take that on to this week.
"From minute one to minute 90 we were all over the place at times.
"It was virtually the same team [that played at Celtic Park], we worked on the same things. Credit to Partick, they created good opportunities but we simply never did our job.
"Too many players were out there and didn't do what was required. We need to make sure we respond because that performance was embarrassing at times."
Herbert Henry Asquith was born at Croft House in Morley, Leeds in 1852, the son of a cloth merchant.
The Grade II-listed house is on the market for £435,000.
The house's front door, which replicates 10 Downing Street's entrance, can only be opened from the inside.
Asquith became Liberal Prime Minister in 1908, until December 1916 when he resigned amid political unrest and was succeeded by his war secretary David Lloyd George.
Paul Cooke of estate agents Manning Stainton said the current owner is selling the building on on Church Street because she is downsizing but is "passionate about the house's political history."
James Anderson took three wickets and Monty Panesar two to restrict the home side to 273-7.
England were outstanding in reducing India to 273-7. They bowled tightly on a pitch that was giving them nothing, building pressure and relying on Indian mistakes, of which there were plenty.
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Gautam Gambhir made 60 before Sachin Tendulkar led the India fightback with a battling 76.
But Anderson had Tendulkar caught behind and bowled Ravichandran Ashwin late on to put England on top.
A day that had echoes of the opening of the second Test - India reached 266-6 after winning the toss in Mumbai on the way to a 10-wicket defeat - might have been even better for England had Steven Finn not fumbled a chance to run out Ashwin.
But that was one of the few mistakes by the tourists, who were rewarded for patient, skilful bowling and sharp fielding.
By contrast, India were often masters of their own downfall, with the comical run-out of Virender Sehwag setting the tone for the soft dismissals that followed.
As a result, the hosts' chances of making best use of a benign pitch showing no great pace look to rest on the shoulders of Dhoni, a skipper under pressure after the thrashing in Mumbai and the pre-match controversy surrounding the pitch at Eden Gardens.
James Anderson has now dismissed Sachin Tendulkar eight times in Tests to equal Muttiah Muralitharan as the most successful bowler against the Little Master.
Dhoni would have faced further criticism had his first-ball swipe at Graeme Swann not bounced just in front of Samit Patel at mid-wicket but, after that, he showed the same determined application of Tendulkar before him to move to 22 not out.
Tendulkar had made only 29 runs in the first two matches of the series and again looked scratchy in the early part of his innings, regularly playing and missing as Anderson and Finn - recalled to the side after injury in place of Stuart Broad - found some reverse swing.
With Panesar also tying the veteran down, he was restricted almost exclusively to nudges behind square on both sides of the wicket, but a fifth-wicket partnership of 79 with Yuvraj Singh looked to be tipping the balance towards India.
Tendulkar hit his first two balls after tea for four to move to a half-century and, with Yuvraj planting Panesar for a straight six, India seemed intent on attacking in the final session.
Even after Yuvraj tamely offered a simple catch to Alastair Cook at short extra cover off Swann, Tendulkar was looking more fluent as he moved towards what would have been a first Test hundred since January 2011.
"In the last five matches here India have won four of them and have made at least 400 in their first innings every time. Everyone has been telling me what a good pitch it is but India didn't make use of winning the toss. They weren't allowed to by the England bowlers who formed an excellent unit. Anderson and Panesar in particular were excellent, but several of the Indian batsmen are not in good form."
But, from the first ball after drinks, the impressive Anderson got a deserved second wicket as Tendulkar nibbled at an away-swinger, with wicketkeeper Matt Prior taking a diving, one-handed catch.
If Tendulkar was got out, almost all that went before him aided the tourists, with Gambhir, who rarely looked comfortable, culpable not once, but twice.
The left-hander inexplicably turned down an easy three to leave Sehwag stranded by Finn's throw and, after Cheteshwar Pujara was bowled playing back to Panesar, Gambhir flashed a cut at the same bowler and was well held at slip by Jonathan Trott.
Virat Kohli's poor form continued as he guided Anderson to Swann at second slip, at which point England were in the ascendancy.
Despite the resilience of Tendulkar and Dhoni, Anderson returned in the penultimate over of the day to remove Ashwin's middle stump, leaving England three wickets to mop up on day two with a new ball that is only four overs old.
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We are using archive pictures for this Test because several photo agencies, including Getty Images, have been barred from the ground following a dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, while other agencies have withdrawn their photographers in protest.
She left her previous post, as the acting chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in June 2016.
Now she will now hold the post of head of corporate, public and regulatory affairs for the bank.
Standard Chartered has its headquarters in London but has most of its operations in China, the rest of Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
The company has seen an almost complete revamp of its top management after some poor results in the past few years.
In 2014 it had to bolster its finances by raising more than $3bn from its investors.
Then in 2015 the bank slumped to a pre-tax loss of $1.5bn and slashed its dividend to shareholders.
It had to write off nearly $4bn in bad loans and spent $1.8bn on a big reorganisation of its businesses, leading to nearly 7,000 redundancies.
Bill Winters, the chief executive of Standard Chartered, said Ms McDermott would be a "great addition" to his management team.
"Tracey has played a critical role in shaping and changing behaviours in the UK financial sector," he said.
"Her strong leadership skills, together with a combined experience of bank supervision, regulation and policy development is outstanding, and she will play a critical role in further enhancing our relationships with regulators and policy makers."
Ms McDermott took over the top job at the FCA, temporarily, in September 2015 after the regulator's chief executive, Martin Wheatley, was eased out by the then chancellor George Osborne.
She soon made it clear that she would not be in the running to take the job permanently and left the FCA in June last year after a 15-year career there.
But during her time in the top job she had to defend the FCA against accusations that it was "going soft" on bank misdemeanours, after it dropped a proposed investigation into whether the culture, pay and behaviour of banking staff had contributed to numerous scandals in the banking industry.
Colin Ingram still tops the Professional Cricketers' Association rankings, with fast bowler Marchant de Lange third.
Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens is set for his 300th limited-overs appearance.
England wicket-keeper Sam Billings and ex-Glamorgan seamer James Harris are also in the Kent squad.
Glamorgan look set to choose from an unchanged 13 after their spectacular three-wicket win away to Hampshire, their third win in seven matches.
De Lange's five-wicket haul makes him the country's leading wicket-taker with 17 in seven games.
"It makes Wednesday's defeat at Radlett (against Middlesex) a bit frustrating, but it proves to us we can play the kind of cricket we want to" said Chris Cooke after hitting 59 off 27 balls at Southampton.
"It's still May, and there's a lot of cricket to play with a big T20 Blast coming up, so it proves we can beat the best teams.
"I will be trying to hit those ice-cream vans at Swansea!"
Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph is likely to have recovered from a badly bruised hand suffered in the field at Southampton, which prevented him from opening the batting.
Glamorgan (from, probable) : Jacques Rudolph (capt), David Lloyd, Will Bragg, Colin Ingram, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Aneurin Donald, Craig Meschede, Andrew Salter, Marchant de Lange, Timm van der Gugten, Lukas Carey, Michael Hogan.
Kent Spitfires (from): Sam Northeast (capt), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Joe Denly, Sean Dickson, Darren Stevens,Alex Blake, Sam Billings (wk), Calum Haggett, Matt Coles, James Harris, James Tredwell, Imran Qayyum, Charlie Hartley, Ivan Thomas.
The southbound side will be closed between junction 23 at Newton Le Willows and junction 21a at the M62 interchange from 22:00 GMT on Saturday until 06:00 on Sunday.
The northbound carriageway on the same section will then close from 22:00 on Sunday until 06:00 on Monday.
Diversion routes will be in place.
The Highways Agency said narrow lanes were being removed as part of a project to renovate motorway bridges.
The former Springbok Under-20s international, 26, most recently played for the Eastern Province Kings.
Bulbring's immediate arrival is a lift for Scarlets, who are currently without locks Jake Ball and Maselino Paulino.
"We're delighted to welcome David to the Scarlets ... to utilise his experience for the remainder of the season," said head coach Wayne Pivac.
"Injuries have hampered us in that area of the pack in recent months and having a player of David's experience and high work rate join us at this all-important period of the Pro12 has a huge significance."
Bulbring has significant Currie Cup and Super Rugby experience, having represented Golden Lions, Southern Kings, Blue Bulls and most recently Eastern Province Kings.
Horizon Nuclear Power propose to build and operate the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design at Wylfa Newydd on the island.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Environment Agency will ask for views on their assessment of the design by Hitachi-GE.
The consultation ends on 3 March.
The public will have no influence on the technology used or the site location.
Tim Jones, NRW's executive director for north and mid Wales, said: "Our purpose is to ensure that the natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained, enhanced and used.
"At Wylfa Newydd we will do this in three ways; assessing the design of the reactors, determining site specific environmental permits and providing advice to other organisations on decisions they need to make.
"It is our job to ensure that any new nuclear power station will meet high standards of environmental protection and waste management, ensuring that our communities are kept safe from environmental harm."
The first meeting takes place at David Hughes Hall, Cemaes, from 13:00 to 19:00 GMT.
A second will take place on Tuesday at the Ebeneser Centre, Llangefni, at the same time.
Beddgelert community council voted to recommend Snowdonia National Park rejects Forest Holidays' plan.
The company says building cabins while cutting the number of pitches from 195 to 55 would be more in keeping with the area, with less environmental impact.
But business say they depend on the tourists from the site in summer.
An online petition has received more than 1,500 signatures and another 170 have signed a petition in the village.
The National Park Authority will discuss the application on 1 March.
As Hillary Clinton loyalists queued in the drizzle outside the downtown hotel where their candidate would formally concede the presidential election, they tried to wrap their heads around what had just happened to them and their party.
"I'm pretty heartbroken," said one young woman, brushing back a tear. "They hated more than we loved, and that's on us. That's how they won."
The previous night, as emotions at the Clinton campaign headquarters shifted from celebratory to despair, the attendees either refused to face reality - offering glib assurances that fortunes would turn in their favour soon enough - or responded to queries with stony silence.
The morning after, however, thoughts turned to the future and where their party should go from here.
"I think they have to try to get back some of the working class people they lost," says Karen Ubelhart. "We've been so focused on minorities, we've totally missed the disenfranchised white people. A lot of these people used to vote Democratic."
Narrow defeats in the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan proved the mortal blow to the Clinton campaign, and the losing margins were due in part to Mr Trump's performance among the state's blue-collar rural voters. They had been a key component of the Democrat's winning presidential coalitions in both the 1990s and 2000s, but had been swept up by Mr Trump's populist movement.
"We need to regroup and figure it out," says Eve Harmon. "Maybe party politics is not even the way to talk about. What do we want to see this country be?"
She says the party should prioritise education reform - although she does have an ulterior motive, given that white voters without a college education were some of Mr Trump's most loyal supporters.
"Education really does matter because what I think we're seeing here is a lot of really uneducated people voting for somebody that they think will help them - and they're misinformed," she said.
As Mrs Clinton exits the stage, she leaves a Democratic Party that is in tatters. When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, he rode into office with large majorities in Congress and control of 29 of 50 governorships.
As he leaves, his party has lost control of Congress in two mid-term election routs - although they picked up some seats on Tuesday - and they will have governors in, at best, 16 states.
Their congressional leadership, New York Senator Charles Schumer and California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, are aging long-time legislators with little national appeal. Their outgoing vice-president, Joe Biden, is approaching his mid-70s. The Democratic stable is glaringly short of prize horses.
The party desperately needed Mrs Clinton to hold the White House and carry some new faces into power with her in order to be better positioned for the future.
Although the number of rising stars within the Democratic Party are few and far between, there are some names that will bubble up to the top of many lists.
Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sherrod Brown of Ohio are likely to join Vermont's Bernie Sanders as the voices of the populist left. It's not exactly a young crowd, however, as Ms Warren is 67, Mr Brown is 64 and former presidential candidate Mr Sanders is 75.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker was on Mrs Clinton's vice-presidential short list, and he's a master at firing up the partisan crowds. Kamala Harris has been on an upward track in California, and now she has a national stage as a newly minted senator, as has Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto, the nation's first-ever Hispanic female senator.
Among the ranks of governors - traditionally a reliable source of presidential prospects - the list effectively begins and ends with Andrew Cuomo of New York. His speech to the Clinton faithful on Tuesday night sounded suspiciously like the opening salvo of a 2020 presidential campaign.
What lies in store for the Democrats, first and foremost, will be an attempt to define what went wrong. Plenty of blame will be heaped on Mrs Clinton and the centre-left establishment she represents.
Already there has been a torrent of second-guessing from the Sanders legions, who point to polls that showed their man beating Mr Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchups last spring.
"Hate to say we told you so, but Bernie Sanders warned the Democratic Party, and it didn't listen; it sabotaged him," tweeted writer Ben Norton of the liberal website Salon.
Although the Vermont senator may not have held up to the glaring spotlight of the general election campaign, he would have presented a more difficult target for Mr Trump to label as the corrupt face of a seemingly despised status quo.
After that, there will be a rush to fill the party's leadership void.
Will Democrats decide that what's needed is a more ideologically pure standard-bearer, following the path of the British Labour Party, which selected Jeremy Corbyn after a similarly unexpected and thorough defeat in the UK general election last year? Or will a younger moderate with less political baggage than Mrs Clinton - someone like Mr Booker or Mr Cuomo - step to the fore?
Following the 2000 elections, Democrats faced a similar time of reckoning, shut out of every branch of the federal government and decimated at the state political ranks. It took them six years, an unpopular foreign war (Iraq) and a mishandled natural disaster (Hurricane Katrina) to claw their way back to the corridors of power.
All that progress has been lost, and the party will watch as Mr Trump and the Republicans take a machete to Barack Obama's political legacy.
Perhaps most concerning for Democrats is that although mid-term elections are usually friendly to the out-of-power party, the playing field in 2018 is notably inhospitable. While there are some big-state governorships, like Florida, coming up, the party will have to defend 10 Senate seats in states that Mr Trump won, including dark red West Virginia, North Dakota and Montana. Congress will almost certainly be out of reach until at least 2020.
For the Democrats, there could be a long and dark journey before they once again emerge from the political wilderness.
The beach at Rosemarkie in the Highlands was closed to the public on Tuesday following the discovery.
A Royal Navy bomb disposal team from HM Clyde at Faslane disposed of the device, thought to be from World War Two, on Wednesday evening.
Lt Cmdr Tony Hampshire said the coastguard had told the team children had been playing with the device.
The Royal Navy officer said: "Despite its era the explosive was probably intact and still dangerous. These devices should be treated with respect.
"The family who realised the danger did absolutely the right thing."
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "Thankfully the children who were reported playing with this live mortar were unharmed.
"Thanks to Inverness Coastguard and Nairn Coastguard for making Rosemarkie Beach safe for the public until the Royal Navy's EOD team arrived to safely dispose of this device."
The authority confirmed Sandra Stockdale had joined the Conservatives with immediate effect.
Council leader Donna Jones tweeted: "Delighted to announce Cllr Sandra Stockdale has quit the @LibDems and joined the @Conservatives."
Ms Stockdale said she had recently "felt uncomfortable" with the Lib Dems.
The councillor, who represents St Thomas ward, said she had been considering the move for about three months.
She added: "I was recently deselected which takes away any future I have with the group.
"I didn't have their support obviously, so I decided to resign."
Her move brings the total number of Conservatives to 19. There are 14 Liberal Democrats, four Labour, four UKIP and one independent.
The council is run as a minority Conservative administration.
President Rodrigo Duterte decided last week it could be transferred from Marcos' home city of Batac.
President Marcos brutally repressed dissent until he was overthrown in 1986.
Protesters say a "hero's" burial would be a "grave injustice" to his victims.
Demonstrators assembled in heavy rain at the seaside Rizal Park in Manila carrying banners calling on Mr Duterte to reconsider.
Marcos' embalmed body is on display in Batac. Burial in the capital could take place in September.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, among those taking part in the protest, has put forward a senate resolution opposing the move, describing Marcos as an "unrepentant enemy of our heroes".
Marcos was elected in 1965, but declared martial law in 1972 heralding a period characterised by corruption, killings, torture and abductions by the military.
He and his wife Imelda were deposed in what became known as the People Power Revolution.
How People Power toppled dictator Marcos
Mr Duterte won a landslide election in May, promising a "bloody war" on crime and corruption.
Crime fell during his two decades as mayor of Davao City but human rights groups say more than 1,000 people were killed at the hands of death squads.
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Mr Duterte has defended his decision on Marcos, saying he should be buried at the National Heroes' Cemetery because he "was a Filipino soldier".
Most of the 40,000 people laid to rest in the cemetery are from the military, but correspondents say that military regulations exclude those who have been dishonourably discharged.
Two-year-old Pixel will join Yorkshire Wildlife Park's other polar bear, 16-year-old Victor, who has been there since August.
Pixel came to the park near Doncaster from a zoo near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. He was driven in a special transporter to Rotterdam yesterday, then an overnight ferry to Hull.
The park said Pixel may one day be part of the European Breeding Programme.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which is at Branton near Doncaster, is in talks about rescuing another polar bear called Yupi from a Mexican zoo.
•Five nations have polar bear populations: the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and Norway.
•Adult male polar bears can weigh up to 1,200lbs (550kg), while adult females may weigh as much as 650lbs (290kg)
•Biologists estimate there are 20,000 to 25,000 bears left in the wild
•Source: Polar Bears International
Animal development manager Simon Marsh said: "It is vital that we understand how to care for these bears appropriately in captivity and provide for their needs.
"We are sure that Pixel will enjoy his new surroundings as much as Victor has."
The park said Victor was immediately on guard when he realised another polar bear was at the enclosure, but settled down "after a roar or two".
The bears will be introduced to each other once Pixel has settled in.
Pixel is about a third of the size of Victor, who weighs 480kg (1,058lb).
Yorkshire Wildlife Park rescued 13 lions from Romania in 2010.
The Princie Diamond was purchased by an anonymous collector bidding by phone, Christie's in New York said.
The 34.65 carat diamond's origin can be traced back to the ancient diamond mines of Golconda in southern India.
It once belonged to the royal family of Hyderabad, rulers of one of the wealthiest provinces of Mughal India.
"The Princie Diamond carries a fabulous provenance, which brings together the legendary names of Golconda, [the] Nizam of Hyderabad, and the Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda," said Christie's jewellery department head Rahul Kadakia before the sale.
"The most beautiful stones discovered in Golconda were always reserved for kings and rulers as they represented the highest power, which was then magically transferred to the owner.
"It was a widely regarded belief that God's gift to India became India's gift to mankind and the Princie is undoubtedly one of the greatest gifts of Golconda."
The diamond was once owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who was proclaimed the richest man in the world by Time magazine in 1937.
It had not seen in public since 1960 when Sotheby's sold it as the "property of a gentleman".
All four of the world's top pink diamonds have been found at Golconda, Christie's says. The area has the earliest known diamond mines in the world, producing the stones as early as 800BC.
In 2010 a diamond known as the Graff pink was sold in Geneva by Sotheby's for $44m. At the time it was believed to be the most expensive gemstone bought at auction in history.
The two largest pink diamonds - the Darya-I Nur, weighing 175 to 195 carats, and the Nur ul-Ain, weighing about 60 carats - originally formed part of the Iranian Crown Jewels.
Experts say it has since been determined that they were cut from a single pink diamond weighing 242 carats.
Christie's say that the Princie Diamond is believed to be the third largest pink diamond in the world and was found 300 years ago in the Golconda mines.
Nusrat Jahan was reported missing from her home at about 22:30 on Thursday.
The 34-year-old, from the Duff Street area, had told a friend an hour earlier that she planned to visit the beach.
Colin Dow said: "With each day that passes we are finding it increasingly difficult to come to terms with the fact no-one has seen or heard from her since."
He added: "We are extremely grateful for the support police have had so far from the public by providing information and potential sightings of Nusrat.
"The sad reality though is that she is still missing and we don't know where she is.
"To anyone else who can help us understand what has happened to Nusrat, I would ask you to get in touch with police as soon as possible and tell them what you know."
Ms Jahan is described as being about 5ft 3in tall and slim with dark hair.
When last seen, she was wearing flat black slip-on shoes, black leggings or skinny jeans, a light grey patterned top, black-rimmed glasses and carrying a white handbag with a black band across the top.
Searches are ongoing.
A leaked email from Wilman to staff of the show had seemed to suggest he was resigning, but he said it was a private "note of thanks" marking the an end of an era.
Wilman, an old school friend of former presenter Jeremy Clarkson, helped relaunch the show with him in 2002.
Clarkson was dropped by the BBC earlier this month following a "fracas" with a Top Gear producer.
Wilman has issued a statement about the email, saying: "The email I wrote yesterday was not a resignation statement, and nor was it meant for public consumption".
A spokeswoman for the BBC said his email "was intended as a heartfelt message to people who had worked with him and Jeremy, to recognise the fact that with Jeremy leaving it was the end of an era".
"It was not a farewell but a thank you to people who have been important to the show over the last 12 years. It was bringing down the curtain on the Clarkson era, not announcing his own departure," she added.
In the leaked email Wilman started with: "Well, at least we left 'em wanting more.
"And that alone, when you think about it, is quite an achievement for a show that started 13 years ago."
As well as thanking staff, he assured them that the show will continue.
"For those of you who still rely on it for work, don't worry, because the BBC will make sure the show continues.
"Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were only part of the show's history, not the whole of it. Those two words are bigger than us."
BBC director general Tony Hall announced on 25 March that the corporation would not be renewing Clarkson's contract.
Andy Wilman's statement in full
"The email I wrote yesterday was not a resignation statement, and nor was it meant for public consumption.
"It was a private note of thanks to 113 people who have worked on the show over the years, but clearly one of those 113 is a bit of a tit, because they shared it with a website.
"I don't get this modern obsession with sharing, linking, forwarding, retweeting; whatever happened to a private moment?
"And if I were to resign, I wouldn't do it publicly, I'd do it old school by handing in my, er, notice, to someone upstairs in HR.
"I work behind the camera and I wouldn't presume for one moment to think people are interested in what I do. Now, everyone back to work."
Clarkson was suspended on 10 March, following what was called a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.
The row, which took place in a Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
An internal inquiry found that Mr Tymon took himself to hospital after he was subject to an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack" by Clarkson.
In his statement about dropping Clarkson, the director general admitted that looking to renew Top Gear for 2016 was "a big challenge and there is no point in pretending otherwise".
He has asked Kim Shillinglaw, controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, to look at how to do this and to look at how they can broadcast the last programmes in the current series.
There is no news yet as to whether fellow presenters James May and Richard Hammond will return to the show.
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Arsenal defender Stoney, capped more than 100 times by her country, is currently playing for England in the SheBelieves Cup in the United States.
Mark Sampson's side have lost their opening two games in the tournament to Germany and the host nation.
England play their final group game against France on Wednesday (22:00 GMT).
The match will be live on the BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website, with coverage starting at 21:50 GMT.
The US and Germany meet after the England game to determine who will win the tournament.
Emma: As it's international women's day, which females inspire you?
Casey Stoney: The strong women in my life, my mum, my partner Megan and my little girl, Tilly.
Sulaiman Ritchie: With the new signings adding to the team are you as confident as I that you can win the treble this year?
CS: Treble, wow, no pressure there! I'm really confident going into this season. We've got a fantastic squad which will be very competitive. Other teams have made great additions too though so it's going to be a fantastic year for women's football.
Ceri: Who is the best striker you have played against and why?
CS: We've got amazing great strikers in the England squad but I'd have to say over the year, probably the best was player was Germany's Brigit Prinz. She was an absolute machine.
Ceri: What do you think of the new Arsenal ladies hub that was opened today?
CS: Fantastic! It'll make a real improvement to our day-to-day lives as it's such a professional environment. We now have our own home and it'll just makes our lives a lot easier.
Mark Sims: What would be your favourite match you ever played in?
CS: It has to be at the London 2012 Olympics when we played Brazil at Wembley. It was the proudest moment of my career to lead my team out at the home of English football. I never, ever dreamt that would happen!
Richard Tugwell: What do you feel it will take to close the gender gap in football?
CS: We need more women in board rooms and decision-making positions. We also need clubs to do more in terms of marketing and the commercial side of things to get bums on seats at the grounds. And we need to have continued success at international level because we saw what happened after we won the bronze medal at the World Cup.
Kayleigh: Who would make your five-a-side team? (One male and one female team!) Thanks for all you do!
CS: In the women's team, alongside me I'd have Pauline Cope in goal, Kelly Smith, Fara Williams and Karen Carney. For the men's team I'd have David Seaman, Paolo Maldini, Bobby Moore, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - be interesting to see if those two could play on the same team together.
Five things about football: What are five changes you would like to see made to women's football?
Fred Thurbin: Considering how well our international team is doing how come our club sides struggle so much in Europe?
CS: Our WSL season isn't formatted for us to be successful in Europe so we're out of sync with the other countries. The other teams are still playing week in, week out when we're in the off the season.
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Ian Wright and Thai food
MazLeedsLadies: Casey, who was your hero/heroine growing up?
CS: There wasn't a lot of women's sport on TV when I was growing up so didn't really have a female heroine growing up, part from my mum! Ian Wright was someone I admired, he always made playing football look fun.
John Hayhurst: Casey, Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
CS: Keith Boanas, my coach at Charlton. He's still a mentor even now and is like a father figure to me. He believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself, he's the reason I kept going.
MK: What is your favourite thing about playing football? Who is the best player you've ever played with and best player you've played against??
CS: No matter what's going on in life, I can emerge myself into a game and I love it. Outside of my family, it's the love of my life.
Helen Charlesworth: Best advice for 15 yr girl (16 next wk!) who wants to be professional player? Currently at Gillingham centre of excellence.
CS: You have to love what you do because it's really, really hard work to get to top and it's even harder to stay there. It sounds like a cliche but there are no shorts cuts. You have to be very dedicated and challenge yourself everyday to be better.
Becky White: What are you most looking forward to with the new season? Also any chance I could get your England top?
CS: I may run a competition for my England top so keep your eyes peeled! To be honest I'm just looking forward to playing again after such a long break.
Kenny Gooner: What's your best moment as an Arsenal player? What's your favourite food?
CS: I love Thai food. My favourite moment at Arsenal has to be winning the FA Cup in 2014.
Michael Carroll: Who has been the best manager you have played under in your career & why?
Keith Boanas at Charlton, without a doubt. He cared about me as a person, ahead of being a player and so he always got the best out of me.
Connie Bostock: Did anyone tell you that you couldn't play and if so what was your response?
CS: I was told this constantly when I was a little girl. We were told we didn't play football so my response was to role my sleeves up and prove them wrong. And I'm very pleased i did!
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England defender Casey Stoney marked International Women's Day by holding a Twitter Q&A with supporters via #bbcsportsday.
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The report detailing claims by 600 people will go before the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
At a preliminary hearing earlier, the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association was given "core participant status".
Its leader Raymond Stevenson said child abuse in the Lambeth Council-run homes had been a "reversal to the dark ages".
The abuse had resulted in the "shedding of thousands of tears", he said, and called it a "shame on the establishment" and "institutionalised evil".
The Shirley Oaks survivors accused the police of failing to deal with the allegations adequately, resulting in a cover up.
It is alleged two convicted children's homes abusers were volunteer police officers.
The group said it might request several barristers and solicitors to reflect the number of complainants it was representing, the High Court heard.
It plans to make a formal presentation to the wide-ranging inquiry chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard, along with providing video evidence from members.
The counsel to the inquiry, Ben Emmerson QC, told the hearing, at Royal Courts of Justice, the investigation would be "extremely complex... spanning many years and many institutions in Lambeth".
It is one of 13 initial inquiries announced, including investigations into abuse within the Church, allegations against the late peer Lord Janner, abuse at children's homes in Rochdale and claims of a Westminster paedophile ring.
Mr Emmerson said in the case of Lambeth, there had been claims that a former Labour minister, Lord Paul Boateng, had been named as an associate of one abuser, John Carroll, who was convicted in 1966 and 1999 of multiple charges.
The BBC's Newsnight programme recently presented information suggesting that Lord Boateng visited the Angell Road children's home, run by Mr Carroll, signing a visitors' book.
It also claimed someone identifying himself as Lord Boateng asked if he could help to resolve a row which followed Carroll's application to foster children.
Mr Emmerson said no evidence received by the inquiry so far suggested any impropriety on Lord Boateng's behalf. The peer denies knowing Mr Carroll.
A key aspect of the inquiry will be whether an organised paedophile ring infiltrated both the children's homes at Shirley Oaks, and Lambeth Council's social services.
Mr Emmerson said there was evidence a second paedophile lived at Mr Carroll's Angell Road home, when he was running it, and that a third paedophile, Leslie Paul, was employed in children's services at the same time.
Paul was convicted in December of what a jury heard was "vile group sexual abuse".
The Lambeth inquiry will examine the actions of police, prosecutors and the Department of Health, and assess a number of past inquiries into the allegations.
The inquiry is considering to what extent hearings should be televised.
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"Physical and sexual abuse on an industrial scale" went "unchecked for decades" at children's homes in a south London borough, a victims' report says.
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The husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova told a US news website he had not received any news about her and her current location was being kept secret.
She had been on hunger strike at a penal colony in Mordovia.
She and another band member were jailed over a protest in a Moscow cathedral.
They were sentenced to two years' imprisonment after performing a crude protest song in February 2012. A third band member was released on appeal.
Tolokonnikova has complained of abuses by the prison staff in Mordovia.
Her husband said he last knew her precise whereabouts on 21 October, when guards put her on a train en route to a different prison.
She was seen on 24 October by a fellow passenger as the train arrived in the city of Chelyabinsk, in the Ural mountains.
Her husband, Pyotr Verzilov, told the Buzzfeed website he believed the decision to move his wife came from the authorities in Moscow: "They want to cut her off from the outside world."
He said Ms Tolokonnikova was still weak after two hunger strikes, and accused the authorities of trying to punish her because of her protests.
Pussy Riot's act was regarded as blasphemous by many Russians, but their prosecution caused an international outcry.
Mordovia, some 445km (275 miles) east of Moscow, has labour camps dating back to the notorious Gulag system set up by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Slains Castle, near Cruden Bay, was cordoned off after police received a report of an unconscious woman.
The woman, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Police Scotland said her death was currently being treated as unexplained, but there were no suspicious circumstances.
Just over two years later, the striker is preparing for pre-season with Southern Premier League Poole Town.
It is the place where QPR striker Charlie Austin began his career, but a far cry from Connell's experiences at the national stadium.
"When I was at Bradford, I wouldn't have imagined being here, but circumstances have dictated that I am," the 32-year-old told BBC Radio Solent.
"A lot of people don't realise there's a life away from football as well."
Life as a part-time player will be markedly different from helping Phil Parkinson's Bradford side secure promotion with a 3-0 win against Northampton, and their memorable run to that season's League Cup final, when he scored in their penalty shoot-out win against Arsenal.
The decision to join Poole is all about "coming home" and follows an injury-hit spell with National League South club Havant & Waterlooville.
"I've sacrificed a lot over the years to benefit my career," said Connell, who will now be facing clubs such as Slough Town, AFC Totton and Chesham United.
"Moving around, going to clubs which I think will benefit me at certain times, I just wanted to move somewhere where I feel settled. I'm really excited about the Poole Town challenge.
Connell's Bradford spell came to an end in January last year when he left to join a Northampton side in the thick of a relegation battle at the foot of League Two.
"Football doesn't stand still for anyone, it's a ruthless game," he said.
"We stayed up at Northampton. I didn't personally play well, it was a real dogfight, but we did what we had to do in the circumstances.
"At the end of the season, the manager didn't offer me a new contract. I was released and I made the decision to move back down to the south coast.
"That's how quickly things can change.
"But, I've got no regrets about any decision I've made in my career. I'm sure it's the same for anyone else in any other walk of life, you make a decision at the time you think's right.
"You can't look back three years later and say, 'I wish I did that instead'.
"I've got a life away from the game now with one or two other things going on and I'm happy again playing my football."
Connell's "no regrets" attitude extends towards former managers who have made decisions to let him go - even former Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio, who transfer-listed him after finishing as their top scorer in 2011-12.
"I wish all my former clubs well," he explained. "I've got a great relationship with all my ex-managers and when you see these people again, there's a really healthy relationship and a mutual respect."
Also among them is a certain Eddie Howe, who began his managerial career within months of Connell joining Bournemouth for a second spell in August 2008.
And the striker believes Howe will be more than capable of handling the challenge of managing a team in the Premier League for the first time this season.
"If you look at the bottom 10 or 12 teams in that league, I think Bournemouth have a chance of doing really well, not just finishing 17th," he added.
"He cares, he has attention to detail, sees things tactically other people don't see.
"He's got an aura and respect about him and just demands the best. It doesn't matter who you are, he just demands you're professional.
"Anything's possible for Eddie in his managerial career and I think they'll do well this season."
Alan Connell was speaking to BBC Radio Solent's Chris Wise
Christine Rowe, 70, from Newport, died after her Vauxhall Zafira collided with a Ford Transit van on Chepstow Road, near Beechwood Park, on Monday.
An 80-year-old man was also injured in the crash on Monday.
The 34-year-old van driver was remanded in custody to appear at Newport Crown court on 5 July.
He is also charged with causing serious injury to Mr Rowe and with failing to stop after a collision.
In tribute to Ms Rowe, her family said in a statement: "Loving wife, mum and nan, who will be missed by everyone who knew her. A piece of our hearts has been taken away."
North Wales Police said the incident occurred in the area around Love Lane and High Street in Denbigh at 04:00 BST on Saturday.
The arrested man remains in custody.
Det Ch Insp Alun Oldfield said officers were "at the scene within minutes" and the "public have been assisting officers with their enquiries".
It said it had hit problems upgrading its fabrication systems so they could manufacture components that were only 10nm (nanometres) in size.
Instead, Intel said, it would seek to boost processor performance by different means.
The news comes days after IBM said it had solved problems that would have stopped it using smaller components.
The delay was revealed by Intel boss Brian Krzanich during a conference call with the press and financial analysts.
"The lithography is continuing to get more difficult as you try and scale, and the number of multi-pattern steps you have to do is increasing," he said.
On the current generation of chips emerging from Intel factories, the smallest parts are about 14 nm in size.
Originally, Intel said these would be phased out in favour of the 10nm chips in the second half of 2016. Now, it said, 10nm chips may not appear before 2017 - a delay of about 6-9 months.
The delay will derail the two-step "tick tock" system it has been using for years to steadily improve processor power.
This process alternates changes to the gross layout of a chip (tock) with refinements to fabrication of individual components (tick).
Mr Krzanich did not elaborate on what would drive the improved number-crunching power of the 14nm chips it will be producing instead of the processors built around 10nm components.
Intel's admission could be a signal that Moore's law - which defines the steady year-on-year improvement in processor power - could be coming to an end.
When first formulated by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore 50 years ago, this suggested that chip power could double every 12 months.
Often, this improvement comes about by shrinking the millions of transistors on a chip.
Since then, the law's estimate of how long it would take to refine production systems to make it economic to produce faster chips has stretched.
Now, improvements are expected approximately every 24 months.
Last week, IBM announced that it had found ways to reliably produce chips that had 7nm components.
However, it said, these techniques had so far only been shown to work in the laboratory and not in large-scale chip fabrication plants.
The three men, Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre, were working in the northern city of Aleppo.
They have not been heard from since shortly after entering Syria via Turkey on 10 July, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.
The Spanish foreign ministry said it was aware of the situation and was "working on it".
"We don't know (if they were together) doing their investigative reports in Aleppo, just that another three Spanish journalists were kidnapped in the same area nearly a year ago," said FAPE president Elsa Gonzalez.
The Islamic State (IS) group, which has kidnapped and killed Western journalists in Syria over the past year, controls areas in the north and east of Aleppo province.
The city of Aleppo has been the scene of daily fighting between forces belonging to the Syrian regime and rebel groups for more than three years.
Fighting on the ground and government air strikes have left thousands dead, and destroyed more than 60% of the Old City.
As Arlene Foster took Stormont's top post on Monday, Edwin Poots said her "most important job" remained "that of a wife, mother and daughter".
His remarks were criticised by gender equality campaigners who said his attitude was "belittling" of women.
But Mr Poots said he places the same importance on his role as a father.
Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly shortly after Mrs Foster's appointment as first minister, he said it would be the "second most important job that she will ever take on".
"Her most important job has been, and will remain, that of a wife, mother and daughter," he added.
"Family will always come first. I know that that will be the case with Arlene, and it should be the case."
As a result, he faced accusations of sexism.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback, he said he made no apologies for "defending the family".
"Whenever I was health minister, I very often stated that it was the most important political job that I had but it was the second most important job that I had," he said.
"My most important job was that of being a father, a son and a husband.
"If we don't get it right in the home, then we won't get it right when we come in to the office either."
Adrianne Peltz, a feminist writer and broadcaster, said his comments in the assembly had taken away from Mrs Foster's inauguration as first minister by "basically putting her in her place".
"I don't think Arlene needs to be told by another member of her party where her priorities should be," Ms Peltz said.
Suzanne Collins, of Women For Election, an Irish group that trains women for political roles, said Mr Poots's comments were "really, really disappointing".
"On a day of real celebration, not only for the DUP but for women in politics, it was very unfortunate that has been overshadowed by these comments by a political colleague, not even a political opponent," she added.
"It's everyday sexism and only serves to discourage more women from entering into politics, particularly women who have younger families."
But Mr Poots said he made the remarks because Mrs Foster "is a friend and I know the importance of family to Arlene".
"Arlene told me that the main reason she didn't put her name forward for Westminster election was because she had the opportunity of coming home every night to her family," he said.
"She wanted to stay in the Northern Ireland Assembly because family was of such importance to her.
"That's where the background to these comments comes from.
"People who are making the whole fuss about this are detracting from the fact that we have got a brilliant, capable person to be our first minister."
Three Square Market is offering to implant the tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip into workers' hands for free - and says everyone will soon be doing it.
The rice grain-sized $300 (£230) chip will allow them to open doors, log in to computers and even purchase food.
And so far, 50 employees have signed up for the chance to become half-human, half-walking credit card.
But far from being some sort of dystopian nightmare, Three Square Market's Patrick McMullan believes everyone will soon be wanting their own microchip.
"The international market place is wide open and we believe that the future trajectory of total market share is going to be driven by whoever captures this arena first," Mr McMullan said.
The company, which provides self-service "micro markets" to businesses around the world, was inspired by the micro-chipping already taking place in Sweden, where so-called "bio-hackers" have been inserting the tiny devices into willing participants for at least three years.
Three Square Market are even working with a Swedish company, BioHax, to deliver the new technology, which they see as one day being simply another payment and identification method - only instead of a credit card or phone, there would be a microchip between your thumb and finger.
While a large proportion of the world might think twice before putting a tiny chip in their hand, it seems those at Three Square Market had no such worries.
Out of 85 employees at the company's head office, 50 have come forward, vice-president of international development Tony Danna told the BBC.
"The people that wanted it were like yes, no hesitation," he said.
"That is going to be the inevitable reaction," Mr Danna acknowledged.
"But there is no GPS tracking ability to it. It is really the same thing as the chip that is in your credit card."
The entire point of the chip is convenience, Mr Danna explained.
Eventually, he hopes it will replace everything you might have in your wallet - from your key fob to your credit card and ID. For now, it is just aiming to make life easier for those using Three Square Market's facilities.
But the convenience also stretches to installing and removing the chip.
"It takes about two seconds to put it in and to take it out," he told the BBC. Putting it in is "like getting a shot" using a syringe, while taking it out it like removing a splinter.
"Easy in, easy out," Mr Danna said.
Like everything in life, it could happen.
But, says Mr Danna, at least it is all in one place, making it easier to cancel all those cards.
The 33-year-old joined the Lurgan Blues at the start of the 2014/15 season and scored 40 goals in 91 appearances.
"Coleraine are getting a wonderful player in Eoin and Glenavon have done a good bit of business as well," said Glenavon player-manager Gary Hamilton.
"I think Eoin will be happy enough that he's got his move to Coleraine where he started out."
Bradley was a key player for Glenavon and helped them to an Irish Cup success last season.
Hamilton explained that Coleraine made an offer for Bradley and it was accepted after discussions with the player and club chairman.
"First and foremost I'd like to thank Eoin for everything he's done for us over the last couple of years because he did score a lot of important goals for us and led the line really well," Hamilton told the club website.
"I'm sad to see him go but we're happy with the piece of business that we've done - for everybody I think it's a good move."
Glenavon signed former Northern Ireland forward James Gray last week while fellow striker Kevin Braniff was transfer-listed by the Mourneview Park club.
It is the first four-day match between the teams in England at 19 level since 1999, when Ian Bell, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson all featured.
A five-match one-day series follows the game, which starts on Tuesday.
"He was brilliant. The thing that struck me the most was how simple he kept it," Hameed told Asian Network.
"The way he spoke about his batting almost made me feel as if batting at that level is no different to what it is now - the basics are still the same, the principles are very much similar.
"The way he spoke just gave off the right impression and you could tell why he is the England captain."
Hameed has been with Lancashire since the age of nine and continued his A Levels despite signing professional terms midway through his studying.
He has opened for the Red Rose second XI a number of times this summer, scoring a century two weeks ago at Durham.
"I am not sure how close I am to that first-team opportunity - I feel as if I am ready," he added.
"I don't look into it too much, or look too far ahead. I know if I keep continuing to score runs then hopefully chances will keep coming my way."
Haseeb Hameed was to speaking to BBC Asian Network's Ankur Desai.
The England DNA programme was unveiled on Thursday and has been inspired by models from Germany and Belgium.
It has been billed as "the start point for the creation of a world-class approach of elite player development leading to winning England teams".
The FA hopes to create a "golden thread" of joined-up thinking.
BBC Sport's Mike Keegan, who was at the St George's Park launch, explains what the programme is all about.
"The England DNA is the start point for the creation of a world-class approach of elite player development leading to winning England teams."
So says the FA in the introduction to its 11-page document on the initiative.
To cut a long presentation short, it is a new approach to coaching youngsters called into international squads from under-15 level until, hopefully, the senior XI.
The plan is to ensure that coaches, training sessions and even style of play is replicated at every level. As FA director of elite development Dan Ashworth put it: "The only thing that should change is the size of the shirt."
It has 'five core elements' - 'who we are', 'how we play', 'the future England player', 'how we coach' and 'how we support'.
It started around a year ago when the FA's group of national coaches looked at what characteristics were necessary for a player to progress from the under-15 sides to the senior (male or female) squads.
They looked at how they wanted England teams to play, how players should be coached and what could be done to support the process.
From there, the views of the clubs, the Premier League and the Football League were sought, along with those of Roy Hodgson and his women's counterpart Mark Sampson.
Methods used by seven successful nations were scrutinised, with attention paid to any correlations between the best-performing countries.
From now on, those who win caps from under-15 level upwards will be asked to explore what playing for England means to them. They will also be given a wristband which features the England DNA values.
The aim is make playing for England enjoyable and to ensure that, before making their bow for the senior team, the next generation of talent has experience of playing knockout football for the nation and living in a tournament environment.
Yes - it even comes with a flash drive (for the kids).
Hopefully a lot. The FA says the national team has long been "characterised by our passion, fighting spirit and effort".
That sounds a bit Mike Bassett but, while wishing to retain those characteristics, more focus will be placed on creative and technically excellent players from England's past.
A playing philosophy has also been drawn up which will guide training programmes, meaning every session will have "70% ball rolling time".
No. The formations will be flexible, but there will be an "England way". In possession, the national teams will aim to "intelligently dominate by selecting the right moments to progress the play and penetrate the opposition".
Without the ball they will look to regain it "intelligently and as early and efficiently as possible". Eight "position specific" profiles have been set up where coaches can look at what attributes each role requires.
No. Within the DNA comes social responsibility. The FA will prioritise "player education and life-skills".
With words such as 'pathway', 'journey' and 'core principles' peppering the media briefing, it would be easy to dismiss this as laughable jargon.
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However, beneath the buzzwords lie a number of measures for which many within the game have been crying out for a long time.
Expanding the variety of opponents at youth level should help ensure that nobody faces the likes of Brazil for the first time when playing for the senior team. And more time together at junior level has been seen as a factor in Germany's turnaround since 2000.
You could be forgiven for thinking you have seen this before - and Ashworth was coy when asked what targets had been set, stating he wanted to see better performances at tournaments.
FA chairman Greg Dyke, however, boldly said he wanted to see England win the 2022 World Cup. It could take as long as that for this football biology to be put to the test.
They look abandoned, but the 25 tonnes of scrap metal are at the heart of a major religious recycling project - the plan is to transform them into the first Catholic church built in Communist Cuba since the 1959 revolution.
The engineer in charge of the project in Santiago de Cuba admits it is ambitious, not only because it is unprecedented but because the beams were once part of the stage built for Pope Benedict XVI's historic visit to the city in 2012.
"Re-using the metal means keeping alive the memory of something good for us Catholics. It gives it new life, so it can serve future generations," Fausto Veloz explains.
The team need one, final permit of five to get started.
But they argue there is also a pressing, practical motivation for the project: Cuba's Catholics say they need more places to worship.
Once officially atheist, this Communist-run island is now a secular state.
The days when believers would baptise their children in secret or attend mass surreptitiously in distant neighbourhoods have passed, and even Communist Party members now practice their religion openly.
And yet after Fidel Castro took power more than five decades ago, the Catholic Church was only permitted to renovate existing properties or rebuild where old ones collapsed.
New churches were never sanctioned, suggesting lingering ideological doubts on high.
The apparent change of heart is particularly timely in Santiago - a few months after the papal visit, Hurricane Sandy tore through the city with devastating results.
The little wooden church of San Pedrito was one of seven totally destroyed, made vulnerable by old age and poor maintenance. Another 28 churches were damaged.
The storm killed 11 people and wrought huge destruction across the east of the island.
Almost two years on, its traces are still visible.
Siboney was one of the hardest-hit areas. The beachgoers are now back but they sip their beer in the shell of their former sea-front cafe.
The gaping holes in the local primary school have been filled in but the house opposite remains in ruins, complete with the huge boulder flung through its walls by the raging sea.
The owner was offered space in a state-run shelter but chose to stay, squeezed into the only corner of his home still standing and waiting for the construction materials the government promised.
Back in the city, a smooth concrete floor and the outline of the altar are all that remains of the 93-year-old church of San Pedrito.
Across the road, an elderly parishioner has stored the few items salvaged from the wreck - a couple of candlesticks, a wooden lectern and two chipped figurines from the nativity scene.
"The rest were carried off by thieves," Marta Perez explains, shaking her head.
She says the congregation still gathers in the street outside for mass whenever a peripatetic priest can visit.
"We really need our church back," Ms Perez insists.
The archdiocese is planning to rebuild San Pedrito. But Communist Cuba's first, brand new church should take shape close by.
"The Catholic community is big here but they've never had a church," says Mr Veloz, gesturing towards the modern apartment blocks of Santiago's Jose Marti district.
The area was born after the revolution when religion was not a factor in town planning.
Nowadays, local Catholics meet to pray in casas de culto - private houses used for worship - but say they are struggling with gradually increasing numbers.
Across Cuba, the Catholic Church says around 60% of the population are baptised, though only a small fraction regularly practice their faith.
"I don't know how long it will take to complete but I'm sure we'll do it," Mr Veloz insists referring to the ground-breaking new church, surveying the site already allocated.
It is currently a car park, beside the district police station.
The steel beams - worth around $20,000 (£12,000) - were donated by the state when the stage was dismantled following Pope Benedict's visit.
An architect's sketch envisages them in their new incarnation - soaring above the arched roof of the new Church of the Assumption, built to hold more than 600 worshippers and, Mr Veloz is keen to stress, withstand earthquakes and future hurricanes.
There is a fair way still to go - as well as the final permit, acquiring building materials here is always a challenge and there is the small task of raising $250,000 to finance the project - most likely from parishes abroad.
But Church officials are optimistic, sensing warming relations with the state.
"I think this doesn't only show improving attitudes in Cuba to the Catholic Church, but to churches in general. I think there's a better understanding of religious affairs," believes the Archbishop of Santiago, Dionisio Garcia.
Archbishop Garcia points to Cuba's closer ties with socialist but devout countries like Venezuela, in possible explanation.
"That's why we hope it won't only be this church that we build," he says. "We hope there'll be more."
The 24-year-old is set to be out for 12 weeks and will miss England's tour of Argentina in June.
"The issue needs addressing immediately," Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston said.
Clifford lasted just five minutes of Quins' defeat by Saracens at Wembley on Saturday because of a head injury.
Residents of Lower Dibang Valley handed over the remains to the team recently.
Last year, the team had recovered some remains from the same region, and work is being carried out to identify them.
It is thought the remains of up to 400 Americans could still be in the remote state, which borders Myanmar and China.
Many more servicemen went missing during allied operations to supply China's Kuomintang army fighting Japan.
The team visiting Arunachal Pradesh is from the US government's Defence Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Members trekked to several locations up to heights of 10,000ft (3,048 metres) where US aircraft are believed to have crashed in the Himalayas.
"While discussing the sites with local residents, the team received a presentation of human remains and osseous [consisting of or turned into bone] material, which a witness recovered near the wreckage of a crashed aircraft," a statement released by the US consulate in the eastern city of Kolkata said.
"After arriving at the site, the team found additional human remains believed to be associated with missing US service members. Once approved by the Indian government, these remains will be sent to the DPAA's laboratory with the goal of identification."
The release said if the team could corroborate evidence at the site with historical records and reports, future missions to the sites may conduct an excavation in an attempt to recover the remains and return them to the DPAA's laboratory for identification.
There are more than 1,300 individuals missing - primarily from aircraft crashes - in and around the border area between India, Myanmar (also called Burma) and China, an area known to pilots as "the Hump".
Huw Jenkins, 54, of Tonmawr, died following the incident on the A7 near Galashiels, last May.
Alastair Brearley, 67, told the hearing at Selkirk Sheriff Court how an HGV went into the back of a tractor and trailer being driven by Mr Jenkins.
He said the front end of the trailer "rose like a horse on two feet".
Mr Brearley said there were bits of glass and debris from the front of the lorry as he passed but when he looked in his wing mirror the vehicles were still moving.
He added: "I expected to see them stop but they continued down the road which I felt was bizarre.
"I later heard about the accident on the news with police asking for witnesses and that's when I came forward."
Police witnesses described how they had raced to the accident scene but while en route they noticed a lorry which had come to a halt with a front bumper and metal grille at the front badly damaged and a cracked windscreen.
PC Darren Howlett said he approached the driver, John Boyes, who was in the passenger seat.
The officer said: "He asked me what happened and I replied I was hoping he could tell me that.
"He did not have a clue at what had happened. He appeared very confused."
PC Howlett said the lorry's paperwork was in order along with the tachographs while an alcohol breath test was negative.
Special Constable Mark Laidlaw said Mr Boyes was under the impression his lorry had been struck by another vehicle.
He said: "He did not understand what had happened or why his lorry could not move.
"He kept asking me what happened.
"I felt he was suffering from a severe state of mental shock and had no recollection of the events."
The inquiry was told that following the collision Mr Jenkins had been thrown through the rear window of the John Deere tractor and was lying on the road - dead by the time police arrived.
The inquiry into his death continues.
11 January 2016 Last updated at 08:10 GMT
Ricky's been at CES 2016, the biggest gadget show in the world, for Newsround.
He takes a look at the latest robot creations revealed at the event.
The 29-year-old centre will join up with Wasps after completing the South African Super Rugby season.
De Jongh has won 19 caps since scoring a try on his international debut against Wales in June 2010.
"Juan's international experience and ability to play 12 and 13 will benefit us," said director of rugby Dai Young
"He has a good eye for a gap and plenty of pace which makes him dangerous in attack, while he also has strong organisational skills in defence.
"With Kurtley Beale returning to Australia to further his Wallaby career, Nick De Luca retiring and Alapati Leiua moving to Bristol, Juan and Gaby Lovobalavu's arrival will add to the talented group of centres we have at the club."
Wasps were beaten 23-20 after extra-time by Exeter Chiefs in Saturday's Premiership final at Twickenham.
They've not gone back to their former seats in pre-coaltion days. Instead, they've shifted position slightly, to occupy a strategic space between the Labour peers and the crossbenchers. It's a convenient spot from which to coordinate anti-Government majorities in the Upper House, and exert what little political leverage remains for the Lib Dems in Westminster.
The arithmetic in the Lords certainly suggests that the government will face a hostile majority of peers, quite a lot of the time. But the reality is that that majority will be constrained by the ingrained conventions of the Upper House.
Chief among these is the Salisbury-Addison Convention, the deal struck in 1945, between "Bobbity" Salisbury, the leader of the Conservative peers, (and part of a political dynasty which stretches back to Elizabeth I's Privy Council), and Lord Addison, the old Asquithian minister who then led a tiny band of Labour peers.
Deal struck
At that time the Conservatives utterly dominated the Lords, but a Labour government had been elected by a landslide - so a deal was struck that the Lords would not strike down at second or third reading, any legislation which had appeared in the winning party's manifesto, and could therefore be assumed to have the approval of the electorate.
It was a development of earlier doctrines, dating back to the Duke of Wellington, and then extended during Gladstone's struggle to disestablish the Church of Ireland. The idea was to reconcile the power of the Lords with the increasing importance of the popular vote.
The 1945 deal effectively surrendered the right, regularly exercised 40 years before, against the Liberal governments of Campbell Bannerman and Asquith, to pole-axe any bill peers didn't fancy, at the first opportunity. But, crucially, it still left scope for bills to be amended, even gutted, later in the legislative process - particularly at report stage consideration.
So, even bills foreshadowed in the Conservative manifesto will not be immune from the attentions of Their Lordships, although in practice, the government will have to lose the argument on the floor of the House, and lose pretty badly, for a bill to be totally undermined. So how might this apply in the coming year?
The first point to make is that the opposition parties in the Lords won't take a swing at every government measure. All the major groups will pick their battles carefully, and they might not always pick the same ones; Labour might support some of the package of internet surveillance measures (AKA the "snoopers charter") that the home secretary is pledged to bring in.
The Lib Dems undoubtedly will oppose it - and may rather relish doing so alone.
Pinch points
The most obvious case for treatment will be the promised bill to create a British Bill of Rights and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights. That central aim is opposed by Labour, the Lib Dems and many of the legions of lawyers on the crossbenches - not to mention by a number of Conservative peers, and that's before they get onto the implications for the devolution settlements in Scotland and, especially, Northern Ireland, where the ECHR is embedded in the Good Friday Agreement.
What else? The list of government defeats during the last Parliament provides a handy checklist of possible action points for the new set of ministers - on judges' discretion over costs in judicial reviews (Criminal Justice and Courts Act); on legal aid for disabled people (SI under the Legal Aid etc Act); a whole raft of issues in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act on things like civil liability in health and safety cases; on quangos that were saved from abolition under the Public Bodies Act and any number of benefits changes under the Welfare Reform Act.
With the other main parties in some disarray, ministers may seek to reverse some of those defeats and unpick some of the compromises they were forced into, during the last Parliament. Sometimes this will involve new bills, sometimes it may mean votes on statutory instruments - but I'm told the opposition parties are on the alert.
In the last Parliament, Labour peers fought a bitter delaying action against the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill; the Lib Dem peers certainly plan to make life difficult for the government, but intend to do so "within the spirit and conventions of the House", according to one senior figure.
So expect late votes to be forced on random amendments, and expect the government to find itself forced to negotiate the content of its bills rather more often than it would like.
The explosion happened at Phramongkutklao Hospital, which is used by serving and retired members of the military and their families.
It took place on the third anniversary of the 2014 coup which brought the military government to power.
Police said it was not clear who was behind the blast, which happened in a waiting room by a pharmacy.
"We found pieces of a circuit and a battery, as well as some wires. We'll investigate further but initially we found the explosive had a range of 2-3 metres," the Bangkok Post quoted Deputy National Police Chief General Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul as saying.
Officials said most people had minor wounds from flying glass.
"Eight people were admitted to hospital to observe their condition... among them is one woman who needed surgery because of shrapnel buried in her jaw," AFP quoted hospital director Saroj Keokajee as saying.
Thai newspaper The Nation said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had ordered an immediate investigation into the attack at the hospital, which also treats civilians.
Three years after the armed forces seized power in Thailand, they rule almost unchallenged; the few who have dared oppose the government openly have been detained and charged.
But there have been occasional small bombs, presumed to be in protest against the military. One went off last week close to the royal palace, where preparations are still under way for the elaborate cremation of the late King Bhumibol, who died last October.
The military has succeeded in maintaining order and stability through a sensitive royal succession; but it has done little to address the political divisions underlying the conflicts which preceded the coup.
Three years ago to the day the military ousted an elected government following months of street protests.
Since then, Thailand's military leaders have clamped down on critics, political opponents and free speech.
An election is due by the end of next year. It will be held under a new military-drafted constitution that critics claim only allows for a partial, guided democracy.
Thailand has faced a power struggle since Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted by the military as prime minister in 2006.
He and his sister (who led the government ousted in 2014) have strong support in rural areas, but they are hated by a military-backed urban elite who accuse them of corruption.
Humza Ali, 19, from Ward End, was arrested on 16 March on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts, West Midlands Police said.
Ali Akbar Zeb, 19, from Washwood Heath, was arrested on 4 August with another man who was released without charge.
The pair were released on bail with strict conditions and are due before Westminster magistrates on 2 November.
The German, who needs only to finish in the top three on Sunday to win the world championship, qualified second fastest, 0.303 seconds behind Hamilton.
Hamilton needs two other cars between himself and Rosberg on Sunday, but Mercedes' rivals were off their pace.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was third, but 0.834secs slower than Hamilton.
Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were fourth and fifth, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen sixth.
Sunday's race is live on the BBC Sport website and radio 5 live.
Hamilton's performance was one of the most impressive of a season in which he has now taken 12 poles to Rosberg's eight despite not even being able to compete in qualifying in three races because of reliability problems.
Hamilton topped all three sessions of qualifying - and was 1.024secs quicker than Rosberg in Q1, 0.108secs in Q2 and then the final margin of nearly a third of a second.
It was the 61st pole of his career, four behind his hero Ayrton Senna and seven behind all-time record holder Michael Schumacher.
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Hamilton said: "Wow, 61 poles. I am going to try to catch Ayrton. It has been a strange feeling coming here and realising it was going to be the last session, the last qualifying in such a great car - you never know when you are going to have a car like this again.
"We got the car in a great sweet spot and I want to thank everyone - I would not have the 61 poles if it was not for them. The perfect position for tomorrow."
Rosberg said: "I had a good balance and was feeling quite pleased. I got a good lap in the end but it was not good enough. I gave it everything but it wasn't possible to beat Lewis today. But I will give it everything tomorrow."
Red Bull have thrown a curve ball ahead of the race by choosing to start on the super-soft tyres rather than the faster but less durable ultra-softs, used by the rest of the top 10.
The plan will be to try to mix things up and get in amongst the Mercedes, and this could play a role in strategy in the race.
Ricciardo said: "We have to try something. It seems to be in a bit of a trend, if we are in a position to qualify on a different tyres we will try and see if it gives us a good opportunity. We will see if it puts us in the fight."
The team showed strong pace in the long runs on Friday practice - at least as good as the Mercedes.
"We were strong on the long runs and it looks good," Ricciardo said. "I think it is going to be fun. There will be a fight between these guys and hopefully we can do something to make it even more exciting than it already is."
Jenson Button will start the final race of his Formula 1 career 12th.
He was 0.228 seconds slower in second qualifying than team-mate Fernando Alonso - in the region of the typical gap between the two.
Alonso ultimately qualified ninth, behind the Force Indias of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez and ahead of Williams' Felipe Massa, who like Button is retiring after this race.
Button said: "Fernando did a good job but I think we did too. We start just outside the top 10. With that, we can start with new tyres and tyre a different strategy, which could be good. I'm looking forward to the race."
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The Hammers will host Pep Guardiola's side on Friday, 6 January (19:55 GMT).
Spurs, meanwhile, entertain Championship side Aston Villa two days later, with kick-off at 16:00.
A Saturday night highlights programme will include Sutton United's game against AFC Wimbledon and Barrow versus Rochdale.
BT Sport will broadcast Reading's trip to Manchester United and Preston against Arsenal (both Saturday, 7 January), Liverpool's game against Newport or Plymouth (Sunday, 7 January) and Cambridge United's home tie against Leeds (Monday, 9 January).
Football Focus will once again be on the road and there will be comprehensive coverage of the weekend's action across the BBC Sport website and on BBC Radio 5 live.
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There were 15,396 more deaths than expected at the trusts in the period between 2011 and 2016.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust had the highest number of excess deaths - 1,878 over the five years.
The analysis reveals a strong link between high mortality rates in England and lower than average doctor numbers.
High levels of hospital bed occupancy also appear to be an increasingly important factor in high mortality rates.
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The analysis was conducted by Prof Sir Brian Jarman, co-director of the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College London, which monitors NHS performance.
He said: "What we've found is that not only do those hospitals which have the very high death rates have less than the average doctors per bed than the national average, nearly all of them have more overcrowding than you would expect.
"Over the last 25 years in England we have doubled the number of admissions and we've halved the number of beds. If we cut more beds - and particularly if we cut the beds without proving that we have got adequate care in the community - I think that's an extremely dangerous way to run a health service."
This winter has seen hospitals across the country trying to cope with record occupancy levels, often way above the 85% capacity safety figure recommended by experts.
Prof Jarman examined mortality rates using a measure known as the Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) which covers deaths that occur both in hospitals and within 30 days of discharge.
The 19 NHS trusts with significantly high mortality rates all had below average numbers of doctors per bed and those with low death rates had above average doctor numbers. The average for medic staffing in England was 83 doctors per 100 beds.
Dr Chris Moulton, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: "The figures show that there is really a postcode lottery. If you live in some parts of England your chance of dying if you're admitted to hospital with the same condition are much higher than others.
"Of course, the hospitals with the worst numbers of staffing and the worst facilities are invariably in the areas with the biggest change in demographic and also the patients who are the sickest and most needy."
Prof Mark O'Donnell, medical director of the Blackpool trust, said SHMI should not be viewed in isolation and warned against thinking that excess deaths were the same thing as avoidable deaths.
He said the trust had focused efforts on improving the treatments patients received, particularly in the first 24 to 36 hours after admission. It was now recording a "growing and sustainable reduction" in mortality figures.
He added: "Any discussion around SHMI figures must recognise a number of factors including the health of the local population.
"Although there are pockets of affluence, the population of Blackpool is one of the most deprived in England. Furthermore, levels of HIV infection, drug misuse, alcohol misuse and anti-depressant prescribing are amongst the highest in England and male life expectancy is the lowest in England.''
Gordon Marsden, Labour MP for Blackpool South, said government failure to fund adult social care had had a detrimental impact on the local NHS.
He said: "One of the reasons why mortality figures are as bad as they can be in Blackpool is that some of the people being admitted are in a pretty bad state when they arrive.
"The council does Herculean things - but they are struggling, as most councils in England are, with funding adult social care."
NHS Digital, the body which provides statistics to the NHS, said it was wrong to rank trusts according to their SHMI, and that it used a different methodology in its own calculations.
In a statement it said: "Accordingly this means that the trusts identified by Professor Jarman as having higher than expected SHMI values do not correspond to the trusts identified in our official SHMI publications."
NHS England refused to comment.
The Conservatives have retained their hold over Gloucester City Council by gaining two seats.
The Liberal Democrats increased their majority at Cheltenham Borough Council by 10 seats.
And there is still no overall control at Stroud District Council with the Conservatives taking 23 seats and Labour 18.
Votes were also cast in the Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner elections which saw Martin Surl re-elected.
Katrina O'Hara, 44, was stabbed at Jocks Barbers in East Street, Blandford Forum, on 7 January.
Dorset Police said it referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) as it had "prior contact with people involved".
Stuart Thomas, 49, who has been charged with murdering Ms O'Hara, is due before Winchester Crown Court on 1 April.
An IPCC spokeswoman said: "The IPCC has begun an independent investigation into previous contact between Dorset Police and Katrina O'Hara, and with Stuart Thomas, also known as George Thomas."
Jack Marsters, 18, was arrested after the flare was discharged in Bo'ness Academy, West Lothian just before the start of the school day on 28 April.
Marsters' actions led to the entire 1,200-pupil, 90-teacher school being evacuated.
No damage was caused and no one was injured.
The flare set off the school's smoke alarm system, alerting the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Marsters, of Bo'ness, pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to culpable and reckless conduct.
Sheriff John Mundy deferred sentence until 13 February and granted Marsters bail.
Accident and emergency and maternity services at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch could be moved to hospitals in Worcester or Birmingham.
It is part of plans by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to save £50m.
The 32-page report has been produced by Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove and Stratford-on-Avon district councils.
It stated: "The removal of services from Redditch will leave what is already a vulnerable society with the worst accessibility to health services in the region.
"[It] will introduce substantial inequalities with the populations of Redditch, Bromsgrove, Studley, Alcester and neighbouring areas being significantly worse off than all other areas in Worcestershire."
The report has been submitted to Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for its current review of the county's hospitals.
The CCG is looking at two options for services at the Alexandra Hospital as part of a £35m reorganisation of health services in Worcestershire.
For the first option, some services at Alexandra Hospital would move to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Alternatively, it would be taken over by a University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Birmingham's QE Hospital.
The council report said if downgrading services was unavoidable, then Birmingham was the more "feasible option" because of better transport links.
Leader of Redditch Borough Council, Bill Hartnett said: "The prevalence of stroke, asthma and high blood pressure in Redditch are higher than the national average with over 28% of adults obese.
"With a clear link between physical and mental health problems and deprivation, the removal of key health services from the Alexandra Hospital to an inaccessible central base would put some of our most vulnerable residents at risk."
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust were unavailable for comment.
Maxence Melo, a director of Jamii Forums message boards, was charged under a controversial cybercrimes law.
The government said the law would stop the spread of lies, sedition and pornographic material online.
But critics say the law limits freedom of expression.
One US aid agency ,The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), cancelled nearly $500m (£405m) of funding in March partly on concerns over the enforcement of the law.
Tweeters have been using the hashtag #FreeMaxenceMelo in protest at Mr Melo's arrest.
On Wednesday Tanzanian police took Mr Melo to his office and home to search for the users' details they wanted.
Mr Melo's lawyer told the BBC the search was against his consent and the police did not have a search warrant.
The Jamii Forums other co-founder, Mike Mushi, told the BBC the police didn't take anything but made copies of several documents.
Mr Melo appeared at Kisutu court in Dar es Salaam on Friday, charged with obstructing an investigation and with failing to register the site with a co.tz domain name.
The cybercrime law made it a legal requirement for all websites in Tanzania to have a co.tz domain name.
The BBC's Sammy Awami reports that Mr Melo's bail hearing has been postponed until Monday. After he was charged, he was sent to Keko Prison in the country's economic capital, Dar es Salaam.
Technology journalist Tefo Mohapi says JamiiForums has played a huge part in exposing corruption in Tanzania.
He says information posted on the site about corrupt deals has led to the resignation of a prime minister, the dissolution of a cabinet and several ministers losing their jobs.
The 22-year-old Scot has risen 22 places in the world rankings in a year.
"I've wanted this since I was a kid and it's actually here and it's actually happening," she told BBC Scotland.
"I think it would be crazy to go in thinking there's no way possible for me to challenge for a medal. I'm 15th in the world."
Two years ago, Gilmour was asked what she wanted to achieve in the sport.
Her bold aim was to win a medal at all the major events - European, world championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympics - and she is halfway to realising her ambition.
A Commonwealth Games and a European Championships medal have already been chalked off the list.
Gilmour, who won a silver medal at this year's European Championships, believes she is going into the Olympics in the best shape of her life and in great form too.
"I've pushed these top guys to three sets, taken a couple of wins here and there," she said.
"It's a major championships and crazy things happen in major championships. So for me to say there's no chance is silly."
Gilmour is full of confidence at the moment, but after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, her new coach, two-time Olympian Chris Bruil, decided to overhaul her game and she admits she struggled.
"He stripped my game back to very basics and there were tears and there were broken badminton rackets, I'm not going to lie," she said.
Gilmour competed in lesser tournaments against weaker opponents in a bid to solidify what she had been working on in training.
It had the desired effect as she has risen up the world rankings to 15th from 37th this time last year.
While she is moving up in the world, she admits she is not feeling totally in awe at the prospect of competing on the Olympic stage.
That is also down to the fact that she was involved in the GB ambition programme for London 2012.
"That kind of wow factor and shock has been taken away a bit," she said.
"I got to go to London, soak in the atmosphere, even eat in the dining hall, which doesn't seem like a big thing.
"But, when you're faced with every food under the sun, and you have to control yourself, it's quite difficult."
A selection of photos from across the African continent this week:
The fire broke out at the substation on Bluebell Avenue at about 19:25 BST.
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) said a transformer fault caused the fire and that engineers have now restored power.
Nobody has been injured in the blaze. The gardaà (Irish police) have advised people near the fire to stay indoors and keep windows and doors shut.
Several units from the Dublin Fire Brigade have attended the scene.
Whiteheads Steelworks was closed down in 2005 and later demolished as part of the city's regeneration works.
Developers say the development, off Mendalgief road, could regenerate a section of Pill "traditionally associated with industry".
Plans also include a pub-restaurant, retail and assisted living units.
Whiteheads Developments first submitted plans for the development in 2015 with a smaller number of residential properties - 498 - and a care home.
Developers changed the plans following noise concerns over the Coilcolor factory and after increased costs of "unforeseen contamination" at the site.
The initial gathering lasted half an hour, but is hailed a significant step.
Earlier, the government team told the BBC "ending terrorism and violence" was the top priority but said opposition members harboured "personal hatreds".
Delegates in Geneva are aiming at small concessions, not a full peace deal, and will talk through a UN mediator.
The BBC's Lina Sinjab, in Geneva, says diplomatic efforts are concentrating on trying to build confidence between the two sides with small achievements like localised ceasefires, release of detainees and the opening of humanitarian corridors.
There is hope that such steps could pave the way for the discussion of wider issues like political transition, our correspondent says.
By Imogen FoulkesBBC News, Geneva
Lakhdar Brahimi's announcement that the two sides will, after all, meet face-to-face is the first genuinely positive moment since these talks began on Wednesday.
If it goes well, there may be further meetings later on Saturday.
Exactly what will be discussed remains unclear: If the two sides focus on better access for aid agencies, or even some temporary local ceasefires, then progress may be made. If they continue to make President Assad's future their starting point, they may get nowhere.
As Mr Brahimi said, no-one expected these talks to be easy.
Syria's Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jafari - part of the government delegation - told the BBC that "item number one should be putting an end to the terrorism and to the violence".
"We should all have one agenda, how to serve the interests of the Syrian people, how to rebuild our country on a solid basis and how to go ahead, forward towards achieving the aspirations of the Syrian people," he said.
But he accused the coalition delegation of harbouring "personal hatreds towards the government for whatever reasons".
The envoy said the common ground between the parties "should be that we should talk about everything, everything, without any selectivity... and no preconditions and no hidden agendas".
However he said it was "too early" to talk of Mr Assad stepping down and that the issue was "not the priority".
In Homs - where President Bashar al-Assad's forces have surrounded rebel-held areas for more than a year - the practical steps needed to get humanitarian aid in have been worked out, and could take place quickly if agreed, Reuters news agency cited an official as saying.
Syria's civil conflict has claimed well over 100,000 lives since it began in 2011.
The violence has also driven 9.5 million people from their homes, creating a major humanitarian crisis within Syria and for its neighbours.
The delegates are still not prepared to talk to each other directly, but are expected to communicate via UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, reportedly in two sessions during Saturday.
Preliminary talks began on Wednesday in Montreux, and Mr Brahimi spent Thursday and Friday attempting to persuade both sides to agree to meet face-to-face.
Friday was supposed to be the first day of official talks, but neither side would meet the other.
A UN-backed meeting in 2012 issued the document and urged Syria to:
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Instead, Mr Brahimi met government delegates in the morning, and the opposition in the afternoon.
On Friday, the government's delegation reportedly threatened to quit the talks unless "serious" discussions were scheduled for Saturday.
The opposition and government are fundamentally divided over the aims of the conference.
The government delegation has said the main issue of the talks is finding a solution to foreign-backed "terrorism", by which it means the whole of the armed opposition.
The opposition, however, had insisted that the regime commit in writing to the 2012 Geneva I communique, which called for a transition process.
The communique urged Syria to form transitional governing authority that "could include members of the present government and the opposition and other groups".
The Adventure Travel in Scotland guide has been published by Tourism Intelligence Scotland (TIS).
It is aimed at helping companies make the most of new and emerging opportunities in the tourism sector.
Tourism bosses expect a 70% increase in people taking part in adventure travel over the next three years.
According to the guide, more than 3.2 million adventure holiday trips were made in Scotland in 2008, generating almost £900m of spending.
Adventure travel includes adventure sports and mountain biking, but also walking and wildlife watching.
The guide provides facts and figures about the market, emerging consumer trends and marketing tips to help operators attract more adventure travellers to their business.
Julie Franchetti, tourism innovation manager at Scottish Enterprise, said: "In the current economic climate, tourism businesses need to continue to look at new ways to innovate and grow their business.
"This guide will give them the knowledge and the tools to make the most of these new opportunities and ensure they meet, and exceed, the needs of these adventurous travellers."
Paul Easto, director of adventure travel company Wilderness Scotland, said good market intelligence was essential to any business.
He added: "For Scotland to thrive as an adventure travel destination, it is fundamentally important that all aspects of the tourism supply chain understand the specific needs and expectations of this market."
TIS is a joint venture developed by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and VisitScotland, in partnership with the tourism industry.
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Australian officials said the man was detained at Melbourne's Tullamarine airport on November 15.
He was carrying three cans of mace and had extremist literature on his mobile devices when he arrived on a flight from the Middle East.
He was deported the following day, Australian Border Force (ABF) said.
"The man was detained by ABF counter-terrorism unit team officers as a result of an assessment of advance passenger processing information, which revealed an anomaly with his electronic travel authority," the ABF said in a statement.
"A subsequent search of his belongings revealed objectionable material of an extremist Ânature on his mobile devices and prohibited goods in his luggage."
Australian media reported that the man had arrived from Abu Dhabi.
Attorney General George Brandis confirmed the incident and said appropriate measures were taken when travellers posed an "unacceptable level of risk".
"What I think this case illustrates is the care which the Australian government takes to ensure that everyone that arrives in Australia is subject to appropriate scrutiny," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Australian newspaper reported today that the country has stepped up screening of EU passport holders in the wake of the Paris attacks.
This issue hit me with both barrels between the eyes this week when I had to wrestle with a series of images from besieged Aleppo.
They had been taken by Syrian doctors in an underground hospital and forwarded to me by Dr David Nott, the pioneering war surgeon who has been using social media to teach his colleagues over the internet how to, for example, rebuild a man's face.
I first covered war in 1988 and I've seen more than enough real horror with my own eyes.
But the Aleppo hospital pictures were grim beyond the saying of it. Be warned. What I must write and you will now read is a terrible litany of suffering.
They include a boy, so coated in cement dust I can't say whether he is alive or dead; a boy, dead; two boys, lying on the floor next to a drain because there are no beds left, both dead; a boy, alive, his face a river of blood; a boy, alive, holding up his broken arm; a boy, dead; a girl with ginger hair, dying.
A boy, his face white from dust apart from a smear of blood running from his eyes to his nose; the 17th, a baby girl, dying; a teenage girl in a white headdress, it and her face splotched with arterial blood; a dead infant; a father, covered in cement dust, dead, holding the arm of an infant, also dead, the infant headless.
Most of these images we cannot show you. The reason is simple: there is no watershed on the internet and you cannot put out these kind of images without causing people, especially children, real upset.
I understand this completely.
I returned from Rwanda and Burundi in 1988 from reporting a massacre for the Observer, and back in London described a machete wound to a friend, who wrote TV comedies. His face went green.
I realised that from then on, I should be careful about what I said about the details of man's inhumanity to man; still more about what I showed via image and video.
But then the other thing. Something truly horrible is happening to the people of eastern Aleppo.
They rose up against Bashar al-Assad five years ago. They are not with Isis but against them; they seek a third path between the tyrant and the fanatics.
They are trapped inside a siege. They have nowhere to hide. So when the cluster bombs fall - the ones that don't go off are marked Shoab 0.5m in Russian, so we have a pretty good idea who is dropping them - they kill.
On our BBC Newsnight film we did show something of what happens when a cluster bomb lands on a city packed with children.
The doctors in the underground hospital filmed one little boy with a ball bearing from a cluster bomb in his spine; a second with a ball bearing that had entered the back of his head and lodged in the skull just behind his nose.
We did show blood on the floor of the hospital - there is no time to get rid of it and, since the waterworks has been bombed, no good water supply. We did show neurosurgery taking place on the floor because no beds were free.
But we didn't show what often happens: that cluster bombs kill children. The danger is that, for fear of causing upset, we end up sanitising war.
This matters because Western policy on Syria is in deep trouble. Assad's strategic narrative - it's a choice between me or Isis - is becoming more and more true.
The danger for Western security is that policy may drive good people into the hands of Isis because they hate Assad so much. But if people in the West do not see the reality on the ground because media organisations don't want to cause upset, then the story gets obscured or buried.
Hollywood hoovers up the dreadful dust of war. In multiplex movies you see machine-guns spit and shells fall - but not people with no eyes because of the percussion effect from high explosives; you see heroism, but not children with ball bearings in their spine.
Assad and Russia say they are fighting terrorism. None of the dead children pictured on my phone and indelibly in my memory are terrorists.
Correcting these falsehoods - both benign and malign - is the job of journalism. Right now we are not showing you the full horror of the war in Syria.
From 78-4 overnight, England at least mustered 236 to set the home side a target of 103.
Joe Root hit 78 and Haseeb Hameed, batting with a broken hand, made 59 not out but will now leave the tour.
Parthiv Patel cracked an unbeaten 67 from 54 balls as India extended their undefeated run to 16 Tests.
The world number one side have also gone 17 home matches without being beaten and will wrap up a series victory if they avoid defeat in the fourth Test in Mumbai, which begins on 8 December.
For England, who have now lost four of their past six matches, some players will be allowed to leave India on holiday before the next Test.
"India gave England real hammering," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special.
"England need to look in the mirror and ask, 'why does it keep happening?' There is something not right in the mentality in the dressing room."
After an encouraging performance in the drawn first Test, England have now suffered back-to-back defeats that were largely based on substandard first-innings batting.
In the second Test, England were bowled out for 255 and here, with conditions again suited to run-scoring, the tourists failed to capitalise on winning the toss and only managed 283.
On each occasion, England surrendered a big lead, one they were unable to sufficiently claw back as India's spinners found success in the second innings.
The injury to Hameed will force one change to the side, but the poor form of Gary Ballance and Ben Duckett leaves the tourists with few options unless they make further call-ups.
"England were just not good enough on the first day - that's where it was lost," said Vaughan. "The pitch was perfect for batting. You've got to bat for 140 overs and score 400. 283 was about 150 to 175 below par."
India's spinners ran through the England top order on the third evening and got to work again on Tuesday morning, with Ravindra Jadeja pinning nightwatchman Gareth Batty lbw and Jos Buttler, who got off the mark with a six, caught at deep mid-wicket off Jayant Yadav.
Root remained, giving his team-mates a lesson in how to play the slow bowlers with patient defence, drives through the covers and fast feet to work through the leg side.
He added 45 with Hameed, who batted at number eight, before edging Jadeja to slip, while Woakes counter-punched until both he and Adil Rashid were bounced out by Mohammed Shami.
The arrival of James Anderson was the signal for Hameed to attack and a run-a-ball partnership of 41 only ended when England's number 11 was run out coming back for a second.
Woakes found extra bounce to have Murali Vijay caught at second slip in the second over of the chase, but England had no answer to Parthiv's sparkling strokeplay as India reached their target inside 21 overs.
Hameed is set leave the tour to have a plate inserted in the little finger of his left hand after being struck by Umesh Yadav in the first innings.
Though he was unable to grip the bat with that finger, the 19-year-old once again impressed with the composure and stout defence that have characterised his first three Tests.
Perhaps because of his injury, Hameed, who gave a sharp chance to wicketkeeper Parthiv on five, was initially even more shotless than usual - his first sign of aggression did not come until he played a slog-sweep to the 111th ball he faced.
However, when he was joined by last man Anderson, Hameed displayed his range of strokes, particularly through the leg side.
He brought up his second Test half-century with a six off Ravichandran Ashwin and the last 27 deliveries he faced brought 36 runs before he was left stranded by Anderson's departure.
England captain Alastair Cook: "To get bowled out for 280 in the first innings, we knew we were behind the eight ball. We had a little bit of a sniff at 200-6, but credit to their lower order.
"It's been a frustrating four days. Credit to India - they outplayed us. We've got a few days off to go our separate ways."
India captain Virat Kohli: "None of the pitches have been turners - we are just playing very good cricket. Getting them out for 280 was a great boost for us having lost the toss.
"It's been a complete effort. We're in a good space."
England coach Trevor Bayliss: "I thought we contributed to our own downfall. There were a few embarrassed faces in the changing room from the shots that were played.
"We were always playing catch up. When you're playing a team as good as India are in their back yard, you need to score well in that first innings and we failed to do so."
Despite a second successive heavy defeat, England moved up a place in the International Cricket Council's Test rankings.
Thanks to Pakistan's 2-0 series loss in New Zealand, Alastair Cook's side climbed from third to second, making the series in India a contest between the top two sides in the world.
However, England must win the final two Tests to stay in second place. If they lose them both they will drop to fifth.
The election was called when previous Labour MP Sir Peter Soulsby stepped down to enter the race to become the city's elected mayor.
Mr Ashworth beat Liberal Democrat candidate Zuffar Haq, who came in second place, and the Conservatives' Jane Hunt, who was third.
He won 19,771 votes, compared to 7,693 for Mr Haq and 5,169 for Ms Hunt and promised to work for the city.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Ashworth said: "Labour is listening more, working harder and changing to get in touch."
"I think the adverse publicity that Sepp has received since being re-elected has been phenomenal," he said.
US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group of 14 people indicted.
Two days after the arrests, Mr Blatter was re-elected president of Fifa.
However, he announced on Tuesday that he was stepping down, saying that it appeared the mandate he had been given "does not seem to be supported by everyone in the world".
According to US media reports, the 79-year-old is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at Fifa.
Mr Boyce told BBC Northern Ireland on Wednesday: "I personally will be surprised if Sepp Blatter is guilty of corruption, but I welcome the full inquiry that is being made."
Mr Boyce, 71, said the inquiry related to matters before he took on the Fifa vice-presidency in 2010, and since taking on the role, he had no sense that anything underhand was going on within the organisation.
"If any of these people are found guilty of any form of dishonesty, they should be dealt with in the strongest possible manner," said the former Irish FA president.
Mr Boyce, who has known Mr Blatter for 22 years, said he had criticised him in private conversations for failing to deal in a timely manner with Fifa officials "who had been exposed as criminals".
"For example in 2006 at the World Cup in Germany, (former Fifa official) Jack Warner was caught red-handed selling tickets at very much above face-value on the black market," he said.
"He should've been shown the door in 2006 and I told him that."
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On the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, he said: "If there is undoubted proof that corruption was involved... there should be a re-vote for those World Cups now."
"It's going to be very difficult in the Russia situation when you think that the draw for the World Cup is going to be made in St Petersburg on 25 July," he said.
"Irrespective of that, if there is definite form of corruption and it's proven that there was corruption then I think FIFA have got to show leadership."
Mr Boyce said it was not fair that the "many good people" who work at Fifa were being "tarred with the same brush because of people who have acted wrongly".
Asked if he would consider standing as Fifa president, he said he had a "wonderful career" but it was time for him to retire.
Meanwhile, Irish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson has said Mr Blatter's resignation is good for football.
"We felt it was time for change last week, we feel it's time for change this week and the fact that Mr Blatter has actually seen that at last - I'm not quite sure why's it's happened this quickly - but the fact that it has happened this quickly, I think is a cause for us to think positively," he said.
Dame Sally Davies is worried that recent controversies over the use of medicines have damaged faith in the way research is carried out and presented.
The review will publish its findings by the end of the year.
A copy of her request was obtained by the BBC's File on 4 programme as part of an investigation into concerns about a clot-busting treatment for strokes.
The CMO told the Academy of Medical Sciences she was very concerned" about a view that doctors and scientists are "untrustworthy".
She set out her concerns in a letter, sent in February, to the president of the Academy, Prof Sir John Tooke.
In this, she cited recent debates over the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for people at low risk of developing heart disease, and the anti-viral treatment Tamiflu.
The letter reads: "There seems to be a view that doctors over-medicate so it is difficult to trust them, and that clinical scientists are all beset by conflicts of interest from industry funding and are therefore untrustworthy too."
She says this is not in the interests of patients or the public's health.
"I have, therefore, reluctantly come to the conclusion that we do need an authoritative independent report looking at how society should judge the safety and efficacy of drugs as an intervention."
The academy's review, which starts on Wednesday, will also consider the use of the clot-busting stroke treatment alteplase - a technique called thrombolysis.
Each year in the UK, there are more than 150,000 strokes. About 85% are caused by an obstruction blocking the flow of blood to the brain.
Patients with this type of stroke may be eligible for treatment with alteplase, subject to tests in hospital.
File on 4 visited the hyper-acute stroke unit at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to see how staff assessed and administered alteplase.
Dr Jane Molloy, the clinical lead for stroke services, described how they explained the potential benefits to patients and their families.
Doctors would say that for every three people treated with this medication one will make some extra improvement, and one in seven will recover their independence who would not do so otherwise, she said.
They then set out the risks.
"We know that the risk of bleeding with thrombolysis is six in 100 and that will include minor bleeding but also might include major bleeding with the possibility that it could cause a fatal bleed in the brain."
Some doctors say the benefits have been exaggerated. Dr Roger Shinton, a former stroke physician at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital, is sceptical.
He said: "I'm prepared to accept that there are some patients who could get some benefit, but overall it may be that on balance the number of people benefiting is actually quite small and does not justify the use given the significant harms that we know."
His concerns have won powerful backing from the former president of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Richard Thompson.
"My worry is that the trials are not consistent, that the evidence is not strong enough to be giving, after all, a very expensive treatment," he said.
"Do we want to recommend a treatment with a marginal effect when we know we are - if you like - killing a few patients and saving others?"
Dr Shinton wants all the trial data on alteplase to be published. Until then, he argues, routine use of the drug for stroke should be suspended.
But Dr Dale Webb, from the Stroke Association, defended the treatment.
He said: "The evidence says that alteplase has made a big impact on the recovery of stroke survivors.
"We have to remember that the number of disabilities associated with stroke is greater than any other medical condition.
"A stroke really can turn your world upside down.
"What alteplase has done is to improve the long-term recovery outcomes for stroke patients."
In a statement, Boeringer Ingelheim - which holds the licence for alteplase in Europe - said its medicine played a vital role in the treatment of acute strokes.
"We are confident in our data, which is supported by the experience of clinicians who have been using our medicine to treat their patients for more than a decade," it said.
"We are incredibly proud of the contribution our medicine makes to patient care at this critical time."
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is carrying out a review into the safety and efficacy of alteplase.
It says it will publish the findings before the end of the year.
Zakuani, 31, was offered a contract by the Cobblers "subject to an agreement being reached on his international commitments", but left the club in May.
The DR Congo international, who made 25 appearances for Northampton, has agreed a one-year contract with Gillingham.
He is their third signing since the end of last season, after deals for defenders Luke O'Neil and Alex Lacey.
"We needed a talker and we needed a leader, and Gabriel's been identified as that," director of football Peter Taylor told BBC Radio Kent.
"He's still captain of his country, he still enjoys that, so there will be a couple of times we won't have him, but not many.
"We've made a good agreement with him that he's only going to be available for his country on certain games, and I think he's making that agreement with Congo."
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Police said one of the men arguing was disabled, and Kevin O'Connell intervened to help someone he thought was being victimised.
One of the two men ran away, so Mr O'Connell chased him.
He was then hit by a car in Burton Road, Derby, at about 12:55 BST on Saturday.
The 33-year-old later died from his injuries. His children are assisting police with their investigation.
Sgt Darren Muggleton said: "It's a tragic incident which was witnessed by Kevin's three children.
"He died a hero trying to help a member of the public he thought was being victimised."
Police believe Mr O'Connell initially saw part of the altercation as he was leaving a chip shop with his children.
Sgt Muggleton said: "He must have found a sense of duty and he decided to drive down the street and intervene in what was happening.
"We believe that there has been some heated discussion, other things have occurred, and as a result one of the males has run off from the scene and he was pursued by Mr O'Connell.
"At some point Mr O'Connell has somehow stumbled into the path of an unconnected passing car, causing him his fatal injuries."
Police said the altercation was on the footpath at the side of the road, near Car Parts Direct.
Two men, aged 27 and 34, were arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed.
Spokesman Col Mohammed Samir said the court should have sentenced a 16-year-old with a similar name instead.
Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali was convicted along with 115 others in connection with riots by Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Fayoum province in 2014.
His lawyer had submitted documents proving that he was one at the time.
In a post on Facebook (in Arabic), Col Samir said Ahmed Mansour Qurani Sharara, 16, should have been sentenced and not Ahmed Mansour Qurani Ali.
It not clear what will now happen to the four year old.
The child's lawyer said his name had been added to the list of suspects by mistake - and that court officials had not passed his birth certificate to the judge to prove his age at the time of the offence.
He was subsequently convicted of four counts of murder, eight counts of attempted murder and vandalising government property.
Egypt's judicial system has come under repeated criticism since the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, following mass protests.
Since then, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 40,000 are believed to have been jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent.
Most of them have been supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, but secular activists have also been prosecuted for breaking an anti-protest law.
In 2014, the UN warned that Egypt had "a judicial system where international fair trial guarantees appear to be increasingly trampled upon" after more than 1,200 people were sentenced to death in two mass trials "rife with procedural irregularities".
West Bromwich Albion striker Salomon Rondon tapped in the only goal as Venezuela reached the quarter-finals.
The defeat was the second in as many group games for Uruguay, with Mexico's 2-0 victory over Jamaica in Pasadena confirming their exit.
"We didn't play like a team that needed to get a good result," said Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez.
Striker Luis Suarez, who injured a hamstring in Barcelona's Copa del Rey final win over Sevilla last month, did not feature for the second successive game for Uruguay, who top their World Cup qualifying group and are the most successful team in Copa America history.
"The player is not fit to play," said Tabarez. "I will not select a player who is not 100%. Was he angry? I am not aware. He told me nothing."
Venezuela, meanwhile, secured successive wins in the tournament for the first time.
Rondon became the first Venezuela player to score in three Copa Americas as he rolled home the 36th-minute winner when a long-range shot from Alejandro Guerra came back off the crossbar.
Mexico's victory was their 10th in succession since Juan Carlos Osorio took over as coach last year, with former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez heading their opening goal.
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The hoard was buried near Watlington around the end of the 870s, in the time of the "Last Kingdom".
Under the Treasure Act 1996 finds declared treasure may be acquired by museums for public benefit.
Oxford's Ashmolean Museum hopes to acquire the items, with help from Oxfordshire Museum Service and the British Museum.
The British Museum said the partnership would "ensure the academic and scientific study of the hoard and will enable the hoard to be displayed in museums across Oxfordshire for the benefit of the widest possible public".
The hoard consists of seven items of jewellery, 15 ingots and about 200 coins - including rarities from the reign of King Alfred "the Great" of Wessex, who reigned from 871 to 899, and King Ceolwulf II, who reigned in Mercia from 874 to 879.
During this period, King Alfred achieved a decisive victory over the Vikings at the famous Battle of Edington in 878, prompting them to move north of the Thames and travel to East Anglia through the kingdom of Mercia.
Archaeologists have described the hoard, which was discovered in October by metal detectorist James Mather, as a "nationally significant find".
The hoard was lifted in a block of soil and taken to the British Museum, where it was excavated and studied by experts from the British Museum in London and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
A selection of objects from the hoard are currently on display in the British Museum's Citi Money Gallery in London.
The Art Council's announcement is described as a "fundamental shift" in the organisation's approach.
Each body it funds will have to demonstrate how they have promoted diversity within their leadership, workforce, programming and audiences.
"Our work should reflect and engage with all our talent and communities," said chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette.
The implementation of the new plans is due to start in April 2015.
Sir Peter revealed the plans in a speech at Sadlers Wells, which he described as one of the most important he has made in his role.
"Britain has got many, many talents. And our work should reflect and engage with all our talent and communities. That's how we will ensure work of true ambition and enduring quality," he said.
He admitted that in the past the the Arts Council had tried to promote diversity "without grasping how complex it is" and said they "can and must do better".
Sir Peter pointed out that some national organisations and museums were making good progress but they had been "shouldering this responsibility alone for too long".
All groups that they fund will be asked to shape their artistic programme to better reflect the communities they serve and they will be held to "account" on their progress when it comes to their next round of funding in 2018.
Sir Peter did not go into further details of how that would be imposed.
He told The Guardian he saw this as encouragement rather than a threat.
"I call it a carrot because it is a is a way of making it work better - I don't call it a stick."
He also announced their Creative People and Places programme will fund a further £25 million to areas with low engagement in the arts, while their strategic touring fund will target the needs of specific audiences.
In his speech, Bazalgette said he hoped the plan would produce major changes.
"For things to change, long-term, they need to become more uncomfortable at the top. We have to open up access to power and to resources.
"Looking up, too many see the white cliff-face of the arts establishment and feel they just cannot climb it.
"We can't give people creative talent. But we can and must give those with talent creative opportunities. The arts are a mirror for society; and if we sort this, the arts won't have to make the case for diversity. The arts will simply be the case."
The plans were welcomed by entertainment union Bectu.
Janice Turner, Bectu's diversity officer, said: "Welcome is Peter Bazalgette's acknowledgement that the focus, until now, has been almost entirely on black, Asian and minority ethnic-led companies, which let the rest of the industry off the hook."
Actress Meera Syal, meanwhile, is the latest star to call for more diversity in theatre.
She told The Stage that theatres should cater more for Asian audiences and take advantage of the 'brown pound'.
"There's a very gregarious, moneyed, new generation [of Asian audiences] coming up, who spend an awful lot of money on entertainment and culture. And I think the theatres are missing a trick if they're not putting on stuff that might appeal to those audiences," she said.
Syal is currently starring in Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre.
She said Asian audiences are "extra supportive and extra excited when they see stories that reflect their experiences or a diverse cast of people that they might know."
The Modern Family actress took to social media after suggestions she looked anorexic in a recent photo.
Hyland underwent a kidney transplant in 2012 after battling kidney dysplasia her whole life.
"I'm not in control of what my body looks like," the actress said in a post on Twitter.
"I strive to be as healthy as possible, as everyone should."
Kidney dysplasia is a condition which can eventually cause the organ to malfunction.
Hyland made the comments after some fans suggested she looked anorexic in a recent Instagram post.
"No, that's not Photoshop, those are my legs, those are my arms," she said. "I write this because I've been accused of promoting anorexia, in, ironically enough, an anti-bullying post. And I want young girls to know that's not my intention."
Hyland has previously said: "I was born with so many health issues that doctors told my mother I would never have a normal life."
It's unclear what other health problems she has - but her father donated one of his kidneys for her transplant in 2012.
"This year has brought a lot of changes, and with that, physical changes," Hyland said. "I've been told that I can't work out. Which, for me is very upsetting."
"Being strong has gotten me where I am, both mentally and physically. I am not a fan of 'being skinny' which many of you have told me I'm too much of."
Speaking about her recent health problems, the actress said: "I've basically been on bed rest for the last few months, I've lost a lot of muscle mass.
She concluded: "I've been down before and I'll probably be down again in my lifetime but I'm steadfast and solid and will conquer my obstacles."
"I'm a 26-year-old woman who goes through more than you could ever imagine on a daily basis."
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Host David Walliams arrived on stage as James Bond, complete with jet pack.
Girls Aloud, One Direction, 2012 Britain's Got Talent winners Ashleigh Butler and dog Pudsey, and Sir Bruce Forsyth were among the British artists.
Kylie Minogue, Alicia Keys, Neil Diamond and Andrea Bocelli were among the international stars.
The performance of song, comedy and skits began with mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins singing the National Anthem. She also later performed with classical superstar Placido Domingo.
Jenkins, appearing at her fourth Royal Variety Performance, said: "It's an honour. It does make you nervous when the Queen is watching you. You want to do your best."
Girls Aloud sang The Promise, while One Direction sang number one single Little Things.
Reminders of past Royal Variety Performances were shown, with comedian Jimmy Tarbuck introducing comedy clips of himself, Peter Kay and the cast of Only Fools and Horses entertaining in previous years.
Tarbuck first appeared at the Royal Variety Performance in 1964.
"It's a great honour to be asked," he said during rehearsals. "You're appearing with your peers and people you admire. It's such a good bill."
Britain's Got Talent winners Ashleigh and Pudsey performed a James Bond-inspired dance routine, in honour of 50 years of the spy films.
Past stars of the ITV1 talent contest also performed, including dance troupe Diversity and comedy dancing duo Stavros Flatley.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, shook the hands of the performers on stage at the end of the evening, while backstage Walliams declared the evening "awesome".
The sold-out performance is due to be broadcast on ITV1 on 3 December at 19:30 GMT. All proceeds are donated to The Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund (EABF), which cares for entertainers throughout the UK who need help.
The performance was first held in 1912.
Party officials told the electoral office they have been contacted by 18 people whose votes had been "stolen".
The Chief Electoral Officer said she is investigating 12 allegations of electoral fraud in the Foyle constituency.
Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan lost the seat by 169 votes to former city lord mayor Elisha McCallion of Sinn Féin.
The police have said they are investigating a small number of reports of electoral fraud, following an Electoral Office referral.
Chief Electoral Officer Virginia McVeigh said: "The investigation is at a very early stage. We have made a number of calls for other people to come forward."
The SDLP said about a dozen incidents of voter fraud had also been reported in South Down and has called for tighter controls on voter identification.
SDLP veteran Margaret Ritchie was defeated in South Down by Sinn Fein's Chris Hazzard by 2,446 votes.
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan said he had been contacted by people who were told they had already voted when they arrived at polling stations.
"It's difficult to gauge how widespread it may be," said Mr Durkan, the nephew of the defeated Foyle MP.
"It is horrifying to think that in this day and age that voting fraud is going on.
"It is vitally important to all parties that we have an electoral system that people can have faith and confidence in."
BBC News NI political correspondent Enda McClafferty said: "While allegations of voter fraud are not new, the SDLP claims it is more of a problem now - especially in constituencies like Foyle where only 169 votes separated the winner and loser."
No accusations have been made against any one party but in response to the SDLP claims, Sinn Féin said there was always an effort by political opponents to explain away their rejection by the electorate.
Police have asked anyone with concerns about electoral fraud to contact the Electoral Office.
Ch Supt Karen Baxter said: "We work closely with the Electoral Office and where information becomes available in relation to criminal activity, we take action."
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The 29-year-old admits he had the chance to speak to a couple of clubs in England but described Celtic as "the complete package".
"Of course it's going to be hard," Hayes said of breaking into the team.
He could make his competitive Celtic debut in the second qualifying round of the Champions League next month.
The Scottish champions are likely to meet Northern Ireland's Linfield, who have been paired with San Marino's SP La Fiorita in the first round.
"It's going to be a tough," Hayes told BBC Scotland. "There's no easy games in Europe.
"I have a bit of experience playing with Aberdeen there a couple of times where we took our foot off the gas a little bit and got punished. But every game is tough regardless of who we play or where we play.
"Everyone will look forward to playing against Celtic and will raise their game.
"I'm just happy playing in a game where I just finally get a chance to pull this top on. I can't wait to get started."
Republic of Ireland international Hayes has agreed a three-year deal with Celtic following five years with Aberdeen.
Hayes, who has also played for Leicester and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, began his career at Reading, with Rodgers briefly in charge during his time at the club.
"I was sitting at home waiting all day for the phone call," Hayes explained. "I think it was about six or seven at night when he rang and, honestly, I don't even think I spoke a word for about 30 seconds other than hello and I was sold.
"He's infectious. He's fantastic to work for. It's a long time since I have and I'm looking forward to it but I'd be lying if I didn't say there was a lot of other major factors in wanting to come here. The size of the club, the chance to play out there every week in front of 50-odd thousand, Champions League nights, so many things, when you put together it is the complete package.
"I have full confidence in the manager, I think he can only improve me as a player
"I know I will need to improve and try to hold down a regular place in this team. I'm delighted to finally be here and get the chance to play for this club; it's a challenge I welcome."
Hayes is also hoping his move to a "bigger stage" will aid his international ambitions and revealed that he had spoken to former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill about moving to Parkhead when he was involved with the Republic of Ireland squad recently.
"He asked me every day what was happening, if I was gong to Celtic," he said. "He had a glint in his eye when he was asking me if I was going to go."
Both sides looked out of sorts as passes repeatedly went astray in the opening exchanges.
Pompey eventually had the first effort on goal, Eoin Doyle heading wide from eight yards, while Curtis Weston met Mauro Vilhete's cross just after the half-hour mark to force David Forde into a sharp save at the other end.
Portsmouth boss Paul Cook brought on Chaplin and Danny Rose at the break but the Bees almost went ahead after an hour as Ruben Bover's free-kick clipped the side-netting.
The Spaniard had gone off when Barnet won another set-piece in a similar position but Vilhete deputised brilliantly, bending the ball over the wall to give the Bees an 82nd-minute lead.
However, the home side could not hang on as Chaplin fired a dramatic equaliser into the top corner from 20 yards in the 89th minute.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Barnet 1, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half ends, Barnet 1, Portsmouth 1.
Attempt missed. Justin Amaluzor (Barnet) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Dan Sweeney (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carl Baker (Portsmouth).
Goal! Barnet 1, Portsmouth 1. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Amine Linganzi.
Michael Nelson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth).
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Elliot Johnson.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Barnet 1, Portsmouth 0. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Justin Amaluzor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Portsmouth. Carl Baker replaces Gary Roberts.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Elliot Johnson.
Substitution, Barnet. Justin Amaluzor replaces Simeon Akinola.
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barnet. Dan Sweeney replaces Ruben Bover.
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
John Akinde (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth).
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
Foul by Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
Ricardo Santos (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Amine Linganzi (Portsmouth).
Foul by Tom Champion (Barnet).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Gary Roberts.
"These are brigadeiros, a traditional sweet in Brazil," she explains.
The 34-year-old sells the delicacies through her business, My Sweet Brigadeiro. She launched it in 2011, a few months after moving to the Big Apple from Rio de Janeiro.
At the other end of the long, steel table from Ms Barbosa's brigadeiros is a completely different type of food preparation. Three women, led by Isabel Gunther, are tossing vegetables in with stringy, white rice noodles in large bowls.
These will be packaged for healthy school meals, part of Ms Gunther's business, Little Green Gourmets.
Both firms are renting space and facilities at a kitchen incubator called Hot Bread Kitchen (HBK), based in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan.
In a food-obsessed city, where alternative commercial space is expensive, such incubators are continuing to play a vital role in helping culinary start-ups get off the ground.
Since opening its doors in 2011, HBK has now assisted 100 small firms, who can also take advantage of business support.
Ms Barbosa sells most of her chocolates online, and in a few select food markets.
She was at one of those markets in 2011 when her brigadeiros got a favourable review from the New York Times. As a result, orders came flooding in.
"It was crazy - we were a fad and we weren't ready," says Ms Barbosa. "We didn't even have a credit card machine and we were saying 'yes' to everybody. So we decided to rent kitchen space and do this the proper way."
Today, she says orders remain strong. Her bestseller is a box of 30 brigadeiros, which retails for $52 (£34).
HBK is also a business in its own right, founded by Jessamyn Rodriguez. It employs 50 people working across a bakery business and the incubator section. Its breads are sold at Whole Foods and other retailers and markets in New York.
"We run a thriving, growing, 24-hour bakery business out of the same space," says Ms Rodriguez.
"And that's inspiring for entrepreneurs, to see this constant production and delivery schedule. They get the message that if all goes well, they could end up like this."
The HBK incubator charges a $500 annual fee for members, who can then rent kitchen space for $17 per hour, and access business counselling services on topics such as pricing structure and internet sales.
Entrepreneurs also get to network, which creates a collaborative community, says Ms Rodriguez.
Grace Moore, HBK's communications manager, adds that the incubator has a specific criteria for which food start-ups it accepts.
"We take in businesses with a proven idea, ready to grow," she says. "When they've been producing and selling for a year, and their kitchen at home is bursting at the seams, that's when we come in."
Michael Schwartz runs the Organic Food Incubator (OFI), based in Long Island City, in the New York borough of Queens.
He launched the centre in 2011 to provide food start-ups with the facilities and advice he struggled to find when he launched his own business, BAO Food and Drink.
"When we started BAO in 2009 we had endless trouble," says Mr Schwartz. "There was no-one to tell us how to get the product into a store, for example. The small food scene was very different [to how] it is now."
He adds that the OFI offers "everything from recipe development to making sure your label is legal".
The centre now incubates 60 companies, with prices starting from $220 for five days.
Like any traditional business incubator, it has its share of successful graduates - entrepreneurs who have developed their start-up successfully and left the incubator to expand further.
Ariel Glazer's drinks company Kombrewcha spent its first two years at the OFI before recently moving production to a facility in New Hampshire.
The business makes a fermented tea with an alcohol level of 2%.
He credits the incubator with giving him the time and space to get the product right before its commercial release.
"When you start a business you don't know what you're getting into, and if you need lots more time to develop the product it can kill your business," says Mr Glazer. "By doing it through an incubator, you don't need to put up initial capital."
To be able to meet ever growing demand, both Mr Schwartz and Ms Rodriguez plan to expand their incubator facilities. Meanwhile, other food incubators are popping up all over the city.
Mr Schwartz credits the growing popularity of the local food movement - people wanting to buy food that is grown and produced locally.
Ms Rodriguez says the fact that New York's food lovers are always on the lookout for the next big thing also makes a difference.
"There are a lot of hungry mouths here who are trend-driven and looking for the newest thing coming to the market," she says.
In New York, small food start-ups are big business.
15 July 2016 Last updated at 08:14 BST
Some Maasai communities still believe that FGM - when parts of a girl's genitals are removed - should be continued as some see it as a cultural rite of passage marking when a girl becomes a woman and can marry.
Maasai Cricket Warriors captain Sonyanga Ole Ngais tells the BBC how he and his team-mates are trying to discourage the custom by refusing to marry girls who have undergone the brutal procedure.
It comes after Pakistan's high commissioner in Delhi consulted Kashmiri separatist leaders ahead of the talks, which were agreed in May.
The two countries' foreign secretaries were to meet next week in Islamabad to discuss the resumption of formal dialogue.
Pakistan described the Indian decision as a "setback".
"It is a longstanding practice that, prior to Pakistan-India talks, meetings with Kashmiri leaders are held to facilitate meaningful discussions on the issue of Kashmir," a statement from the Pakistani foreign ministry said.
Relations seemed to be on the up when new Indian PM Narendra Modi invited his Pakistani counterpart to his swearing-in ceremony.
But, say correspondents, the cancellation is an indication of the tough new approach adopted by his government towards Pakistan.
Last week Mr Modi accused Pakistan of waging a proxy war against India in Kashmir.
Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Basit announced plans to meet Kashmiri separatists in Delhi last week.
On Monday, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh warned Mr Basit against it, saying he could either have a dialogue with India or talk with the separatists.
India reacted with fury when it became clear the Pakistani envoy had gone ahead with the consultation.
India's Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said Delhi told Mr Basit "that Pakistan's continued efforts to interfere in India's internal affairs were unacceptable".
He added that the action "raises questions about Pakistan's sincerity and undermines the constructive diplomatic efforts" initiated by India.
"No useful purpose" would be served by the foreign secretary's visit to Islamabad, the spokesman said.
Reports said Mr Basit was scheduled to meet more Kashmiri separatist leaders on Tuesday.
The US has described the cancellation of talks as "unfortunate". A State Department spokesman said it was "important that both sides still continue take steps to improve relations".
India has long accused Pakistan of sponsoring militants in the disputed region - though despite a recent spike, overall the violence has declined since the early 2000s.
Relations plunged again over the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack.
Claimed by both countries in its entirety, Kashmir has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years. The South Asian rivals have fought two wars and a limited conflict over the region.
Overnight, it was hotter in parts of the UK than it was in Istanbul during the day.
The mercury hit 24C (75C) at midnight at London City Airport - hotter than in the Turkish city where temperatures stayed below 21C (70F).
Temperatures had reached 30.2C (86.36F) in south-west London at the weekend.
Monday's top temperature was recorded at RAF Northolt in west London.
Forecasters have anticipated highs of 33C (91.4F) during the days to come.
In the West Midlands, working dogs at Stourbridge fire station needed to cool down.
Firefighters tweeted pictures of the dogs jumping for water from hosepipes and wrote: "@WestMidsFire even the fire dogs feeling the heat @Stourbridgefire white Watch"
In Lancashire, roads were seen melting in the high temperatures.
The Hesketh Bank and Tarleton Community Group wrote on Facebook: "If your [sic] thinking of avoiding Hesketh Lane I would think twice about using Taylors Meanygate unless you want tar all over your car. The road has melted."
Surrey Police said there had also been an incident of a road melting in Guildford, where spilt oil had "melted into the tarmac due to the heat".
BBC Weather Watchers captured the skies at sunset on Sunday, and as Worcestershire woke to glorious blue skies on Monday.
The high temperatures have been attributed to warm air originating from the tropical Atlantic.
In some spots, the strength of the UV has been recorded as being as high as that in Cyprus and Gibraltar.
And BBC Sussex took its Big Bus Tour to seaside resort Bognor Regis.
The Met Office said the first half of the week would see temperatures in the high 20s or low 30s for many across England and Wales, but there was some cloud and drizzle to the far north of Scotland.
Temperatures are expected to return nearer to average over eastern parts of the UK on Tuesday, but the fine, very warm and sometimes humid conditions in the south will continue until Thursday.
The Met Office has issued a level three amber heatwave warning from Monday to Thursday, "meaning there is a 90% probability of heatwave conditions", according to its website.
It means health and social workers should ensure high risk groups, including the elderly, children and those with medical conditions, are kept cool and hydrated.
Public Health England has also issued hot weather advice, with people urged to keep an eye on older people and young children as well as those at risk with heart and lung conditions.
Tips include to:
People are also urged not to leave anyone in a closed, parked vehicle, particularly young children and animals.
Six-year-old Rikki Neave's naked body was found in woods near Peterborough's Welland Estate on 29 November 1994. He had been strangled.
His mother, Ruth Neave, was cleared of his murder at a trial. She later admitted child neglect and cruelty and was jailed for seven years.
The inquiry is being "started afresh", Cambridgeshire Police said.
Rikki was last seen leaving his home in Redmile Walk, Welland, for school at around 09:00 GMT on Monday, 28 November, 1994.
He is believed to have been wearing grey trousers, a white shirt, black shoes and a blue coat.
The following day Rikki's body was found in a wooded area off Eye Road, close to Willoughby Court, about five minutes' walk from his house.
The investigation has been reopened by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.
Det Supt Paul Fullwood, leading the inquiry, said: "All murder is tragic but when a young child is involved it is truly devastating.
"We owe it to Rikki and his family to find whoever was responsible for his murder and ensure they are brought to justice."
The cold case investigation had been "subject to a detailed review" and new forensics and DNA techniques, together with laser imaging would be used in the new investigation, he said.
"I strongly believe there are people out there who have significant information about Rikki's death and for a valid reason didn't speak to police at the time.
"Now is their opportunity to do the right thing and share that secret they have had to keep for more than 20 years."
A mobile police station has been set up in the Welland area of the city, near to where Rikki's body was discovered.
The hosts went ahead in just the second minute when Steve Morison crossed to Taylor, who finished from close range.
Billy Sharp could have levelled when he linked on to Matt Done's cross but keeper Jordan Archer caught his header.
Paul Coutts forced Archer into a low near-post save after the break but Millwall held on to win.
That win keeps the Lions fifth in League One, six points off second-placed Wigan while Sheffield United slip a place to 12th.
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Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London: "We weren't brilliant at times. We played well and should have been out of sight by half-time.
"At this stage of the season it's about getting points on the board. We defended our box really well. I thought the centre-halves were outstanding."
As before, anyone watching or recording TV programmes as they are broadcast must have a licence.
Here are the answers to some common questions about the legal changes.
Previously, only viewers who were watching shows live (as they were being broadcast) needed a licence.
That meant it was legal to watch content after broadcast via iPlayer without paying the annual licence fee.
From Thursday, people need a TV licence to download or watch almost all on-demand and catch-up programmes on iPlayer.
The rules only apply to iPlayer, so you do not need a TV licence if you only ever watch on-demand or catch-up programmes through other service providers - as long as they don't use iPlayer.
This means that - for example - you can watch on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on third-party services such as Netflix without needing a TV licence, but you wouldn't be able to watch any on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on iPlayer through services like Now TV, Sky, Virgin, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast without a TV licence.
If you only watch on-demand and catch-up television, and you only ever watch it using services from other providers, such as the ITV Hub or All 4, then you also wouldn't need a TV licence.
If you only use iPlayer to listen to the radio, watch S4C TV on demand, or watch films or TV shows you have bought from the BBC Store, then you do not need a TV licence.
In certain circumstances, students may be covered by their parents' TV licence. TV Licensing says four conditions need to apply:
So if you plug your device in to charge it while you are watching live TV, or catch-up or on-demand programmes on iPlayer, then you need a TV licence.
Students can find out more by visiting the TV Licensing student information webpage or by calling 0300 790 6113.
TV Licensing details on its website the ways in which it can check whether you have a licence, including a database of more than 31 million addresses, and home visits.
A fleet of detector vans can "detect the use of TV receiving equipment at specifically targeted addresses within minutes", it says.
In a statement, a TV Licensing spokesman said it would not use mass surveillance techniques nor ask internet providers for IP addresses.
"We will simply use existing enforcement processes and techniques which we believe to be adequate and appropriate. Our current procedures enable us to catch those watching on devices other than televisions," he added.
A government White Paper did ask the BBC to consider the cost and feasibility of a verification or sign-in system for iPlayer, and it is understood that TV Licensing will consider the costs and benefits of such a system in the future.
At present, no major changes to the ways that iPlayer asks you about your TV licence are expected.
A BBC spokesperson said: "Previously, a pop-up window appeared asking viewers to confirm they've got a TV licence when they click to play live BBC content on iPlayer, and from Thursday, that will update to include on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer."
If you need a licence and do not have one, you are breaking the law and risk being prosecuted.
You could be fined up to £1,000 (the maximum fine is £2,000 in Guernsey and £500 in Jersey) - excluding any legal costs or compensation you may be ordered to pay.
TV Licences are available online from the TV Licensing website.
You can also purchase one by post or telephone, or at one of more than 28,000 PayPoint outlets across the UK.
A colour TV licence costs £145.50 per year, while a black-and-white TV licence costs £49.
There are some concessions for the blind and for care home residents, and there is no charge for people over the age of 75.
The cost to businesses varies.
The Chairboys won for only the third time in the league this campaign to move up to 19th in the table.
"We've had some tough times lately. We're at the wrong end of the table, I know that," said Ainsworth.
"I'll be doing everything I possibly can to build on this. One result doesn't make a season."
Sam Wood and Paris Cowan-Hall found the net for the first time this campaign to put Wycombe two ahead against the Alex before on-loan Southampton midfielder Dominic Gape scored his first professional goal to make it 3-0 before half-time.
Scott Kashket then added a brace on his home debut to make it 5-0 before a late Crewe consolation.
"I'm just really pleased we've got a win," Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"But I won't get carried away. I didn't get too down when we got beat 4-1 (by Luton), I'm not going too get carried away when we win 5-1.
"I want to get ready for Exeter now and back this up. The fans were great, hopefully we've put a few more on the gate for Saturday and this club can start moving up the table.
"The second half of the season, I'm expecting to be stronger."
It comes as former BBC Breakfast host Susanna Reid prepares to front new show Good Morning Britain from next week, in a deal reported to be worth £1 million.
It replaces Daybreak, whose highly-paid launch presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley lasted one year.
Owen said press speculation about big salaries can "alienate viewers".
"Here's someone on a million pounds - you will enjoy them! Who can relate to a presenter like that?" he added.
Owen has extensive experience with breakfast TV, having started at TV-am's Good Morning Britain show in 1983 as a sports reporter before going on to become a main presenter with Anne Diamond until 1986.
They helped to turn around the show's fortunes and it went on to be very successful.
Owen rejoined Diamond on the sofa in 1992 to co-present Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC One until 1996, and he now presents for the BBC's Midlands Today programme.
"I joined TV-am after a raft of big names had failed - David Frost, Michael Parkinson, Anna Ford, Angela Rippon... they'd not caught on with the viewers at all," Owen told the Radio Times.
"They'd been turned down by Terry Wogan and Michael Aspel, so I was filling in until they could find someone, basically.
"But because no-one was watching, we could try things out."
Reid has said she quit the BBC last month after "a fabulous two decades" as the new ITV job was a "fantastic opportunity".
"At the age of 43, I have got three children and I have been a journalist for more than 20 years - and so I do hope I know a few things about quite a lot of stuff," Reid said.
"It's not often in your career you get the opportunity to build something new that is really exciting and so engaging.
"I do like to challenge myself and do things that are different. It's good to push yourself."
Since Daybreak replaced GMTV in 2010, ITV has continued to struggle to compete with BBC Breakfast's viewing figures.
On Thursday 17 April, an average of 489,300 tuned in to Daybreak while an average 1.38 million watched Breakfast on BBC One.
ITV has not commented on how much Reid will be paid when she joins Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher on Good Morning Britain.
The presenter has said she is less nervous about fronting the new show than she was about appearing on Strictly Come Dancing last year.
"I don't dread anything. Even the early morning alarm clock," she told the Radio Times.
"When you have done Strictly Come Dancing live on a Saturday night in front of millions... I'll never be that nervous again."
Daybreak has gone through both line-up changes and four different editors since its inception in 2010.
Lorraine Kelly and Aled Jones became Daybreak's presenters in September 2012, taking over from former GMTV presenter Kate Garraway and Dan Lobb.
The pair had been filling in since Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley left the programme in November 2011, 14 months after Daybreak's highly publicised launch.
ITV's head of daytime programmes Helen Warner said Good Morning Britain's number one priority would be "engaging, news-driven content".
Mr Smith, who joins Angela Eagle in challenging Jeremy Corbyn, said the tax system needed to be more "progressive".
On Brexit, he said people should not accept "we're on a definite path out."
Mr Smith and other Labour MPs say there should be a "unity" candidate to take on Mr Corbyn, who has vowed to fight the challengers in the contest.
But Ms Eagle, who was the first to launch a challenge against the Labour leader, said it was "too early" to talk about that idea.
Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Sunday Politics he thinks the rules which exclude recently signed-up Labour members from voting in the contest are "not very fair" - and that he wants the party's National Executive Committee to change them.
He also believes the £25 fee for registered supporters to vote in the contest is too high.
In a speech in his constituency later, Mr Smith, MP for Pontypridd, will set out his leadership pledges, including plans to invest £200bn into building projects, which he will say is what is needed to "rebuild Britain".
Speaking on Sunday's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Smith, when asked if he would raise taxes on the richest in society, said: "I think we need to completely overhaul our tax system, so yes."
The former shadow work and pensions secretary said he would reintroduce a 50p top rate of tax "tomorrow" and also said it was "completely anomalous" for capital gains tax to be 20% when the higher rate of income tax was 45%.
Mr Smith, a former member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), went on to say he would vote to renew Trident in Monday's Commons vote, saying he believed the world had become "more volatile, more insecure over the last few years".
"I want a world without nuclear weapons altogether, but I don't think we hasten that by divesting," he said.
Asked whether he would be prepared to press the nuclear "button" as prime minister, Mr Smith said: "You've got to be prepared to say 'yes', that's absolutely right."
BBC political correspondent Alan Soady
Both Angela Eagle and Owen Smith are putting themselves forward as anti-Jeremy Corbyn candidates and as candidates of unity who think they're not as far left as Mr Corbyn - but are not Blairites either.
By positioning themselves in that way, they think they could potentially be acceptable to both wings of the party.
The problem is that having two rival unity candidates splits the vote and one would have thought that it makes it more likely that Jeremy Corbyn will win this leadership contest.
Owen Smith has already said he believes there should only be one of them going forward into the formal contest - it's just a case of deciding who.
On the EU, Mr Smith hinted at the possibility of a second referendum on EU membership, but said it would depend on what kind of deal the UK negotiated on the terms of Brexit.
He also said it would be "very tempting" for Labour to campaign on a promise not to trigger the formal Article 50 process to bring the UK out of the EU, "because we are a party that believes in being at the heart of Europe".
"I don't think we should accept we're on a definite path out. I think we need to make sure people are satisfied," he added.
"We trusted people, rightly, to take the decision. We can trust them again in 18 months time to check it's absolutely what they wanted."
Mr Smith will further warn that the party risks "falling apart" if it does not act "like a proper team", and he is also expected to attack Mr Corbyn for being anti-austerity without putting forward an alternative.
In her pitch for the Labour leadership, Ms Eagle said she was a "working-class woman" from the North of England, "and that's what we need at the moment".
"My whole political mission is to get working class kids the right opportunities to shine," she said, and highlighted her experience in government and opposition.
The ex-shadow business secretary also urged Labour members and supporters to "keep it comradely" in the leadership election, following abuse and threats directed at MPs.
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:
Mr Smith has said he believes only one challenger to Mr Corbyn should appear on the final leadership ballot, decided by "whoever is the person who commands the largest degree of support in the PLP".
But Ms Eagle - who was debating the leadership contest with Mr Smith on the Marr show - said she thought she was most likely to beat Mr Corbyn, adding: "We're not going to do a deal here on your sofa."
It comes ahead of a parliamentary Labour Party hustings on Monday, when the leadership contenders will set out their stall to fellow MPs.
Yvette Cooper - who stood for the Labour leadership last time round - endorsed the idea of a single candidate to avoid "artificial rows".
She said an early general election was a possibility, and added: "So we need a unity candidate who can pull a strong team together, something that Jeremy Corbyn's not been able to do."
Despite facing a revolt from his MPs, Mr Corbyn retains the strong support of many party members and has said he will fight the challenges in a contest which is expected to be decided in September.
Kyle Bullock, 21, was a passenger in an MG Rover when the crash happened at the junction of Fryers Road and Leamore Lane in Bloxwich, Walsall, on Sunday.
The 28-year-old car driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been bailed.
A 20-year-old male passenger remains in a critical condition after the crash, which happened at just after 23:00 BST.
The van driver was unhurt.
In a statement Mr Bullock's family said: "Kyle was a loving brother, nephew and a father who we will all miss so much.
"None of the family can come to terms with this tragic loss. He is now back with his mom who he never got over losing."
The car driver has been bailed pending further inquiries.
The 38-year-old victim was was attacked in Vine Lane in Uxbridge on Tuesday night, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
Officers said a lone gunman walked up to the vehicle and shot into it several times before running off towards Saunders Road.
Detectives believe it was a targeted attack but are keeping an open mind about the motive.
No arrests have been made and that a post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
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The whereabouts of Nefertiti's remains are not known, although those of Tutankhamun - who may have been her son - were found in 1922.
New tests have shown there may be a portal leading from King Tut's tomb.
Nicholas Reeves, an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he believes Nefertiti may lie inside.
One leading Egyptologist urged caution over the conclusion but said that, if confirmed, it would be "brilliant".
The finds were made last year, after the Spanish artistic and preservation specialists, Factum Arte, were commissioned to produce detailed scans of Tutankhamun's tomb.
The scans were then used to produce a facsimile of the tomb near the site of the original Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
While assessing the scans last February, Dr Reeves spotted what he believed were marks indicating where two doorways used to be.
"I have been testing the evidence ever since, looking for indications that what I thought I was seeing was, in fact, not there," Dr Reeves told the BBC.
"But the more I looked, the more information I found that I seemed to be looking at something pretty real."
The layout of Tutankhamun's tomb has been a puzzle for some time - in particular, why it was smaller than those of other kings' tombs.
Dr Reeves believes there are clues in the design of the tomb that indicate it was designed to store the remains of a queen, not a king.
"If I'm wrong, I'm wrong," he said. "But if I'm right, the prospects are frankly staggering. The world will have become a much more interesting place - at least for Egyptologists."
After being discovered by English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was opened in February the following year.
It was the most intact Egyptian tomb ever discovered, and very few objects appeared to have been plundered.
Close to 2,000 objects were found, and it took archaeologists nine years to catalogue them all.
If the same amount of objects were found elsewhere in the tomb, it would represent "quite a coup," said Dr Reeves.
Neither Egyptian authorities nor Factum Arte have responded to the claims.
"I think there are certainly some signs that there might have been some activity around those doorways," said Joyce Tyldesley, an Egyptologist with the University of Manchester.
"Whether we can deduct from that that we actually the burial site of Nefertiti might be a step too far.
"But if it was true, it would be absolutely brilliant."
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When 15-year-old DeKendrix Warner accidentally stepped into deeper water while wading in the Red River in Shreveport, he panicked.
JaTavious Warner, 17, Takeitha Warner, 13, JaMarcus Warner, 14, Litrelle Stewart, 18, Latevin Stewart, 15, and LaDarius Stewart, 17, rushed to help him and each other.
None of them could swim. All six drowned. DeKendrix was rescued by a passer-by.
Maude Warner, mother of three of the victims, and the other adults present also couldn't swim.
The US has almost 3,500 accidental drownings every year, almost 10 a day.
But according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fatal drowning rate of African-American children aged five-14 is three times that of white children.
A recent study sponsored by USA Swimming uncovered equally stark statistics.
Just under 70% of African-American children surveyed said they had no or low ability to swim. Low ability merely meant they were able to splash around in the shallow end. A further 12% said they could swim but had "taught themselves".
The study found 58% of Hispanic children had no or low swimming ability. For white children, the figure was only 42%.
"It is an epidemic that is almost going unnoticed," says Sue Anderson, director of programmes and services at USA Swimming.
The swimming body would like all children to be taught to swim.
Parents' responsibility
"We would like it to be like seatbelts and bicycle helmets," says Ms Anderson.
But the situation in the US can vary hugely even within a single state.
Unlike the UK, where learning to swim is enshrined in the national curriculum except in Scotland, the ultimate responsibility in the US often lies with parents.
"I would love to make it a rule like they have in the UK," says Cullen Jones, a gold medallist in the freestyle 100m relay in Beijing, and a spokesman for USA Swimming's Make a Splash campaign.
"It isn't a requirement, it isn't a priority in the US."
Jones's mother took him to swimming lessons after he nearly drowned at a theme park aged five. By eight he was swimming competitively.
The Make a Splash campaign is targeting all non-swimmers and their parents but there is a particular focus on ethnic minority families.
Fear factor
Many black parents are not teaching their children to swim.
Some might assume the fundamental reasons would be lack of money for swimming lessons or living in areas where there were no pools, but the reality is more complex.
"Fear of drowning or fear of injury was really the major variable," says Prof Carol Irwin, a sociologist from the University of Memphis, who led the study for USA Swimming.
Typically, those children who could not swim also had parents who could not swim.
"Parents who don't know how to swim are very likely to pass on not knowing how to swim to their children," says Ms Anderson.
In focus groups for the study, Prof Irwin said many black parents who could not swim evinced sentiments like: "My children are never going to learn to swim because I'm scared they would drown."
The parents' very fear of their children drowning was making that fate more likely.
The major reason behind the problem could lie in the era of segregation says Prof Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.
"The history of discrimination… has contributed to the drowning and swimming rates," says Prof Wiltse.
In his work he identified two periods of a boom in swimming rates in the US - in the 1920s and 1930s when recreational swimming became popular and the 1950s and 1960s when the idea of swimming as a sport really took off.
The first boom was marked by the construction of about 2,000 new municipal pools across the nation.
"Black Americans were largely and systematically denied access to those pools," he notes.
"Swimming never became a part of African- American recreational culture."
In the northern US that segregation in pools ended in the 1940s and early 1950s, but many white swimmers responded by abandoning the municipal pools and heading off to private clubs in the suburbs where segregation continued to be enforced.
"Municipal pools became a low public priority," he notes.
After the race riots of the 1960s, many cities did start building pools in predominantly black areas, says Prof Wiltse, but there was still a problem. Many of the new pools were small - often only 20 by 40ft (six by 12m) and 3.5ft (1m) deep.
"They didn't really accommodate swimming. They attracted young kids who would stand in them and splash about. There really wasn't an effort to teach African-American children to swim in these pools."
Although there are many poor or working class white children who cannot swim for similar reasons, swimming has gained an image as a "white sport".
"It is [seen as] a country club sport that only very rich kids get to participate in. The swimming pool is [seen as] a very elitist thing to have in your backyard," says Prof Irwin.
Bishop Larry Brandon, of the Praise Temple Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral, knew the Warner family, and is now persuading other pastors and ministers to use their pulpits to promote swimming.
Shreveport has quickly established a new swimming programme in the victims names and there is a drive to challenge misconceptions about swimming.
As well as the fear factor, Prof Irwin's study found that appearance was also a reason for African-Americans avoiding swimming.
Black respondents, far more than white or Hispanic respondents, were sometimes concerned about the effect chlorinated water would have on their hair.
"African-American women, many of them if they go the beauty shop and get their hair fixed they are not going to swim," says Bishop Brandon.
Perhaps the most alarming thing is that the studies suggest that those who cannot swim - like the Warners and Stewarts - often spend time in pools and other swimming sites.
"Kids are going to be by the water, they love being by the water, and that's something that we really need to make a priority," says Jones.
"Here everybody knows how to drive a car. It should also be a rite of passage to learn how to swim."
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) imposed the suspension after finding discrepancies in the 29-year-old's biological passport.
Team Sky responded by terminating Tiernan-Locke's contract "with immediate effect".
He will be not be available to race again until 1 January, 2016.
"It's bad news for Jon Tiernan-Locke and the Endura team he was riding for when this came about, prior to him joining Team Sky.
"It shouldn't damage Team Sky, they've done everything right and they will be happy it's finally been sorted."
Watch Rob speak about Tiernan-Locke
The Plymouth-born rider pulled out of the 2013 Road World Championships in September after being asked to explain his results by the UCI, and has not raced since.
Team Sky say the anomalies arose in September 2012, shortly before he signed his two-year contract with the British team.
"In our team, there is no place for cheats," team principal Sir Dave Brailsford said.
"If he has been convicted, I presume it is because the UCI think he has cheated.
"Everybody who comes to Team Sky knows what our stance is. His contract has been terminated."
Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas backed Brailsford's actions, and expressed frustration that a British rider had broken the sport's anti-doping rules.
"It hurts more, for sure, with him being British," the BBC Sport columnist said.
"I would ban him if he has been cheating. There is no space for it at all."
Tiernan-Locke raced for Endura Racing in the 2012 season, claiming overall wins in the Tour Mediterraneen, Tour du Haut Var and Tour Alsace.
In September 2012, he became the first British rider since 1993 to win the Tour of Britain.
Average earnings fell in real terms by 0.6% in three months to April, compared with the same period last year.
Before inflation, earnings rose by 1.7% excluding bonuses and were up 2.1% including bonuses, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Unemployment fell by 50,000 to 1.53 million in the three months to April - the lowest since records began in 1975.
The number of people in work hit a new high of 74.8% - the best since records began in 1971.
But the biggest issue will be the falling wages, especially since the ONS revealed on Tuesday that inflation rose to 2.9% in May.
Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics described the wages figures as "astonishingly weak" and implied that real wages had fallen by 1.5% in April compared with the same month last year - the sharpest fall for three years.
John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC, said: "With inflation likely to be heading above 3% later this year, the squeeze on real pay growth is now getting serious and is likely to dampen real consumer spending growth for some time to come."
The figures wiped out sterling's gains against the dollar on Wednesday and analysts warned that future growth could be hit.
By Kamal Ahmed, Economics Editor
Following traditional economic modelling, high levels of employment should, in ordinary times, lead to higher levels of wage growth.
These are not ordinary times.
The workplace has changed, and high levels of hyper-flexible working have tended to depress some wages.
Also, until recent months, labour supply has been high from, for example, the European Union.
Add to that the UK's chronic productivity problem - many firms are just not very good at investing in improvements that increase levels of wealth creation - and this soft wage growth trend is more understandable.
Particularly when employees are reluctant to ask for increases given the economic uncertainty ahead.
In areas where labour supply is becoming more constrained - such as in construction - wage rates are picking up.
Being in employment is an economic good, and the numbers in work are at record levels.
Being in well paid employment is even better. That is now the challenge.
Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "The UK economy faces a dangerous cocktail of political uncertainty, slowing growth and shrinking real wages.
"Unemployment remains at a multi-decade low of 4.6%, but wage growth for the three months to April undershot economists' forecasts, meaning the squeeze on household finances is worse than previously thought."
The ONS said that despite high employment, the number of job vacancies had also grown by more than 9,000 since February.
There were 770,000 job vacancies in the March to May period, according to the ONS.
The British Chambers of Commerce warned that the high employment levels coupled with high vacancies could worsen the skills gap.
Suren Thiru, its head of economics, said: "The continued rise in the number of vacancies is further evidence of the growing skills shortage.
"While employment levels are high by historic standards, businesses report that they are increasingly struggling to find staff with the right skills, which is constraining investment and productivity."
Delving deeper into the data, the ONS revealed that the highest employment rate in the UK for the three months to April is the South West, at 79.1%.
The area with the lowest employment rate was Northern Ireland at 68.8%.
In terms of the number of people classed as "unemployed", London had the highest rate at 6%, with the South West lowest at 3.4%.
The West Midlands recorded the largest increase during the period, up 65,000, while the East of England had the largest decrease of 36,000.
Nine in ten workers in London are employed in the service sector, with workers in the East Midlands holding the highest proportion of jobs in production - at 13.9%.
Bandar Abdulaziz, 32, was found beaten and strangled in the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone, on 15 February 2010.
The Old Bailey was told the assault by Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud had a "sexual element" and he had attacked Mr Abdulaziz many times before.
Al Saud, 34, who had admitted manslaughter but denied murder, was given a minimum jail term of 20 years.
The Saudi prince was also found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to an earlier attack in a hotel lift, a charge which he had denied.
The murder of Mr Abdulaziz was the final act in a "deeply abusive" master-servant relationship in which Al Saud carried out frequent attacks on his aide "for his own personal gratification".
Judge Mr Justice Bean said: "You were in a position of authority and trust over him which you exploited ruthlessly.
"I think the most likely explanation is that you could not care less whether you killed him or not."
He continued: "It is very unusual for a prince to be in the dock on a murder charge.
"It would be wrong for me to sentence you either more severely or more leniently because of your membership of the Saudi royal family."
The 34-year-old was fuelled by champagne and cocktails when he bit his servant hard on both cheeks during the attack on 15 February, the court heard.
Jurors heard that Mr Abdulaziz was left so worn down and injured - having suffered a "cauliflower" ear and a swollen eye from previous assaults - that he let Al Saud kill him without a fight.
A gay masseur who visited him there described the "dashing" Al Saud as a cross between Omar Sharif and Nigel Havers.
The prince initially wrongly believed he had diplomatic immunity and his royal status would save him.
But he stood with his arms folded and showed no emotion as the judge told him he must serve 19 years, having already spent one on remand.
Mr Justice Bean added: "No-one in this country is above the law."
If the prince ever returns to Saudi Arabia he faces the possibility of execution, because being gay is a capital offence in that country.
He could seek asylum in Britain after his eventual release.
In a letter to US transport regulators, Apple said it was "excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation".
It added that there were "significant societal benefits of automated vehicles" to be realised.
There have long been rumours about the firm's plans but it had not publicly addressed them.
However, Ford, which itself plans to have self-driving cars on the road by 2021, has said it was working on the basis that Apple was building one.
The tech firm has already registered several car-related internet domains, including apple.car and apple.auto.
A company spokesman for Apple said that the letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was prompted by its "heavy investment in machine learning and autonomous systems" and that it wanted to help define best practices in the industry.
The five-page letter, written by Apple's director of product integrity Steve Kenner, urges the regulator to not introduce too many rules on the testing of self-driving cars, saying that "established manufacturers and new entrants should be treated equally."
It also proposes that companies in the industry share data from crashes and near-misses in order to build a more comprehensive picture than one company could manage alone, and therefore enable the design of better systems.
However, it adds that an individual's privacy should not be compromised by the sharing of such data. It suggests that the industry and regulators "address privacy challenges associated with the collection, use, and sharing of automated vehicle data", with collaboration from privacy experts outside the automotive industry.
Apple's letter does not state whether it actually intends to build a self-driving car of its own. There has been speculation that the firm had switched focus from work on a physical product to creating an autonomous driving system that could be used by others.
Google is already testing self-driving cars on the roads. In October, electric carmaker Tesla announced that all the cars it now builds will have the hardware installed to drive on their own.
In the UK, an autonomous vehicle was test-driven in Milton Keynes in the summer, with further trials in London planned.
A rights group says asylum seekers there are protesting against a move to transfer some of them to Nauru.
Australia has seen a number of protests among asylum seekers kept in detention centres in recent months.
Rights groups have heavily criticised conditions in such centres.
A Northern Territories police spokesman said they received calls around 1540 local time (0710 BST) about a "disturbance" at Wickham Point Detention Centre. She declined to give further details.
Ben Pynt of the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network told the BBC that he has received calls from dozens of detainees about the protest and apparent cases of self-harm.
He said at least 100 people have been protesting since Tuesday over the impending transfer of a group of about 20 asylum seekers, including babies, back to Nauru.
The group was originally housed in Nauru but were brought to Darwin for medical treatment.
Australia asylum: Why is it controversial?
Australia saw a lengthy protest by asylum seekers at Manus Island in Papua New Guinea in January, where hundreds reportedly went on hunger strike.
In February 2014, that same camp saw deadly riots where at least one asylum seeker was killed and at least 70 were injured.
In October, the Australian government ordered an inquiry into allegations that asylum seekers were abused in the Nauru detention centre.
It reported in March that there were "credible" claims of assault and harassment.
He's won nine of the 21 races in 2016, beating Lewis Hamilton by five points.
The Briton had mechanical issues to contend with, most notably in Malaysia when an engine failure almost certainly cost him victory and swung the balance in Rosberg's favour.
So did Rosberg deserve to win the title? Or was it more down to Hamilton's mechanical misfortunes? We take in the views of the world of F1 and look at some of the stats that may, or may not, help you decide...
BBC Sport's chief F1 reporter Andrew Benson: "Does Nico Rosberg deserve the world title? Hamilton would have won it if his car's reliability had been as good as Rosberg's. Hamilton has 12 poles, Rosberg eight. Hamilton's average qualifying advantage is 0.14secs. In races where they have been able to compete, Hamilton has come out on top 11 times and Rosberg six. On the other hand, a driver can only do the best he can with what he has. Hamilton performed badly in Baku and Singapore; Rosberg has had his best ever season but he, too, had his shaky afternoons. You could argue about it all night long."
BBC Radio 5 live pitlane reporter Jennie Gow: "Rosberg is the 2016 F1 champion and deservedly so. At the end of 2014 when he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton it must have been heartbreaking. To come back from that, incredibly difficult… then again in 2015 he had to pick himself up and come back again. I think many would have walked away acknowledging the fact that they couldn't beat the better man.
"Not so for Rosberg, he's come back again and proved that he can beat Hamilton. His perseverance is remarkable and for me, that resilience alone makes him a worthy champ."
BBC Radio 5 live commentator Jack Nicholls: "In their three previous years as team-mates Hamilton has comfortably beaten Rosberg, and it's been the same story in 2016.
The Singapore Grand Prix was the closest he came to a champion's drive, but Monaco was the opposite, a drive that proved he is not in the same league as the likes of Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo.
He is an incredibly talented racing driver, but one of the elite in our sport, the best driver this season and a worthy world champion? Not for me."
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen: "Of course Lewis had some bad luck, but Nico has had some very strong races, too. That is racing - it is a mechanical sport - and these things can happen.
"This year, definitely compared to last year, Nico really stepped up and he has some great results. He deserves it. He is fired up because Lewis won the world championship twice, and he finished second and that is not nice. So, you always try to work harder in the winter and become stronger and even better."
BBC Radio 5 live commentator Tom Clarkson: "Formula 1 doesn't always reward the fastest driver. But rather than this being a flaw, the sport's complexities are what make it so fascinating.
"You have the car: 11,000 parts; you have the team: 1,000 people; you have the sponsors: $400m a year for a top team, and you have the drivers. To maximise all of these different areas is a huge challenge and Rosberg has been the glue that's held it all together at Mercedes in 2016.
"True, Hamilton's had his technical problems. But Rosberg's maximised his opportunities and what more can you ask of a racing driver? His feedback is "probably the best in F1", according to his engineer; his fluency in six languages has made him a sponsor's dream; his ability to compartmentalise each GP has helped his consistency and his eight pole positions prove that he's been more than fast enough.
"A worthy world champion."
BBC Sport's F1 live text commentator Gary Rose: "Ultimately the stats speak for themselves. Rosberg has won nine races this season, and 12 of the 25 since losing out on the 2015 title to Hamilton in Austin.
"To bounce back from that low in such impressive fashion means, for me, he deserves a world title. Yes, Hamilton has had his issues but Rosberg is not the first driver, nor will he be the last, to have his title bid boosted by his closest rival's misfortune.
"He's closed out his wins professionally and produced some brilliant performances along the way - notably his pole laps in Germany and Singapore - where Hamilton simply had no answer."
Damon Hill, the 1996 world champion, told Sky Sports: "Since the pain of defeat in Austin we all saw a changed person in Nico. Some of his drives have been impeccable."
Four-time world champion, Frenchman Alain Prost, who had an intense rivalry with Brazil's three-time winner Ayrton Senna during his career, said: "For the last three or four seasons he's been competing with one of the best drivers ever in F1 so he deserves what he's done today.
"Psychologically, when everyone says day after day - the media, the public - the perception that Lewis is very much better, it is not that easy to fight against someone considered better than you. So he deserves it."
He will take up his post in late March, having come to an amicable agreement with editor Chris Evans.
The former political editor at the Scotsman wrote columns, leaders, and morning political briefing emails for the Telegraph, which he joined in 2007 and where he also worked as political editor.
The Telegraph is still looking for a new political editor, following the departure of Peter Dominiczak last year.
Previous SMF directors include Times columnists:
And writer and broadcaster Mary Ann Sieghart chairs its board of trustees.
Many years ago the SMF was seen as the archetypal Blairite think tank, but it has been usurped in that role by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
And there may be a vacancy in British public life for a think tank that unites so-called Blairites, Cameroons and Orange Book Liberal Democrats.
Labour peer Lord Mandelson, for instance, is infinitely closer in worldview and policy prescriptions to former Conservative Chancellor George Osborne than to his party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
The UK's first-past-the-post electoral system creates unlikely allies, because only a coalition of often disparate interests can succeed.
With UKIP regrouping, Mr Corbyn re-acquainting Labour with socialism, and the Liberal Democrats limited in scope by their small number of MPs, many people in the radical centre of British politics are lost.
Mr Kirkup's task will be twofold:
The RNLI was alerted to the stranded people along Hammersmith, Chiswick and Barnes foreshore, who became trapped by the tide on Saturday afternoon.
An eight-year-old boy who had become separated from his parents was also rescued.
It was a "surprise" to find so many spectators in trouble, the RNLI said.
The number was "significantly greater" than in previous years, it added.
Chiswick RNLI station manager Wayne Bellamy said the tides on the river had caught the spectators unaware.
As a result, he said, many were cut off and found themselves with limited options for returning to higher ground.
Footage showed about 40 people being rescued from the river's edge on the foreshore, while another seven were evacuated from Chiswick Eyot, a small island in Hounslow.
Oxford beat Cambridge in both the men's and women's race.
It was the first time in the event's history that the Women's Boat Race was held on the same course and day as the men's.
Caixinha's move from Al Gharafa is unlikely to be completed before Sunday's game at Celtic Park.
But the Portuguese could be in the stand to take in the Old Firm match.
"It would be a massive waste of energy to be looking at that," said Murty. "I have got something fairly large on Sunday to consider."
The 42-year-old former Scotland defender was in charge of Rangers' development squad before being thrust into the limelight after Mark Warburton and assistant David Weir left the Ibrox club in February.
Rangers have won three games and lost two under Murty, who has admitted that he would prefer to return to his previous role as quickly as possible.
When asked whether it would be his last game in charge, he said: "I don't know. I actually didn't think I would be here for this one.
"It is what it is and I've got a smile on my face and looking forward to it."
Al Gharafa announced on Thursday that they had agreed a deal to allow Caixinha to join the Glasgow club.
However, Rangers have yet to confirm an appointment, leaving an air of uncertainty around the Ibrox side's preparations as they look to avoid a fourth defeat of the season against their city rivals.
Murty, whose side are six points behind second-placed Aberdeen, has told his players to put thoughts of the new team boss out of their minds and focus on Sunday's Scottish Premiership match.
"I am merely here to make sure the players have the detail on Celtic, have the detail on the occasion, make sure we get all of any extraneous detail out of the way, out of their heads, so they can focus on going and being excellent on the pitch. It's difficult, but that's the job," he said.
"The job is purely to concentrate on the game.
"The players have been in this situation before: there has been no-one at the helm, apart from me. There has still been no-one appointed.
"They just have to make sure they concentrate on what they can control.
"They have to concentrate on putting themselves forward in a very good light for this football club."
Murty has done some basic research on Caixinha, who led Santos Laguna to the Mexican title and two other trophies before moving to his present job in Qatar in 2015.
"I think everyone in Glasgow has Googled it," the caretaker said of the 46-year-old who also coached Uniao Leira and Nacional in his homeland.
"We've had a look. I've had a look at numerous different people, but you can't actually control anything about it."
Asked if she was referring to rival Liz Kendall, the shadow home secretary said she did not want to attack individuals.
She also warned against "stigmatizing" those on benefits after a third leadership candidate, Andy Burnham, said the party appeared "soft" on them.
Mr Burnham has meanwhile warned that the party faces becoming "irrelevant".
The shadow health secretary told BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics the party cannot assume the general election was its lowest point, saying it could becoming increasingly irrelevant if it doesn't respond to people's concerns.
"Labour has lost its emotional connection with many people," he said.
"People look at us and they don't see people they can relate to."
Mr Burnham claimed the party had been run by a "metropolitan elite" for "too long".
He also warned against pursuing the "politics of envy", citing the way the party had presented the mansion tax during the election campaign as being problematic, but he backed the 50p top tax rate policy.
He and Ms Kendall are seen as the current frontrunners in the race to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour leader. Shadow International Development Secretary Mary Creagh has also thrown her hat into the ring.
Candidates must get the support of 35 of the party's MPs in order to stand in the contest, which will be decided in September.
Ms Kendall, who is seen as the right wing, Blairite contender in the leadership race, has spoken of the need to appeal to Conservative voters in the south of England to win back power.
Ms Cooper warned against a move to the right, telling BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "I will set out ideas for the future that don't just involve swallowing the Tory manifesto and set out a Labour vision for the future.
"I think some of our colleagues, in some of the discussions, have been thinking 'OK, because we lost the election therefore what we have to do is go to the right.'"
The shadow home secretary also appeared to take aim at Mr Burnham, who said last week that Labour had appeared to be "soft" on people "who want something for nothing".
"What I won't do is fall in to what I think is a Tory trap of using language which stigmatises those who are not working. I don't think that is about Labour values," Ms Cooper told the programme.
"I think the important thing is to talk about responsibility - responsibility to work, responsibility to contribute - but not to stigmatise those who are unable to work, perhaps because they are too sick or too disabled to do so."
Ms Cooper said that while in principle she supported Conservative proposals to cut the benefit cap to £23,000 a year, she said there were problems in practice, particularly in London where rents were high.
She also said that she still supported Labour plans to restore the 50p top rate of tax after it was cut by the coalition in the last parliament to 45p - something also backed by Mr Burnham.
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has said the party needs to go through a process like a "truth and reconciliation" commission to learn lessons from its election defeat.
She said it would be wrong to try to maintain a "veneer of tranquillity and unity" during the leadership contest and that people should instead be encouraged to "speak their minds" and listen to some "uncomfortable truths".
Ed Miliband's leadership should also come under the microscope because "we lost badly and in a way we didn't expect," she told Sky News' Murnaghan,
Meeting ambassadors from Europe, the United States and China, Mr Temer said his government remained confident about the quality of Brazilian meat.
Top meat-packers have been accused of selling rotten produce for years.
Brazil is the world's biggest red meat exporter.
"The Brazilian government reiterates its confidence in the quality of a national product that has won over consumers and obtained the approval of the most rigorous markets," said Mr Temer.
On Friday, federal police raided meat-producing plants and arrested more than 30 people.
The government suspended more than 30 senior civil servants who should have spotted the unhygienic and illegal practices.
They are being investigated for corruption.
Three meat-packing plants have been closed and another 21 are being investigated.
Mr Temer said the plants under scrutiny represented a tiny proportion of Brazil's meat industry.
"Only 21 units out of 4,837 in Brazil subject to government inspection are facing allegations of irregularities. And only six of them have exported in the past 60 days," said Mr Temer.
The Brazilian government is worried that the US, China and the EU may ban meat imports from Brazil, worth $12bn (£9.7bn) a year.
EU ambassador Joao Cravinho tweeted on Sunday that he would demand "complete, urgent clarifications from the agriculture ministry".
Operation Weak Flesh was launched in the early hours of Friday in six Brazilian states after a two-year investigation.
Federal police carried out raids in 194 locations, deploying more than 1,000 officers.
The investigators allege that some managers bribed health inspectors and politicians to get government certificates for their products.
They accuse more than 30 companies of a number of unhygienic practices. Among them are JBS, the world's largest beef exporter, and BRF, the world's top poultry producer.
"They used acid and other chemicals to mask the aspect of the product. In some cases, the products used were carcinogenic," the police said.
Both JBS and BRF said they followed high quality standards and sanitary regulations.
Prosecutors say a percentage of the bribe money was paid to two parties from the governing coalition: the PP and President Michel Temer's PMDB.
The party also said the SNP are pushing for another independence referendum to distract from what they call a "poor record" in government.
And leader Kezia Dugdale warned against voting Conservative as a protest against independence.
Council elections will be held across the country on 4 May.
For the first time in a Scotland-wide council election, 16 and 17-year-olds will be eligible to vote.
Ms Dugdale urged people to consider the impact the Conservatives could have on social services, care for the elderly and schools, claiming her rivals are "itching to cut even more money from our valued public services".
Leading Tories have been calling on voters to use the local authority ballot to send a message to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon not to hold a second Scottish independence referendum.
But Ms Dugdale said: "Voting in this election isn't a protest vote. Your vote in this election really matters.
"If you vote for the Tories, you are voting for them to be in power - to take control of your council services. Not to be in opposition or to protest against independence.
"So before you vote, think about whether you want a Tory in charge of elderly care, social services and schools. This is a party itching to cut even more money from our valued public services."
Ms Dugdale, whose party is third in the polls behind the Scottish Conservatives, was speaking ahead of Labour's local government election campaign launch in Edinburgh.
She also highlighted the "abhorrent rape clause" as showing the "ruthless" nature of the Tories.
Changes brought in by the Conservatives at Westminster mean women claiming tax credits for a third or subsequent child have to prove they became pregnant as a result of a rape or while in a coercive relationship in order to qualify for the payments.
"If we need any reminder of what Tories do in power, just look at what happened last week," Ms Dugdale said.
"Ruth Davidson - who we were told was a different type of Tory - stood up and took a stand...not against poverty or injustice or the mistreatment of someone, but to justify the abhorrent rape clause.
"That should tell you everything you need to know about the Tories: not modern; not forward looking; not compassionate; and desperate to hide their true colours.
"That's Ruth Davidson's Conservatives - ruthless. Local services will not be safe in their hands."
Police were called after the large sow, named Pog, was spotted on the run around Newbury Road, a residential street in Ipswich, Suffolk.
The town is currently playing host to a Pigs Gone Wild arts trail.
Sgt Ali Livingstone said the real pig was caught just before officers arrived, adding that it must be from a big house because it was "huge".
Sharon Wootten said she was driving in the area on Thursday evening when she spotted the sow.
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"I stopped the car and took a photo, and then I got out and spoke to Pog's owner," she said.
"I believe Pog just broke out and fancied an evening stroll. She's quite big - almost waist height on me, about two and a half feet.
"She was very happy, she wasn't going home any time soon. But she was under control, the owner was very very good."
The Pigs Gone Wild trail features larger-than-life pig sculptures designed by artists from East Anglia and beyond, plus 30 junior sculptures decorated by schools and community groups and scattered around the town.
Pog is thought to be the same pig who featured in an estate agents' listing for a property in Ipswich in 2014.
Hogan steered Albert Adomah's cross past Jamie Jones from close range to set Villa on their way, as both sides changed their entire starting XIs.
Adomah volleyed home to double the lead and though Ryan Colclough got Wigan on the scoresheet with a run and low shot, Hogan restored Villa's two-goal lead.
The hosts confirmed victory when Birkir Bjarnason converted from close range.
Defeat ended the Latics' 100% start to the season, which sees them top League One, while Steve Bruce's side have now scored four goals in consecutive matches.
Match ends, Aston Villa 4, Wigan Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 4, Wigan Athletic 1.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Attempt blocked. Luke Burgess (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Easah Suliman (Aston Villa).
Noel Hunt (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Luke Burgess (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Birkir Bjarnason.
Attempt saved. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Max Power (Wigan Athletic).
Mitchell Clark (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Callum Lang (Wigan Athletic).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Easah Suliman replaces Scott Hogan.
Attempt missed. Gary Gardner (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Noel Hunt replaces Ryan Colclough.
Attempt saved. Ryan Colclough (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Ross McCormack (Aston Villa).
David Perkins (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Jordan Lyden replaces Jake Doyle-Hayes.
Attempt saved. Ryan Colclough (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Jed Steer.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Goal! Aston Villa 4, Wigan Athletic 1. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ritchie de Laet.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross McCormack replaces Callum O'Hare.
Callum O'Hare (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Callum Lang replaces William Grigg.
Attempt saved. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Callum O'Hare (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Burke (Wigan Athletic).
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Luke Burgess replaces Alex Gilbey.
Luke Burke (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mitchell Clark (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Burke (Wigan Athletic).
Attempt missed. Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Donervon Daniels.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Birkir Bjarnason.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Birkir Bjarnason.
"The view is nice up here," tweeted @isro. A handful of images have been sent by the Mangalyaan probe so far.
Part of its mission is to study the Martian atmosphere for signs of life.
It is the first time a maiden voyage to Mars has entered orbit successfully and it is the cheapest. Nasa's latest Maven mission cost almost 10 times as much.
Media in India have hailed the venture as a "historic achievement".
The Hindu newspaper reported that the probe had "beamed back about 10 pictures of the Red Planet's surface which show some craters".
Officials were quoted by the newspaper as saying the pictures were of "good quality".
India's space programme has succeeded at the first attempt where others have failed - by sending an operational mission to Mars.
It is, without doubt, a considerable achievement. This is a mission that has been budgeted at 4.5bn rupees ($74m), which, by Western standards, is staggeringly cheap.
The American Maven orbiter that arrived at the Red Planet on Monday is costing almost 10 times as much.
Back in June, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi even quipped that India's real-life Martian adventure was costing less than the make-believe Hollywood film Gravity.
Why India's Mars mission is so cheap - and thrilling
Reports said the camera was the first of the instruments being carried by the satellite to be switched on, a few hours after it entered into orbit.
India's 1,350kg (2,970lb) robotic spacecraft, which undertook a 10-month-long 200-million-km journey, is equipped with five instruments.
They include a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet, and a sensor to track methane - a possible sign of life - and other components of the atmosphere.
India has become the fourth nation or geo-bloc to put a satellite into orbit around Mars, and the first from Asia.
Only the US, Russia and Europe have previously sent missions to Mars.
The 50-strong Conservatives for Britain group wants Westminster to be sovereign over European Union law.
But Mr Hammond said a "unilateral red card veto" for the UK would "effectively be the end" of the EU.
Prime Minister David Cameron wants to renegotiate the UK's EU membership ahead of an in/out referendum by 2017.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama told Mr Cameron at the G7 summit in Germany that the United States "very much are looking forward to the United Kingdom staying part of the European Union".
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hammond said he believed treaty change would be needed so that any future measures agreed on, such as restricting EU migrants' welfare entitlement, could be "sustained against judicial attack".
Asked how a "red card, backstop" could be achieved on EU law, he said: "If you were talking about the House of Commons having a unilateral red card veto, that's not achievable, that's not negotiable because that would effectively be the end of the European Union.
"What we are looking for is a system where a group of national parliaments could operate a red card."
On the BBC's Sunday Politics, Tory MP Steve Baker, who is leading Conservatives for Britain in the House of Commons, said a sovereign parliament was "a very modest demand".
Told this had been ruled out by Mr Hammond, he added: "In that case, we will have to have an 'out' campaign."
He added: "The cat's out of the bag here. We need the best possible deal for Britain and that does include a sovereign parliament."
Mr Baker, the Member for Wycombe, also said he was confident "at least another 50" Conservative MPs would join his group. While it styles itself as a supporter of the prime minister's renegotiation plans, it says it will push to leave the EU unless far-reaching changes are secured.
The new group also includes former ministers Owen Paterson and John Redwood.
"It's not a surprise that some Conservative MPs wish to campaign to leave the European Union; the big question is how many," Mr Baker added.
He also said a lack of a pre-referendum "purdah" period, during which there are restrictions on government announcements, could favour the Yes campaign to remain in the EU.
"Many of us are very concerned that these purdah rules are unconventional and appear to allow the government to spend unlimited amounts of taxpayers' money right up to polling day," he added.
Mr Hammond said the government wanted to engage in the debate "in a fair way" and would ensure public money was not allowed to be "inappropriately spent".
Former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine said there would be "absolute chaos" if government ministers were allowed to fight on different sides of the EU referendum.
He told BBC 5 live's Pienaar's Politics: "You go to one minister who says black is white and you go to another minister who says white is black.
"You can't govern a country like that."
Asked about this scenario, Mr Hammond said: "Government ministers will be free to support the government line."
Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke warned his party against becoming too divided over Europe, telling BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend: "The Conservative Party must have a debate, and we had a pretty silly debate during the John Major government which led to our defeat in 1997."
Mr Cameron has opened talks with other European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz - who both want to ensure the UK stays in the EU.
Speaking at the G7 summit in Germany, the PM said the British public, not "individual parties", would decide whether the UK stays in the EU.
Rafal Trzaskowski, Poland's secretary of state for European affairs, said those who would vote in the UK referendum must be told the truth about the consequences of leaving the EU.
He told the Observer: "If you say you can leave and still be part of the internal market and keep your second houses, that you will still be free to travel, that there will be no customs duties, and so on and so forth - but that you will not have to accept free movement of workers, and you will not pay into the EU budget, of course people will vote to leave, but this is simply not true."
Speaking on the Marr Show, Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall said she would always campaign to remain in the EU, saying membership was vital for security and the economy.
Andy Burnham, who is also bidding to become the party's leader, said he would establish a separate Labour pro-EU campaign if he won the contest, "to learn the lessons of Scotland's independence referendum".
More than transport, energy, health or mining, education has the highest level of union membership, according to the most recent government figures.
And teachers, gathering over the Easter weekend for their annual conferences, still have remarkably high levels of union membership, bucking trends of declining membership in other parts of the workforce.
The most recent government-commissioned research found 97% of teachers in England belonged to a union.
It's going to feel like the most unionised profession in the next few days, as the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (Nasuwt) bang their drums.
Expect strike threats, exasperated attacks on education policy and warnings about workload. It's one of the few professions that would give up an entire bank holiday weekend to complain about excessive hours.
In return union leaders will be accused of being dinosaurs and discrediting the profession.
It's such an annual ritual that it's remarkable the card shops haven't got a greetings card for it yet.
But what's often overlooked is how much teaching has remained a unionised workplace.
According to the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which carried out the study for the Department for Education, only 3% of staff were not in a union. This was the case for both classroom teachers and senior staff.
That research was published in 2013 and hasn't been repeated, but there is no reason to think much will have changed.
Such near-universal levels of union membership are completely unlike other employment sectors.
Across the UK, about 26% of employees are trade union members, according to the most recent annual survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
It's fallen from 32% in the mid-1990s and the current total number of people in unions is about half the peak levels of membership in the late 1970s.
But in education, there are more people in trade unions than a decade ago.
So why have teachers become the torch bearers for the union movement?
Part of the reason might be that trade unionism itself is changing.
Forget 1980s stereotypes of industrial workers around burning braziers. Union membership is now higher among graduates, people in professional jobs, women, middle-income earners and those working in the public sector. It overlaps quite precisely with the typical teacher. It's a better fit for tweed jackets than donkey jackets.
The NFER study asked teachers why they had joined a union and by far the most popular response was "support if there was a problem at work", cited by 72% of teachers. Pay was only mentioned by 1%.
This finding was echoed by Brian Lightman, head of the Association of School and College Leaders, who said "protection and support in case they have difficulties or allegations are made against them" was one of the key drivers for teachers to join a union.
This was also mentioned by Christine Blower, head of the NUT, who said "teachers value the individual support unions provide should any allegations arise".
It's interesting that teachers feel so vulnerable and expect to have to rely on the protection of their own organisations.
A characteristic of the teachers' conferences is how much the teaching profession seems to distrust the bodies in charge of education, whether it's the Department for Education or Ofsted.
It's as if no-one else really understands how they work or could be relied upon to represent them.
"Unions in education have long had to fulfil the role of professional bodies, offering advice, training and a sense of professional identity often lacking in a system plagued by well-meaning interference from above," said Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers.
The NUT leader also highlights this dual function that means that teachers' unions have operated as "professional associations as well as trade unions".
Chris Keates, leader of the Nasuwt, says teachers' unions combine "democratic structures" with professional services and training, providing "support when needed for them as individuals or collectively".
These descriptions of the year-round work of teachers' unions are a long way from the fire and brimstone of the conference season.
Teaching is a collegiate, sometimes clannish profession, and conference speeches often show their irritation at the opportunistic interventions of politicians, annoyed that everyone else seems to know better how to do their job.
The conferences are a microcosm of the gulf. Even though the two unions meeting at the weekend will represent about two thirds of the teaching profession, there will be no ministers speaking to them.
The last education secretary to address the National Union of Teachers' conference was Labour's Estelle Morris in 2002, who after being heckled said: "If I told them that tomorrow was Sunday, I think they'd say it wasn't and pass a motion against it."
But how does such a strong union culture change the politics of education? Do the protests change policy?
Jonathan Simons, head of education for the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange, says he expects more "sound and fury" from the conferences - but not enough to dissuade ministers.
"It doesn't actually tend to result in specific change being blocked, if you think of the last series of teacher strikes on pay and pension reform, the reforms are all still happening."
He also argues that protection for teachers' pay isn't driven by the unions, but by the competitive forces of a graduate job in which staff are in relatively high demand.
It's not just the UK where teaching has become the strongest bastion of trade unionism.
John Bangs, senior consultant to Education International, the international umbrella group for teachers' unions, says: "The most unionised workforce in the world is the teaching profession."
Speaking at the recent Global Education and Skills Forum, he told education leaders they had to "get over the fact" that teachers wanted to belong to unions.
The challenge for governments, he said, was: "How can you make that positive rather than a dogfight?".
In the past week Fifa has been hit by charges of corruption, which means being dishonest in a position of power.
On Wednesday 27 May, seven senior Fifa officials were arrested at a hotel in Switzerland and charged with taking bribes of millions of dollars.
Blatter faced calls to resign over the scandal, but was re-elected as president last Friday.
Read more: Who are Fifa and what do they do?
When he was re-elected, there were suggestions that some nations may have boycotted the World Cup in Russia in 2018, in protest.
"I am very much linked to Fifa and its interests. Those interests are dear to me and this is why I am taking this decision," he said today.
"What counts most to me is the institute of Fifa and football around the world."
There will now be a new election "as soon as possible" to try to find a new leader.
The British Social Attitudes Survey has been tracking satisfaction since 1983.
The 2015 poll of nearly 2,200 people showed satisfaction with the NHS at 60% - down from a peak of 70% in 2010.
Some 23% said they were actively dissatisfied - a rise of eight percentage points on the year before and the biggest single jump in a year.
Waiting times were cited as the biggest reason for dissatisfaction - mentioned by over half of people - followed by there being not enough staff.
The findings come amid growing pressure on waiting times for cancer care, A&E and routine operations, such as knee and hip operations.
Patients reported highest satisfaction rates for GP services and lowest for social care, which is run by local authorities and covers home help for tasks such as washing and dressing, and care homes.
The survey - carried out by NatCen Social Research - covered Scotland, Wales and England. The differences between the three nations were not considered to be statistically significant.
Chris Ham, chief executive of the King's Fund think-tank, said that while overall satisfaction levels were still high by historical standards, the findings should act as a "real wake up call".
"What's gone wrong is the public's perception of the NHS under growing pressure. Money is tight, waiting times are getting longer, people are concerned that when they need the NHS it might not be there for them."
Rob Webster, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, agreed the public needed reassurance about the future of the NHS.
But he said the "most important set of results" were on social care. He said the satisfaction levels were "deeply concerning" and said the system needed greater funding.
A spokesman for the Department of Health in England said: "There is pressure on the NHS as our population ages, and that's why the government is investing record amounts to transform care."
A Welsh government spokesman said it too was increasing the budget, and ministers were working hard to "improve patient care", while the Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison said ministers were always "open to patient feedback".
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Dominic Cummings, who used to work for Michael Gove, told the BBC that many schools would not be able to cope and implementing it would lead to chaos.
Schools minister David Laws said the policy was thought through and costed.
He dismissed Mr Cummings' claims as "complete and utter" rubbish.
From September, all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children in state-funded schools in England will be entitled to free school meals under the scheme announced by deputy prime minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg last autumn.
But the policy is at the centre of a growing row between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
Mr Cummings, who worked as a special adviser to the Conservative education secretary until quitting last year, suggested that officials in the Department for Education were unanimously opposed to the policy.
In an email exchange with BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, Mr Cummings said the Department for Education was only given an hour's notice about the policy's introduction and no policy work was done in advance.
"Officials in the Department were unanimous that it was a bad gimmick and introduced in a way that makes it hard to avoid implementation chaos," he said.
"Our opposition was because it is a dumb idea, badly executed, that shows why politicians should have less power over schools."
He said Mr Clegg had been warned that it was a bad idea and that it should not be rushed because of the need for many schools to build new kitchens at a time of other major changes.
He also suggested Lib Dem claims that £150m would need to be spent to modernise and expand school kitchens was a "junk" figure drawn up on "the back of a fag packet".
But his criticisms prompted a furious response from the Lib Dem schools minister.
Mr Laws said the education secretary did not share the views of his former special adviser, who he described as a bright but controversial" individual who was "frequently wrong".
The minister said the idea had emanated from the school food plan endorsed by Mr Gove and a "serious amount of policy work" had gone into it since 2009, including a series of pilots.
There were always "noises off" when a big policy was introduced, he added, but he insisted the schools he had spoken to were "universally enthusiastic" about the idea.
"There are going to be implementational challenges but I do believe this is a popular policy with schools and parents and I believe we will successfully implement it," he said.
He told the BBC that ministers, not special advisers, decided government policy.
"What he [Dominic Cummings] said about the backdrop to the introduction of this policy... reflects his personal views, not the views of the secretary of state."
Labour said the ex-adviser's remarks called into question "the quality of decision making" in the department and across the government as a whole.
The burnt body of Oliver Gobat from Esher was found in a car on the Caribbean island in April 2014.
After a campaign by his parents, the Home Secretary agreed UK police could assist investigators in St Lucia.
Surrey Police said no Surrey officer had travelled to St Lucia but they had been liaising with investigators there.
Speaking to BBC Surrey, Oliver Gobat's mother Helen said there were "people of interest" to interview in England.
"Seeking justice for him has been impossible - Ollie deserves a proper police investigation," she said.
"We are desperately frustrated. It is a solvable crime."
In September 2015 Surrey Police were given permission by Theresa May to help with the investigation.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said: "Although no Surrey officer has travelled to the Caribbean island, St Lucian Police have been liaising with Surrey Police as part of their on-going investigation.
"As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, we neither confirm nor deny the existence of any mutual legal assistance requests."
Oliver, known as Ollie, was born in St Lucia but grew up in Surrey where he played junior cricket at county level.
He and his two older brothers ran a five-star boutique hotel in an exclusive resort in St Lucia.
Peel Energy and United Utilities want to add a further 16 turbines to the existing 26 at Scout Moor, on land between Rochdale and Rossendale.
Rochdale Borough Council gave the go-ahead for the final two at a meeting on Monday.
Rossendale Borough Council's development control committee approved the other 14 on 1 September.
Scout Moor wind farm opened in 2008 to generate enough electricity for 40,000 homes.
Source: RenewableUK
Now he is mere leader of the opposition, the chance comes less frequently - but Monday night offered up a humdinger.
In full flow with France Television's star interviewer David Pujadas, Sarko delivered this pearl: "Just because I get the salad, doesn't mean I pass the rhubarb."
The context was the aftermath of the regional first-round elections on Sunday, which by giving the far right such a huge score poses the problem for the two main parties of how best to react.
Should Sarko's Republicans and President Francois Hollande's Socialists stand and fight in each of the 13 regions?
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The risk is that by doing so they would split the anti-FN vote, and thus increase the National Front's chances of victory.
Or, should one of them withdraw in each region - thus allowing all anti-FNers to concentrate the vote?
This is what the Socialists have agreed to do in the two regions where the FN is best-placed (and they - the Socialists - came a rotten third).
The withdrawal poses a serious challenge to Marine Le Pen's hopes of becoming regional president in the north, as well as to Marion Marechal-Le Pen in the south, because now Socialists can vote for the centre-right candidate.
But Mr Sarkozy is refusing to make any such arrangement.
His argument is that by stitching up the regions with the Socialists (you stand here, we stand there), the two parties would be playing straight into the FN's hands.
They would be displaying exactly the kind of chumminess at the top that the far right constantly denounces.
As Nicolas Sarkozy said, political parties cannot go round giving each other mutual favours.
Or put another way: "Just because I get the salad, doesn't mean I pass the rhubarb."
Except he got it wrong.
The real French expression is: Pass me the rhubarb, and I'll pass you the senna.
Why senna? Well like rhubarb, senna is a natural laxative. The proverb means, I'll do you a service, if you do a similar one back. In this case, by curing our common constipation.
Mr Sarkozy was confusing his salad with his senna pods.
A sign of verbal diarrhoea?
Those banned include former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya and coach Sunday Chidzambwa, who took the Warriors to the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, in 2004.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, has indicated that it will uphold any bans applied by Zifa.
The bans follows the conclusion of an independent inquiry set up by Zifa.
An official report of its findings was released on 16 October in which it recommended life bans for 13 players, 10-year bans for seven other players, 37 five-year bans and 25 two-year bans.
Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, a former Supreme Court judge who was chairman of the the independent committee, said at the time: "Today will go down as a sad, depressing day in the annals of history of the game in Zimbabwe.
Justice Ebrahim added that what the investigation has revealed "may well only be the proverbial tip of the iceberg".
Zifa president Cuthbert Dube also believes that there is more work to be done.
"We will not step down until we clean up football," he said.
"There is match-fixing in the premier league and in division one, and we are not pleased with the standard of our referees."
An initial Zifa investigation into national team tours of Asia between 2007 and 2009 found that players were paid to lose matches.
A total of 16 players have been cleared, including Al Hilal striker Edward Sadomba.
Zifa has yet to confirm the punishments for the other 70 players and officials involved in the investigation.
The full list of those banned for life by Zifa:
Henrietta Rushwaya - former Zifa CEO
Jonathan Musavengana - former Zifa operations manager
Sunday Chidzambwa - former Warriors coach
Method Mwanjali - former Warriors captain
Guthrie Zhokinyi - Dynamos captain
Thomas Sweswe - Warriors defender
Edmore Sibanda - former Warriors goalkeeper
Danisa Phiri - defender
Kudzai Shabba - player agent
Thompson Matenda - fitness trainer
Godfrey Japajapa - former PSL fixtures secretary
Rodwell Dhlakama - former under-17 coach
Emmanuel Nyahuma - Warriors goalkeepers coach
Robson Sharuko - journalist
Hope Chizuzu - journalist
Sam Ray was alone when the truck he was fixing fell on him, but he remembered his phone was in his back pocket.
Mr Ray used his bottom to activate Siri, which called emergency services.
The dispatcher thought it was a mistaken call at first, but soon heard Mr Ray's cries for help.
"I could feel myself slipping," Ray told his local newspaper the Tennessean on Friday. "I was starting to accept that I wouldn't get out."
The dispatcher was able to locate Mr Ray's home in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, by triangulating the signal from his mobile phone.
Rescue workers pulled Mr Ray from underneath the truck, and he quickly was airlifted to a nearby hospital.
He was seriously hurt in the July incident, suffering several broken ribs, a bruised kidney, cuts, a concussion and burns to his left arm. He has since recovered.
Mr Ray had been thinking about getting a Samsung Galaxy phone, but the accident has changed things.
"I guess I'm stuck with an iPhone for the rest of my life," Mr Ray said. "I owe them that."
But in two countries in the Middle East women are fighting back: in one instance with their food and in the other with their fists, as Carolina Valladares and Mohamad Chreyteh report.
In Jordan, martial art expert Lina Khalifeh has seen a strong take up of her self-defence classes, She Fighter; while in Lebanon, Samer Sfeir's Mommy Made trains women in catering, giving them an opportunity to be financially independent.
"Growing up and seeing women facing harassment and not being able to defend themselves - of course I wanted to change things," says Lina Khalifeh.
Around 60-70% of women get harassed in Jordan and only a few of them will go on to report it to the police because they feel scared of how their families and especially their husbands will react, she says.
The young Jordanian, who is from Amman and holds a black belt in Taekwondo, is hoping the self-defence classes she runs will lead to a culture shift.
Despite having no other investment other than her own savings, she opened a small studio four years ago. Previously she had tried and failed to get women to take up self-defence. But this time, her timing has been right and she has been successful.
So far, up to 3,500 women have signed up to Lina's fighting school in the Jordanian capital, while the ripple effect has been felt across the country with 12,000 taking up the challenge.
That's not to say it has been an easy journey. Only a few months ago a public school in Amman declined her offer to train girls in martial arts because "that would make them more violent". Other schools, however, have welcomed her ideas for change.
Although her social enterprise is now making a profit through membership and the studio, in order to spread the word of female empowerment she still relies on funding from external sources such as NGOs.
However, for Lina and the confident women she's helped this is just the beginning. Her end goal? "Empowering 10 million women globally".
Four years ago, Samer Sfeir, a 30-year-old engineer from Lebanon, together with Elie Matta and Chantale Saadeh, decided that despite a lack of cooking and business experience they were going to come up with a plan using both of these elements, which would result in a scheme to empower the women around them.
Their families weren't convinced. They are now.
With the help of Samer's brother, Marwan Sfeir, an architect, Samer converted his grandparents' basement in their 120-year old traditional Lebanese house into a central kitchen where Mommy Made - a social enterprise that trains women, places them in the workforce and also runs a catering service - came to life.
"My friends and I would help families in need during Christmas. But after a while we would contact them again and realise that they were back to a stage where they still needed food and clothing.
"That made us realise we wanted to do something more sustainable. To teach someone how to fish instead of give him a fish", says Samer.
In Lebanon, a country where 28% of people live below the poverty line - with most of them being women facing social, physical and financial challenges - Mommy Made is changing the status quo.
It is giving women at high risk of poverty, domestic violence and other kinds of abuse, often coupled with a lack of education, the chance to be more socially mobile and financially independent.
The organisation operates using a "hybrid model", which works by reinvesting the profits made through the catering service, together with donations to teach and prepare its trainees for a successful career.
To date, Samer and his specialist chefs have trained 80 women, with 50 of them going on to find jobs.
Dina Al Selman, 29, of Jabal Mohsen a poor neighbourhood in Tripoli is one of Mommy Made's success stories. Her house was burned down and she had no way to support her family.
"Where I come from people don't accept the idea of a woman working outside the house. They think women should stay at home.
"But now I am happy because I am able to work and support my children and my family."
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The world number four was five over after six holes in the first round, but battled back to end on five under, seven behind winner Jordan Spieth.
McIlroy, 28, had an outside chance of making a title challenge before a lost ball on the 15th led to his only bogey.
He said: "It's a lost opportunity - I had a chance to get in a few shots better than Saturday and I didn't."
McIlroy birdied the ninth and 11th, with the highlight of his final round at Royal Birkdale an eagle at the 17th.
"I was within four [of the lead] at one point, playing 13 or 14, and I thought with the two par fives coming up I had the chance to post a number and at least scare them a little bit.
"But that's how it goes. It's tough out there, it really is. It is tough coming in."
McIlroy won the last of his four major titles at the US PGA Championship almost three years ago.
He admits that feels "too long" for a player of his ambition although he realises he arrived at Royal Birkdale this week in poor form after missing three of his previous four cuts.
"You look at Jack Nicklaus, he went through a stretch where he didn't win a major in three years," said McIlroy.
"I'm not comparing myself to Jack but it's hard to win them, very hard. It's the reason why in this generation - excluding Tiger [Woods] - no-one's got above five.
"I feel like three years has been too long, but at the same time I'm not going to rush it. I'm not going to stay impatient.
"It is a step in the right direction. Looking at what happened in the last few weeks, this is a lot better."
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Durham Police said Margaret Byrne was told on 2 March 2015, the day of Johnson's arrest, that he had messaged and kissed the schoolgirl.
Sunderland initially suspended him before reinstating him two weeks later.
He was convicted on Wednesday of sexual activity with the girl.
His victim has asked why he was allowed to keep on playing.
Det Insp Aelfwynn Sampson from Durham Police, the lead investigator of the case, said she met Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne on 2 March 2015.
She told BBC News: "They were given detail that he had met the girl and sexual activity had taken place."
She said the club was also told he had exchanged messages with the girl.
She added: "At the centre of this we have a 15-year-old girl who was an avid Sunderland fan and a massive fan of Adam Johnson, she describes him as her idol, she'll want to know why he was allowed back on the pitch."
Det Insp Sampson had told Adam Johnson's trial she had met Ms Byrne to outline the case.
The Sunderland Echo reported the officer said particulars of the offences were not discussed as Johnson had not been interviewed.
Sunderland are yet to respond to the specific claim about the meeting with Durham Police.
Johnson was suspended for two weeks but then allowed to play again, with the club saying they understood he planned to deny all the charges against him.
The club sacked him on the first day of his trial after he admitted grooming and kissing the girl.
During his trial Johnson said Sunderland knew he had kissed the girl, but in a statement released after the verdicts the club "strongly refuted" any claim that they knew he planned to admit any of the charges.
The statement said: "It is understood that a suggestion was made that the club knew all along that Mr Johnson was intending to change his plea just before trial to enable him to continue to play football for the club and that the club may also have been involved in tactical discussions about the plea.
"This is utterly without foundation and is refuted in the strongest possible terms.
"The club never placed any pressure or demands on Mr Johnson to play football during this process."
In a press conference earlier, Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce said Johnson played on the basis that he planned to plead not guilty to all the charges.
He said it was a "massive shock" and the club took "swift and direct action to dismiss him immediately" after Johnson admitted two charges.
Children's charities, MPs and campaigners are calling on the club to explain what exactly they knew and when.
Sunderland Central Labour MP Julie Elliott said the club had questions to answer.
She said: "Clearly, having listened to the victim's statement, our focus should be on supporting her to rebuild her life after an horrific year.
"What is also clear however is that there are questions to be answered. I am concerned about what safeguards were put in place, in light of what has come out of the trial.
"These questions should be put to the club."
The BBC sent Sunderland a list of questions including what exactly Ms Byrne knew about Johnson, what safeguarding measures the club put in place and how the decision about his suspension was made.
The club said they were making no further comment at this stage.
The FA said its safeguarding team met with Sunderland officials in April 2015 to discuss Johnson.
A spokesman said: "Sunderland confirmed Adam Johnson did not have any roles with the club involving a position of trust with children and was not involved in their community schemes."
Pictures taken at the Stadium of Light ahead of Sunderland's league game against Manchester City on 2 February this year show Johnson signing autographs for young fans.
Eight days later he admitted grooming and kissing the girl.
Simon Day, who has previously appeared in The Fast Show, plays Garnett in the show, which is part of the Lost Sitcoms series.
The character was originally portrayed by Warren Mitchell, who died in November..
Steptoe and Son and Hancock's Half Hour are also being revived.
The BBC is re-shooting episodes of post-war sitcoms of which no recordings survive, as they are missing from its archives.
The special episodes are being recreated by a new cast using the original scripts in front of a studio audience.
The Lost Sitcoms series will air later in the year to mark 60 years since Hancock's Half Hour first appeared on BBC TV.
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Neighbours of Saad al-Hilli in Claygate were evacuated as items in a garden shed were examined but police later said they were not "hazardous".
Meanwhile, French police have confirmed the death of Mr al-Hilli's 74-year old mother-in-law, but have not named her.
The al-Hillis' eldest daughter Zainab has been brought out of a coma.
The seven-year-old was shot and injured during the attack last week. Her four-year-old sister, Zeena, has returned to the UK.
Zeena lay undiscovered for eight hours after her parents, her grandmother, and a local cyclist died in Wednesday's attack in Chevaline.
French and British investigators, including Surrey Police firearms officers, started examining the Claygate home of Mr al-Hilli, 50, on Saturday as part of an attempt to establish a motive for the murders which took place during the family's camping holiday.
Officers from the Royal Logistics Corps bomb disposal unit arrived at the family home after concerns were raised by Surrey Police.
They spent about two hours at the property before leaving shortly after midday.
An extended cordon, put up around the property while the explosives experts were there, has since been relaxed and residents have returned to their homes.
Surrey Police said: "The items were found... when the search of the property was extended from the main building to outbuildings in the garden. A bomb disposal unit was called to the scene to carry out an assessment as a precautionary measure."
A cordon around the house and gardens will remain in place as the search of the property continues.
Surrey Police said earlier that the investigation is French-led, with British officers facilitating requests rather than following their own leads.
On Sunday, French prosecutor Eric Maillaud has said seven-year-old Zainab is still under sedation and will not be able to be questioned for several more days.
Mr Maillaud said her sister Zeena has returned to the UK.
The French prosecutor said: "She returned to the UK by air. On arrival she was put under the care of the authorities and the social services."
By Keith DoyleBBC News in Claygate
Neighbours on this pleasant street flanked by large houses have spent much of the morning wondering what the threat was and when they could return to their homes.
Earlier, the police suddenly pushed the media back from our position outside the gates of the al-Hilli home.
They said they had discovered items of concern in the house.
A sudden surge of news teams and onlookers appeared and concerned police kept trying to push people further back.
When the bomb disposal team arrived, the reason for the frantic activity became clearer.
After a couple of hours of fevered speculation it became apparent there was no air of urgency among members of the Royal Logistics Corps.
They were not wearing protective clothing and appeared relaxed. Soon after, they left.
A worrying morning for locals, already shocked by the brutal murder of their neighbours, was over.
In an earlier briefing, Mr Maillaud told reporters Zeena had been interviewed, but he did not see a need to speak to her again as she "did not see anything".
A spokesman for Surrey County Council confirmed it was working with the French and British authorities.
In a statement, Darryl Taylor, the girls' head teacher at Claygate Primary School, said: "The thoughts of everyone connected with the school are with relatives and friends at this difficult time. We will do all we possibly can to provide support and advice to our pupils and staff."
In France, police have recovered a laptop computer from the caravan in which the family was staying and are studying more video footage from around the crime site.
Police have also returned to the scene and widened their area of investigation as they probe the getaway route taken. They have also asked their Italian and Swiss counterparts to help in the hunt for the killers.
Mr al-Hilli's wife, Iqbal, and her 74-year-old mother who held a Swedish passport, were killed, close to the tourist destination of Lake Annecy, on Wednesday.
The fourth victim, a cyclist whose body was found near the car, has been named as 45-year-old Sylvain Mollier.
In Annecy on Saturday, Mr Maillaud said post-mortem examinations found the victims were killed by several bullets and "all four were hit twice in the head".
The prosecutor had previously said 25 shots were fired in total.
A couple of days after the killings, French police said that a possible dispute over money between Mr al-Hilli and his brother, Zaid, was one of the lines of inquiry in the investigation.
This was based on credible information coming from the British police, they said.
But Mr Maillaud has since said that Zaid al-Hilli, who denied to UK police there was any dispute over "financial matters", would be interviewed "as a witness" by French officers "just like any other family member".
"Everyone talks about a dispute between the brothers as if it was an established fact. The brother says there was no dispute so let us remain cautious about that," he said.
Flowers have been left at the scene of the shooting in France, while floral tributes from neighbours have been placed at the al-Hilli home in recent days.
In a statement, the vicar of Claygate, the Reverend Philip Plyming, said: "I, and the church community of Claygate, share the shock felt by so many in the village and beyond at the recent tragic events in France."
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That was more than double the loss reported in 2014 as the company took charges of $3.8bn due to falls in commodity prices.
Chief executive Mark Cutifani said the global economy had presented the mining industry with "significant challenges".
Anglo plans to sell assets worth $3bn to $4bn to repair its finances.
The disposals will include Kumba Iron Ore, Africa's biggest miner of the steel-making ingredient.
"The company has initiated a review to consider options to exit from KIO at the appropriate time, including a potential spin-out," Anglo said.
Mr Cutifani said that Anglo would sell its coal mining operations as well "at the right time, for the right value."
It said it was building its future around around copper, platinum and diamonds.
Anglo's diamond mining subsidiary De Beers plans to cut 189 positions in South Africa to reduce costs as demand for gems dips, the company said on Tuesday.
The company posted impairments of $5.7bn to reflect the impact of weaker prices on the value of its assets.
Shares opened more than 6% higher in London before losing ground to be down about 1% at 389.6p in afternoon trading. The stock has fluctuated wildly in recent weeks and has fallen more than two thirds over the past 12 months.
The results were better than expected but many analysts nevertheless said the underlying performance was not impressive.
Anglo is also suspending its dividend to conserve cash.
It has joined other mining groups including Rio Tinto, Glencore and Brazil's Vale in cutting dividend payouts to shareholders.
On Monday, Moody's cut Anglo's credit rating to junk status, marking a new low for the big global mining companies that are all grappling with plunging commodity prices.
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The Palestine Football Association (PFA) says the Israeli FA has violated rules relating to racism, players' free movement and where clubs are based.
It has requested the vote at the next Fifa congress on 29 May.
Suspension would mean Israeli teams would not be able to take part in the the Champions League and Euro 2016.
The matters were on the agenda in both 2013 and 2014, but compromises meant it never went to a vote.
The Palestinians have raised three major complaints:
The Israeli federation has said it cannot be held responsible for restrictions imposed by the state of Israel, which frequently limits Palestinians' movement or holds up the delivery of goods because of security concerns.
"I don't think there is any football association around the world which can tell its government how to deal with security issues, including the Israeli Football Association," said IFA chief executive Rotem Kamer.
PFA chief Jibril Rajoub said: "We will never, ever accept any compromise, any agreement or deal outside the Congress.
"If the other side insists on causing us suffering, we are not using violence or weapons, we are using the legal leverage of the Fifa statutes. This is nothing to do with politics, this is a sport issue."
Fifa president Sepp Blatter discussed the issues with Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, before meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Rajoub on Wednesday. Rajoub said the PFA will keep its proposals on the Fifa congress agenda.
Blatter said he had proposed that Fifa organise a "peace match" between the Israeli and Palestinian national teams in Zurich. He claimed Netanyahu had promised to attend the event if it went ahead.
After being linked to several teen suicides, the social network found itself at the centre of a media firestorm.
Grieving families pleaded with people to avoid it, campaigners called for its closure and the Prime Minister said users should stage a boycott.
Add Islamic State recruitment tips to that on the platform and you had a company with a reputation in tatters.
Ask.fm was toxic. Damaged goods. The lack of moderation led to a free-for-all where bullies could hide and do their worst.
It therefore came as a surprise to those of us who'd watched the company lurch from one crisis to the next that it was bought in August 2014 by the well-established and similarly named internet company Ask.com.
Surely the only sensible thing to do would be close the whole operation?
"The answer is yes," said Doug Leeds, CEO of the controversial social network's new owner Ask.com.
"We did look at shutting it down and we thought about it significantly as an option."
Speaking to Newsbeat from the US, he said the company decided that it was worth trying to turn Ask.fm around.
"We came to the conclusion that there's a good business here as long as you make the service safer."
And that is what Ask.fm's new parent company IAC, which owns online brands including Tinder and Vimeo, is banking on.
The launch of a new safety centre providing advice to teenagers, parents and the police is proof, the company claims, of its commitment to keeping its users safe.
A slick video attempts to present a caring and considerate company in which staff admit safety "had to be improved".
There are tips on "being smart and safe" and "dealing with cyberbullying" along with an explanation that in "certain circumstances" the company may hand over user data to law enforcement agencies.
It's far more extensive than the token effort made by Ask.fm's previous owners, who have now left the company, but surely allowing users to stay anonymous is inviting abuse?
"Our motto since we bought the company has been anonymity with responsibility," said Leeds.
"We think there are a lot of benefits - and obviously users agree - to anonymity.
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Ciara Pugsley, 15, is found dead in woodland near her home in County Leitrim, Ireland. This was the first of several teen suicides linked to abuse via ask fm.
Hannah Smith, 14, is found hanged at her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. It is believed she killed herself after she was bullied on the site.
Prime Minister David Cameron urges people to boycott sites which do not 'step up to the plate' and tackle online abuse. He said that after the 'absolutely tragic' death of Hannah Smith, those running the websites had to 'clean up their act'.
Changes made to make Ask.fm safer in the wake of online bullying cases. It said it would view all reports within 24 hours, make the report button more visible, and include bullying and harassment as a category for a report.
In the 2013 Annual Cyberbullying Survey by charity Ditch the Label, Ask.fm is named as one of the three most likely places teenagers experience cyberbullying, alongside Facebook and Twitter.
Ask.fm launches a 'Safety Center' containing advice and guidance for users of the site and their parents.
"You can ask questions that you wouldn't feel comfortable asking."
Allowing users to hide their identity is clearly a big attraction to Ask.fm's 150 million users, who are mainly teenagers.
But providing anonymity, while ensuring it is not used as a veil of secrecy for bullies, is Ask.fm's greatest challenge.
"That's where we draw the line; when anonymity is being used as a method to cause harm then we can take action and it isn't appropriate for our service," said Leeds.
Moderation and enforcement of rules is difficult, with 50 million questions being asked on the network every day.
But Ask.fm is trying, with the help of technology.
They have extended the use of software to scan questions and answers posted by users for key words and phrases.
"We've expanded the number of filters we're using, we've increased the vocabulary that we use, we've added new employees to look at this content," said Leeds.
"We're now seeing about 40% more content in total than we saw before either before it gets to a user or just afterward and usually we can respond in under 15 minutes to anything that we're seeing that isn't appropriate," said Leeds.
There will also be more oversight of what the company is doing, with a Safety Advisory Board made up of leading figures in online safety.
John Carr, secretary of the British Childrens' Charities Coalition on Internet Safety, is among its members.
He claims the approach taken by Ask.fm's previous owners of offering free speech with light-touch moderation did not work.
"There was a naivety there, but that's all history now," he said.
"It's a big investment in clever technology and people, that's what's going to make the difference."
He acknowledged that the rapid rise in popularity of Ask.fm without adequate safety measures led to its poor reputation.
"These things can become very fashionable, they get gigantic numbers of users rapidly, but if you haven't got the safety mechanisms in place that's when things can go badly wrong."
The question has to be asked though, whether the damage has been done.
In the world of social networking, new companies come and go almost daily. Ask.fm set itself apart by allowing, perhaps encouraging, users to stay anonymous.
Now it is just one of many in a crowded market with apps including Whisper, Secret and YikYak jostling for position.
Ask.fm admits it has lost users since its run of bad publicity, partly as a result of changes put in place.
When Newsbeat visited Ask.fm's head office in Latvia in May 2014, 17-year-old student Sophie Downes from Flintshire was one of many who told us about the abuse she faced on the site.
A few months later she and her friends have moved on.
"I'm glad they're finally doing something to improve their safety policy, but I actually don't use the site any more.
"It seems to have lost popularity within my friendship group," she said.
Ask.fm is staking its future on allowing "anonymity with responsibility".
To survive, it will need to prove that phrase is more than a slogan.
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The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader told the party's conference in Perth that Nicola Sturgeon was "determined" to hold an independence referendum.
He argued that the economic case for independence is weaker than in 2014.
But he said the case for the UK should be a "positive, uplifting one".
And he told delegates that "Britain is full of people who care" and that it was important to focus on the "ties that bind us rather than the differences some would use to divide us".
Ahead of Mr Rennie's speech, the conference formally backed calls for the party to be "the voice for the majority in Scotland, who want Scotland inside the UK and the UK in the EU", and to campaign for re-entry into the EU after Brexit.
Highlighting his own family's links to different parts of the UK, and to Europe, Mr Rennie told delegates that the constitutional debate was "personal" rather than merely a "dry, dusty debate about government structures".
He added: "It is about family, community, destiny. I want to bring communities and peoples together, not drive them apart.
"That is why I will oppose erecting a barrier, any barrier, in the heart of my family just like I will oppose erecting a barrier, any barrier, in the heart of the United Kingdom or the European Union.
"Because the United Kingdom is our family. The European Union is our family. And we stand with our family.
"Erecting barriers and division with independence - between us and the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland - is just as objectionable as the division we are seeing with the people of Europe as a result of Brexit."
Willie Rennie says that indyref2 is unwanted and unnecessary. Yet his speech was founded upon the presumption that such a ballot is coming reasonably soon.
Perhaps he took his clue from the interview with me in which the first minister agreed that indyref2 was now "all but inevitable". Or the many other interviews in which she has deployed comparable comments.
Either way, Mr Rennie says his party is ready for the fight. The economic case for independence, he said, is now less impressive, particularly in the light of oil figures.
But, he said, there was an emotional case for the Union too. He, Rennie W, was ready to deploy said argument. It was, he said, about "family, community and destiny". (Theresa May opted for "solidarity, unity, family.")
On the subject of the EU, Mr Rennie also anticipates a further referendum. Although he tends to bristle, politely, if one suggests it is a rerun of 23 June.
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Mr Rennie said he would always "stand up for our United Kingdom" as an "uplifting, mutually beneficial partnership".
And looking ahead to a potential second independence referendum, he said the Lib Dems would "lead the way on the kind of campaign for the United Kingdom that we want to see".
He added: "We know the economic case for independence is weaker than even in 2014, so I will not dwell on that today.
"The new case for the United Kingdom is a positive, uplifting one that focuses on the ties that bind us rather than the differences some would use to divide us.
"It is that emotional case. It is the Liberal case for unity. The compassionate case. It goes to the heart of who we are. Our United Kingdom is an uplifting, mutually beneficial partnership that we should cherish rather than trash.
"So as we head into another referendum the responsibility on liberals is great. We must stand up and be counted for our values. This is a battle of ideas and values, not of identities and flags."
Delegates debated policies including the UK and Europe and maternal mental health before Mr Rennie's speech.
The two-day event also heard from MPs Nick Clegg and Alistair Carmichael, who both hit out at the rise of nationalism.
Members have approved policy motions backing moves to cut drug-related deaths including "safe injection facilities" and the "de facto decriminalisation of the possession of drugs for personal use", and on increasing the speed limit for HGVs.
The party also reaffirmed its backing to the "Frank's Law" campaign for free dementia care for those aged under 65.
The defence ministry said this figure included "many of the terrorists" who had attacked the town in Borno state and faced resistance by troops.
Local officials earlier estimated the number of deaths at as many as 2,000.
Nigeria has often been accused of underestimating casualty figures to downplay the threat of Boko Haram.
The ministry dismissed higher estimates for deaths at Baga, in north-east Nigeria, as "speculation and conjecture" and "exaggerated".
It said the army was taking "necessary actions" to restore law and order there, but gave few details about the operation to recapture the town from the Islamist insurgents.
Earlier, the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, accused the West of ignoring the threat posed by Boko Haram.
Ignatius Kaigama said the world had to show more determination to halt the group's advance in Nigeria.
His warning came after at least 23 people were killed at the weekend by three female suicide bombers, one reported to be 10 years old.
In neighbouring Cameroon, the military said it had repelled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on one of its northern bases.
A military source told the BBC that the insurgents had come in over the Nigerian border. In the exchange of gunfire, the army said one soldier and several insurgents were killed.
Archbishop Kaigama told the BBC's Newsday programme that the slaughter in Baga had shown that the Nigerian military was unable to tackle Boko Haram.
"It is a monumental tragedy. It has saddened all of Nigeria. But... we seem to be helpless. Because if we could stop Boko Haram, we would have done it right away. But they continue to attack, and kill and capture territories... with such impunity," he said.
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By Will Ross, BBC News, Lagos
The violence is relentless and increasingly shocking. If it is true that a 10-year-old girl carried the explosives which killed at least 19 people in Maiduguri on Saturday, it throws up a list of unanswerable questions. For example, was the girl aware of what she was doing? Was she drugged or brainwashed and did she trigger the bomb or was it done remotely?
Sometimes Nigeria's military has recorded successes. It managed to prevent the jihadists from taking over the Yobe state capital Damaturu on Friday night - the gun battle lasted for hours.
But the military faces a mountainous task trying to protect civilians from the bombers and gunmen who are spread over a large area of the north-east and although officials don't like to hear it, they have often been overpowered and failed to protect civilians.
The world is slowly waking up to express shock at the latest violence but beyond condemnation and limited help with training, it seems there is little or no appetite to become more deeply involved in this conflict.
Archbishop Kaigama said facing down Boko Haram required international support and unity of the type that had been shown after last week's militant attacks in France.
"We need that spirit to be spread around," he said. "Not just when it [an attack] happens in Europe, but when it happens in Nigeria, in Niger, in Cameroon.
"We [must] mobilise our international resources and face or confront the people who bring such sadness to many families."
A French-led initiative has called for Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad to contribute 700 troops each to a multinational force against Boko Haram, but no country has implemented the plan.
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But James Comey says the FBI will not yet release the name of Islamic State fighter, so-called Jihadi John, who seemed to speak with a British accent.
UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond told CNN this week they were "getting warm" on the identity of the masked man.
Mr Comey did not say whether the man identified carried out the killings.
He said the FBI was able to identify him with the help of international partners.
American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British aid worker David Haines, have all been killed alongside a masked man dressed in black holding a knife, who speaks to the camera.
The life of another British citizen, Alan Henning, was threatened in the last video.
The 2012-13 champions finished seventh last year, having sacked David Moyes in April after just 10 months in charge.
"From what I've seen already he looks a bit mad to me. Like a mad genius," the former player told the Independent.
"There's no doubt these players need to perform this year or they won't be there for very long."
Scholes, 39, who briefly joined United's backroom staff after Moyes's sacking, also believes Dutchman Van Gaal requires more new signings if he is to challenge for the Premier League title in his first season.
The 20-time league champions have already brought in defender Luke Shaw and midfielder Ander Herrera this summer for a combined total of almost £60m.
But Van Gaal has lost the services of experienced centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, left-back Patrice Evra and veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs - "massive players who have won 30 titles between them," according to Scholes.
"I'm sure he [Van Gaal] would have liked to have signed more players," the ex-England international said. "He's not managed to do that yet. Are the players out there available?
"People still want to play for United. It's huge. You get the chance to win the Premier League, but possibly not this year if they don't make any signings."
Meanwhile, Juan Mata, who signed for United from Chelsea for £37.1m in January 2014, believes the club's main focus should be getting back into Europe.
"We would all love to win the league but the most important goal - what this club needs - is to play in the Champions League again," the Spaniard told the Daily Mail.
"I cannot imagine a Champions League two years in a row without United."
Mata, 26, also looks to have emerged as favoured forward from the "four number 10s" Van Gaal said he had at the club, and is revelling in the role.
"This manager wants passing and movement and triangles. It's how I play my best," the former Valencia player added. "But my mission is to assist and score."
It was addressed to "Marconi Operator, RMS Titanic" and stamped on 11 April 1912 - the day after the ill-fated ship set sail from Southampton.
What the parcel originally contained is unknown, but according to the valuer it missed the ship by a "few hours".
Auctioneer John Nicholson is to start bidding at £500, but "hasn't got a clue" how much it is worth.
He hopes it will be of interest to Titanic enthusiasts.
The lot has been described as an "important piece of maritime history and of Titanic interest".
It also includes photographs of a Marconi telegraph operator, Alec Bagot, and the telegraph equipment aboard Titanic's sister ship RMS Olympic.
Valuer Gordon Patrick said it was given to the vendor's mother, who lived in Southampton and died in 1972.
He said: "It was given to her by the first officer of the Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, who was a friend of hers.
"We don't know what was in the parcel, but they think it missed the ship by a couple of hours."
He believes a collector will snap up the memorabilia. He said: "It's quite exciting - there's real Titanic mania."
The Titanic sank on the fifth day of its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
Titanic memorabilia continues to be popular. Last year the last letter to be written on the vessel sold for £119,000 at auction.
Previously a menu from the day of the disaster was sold for £76,000, while a violin played as the ship sank went for £900,000.
The sale will take place on Saturday 30 May at the John Nicholson auction rooms in Fernhurst, West Sussex.
The 50-year-old was named as assistant to head coach Matt Walker in January.
Work permit issues delayed his arrival, prompting the club to recruit Jason Gillespie as a temporary replacement.
Donald must obtain a Level 3 coaching qualification before his permit is granted, but he can work with Sri Lanka at the forthcoming Champions Trophy tournament in England.
He is free to take that role because visa requirements only apply to employers in the UK.
"I'm 100% committed to Kent despite the frustration of not being able to join Matt Walker and the boys as planned," said Donald, who took 602 international wickets during his career.
Walker told the club website that the situation was "frustrating" and Gillespie could only stay with them until midway through the season.
"We will announce a second interim coach to cover for Allan in due course," he added.
Gloria Joseph, 80, from Leicester, fractured her hip after a fall and could not move from the floor.
Her son, Conrad Dore, said he was "angry and scared" while the family waited because he believed she "didn't have much time left".
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said the healthcare system was "under extreme pressure" on Monday.
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Mr Dore, who is first aid trained, said he called the ambulance service several times as his mother "was in too much agony".
"She was shaking, one side of her body was really hurting and the pain started to go up into her shoulder - she started to get pins and needles," he said.
He added the experience was "very distressing" for his mother, who is a diabetic, and the family.
Dr Bob Winter, medical director of EMAS, said: "Over the day we took about 2,400 emergency calls, that's one every 37 seconds.
"The wider healthcare system was extremely busy and that had a knock-on effect on our service.
"We had 10 ambulances waiting at Leicester Royal Infirmary to hand over patients."
Richard Mitchell, chief operating officer at Leicester's Hospitals NHS Trust, said delays in providing patients' care was "unacceptable" and the hospital had recently had its "highest number of emergency admissions in one week".
"To dramatically reduce the number of ambulance handover delays, we must reduce the numbers of people needing emergency care.
"I would like to say sorry to anyone who has experienced a delay."
EMAS, which responds to 616,000 emergency and urgent calls each year, failed to hit targets to reach the highest priority calls for a fifth year running in 2014/15.
The former prime minister said there should be a more open discussion around dementia, which must not be written off as "an inevitability of later life".
Writing in the Times, he said dementia funding was too far behind cancer research and stroke research.
He quit as prime minister and then left Parliament after the EU referendum.
He has already taken on a role with the National Citizen Service.
On his latest position, Mr Cameron said: "We must win the battle for priorities.
"Cancer research and stroke research deserve all their funding - but dementia shouldn't be so far behind."
He added: "Dementia steals people's lives, turns their relationships upside down, destroys their hopes and dreams.
"We owe it to them, their families and their carers to find a solution."
The former Witney MP said he was "delighted" at his new job, adding: "Dementia is not inevitable and research is our greatest weapon against it."
The 29-year-old from Onchan joins Danny Webb and Italian Alessandro Polita in riding BMW S100RRs for the German team.
Kneen said: "They take their racing seriously, which is what it's all about for me. I'm confident that the bikes I'm racing will be very competitive."
All three riders will represent the team at the TT as well as other road races during the season.
Team boss Rico Penzkofer said: "We have been in talks with Dan Kneen for a couple of years now but it hasn't happened until now so we are really happy that he's joining us for 2017 season.
"Dan is as hungry for the next step as we are. He is a proper Manxman and will be prepared for the fortnight in the best possible way - he literally lives the track."
Former justice secretary Gove said it had "nothing to do with the genius" of JMW Turner, the artist the competition was named after.
Mr Vaizey, an ex-culture minister, said the prize "celebrates brilliant contemporary artists".
Their comments were made in advance of Helen Marten winning the prestigious £25,000 award.
Mr Gove acknowledged Marten's win after the announcement, tweeting: "Congratulations to Helen Martin but #honestly is this = to Turner, Ruskin, even Holman Hunt - of course not #modishcrap."
He previously stated that the prize "celebrates ugliness, nihilism and narcissism" and "the tragic emptiness of now".
Others to weigh in on the issue included journalist Miranda Sawyer, who responded: "I've been a judge on the Turner Prize and those are not the attributes we looked for."
She added: "Some artists feel their job is to comment/engage/challenge the 'now', tragically empty or not."
Marten, who trained at the Ruskin School of Art and works using sculpture, screen printing and writing, pledged to share the prize money with her fellow nominees.
She won the £30,000 Hepworth Prize for sculpture in November and also pledged to share the prize with the other nominees.
Mr Gove's initial comments were prompted by a BBC News tweet inviting viewers to follow live coverage of this year's awards ceremony.
Other commentators were more receptive to Marten's victory over fellow nominees Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton and Josephine Pryde.
Art critic Adrian Searle wrote in The Guardian that the Macclesfield-born artist "thinks differently from the rest of us" and praised her "playful and inventive way with language".
The Telegraph's Mark Hudson agreed that Marten is a "worthy winner" but claimed she was "not the people's choice".
Dean's installation on living on the poverty line, he wrote, "won him the voluble support of gallery goers who have stuck their opinions on post-it notes, at Tate's invitation, on the walls outside the exhibition".
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Key players rested for the tournament in Russia include keeper Manuel Neuer, Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, defender Mats Hummels and forward Thomas Muller.
Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi, Liverpool's Emre Can and Manchester City's Leroy Sane are all included.
Midfielders Jerome Boateng, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus are also omitted from the 23-man squad.
The uncapped players chosen are playmaker Kerem Demirbay and striker Sandro Wagner (both Hoffenheim), winger Amin Younes (Ajax), midfielder Diego Demme (RB Leipzig), goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (Paris St-Germain), defender Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin) and striker Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach).
It will be Germany's third tournament in four summers, after the 2014 World Cup and last year's European Championships, where they reached the semi-finals.
Coach Joachim Low said: "We want those who will be with us to learn our ideas, our mechanisms, train with us. That is the aim. To bring them a bit further towards world level."
The competition runs from 17 June to 2 July, with Germany's opening match on 18 June against Australia in Sochi.
They will also face Chile and Cameroon, with Russia, New Zealand, Portugal and Mexico making up the other group.
Goalkeepers: Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (PSG)
Defenders: Matthias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Benjamin Henrichs (Bayer Leverkusen), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Niklas Sule (Hoffenheim), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Skhodran Mustafi (Arsenal), Antonio Rudiger (AS Roma)
Midfielders/Forwards: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Emre Can (Liverpool), Kerem Demirbay (Hoffenheim), Diego Demme (RB Leipzig), Julian Draxler (PSG), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim), Leroy Sane (Man City), Lars Stindl (Borussia Monchengladbach), Sandro Wagner (Hoffenheim), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), Amin Younes (Ajax).
But many are glowering over Nolan turning a blind eye to the role of Indian soldiers in the battle. The Times of India wrote that their "significant contribution" was missing from Nolan's "otherwise brilliant" work. Writing for Bloomberg View, columnist Mihir Sharma said the film "adds to the falsehood that plucky Britons stood alone against Nazi Germany once France fell, when, in fact, hundreds of millions of imperial subjects stood, perforce, with them".
Few can deny the role of the subjects. Some five million Commonwealth servicemen joined the military services of the British empire during WW2. Almost half of them were from South Asia. Indian soldiers played a key role in major battles like Tobruk, Monte Cassino, Kohima and Imphal. A multinational force of British, Indian and African units recaptured Burma (Myanmar) for the Allies.
What happened with the Indian soldiers in Dunkirk is less clear. Yasmin Khan, historian and author of The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War, says she has often wondered why there is very little factual data on their role in the battle, which many say cost Germany the war.
What is well known, she told me, is that four companies of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, including a unit of the Bikaner State forces, served in France during the campaign on the Western Front, and some were evacuated from Dunkirk. Among them were three contingents of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. One contingent was taken prisoner by German forces.
According to one account, India also provided more than 2,500 mules - shipped from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Marseilles - to the war effort as the British animal transport companies had been phased out. An Indian soldier, Jemadar Maula Dad Khan, was feted for showing "magnificent courage, coolness and decision" in protecting his men and animals whey they were shelled from the ground and strafed from the air by the enemy.
The Indian soldiers and the mules were eventually ordered towards the coast. Many of the men could not take their animals on the retreat and gave them away to local people in France, according to the same account.
Historian John Broich says the Indian soldiers in Dunkirk were "particularly cool under fire and well organised during the retreat".
"They weren't large in number, maybe a few hundred among hundreds of thousands, but their appearance in the film would have provided a good reminder of how utterly central the role of the Indian Army was in the war," he told Slate.
"Their service meant the difference between victory and defeat. In fact, while Britain and other allies were licking their wounds after Dunkirk, the Indian Army picked up the slack in North Africa and the Middle East.
To be fair, Nolan has said that he approached the story "from the point of view of the pure mechanics of survival rather than from the politics of the event".
"We don't have generals in rooms pushing things around on maps. We don't see Churchill. We barely glimpse the enemy," he told the Telegraph. "It's a survival story."
Historian Joshua Levine, who is also the film's historical consultant, told me that Dunkirk was a work of fiction and "it isn't a film's job to tell the full story of Dunkirk... and nor, in the time available, could it even try to do so".
"This film focuses on a few protagonists whose paths cross occasionally, each one of whom experiences just a tiny corner of the whole story. As Hilary Mantel says about historical fiction, 'The man who is fighting can't see over the hill, out of the trench.' What I'd love to see, though, is an Indian film about Dunkirk, or WW2 generally, and I sincerely hope Indian filmmakers are working on it."
But what about the criticism that the role of Indian and their South Asian counterparts in WW2 has been forgotten?
Yasmin Khan says that their "sheer scale of the contribution" has become apparent in Britain in recent years. "No longer is it simply an island story of heroic, plucky British fighting against Nazi-occupied continental Europe; it has now become increasingly customary for historians to refer to the contribution made by Asian, African and Caribbean servicemen in the 1940s", she writes in her book.
A memorial to honour the role of these soldiers came up on London's Constitution Hill in 2002. There have been museum exhibitions, oral history projects and TV documentaries to "reveal how crucial they [the soldiers] often were to the action, the sacrifices that they made in the face of terrible odds, and also to divulge individual stories of great bravery and intrepid action".
"It is no longer true to suggest that this is an entirely forgotten story," she says.
Meanwhile, Indians are flocking to watch Dunkirk, which opened at 416 screens, including 10 Imax screens, across the country, on Friday.
Unlike most Hollywood films, Dunkirk hasn't been dubbed in any Indian language for wider viewership. Still, says Denzil Dias of Warner Brothers (India), the film raked in $2.4m (£1.84m) over the weekend. "This is the biggest opening of an English language-only film in India," Mr Dias told me. Clearly, viewers are not fretting about the lack of Indian soldiers in Nolan's tour-de-force.
A home ministry official said riverine stretches of the border would be laser fenced to prevent Pakistan-based infiltrators from entering India.
The reported move follows a deadly attack on an Indian air force base in Punjab earlier this month, which was blamed on Pakistan-based militants.
A laser fence detects objects and sets off a loud siren in case of a breach.
The laser fences are being developed by India's Border Security Force who guard the country's border with Pakistan along with the army, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Earlier this month, Indian security forces took four days to put down an attack on the Pathankot air force base near the border with Pakistan in India's Punjab state.
Six militants and seven Indian soldiers were killed the fighting.
India accused Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad of carrying out the assault. Pakistan said it had arrested several members of the group.
Officials in India and Pakistan have re-scheduled diplomatic talks which were postponed after the attack.
John Petter, chief executive of BT's consumer division, has called on the communications regulator to tackle Sky's dominance.
It comes after Sky called in March for BT to be broken up.
Ofcom said as part of its review that it welcomed "evidence and analysis from all parties".
It said that its first digital sector review since 2005 was "broader than our telecoms review 10 years ago" and that an update on this work to date would be published later this month.
In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild, Mr Petter cited what he said were "high prices and poor outcomes for consumers" arising from a lack of competition in pay-TV.
"Whereas in the energy market regulators have criticised the Big Six operators, in pay-TV Sky has a 64% share, so there is really only the Big One," he said.
He added: "Switching in pay-TV is 50% lower than the levels seen in broadband, so it is clear we just aren't seeing the right levels of competition for Sky."
However, a Sky spokesman said: "The reality is that, in a competitive market, customers are choosing Sky in greater numbers and staying with us for longer because of the quality and value that we offer."
They added: "This looks like an attempt to deflect attention from the real problems that exist in broadband, where consumers are suffering because of BT's underinvestment and there is concern about competition in the future."
In March, Sky called for called for Openreach - the national broadband network - to be taken away from BT ownership as part of the Ofcom review.
Memory Lane Cafe, Leigh Park, Havant, used mannequins to create the gory scene for a window display competition.
Owner Ian Payne said the reaction to the display, made to bring shoppers in, was "taken out of proportion".
Hampshire Constabulary said Mr Payne had been advised to change the display "over its taste and decency".
Mr Payne said the bloody scene, made using ketchup and gravy granules, took four days to complete and was inspired by a similar window display in New York.
Posting on a a Facebook group for the shopping precinct, Marion Wood said: "Most of the traders have done a brilliant job, just feel that dismembered body parts and what looks like a bloody massacre is unnecessary.
"They have gone a bit too far."
As reported in the Portsmouth News, the precinct's window displays are due to be judged on Thursday.
Around 20 of them under the age of 40 have been recruited to a new forum.
Its job is to feed their views into a debate about the long term shape of the industry.
Farmers in Northern Ireland are aged 58 on average and older members tend to be over-represented on industry bodies. Geoffrey Malcolmson is a dairy farmer.
A civil engineer by training, he has returned home to Donaghmore, County Down, to take on the running of the family farm from his father.
He said succession is one of the issues facing those who want to get into farming.
"I'm very lucky here because I'm following a third generation farmer," he said.
"Dad has been quite open about allowing me to continue and do my own thing and taking a back step as far as I want him to take."
But he said some of his friends were not able to follow a father into farming and some farmers had no obvious successor.
That meant land sometimes got locked up in a system of rolling short-term rental called conacre.
Beef farmer Roberta Simmons believes there is a future in farming for young people like her.
She too will serve on the forum established by the Ulster Farmers' Union.
One of four daughters, she and another relative now run the family beef farm near Annaclone, County Down.
She says the agricultural colleges are full of people who want to get into farming.
The challenge is to ensure there's something for those students when they graduate, she said.
"It's all about making sure there is that generational renewal and there are those young people coming through," she said.
In County Fermanagh, Alistair Armstrong runs a pedigree flock of Cheviot sheep near Tempo.
Uncertainty over the future of farming due to Brexit is causing concern but he has chosen to focus on the positive.
He said a growing population will need to be fed and if they want local quality food, farmers will have to be paid to produce it.
"Why would anybody do it and not expect to get paid for it, would someone working in an office do that? I don't think so," he said.
He believes new trading opportunities with large markets such as the United States, China and India could deliver for farmers in Northern Ireland.
"Maybe we can utilise them," he added.
Tigers lost 19-6 to Exeter on Saturday, their first defeat after winning their opening three league matches.
But Cockerill told BBC Radio Leicester: "It's still a good start. We've played some tough sides in Wasps, Quins and Exeter, who will be in the top-six mix.
"There is a lot of rugby still to go. It will be a really intriguing season to see how squads pull through."
Tigers are next in action on Friday night when they play Stade Francais in the European Champions Cup at Welford Road.
Cockerill said a gruelling fixture list meant every team faces tough challenges.
"There is the Six Nations, and there will be injuries," Cockerill added. "Everybody is playing back to back.
"We have some good bodies to come back into the squad and Jean de Villiers and Brendon O'Connor are to arrive."
Childcare is among the costs considered by mortgage providers when deciding whether an applicant should be given a home loan.
Some families are temporarily cutting this cost, while others find they are offered a smaller loan, Uswitch claims.
The price comparison site said one in six had been rejected or given less.
It asked 1,000 parents with children aged 12 and under who had applied for a mortgage in the last 10 years in a survey.
Of those asked, 17% said that they had been turned down for a mortgage or offered a smaller loan than they expected owing to the cost of childcare.
Tashema Jackson, from Uswitch, said: "It is worrying that many feel under pressure to conceal these costs during the mortgage application process, as this may have a severe impact on their ability to meet repayments in future."
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which represents banks, building societies and other lenders, said: "Lenders must take into account all the key financial commitments of borrowers. That could mean that those who have to pay for childcare may not be able to borrow as much as others with a similar income who do not have these commitments.
"The aim is to try to ensure that every mortgage is affordable, taking into account the circumstances of the borrower."
Latest figures from the CML show that the appetite among mortgage applicants is undimmed and stronger than a year ago.
First-time buyers borrowed £5.1bn in August, up 13% on July and a 24% increase on August last year. This equated to 31,800 loans.
The average first-time buyer was aged 30, they typically borrowed £136,300 and, on average, gave a deposit of 15%.
Home movers were advanced 34,200 loans, borrowing £7.1bn, which was up 15% on July and a 3% increase compared to a year ago.
A cut in interest rates by the Bank of England to a new historic low of 0.25% will keep demand high, according to Paul Smee, director general of the CML.
"Mortgage rates remain at or close to historic lows, and the re-pricing of mortgages following August's base rate cut should help to underpin a continuing, strong appetite for home-ownership over the coming months," he said.
However, figures from financial information service Moneyfacts suggest that not all lenders have been reflecting the entire cut in the base rate in their mortgage costs.
The average drop in standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages was only 0.17%, Moneyfacts said. The base rate was cut from 0.5% to 0.25%.
Charlotte Nelson, from Moneyfacts, said: "Many borrowers on their SVR hoping to benefit from the Bank of England reduction could be sorely disappointed as two months on, a quarter of lenders have still yet to cut their rates to reflect the new circumstances."
Paula Vasco-Knight, 53, was the national lead for equalities for NHS England, with a budget of £200,000.
Exeter Crown Court heard she commissioned her husband's firm to produce a £9,000 newsletter as part of her equalities work.
She denies three counts of fraud from 2012 to 2013 when she was in charge of South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
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Gareth Evans, prosecuting, said Mrs Vasco-Knight's failure to declare interest in her husband's company Thinking Caps was a criminal offence.
The newsletter was commissioned in April 2013 and produced that July, the court heard.
Mrs Vasco-Knight simply described the contractor as 'Steve' to Habib Naqvi, a senior manager in the NHS, and did not mention he was her husband, the court was told.
She later attempted to distance herself from involvement by blaming Mr Naqvi for commissioning the newsletter.
The court heard Mrs Vasco-Knight of Runcorn, Cheshire, also used NHS funds to buy a MacBook Pro computer, which she later admitted she never used.
She is also said to have paid her husband £11,072 of taxpayers' money to design a 200-page document entitled Transform.
The court heard the document was never submitted to the NHS, with the couple showing investigators a "complete sham" as evidence of it in 2014.
"That is fraud and it is dishonest in the extreme," said Mr Evans.
Stephen Vasco Knight, 45, denies one count of fraud.
Mr Naqvi, 28, of Wells Road, Bristol, denies two counts of encouraging the commission of the offences.
The jury heard Mrs Vasco-Knight was the CEO of the trust, based in Torbay until her resignation in May 2014.
The trial continues.
He suffered a heart attack in Daytona Beach in Florida where he was due to play a concert on Wednesday evening.
He followed his father in the music business as a teenager, and later became his father's musical director and conductor.
He was famously kidnapped and held for ransom when he was 19.
A gang seized him at gunpoint at a casino in Lake Tahoe. His father paid a $240,000 (£168,000) ransom, which was later recovered after the kidnappers were arrested.
When he died on Wednesday, Frank Junior was due to perform at the Peabody Auditorium as part of his Sinatra Sings Sinatra tour, which included some of his father's greatest hits interwoven with family reminiscences.
The venue announced on its Facebook page: "Frank Sinatra Jr has passed away. Our love to his family and friends."
His sister Nancy, who also followed their father into the music business, said on her Facebook page: "Sleep warm, Frankie."
Tony Bennett wrote on Twitter: "I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Frank Sinatra Jr and send my sympathy to Tina and Nancy and the Sinatra family."
TV and radio host Larry King tweeted: "I always admired Frank Sinatra Jr. He was born with a hard name to live up to, but I loved his talent and his ability to be forthright."
Frank Sinatra Jr released six full-length albums and often made television appearances, recently starring as himself in two episodes of Family Guy.
Seth MacFarlane, who created the animated comedy, wrote: "Frank Sinatra, Jr. was a friend to Family Guy, and a friend to me. I'm saddened at his passing, but grateful to have known him."
Mia Farrow said: "RIP Frank Sinatra Jr. Thoughts with his mother Nancy, sisters Nancy and Tina and his son Michael."
Frank Sinatra Jr began singing with the Tommy Dorsey band, a version of the ensemble the elder Sinatra had sung with more than two decades before, at the age of 19.
The New York Times wrote in 1963: "Young Mr Sinatra has taken careful note of every aspect of his father's singing.
"He knows - and projects - the inflections, the shading, the phrasing that his father used."
Last year, he performed the national anthem at Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees games in celebration of the centennial of his father's birth.
Frank Senior died of a heart attack in 1998.
Last weekend's loss to Portsmouth means even victory over Crawley on Saturday would bring only a very slim chance of reaching the play-offs this term.
Evans told BBC Radio Nottingham he was "not a League Two manager".
"I need to be sure I get supported to build a promotion squad," he added.
"The first meeting I have to have is to sit down with the chairman and chief executive and make sure their ambition levels are where mine are.
"They have never ever flinched with anything I have asked, but I need to understand their ambitions. If they are at my level then we go forward together, if they aren't then it's a separate conversation."
Mansfield, in 12th, must beat Crawley and would need results to go their way in four other matches to make the top six. But if two of the following results do not happen then the Stags will be playing League Two again next season.
Evans is already resigned to missing out on the play-offs this season.
"We will try to win the game and hope squeaky bum time makes it difficult for the other teams, but you would think it has gone for us now," he said.
But the former Leeds boss, who joined on a two-and-half year contract in November, said plans were already in place for next season and he is a "million per cent" committed to staying if the the club are able to challenge for promotion to the third tier.
"You can't suddenly wake up in the second week of May and think about recruitment," he added.
"The football club stayed in League Two this season because the recruitment last summer was pretty horrendous.
"We have the opportunity to keep everyone, so I will sit down with the staff and chairman but I will make the final decisions on who stays and who goes.
"I am not a League Two manager and I am not here to be in League Two."
Pte Cheryl James, 18, died at Deepcut barracks, Surrey, in November 1995 from a single bullet wound to the head.
Her father, Des, said his legal team had struggled to obtain documents relating to the case from Surrey Police.
The force said it supported a "thorough inquest" into Pte James's death.
Mr James said police had only released details after being threatened with litigation.
At the High Court in February, Surrey Police requested a new inquest, ordered in July, be delayed.
"We are now told by Surrey Police that we only have 75% of that disclosure. It's becoming a bit of a joke for Surrey Police," Mr James said.
In December, the force said it would release the remaining 25% of documents by Easter.
It said it was continuing to provide voluntary disclosure of documents, and had a dedicated team working to complete the family's request "as quickly and effectively as possible".
But Mr James said documents had only been disclosed after pressure from his solicitors.
"I wanted them to give the documents to our legal representation and they were refusing," he said.
"They shouldn't be using the word 'voluntarily' - they're not being absolutely honest about it."
The force said it supported a "thorough inquest" into 18-year-old Pte James's death.
Pte James, from Denbighshire, was one of four soldiers found dead at Deepcut between 1995 and 2002.
A Surrey Police investigation was launched into their deaths in 2002, following pressure from families, who rejected suggestions the soldiers had committed suicide.
Pte James's parents believe their daughter suffered sexual harassment and bullying and said her death was treated as suicide, despite evidence to the contrary.
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The charity Drink Wise, Age Well will attempt to engage with the "hidden population" of drinkers in Cwm Taf via their GPs and roadshows.
Doctors can refer patients, who they think consume too much alcohol, to the group.
Women should not drink more than three small glasses of wine a day and men no more than four, the NHS says.
The charity provides group therapy, group activities and a counselling service.
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taff were chosen by the project, financed by the Big Lottery Fund, because of its high rate of alcohol-related deaths and hospital admissions.
The project's Richard Broadway said: "People over 50 find themselves drinking more than the recommended guidelines for a number of reasons.
"They might be drinking at home alone or with one other person."
The scheme's roadshow will be in Maerdy community centre on Monday, Nazareth House day centre, Williamstown, Tonypandy on Tuesday, Soar in Merthyr Tydfil on Wednesday and Abercwmboi rugby club in Aberdare on Thursday.
Katrina Williams, 53, from Merthyr Tydfil, began drinking heavily at 18 when her baby died from cot death and worsened when her husband died of a heart attack 14 years ago.
At her lowest point she was drinking 10 pints of cider a day.
She said: "I never considered myself to be an alcoholic because I still went to work every day."
Since getting help from Treatment and Education Drug Services (TEDS) she tries to have four nights off drinking a week.
She said: "I don't want to stop drinking altogether. I'd just like to be able to go and out get merry and enjoy myself."
Retired deputy head Alun Parry, 65, from Merthyr Tydfil, referred himself to Drugaid Wales five years ago when he ended up drinking on a park bench and getting arrested.
"I would pick up a glass of wine instead of a cup of tea," he said.
Mr Parry is now involved in the running of the project.
Mother-of-three Beth Evans, 55, from Aberdare, started drinking daily when she divorced in 2006.
The former nurse said it spiralled from a few drinks at home after work to four bottles of wine a day.
"Eventually my children reported me to social services because they were worried I'd end up dead," she said.
Ms Evans has not had a drink since May and is receiving counselling.
Declan McDaid gave the visitors the lead after only two minutes and Michael Moffat made it 2-0.
Moore tapped home before the break and scored his second form the penalty spot after Graham Bowman fouled Moffat.
Striker Moore completed his hat-trick before Connor Shields scored a consolation for Rovers.
Alloa Athletic and Raith Rovers drew 1-1 at Recreation Park, with Kevin Cawley firing the hosts ahead with a low drive into the corner before Lewis Vaughan earned the visitors a point with a 90th-minute strike.
A Danny Denholm tap-in and Blair Yule's drive handed Arbroath a 2-0 home win over Queen's Park.
Mark Millar scored a sensational winner as Forfar Athletic picked up a 2-1 home win over Airdrieonians.
David Cox gave the Loons the lead, but Murray Loudon levelled after the break, only for Millar to win it with a long-range shot into the top corner.
At Stair Park, Jamie Hammil scored the only goal as Stranraer beat East Fife.
Rosales Mendoza's body was found along with three other bodies by a motorway in western Mexico.
All four victims had been shot dead, forensic experts said.
Rosales Mendoza, 52, was one of the founders of La Familia Michoacana, a drug cartel with a reputation for extreme violence which claims to defend family and religious values.
He was on the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)'s most wanted list.
The four bodies were found in the car park of a tollbooth on a motorway in the western state of Michoacan.
Forensic experts said the four had been tortured and killed somewhere else before their bodies were dumped in the car park.
It is not clear who may be behind the killing.
Rosales Mendoza is believed to have got involved in drug trafficking in the 1980s in Michoacan.
He rose through the ranks of local drug gangs and forged key alliances with members of the Gulf and Zetas cartels.
In 2000, he founded his own organisation, which he named La Familia Michoacana (The Michoacan Family) after the state that was his power base.
La Familia became a powerful criminal force in Michoacan. Cartel members trafficked in drugs, but were urged not to use them themselves.
The cartel claimed to protect the poor and said it defended traditional family values.
Its hit-men said they had the "divine right" to kill and dismember their enemies, which included members of rival gangs.
Rosales Mendoza is believed to have trained some of the men who later became powerful drug lords in their own right, including Servando "La Tuta" Gomez, Enrique "El Kike" Plancarte, Nazario Moreno and Dionicio "El Tio" Loya Plancarte.
In 2004, he organised an armed assault on a maximum security prison to spring a jailed ally from the Gulf cartel.
His men managed to free 25 inmates, but Rosales Mendoza was arrested on suspicion of masterminding the jailbreak and spent the next decade in prison.
While Rosales Mendoza was in prison, the men he had trained founded their own cartel, which they called the Knights Templar.
The Knights Templar, which claimed to follow in the footsteps of the Christian military order of the Middle Ages of the same name, soon became one of the main targets for the Mexican government.
Police say the cartel has been dismantled after all four of its main leaders were arrested or killed in the past two tears.
The security forces feared that Rosales Mendoza was trying to re-organise his drug-trafficking empire after his release from prison in 2014.
With the club unlikely to close the 12-point gap to the play-off places over the final nine matches, Batth insists the campaign is not going to peter out.
"Definitely not - that's not how we see it in the dressing room," Batth, 25, told BBC WM 95.6.
"It's very much business as usual, we're all working very hard."
A slow start to the campaign, winning just six of their opening 22 Championship matches, affected Wolves' early prospects of challenging for promotion.
The club have also been hit by a spate of injuries to key players, including Wales international Dave Edwards, and the sale of star striker Benilk Afobe to Bournemouth in January.
Four successive wins in December and January closed the gap to the top six to six points, but two victories in the past 11 games leaves Wolves 12th in the table after 37 matches.
But Batth insists they will put the last few fixtures to good use.
"We need to improve our system and keep progressing," he added.
"We have to win games at home - we've not done that enough this season, we've got to give the fans something to be happy about watching."
Heavy rain in the morning saw the match reduced to 34 overs per side.
Shiv Thakor took 4-49 for the hosts but a 104-run second-wicket partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Tom Fell (73) helped the visitors post 202-9.
In response, Greg Smith (34 not out) saw Leicestershire reach 93-2 off 15.4 overs before rain ended the match.
After Leicestershire won the toss and chose to bowl, both sets of players were forced to leave the field before the first ball was bowled as an unexpected burst of heavy rain interrupted proceedings.
When the players finally made it back out on to the field an impressive knock of 73 off 61 balls from Fell, which included 12 fours, held Worcestershire's innings together as Thakor, Charlie Shreck (2-26) and Ollie Freckingham (2-38) stifled the rest of the batsmen.
Although Charles Morris (1-19) and Joe Leach (1-25) reduced the home side to 45-2 early on in their reply, five fours from Smith ensured Leicestershire were well ahead of the D/L par score before rain intervened again.
Victory for the hosts means they can still qualify for the quarter-finals with just one spot in Group A remaining to be decided.
Leicestershire moved into fourth place on seven points and are away to Lancashire in their final match on Thursday, while Derbyshire sit in fifth place with six points and entertain third-placed Gloucestershire at the same time.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called by bailiffs to the Grade II-listed property Cavell House on Charing Cross Road at 08:00 BST.
Fellow activists left the building but the pair stayed for about 14 hours.
A group calling themselves Love Activists said the building was not in current use and they planned to host a Christmas lunch for homeless people.
Scotland Yard said police attended the scene at the request of the bailiffs to prevent a breach of the peace.
The pair - a man, aged 22, and a woman, aged 21 - were arrested after leaving the balcony and taken to a central London police station on suspicion of breaching a court order.
Arthur Whitfield, 83, from Colwyn Bay, died after falling from a bed or chair at Llandudno Hospital in October 2015.
A post-mortem examination found he died from a number of falls.
Recording a narrative conclusion at the inquest in Ruthin, Denbighshire, the deputy coroner said "many opportunities had been missed" to stop him falling.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board carried out a serious incident review that revealed failings.
It is now looking at how it identifies patients at risk of falls.
The inquest heard Mr Whitfield was admitted to Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, at least three times in October 2015 after falling.
On 21 October, he was transferred to Llandudno Hospital and while a fall eight days later was not witnessed, he was twice seen trying to climb out of bed.
He died on 30 October, with a post-mortem examination revealing bleeding on the brain.
Pathologist Dr Andrew Dalton told the inquest he did not die from a single fall, but "falls".
Following his death, the health board carried out a serious incident review and admitted a risk assessment was not carried out as promptly as it should have been.
"It beggars belief that after all the earlier incidents it could happen again," said North Wales East and Central deputy coroner Nicola Jones.
Recording a narrative conclusion, she said because there were so many falls, it was not possible to reach a conclusion of accidental death.
Ms Jones issued a regulation 28 report stating that until new methods are introduced, the risk to others still exist.
"If these matters are not introduced there will be future deaths," she added.
After the hearing, Mr Whitfield's daughter Elizabeth said the family faced difficulty in raising concerns with hospital staff.
A health board spokesman said: "We fully accept the coroner's findings and are reviewing the way we identify patients at risk of falls."
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Kyle Wootton opened the scoring in the 16th minute with his first goal for the club since his loan switch from Scunthorpe and Stephen Brogan made it two with a penalty in the 38th minute after his shot had been handled.
Half-time substitute Jack Paxman halved the deficit on the hour mark.
But the visitors held out to build on their 1-0 victory over Gateshead last time out and win for only the sixth time in the league this season, moving to within four points of their opponents in the process.
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Match ends, Maidstone United 1, North Ferriby United 2.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 1, North Ferriby United 2.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Curtis Bateson replaces Sam Topliss.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Fallowfield replaces Reece Thompson.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Dan Sweeney replaces James Rogers.
Stephen Brogan (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, North Ferriby United 2. Jack Paxman (Maidstone United).
Anthony Acheampong (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Levi Sutton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, North Ferriby United 2.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, North Ferriby United 2.
Jack Evans (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Alex Flisher replaces Bobby-Joe Taylor.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Paxman replaces Jack Evans.
Goal! Maidstone United 0, North Ferriby United 2. Stephen Brogan (North Ferriby United) converts the penalty with a.
Jamie Coyle (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Kyle Wootton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Maidstone United 0, North Ferriby United 1. Kyle Wootton (North Ferriby United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Officers moved into Gezi Park in Taksim Square, firing water cannon and tear gas. Several people were hurt, some of them allegedly by rubber bullets.
There were also reports of continuing stand-offs in other parts of Istanbul.
The police operation came hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an end to the occupation.
He said Taksim Square had to be "evacuated" ahead of a rally planned by his Justice and Development (AK) Party on Sunday.
The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) has said it will call a nationwide strike on Monday, while another union grouping is deciding whether to join the action.
What began as a protest against plans to redevelop Gezi Park last month has evolved into wider anti-government unrest.
Demonstrators had vowed to occupy the park until their demands were met.
31 May: Protests begin in Gezi Park over plans to redevelop one of Istanbul's few green spaces
3 June: Protesters establish camps with makeshift facilities from libraries to food centres
4-10 June: Protests widen into show of anti-government dissent in towns and cities across Turkey; clashes between police and demonstrators
11/12 June: Night of clashes see riot police disperse anti-government demonstrators in Taksim Square, which adjoins Gezi Park; camps in the park remain
13 June: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issues a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park
14 June: Government agrees to suspend Gezi Park redevelopment plans until a court rules on the issue, PM holds talks with members of a key protest group
15 June: Police move in, clearing protesters from Gezi Park
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However, it took riot police less than half an hour on Saturday evening to bring an end to the 18-day occupation.
The BBC's James Reynolds, who was at the park, says the officers advanced slowly, wearing gas masks and carrying riot shields, amid a cloud of white tear gas.
Most protesters chose to leave to avoid getting hurt. Some regrouped in nearby streets, but police fired more tear gas in an effort to disperse them.
"We tried to flee and the police pursued us. It was like war," Claudia Roth, the co-chair of Germany's Greens party who was in the park, told the Reuters news agency.
After the park was cleared of people, police tore down the colourful tents and banners.
Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu described the operation as "extremely smooth" and said 29 people had been lightly injured.
"We will continue our work to constitute a peaceful environment in the next few hours," he added.
Tayfun Kahraman, a member of the Taksim Solidarity umbrella group of protest movements, said a number of demonstrators had been hit by rubber bullets.
"Let them keep the park, we don't care any more. Let it all be theirs. This crackdown has to stop. The people are in a terrible state,'' he told the Associated Press.
Earlier on Saturday, Mr Erdogan told tens of thousands of AK supporters in Ankara: "If Taksim Square is not evacuated, this country's security forces will know how to evacuate it.
"Staying there [in Gezi Park] makes no sense anymore as the matter is now in the hands of the courts. Nobody can intimidate us. We take no orders or instruction from anyone but God."
He also dismissed the wave of demonstrations as part of an organised plot against him.
Our correspondent says the prime minister has now won back the ground that he lost to protesters two weeks ago.
But it is not yet clear which side has won the larger fight for the country's support, our correspondent adds.
On 31 May, a crackdown on environmentalists in Gezi Park provoked protests across Turkey against the police and Mr Erdogan's government.
On Saturday, the protesters vowed to continue occupying Gezi Park despite a promise by Mr Erdogan to halt the development plan for the park until a court ruling on the issue.
Last month, an Istanbul court issued an initial injunction against the plan to cut down trees in the park to make way for a shopping centre and replica 18th-Century military barracks. The government has appealed against the ruling.
Mr Erdogan's offer was presented as a major concession. But after discussions in Gezi Park on Friday night, the protesters said their movement was more than just a conservation protest and vowed to stay on.
Five people have died and thousands have been injured since the protests began.
Demonstrators have accused Mr Erdogan's government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and of trying to impose conservative Islamic values on a secular state.
The police crackdown on protesters in Istanbul, Ankara, and other towns and cities has drawn international concern, especially from Europe.
The 26-year-old will join the Championship side as a free agent on a three-year deal on 1 July.
Lowe previously worked with Terriers boss David Wagner when the pair were at Borussia Dortmund.
"He is also a great character; a leader in the dressing room, who has captained the team," 44-year-old Wagner told the club website.
Organisers Glasgow 2014 said the Sierra Leone chef de mission knows where Mohamed Tholley is.
On Friday it emerged that athletes from the country were considering extending their stay amid fears over the Ebola virus outbreak in west Africa.
Two Sierra Leone athletes at the Games have been tested and cleared for Ebola.
Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries.
Mohamed Tholley had failed show to up for the men's time trial cycling on Thursday.
Glasgow 2014 have now said the Sierra Leone chef de mission knows where the "missing cyclist" is and stressed he was not missing.
Unisa Deen Kargbo said that legally Tholley could be in the country until September but he had not discussed leaving the village with anyone in the camp.
Sierra Leone's Samuel Morris and Moses Sesay have been tested for Ebola and cleared by doctors in Glasgow.
Sesay, 32, was admitted to a Glasgow hospital last week after feeling unwell and doctors tested him for various conditions, including Ebola.
The cyclist was given the all-clear and released from hospital in time to compete in the men's individual time trial at the Games on Thursday.
It later emerged that table tennis player Morris was also tested in Glasgow and given the all-clear.
Morris, 34, said he developed a fever two days after arriving at the athletes' village.
He said: "They took me to the general hospital. They tested me for Ebola.
"I thought it was ordinary malaria diagnosis. But they didn't say that. They thought it was just a change of weather."
Tholley's coach Winston Crowther said the cyclist may have had concerns over the Ebola outbreak, but did not rule out other reasons for him leaving the team camp, including economic factors.
On the issue of the team returning to Sierra Leone, Unisa Deen Kargbo said: "Athletes have come to me and said they don't want to return because of the Ebola situation.
"There have been discussions with back home to see what the final decision will be on that. I have a mandate to return the athletes on 5 August and that's what I'm working towards now."
Asked if the athletes could stay on in the UK, he said: "The UK government will have to decide if that's an option, but I don't know."
The athletes' village is due to close on Wednesday and is being decommissioned on Thursday and Glasgow 2014 said it would become a "building site" within a matter of hours.
Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after more than 200 people died from the Ebola virus.
The outbreak - the world's deadliest to date - was first reported in Guinea in February.
It then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a person who travelled from Liberia to Nigeria died of the virus shortly after arriving in Lagos last week.
Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.
The footage appears to have been recorded on Wednesday.
The incident is believed to be in connection with the recent death of veteran republican Peggy O'Hara.
Police say enquiries are ongoing.
East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell condemned the show of strength.
"Police must investigate the events and of course the funeral is yet to come," he said.
"Police need to be prepared for what might happen at the funeral."
Derry and Strabane independent republican councillor Gary Donnelly was there when the shots were fired.
"A number of armed and masked men paid tribute to Peggy by firing shots over her coffin," he said.
"They were fired into the air and there was nothing hostile about it."
A small group was protesting at the embassy against the Shia movement and its backer, Iran, over their involvement in Syria.
It is not yet known who killed the protester.
Last week Hezbollah fighters helped retake the town of Qusair from rebels.
Clashes broke out on Sunday between supporters and opponents of Hezbollah outside the Iranian embassy, on the outskirts of Beirut, a Lebanese army spokesman was quoted by news agency AFP as saying.
The young man was injured in the fighting and later died of his wounds, the army reportedly said.
Several other people were injured when Hezbollah partisans attacked the demonstrators, the spokesman told AFP.
The man killed was identified by Beirut media as Hisham Salman, head of the student section of the Lebanese Option party, a small opposition group.
The party's leader, like Hezbollah, is from the Shia community, however it strongly opposes Hezbollah's involvement in Syria.
The protesters outside the Iranian embassy in the Bir Hassan neighbourhood made demands for Hezbollah to leave Syria.
"Lebanon has never been so fragile. They are transferring the Syrian conflict into Lebanon. The Lebanese army should deploy on the border to stop Hezbollah from entering Syria," protest organiser Charles Jabbour told AFP news agency.
The incident underlines how deeply divisive the Syrian issue is in Lebanon and strengthens fears of further repercussions, BBC Beirut correspondent Jim Muir reports.
Hezbollah - or the Party of God - is a political and military organisation in Lebanon made up mainly of Shia Muslims.
It emerged with financial backing from Iran in the early 1980s and has always been a close ally of Syria.
On Thursday, the White House called on both Iran and Hezbollah to withdraw fighters from Syria, where they have been helping government troops, particularly in the western town of Qusair, close to the border with Lebanon.
"It is clear that the regime is unable to contest the opposition's control of a place like Qusair on their own, and that is why they are dependent on Hezbollah and Iran to do their work for them," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Red Cross says nearly 90 Syrian rebel fighters have been taken to hospitals in Lebanon after being wounded in the battle for Qusair.
The strategic town, which is a major supply route for both rebel and pro-Assad fighters, was recaptured by government troops on Wednesday after weeks of fierce fighting.
Recent developments on the ground may affect efforts to convene a forthcoming international peace conference, the Syrian opposition says.
"What is happening in Syria today completely closes the doors on any discussions about international conferences and political initiatives," the interim head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, George Sabra, told reporters on Saturday.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague also said on Sunday that the government's latest gains may reduce the chances of success at the peace summit due to take place in Geneva.
The 23-year-old from Hamilton was competing in her first tournament since knee surgery after the Rio Olympics.
"I'm really glad that 17 weeks after my operation and here I am flying around the court as usual," she said in Perth.
Gilmour defeated Edinburgh's Julie MacPherson 21-11 21-7 on Sunday to make it six singles titles on the trot.
And, with Kinross's Patrick MacHugh, she went on to win the mixed doubles, defeating MacPherson and Martin Campbell 23-21 21-16.
In doing so, Gilmour became the first player since Rita Yuan Gao 15 years ago to hold Scottish titles in three different events, her tally standing at six singles, four women's doubles and one mixed.
"It's not just a starter tournament for me," said Gilmour on her return to competitive action, watched by new Badminton Scotland head coach Tat Meng Wong.
"It's one I want to go out and win and keep on winning. It was really important for me to be fit for this one."
MacPherson was runner-up in three finals last year but she finally broke her title duck when she and Eleanor O'Donnell won the women's doubles with a 21-19 19-21 21-16 victory over top seeds Rebekka Findlay and Caitlin Pringle in a 62-minute match.
Glasgow's Kieran Merrilees made it five men's singles titles when he defeated defending champion Matthew Carder 21-8 21-13 in another clash of the top two seeds.
Glasgow's Grimley twins had been hoping for an early birthday present by reaching the men's doubles final. But Christopher and Matthew, who are 17 on Monday, fell in a close semi-final, beaten by top seeds Adam Hall and Alex Dunn 21-11 23-21.
But Hall could not repeat last year's victory with Robert Blair as 2015 champions and 2016 runners-up Campbell and local favourite MacHugh reclaimed the crown 21-17 21-17.
Men's singles
(1) Kieran Merrilees (Glasgow) bt (2) Matthew Carder (South Queensferry) 21-8 21-13
Women's singles
(1) Kirsty Gilmour (Bothwell) bt (2) Julie MacPherson (Edinburgh) 21-11 21-7
Men's doubles
(2) Martin Campbell (Edinburgh) & Patrick MacHugh (Kinross) bt (1) Alex Dunn (Motherwell) & Adam Hall (Mauchline) 21-17 21-17.
Women's doubles
(2) MacPherson & Eleanor O'Donnell (Beith) bt (1) Rebekka Findlay (Erskine) & Caitlin Pringle (Giffnock) 21-19 19-21 21-16.
Mixed doubles
MacHugh & Gilmour bt (2) Campbell & MacPherson 23-21 21-16.
Operation Stack is when lorries park on the M20 during cross-Channel disruption, and has been used in recent weeks because of French strike action.
Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, said the problem was too big for Kent authorities to deal with.
Kent MPs met Home Secretary Theresa May on Tuesday. The government has not commented to the BBC.
Mr Collins said there would be further talks with Kent County Council on Friday.
He said: "We can create solutions in Kent to provide resilience to provide extra lorry parking.
"That will cope with the minor incidents of Operation Stack and we can deal with that.
"But major delays of several days or a week or more - that requires the government to step in."
He said Theresa May absolutely understood the seriousness of the problem.
Faversham and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately said proposals discussed with the Home Secretary included lorry parks, making more use of service stations, opening up ferry routes to Dunkirk, and alerting hauliers about disruption before they reached Kent.
She said there was a risk of further major disruption this summer and MPs needed to keep working on the problem while parliament was in recess.
Stack was brought in again on Wednesday because of a heavy volume of traffic heading towards Dover port and Eurotunnel at Folkestone.
Eurotunnel has called on the French and British governments to help pay the cost of additional security as migrants try to smuggle themselves to the UK.
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Jenny Swift, 49, was found unresponsive at HMP Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on 30 December and later pronounced dead.
Ms Swift, from Seaforth in Sefton, Merseyside, was remanded in custody after a man was stabbed in November and later died.
An unnamed friend of hers said she had asked to be put into a women's prison, the Sheffield Star reported.
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Ms Swift was charged with attempted murder and criminal damage after an assault on Surrey Street in Balby, Doncaster, on 15 November.
Eric Flanagan, 26, was found with multiple stab wounds and died a month later.
BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it was understood Ms Swift was being monitored in prison due to fears she might self-harm.
She had been taking non-prescription hormone drugs to help her transition to a woman, but the medication was stopped when she entered custody, he added.
Police were in the process of consulting with the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to a possible change to the attempted murder charge.
The Prison Service said Ms Swift, who was charged under the name Jonathan Swift, was found at 00:40 GMT with prison staff and paramedics attempting CPR. She was declared dead at 01:10.
An independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will now take place, a spokesperson added.
Det Ch Insp Vicky Short, of South Yorkshire Police, said: "On Friday 30 December, we were made aware that the person charged in this investigation had died.
"However, the inquiry into Mr Flanagan's death remains ongoing at this time and his family continue to be supported by officers."
HMP Doncaster is a category B prison with more than 900 inmates, and has been operated by Serco since 2003.
In 2015, a government review of the handling of transgender prisoners in England and Wales was ordered by then-Justice Secretary Michael Gove.
It followed the deaths of transgender women Vikki Thompson and Joanne Latham, who were being held in all-male prisons.
Published in November, the review revealed that one in four prisons in England and Wales holds at least one transgender inmate.
The review said: "It is apparent that the treatment of transgender people in courts, probation and prison services has not kept pace with the development of a more general understanding of the issues surrounding gender in society."
Northampton Town FC wants permission to increase seating at Sixfields Stadium from 7,653 up to 10,000.
A supermarket, shops and 225 homes are planned for a former landfill site.
Chairman David Cardoza said the aim was to help the club to be self-sufficient, and the project would be partly funded by a £12m borough council loan.
Mr Cardoza has in the past outlined his ambition to move the Cobblers up the leagues and bring in bigger crowds.
Although the application for outline planning permission states a 10,000 seat capacity Sixfields is likely to only build 8,500.
Mr Cardoza said in June there was no point putting in more seats "if the club wasn't able to generate the income to deliver a team capable of filling them".
"We have plans where we can increase the capacity again if and when we are as successful, as we all hope we will be."
Opposition to the Sixfields development is expected from local residents concerned about traffic problems.
Northampton and Rugby Athletics Club, based at Sixfields, is moving to Moulton College where an £18m project is under way to create new sporting facilities.
The bus "complete with UK adverts" was described as looking a "little lost in San Fran" by surprised residents.
City resident Alan Milford said: "It drove past and I snapped it as it was so out of place."
Andrew Wickham, from the UK bus operator, said it was one of a fleet of double-deckers shipped to the States about a year ago.
Shots of the "random English" double-decker struggling through traffic in San Francisco first started appearing on social media in October.
Former BBC Radio Five Live presenter Caroline Feraday, who spotted it in the city centre, posted a shot with the tweet: "I can't help but think this Wiltshire & Dorset school bus is a little lost".
While Dan Cassell said he was "speechless" when he saw it go by.
He added: "It even said it was going to Christchurch!"
Mr Wickham insisted it was "not one of their longer services" but actually part of a fleet of double-deckers shipped to the United States about a year ago.
"The buses had reached the end of their lives and they [Americans] love English double-decker buses," he said.
"They were bought by the British Bus Company in San Diego and were shipped across to Florida and then driven across the States.
"It's pretty unusual to ship old double-decker buses to the US and they would have had well over a million miles on the clock."
But Fred Corlett, from the British Bus Company, said all five double-deckers which took on the "3,000 mile journey across the USA" had "made it".
"The one in San Francisco is operated by San Francisco Deluxe Tours and we have two in San Diego that are also still operating in Wilts & Dorset Livery," he said.
"The vehicles are so well maintained and presented - we have reserved the next two buses to be retired this summer."
Krynkl on Shalesmoor, near Kelham Island, in Sheffield is to see a three and four-storey building made entirely of steel containers stacked together.
It would be the city's first such building, said Sheffield City Council.
Work on the vacant site is to be completed by January, said the developers.
The steel containers would be "predominantly dark grey" and there were no sensitive historic buildings nearby, said the report to the council's planning and highway committee.
The site is in a mixed residential and commercial area on the inner ring road and previously housed a conservatory sales business.
Wendy Thompson, 53, from Lincolnshire, had been trying to wish a friend happy birthday on the social media platform using her mobile phone.
Rodney Lewis, 84, was killed in the crash on London's North Circular Road on 3 February last year.
Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
Mr Lewis and his wife Marlene, 77, from Enfield, had stopped to help their 21-year-old grandson after his Ford Fiesta broke down and were trying to call a recovery vehicle when Thompson's car ploughed into the back of them.
Mr Lewis died from his injuries while Mrs Lewis suffered a shattered pelvis and broken hip, the Old Bailey heard.
Thompson told a lorry driver who had stopped nearby: "I was trying to put my charger in my phone, I just didn't see him," the court was told.
She later told police it was her friend's birthday and she had been trying to send a message on Facebook.
When she realised the message had not been sent, she tried again. Thompson admitted the mobile phone had been in her hand at the time of the crash.
An investigator found Thompson, from Barnetby, would have had enough time to see the stationary vehicle and avoid the crash if she had not been distracted.
Tahir Khan QC, defending, said Thompson admitted her responsibility and would carry the guilt "for the rest of her life".
Thompson was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for causing death by dangerous driving and 15 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving, to run concurrently.
She was disqualified from driving for 10 years.
Carter was sent clear on goal and slotted past goalkeeper Allan Fleming.
Goalkeeper William Muir kept Queen's Park's lead intact when he kept out Robert Linn's effort.
Arbroath's chances of finding an equaliser were dented when Jamie Henry's foul on Sean Burns earned him a second booking.
The 21-year-old recently returned to United after making 29 appearances on loan at League One club Barnsley.
Pearson also featured in 22 games in a loan spell with the Tykes last season.
"We see him as energetic, box-to-box, likes a tackle and coming from Manchester United he is decent on the ball," manager Simon Grayson said.
"He's at the right age, wants to go and make a good career in the game and we are delighted that we have been backed by the owner to spend the money to bring Ben here."
Pearson could make his debut for Preston when they travel to Bristol City on Tuesday.
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There has been a cut in the number of dedicated firearms licensing officers ahead of new controls.
But Asst Ch Con Mark Williams said much of the extra work would be undertaken by community officers who have been given additional training.
An amnesty has been launched to allow owners to surrender their airguns.
The Air Weapon and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 comes into force from 31 December 2016.
Mr Williams told the BBC: "There's been a number of dedicated firearms licensing officers in the past.
"What we've done in recent months is train community officers that work right across Scotland who will also be able to handle the application process for licensing any weapon."
Police are launching an airgun amnesty ahead of new laws which make it illegal to possess one without a licence.
Seventy-two police stations across Scotland will be accepting the weapons during the three-week campaign from 23 May until 12 June.
Powers to legislate on air rifles were devolved to Holyrood in 2012. The cost of the new airgun license has still to be announced but the British Association of Shooting and Conservation said it expects it to be less than the £79.50 shotgun licence.
It has been estimated there could be 500,000 airguns in Scotland but Asst Ch Con Williams said he was confident his officers could cope with large numbers being given up.
He added: "We're certainly prepared for the surrender process and we're prepared with officers and staff across Scotland to manage that and we've trained a number of extra staff to cope with any uplift in demand around the licensing itself."
Ahead of the amnesty being launched, the victim of a recent airgun injury has been speaking about his experience.
Jordan Fyfe was shot while walking his dog in Glasgow.
He said: "I pulled my dog round the corner and saw I'd been shot in the leg. It was embedded in the back of my knee although at that point I didn't know it was still in there."
Mr Fyfe added: "I went home phoned the police and then went to the Royal Infirmary and had an X-ray.
"The next day at half past nine I was in theatre getting it removed under general anaesthetic."
Mr Fyfe said he was lucky to have the pellet removed without any complications.
The campaign to tighten airgun controls gathered momentum after the death of toddler Andrew Morton in Glasgow in 2005. He was shot in the head by a drug addict.
Police Scotland said advice on how to transport the weapons safely, and to find out where the nearest designation station was, could be found on their website.
The Scottish government ran a public consultation on the licensing scheme in 2013.
The idea was rejected by 87% of respondents - with some describing it as "draconian" and "heavy-handed".
But the Scottish government said it was committed to licensing air guns and was looking for views on how this would work in practice.
James Lavers, 37, an intensive care registrar at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, will join more than 30 NHS volunteers in Africa.
He will complete a week of training in the capital Freetown before moving to British-built Ebola treatment centres.
Dr Lavers said: "I decided to volunteer because this could be the biggest medical disaster of my lifetime."
He added: "To prevent this from happening and save vast numbers of lives, large scale intervention has to happen now.
"I feel I have the skills to help, so I signed up. As an intensive care registrar I'm used to dealing with very sick people."
The volunteer group deployed by the UK government includes GPs, nurses, clinicians, psychiatrists and consultants in emergency medicine.
They spent nine days at a training centre in York and Dr Lavers is expecting to be in Sierra Leone for five weeks.
"I think we're as prepared as we can be, but it's still going to be a difficult experience", he said.
Following training and acclimatisation, the group will begin diagnosing and treating people who have contracted the deadly virus.
They will work in treatment centres built by British Army Royal Engineers and funded by the Department for International Development.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "I want to thank the brave NHS volunteers who are heading to Sierra Leone to help in the fight against Ebola.
"They embody the values at the heart of our health service, and their expertise and dedication is second to none."
Bywater, 35, started the final three matches of last season after injury to Jon McLaughlin, who was later released.
The former West Ham and Derby keeper has signed a 12-month contract extension at the Pirelli Stadium.
Ex-Watford forward Sordell, 26, scored four goals after joining Burton from Coventry in January and has agreed a new three-year deal.
Bywater joined West Ham as a 16-year-old in February 1998, from Rochdale's youth ranks, and featured in their 1999 FA Youth Cup-winning team alongside Joe Cole and Michael Carrick.
He spent eight years at Upton Park before signing for Derby in 2006 and later had spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall and Doncaster, among others.
"He's proved his worth in the last part of the season. Next season he might not be back-up," manager Nigel Clough told the Brewers' official website.
The musical, which opened on Broadway in 1981 and was filmed in 2006, has taken 35 years to reach the West End.
Sonia Friedman partly attributes the delay to actors not being available to populate its predominantly black cast.
"Thankfully, shows like The Lion King have meant many more people of colour are now working in theatre," she said.
"When Dreamgirls opened [in New York] 35 years ago, it would have been very hard to cast it here at that time," the producer continued.
"We now have a fantastic talent pool and will be able to keep it running for years and years because of the talent that is out there."
The Lion King opened in 1999 in London and still plays to full houses at the Lyceum Theatre, 17 years on.
Several members of Dreamgirls' ensemble have appeared in the show there, or in other stagings of the Disney musical.
Freidman also cited the specific demands placed on the show's lead actress as another reason why Dreamgirls has taken so long to cross the Atlantic.
Dreamgirls tells of a black female singing trio, reminiscent of The Supremes, who fight to make their mark in '60s America.
The 2006 film, starring Beyonce and Eddie Murphy, was many Britons' first exposure to the Tony Award-winning show.
Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar, a Bafta and a Golden Globe for playing Effie White, the threesome's most gifted and volatile member.
The role - which Friedman says is like "climbing Everest and doing a marathon at the same time" for a performer - is played in London by Amber Riley.
Riley, best known for playing Meredith Jones in US TV show Glee, was in tears as she took her bows at end of Wednesday's opening night.
"Some nights it's like that," she told the BBC News website. "I get so overwhelmed and caught up in the story."
Riley, who is making her West End debut in the production, said the part of Effie was "the role of a lifetime".
"She starts really young and ballsy and she gets to be vulnerable, and then she gets to be an adult," the 30-year-old explained.
"I get to show her whole entire journey, and I've never really gotten to share that arc before."
Reviews of the show have praised the US actress, with The Guardian describing her as "a notch above... on a stage of great singers".
Its critic Lyndsey Winship said that her "huge and effortless voice... rips through the auditorium".
"Without question, Riley is the biggest reason to buy a ticket," writes Dominic Cavendish in the Telegraph.
Casey Nicholaw's "slick" and "tinselly" production, he continues, offers "tremendous gusto of soul and gaiety of spirit".
The Mail's Quentin Letts says the show "has great costumes and incessant dancing" and is "likely to be a hit".
The Times' Ann Treneman, however, thinks "it doesn't deserve to be" one - as its plot is "far too skimpy" and its singing "way too loud".
Riley's Glee co-star Chris Colfer and comedian Sir Lenny Henry were among the audience at the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday.
Sir Lenny has been a vocal campaigner for more representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the broadcasting industry.
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Home Minister Zahid Hamidi was quoted by Malayia's Star newspaper as saying the graves were found in 17 abandoned trafficking camps near the Thai border.
He did not know how many bodies had been recovered.
Several mass graves have been found in Thailand along a route used to smuggle Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar (also known as Burma).
But these would be the first discovered in Malaysia.
Thailand has already launched a crackdown on the trafficking networks.
An investigation by the BBC's Jonathan Head has found entire communities in Thailand helping the traffickers.
The Thai trafficking networks, he found, bought boatloads of migrants from other smugglers and held them in the jungle until their families paid a ransom. Many migrants are believed to have perished from disease or starvation.
Every year thousands of people are trafficked through Thailand and into Malaysia.
The latest graves were found near Padang Besar and Wang Kelian in the Malaysian state of Perlis, Malaysian newspaper reports said.
Utusan Malaysia newspaper cited unnamed sources as saying about 30 mass graves had been found containing "hundreds of skeletons".
The Star said the graves were "believed to contain nearly 100 Rohingya migrants".
Thousands of migrants - Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar and economic migrants from Bangladesh - are stranded in boats in the area.
More than 3,000 have landed in neighbouring Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
Malaysia and Indonesia have begun searching for migrant boats in the past week.
Myanmar also rescued the first boat two days ago.
Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to stop towing boats out to sea and will provide temporary shelter to those who have landed.
Thailand only said it would stop rejecting boats.
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The scale model of the Arch of Triumph has been made from Egyptian marble by the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) using 3D technology, based on photographs of the original arch.
It will travel to cities around the world after leaving London.
Syria's director of antiquities said it was an "action of solidarity".
The arch was built by the Romans.
The two-thirds scale model will be on display at Trafalgar Square for three days before then going on display at other locations around the world, including New York and Dubai.
It is intended that it will then be taken to Palmyra next year, to find a permanent home near the original arch, said the IDA's executive director Roger Michel.
"It is a message of raising awareness in the world," said Maamoun Abdulkarim, Syria's director of antiquities who was in London to watch the replica being installed.
"We have common heritage. Our heritage is universal - it is not just for Syrian people."
Palmyra, and its complex of ancient ruins, was recaptured at the end of March, having been overrun by IS militants in May last year.
At least 280 people were executed during their occupation of the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group.
Mr Abdulkarim, who visited Palmyra a week after its liberation from the Islamic State group, also known as IS, Isis and Daesh, said about 80% of the ancient monuments remain.
He stresses that the purpose of the project is restoration, using the new technology and the remains of the site to rebuild the ancient monuments, rather than creating them afresh.
"We can never have the same image as before Isis," he said. "We are trying to be realistic.
"But what we want to do is respect the scientific method and the identity of Palmyra as a historic site."
Mr Michel said that when Palmyra was attacked, he decided the IDA's Million Images Database project - which distributes 3D cameras to volunteers in countries including Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq - could take action.
"It is extraordinary to have a vision about something and see it come together in such a palpable way," he said.
The 5.5m-high replica was made by machines carving the stone to the exact shape and design of the original arch, based on 3D photographs.
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Mr Michel said he wanted London to be the first to house the replica because the city itself had been reconstructed after World War Two, and that he hoped "anybody who appreciates free speech" would understand why it was so important to recreate the arch.
Citing the economic importance of the site to Syrians, he said: "It doesn't mean because you mourn the loss of life that you should leave your country in ruins. No one can bring back the dead, but you can improve the lives of the living."
He has said that he wants to "promptly (and, of course, thoughtfully)" restore monuments to prevent terrorists being given "the power to delete such objects from our collective cultural record".
But Professor Bill Finlayson, of the Council for British Research in the Levant, which supports research into the archaeology of the region, sounded a note of caution.
"The publicity and so on is great," he said. "I have no problem with this [project].
"I think there is a bit more of a problem with the issue of reconstruction on the site itself.
"The dangerous precedent suggests that if you destroy something, you can rebuild it and it has the same authenticity as the original."
The installation of the replica, which cost about £100,000 to create, has taken place during World Heritage Week.
Coinciding with the installation of the arch is The Missing: Rebuilding the Past, an exhibition claiming to be the first to "showcase the efforts of artists and scholars who resist the destruction of cultural heritage" carried out by IS.
Jessica Carlisle, who is hosting the show at her central London gallery, which includes a 3D printed model of the Arch of Triumph, said their response "challenges the very notion of loss".
She said: "Artists and scholars wanted to do something positive, to say that what is happening is terrible, but let's celebrate the creativity coming out of it, and the people challenging what Isis are doing."
One of the most visually striking pieces at the gallery is by British artist Piers Secunda, who creates moulds of bullet holes made by so-called Islamic State militants and casts them in replicas of ancient reliefs.
His piece displayed at the gallery shows bullet holes from a school in Iraqi Kurdistan, where he had travelled to two weeks before the Paris terror attacks, the village having been liberated from IS only weeks previously.
He says of his work: "It's about capturing the texture of geopolitics. It's not making a statement, it's making a record."
The exhibition also features a model of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo made by 25-year-old Tmam Alkhidaiwi Alnabilsi, a Syrian currently living at the Zaatari camp outside Jordan.
The mosque has been heavily damaged, with both the Syrian Army and rebel forces blaming each other for its destruction.
It was made by Alnabilsi as part of a community art project, out of a variety of materials including kebab sticks.
"I think it was a really cathartic thing to do in the camp," said Ms Carlisle. "It's very poignant. I was very emotional opening the crate when it arrived at the gallery."
The Missing was previously on show at New York's Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, with the London exhibition featuring some of the same works.
Erin Thompson, a professor of art crime, curated the exhibition as a response, she said, to the "dominant image in the Western media... that we were helpless to prevent any of the destruction".
She described reacting in such a way was "doing Isis's propaganda for them".
Instead, she decided to find artists who were "creatively reacting to this destruction", and said people had been "extremely moved" by the show.
Ms Carlisle said: "I hope people see the positive message in this.
"For me, it is a celebration of creative spirit and artistic endeavour, in the face of really unfortunate circumstances."
They highlight the case of a woman they treated last year who became critically ill after taking herbal remedies and drinking too much water.
The 47-year-old needed intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital.
She recovered with treatment, but her story is a reminder of the dangers of drastic detoxing, the medics say.
While it may be tempting to cleanse yourself of the excesses of Christmas, the concept is not necessarily healthy and is not backed by medical science, they report in the British Medical Journal Case Reports.
The woman they treated had taken a cocktail of herbs and alternative remedies including:
Her partner said she had also been drinking lots of water, green tea and sage tea over the few days before she became ill.
Shortly before being admitted to hospital, the woman collapsed and had a seizure.
Medical tests revealed she had dangerously low levels of salt (sodium) in her body.
Researching the herbal remedies used by the patient, her doctors discovered the case of a man with a history of anxiety who had had seizures due to a low sodium level.
His symptoms developed after consuming a large amount of a herbal remedy that contained:
"The complementary medicine market is very popular in the UK and the concept of the new-year 'detox' with all-natural products is appealing to those less concerned with evidence-based medicine and more with complementary medicine," say the medics in their write-up.
"Excessive water intake as a way of 'purifying and cleansing' the body is also a popular regime with the belief that harmful waste products can thus be washed from the body."
However, they warn that "despite marketing suggesting otherwise, all-natural products are not without side-effects".
The British Dietetic Association says the whole idea of detoxing is nonsense.
"There are no pills or specific drinks, patches or lotions that can do a magic job," a representative said
"The body has numerous organs, such as the skin, gut, liver and kidney, that continually 'detoxify' the body from head to toe.
"Being well-hydrated is a sensible strategy, but drinking too much water can be as dangerous as not drinking enough.
"It sounds predictable, but for the vast majority of people, a sensible diet and regular physical activity really are the only ways to properly maintain and maximise your health."
He scored 17 goals in 43 league games for Woking in 2016-17 but was a free agent after leaving the National League side at the end of the season.
Ugwu, 24, told the club website: "There was interest from other clubs as well but Chesterfield stood out."
Manager Gary Caldwell added: "I have been very impressed with his physical attributes and ability to score goals."
Ugwu, who came through the youth ranks at Reading, has also played for Yeovil, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Dunfermline and Wycombe.
Caldwell, who will lead the relegated side in League Two next season, added: "It's a big challenge for him now, but he's played in the Football League before so he understands what it takes to succeed. He is someone I can see making a real impact."
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The Royal Free Hospital said it was "sorry to announce that the condition of Pauline Cafferkey has gradually deteriorated over the past two days".
Ms Cafferkey, from South Lanarkshire, was given an experimental anti-viral drug and blood from disease survivors.
Meanwhile, a patient who was tested in Swindon for Ebola has tested negative.
Ms Cafferkey, a public health nurse, was diagnosed with Ebola in December after volunteering with Save the Children in Sierra Leone.
On Saturday Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: "My thoughts and prayers are with nurse Pauline Cafferkey who is in a critical condition with Ebola."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt also expressed his concern, adding: "I know Dr Mike Jacobs and his team at the Royal Free Hospital are working tirelessly to provide her with the best possible care."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "My thoughts are with Pauline & her family at this extremely difficult time. Thanks to all who are caring for her."
Ms Cafferkey had travelled home via Casablanca, Morocco, and London's Heathrow Airport.
She was screened for the disease at Heathrow where she told officials she believed a fever might be developing.
Her temperature was taken seven times in total, six of which were within 30 minutes, and was normal each time, so she was allowed to fly home to Scotland.
The government's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has said the case raises questions about airport screening procedures.
Ms Cafferkey was later placed in an isolation unit at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital after becoming feverish, before being transferred by RAF Hercules plane to London and on to the Royal Free's specialist treatment centre.
Officials from Health Protection Scotland have spoken to all 71 people aboard the British Airways flight from Heathrow to Glasgow that Ms Cafferkey took - a Public Health England (PHE) spokeswoman has said.
And all 101 UK-based passengers and crew aboard the Royal Air Maroc flight from Casablanca to Heathrow have been contacted by PHE officials.
The remaining 31 international passengers on the flight were being traced by international health authorities, the spokeswoman added.
Dr Nick Beeching, an infectious disease specialist and a senior lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, told the BBC the risk to the general public of disease spreading was "almost nil".
He said Ms Cafferkey was receiving the best possible care, and the doctors and nurses at the Royal Free were aware of the risks of contamination.
Ms Cafferkey's is the second UK case of Ebola. Another nurse - William Pooley - recovered from Ebola in September after also being treated at the Royal Free Hospital.
He donated some blood plasma and was treated with the anti-viral drug ZMapp, of which there are no stocks left.
Microbiologist Professor Hugh Pennington said patients responded to Ebola treatment differently.
"Some patients with Ebola get sick and then they get better. Not everybody dies," he said.
For this reason, he said, it was "very difficult" to tell how effective treatments would be - especially when "relatively small numbers of people are being treated with these various experimental approaches".
David Mabey, an expert in communicable diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also said Mrs Cafferkey's reaction to the virus would have been hard to predict.
"A proportion of people don't get severely ill; Will Pooley was an example - he was never very sick and he recovered fully within a few days.
"The critical period is in the first four or five days after it's diagnosed, because, you know, if you are going to get worse then that's when it happens, and I'm very sorry to hear that seems to have been the case."
Dr Chris Smith, a consultant virologist at Cambridge University, said symptoms usually develop "abruptly" and peak after "about seven days".
After 10 days, he added: "Usually they've turned the corner and they begin to improve."
Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, such as blood, vomit or faeces.
The virus has killed more than 7,800 people, almost all in West Africa, since it broke out a year ago.
The World Health Organization says the number of people infected by the disease in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has now passed 20,000.
The Federation of Museums & Art Galleries of Wales (FMAGW) said some of the 90-plus venues have been hit hard but others are in a better position.
It follows years of cuts.
A 2015 report into local museum provision said a cycle of decline "has already started which will at best lead to 'zombie' museums".
By that it meant funding would "only be sufficient to maintain collections with no 'doing money' for improvement, activities and events that encourage access by the widest audience".
It warned the result would be waning interest which would lead to further funding cuts and closures.
"There are some bad sites and there are some good ones," John Marjoram, development officer at FMAGW, said.
"Services have been hit with cuts to the budget and there have been one or two branch closures."
Local authorities shut Cynon Valley museum in south Wales and Newtown textile museum in Powys but these have reopened as independent museums, while Bersham heritage centre in Wrexham and Llanidloes museum, Powys, have recently closed.
Some other places such as Cyfarthfa Castle museum have been taken over by a trust which runs all leisure services in Merthyr Tydfil and there are some which have been saved.
"One of the things about museums is a lot of them are in historic buildings," Mr Marjoram added.
"But it's a mind set about how you look at heritage. Museums are remarkably resilient.
"A lot of museums are run by volunteers and perhaps it's surprising that so few museums have actually closed."
"Amazingly, museums have come through a lot of difficulties since 2008 and I don't think the public will have noticed."
One museum which has been noticed is Storiel in Bangor, Gwynedd.
The £2.5m project has replaced Gwynedd museum and art gallery which lost half its funding in 2008 and closed in September 2015.
It attracted 12,000 to 15,000 people a year, but Storiel has had 80,000 visitors since it opened a year ago.
"It's staggering," principal museum and arts officer Nest Thomas said.
"From a very negative situation, we were able to turn it around because there was a lot of public support.
"With a new vision and business case, we were able to access grants and open Storiel in the new building at Bishop's Palace.
"Obviously the offer is different. It's got lifts, a café and an improved shop.
"We change our art exhibitions every six to eight weeks and the museum collection is the same from the old place.
"We will be introducing digital interpretations and apps and 3D interpretations.
"We've also got community spaces to work with local groups and spaces for activities and events which has proven more popular than we were anticipating."
Ms Thomas said there was still a need to work "very, very hard" on two key elements - ensuring people keep coming back and funding.
But she warned other museums facing difficulties will have a much tougher task to turn them around.
"Gwynedd museum and art gallery was one of the first to take a big hit and we were fortunate that we were given time," she said.
"Now, change is quicker. You have to look for premises and for funding and you are working in a harder climate.
"Places need to look at what they are doing, why they are doing it and who for. Be clear on what the vision is.
"You've got to be the eyes and ears, be out looking for projects and be very, very proactive - we were involved with the Weeping Window poppies at Caernarfon Castle.
"We want to make sure these museums and art galleries survive for the next century."
One problem facing many museums is that they are housed in old buildings which are in much need of expensive repairs such as Carmarthenshire Museum in Abergwili.
"It's a very old building and it's part of a big plan to undertake a significant redevelopment," said the county's museums development manager Morrigan Mason.
"Carmarthenshire council is bucking the trend and creating new jobs like mine. It has been through a process of cutting back.
"There have been problems as a result of that with buildings falling further into a state of disrepair.
"It's also about museums not making a song and dance.
"There's been a real culture change in Carmarthenshire. It seems almost every museum they've got is facing potential redevelopment."
Mrs Mason said the change of heart has come from the top ranks at Carmarthenshire council who have a "strong interest and pride in heritage".
"There's a real sense of urgency" she added. "We're looking at an explosion of development on the museum front."
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Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has long been aware of that truism, and after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he heads into the off-season this winter with another problem on his hands - what does he do about Hamilton's actions at Yas Marina?
In attempting to win the championship by driving slowly to bring rivals into the private battle between himself and team-mate Nico Rosberg, Hamilton repeatedly disobeyed team orders not to slow down too much.
From Mercedes' point of view, it all ended well - Hamilton won the race, Rosberg finished second to clinch the title, having navigated his way through what he described as an "intense" 90 minutes or so.
But it leaves the team with a conundrum - what to do about Hamilton's disobedience, and how does it affect them going into next season?
There is one central issue that Wolff has not addressed in public - he and Mercedes need Hamilton.
For one thing, he is F1's biggest star and he gives the Mercedes brand an appeal to an audience demographic it otherwise struggles to reach.
For another, he is the fastest driver in the world and F1 is heading into a season with a major regulation change and no guarantee that Mercedes will continue to have such an advantage over their rivals.
One can argue that if you give the best team of the past three years, with demonstrably the best engine, new aerodynamic rules that increase drag and therefore make power even more important, they are likely to continue on top.
On the other hand, history suggests that when rules change, the man who gets it right more often than not is Adrian Newey - the design chief of Red Bull. And after three years, with a major engine redesign coming from the French company, their partner Renault could catch up Mercedes.
Hamilton is an emotionally driven character, who has been on a personal roller coaster this year because of his reliability problems, and who has admitted he reached "rock bottom" after his crash with Rosberg at the Spanish Grand Prix, when he was 43 points off the championship lead.
With the threat of a resurgent Red Bull, and their ultra-strong driver line-up of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Wolff needs his team in the best possible shape in 2017.
And that means finding a way to handle this while keeping Hamilton happy.
On the eve of the race, Wolff pledged "not to interfere" in the battle between Hamilton and Rosberg "as long as they are not overstepping the mark in terms of what we see as sportsmanlike driving".
What he meant - although he did not say it at the time - was that he did not want to see Hamilton backing Rosberg up to the extent that it could affect Mercedes' ability to win the race.
Many observers, including senior insiders from other teams, feel Hamilton never actually stepped over that line, in that he was always in the lead and always in control and the victory was never in doubt - a point Hamilton himself made over the radio to the team.
But the team insist that was not the case. They say there were two moments when the win was at risk - when Red Bull's Verstappen was running second to Hamilton and ahead of Rosberg and it became clear the Dutchman was on a one-stop strategy; and later in the race when Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was closing in rapidly on fresh super-soft tyres.
Rivals feel Mercedes' claims that the win was under threat were disingenuous - Hamilton had so much pace in hand he could simply have sped up.
However, Mercedes say their strategy software said otherwise, hence their interventions to Hamilton - which went as far as executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe coming on the radio with an "instruction" to "pick up the pace to win this race". Lowe's intervention is the "highest escalation" of team orders, Mercedes say.
Hamilton's response? "I'm in the lead right now. I'm quite comfortable where I am."
From the perspective of a racing driver, Hamilton did nothing wrong. He had two options going into the race - disappear into the distance to make a point about him being the fastest driver whose season had been affected by bad luck; or try to get rivals in between him and Rosberg.
He chose the second and in doing so he broke no rules. It could be argued - indeed it was argued by Mercedes insiders - that taking the first choice would have been to claim the moral high ground. But what does Hamilton care about that when a world title is at stake? His view was: it's not cheating, so it's not a problem.
Even those inside Mercedes would admit that Hamilton was relatively gentle with Rosberg. He drove slowly all race, but could have done so much more aggressively and much earlier on.
Even during the closing laps, when he began to turn the screw, he only just managed to get Vettel on to Rosberg's tail on the final lap - although the suspicion is that Vettel had already made a decision not to get involved, which raises its own questions of morality.
Ask any racing driver and he would tell you there were many other options Hamilton could have chosen that would have had a much more dramatic effect.
It's almost as if he was fighting his own moral battle in his head while he was out there - do something, just don't do too much.
If so, it would be in keeping with his racing character. Hamilton is a hard racer but through his career he has generally been scrupulously fair. Not for him the darker arts of someone like Michael Schumacher, or even Ayrton Senna.
Mercedes view his actions through the prism of what they call their "team values and ethics".
"Undermining a structure in public means you are putting yourself before the team. And anarchy doesn't work in any team or company," Wolff said.
However, he added: "It was his only chance of winning the championship at that stage and maybe you cannot demand a racing driver who is one of the best - if not the best out there - to comply in a situation where his instincts cannot make him comply.
"It is about finding a solution how to solve that in the future because a precedent has been set."
Others would contend that there was no place for team orders in this context. Mercedes were already assured of the drivers' and constructors' titles, it was just a question of which driver was champion. Not even a crash that took both out of the race would have affected any of that.
But the team say you cannot pick and choose when to apply those values - it's no different at the last race than the first. After all, every race counts for the championship.
The issue is what to do now? Wolff is taking his time to think the matter over and as he does so, a number of factors will come into play.
The first is that Mercedes are facing here a situation with which no team has been confronted since McLaren with Senna and Alain Prost in 1989.
Ron Dennis' inability to handle that dynamic led to an implosion - Prost signed for arch-rivals Ferrari and the title was decided in a collision between the two drivers in Japan.
A not dissimilar situation arose when Dennis failed to handle the tensions created when Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were team-mates in 2007.
Wolff is keen to avoid falling into that trap. But, realistically, what can he do?
After Rosberg and Hamilton collided in Austria for the second time in five races, he threatened both with suspension if it happened again. However, that's not what happened in Abu Dhabi.
So a suspension can surely be ruled out - despite Wolff's post-race remark that "everything is possible".
In time, Wolff will probably sit down with Hamilton and discuss it. But what then?
Wolff said: "Throughout these last three years we have really tried to create an environment and a set of values in the team and one of the reasons is the individuals in this team are very much part of it.
"They bought into these values. You cannot invent a rule for every single situation. This is motor racing and it would make it the most boring sport ever if we would have a corporate solution for every single situation.
"The tricky bit here is what does that mean for the future of the team and how can we progress and not be over-corporate and boring but allow them to race?
"It wasn't acknowledged that we have let them race over the last three years.
"We could have had a much smoother run and decided that 'you are going to win or you are' and this is how it happened in Red Bull and in Ferrari many years ago and how it happened many years in other teams.
"We are not here in the credit-taking business because it needs headlines - but I think we have coped quite well with this situation the last three years."
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With polls narrowing, experts say the votes of young people will be "absolutely crucial" in the contest.
BBC Scotland teamed up with The Social to host a debate with young politicians taking questions from an audience of people aged under 30.
They highlighted issues including housing, human rights and homelessness.
Taking part in the debate, which was streamed live on Facebook and Twitter, were the SNP's Stewart McDonald, Labour's Pam Duncan-Glancy, Conservative Kirstene Hair, Lib Dem Kris Chapman and Green MSP Ross Greer, attempting to win over a panel of young voters.
The key topics discussed focused on engaging young people in politics.
Prof John Curtice of Strathclyde University said the turnout rate among the young could be "absolutely crucial" in the election.
He said: "One thing we know from every single election about younger voters is that they are less likely to vote. And therefore how many of them turn up to vote, whether they abstain in the kind of numbers they did in the last election or whether they turn out in rather high numbers this time, could well in truth determine or have a significant impact on the outcome of this election."
Discussing political engagement in the debate, Mr McDonald said: "My experience is that young people are generally quite well tapped into the issues in a way that perhaps older generations aren't. Young people tend to be more broad and open-minded on the issues, and the more time we spend engaging them the better."
Mr Greer, who was elected as Holyrood's youngest MSP aged 21, said: "When I was elected, there were some people saying 'how can you possibly be a politician at that age, you don't have enough life experience to know what you're talking about. But our parliaments are supposed to represent all of society - they're not doing that if they're full of white men over the age of 50."
Ms Hair said it was "really important that you engage with young people", and said she had seen more young people involved in Tory campaigns in recent years.
She also said Ruth Davidson had lobbied Tory colleagues at Westminster to reduce the voting age in UK-wide elections to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote.
Meanwhile Ms Duncan-Glancy said her party was standing on policies aimed at engaging young voters.
She said: "The manifesto we have put forward for this election is a manifesto for young people. We've got policies to be proud of, which is why you'll see a lot more from Labour on social media on what we'll do for young people."
And Mr Chapman said future generations were the "most powerful tool in society", saying it was important to invest in them.
He said: "It's all about engaging young people and representing them and making sure they have a voice at all levels of parliament and politics."
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Ten more people were injured by Typhoon Rammasun and another eight remain missing, according to authorities.
The typhoon swept through the country on Tuesday night before making a shift away from Manila on Wednesday.
More than 530,000 people took refuge in evacuation centres. Many of those who died were killed while outdoors by falling trees and flying debris.
Millions living in provinces southeast of the capital still have no power, according to news agencies.
Officials have managed to restore power to only half of Luzon, which has 17 million people.
Much of the eastern region of Bicol, which was hit first by the storm and is home to five million, is also without electricity.
Manila was hit by widespread blackouts as well, but most of the city's power has since been restored.
Officials said more than one million people were affected by the storm. Most of them were from Bicol.
The storm is now heading westwards towards China's Hainan island. The Tropical Storm Risk website is predicting it will gain in strength to Category 2 - one grade below its strength in the Philippines - within 24 hours.
The country's stock exchange and government offices reopened on Thursday but many schools remained closed because of power shortages.
Alexander Pama, the executive director of the National Disaster Agency, told agencies that the storm destroyed about 7,000 houses and damaged another 19,000.
About $1m (£580,000) in infrastructure was destroyed and at least $14m in crops and livestock in Bicol were lost, he said.
At its peak, Rammasun - which is a Thai word for "thunder god" - brought winds of up to 150km per hour.
The Philippines is hit by around 20 major storms a year. Typhoon Rammasun was the first to make landfall this year after the rainy season began in June.
Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country last year, killed more than 6,000 people and was said to be one of the worst storms on record.
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Robson-Kanu, a free agent after leaving Reading, impressed in France.
His strike in the quarter-final win over Belgium was voted the goal of the tournament by BBC Sport viewers.
"We are booked in for talks with him and to see him in the next few days. Do we intend to offer him a deal? Yes," said Bruce.
Robson-Kanu's impressive displays at Euro 2016 have increased interest in a player who says he has offers "from around the world" looking to sign him for next season.
"I had offers before the tournament - good offers from good, progressive clubs - but I made a decision to wait," Robson-Kanu told BBC Sport.
"I've made no secret of my desire to play in the Premier League and if that's the best place for me then I'll be there.
"I am aware there has been a bit of a frenzy, so to speak."
Bruce, linked with the vacant England manager's role, revealed talks over Robson-Kanu are ongoing as he plots new additions following Hull's promotion back to the Premier League.
He would be keen to deploy Robson-Kanu in a role similar to how he performs for Wales.
"I think Hal is a good age, has had a sort of re-birth if you like, of playing through the middle, because before that he has played wide most of the time," Bruce explained to BBC Radio Humberside.
"He is big, strong, powerful, quick and somebody who runs the other way, in football terms.
"I know we have got competition, so let's see what we can do."
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Francis Collomp, 63, said he had studied the daily routine of his captors, and locked one in a bathroom as he was preparing to pray.
He said he then flagged down a motorcycle taxi and asked the driver to take him to a police station.
Mr Collomp was seized by the Ansaru group while working on a power project.
He was kidnapped on 19 December last year by armed men who attacked the residence of his employer, the French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet, in the north Nigerian state of Katsina.
Ansaru, a militant group linked to the Islamist Boko Haram movement, said it had carried out the abduction.
Speaking to the BBC World Service Newsday programme, Mr Collomp said his chance to escape came when he was transferred to Zaria city in Kaduna state.
"The big difference is that in this new villa there was not only myself but also a small bathroom. One of my captors was also using the same bathroom every day for his prayers. So he would come and after a while I was just taking record, taking notice of all his moves, his times, his routines. And I decided the best opportunity would be at the evening prayers. And one night he just forgot to close the door. He started washing in preparation for his prayers. I managed to grab the keys there.
"I took my bag, I locked my captor inside as he was washing. And just to cover the noise of the keys I coughed two times while I was locking him in this small bathroom. And then, because there's this other door leading to the rest of the villa and then to the terrace, I escaped that way. I went to the streets, I ran for 400, 500 metres, got to the road, and then on the road I tried to calm down and to walk slowly, not to attract attention. And finally, because I spoke a few words in Hausa, I grabbed a motor taxi. And I said 'baraawoo, baraawoo' (which) in Hausa means thief, and I asked this guy to take me to the police.
"I said to them: 'Look, I was kept by Ansaru people. They could come any time to this place and kill us all so you'd better take some steps.' And then higher commanders came. They brought in reinforcements. Then I was taken away, eventually to Kaduna. And for the first time I could sleep on a proper mattress and have a proper shower."
Mr Collomp said he was seized in a "very violent attack".
"The attackers used heavy weapons. I heard four shots of a Kalashnikov, probably the four shots that killed the policeman and my security guard. I shut down the electricity, I tried to hide. They were wearing military uniforms. For some time I thought it might have been the army. Then I realised it was not... They let me guide them out of the villa but then they took me in a car. I was sandwiched between two men and they covered my face with a big, supermarket plastic bag. And I estimate they took me for about 60km. They took me to Kano."
He said he had learned the identity of his captors when he was asked to record a video message, using a script in which the name of Ansaru was stated.
Mr Collomp was watched in turn by up to 25 men, and only allowed to go to the toilet once a day, using a plastic bucket. But he said he was not treated violently, and that the pain was more psychological than physical.
"But I have to say I had a serious health problem, intestinal problems. I asked my captors to bring me medication, which they did, which of course makes me think that they wanted me to stay alive."
During his time in captivity, Mr Collomp was allowed to listen to radio services such as Radio France Internationale, which were broadcast in French and Hausa, allowing him to pick up a knowledge of the language spoken by his many of captors.
"I managed to communicate and write a few words of Hausa now and then, which was a big surprise to my captors when they realised that."
He used various methods to keep up his fitness and morale.
"I wanted to stay fit, so I used to walk inside the cell, and to run inside the cell, about 15 kilometres a day. And also I had to keep my mind afloat. And to do that, I was thinking about my engineering projects. I was working on how to improve electric batteries for electric cars."
Mr Collomp said he was left distressed by a message broadcast on Radio France Internationale by his wife on the occasion of their wedding anniversary.
He determined to escape after being told by his kidnappers that negotiations involving his possible release had failed. But, half in jest, he said that one of the other sparks that encouraged him to seek a way out was the food he had to endure during nearly a year in captivity.
"The food was so appalling in that place, because it was either rice or pasta. Sometimes they would mix the two together so it was so awful that I convinced myself I had to run away."
Both Adventure of a Lifetime and Hymn for the Weekend are up for the prize, which recognises the most-played song on radio, TV and online last year.
But they face stiff competition from Adele's When We Were Young - the category's only other nominee.
The winner will be revealed at a ceremony in London next month.
Nick Cave's devastating Skeleton Tree is among the three releases up for the best album prize.
Cave was in the process of writing the album when, in July 2015, his 15-year-old son died after accidentally falling from a cliff near the family's home in Brighton. The tragedy looms over the record, which received some of the best reviews of Cave's career.
Also up for best album are the retro-soul of Michael Kiwanuka's Love and Hate, and the futuristic funk of Laura Mvula's The Dreaming Room.
Kiwanuka and Mvula are also in the running for best song musically and lyrically - for the singles Black Man in a White World and Overcome respectively. They are up against rock band Mystery Jets for their track Telomere.
"It's a truly humbling feeling," said singer and guitarist Blaine Harrison. "I think the Ivors are particularly special for any songwriter because you're nominated by your peers."
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best song musically and lyrically
Best contemporary song
Most performed work
Best album
Best film score
Best television soundtrack
"This is one of those awards you never feel you're going to be nominated for," said London-born singer Dyo, whose dance hit Sexual is up for best contemporary song.
She put the song's success down to the lyrics.
"People get to shout 'sexual,'" she told the BBC. "It's one of those songs that children sing, even though they shouldn't."
"But I wasn't in a sexual mood when I wrote it. I was actually freezing cold in Sweden and I thought, 'I need to write something that's going to make me feel good right now, and make everyone else happy.'"
The Ivor Novellos are highly regarded within the music industry because they are voted for by songwriters and composers.
Now in their 62nd year, the awards have honoured the work of more than 750 songwriters and composers, including the Beatles, Kate Bush and Sir Elton John.
Last year's ceremony saw Adele named songwriter of the year, while Damon Albarn won the lifetime achievement award.
The recipients of all this year's prizes will be announced at the ceremony on 18 May.
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The recent drive happened in a Muslim-dominated cluster of villagers in Haryana state, which is governed by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The state has some of the most punishing laws against cow slaughter, a special police force to protect cows, and the curiously named "cow service commission", among other things.
Volunteers and vigilantes keep watch in villages to check if anyone is slaughtering or transporting cows. Village councils have been telling local Muslims to stop selling biryani.
Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal
A night patrol with India's cow protection vigilantes
Last week samples of biryani were taken away by the local police after "some people" complained that beef was being used. Poor biryani sellers complained they had lost their livelihood and pictures showed empty stalls on the local highway.
India's Hindu majority see cows as a sacred animal but many other Indians eat the meat. According to government data, some 80 million Indians - one in every 13 - eat beef or buffalo meat. Most of them are Muslims. But more than 12 million Hindus also eat the meat.
The cow is India's most political animal. But, as historian DN Jha says, it has "become more political under the BJP governments in Delhi and in some states, which are obsessed with beef bans and cow slaughter".
The ban on beef has also been criticised because the meat is cheaper than chicken and fish and is a staple for the poorer Muslim, tribal and Dalit (formerly untouchable) communities.
India also has a long history of religious conflict over beef - Muslims and Dalits have been targeted and reviled for eating the meat.
Eating the food of your choice has often become an act of transgression and defiance.
But the crackdown on biryani sellers in BJP-ruled Haryana on the suspicion that they were using beef in their dishes smacks of extreme behaviour. "Now public places selling food are being targeted. It is a new form of bullying," says Amita Baviskar, a professor of sociology.
It also points to a poor understanding of India's wildly heterogeneous dietary habits. There are, for example, 20 tribal groups in north-eastern Assam state which all have distinct cuisines.
"We need to remember that no community... has a monolithic culinary culture just as not all [upper caste] Hindu Brahmins are vegetarians or Muslims and Christians meat eaters," says Nabanipa Bhatttacharjee, who teaches sociology at Delhi University. To define India's food culture as vegetarian is, therefore, lazy and disingenuous.
Diets are changing and culinary borders are being crossed by all communities in a rapidly changing country. But this is making a lot of people queasy.
In 2012, the leader of a Haryana village caste council (khap panchayat) blamed noodles for rapes, saying that they led to hormonal imbalance. "The widespread derision with which this comment was greeted shows how thoroughly noodles have been incorporated into local diets. Old men may express a fear of foreign foods and frustration at rebellious youth who no longer listen to their elders, but for the younger generation, noodles are here to stay," says Prof Baviskar.
The attempt to put some food out of the reach of people is a not-so-subtle warning that perceived and rigid dietary borders should not be crossed.
By targeting sellers, the food police may end up driving such food underground, just as prohibition has led to a thriving black market in alcohol in the western state of Gujarat.
People who don't like to be told what to eat, will always find ways to eat the food they want.
Three elderly Kenyans who are suing the government for damages were told it did not dispute that "terrible things" had happened to them.
Their lawyers say it is the first ever official acknowledgement by the UK.
The revolt against British rule in Kenya in the 1950s and 1960s was marked by atrocities, with thousands killed.
The British government argues that too much time has passed for a fair hearing to be conducted.
Before starting cross-examination of witnesses, the QC for the British government, Guy Mansfield, said he did not want to dispute that civilians had suffered "torture and ill-treatment at the hands of the colonial administration".
He spoke directly to each of the witnesses, saying he did "not want to dispute the fact that terrible things happened to you".
Bloody uprising of the Mau Maus
Papers in the test case were first served on the UK in 2009.
In 2011, a High Court judge ruled the claimants - Paulo Muoka Nzili, Wambuga Wa Nyingi and Jane Muthoni Mara - did have an arguable case.
The claimants' lawyers allege that Mr Nzili was castrated, Mr Nyingi was severely beaten and Mrs Mara was subjected to appalling sexual abuse in detention camps during the rebellion.
A fourth claimant, Ndiku Mutwiwa Mutua, has died since the High Court ruling that the test case could go ahead.
With the help of interpreters at the High Court, the three - now in their 70s and 80s - were briefly questioned about written evidence they had provided.
In a 20-page statement, Mr Nzili, 85, gave details of being stripped, chained and castrated, with large pliers normally used on cows, at Embakasi detention camp, near Nairobi.
He said: "I felt completely destroyed and without hope. I have never had children of my own and never will have. I am unable to have sexual relations with my wife."
Mrs Mara, 73, submitted evidence describing how, at the age of 15, she was taken to Gatithi detention camp, where she was beaten by the British and subjected to sexual abuse with a glass bottle containing very hot water.
She said she had felt "completely and utterly violated", adding that the pain "has been bad ever since the beatings and has worsened as I have aged".
"I do not understand why I was treated with such brutality for simply having provided food to the Mau Mau.
"I want the British citizens of today to know what their forefathers did to me and to so many others. These crimes cannot go unpunished and forgotten."
In his statement, Mr Nyingi, 84 - a father of 16 who still works as a casual labourer - described being arrested on Christmas Eve 1952 and held for nine years.
During his detention, in 1959, he said he was beaten unconscious during an incident at Hola camp in which 11 other prisoners were clubbed to death.
"If I could speak to the Queen I would say that Britain did many good things in Kenya, but that they also did many bad things," he said.
"In the years before independence, people were beaten, their land was stolen, women were raped, men were castrated and their children were killed.
"I would like the wrongs which were done to me and other Kenyans to be recognised by the British government so that I can die in peace."
The three Kenyans want an official apology and damages to set up a Mau Mau welfare fund for the hundreds of Kenyans their lawyers say also suffered.
In his ruling in 2011, Mr Justice McCombe emphasised he had not found there was systematic torture in the Kenyan camps nor that, if there was, the British government was liable for what had passed.
It will now be decided whether a fair hearing is still possible.
The hearing will have access to an archive of
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Stephen "Aki" Akinyemi died in a fight with businessman Arran Coghlan in 2010.
A murder charge against Mr Coghlan was dropped because prosecutors could not prove he was not acting in self-defence when he shot Mr Akinyemi in the head.
Mr Coghlan told London's Royal Courts of Justice he believed "it was impossible for him and me to fall out".
The 45-year-old described Mr Akinyemi, who worked in security, as "quirky", "funny" and someone who seemed like he had "good morals".
Speaking about their friendship, having known each other since the 1990s, Mr Coghlan said: "I would genuinely believe it was impossible for him and me to fall out about anything in that relationship. I would invite him into my home."
Mr Coghlan told a previous inquest in 2011 that Mr Akinyemi, who was allegedly part of a Manchester drugs gang, had pulled a gun on him at his home in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
He said it went off in a struggle during which the businessman was stabbed several times.
Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg recorded an open verdict, saying he had "difficulty" accepting Mr Coghlan's version of events.
Mr Coghlan was also among three people who were stabbed at a Stockport nightclub on New Year's Day in 2008.
He said that he was later told by Mr Akinyemi: "That was not supposed to happen."
Mr Akinyemi said a "young kid" had "got it wrong" when he rushed into the club, according to Mr Coghlan.
Mr Coghlan told the inquest: "I think he (Akinyemi) was justifying about not doing anything about it himself.
"His friend had stabbed me in the back. His whole narrative was that it should not have happened. He was only a young kid."
Mr Coghlan also recalled tensions between Mr Akinyemi and another man called Phil Atkinson who shared the same nickname.
"The only words I ever heard between them were tense," he said.
Both men had Porsches with personalised licence plates, one which read "AKI" and the other which said "AKY", and Mr Atkinson had claimed he had bought his from footballer Ronaldo, according to Mr Coghlan.
The inquest continues.
The Scots beat Wales for the first time in a decade on Saturday, but none of the current side were born the last time they beat England in west London.
England have also won their past 13 home Championship matches since 2012.
"It's going to be a massive, massive challenge to go down to England and win," said 22-year-old Gray.
Scotland travel to England on Saturday, 11 March [kick-off 16:00 GMT] and Gray said that every game in the Six Nations is getting "closer and closer".
"It took a late try to separate Wales and England a couple of weeks ago. Our game in France was decided by just six points," he added.
"It just shows the small margins that are at stake, so we need to get better. We can't stand still."
It is the first time since 2006 that Scotland have won two of their first three Championship matches. On 4 February they beat Ireland 27-22 and victory over Wales on Saturday lifted them up to fifth in the world, their highest position since the rankings began in 2003.
Their latest win was achieved with captain Greig Laidlaw among six front-line players on the sidelines, but Gray praised the impact of stand-in captain John Barclay.
"When Greig was here, he said he wanted the guys around him to step up a bit more, as much as possible. It was the same on Saturday with Barcs," Gray said.
"It was a blow losing Greig. He is an amazing rugby player and an amazing guy. He texted me to see how training has been going. We also spoke on the phone just before his injury was confirmed.
"It was gutting to lose such a big player with his personality and what he brings to the squad, on the pitch and off it.
"But it's not just about one guy, it's about all the other lads around us. Everyone stepped up.
"Barcs has done an incredible job. He was outstanding with the way he led us through the week and the way he spoke. He made the right points."
Gray added that fly-half Finn Russell was among others who emerged as leadership figures.
"Finn in attack was also a big voice," he added. "All in all, it was still a whole squad effort, not just the 23 guys who played on Saturday.
"It was as much down to the guys who ran against us in training, the boys from the Under-20s who came in and ran opposition plays for us.
"It's a special feeling that everyone was able to come together and put in a performance.
"But we have a week off now and we'll look at the improvements we have to make, because there was some sloppy moments which we have to tidy up."
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The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said the amount of damages would be decided at a later date.
Russia did not take part in the hearings and it is not clear whether it will comply with the ruling.
The Russian authorities confiscated the Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise in September 2013.
The ship and 30 people on board were detained after activists from the Greenpeace campaign group tried to scale a Russian oil rig.
The court found that Russia had breached its obligations under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
It said the Netherlands was "entitled to compensation (with interest) for material damage to the Arctic Sunrise".
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders welcomed the ruling, saying it "makes clear that the Netherlands - as the flag state - had the right to stand up for the ship's crew".
"The Netherlands sees freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate as public goods that are worth defending," Mr Koenders went on.
The detainees - known as the Arctic 30 - were initially charged with piracy, but the charges were later reduced to hooliganism.
They were released on bail in November 2013 and the charges were later dropped after an amnesty law was passed.
Environmental watchdog Sepa received a large number of complaints after a fault at the site caused high-pressure steam venting on Tuesday.
Ineos said the fault happened during the recommissioning of one of its turbines.
One resident said the noise was "like an aircraft landing or taking off".
In a statement, Ineos Grangemouth said: "We apologise to our neighbours for the noise last night, caused by the venting of steam from our power station during the recommissioning of one of our turbines. "
"This was safely managed but led to considerable disturbance of those living close to our site."
Sepa said about 30 people called its pollution hotline to complain about the noise, which continued for a number of hours during Tuesday evening.
The fault was fixed at about 23:00.
Sepa said its inspectors would be following up the incident with Ineos.
Scott Cumming, 42, who lives in Linlithgow, about seven miles away from the site, said: "It was a bit like the noise from an aircraft landing or taking off."
In a quiet first half, Tarique Fosu broke the deadlock, capitalising on York goalkeeper Scott Flinders' mistake to finish into the bottom corner.
Bradley Fewster came close to converting for the Minstermen, before Josh Windass doubled Stanley's lead with a strike from the edge of the box.
After numerous York chances, Windass added a late third for Stanley.
Following Stanley's dominant start, York began to create chances of their own. Fewster turned and shot over the bar before Luke Summerfield placed his effort straight at Accrington goalkeeper Ross Etheridge.
The result leaves York 10 points behind Newport with only two games left, as the Minstermen's four-year stay in the Football League is brought to an end.
Meanwhile second-placed Stanley strengthened their chances of automatic promotion to League One, stretching their buffer to the play-offs to two points after Plymouth lost to Dagenham and Redbridge.
The deal has been concluded fast but it is no less momentous for it. Never before have the England rugby union team been led by a foreign coach. That they will be now owes much to Jones' considerable coaching experience and something to his availability compared to that of the other dream candidates.
It is also down to the flip-flop - not the rubber-soled footwear favoured on the beaches of Jones' native Australia, but the habit of those in charge of such appointments in English sport to go for the polar opposite of whoever was deemed to have last failed in the job.
This is a strategy perfected by the Football Association and borrowed by others since.
You can trace the about-turns back through the years: low-cost and low-key Roy Hodgson replacing the expensive and autocratic Fabio Capello, a vastly experienced overseas name to take over from the callow and outclassed Englishman Steve McClaren, himself the bellowing antitheses of detached Sven Goran Eriksson, who got the job in the first place because he was considered a calm tactical genius compared to the heartfelt yet naïve Kevin Keegan.
Keegan, man of the people, replaced the eccentric and isolated Glenn Hoddle. Born-again Christian Hoddle succeeded Terry Venables - who had stepped down to clear his name in connection with off-field business dealings. Venables' overseas experience and attractive style of play contrasted with the long-ball British basics of Graham Taylor.
And so on, and so into other sports. England cricket swapped taciturn foreigner Duncan Fletcher for the ebullient and homegrown Peter Moores. When Moores proved short of international nous and clout, he was replaced by flinty Zimbabwean Andy Flower, former number one-ranked batsman in the world.
Then, when Flower was deemed too dour, the cheerful Moores was brought back, swiftly to be ditched again when the same failings became apparent - and succeeded this time by a wise old Aussie in Trevor Bayliss.
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The RFU has long done the same, ever since Sir Clive Woodward flounced out of the Twickenham hot-seat. Andy Robinson too dour? Bring in the attacking ethos of Brian Ashton. Ashton lacking authority? Call for the dark charisma of Martin Johnson. Johnson exposed in the first coaching job he had ever done? Time for Stuart Lancaster, a grassroots coach with minimal public profile.
Which takes us to Jones. Lancaster had one season of Premiership experience before he was given the England job, a season which ended in a cash-strapped Leeds side being relegated back to the Championship. He had never before been to a rugby match at the Millennium Stadium or the Stade de France.
Jones? Jones has coached everywhere - at two different Super Rugby teams in Australia, as an assistant to Jake White for the South African national side, in England with Saracens and with Japan in the three years leading up to the last World Cup.
He has taken the Wallabies to one World Cup final and helped the Springboks win the next in 2007. Whether he is the right man for England is less clear.
No other union has the financial or playing resources enjoyed by the RFU. It is one of the reasons why, unlike Wales, Scotland and Ireland, it has always reached into its vast hinterland for the man to lead its national side.
Even now the logic can be questioned. RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie insisted that Lancaster's replacement must have international experience. That makes sense if Lancaster's shortcomings were the only benchmark - but not on other criteria.
Lancaster failed for a variety of reasons. Not all of them are present in every other English coach, just because they share the same nationality.
Had Wales gone with the same approach as Ritchie, they would not have appointed Warren Gatland, the man who has led them to two Grand Slams in England's barren years and a World Cup semi-final despite far smaller resources.
It would have meant Ireland passing up Joe Schmidt, who took them to the Six Nations title last spring, and would have kept Scotland from the wisdom of Vern Cotter, who was one questionable refereeing decision from steering his adopted nation into their own World Cup semi-final.
Michael Cheika, universally lauded for his revitalisation of the Wallabies over the past year? Never coached at international level before. Woodward, who dragged the ship to its high water mark? International novice when he took the helm.
Jones has enjoyed great success, most recently in inspiring Japan to the greatest upset the World Cup has ever seen, their 34-32 triumph over South Africa two months ago.
He deserves great credit for both their unparalleled success and the style in which they did it. Will the same work in the vastly different set-up around England, where he will have neither the same control over his players nor the same eager players to mould in his image?
His Brumbies side of the late 1990s was one of the best that Super Rugby has seen. That alone will not conjure him up a breakdown specialist like the great George Smith if, as it seems, he deems current captain and incumbent Chris Robshaw as lacking the necessary specialist skills.
Because he has endured failures too. Japan may have won more matches at the World Cup than England, but Jones was also sacked by Australia in 2005 after eight defeats in nine, and resigned from the Queensland Reds in 2007 after they finished bottom of the Super 14 table.
Choosing the coach is the easy bit. Changing the system he operates in so that it produces more world-class players capable of playing with same skill-set as world champions New Zealand is arguably more important but also a lot more difficult.
Just like those players, a coach needs the right environment around him to flourish - a serendipitous blend of human and financial resources, the right specialists below him, the right leader above.
Otherwise we flip-flop again, and one pair of those is enough for anyone.
Six themes were initially identified by organisers of the Longitude Prize; these were then put to a public vote.
The winning theme was announced on the BBC's One Show, broadcast on Wednesday evening.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a "post-antibiotic era" where key drugs no longer work and people die from previously treatable infections.
The competition is based on the 1714 Longitude Prize won by John Harrison.
Harrison's clock allowed sailors to pinpoint their position at sea for the first time.
Speaking on the One Show, BBC science presenter Alice Roberts said: "There were some amazing challenges, but this is such an important one facing us at the moment.
"From here, the Longitude Committee will reconvene and they will tighten up exactly what the challenge is going to be. We know it's going to be something about how we tackle antibiotic resistance; it could be a new way of diagnosing a bacterial infection versus a viral infection.
"They want to narrow down that challenge so we'll really know when someone has won it."
Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of medical research charity the Wellcome Trust, said he was "delighted" by the result.
"Antibiotics, and indeed the multitude of drugs used daily to treat infection, are the bedrock on which much of modern medicine is built.
"Yet rapidly emerging drug resistance threatens the medical successes - from transplant surgery to cancer treatment - we currently take for granted. It is crucial we focus our collective global research efforts on this, one of the greatest public health threats of our time."
By James Gallagher, Health editor, BBC news online
In the war between bacteria and medicine, bacteria are winning. Drug resistant tuberculosis, gonorrhea and Klebsiella are popping up around the world.
Antibiotic resistance would not be a problem if there was a continuous supply of fresh antibiotics, but there has not been a new class of the drugs discovered since the 1980s.
It means there is a terrible future on the horizon - a world without antibiotics.
The World Health Organization has warned that "many common infections will no longer have a cure and, once again, could kill unabated".
Cutting open the body in surgery and cancer treatments, which weaken the immune system, will both be more deadly without antibiotics.
Reversing the tide of this war will be a huge challenge and worthy of a £10m prize.
Analysis: The Antibiotic Apocalypse
Lord Martin Rees, chair of the Longitude Committee and Astronomer Royal, said he hoped the prize would "speed up progress towards meeting the challenge of resistance to antibiotics by stimulating invention and innovation - especially 'out of the box' thinking".
And the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies - who has previously warned of the threat posed by resistance - said the development of a rapid diagnostic test would "help to conserve the antibiotics we have and thus ensure they remain effective for as long as possible".
The £10m prize fund has been offered by the innovation charity Nesta and the government-funded Technology Strategy Board.
The original £20,000 prize was set by the British government to solve the most vexing issue of the 18th Century: how to determine a ship's longitude at sea.
For sailors to pinpoint their position on the waves, two clocks were required: one that was set each day, using the the height of the sun in the sky, and another that kept the time back at port.
The problem with the latter was that the pitch and roll of the oceans, and the humidity and temperature changes at sea would damage the delicate mechanisms of a timepiece.
But Mr Harrison, a clockmaker from Yorkshire, created a chronometer that overcame these problems.
It took several prototypes and decades of battling with the scientific elite before he was finally deemed the winner. His work revolutionised navigation and saved countless lives.
The original six categories on which the public was asked to vote were:
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After the second MPs' ballot, Home Secretary Mrs May finished with 199 votes, Energy Minister Mrs Leadsom 84 and Mr Gove, the justice secretary, 46.
Conservative members will now decide the winning candidate, with the result due on 9 September.
The winner will become the UK's second female prime minister.
Mr Cameron resigned after finishing on the losing side in the UK's EU referendum, in which there was a vote for the UK to leave.
The results were announced at Westminster by Conservative MP Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee.
There had originally been five contenders to succeed Mr Cameron, with MPs voting in two rounds to get that number down to two.
The contest now moves to its final stage with the Conservative Party's 150,000-strong membership deciding between Mrs May, a Remain campaigner with a long track record in government, and Mrs Leadsom, a leading light of the Brexit campaign who has stressed her City and business background.
Speaking after the results were announced, Mrs May said she had secured support from all wings of the Conservative Party and pledged to bring the Tories together.
She promised "strong, proven leadership" to negotiate the UK's departure from the EU, and to "make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us".
Conservative MP Tim Loughton, Mrs Leadsom's campaign manager, said she would bring a "huge and fresh skills base" to Downing Street if elected.
He played down her lack of cabinet experience, saying she would have "no problem stepping up to the job" having had a long career outside politics, adding: "She has done things outside of this place on so many different levels."
Analysis by Nick Robinson, Radio 4's Today presenter
Now we know. The name of Britain's next prime minister will be either Andrea or Theresa.
Two women. Two Tories. Two potential leaders who - whether they like it or not, whether the country likes it or not - are destined to be dubbed the new Maggie.
That though is where the similarities between May and Leadsom end. One - of course - made the case, ever so quietly, for Remain. The other argued, ever so passionately, for Leave.
One is highly experienced - the longest-serving home secretary for more than a century. The other would be the least experienced prime minister this country has had since Pitt the Younger.
Not only has Andrea Leadsom had no Cabinet experience. Unlike David Cameron or Tony Blair, she has not served an apprenticeship as leader of the opposition.
But this run-off is about much more than that. May and Leadsom are figureheads for two very different visions of Conservatism, backed by different factions which have been at war in the party for a quarter of a century. Read Nick's full article
Mr Gove said he was "naturally disappointed" not to have made it to the final two, describing the remaining contenders as "formidable politicians".
He welcomed the fact that the UK would be getting a second female prime minister - after Margaret Thatcher - and called for a "civilised, inclusive, positive and optimistic debate".
Mr Gove did not announce backing for either candidate, but several of his key backers, including Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, switched their support to Mrs May.
Anyone wanting to vote has to have been a member of the Conservative Party by 9 June.
Polling expert Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said the electorate for the contest represented a "very distinctive slice of Britain".
They would be mostly over 50, disproportionately male, and "overwhelmingly middle class", he said.
Guide to the contest
He predicted the Brexit debate would "play a role" in the contest, but not a defining one. About two thirds of Tory members voted to leave, but a higher proportion saw a candidate's leadership credentials and vision for Britain as the most important factor, he added.
Mrs Leadsom's departmental boss, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, is backing Mrs May and took aim at her junior ministerial colleague's lack of government experience.
She said: "The fact that she hasn't had experience at the Cabinet table, hasn't had much experience even as a junior minister - let's face it she's had just two years - I do think is a problem at this stage."
But one of Mrs Leadsom's high-profile backers, former worker and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, said she would "develop" over the coming weeks and get "better and better and better".
Mrs Leadsom is also supported by former London mayor and one-time leadership favourite Boris Johnson, who said she would replace the "absurd gloom in some quarters with a positive confident and optimistic approach".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said on Twitter he was backing her.
Few companies have the fan base enjoyed by the yellow excavators, perhaps hitting a height when a single by Nizlopi (The JCB Song) reached number one in December 2005.
A sell-out calendar the same year, featured women in flesh-coloured bodysuits dangling from the machinery's prongs.
The company, established by Joseph Cyril Bamford (hence JCB), seemed to be going from strength to strength.
But in 2008 and 2009 1,684 jobs were cut as the the construction industry was badly affected by the credit crunch and rising raw materials prices.
By 2012, things were looking brighter for JCB as it posted a record profit of £365m, opened a £63m factory in Brazil, and announced a doubling of trade in Africa. UK employees were given a £500 Christmas bonus and a three per cent pay increase.
In 2013, the company announced plans for 2,500 new jobs.
But just a year later the company cut 150 jobs, and last September a further 400 jobs were lost after a "dramatic" slow down in world markets.
Joseph Cyril Bamford began his business in a rented lock-up garage in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1945.
He used a second-hand welding set and some surplus military equipment to make tipping trailers for farmers to hitch to the new generation of petrol-driven tractors.
In 1950 the company moved to a former cheese-making factory in nearby Rocester - where JCB is still based.
In 1952, machines were first made in yellow - a colour now synonymous with the brand.
In 1963, the design classic JCB 3C was born. The company said "it took backhoe performance to new levels".
The 1970s and 80s saw more new concepts, and in 1990 the world's first fully suspended, high-speed draught tractor was produced.
Two JCB diesel engines powered the JCB Dieselmax to the diesel world land speed record in 2006, and the millionth JCB machine was built in 2013. It was coated in special celebratory silver paint.
A limited edition backhoe has been produced to mark the company's 70th anniversary.
The 29-year-old has not featured in this year's Six Nations, and the last of his 18 Test caps came last summer.
"I spoke to the England staff a couple of times. They're happy with how I'm playing - they think I'm playing very well," he told BBC Radio Northampton.
"For reasons that they have, they've gone for Ben Youngs and Richard Wigglesworth."
He added: "I have to take that on the chin and adapt and react to that."
Leicester's Youngs has started all three of England's Six Nations games so far, including Sunday's 19-9 loss to Ireland, and was replaced by Saracens' Wigglesworth each time.
Harlequins nine Danny Care is also an option, but missed his club's defeat by Northampton last week with a calf strain.
Dickson, meanwhile, has captained Saints in their last two games, helping keep Jim Mallinder's men top of the Premiership.
"I want them to do well. I'm English, I'm patriotic. And I'm desperate to get into that set-up," he said.
"All I can do is keep playing well for Saints, keep us at the top of the league and hopefully the goal will come soon."
Arthur John Patterson had denied killing 22-year-old Jo Jung-Pil in the capital Seoul.
He has been given a 20-year sentence, the maximum for someone aged under 18 at the time of a crime.
Patterson, who was 17 years old at the time, was extradited from the US years after another American was acquitted.
Mr Jo, 22, was found with multiple stab wounds in the fast food restaurant in Seoul. Prosecutors said the men did not know each other and argued that Patterson had shown a "devil-like brutality" in stabbing Mr Jo to death for no apparent reason.
Edward Lee, a Korean-American friend of Patterson's who was at the scene, was initially found guilty of murder after a trial in 1998. Both men admitted to witnessing the murder but accused each other of killing Mr Jo.
Patterson was initially tried as an accomplice. He was found guilty and he served a short jail term.
But Mr Lee was acquitted on appeal for lack of evidence. After being released, Patterson fled to the US.
Prosecutors re-opened the case after a 2009 film based on the events re-ignited public anger.
Patterson was living in the city because his father was a civilian contractor to the US military. The crime happened in the nightlife district of Itaewon, close to a US military base.
There are about 28,000 US military personnel based in South Korea. The two militaries regularly carry out drills together, which are unpopular with many South Koreans.
Patterson was formally charged with the murder in his absence in 2011, leading to his extradition.
She is famous all over the world thanks to her debut album 19 and follow-up 21. Last year she won the best song Oscar for James Bond theme tune Skyfall.
The London-born singer came to public attention when she became the first winner of the Brits Critics' Choice Award in 2008, and since then she's gone on to win six Grammy awards in the US.
She enjoyed the longest run ever by a woman at the top of the UK album charts and she became the first woman to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five at the same time.
MBE stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire.
People with MBE's include TV chef Jamie Oliver, and Olympians Jessica Ennis and Nicola Adams.
This Honour is part of a group of awards created by King George V during world war one.
The retailer surprised the markets with its £3.7bn deal, which will result in Booker shareholders holding 16% of the combined company.
Tesco shares jumped 9% to 205.90p, while shares in Booker were up 15% at 210.50p.
Tesco was the biggest riser on the FTSE 100, with the benchmark share index up 4.89 points at 7,166.38.
Shares in BT edged up 0.5%. The telecoms firm reported a sharp fall in third-quarter profits, down 37%, as it comes to terms with its Italian accounting scandal.
The company also confirmed that Corrado Sciolla, head of continental Europe, would step down over the affair.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.5% against the dollar to $1.2535, and dropped 0.4% against the euro to 1.1747 euros.
Bolasie's hopes of playing for the Democratic Republic of Congo in Gabon were wrecked when he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament on 4 December.
His dreams of showcasing his talent on the continent's biggest stage were shattered and he admits, missing the Nations Cup was tough.
I felt like a supporter outside and that was strange and tough for me
"Watching DR Congo was the most difficult and frustrating thing so far," Bolasie told BBC Sport.
"Because when you helped the team to qualify and think about all the sacrifices you made, then you'd also want to be there at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"But I was unfortunate to get injured and I was not able to be there to follow up on the great run we had in 2015."
Bolasie, reflecting on his country's quarter-final exit at the tournament late last month, said he would love to have been there.
"I think just seeing the country play, seeing how excited the fans of DR Congo get when they see the country play.
"It was difficult to see from when you used to play. I felt like a supporter outside and that was strange and tough for me," added Bolasie.
The 27-year-old, who is expected to be out for another ten months after his second surgery, insists he is drawing inspiration from his idol and World Cup-winning Brazil legend Ronaldo (pictured) to come back from his own first serious injury.
"The inspiration to stay positive comes from my idol Ronaldo because he suffered a serious knee injury three times in his career, yet he never gave up" said Bolasie.
"These things tend to have a terrible effect on your state of mind but when you are mentally strong you can deal with it.
"I've seen many people go down with one and never come back but you can only stay positive and hope to bounce back stronger."
Bolasie was eligible for his country of birth France and the nation of his upbringing England but opted to represent the country of his parents DR Congo and made his debut in 2013 against Libya in a World Cup qualifier.
He has scored eight goals in 28 appearances for The Leopards and was also an integral part of the squad that finished third at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Tries from Ross Ford, Ruaridh Jackson and Fraser Brown were not enough as Peceli Yato and Henry Seniloli crossed to add to 17 points from Ben Volavola.
"Really disappointing we didn't win," Townsend said.
"The main parts of the game - the defence, the contact, our attack accuracy - weren't anywhere near where they need to be."
After a five-try win over Italy in Singapore and that famous victory against the Wallabies, hopes were high that Scotland would complete a clean sweep by putting Fiji away.
However, a team featuring 12 changes from the win in Sydney lacked cohesion in attack and struggled badly in defence, missing 30 tackles.
"For us to win Test matches we've got to defend really well - like we showed last week - and we probably missed too many tackles today," said Townsend, who tasted defeat for the first time as Scotland head coach.
"Fiji came alive when they broke those tackles. We've got to look after the ball, make sure we work teams in our attack and probably too many balls got dropped in contact with the wet ball."
Townsend, while acknowledging his own team's shortcomings, was keen to emphasise how well Fiji played, particularly a man the former Glasgow coach knows all too well - former Warriors lock Leone Nakarawa.
"Leone is an outstanding player, probably the best second-row in the world," said Townsend. "Certainly the best offloading player in the world.
"At times we defended him really well, we managed to close him down, but at other times he kept his energy, his line-break ability, and created a fantastic try.
"There were a number of Fijians that played really well. We didn't play as well as we have on tour, but I have to say credit to Fiji. They played some outstanding rugby, especially in that second half. They were tough to handle."
Despite the loss, Townsend says the experience will prove invaluable for the squad's future development.
"Hopefully we'll get more determination and realisation that if we don't do our defence well or get through our phases in attack then we're going to give teams opportunities to beat us," he added.
"We've got the template from last week on how we can beat the best teams in the world. This is a template to say 'this is how we're going to struggle against teams that are in the top 10, top 15 in the world, if we don't get things right'.
"It's not so good when you lose but there will be areas where we'll be a better team from what we've learned today."
Hillary Clinton was challenged by rival Bernie Sanders at a televised debate for backing the Iraq War, which he says led to the rise of the militants.
She said it was up to others to lead the fight against IS and called on Turkey and the Gulf states to do more.
The attacks killed 129 people and injured hundreds in the French capital.
Hours after the near-simultaneous attacks, CBS News said the debate in Iowa would re-adjust its focus to put more emphasis on counter-terrorism and foreign policy.
A moment's silence was observed in Des Moines before the debate began, and the three candidates expressed their condolences with France.
But then they clashed over how best to deal with IS, which has claimed responsibility for the atrocities.
Mrs Clinton, the former secretary of state, said: "It cannot be an American fight... we will support those who will take the fight to Isis."
But former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley disagreed, saying: "America is best when standing up to evil in this world."
And Mr Sanders, a Vermont senator, also attacked the former secretary of state Mrs Clinton when she said the US did not have the "bulk of responsibility" for the instability in the region.
The invasion of Iraq, which she backed, was to blame for the rise of al-Qaeda and IS, he said.
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This primetime showdown is the party's second debate of the election campaign, two fewer than the Republicans, who have a much wider field.
In 79 days, Iowa will be the first state to pick a presidential candidate from each party.
Voters across the US will go to the polls finally in November 2016 to choose the new occupant of the White House.
Pembrokeshire Action to Combat Hardship (PATCH) hands out free food parcels, clothing and households items to people in a financial crisis all year round.
Items are donated to the charity's basics banks and various drop-off points by members of the public.
"Last year we gave food parcels to benefit more than 3,500 people and that number is growing," said PATCH co-ordinator Tracy Olin.
This time of year is particularly busy for Mrs Olin and PATCH volunteers, with the annual Christmas toy appeal in full swing.
The charity's Milford Haven headquarters is chock-a-block with thousands of donated toys which will be given to children who would otherwise go without on Christmas Day.
Mrs Olin explained the idea for the toy appeal came about seven years ago when she met a woman who had "debt collectors knocking at her door."
"People kept going up to her kids saying 'if you're good Father Christmas will come and see you', and she was desperate for her children not to think they had been naughty," she said.
"It just so happened that NatWest bank had some leftover toys from its Christmas toy appeal and they just happened to be for the ages of her children.
"It then became obvious that we needed to do one."
Mrs Olin said the first few years were easy, but as the appeal grew, so did the number of referrals. So far this year, almost 200 families, including more than 500 children, have been referred.
She explained the referral system for the toy appeal is "more lenient" than the system used for the basics banks.
"Our day-to-day stuff is for people who are in a financial crisis, but the toy appeal is more about debt prevention," said Mrs Olin.
"People will borrow money at extortionate interest rates, sometimes running into the thousand per cent."
"It's so important that kids have a Christmas and for parents to see their children have a Christmas. That is why we do not wrap the presents we donate, so it comes from them and not some anonymous charity," said Mrs Olin.
Each referred child receives:
Everything is packed in a box with a roll of wrapping paper, sticky tape and delivered courtesy of the charity Pembrokeshire FRAME.
Mrs Olin was full of praise for the "generosity of the Pembrokeshire people".
"Every year I panic that we're not going to have enough toys and every year I wonder why because the people of Pembrokeshire always come up trumps," she said.
As well as public donations, PATCH receives toys from Radio Pembrokeshire and Valero Pembroke Refinery, supermarkets and banks, as well as cheques.
"There are always children that get to me, and this year it was a cheque from a family of four kids who decided they wanted to give their Christmas money to the less fortunate.
"The big cheques are wonderful and of course we need them, but when a kid gives up their pocket money or their Christmas present it really touches me."
PATCH would also not be able to function without the work of its volunteers.
It has more than 60 regular volunteers who work at the basics banks all year around, and hundreds more people give up their time to take part in the Christmas toy sort.
Among them are Sainsbury's workers Jane Jones and Tracey Rees.
Mrs Rees said: "PATCH has been Sainsbury's charity of the year for two years and we just love helping the community."
Mrs Jones said: "It's nice to be able to come out and help, especially at Christmas time. It's good to know that so many children will not be going without."
Mrs Olin said her involvement in the toy appeal made her "feel like Father Christmas."
"Christmas is about giving," she said.
"People donate toys without knowing what's going to happen to them and they trust us to give to the appropriate people.
"They don't get anything back in return, not even a thank you.
"It's phenomenal that people can do that."
He chaired a board meeting of Transport for London (TfL) on Wednesday which approved funding for an additional 195 Routemaster buses.
It paves the way for the order to be placed within weeks, before his term as London mayor ends.
It will deliver a much-needed manufacturing boost to Ballymena.
TfL had been told that without any further order, Wrightbus would close down its Routemaster production line next month.
TfL has previously bought 805 updated versions of the iconic red bus, after awarding Wrightbus the contract in 2009 to supply up to 1,000 vehicles.
The election for a new mayor in May has created doubts about the future of what is considered one of Mr Johnson's flagship projects.
Mr Johnson, who is stepping down, has envisaged 2,000 Routemasters on the city's streets by 2020.
But Labour's mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has vowed to freeze future purchases "of the most expensive buses in the world".
They cost about £350,000 each.
Any new order would include adjustments to design, including opening windows and a better performing battery.
But the Pussy Riot case is being held up by Western diplomats and human rights groups as the embodiment of many things that are wrong with Russia, and the sudden, dangerous direction the country appears to have taken since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in May.
A group of spirited women artist/activists had dared to do the unthinkable. They took their shock tactics into one of the most sacred parts of Moscow's main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
They were young, foolish, and highly insensitive to the religious feelings of others, but groups like Amnesty International say that that in no way justifies turning the full power of the Russian state on them.
Instead of being fined for a public order offence, three of them were arrested and detained for five months before being put on trial and convicted of the criminal offence of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. They will now spend two years in a harsh Russian penal colony.
Pussy Riot had been protesting against what they saw as the constitutionally damaging relationship between President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. (The constitution says that Russia is a secular state and that no religion can be established as the state religion.)
What human rights groups including Human Rights Watch are now saying is that the state's reaction to the women's action supports their complaint.
The church authorities were among the strongest cheerleaders for the prosecution. The trial at times felt like a session of some kind of quasi-religious court, with witnesses being asked if they were good practising members of the Orthodox Church.
Then there were the doubts about the trial's fairness. The defence lawyers appeared to despair at times at what they saw as blatant bias by the judge.
They were rarely allowed to question prosecution witnesses, and most of their own witnesses were not allowed. At times the case descended into a shouting match between the defence lawyer, Violetta Volkova, and Judge Marina Syrova.
That is why Western diplomats in Moscow says this case epitomises today's Russia.
It has a top-down political system, which the Kremlin micro-manages far too much. There is a blurring of lines between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church.
And, in the legal system, prosecutors and judges often appear to lack any kind of independence. Trials are often less courtroom dramas than courtroom farce.
So the Russian government has brought down a chorus of condemnation on itself, but the question is how much it really cares about that.
Firstly, many in Russia were genuinely outraged about the protest in the cathedral, and Vladimir Putin will be hoping to gain support from that conservative constituency.
Secondly, he seems to believe that the way to deal with dissent in Russia at the moment is to apply pressure on the new opposition rather than to engage with them.
Thirdly, international condemnation could actually help him appeal to those parts of Russian society who are still deeply distrustful of the West.
Former Cameroon captain Eto'o was suspended by the club until further notice last month after allegedly accusing the club leadership of racism on social media.
Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk said Eto'o had expressed regret over the posting and had insisted it was not aimed at the club leadership.
"We hope he will behave more carefully in the future and make a positive contribution to the team." Ozturk announced during a meeting with the squad.
35-year-old Eto'o had written the controversial post on his Instagram account last month in reference to a public criticism, saying:
"Perhaps some people do not feel respect for me because I am black."
Eto'o later made a second post denying the criticism was aimed at Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk, who had criticised Eto'o for his performances earlier in the season. Ozturk said at the time, "no player is above the interests of Antalyaspor. Everyone must know their place."
Eto'o called Ozturk his "brother" in his second Instagram post, adding that the Turkish people had supported him "wholeheartedly".
"My message was to a person who criticises me unjustly for years and while he continues his criticisms, I kept winning trophies," Eto'o wrote, with the Turkish club stating Eto'o would have a separate training programme until his case was heard by their executive board.
Eto'o, who came off the bench in the first half, could not prevent Antalyaspor from losing 3-1 at Galatasaray.
His side remain bottom of the Turkish Super Lig.
Three-time Champions League winner Eto'o moved to Antalyaspor in June 2015 as the keystone of the club's bid in the southern Mediterranean resort city to find national and even European success.
But his stint has turned sour since August amid intense rumours in the close season that he would join Istanbul arch rivals Besiktas.
Four-time African footballer of the year Eto'o enjoyed much of his club success at Barcelona, where he played from 2004 to 2009.
His trophies there included three La Liga crowns, alongside former Brazil forward Ronaldinho, and two Champions League titles.
He also won the Champions League, under Jose Mourinho, at Inter Milan in 2010, and has an Olympic gold medal, which he won with Cameroon in 2000.
Eto'o is the leading all-time scorer in the Nations Cup with 18 goals and he appeared at four World Cup finals - 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014 - playing in eight matches and scoring three goals.
Cameroon's 54-goal all-time leading scorer won back-to-back African Cup of Nations with his country at the 2000 and 2002 editions.
The death toll in 2015 was 1.34 million people, a new report reveals.
An estimated 325 million people are living with chronic hepatitis caused by B or C virus infection.
Hepatitis vaccines and medicines exist, but they are not yet reaching everyone in need.
This is partly because infections are not always identified - just 9% of all hepatitis B infections and 20% of all hepatitis C infections were diagnosed in 2015.
As a result, millions of people are at risk of a slow progression to chronic liver disease, cancer and death, says the WHO.
Viral hepatitis refers to five different forms of virus, known as A, B, C, D, E.
Some (hepatitis B, C and D) can be spread through contact with infected bodily fluids, including blood, while others (hepatitis A and hepatitis E) are spread through contaminated food or water.
In some parts of the world, including regions within Africa and the Western Pacific, hepatitis B and C infections are all too common.
Hepatitis B infection requires lifelong treatment - the WHO currently recommends the medicine tenofovir, already widely used in HIV treatment - but hepatitis C can be cured with a course of antiviral drugs.
The WHO says some countries are taking successful steps to scale up hepatitis services:
Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, from the WHO, said: "We are still at an early stage of the viral hepatitis response, but the way forward looks promising.
"More countries are making hepatitis services available for people in need - a diagnostic test costs less than $1, and the cure for hepatitis C can be below $200.
"But the data clearly highlight the urgency with which we must address the remaining gaps in testing and treatment."
Raquel Peck, from the World Hepatitis Alliance, said: "Today, 325 million men, women and children are living with a cancer-causing illness, despite the availability of preventative vaccines for hepatitis B and curative treatments for hepatitis C.
"We need to use this report to advocate for a public health approach, so that testing and treatment are rolled out at the scale necessary to ensure that every person has the opportunity to live a healthy life."
The alleged offences against 21 patients are said to have taken place at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport between June 2011 and January 2012.
Victorino Chua, 49, originally from the Philippines, denies all the charges.
He is accused of secretly injecting insulin into saline bags and altering prescribed dosages on medical notes.
Mr Chua denies killing Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and 83-year-old Alfred Weaver.
The nurse has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges in all, including 25 counts of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, eight counts of attempting to administer poison and one count of administering poison.
The trial at Manchester Crown Court began in January.
The singer could not attend the ceremony, but sent a message saying: "That's amazing. I've only just put out new music. I'm so chuffed."
Irish singer Hozier won song of the year for the dramatic ballad Take Me To Church - the show's only public vote.
And One Direction opened the show, in one of their last public performances before taking a year-long hiatus.
Surrounded by pyrotechnics, the four-piece played their number one hit Drag Me Down, to huge screams from the audience.
Earlier, the band had braved torrential rain outside Birmingham's Genting Arena to pose for photos with fans.
Asked by host Chris Evans if they were really taking a career break at the height of their success, Liam Payne replied: "It sounds like a stupid plan but, yes, it's true."
Other performers included Ellie Goulding, who played a sweeping, orchestral version of her 50 Shades Of Grey theme Love Me Like You Do, backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Little Mix played their hit single Black Magic, while country duo The Shires performed a special duet with former beautiful South stars Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot, including the songs The Austerity of Love, Nashville Grey Skies and Leaving on a Jet Plane.
And Rod Stewart closed the show with the songs Please and Sailing.
Taylor Swift won the best international artist prize - accepting her trophy, a golden vintage BBC microphone via a video from Australia.
"Oh my God, this is really heavy," said the star. "I really appreciate you guys shipping this out, because it must have cost a lot."
Hozier also commented on the hefty trophy, joking: "You could kill a man with it. I think they're going to put it in the new edition of Cluedo."
The singer, whose 1989 world tour has been one of 2015's top earners, added that playing Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich had been "an amazing highlight of my year".
And Jack Garratt picked up the BBC Introducing Award, recognising a newcomer who has risen through the ranks of the BBC's new music strand.
"It's a weird feeling being validated for potential," he said. "A lot of these things are saying, 'you might be good next year' which is an incredible compliment to receive - but there's a certain pressure to it."
But the evening really belonged to Adele, whose new album 25 has become the year's biggest seller on both sides of the Atlantic after just three weeks on sale.
"Sorry I'm not there," said the star in her video message. "I'm absolutely gutted but thanks so much for my award. I hope you're all having a wonderful evening."
Other acts appeared to be in awe of the singer.
"She stepped into 2015 near the end and smashed everything out of the park," James Bay told the BBC. "She's an incredible artist so it's well deserved."
"You can't touch Adele," said Little Mix star Perrie Edwards.
"She will always be at the top, just sitting there comfortably," added Leigh-Anne Pinnock. "No-one will ever touch her."
Live coverage of the ceremony and the TV broadcast is continuing on BBC Music's dedicated live page.
The full list of winners and nominees is as follows:
The activists, including supporters of the Occupy Central movement, are protesting against China's involvement in how Hong Kong's new chief executive will be elected in 2017.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend.
Martin Lee, an activist and former legislator, is seen below wearing goggles and a face mask to protect himself against the use of pepper spray by the police. Some activists even wrapped their eye-ware in plastic wrap as an added precaution.
Umbrellas were also used by protesters to shield them from pepper spray.
The protective gear was supplied by volunteers who carried food and water to demonstration areas around the city.
Police threw tear gas canisters into the crowd on Sunday evening in a bid to drive them back.
The standoff between protesters and police brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill.
But the tear gas and pepper spray did not deter the protesters...
Police arrested dozens of people on Sunday, with more than 25 people hospitalised for injuries sustained in scuffles with police in riot gear.
Thousands of protesters remained on the streets into the early hours of Monday, threatening disruption to public transport and school closures.
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The Gunners are close to signing Elneny from FC Basel and Wenger believes all clubs in the top flight will be active.
"We hope to have things done this week. I'm optimistic," said Wenger.
Ex-Arsenal striker Benik Afobe's move from Wolves to Bournemouth for about £10m is the biggest so far this month.
Chelsea's £23m signing of Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado was the largest deal completed on transfer deadline day in 2015 as Premier League spending in the January window matched 2014's £130m.
That figure fell well short of the record £225m spent in 2011.
Wenger said: "My prediction is that it could be one of the most active January transfer windows that we've seen."
The Frenchman is anticipating a lot of deals being done in the league over the next three weeks.
"I would say for the media you could have some good news in the January transfer window," he said. "I believe many clubs will be active. You go from the clubs who are down in the table like Villa, who have to do something, to the clubs at the top."
He also tipped Afobe to do well at Bournemouth.
"Afobe has the qualities to integrate into a team like Bournemouth, whose game is based on movement, pace and quick football," he added.
"I am very happy for Benik because he had an outstanding attitude here. Sometimes you have to let people go who are not completely ready for us, knowing they could be successful."
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Play was called off 30 minutes before the start of the two-day game in Chittagong, set to begin at 05:00 BST.
Heavy rain this week saturated the outfield at the MA Aziz Stadium, meaning the England players took part in net practice instead.
There are also doubts over whether there will be any play on Saturday.
England play a second two-day match against the same opposition starting on Sunday before the two-Test series gets under way on 20 October in Chittagong.
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The paper presented by European Council President Donald Tusk will have to be approved by the 27 member states.
Other issues include the status of three million EU citizens in the UK and a million Britons in the EU.
Separately, another top EU official suggested the bloc could manage without the UK in defence and security matters.
The UK formally triggered the Brexit process on Wednesday after calling for simultaneous talks on exit terms and future trade ties.
At a news conference, Mr Tusk said: "Starting parallel talks on all issues at the same time as suggested by some in the UK will not happen.
"Only once we have achieved sufficient progress on the withdrawal can we discuss the framework for our future relationship."
It is clear the UK will face a tough divorce, the BBC's Gavin Hewitt says, but there were some hints at flexibility from Mr Tusk.
Talks would be "difficult, complex and sometimes even confrontational", Mr Tusk predicted, but the EU would not "pursue a punitive approach".
UK Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered the Brexit process by sending the Article 50 notification letter to Mr Tusk on Wednesday.
The two are to meet in London ahead of an EU summit on Brexit, which will not include her, on 29 April.
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The draft says the EU's overall objective is "to preserve its interests, those of its member states, its citizens and its businesses".
Calling for a "phased approach giving priority to an orderly withdrawal", it suggests starting with discussions on the separation arrangement. They could then move on to talks about a future trade relationship between the EU and the UK.
The draft raises the issue of what the UK might have to pay to leave the EU, bills earlier estimated to be as much as €60bn (£51bn; $64bn).
In a sign of the bloc's determination to secure a "divorce bill", it says that a "single financial settlement should ensure that the Union and the United Kingdom both respect the obligations undertaken before the date of withdrawal".
The guidelines call for "flexible and imaginative solutions'' on the issue of the UK's land border with the Republic of Ireland, with the aim of "avoiding a hard border".
As for Gibraltar, Spain will have a special say on the future of the disputed British territory, according to the guidelines.
"After the United Kingdom leaves the union, no agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom may apply to the territory of Gibraltar without the agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom," they state.
Gibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo, accused Spain of manipulating the European Council for its own political interests, saying this was "unacceptable".
Conservative MPs in the UK warned that the sovereignty of the UK overseas territory was non-negotiable.
Mrs May's letter had been interpreted by some as threatening to withdraw co-operation with the EU on security matters.
Speaking at a Nato meeting in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said: "The UK contributes today only for 3% of our civilian capabilities in our EU operations and missions, and 5% to the military ones.
"So for sure it's a valued contribution, but for sure a contribution without which the European Union defence and security work can continue perfectly well."
What next? Analysis by BBC Europe editor Katya Adler
This is the start of a two-year, cross-Channel political rollercoaster ride. The EU's draft guidelines for Brexit are uncompromising and firm.
They say they will update them "as necessary" during negotiations, meaning they are ready for anything, including, the text explicitly says, for talks with the UK to fail altogether.
Gone are the words of sadness and regret at Britain's departure. The message is: Roll up your sleeves, we're ready for you.
Simpson, 27, started the season as first choice but 24-year-old Robson has started the past nine games after Simpson injured his ankle in January.
Robson scored two tries on Sunday as Wasps won 34-20 at Newcastle.
"I think Dan's been outstanding," Young told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.
"I don't think he's grabbed as many headlines as some others this season, but he's been excellent for us."
Robson, an England Saxon international, joined Wasps from Gloucester last summer and has scored five tries since Simpson, who has one full England cap, has been unavailable after damaging his ankle in Champions Cup action against Leinster.
"We haven't got a number one and number two scrum-half, we've got two number ones," added Young.
"One's going to have to hold a chair for a while and the other's going to keep pressure on him. I'm sure that'll ebb and flow throughout the next few seasons."
Wasps have won eight of their past nine Premiership games, including three in succession, and sit in third place, one point behind Exeter Chiefs.
They are also seven clear of Northampton Saints, who they play at home on Sunday, in the final play-off place.
"It's a nice place to be," Young said. "We're well in contention to finish in the top six - we'd have to have a disaster for us not to there now. The top four is there as well for us to have a crack at.
"Northampton is a real shoot-out for us - we're in a great position."
The key has been used to to make a free decryption tool that can unscramble files encrypted by the malware.
It means many of those hit by the malware will be able to recover data without paying a ransom.
It is not yet clear why the gang behind Teslacrypt decided to stop using their malware.
The Teslacrypt ransomware targeted gamers and, on infected machines, sought to encrypt more than 185 different types of files associated with popular games such as Call of Duty, Minecraft and World of Tanks.
Victims could get their files decrypted by paying a ransom of up to $1,000 (£690).
Over the past few weeks, researchers from security firm Eset noticed that the malware was being spammed out far less than usual. Many of the underground distributors of Teslacrypt were swapping to use a different ransomware family called CryptXXX.
Eset sent a message to the hackers behind Teslacrypt via the technical support address given on the payment page the malware displays on infected machines. In the message, Eset asked for a copy of the master encryption key.
To its surprise, it got a reply in which the hackers said the project was now "closed". In the body of the short message was the master encryption key used to scramble files on infected machines.
The message ended: "We are sorry!"
In a blogpost, Eset said it was "surprised" that the hackers had released the key so others can make a decryption tool.
Paul Ducklin from security firm Sophos said it was "unusual" for cyber-thieves to give away their secret key.
"Only victims who have been hit recently and haven't yet paid up, or victims who backed up their already-encrypted data "just in case", will get much use out of the master key at this stage," he wrote.
Mr Ducklin speculated about why the hackers had decided to stop sending out their ransomware. Perhaps, he said, the gang had been hacked by rivals who released the key to ruin the business of a competitor.
Up to 100,000 litres of kerosene entered Nant Pibwr as a result of a breach of the main pipeline under the A48 near Carmarthen.
The pipeline carries aviation fuel and diesel from Pembroke's Valero refinery.
Valero said teams had made "good progress" in recovering the product, but was unable to confirm the cause of the leak at this stage.
Dead fish, included protected species, have been found and farmers have had to move their cattle away from the river.
Welsh Water has said there is no impact on their drinking water supplies.
A Valero spokesperson said booms remain in place on Nant Pibwr to recover the oil.
"One site continues to capture leaked oil, another has only very small amounts remaining and should be clear soon, while two further sites are now clear of oil," they said.
"We are working to gain access to the affected section of pipeline, but this is a complex operation and it may be several days before this happens."
Teams from Valero and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will remain on site over the weekend.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said government officials were in regular contact with NRW senior officers to ensure the response is being "properly managed and resourced."
Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths is due to visit the site on Saturday.
The flaw allowed attackers to take control of a computer via malicious document files.
The zero-day, or previously undetected, vulnerability was patched earlier this month.
However, it has since emerged that Microsoft was told about it in October, nearly six months ago.
A report from the Reuters news agency notes that security researcher Ryan Hanson at Optiv first discovered the problem in July 2016.
Microsoft could have notified customers to make a change to settings in Word that would have prevented the vulnerability from being exploited - but that would also have alerted hackers to its existence.
The decision to wait for a patch seems to have allowed a window of opportunity for hackers to discover the flaw on their own.
In March, cyber-security company FireEye noticed financial hacking software that was being distributed with the Microsoft bug.
And another company, McAfee, found attacks that were exploiting it, too.
McAfee faced some criticism, however, for publishing a blog post about the vulnerability - with details hackers may have found useful - two days before it was fixed.
Yet another company, Proofpoint, found that the vulnerability was being targeted by scammers trying to distribute Dridex malware - which infects a victim's computer before snooping on banking logins.
There were even reports of hacking after the patch was made available.
Cyber-security outlet Morphisec said that employees at Ben-Gurion University in Israel had had their email accounts compromised by attackers who had then sent infected documents to medical professionals and contacts at technology companies.
"Prior to public disclosure, our engineers were aware of a small number of attempts to use this vulnerability through targeted spam designed to convince users to open a malicious attachment," a Microsoft spokesman said.
Customers who applied the 11 April security update were already protected, he added.
"In an ideal world, it would have been fixed sooner," said cyber-security expert Graham Cluley.
However, he pointed out that patching software run on millions of computers around the world was not an easy process.
"There's always this huge challenge because companies want to patch their software, but they want to do it properly - they want to make sure they've been comprehensive with the fix," he told the BBC.
Dyfed-Powys Police went to an isolated property near Machynlleth on Sunday after reports of her sudden death.
Officers also found man's body during a search of the grounds and he has been identified as Nigel McGrath, 45.
His death is not being treated as suspicious and no-one else is being sought in connection with the incident.
Dyfed-Powys Police said both originate from the north of England and post mortem examinations have been carried out.
Figures from the ONS suggest 244,000 people under 19 are carers - about 23,000 are under nine.
The Children's Society warns this is likely to be "the tip of the iceberg" and that children's education and job prospects could be damaged.
The government says schools have a "key role in supporting young carers".
According to the ONS (Office for National Statistics), there are 149,000 young carers aged between 15 and 19 - about twice as many as in the 10-to-14 age range.
Girls are slightly more likely to be carers than boys. Among 15-to-19-year-olds, about 5% of girls are carers and about 4% of boys.
The Children's Society is calling for more government support and recognition for these young people.
It says in England, one in 12 young carers spends more than 15 hours a week looking after a parent or sibling, that one in 20 misses school and that they are 50% more likely to have special educational needs or an illness.
In its report, called Hidden from View, the Children's Society says: "Many young carers remain hidden from official sight for a host of reasons, including family loyalty, stigma, bullying, not knowing where to go for support."
The study, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, analyses government data that tracked 15,000 children in England aged 13 and 14 between 2004 and 2010.
It found young carers had "significantly lower" educational attainment at GCSE level - the equivalent to nine grades lower overall - than their peers.
The study found average annual income for families with a child carer was £5,000 less than families that did not have a young carer.
Young carers were more likely than the national average to be "not in education, employment or training" (Neet) between the ages of 16 and 19.
Young people from black, Asian or other minority ethnic communities - and for whom English is not a first language - were twice as likely to be a young carer.
From an early age I've had to get up about 06:00 or 07:00 to give her her tablets and breakfast and get my sister ready for school. Then I've got to go to college and come home to make sure she's all right, give her dinner, tidy up the house before I have to give her all the tablets. Then I've got to get my sister ready for bed and I have to get my mum's medication ready and get her ready for bed before I can get rested myself.
There's times where I've missed homework or I've had to stay at home because I'm not comfortable with leaving my mum at home because she could leave the cooker on or she could pass out and we might not be able to wake her up and there's no-one there to look after her while I'm not there sometimes.
I've had a lot of difficulties communicating with other people and especially why I can't go out very often and I fell behind at school quite a lot because of it. I missed loads of revision so I had to resit a lot of exams while I was in secondary school.
I sometimes wish that I wasn't so stuck to helping but I don't mind helping as much because she's my mum and she's always there for me.
The Children's Society says that, despite improved awareness of the needs of young carers, there is no strong evidence that young carers are any more likely than their peers to come into contact with support agencies.
The report says: "Children must be allowed to thrive and enjoy their childhoods, not be forced to take caring roles that are too often inappropriate."
Children's Society chief executive Matthew Reed said: "Our new analysis shows that caring can cost children dearly. They are missing out on their childhoods and school, gaining fewer qualifications and therefore are less likely to earn a decent living.
"All children must be allowed to thrive and enjoy their childhoods. One young person remaining under the radar, out of sight of the very authorities there to support them, is one too many."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "Schools have a key role in identifying and supporting young carers. We must ensure that every child has the opportunity to meet their full potential.
"We recently announced that young carers will be involved in the training of school nurses, so they know exactly what support they should offer and can champion their needs.
"We are also funding the Children's Society and Carers Trust to encourage children's and adult's services to adopt 'whole family' approaches to supporting young carers and we have created a specific training guide for teachers to help them to better identify and support young carers."
The Disabled Parents' Network says it is important to remember that behind every young carer is at least one parent with a disability.
A statement on the charity's website says: "DPN rejects the notion that disabled parents are a problem to be solved.
"It is a simple fact that if disabled parents are provided with the support packages to which they are statutorily entitled, then there is less need for their children to assume the role of 'young carers'."
Hywel Dda University Health Board is considering options, including using Morrisons in Pensarn for employees at Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen.
The hospital car park is often full with vehicles being left by patients and their families on nearby roads.
The health board's Gareth Skye said he took car parking issues "seriously" and was working to improve the issue.
The journey from Morrisons to the hospital is just under three miles (4.8km) and takes less than 10 minutes along the A40.
Mr Skye, the transport and sustainable travel manager, said 38 consultant parking spaces had already been changed to general use to combat congestion and an extra 24-space car park would open in April.
He added: "We are continuing our efforts to improve parking facilities at the hospital for patients, staff and visitors and will provide further details on our improvement strategy once all schemes have been finalised."
Two state employees in the environmental department have been charged with misleading the US government about the problem.
And a Flint employee is being charged with altering water test results.
Nearly 100,000 residents of the poor, mostly black city, were exposed to high levels of lead, sparking an outcry.
Lead exposure can cause learning disabilities and behavioural problems in children.
"They had a duty to protect the health of families and citizens of Flint and they failed," said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.
He told reporters the three individuals would face a mixture of charges including tampering with evidence, conspiracy and misconduct in office.
The two state Department of Environmental Quality employees could face up to five years in jail.
The other man charged is a local water treatment supervisor.
The crisis in Flint is about much more than clean water. It is about failed governance and accountability. And anger.
Melissa Mays told me in January how after a year of drinking contaminated water, her family began to lose their hair and developed painful rashes on their arms and face.
At the time, Flint residents were told it was okay to drink the water that was so corrosive that automaker General Motors stopped using it to clean its car parts.
Today's charges represent a small step forward in finding out who is answerable for a health emergency in one of America's most vulnerable cities.
But Michigan will have to do a lot more before Flint residents trust public officials again.
Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan has promised accountability for the decisions that led to the poisoning of Flint's tap water. And he said this week he would drink filtered Flint water at home and at work for the next 30 days.
For Melissa Mays, though, it's deja vu. She remembers the summer of 2015 when former Mayor Dayne Walling drank a mug of filtered water and told Flint residents how safe it was.
Mr Schuette said the charges were just the beginning of the investigation and more charges were expected with "nobody off limits".
There have been calls for Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder to step down over the crisis.
Mr Snyder was grilled by Congress over his role in the crisis in March.
After the charges were announced, Mr Snyder called them "troubling" and said it "raises what happened to a whole new level".
He said it is "critically important" the investigations continue.
The governor has also vowed to drink filtered water from Flint for 30 days to prove it is safe.
The water problems began in 2014 when the city switched its water supply away from Detroit's water system, which draws from Lake Huron, and began to instead draw water from the Flint River.
The switch was meant to save the city millions of dollars.
But the water from the Flint River was more corrosive than Lake Huron's water and lead began leaching from the pipes.
Seven families have filed a lawsuit against Flint authorities.
Charles Ross-Robertson, of Ludlow, was charged with being the owner of a dog worrying livestock over the incident in Risbury on 2 September, police said.
The 64 year old, of Stanton Lacey, was also charged with two counts of being in charge of a dog being dangerously out of control in a public place.
He will appear before Hereford magistrates on 15 December.
Mr Ross-Robertson also faces a charge of being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
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Rachel Williams, 42, took time out of her big day to visit the ballot box at a Newport polling station in a white wedding gown on Thursday.
She voted separately from fiance, Mike Court, so he would not see her before they tied the knot.
The Newport couple celebrated their marriage at the St Pierre Marriott Hotel in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
The bride said: "It drives me nuts when people say they are not going to vote.
"If you waste your vote you lose your entitlement to moan at the result."
Former world number one Maria Sharapova has been banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation for using a prohibited drug. But what led to that suspension and the damning verdict of the tribunal panel?
The teenager had become prone to colds and tonsil infections. She was also feeling pain in her upper abdomen.
She was seen by Dr Anatoly Skalny, who diagnosed a mineral metabolism disorder and prescribed meldonium as part of the solution.
The drug led to Sharapova's downfall and, ultimately, to Wednesday's 33-page judgement which so tarnishes her reputation.
Dr Skalny felt Sharapova's immune system needed a boost as her body was not getting enough nutrients from food.
He initially prescribed about 18 different medicines and supplements - a number which had risen to 30 by March 2010.
By the end of 2012, Sharapova decided there must be an alternative to taking so many pills and informed the doctor she no longer wished to work with him.
She added a nutritionist to her team, but crucially continued taking three substances recommended by the doctor.
One of those was meldonium, but it was not something Sharapova was keen to publicise. Only her father and agent knew what she was taking.
According to the 29-year-old's own evidence, the only doctor she told - in 2015 - was Dr Sergei Yanitsky of the Russian Olympic team.
Her coach, trainer, physiotherapist and nutritionist were not informed. Nor did she tell any of the Women's Tennis Association's medical staff.
Although she declared the use of other medication and vitamins on the past seven doping control forms she completed, she did not declare meldonium.
In a letter she wrote to the panel before the hearing, Sharapova admitted she took 500mg of meldonium on 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 January this year: the days on which she played her five matches at the Australian Open.
The panel concluded that the "manner of its use, on match days and when undertaking intensive training, was only consistent with an intention to boost her energy levels... which must inevitably lead to the conclusion she took Mildronate (a brand name for meldonium) for the purpose of enhancing her performance".
Until 1 January, this was within the rules. The panel accepted Sharapova did not believe meldonium was a prohibited substance when she took it earlier this year and, therefore, determined her use of the drug was not intentional.
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The other staggering theme of the 33-page decision handed down by the independent tribunal is the lack of care taken by Sharapova to check the legality of what she was taking.
The decision to add meldonium to the banned list for 2016 was communicated to the players electronically.
But, by her own admission, Sharapova never read the correspondence nor consulted the ITF website or wallet card provided for further information.
Her agent, Max Eisenbud, sought to take the blame.
He told the tribunal he had assumed responsibility for checking whether Sharapova's medication and supplements complied with the World Anti-Doping Agency code.
Eisenbud detailed how he had got into the habit of printing off a copy of the prohibited list for the forthcoming year and taking it with him to read on a November holiday in the Caribbean.
However, in 2015, the holiday did not take place - because Eisenbud had recently separated from his wife - and the document was never read.
The tribunal rejected his evidence, stating: "The idea that a professional manager, entrusted by IMG with the management of one of its leading global sporting stars, would so casually and ineptly have checked whether his player was complying with the anti-doping programme, a matter critical to the player's professional career and her commercial success, is unbelievable."
Sharapova testified her father had collected the meldonium from an unspecified source in Russia, but was no longer able to provide a sample of the packaging.
Her argument that no significant fault should be attached to her was dismissed by the tribunal, which concluded she was unable to "prove that she has exercised any degree of diligence".
Although the transcript of the hearing is a damning one for Sharapova, the Court of Arbitration for Sport may take a more lenient view.
Croatia's Marin Cilic and Serbia's Viktor Troicki have both had bans reduced by Cas in the past three years for doping violations.
It is a logical next step for Sharapova.
But if she is unsuccessful, the woman who won Wimbledon at 17 will not be able to compete in another Grand Slam until she is 31.
Returning to the top of the game, after such a long hiatus, would be one of Sharapova's more remarkable achievements.
The bank's financial strength improved and it added another 1,000 UK jobs. The chief executive, Jes Staley, said there was plenty of reason to be optimistic about Barclays' future.
The same can't be said of his own future.
He has already been seriously reprimanded by his own board and had his pay docked by more than a million pounds for attempting to unmask the identity of a whistleblower who questioned the appointment of a former colleague from JP Morgan.
He is under investigation for the matter by financial regulators, and several big shareholders have privately expressed doubt that he can continue in the glare of an incident that has put Barclays' senior management culture back in an unwelcome spotlight.
One big shareholder advisory group has recommended that voters abstain from re-electing him as a director at the upcoming annual general meeting, and the board may eventually feel that although he is performing well in getting Barclays back on financial track, the distraction and reputational damage the recent episode is doing is not worth it for a bank that is trying to distance itself from the Bob Diamond years.
Bob Diamond was eventually forced to go by the Bank of England, which lost faith with the US boss who ran the bank during a Libor fixing scandal that resulted in criminal convictions for several Barclays traders.
Jes Staley is competent and popular within the bank and was almost universally well regarded by shareholders. But some are beginning to lose belief that he can regain the faith of regulators, who have recently ratcheted up the standards expected of senior managers.
The person who wrote the new code, Charlotte Hogg, fell foul of her own rules. She resigned from her post as the Bank of England's chief operating officer for failing to disclose the role of her own brother at - as chance would have it - Barclays.
Many shareholders are expected to keep faith with him, but he is badly wounded and may not survive in what authorities are keen to portray, and potentially demonstrate, is a new world order in banking culture.
It's not just the boss in the firing line. Although he has admitted he made a mistake, questions will be asked of internal procedures that allowed Mr Staley to incorrectly believe he was at liberty to pursue the identity of the author of an anonymous letter, which he perceived to be more of a character smear than a genuine whistle-blowing incident.
The head of security at Barclays is facing an internal probe, but it seems very likely that external authorities will want to understand how things could have gone so wrong.
The whole incident is overshadowing the fact that Barclays doubled its quarterly profits and hired another 1,000 UK staff. THAT is the problem the board and shareholders are grappling with.
One of the special things about this competition is you get to celebrate with your team-mates straight away, whereas after any other win you don't get to see them until maybe an hour after the match has finished.
On Sunday it was immediate, and I felt the full force of the team!
It's not the first time, it happened to me once at school after I scored a goal and everybody then jumped on top of me, so it brought back a few memories.
I actually get claustrophobic, so it was fine at the beginning when Leon got to me and then a couple of others but when there were a few more and I couldn't move, I started to panic and shouted to all of them "get off!"
The next couple of days will be much more fun than after my two Grand Slam wins, for sure.
I regret maybe not celebrating as much as I should have done after some of my other wins, because now I know how much effort goes into achieving them. You never know when the next one might come - it may never - so we should make the most it.
That's why we spent an hour and a half on court after the match taking selfies and chatting with the supporters. I don't really have many personal photos to be honest, but hopefully it made the day that bit more special for those who travelled over to Belgium.
It did take its toll on me a bit though - I could barely stand up at the end of it! By the time I got back to the locker room, I think everyone had enjoyed a few glasses of champagne but I jumped in an ice bath immediately. I'd started to stiffen up from not getting to cool down, stretch or go through my normal routine after matches. Standing around in wet clothes is not very good for you.
I do now make sure that I spend the time after wins like this with the people that I want to spend time with. Right now I want to spend my time with the rest of the team, and also my family and friends.
There are plenty of characters here and it will be great over the next day or two to enjoy some celebrations. I would imagine Dan Evans is the most experienced on our team in that respect.
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To play and win a Davis Cup final with your brother is great, I'm really proud of him, and it may never happen again, so it's something else to savour.
What he was doing standing in my line of vision during Sunday's match though, I have no idea!
I just saw him standing in the entrance at the corner of the court at one point and found it more off-putting because it was my brother, rather than someone I don't know. I generally try to avoid eye contact with him altogether during matches.
Some players might find it beneficial to look over at their family but when they're right there, you see when they're stressed or nervous or pumped, and because you know them, you know what their expressions mean.
I'd just rather Jamie wasn't in my eye-line at that moment, so I let him know!
Winning the Davis Cup is a huge victory for everyone in the team, but from a personal point of view I don't see it so much like ticking off another big title from a list.
There are obviously still two Grand Slams I haven't won, and the Australian Open is a tournament I would love to win because I've been close there so often, reaching the final four times.
And had I got through the fifth set of my semi-final with Novak Djokovic, I would have had an opportunity to win the French Open, so I'm not that far off on the clay.
Hopefully I can use this Davis Cup win as a springboard for next year, to take on the attitude I had in every point and maybe get my first Aussie Open in January.
The Davis Cup has been amazing this year, and I would like to thank all those that have followed us. It's been an amazing journey and we couldn't have done it without you. Now for some rest before I start training for the new season in a week or so…
Andy Murray was speaking to BBC Sport's Piers Newbery. You can follow Murray on Twitter,Facebook and Instagram.
South Africa banned US poultry imports last December after an outbreak of bird flu.
The latest escalation would threaten South African exports to the US of oranges, nuts and wine.
South Africa exports $250m (£165m) of farm products to the US each year.
In a letter to Congress, Mr Obama said he was taking the step because South Africa "continued to impose barriers to US trade".
In contrast, Africa's second-largest economy has been able to export its meat to the United States duty-free.
The Unites States also says South Africa has used unwarranted sanitary restrictions to keep out US pork and beef.
South Africa says it is taking the warning seriously and is working to find a solution.
Trade Minister Rob Davies told reporters in Cape Town that they are "pretty close to resolving the sanitary matters that were outstanding".
The BBC's Lerato Mbele in Johannesburg says high-value goods such as cars remain unaffected by the latest dispute.
South Africa could still avoid the suspension, which could cost it up to $7m (£5m) in lost trade, if it meets benchmarks to eliminate barriers to US poultry, pork, and beef, said US Trade Representative Michael Froman.
"We do not take this decision lightly, and, in fact, have been working hard over many months - indeed years - to help South Africa avoid such action. Unfortunately, the issues persist," Mr Froman said in a statement.
Eliminating barriers to US trade and investment is one of the criteria for membership of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which was renewed earlier this year and provides duty-free access to goods from sub-Saharan African countries, ranging from crude oil to clothing.
Analysis: Matthew Davies, BBC Africa Business Report
These are warning shots in a dispute which both sides would like to see go away.
However, trade disputes are never straight-forward, but tend to be convoluted games of chess and this one is no exception. There's much posturing at the moment.
South Africa's trade minister Rob Davies says: "When someone says jump, you don't say 'How high?', you negotiate." These sorts of warning shots are negotiating tactics; an attempt to speed the process along.
But if the Americans are trying to force the South Africans to accept their poultry exports, they may be going about it the wrong way.
The South African government is adamant that the delay lies not with them, but with the independent vets looking into whether or not the imported US birds are safe.
Nonetheless, missing the 15 October deadline to agree new animal health rules infuriated the Americans. But is this a slippery slope to South Africa being kicked out of Agoa? That would seem very unlikely.
What is far more likely is that a deal will be done within two months. But even in its absence, it's still a long road to Agoa exit.
The South Africans know this and are in no mood to jeopardise the billions tied up in their car industry which gains significant advantage from exporting tariff-free into the US. The investment figures in South Africa's automotive sector are not chicken feed and are unlikely to be risked in a trade spat.
A single electricity market operates across the island of Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee says Brexit "potentially challenges the future viability" of that arrangement.
The all-island market is possible because the UK and Ireland are both members of the Internal Energy Market (IEM).
All EU members participate in the IEM along with Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.
Participation requires alignment with EU rules including industrial emissions regulations and restrictions on state aid.
The UK government will have to decide whether to remain in the IEM, withdraw entirely or negotiate a new bilateral relationship.
The NIAC says the government "should give particular consideration" to how any changes to the UK's relationship with the IEM will affect Northern Ireland.
It says withdrawal would be significant for Northern Ireland as a smaller, less efficient market would likely mean higher electricity costs.
It adds that the government "may wish to seek a special status or derogation" for Northern Ireland.
It calls for long-term policy clarity as soon as possible.
The NIAC inquiry heard there is "a clear desire from electricity market stakeholders in Northern Ireland to retain the existing market arrangements".
It has been described as a "modern-day Western", but, as the third series is screened, just what is it about the setting of Welsh police drama Hinterland which has made it appeal to 100 countries?
It is a rainy Tuesday morning in Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, fog has descended and there is drizzle in the air.
Low clouds hang around a dilapidated former boarding school where the cast and crew of Hinterland are filming the latest, and possibly last, series of the detective noir.
Inside, mould patches spread up the walls of the building, which had been left derelict after its most recent residents - an Islamic college - closed in 2012. It is the place where Michael Adebowale - one of Lee Rigby's killers - studied.
Now make-up bags sit on the school desks, and extras sit reading books and doing crosswords in the old canteen at tables in complete silence, for fear of disturbing filming.
The weather outside swings from bright sunshine to fog so thick you cannot see the rolling hills in the distance.
It is isolated settings such as this in mid Wales which have been partly credited with the detective noir's success.
Bought by TV stations in scores of countries including Canada, Scandinavian nations and Australia as well as by Netflix, Hinterland has become a poster-child for EU funding with grants covering 15% of the cost of making it.
Richard Harrington, who plays DCI Tom Mathias, said: "It fits really well here and there are faces here you can't replicate anywhere else because of the weather system, because of the geology of the place."
And certainly the mountainous terrain and sweeping landscapes are expected to continue to feature heavily.
Hinterland is produced in English and Welsh, and is shot in both languages one after the other.
Actress Mali Harries, who plays DI Mared Rhys, said: "The scenery and landscape play a massive role. I would say about 95% of the scenes are outdoors, so we are in the hands of the gods as regards to the weather that we've had.
"The scenery is astonishing; you are taken to places that you have never seen before, places where there are no people for miles and miles.
"I think it has become a character in itself really, the landscape, as we are little cogs in the picture."
The programme, now in its third series, has won plaudits across the world.
Mrs Harries added: "I think maybe the location is partly why a lot of other countries have invested into it.
"It is the best office that Rich and I will ever get to work in."
The Welsh version of Hinterland - called Y Gwyll - has already been shown on S4C ahead of the English version being broadcast on BBC One Wales and iPlayer, then BBC Four.
Producer and co-creator of Hinterland Ed Talfan said the landscape had been a key part of the programme from the start, but that it presented challenges to the makers.
"From the beginning we had the sense of trying to make a Western," said Mr Talfan. "I think the show in all sorts of ways is obsessed with its location.
"In many ways it is a blessing but it can also be a challenge when you work in a county that doesn't have any motorways and so when you are trying to move an army from A to B, it can be a bit of a drag."
The production team filmed in different locations almost every day, moving 40 crew, cast and extras with them. Many of those working on the series moved to mid Wales while filming took place.
But Hinterland was very nearly not made in the Welsh countryside - but on a studio lot in Cardiff.
Paul "Bach" Davies, Hinterland location manager, said: "When I was asked to do Hinterland we originally thought we were looking for a few places to do exterior shots of remote farmhouses and some green land, and that the rest would be filmed in Cardiff.
"But when we started uncovering these gems we thought this has to be here. It was incredible - we found all sorts of places.
"On a number of occasions I found the place and they wrote scenes to that location, which is unheard of. They could mould that location to the character, which is a huge coup for me."
The man killed during a disturbance on the A41 at Soho Hill in Hockley has been named by police as 25-year-old Derek Junior Myers.
Two men, aged 25 and 27, were arrested and have been bailed with strict conditions, said police.
The injured man remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The shooting happened at about 04:30 GMT on 30 October.
The 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Thursday when police carried out a firearms warrant in Birmingham.
His co-accused was arrested in Walsall on Saturday on suspicion of murder.
West Midlands Police are appealing for information.
Nancy Cameron has been offered a place in Year 7 at Grey Coat Hospital school, Westminster, from September.
The row centres on a letter asking parents to pay £120 into a school fund when accepting sixth-form places.
The letter says the fund is for extracurricular activities.
"If you confirm your offer of a place at Grey Coat for September 2015, then we ask you to pay School Fund, which for sixth-form students is set at £120 per annum," says the letter from deputy head Elizabeth Stevenson.
"School Fund enables the school to provide many of the extracurricular activities that are run for Year 12 throughout the academic year, in particular the team-building activities resources which are provided during induction week."
These include a study skills workshop and a day trip to Cambridge.
The letter says that "as school budgets are squeezed", the fund will "also help toward improving the learning environment across the school".
It adds: "Paying School Fund is an important way of showing us that you are serious about taking up a place with us in Year 12."
Parents are asked to respond by March 20.
Prominent parents with children already at the school include Michael Gove, who was education secretary.
The admissions code for England states that schools must not "request financial contributions (either in the form of voluntary contributions, donations or deposits, even if refundable) as any part of the admissions process - including for tests".
Last year, also in London, Camden School for Girls had to change its sixth-form admission arrangements after a parent complained about being asked for money when accepting a place.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator ordered the change after a review.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "Any claim that the school admissions code has been breached will be investigated.
"We take any allegations very seriously."
A spokeswoman for Grey Coat Hospital said it was not commenting on the matter at the moment.
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A David Kee shot and Mark Haughey header had the Blues two up at the break but Martin Donnelly and Caoimhin Bonner brought the Reds level.
Linfield's Sean Ward was sent-off for bundling Chris Curran over but George McMullan saw the penalty saved.
McMullan put Cliftonville 3-2 up with a superb chip and sub Aaron Burns headed Linfield level before Eamonn Seydak was dismissed for two yellow cards.
After the match, it emerged that Cliftonville defender Bonner was shown a red card following clashes in the tunnel area as the teams left the pitch after the final whistle.
The result means Linfield's lead at the top of the table has been cut to two points by second-placed Crusaders who won 4-2 away to Ballymena United.
Linfield looked to be in total command when they led 2-0 at half-time.
They had a great chance to go three up but top scorer Andrew Waterworth pulled a low shot wide from a great position early in the second half.
That proved crucial as, five minutes later, the sides were level through Donnelly and Bonner.
McMullan's spot-kick was then well saved by Ross Glendinning but the Blues keeper was beaten soon afterwards by the home skipper's audacious chip.
Linfield manager Warren Feeney: "It feels a bit like a defeat as we were 2-0 up.
"At half-time I thought it was one of our best performances but I knew Cliftonville would come back at us.
"Andrew Waterworth had a great chance to go 3-0 up - but those are the fine margins in football."
His poor pass handed Joe Thomson the chance to set up Garry Fleming for the only goal of the game after 63 minutes.
Lewis Morgan impressed in midfield for the home side.
But the 20-year-old was unable to prevent the Sons securing a win that lifts them above Dunfermline Athletic and into eighth place.
With St Mirren good in possession and pressing Dumbarton high up the park early on, Morgan's inch-perfect cross found John Sutton, but the striker shot wide of the post.
Morgan came close to breaking the deadlock himself when he was found 15 yards out by Kyle McAllister, but the 20-year-old's near-post shot was turned behind by Alan Martin in the Dumbarton goal.
The visitors were more organised in the second half, but it was a lack of concentration by Saints' goalkeeper that handed them their breakthrough.
Langfield's pass found Thomson, who showed composure by squaring it to the oncoming Fleming and the striker tucked the ball into the open goal without missing a stride.
St Mirren threw everything at the Dumbarton goal, with Sutton finding the side netting and the underside of the bar.
However, the Sons held out for only their second win of the season.
Match ends, St. Mirren 0, Dumbarton 1.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 0, Dumbarton 1.
Attempt missed. Gary Mackenzie (St. Mirren) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Lawrence Shankland (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Docherty (Dumbarton).
Attempt missed. Kyle Magennis (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Lawrence Shankland (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Mark Docherty.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Mark Docherty.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Calum Gallagher replaces Ben Gordon.
Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton).
Substitution, Dumbarton. Ryan Stevenson replaces Garry Fleming.
Attempt saved. John Sutton (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Joseph Thomson.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Josh Todd replaces Andy Stirling.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Joseph Thomson.
Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Ryan Hardie replaces Kyle McAllister.
Attempt missed. Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren).
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. John Sutton (St. Mirren) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Daniel Harvie.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Lawrence Shankland replaces David Clarkson.
Goal! St. Mirren 0, Dumbarton 1. Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joseph Thomson.
Attempt missed. Andy Stirling (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Jason Naismith (St. Mirren) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by David Smith.
Attempt missed. Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Lewis Morgan.
Foul by Ben Gordon (St. Mirren).
Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kyle McAllister (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Andy Stirling.
Attempt saved. Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ben Gordon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton).
Second Half begins St. Mirren 0, Dumbarton 0.
At least 10 people were killed on Saturday as clashes between the rival militias flared for a second day. Seven were killed on Friday, residents said.
Fighting began when one of the leaders tried to meet the defence minister, who is seeking to resolve the situation.
African Union troops are in charge of security in Kismayo.
The city was captured from Islamist militants last October.
A new UN-backed government in Mogadishu is trying to regain control of the country after more than 20 years of conflict with the help of the AU force.
Kismayo residents say the fighting is intense, with militiamen firing continuously from pick-up trucks mounted with heavy weaponry.
There are many different clans in the region - known as Jubaland - who compete for lucrative port revenues in Kismayo and access to the most fertile land in Somalia.
Currently there are several self-declared presidents of Jubaland and the government has said it recognises none of them.
It wants the groups to attend a meeting in Mogadishu to resolve the issue - this is why Defence Minister Abdihakim Mahmoudis Haji went to Kismayo.
Friday's fighting started when fighters loyal to Ahmed Madobe stopped his rival Istin Hassan from meeting Mr Haji, who was staying at a hotel in central Kismayo.
Mr Haji told the BBC Somali Service that the fighting "would not be tolerated and should stop forthwith".
He denied allegations that members of the Somali army had joined the rival militias.
Losing Kismayo in October was a blow for al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group which controlled larges swathes of country in recent years.
Although the AU and Somali government have driven al-Shabab from most major cities, its fighters still control smaller towns and rural areas in central and southern Somalia and they sometimes launch attacks in government-controlled territory.
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A pioneering leg-spin bowler, Benaud played in 63 Tests, 28 as captain, before retiring in 1964 to pursue a career in journalism and broadcasting.
His final commentary in England came during the 2005 Ashes series, but he continued to work for Channel Nine in Australia until 2013.
In November, he revealed he was being treated for skin cancer.
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards said Benaud was "the iconic voice of our summer", while the Australian government has offered to hold a state funeral.
Benaud enjoyed a long association with the BBC following his first radio appearance for the corporation in 1960.
"Richie was not just a great cricket commentator, he was one of the finest sports commentators of his generation," said Barbara Slater, Director of BBC Sport.
"He was an integral part of the BBC team for decades and will be sorely missed by everyone who had the pleasure of working with him."
Benaud built his reputation as a commentator following an outstanding playing career in which he took 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and made 11,719 first-class runs, scoring 23 centuries at an average of 36.50.
Tributes have been pouring in from around the world following the news of Benaud's death.
Shane Warne, Australia's record wicket-taker, made a particularly heartfelt contribution.
"Dear Richie, you were a legend on all levels and rightly so too," said Warne. "As a cricketer, commentator and as a person, you were the best there's ever been and, to top it off, an absolute gentleman."
Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Benaud's passing was "a sad day for Australia", adding: "We have lost a cricketing champion and Australian icon. What an innings. RIP Richie Benaud."
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott said: "Farewell Richie Benaud. Wonderful cricketer, great captain, a master craftsman commentator and top man. Will always be remembered and admired."
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara added: "So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Benaud. The great voice of cricket is no more. He defined an era with conviction and sincerity."
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke said cricket had "lost perhaps its greatest advocate and someone who was a true giant of the modern game".
Benaud was the first man to achieve 2,000 runs and 200 wickets at Test level. He was also a highly regarded tactician and never lost a Test series as Australia captain, winning five and drawing two.
After such an impressive playing career, he became even better known as a prolific author, columnist and commentator on cricket.
After the 1956 Ashes tour in England, he completed a BBC training course while still a player, marking the beginning of a 40-year association with the corporation.
His first BBC radio commentary came in 1960, followed by his first television appearance three years later.
With his mellifluous, light delivery, enthusiastically imitated by comedians and cricket fans alike, Benaud also became the lead commentator on Australian television's Channel Nine from 1977.
At the age of 83, he crushed two vertebrae when his 1963 Sunbeam vintage sports car hit a brick wall near his home in Coogee, Sydney.
BBC Radio 5 live pays tribute to Richie Benaud
Benaud often spoke of a return to commentary but, to the great sadness of his legions of admirers, it did not materialise.
Benaud, who was appointed OBE in 1961 for services to cricket, leaves a wife of 48 years, Daphne, and two children from his first marriage.
Listen to impressionist Rory Bremner paying tribute to Richie Benaud.
Now the Cardiff-born singer has re-recorded the hit 007 movie theme 50 years later as part of her new album.
"Everyone's going to be listening for those two wrong notes in the original," she said.
"For me they always sounded wrong and I could never get it right in my head."
She told BBC Radio Wales presenter Wynne Evans: "My musical directors through the years said there was nothing wrong with it.
"It was probably me. But now with my voice we've lowered the song, and I can't hear those wrong notes any more - and it sounds so right, I'm so glad we got to do it again."
Dame Shirley is marking 61 years in the business with the album Hello Like Before.
"All the songs I'd wanted to sing when I heard them - I was too young, I'm at the right age to do it," she said.
"I'm really happy because I chose all the songs. It's the first time I've chosen all the songs on an album.
"The recording companies always had ideas of the albums they wanted. I had a say but this is the first time I've got complete control."
HER THREE FAVOURITE SONGS
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, a duet with Paloma Faith: "We met after her show in Monte Carlo we got on really well, like we'd known each other for years. It was wonderful doing it, she's so natural - I love her."
An Englishman in New York: "I liked it from the first time I heard Sting do it. Why I can't I sing that? Years ago they'd say 'you're a woman, you can't sing that' but now anything goes."
MacArthur Park: "I broke down rehearsing it - I got to a part and there was something there, something deep in the dark recesses of my mind that was there and came out. I got half way through and I blubbed. When I first heard Richard Harris doing it, it did something to me then."
Wynne Evans's Big Welsh Weekend, is on Friday 21 November at 13:00 GMT.
A search has been ongoing for Corporal Gavin Carey since he got in to difficulty in the sea on Tuesday.
The body was discovered in the water on Sunday morning.
It is understood the soldier was one of a group of five swimmers who were in the sea at Tullan Strand, near Bundoran, on Tuesday evening.
Four of the group were able to make it to safety with the help of local surfers.
Tullan Strand is a popular surfing location and is regarded locally as a safe place to swim.
The firm said the turbines had been moved "against its will" and in breach of EU sanctions imposed after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
The Kremlin said the turbines had been made in Russia using Russian parts.
Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said installation of the power turbines in Crimea would go ahead.
Despite Siemens' protests, the project would be "implemented in any case", he said.
The factory in St Petersburg, where the turbines are thought to have been made, is majority owned by Siemens, according to Reuters.
The German company said: "Siemens has received information from reliable sources that at least two of the four gas turbine sets, which were delivered for the project in Taman, Southern Russia, have been moved to Crimea against our will."
It added: "Over the last few months, our customer has confirmed to us numerous times in writing that a delivery to Crimea would not occur.
"As a consequence, Siemens will initiate criminal charges against the responsible individuals."
For its part the German government said it was up to Siemens to ensure it obeyed the EU sanctions and export laws.
Siemens said the delivery of its turbines to Crimea was a "clear breach" of its contract and that it wanted the turbines to be moved back to their original destination.
National Training Federation Wales (NTfW) said funding will drop from £105m this year to £74m in 2015/16.
Ministers are giving priority to apprentices aged 16 to 24 and to higher level apprenticeships.
Around half of apprentices are aged over 25 years old.
NTfW operations manager Jeff Protheroe told BBC Wales that the funding cut for over 25s means there will only be enough money to fund 7,000 apprentices, down from just under 24,000 this year.
He said: "It's going to have a massively destabilising effect on the apprentice programme in Wales which is one of the most successful in Europe.
"We have a very high success rate and high completion rates, and for the last two years the Welsh government and NTfW have been working hard to try and raise the awareness of apprenticeships as an alternative to higher education and other forms of education.
"And I think a lot of that hard work will be undone because we now have a situation where we've created a demand but, because of budget reductions, we're unable to fulfil that demand."
A Welsh government said it faced "unprecedented cuts" from the UK government and a 10% fall in real-term budgets in 2015-016.
"In spite of these challenges, we have been able to maintain funding for traineeships, we have continued to fund apprenticeships for younger people aged 16-24 and we have maintained our support for higher level apprenticeships," said a spokesperson.
"We will continue to work closely with the network and NTfW to see where and how we can mitigate the impact of these cuts."
But Mr Protheroe said he thinks those over 25 need apprenticeships just as much as anyone else.
He said: "What you'll find is that a lot of employers will use apprenticeships to progress and develop their workforce.
"And when you bear in mind that a lot of individuals go into new roles then employers will use those programmes to develop the skills of these individuals as they move through their career path.
"So apprenticeships are just as important for people of 25 and over as they are for people aged 16-24."
Another issue of concern for apprentice providers is that, as of 1 April 2015, the Welsh government will no longer fully fund the costs of apprenticeships for employers if the apprentice is over 25.
In future, the promise is to pay "up to 50% of the costs".
Case study
Terry Williams runs Terry's Patisserie in Aberbargoed, Caerphilly. She set up the company 19 months ago and supplies cakes and tarts to hotels and restaurants.
She works with Jason Shuck, who has just finished his apprenticeship.
Because Terry is trying to build up the company, she says she does not take a salary for herself; the money goes straight back into the business.
She says she could not afford to take on another apprentice if she had to pay all the training costs as well as a salary.
She said: "It takes a lot of time and energy to train someone up and it does cost money to do it.
"We expected, when Jason started, literally for him to turn up and have good manners. And from there we would teach him the skills. We wouldn't be able to do that, to afford to pay for that, just for someone to come in to learn these skills.
"We would have gone for someone who already had those skills."
In a statement released on Sunday, it said that 101 of those freed were children and a further 67 were women.
The statement did not say if the girls abducted from a school in Chibok in April 2014 were among them.
The military also says that a Boko Haram commander was captured and several camps were cleared.
Boko Haram has killed some 5,500 civilians in Nigeria since 2014.
More than 200 of the Chibok girls are still missing, more than a year after they were kidnapped from their school in northern Nigeria.
Last October, the government said it had secured an agreement for a ceasefire and the release of the girls taken from Chibok, but Boko Haram subsequently denied this.
The abduction of the girls in Chibok sparked global outrage with many joining a campaign online to free them using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
Several nations including the US and China vowed to help find them and there have been reported sightings of the girls, but none has been found to date.
At least 2,000 women and girls abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014, according to the human rights organisation Amnesty International.
Boko Haram's insurgency, and the army campaign against it, have killed more than 15,500 people since 2012. The violence has recently spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
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The accusation came from Ahmad Eshchi, the former governor of General Dostum's home province of Jowzjan in the north.
He said the vice-president and 10 other men assaulted him while he was forcibly kept at the former warlord's residence for five days late last month.
Gen Dostum denied the accusation, describing it as a "provocation".
He said Mr Eshchi was detained not by him, but by the country's intelligence service.
"He (Eshchi) was detained by Afghan security forces for allegations of funding the opposition and having a hand in repeated security issues," a spokesperson for Gen Dostum said in a statement.
"For some time there has been a destructive movement by some unknown circles against the First Vice President," it added.
Gen Dostum is an ethnic Uzbek and a former warlord blamed for some of the worst atrocities in Afghanistan's long-running civil war. He joined the country's national unity government in 2014.
Mr Eshchi described the alleged abuse, which he said began with his kidnap on 24 November, in graphic detail, although his account cannot be independently verified.
He said that the abduction took place after a public game of buzkashi, a sport where players on horses attempt to put the carcass of a goat in a goal, between his and General Dostum's team.
"(Gen) Dostum pushed me on the ground, pressed his leg on my throat and abused me. Then he [took] me to his house. When I arrived [at] his house, he shouted [at] his guards that bring me out of the car," he told BBC Afghan.
"He ordered his eight guards to undress me. They even [pulled] off my trousers."
He said he was eventually transferred to the Afghan security service office and then released.
The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised a thorough investigation into the accusations.
When the former warlord joined Mr Ghani's ticket in 2014, it was seen as a controversial move but one that could signal some kind of reconciliation with his ability to secure the confidence of the Uzbek minority.
"For the Afghan government nobody is above the law. Rule of law and accountability begins in the government itself and we are committed to it," said Afghan presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansori.
Both the European Union and the United States called for an investigation into the reported mistreatment of the former governor, who only re-emerged on Saturday after disappearing for two weeks.
"The unlawful detention and reported mistreatment... raises serious concerns," the US Embassy said in a statement.
"We would welcome the Afghan government's move to swiftly investigate these allegations."
Sgt Louise Lucas, 41, died after she was struck on The Kingsway in Swansea on 31 March.
The service will take place at Christ Church, Lake Road North, Cardiff, at 12:30 BST on 24 April followed by a crematorium service in Thornhill.
A coroner's investigation into Sgt Lucas's death was opened and adjourned on Wednesday.
Swansea's acting senior coroner Colin Phillips said the exact cause of death is still unknown and the inquest was adjourned for four months.
Mr Phillips previously said the road has a "serious design issue" which must be addressed.
On Tuesday, Swansea council announced changes to bus routes.
Sgt Lucas is the second person to have died on the same stretch of road.
The park was crowded with families, some celebrating Easter. Many victims are said to be women and children.
Police told the BBC it appeared to be a suicide bomb. A Pakistan Taliban faction said it carried out the attack.
Pakistan's president has condemned the blast and the regional government has announced three days of mourning.
All the major hospitals in the area were put on an emergency footing after the blast early on Sunday evening.
The explosion appears to have been at the main gate to the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in an area where cars are usually left - and a short distance from the children's swings.
One eyewitness said there was chaos, with a stampede starting and children separated from their parents in the rush to escape.
Another man told Pakistan's Geo TV station he was heading towards a fairground ride with his wife and two children when he heard a huge bang and all four of them were thrown to the floor.
Hasan Imran, 30, a local resident who had gone to the park for a walk told Reuters: "When the blast occurred, the flames were so high they reached above the trees and I saw bodies flying in the air."
The agency also reported that the army was called in to control crowds outside the park.
According to Lahore's deputy commissioner, Mohammad Usman, the number of injured was 193.
Facebook has activated its feature for people in Lahore to mark themselves as safe, as news of the blast spread.
Lahore is the capital of Punjab, Pakistan's largest and wealthiest province and the political powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Pakistan Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar told local and Western media it was behind the attack.
"We claim responsibility for the attack on Christians as they were celebrating Easter," spokesperson Ehansullah Ehsan told Pakistan's Express Tribune.
Pakistan has suffered regular incidents of Taliban-related violence, sectarian strife and criminal gang activity.
Meanwhile in the capital, Islamabad, police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters who marched in support of Islamist gunman Mumtaz Qadri, whom they see as a religious hero.
Qadri was hanged last month for the murder of Punjab governor Salman Taseer five years ago.
Mr Taseer had defended a Christian woman jailed on blasphemy charges.
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Dywedodd Dr Emyr Roberts fod yr Undeb Ewropeaidd wedi cael effaith gadarnhaol ar y cyfan ond bod "potensial i wneud hyd yn oed yn well".
Mewn cyfweliad cynhwysfawr gyda BBC Cymru fe wnaeth hefyd amddiffyn ei arweinyddiaeth o'r corff amgylcheddol, sydd wedi wynebu blynyddoedd o benawdau anodd.
Fe fydd yn ymddeol ym mis Hydref ar ôl bron i bum mlynedd wrth y llyw.
Mae gan yr Undeb Ewropeaidd fwy o gyfreithiau amgylcheddol na'r un wlad na sefydliad arall yn y byd.
Yn y mwyafrif o achosion, staff CNC sy'n gyfrifol am fonitro a yw Cymru yn cyrraedd rheoliadau Ewropeaidd.
Bydd y cyfrifoldebau rheiny yn newid ar ôl Brexit wrth i safonau Cymreig neu Brydeinig gael eu datblygu, gyda mwy o ddyletswyddau yn cael eu gosod ar 'sgwyddau'r rheoleiddiwr o bosib, yn ôl Dr Roberts.
Dywedodd bod rheoliadau llym yr UE wedi arwain at "welliannau sylweddol", gan dynnu sylw at ansawdd dŵr ymdrochi Cymru a lleihad o ran llygredd gan ddiwydiannau.
"Gynta' oll mae'n bwysig iawn ein bod ni'n cadw'r safonau presennol ar ôl Brexit - maen nhw wedi bod yn llwyddiant," meddai.
"Ond efallai y gallwn ni ddefnyddio'r safonau i ddatblygu polisïau gwell - er enghraifft dod ag amaethyddiaeth a chadwraeth yn nes at ei gilydd.
"Mae 'na lot o gyfleon fedrwn ni gymryd i greu atebion Cymreig - lle yn y gorffennol ry'n ni wedi'n rhwystro i ryw raddau."
Dywedodd hefyd ei fod yn teimlo bod y cyhoedd yn gyffredinol ddim yn ddigon gwerthfawrogol o'r amgylchedd o'u hamgylch ac o'i fuddion.
Mae Dr Roberts wedi arwain CNC ers ei sefydlu yn 2013 pan ddaeth tri chorff amgylcheddol blaenorol - Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd, Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru, a Chomisiwn Coedwigaeth Cymru - ynghyd.
CNC yw'r corff mwyaf yng Nghymru sy'n derbyn ei nawdd gan y llywodraeth, gyda 1,900 o staff ar draws y wlad.
Ond ar ôl blwyddyn roedd y cyflwynydd natur Iolo Williams wedi disgrifio'r corff fel "trychineb o ran cadwraeth", gydag annibyniaeth CNC o weinidogion yn cael ei gwestiynu dros eu cefnogaeth am drac rasio ger Glyn Ebwy.
Daeth i'r amlwg bod uno cyrff gwahanol yn profi i fod yn sialens enfawr. Cafodd arolygon barn staff eu rhannu â'r wasg a honiadau bod problemau morâl dybryd.
Awgrymodd arolwg 2016 mai dim ond 10% o weithwyr CNC oedd yn teimlo bod y sefydliad wedi'i reoli'n dda.
Yn fwy diweddar, mae ffrae ynglŷn â chytundeb i werthu pren gwerth £39m na chafodd ei gynnig i fwy nac un cwmni wedi denu beirniadaeth lem gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru a Phwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynulliad.
Cwynodd y diwydiant coed bod arbenigedd wedi'i golli o fewn CNC, tra bod grwpiau afonydd a physgota wedi ymosod ar y corff hefyd gan ddadlau nad oedd bellach yn "addas i'w bwrpas".
Ym mis Mai cyhoeddodd Dr Roberts y byddai'n ymddeol, gan ddweud ei bod yn "bryd rhoi cyfle i rywun arall gymryd y llyw".
Wedi'i holi ynglŷn â'r feirniadaeth gyson a'r penawdau negyddol, dywedodd Dr Roberts wrth BBC Cymru bod hyn yn adlewyrchu'r angerdd y mae pobl yn ei deimlo tuag at amgylchedd Cymru.
"Dwi wedi dod i ddeall yn y swydd yma na allwch chi blesio pawb. Ac mae rhaid i chi gymryd penderfyniadau anodd," meddai
"Be da ni'n trio neud yw gweithio at y tymor hir, edrych ar y dystiolaeth a chymryd y penderfyniadau o hynny.
"Ac os mae'n siomi pobl, mae hynny'n anffodus, ond 'da ni'n gobeithio ein bod ni'n cymryd y penderfyniad cywir bob amser."
Ond fe wnaeth gydnabod bod y difrod sydd wedi'i wneud i enw da CNC yn sgil penawdau negyddol wedi cael effaith ar forâl staff.
Dywedodd bod yr arolwg barn yn 2016, ddangosodd fod llai na hanner gweithwyr y corff yn teimlo fel eu bod yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi, wedi bod yn "ddefnyddiol iawn, iawn".
"Mae wedi rhoi darlun clir iawn i ni o'r hyn roedd staff ei angen," meddai.
"Dy'n ni wedi ceisio cyfathrebu yn llawer gwell gyda nhw ers hynny, maen nhw'n cymryd penderfyniadau hefo ni rŵan.
"Felly ry'n ni wedi bod yn gwrando a dwi'n credu ein bod ni mewn llawer gwell lle rŵan."
Wrth iddo baratoi i adael ei swydd, fe rybuddiodd Dr Roberts y gallai'r gwasanaethau y mae CNC yn eu darparu ddirywio os yw'r corff yn gorfod gwneud arbedion pellach.
Mae'i gyllideb wedi wynebu toriadau o 15% mewn termau real yn ystod y pedair blynedd diwethaf.
Yn ystod yr un cyfnod mae CNC wedi derbyn dyletswyddau statudol ychwanegol wrth i ddeddfwriaeth newydd gael ei gyflwyno, fel y Ddeddf Amgylchedd.
"Dwi'n credu ein bod ni wedi llwyddo rheoli'r sefyllfa yn dda, gan gadw'r gwasanaethau y mae pobl yn dibynnu arnyn nhw," meddai Dr Roberts.
"Ond o hyn allan dwi'n credu bod 'na bwynt yn dod lle na allwch chi dorri ymhellach heb amharu ar y gwasanaethau rheini."
Cyngor y prif weithredwr i'w olynydd yw gwrando ar leisiau pobl sydd yn ymwneud â'r amgylchedd fel pysgotwyr a ffermwyr
Dywedodd mai ei gyngor i'r person fyddai'n ei olynu fyddai i gyfathrebu'n gyson gyda phobl sydd ynghlwm a'r amgylchedd ar lawr gwlad - "y ffermwyr, y grwpiau cadwriaethol, y coedwigwyr, y pysgotwyr, a sicrhau ein bod ni gyd yn gweithio gyda'n gilydd".
Mae Diana McCrae, cadeirydd CNC, wedi diolch i Dr Roberts am ei "ymrwymiad a'i waith caled yn arwain Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru".
Dywedodd mai ei blaenoriaeth fyddai sicrhau olyniaeth lyfn, fyddai'n darparu'r arweiniad sydd ei angen "ar ein staff gwych".
Ychwanegodd Lesley Griffiths, yr Ysgrifennydd dros yr Amgylchedd a Chefn Gwlad: "Mae dod a thri chorff ynghyd a chreu rheoleiddiwr effeithiol wedi bod yn dipyn o gamp."
John Spencer Graham, 21, was sentenced to 10 months in prison at Merthyr Crown Court on Friday after admitting three counts of death by careless driving.
Ryan Paul Gibbons, 20, and Gethin Rhys Jones, 18, both from the Bargoed area, died at the scene of the crash on Aberdare Road on 11 October last year.
Joe Daniels, 18, of Gilfach, Bargoed, died 30 days later.
Five men were in the white Seat Ibiza which hit a telegraph pole.
The charges of death by dangerous driving against Graham were dismissed and the 10 months sentence for each charge will run concurrently.
Reid became the first Argyle player to score a hat-trick against Exeter since Ray Bowden in October 1929.
"He'll be a legend at Plymouth now, scoring a hat-trick in a derby. If you do that people will remember you," Sheridan told BBC Radio Devon.
"Reuben will get all the plaudits, but it was a very good team effort."
Saturday's win was Plymouth's first league victory at St James Park since September 2001 and moved them up to sixth place in League Two.
"It means a lot to me," added Sheridan, whose side have now won their last four matches in League Two.
"Any victory means a lot to me, I want to be successful. If people think I don't care they don't even know me.
"Anyone who knows me knows what I'm like, I know when the time's right to get pumped up and really enjoy things.
"At this moment in time we're a long, long way away from doing what we want to do, so I've got to stay focused, but I enjoyed that."
Frank Kopel, the former Dundee United and Manchester United defender, experienced both.
Jim McLean's first signing at Tannadice, he won two League Cups having previously been at Manchester United under Sir Matt Busby.
His wonder strike against Anderlecht is widely regarded as one of Dundee United's finest ever goals.
Frank's biggest battle, though, a heart-breaking and tragic one, resulted in his passing in 2014 after a fight against debilitating dementia.
His family still strive to ensure their struggle was not in vain.
Frank's wife Amanda has been campaigning for the introduction of "Frank's Law", essentially free personal care for those in need under the age of 65. Frank was under 65 and thus not entitled to state support.
She is firm in her belief that his dementia was the direct result of heading footballs.
In an interview broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound on Tuesday, Amanda outlined what the family endured.
"Frank was working as a rep," she said. "He'd been in Aberdeen that day and had to put his mileage in. He was just sitting staring.
"I said 'You've only put 30 miles here, it's longer than 30 miles to Aberdeen and back.' That was the first signs."
It wasn't long until they received the "devastating news". It was a complete shock.
His diagnosis was vascular dementia. Amanda consulted a friend, a US-based neurologist who believed that diagnosis to be wrong. His view was that Frank's dementia was Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, caused by knocks to the head.
Increasingly, there is concern across sport about the impact of athletes receiving knocks to the head.
"CTE is a degenerative brain disease which until recently we thought was unique to boxers," Neuropathologist Willie Stewart told BBC Scotland.
"What we've realised in the last decade is that there's other sports where brain injury and brain impact can be associated with it and we can begin to see CTE.
"We're beginning to see more cases in rugby; we're beginning to see more cases in football as well.
"Whether it's heading in football or head injuries in football, we can't say for certain. Something we need to be looking at is what is it in football which may be predisposing to this pathology?
"As regards heading, at this stage we don't have evidence to say the act of heading itself produces any damage to the brain. We may suggest that it might be worth looking at reducing exposure to heading.
"There is no doubt at all there are increasing numbers of stories that raise concern. There's no question whatsoever that the sport of football really has to address this, really has to look at dementia as a problem for former footballers, and if so, what is the problem?
"We're only just beginning to get to grips and recognise that this is something we should be exploring. It's a problem across all sport."
Amanda Kopel and others affected by this within football believe the evidence is compelling.
"The SFA should be standing up and being counted," she said.
"No-one approached us during Frankie's illness whatsoever. It's about time the SFA, if they hear of one of their players and their families struggling, they should be able to say 'how can we help?' because we didn't get any help from them."
The Frank's Law campaign appears to be influencing Holyrood, with a feasibility study into provision of free personal care for under-65s.
Amanda believes they were fortunate despite the struggle they faced. They had valuable memorabilia they could sell, none more poignant than a 'Busby Babe' blazer from Frank's time at Manchester United, where he was part of the squad for the 1968 European Cup final.
One day a parcel arrived with a heart-warming letter from the fan who bought it and wanted to return it after hearing of Frank's health.
"I took it through to the bedroom, hung it on the back of the door and lay back down beside Frankie and said to him 'Your blazer's come home son and when you waken up and open your eyes you'll see it'," Amanda said.
"He died the following morning at ten past six.
"How many more Franks are out there?
"(Frank) battled with great strength, courage and dignity. Because he was under 65, as he deteriorated he needed help with personal care. We had to pay for that but had he reached 65 it's free.
"There are people in their 30s, 40s and 50s who are being diagnosed and still to this day being discriminated against and having to pay for personal care. It's wrong.
"We were sitting one day and Frankie took my hand and said 'Tell them Amanda, it's too late for me but it'll help others in the future'.
"I promised him then I would tell them and I have been telling them. Thank God now, finally, people in Holyrood who can make that change are listening.
"It's about time Frank's Law was delivered."
Susan Draper was filmed spraying Betty Boylan with Impulse body spray about 1ft (30cm) from her face at Bupa's Perry Locks home in Birmingham.
Mrs Boylan's family installed CCTV in her room after they found bruises on her, a court heard.
Draper has been given bail after lodging an appeal against her sentence.
Sentencing her, district judge Ian Strongman said although Ms Boylan had not been physically hurt a custodial sentence was necessary to mark the seriousness of the reckless offence.
Draper, of Cranehouse Road, Kingstanding, denied ill-treating Mrs Boylan but was found guilty of an ill-treatment offence earlier this month.
CCTV footage showed Mrs Boylan coughing after being sprayed.
Draper told the court she had made a "stupid mistake."
After the hearing Mrs Boylan's family said justice had been done.
"The sentence is a message to all carers who abuse the elderly to let them know what to expect," they said.
Earlier this year, care worker Bina Begum, 49, was given a 12-month community order after admitting ill treating and neglecting Mrs Boylan.
Bupa said both women had been dismissed.
Emma Louise Baum, 22, was found with a least 20 injuries to her head at her home in Penygroes, Gwynedd, in July.
David Davies, 25, from Clynnog near Caernarfon, has pleaded guilty to her murder.
But Mold Crown Court heard he denies using a knife in the attack or that he took a weapon to the house.
Giving evidence at a special Newton hearing to establish the facts behind the killing, Davies said he used a crowbar left on a rabbit hutch at Ms Baum's home to carry out the fatal attack.
He told the court he had a volatile relationship with his former partner, they argued regularly when they had been together, and had begun "growing apart".
Davies said he could not sleep on the night of the attack and drove to Penygroes at 02:00 in the morning.
He rang Ms Baum and was invited into the house.
But he told the hearing that they started bickering over access to his son who lived with Ms Baum.
He broke down as he told the court: "She said he wasn't mine."
"I was shocked and thought she just said it in the spur of the moment."
Davies said he called her "something along the lines of manipulative whore" and she "gave me a sock across the face".
"That was when I got the crowbar from the rabbit hutch," he added.
Asked what happened next, Davies replied: "I don't know, I don't really remember it."
He said he accepted he was responsible for the fatal injuries inflicted, but asked did he mean to kill her, he said "No".
Davies said he later disposed of the crowbar in the Afonwen river, after going for a walk on a beach near Pwllheli.
He denied previously assaulting Ms Baum or threatening her.
Questioned on how he felt about his actions, he said he was "ashamed with myself for what I have done".
Pressed again by the prosecution, he told the court: "I had no intention of hurting her."
Told he was lying, he replied: "That's your opinion.
"All I remember was walking out with the crowbar to the car... I didn't know I'd killed her. I knew I'd hurt her - but I didn't know she was dead.
"I was angry, I just wanted to get from there.
"I'll deserve what I get."
All evidence in the case has now been heard, and the judge will rule on his findings on Thursday.
Erick Maina, 15, who was originally from Kenya, was found hanged in Fazakerley, Liverpool, on 15 November.
James Coleman, 18, of Buckfast Close, Netherton, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after previously admitting racially aggravated criminal damage.
A 17-year-old boy, who had admitted the same offence, was last week given a 10-month detention order.
Comments about Erick and a swastika were found near Maricourt School in Maghull and in a nearby park.
CCTV at the school captured Coleman and the 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, at the scene.
They were also seen buying white paint and a paint brush at a local supermarket.
When police found paint-stained items of clothing at the teenager's home, he and Coleman were arrested.
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector will feature personal effects from artists including Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol and Sir Peter Blake.
The items range from Hirst's skulls, taxidermy and medical models to Andy Warhol's cookie jars.
It will run at the Barbican Art Gallery from 12 February to 25 May 2015.
The exhibition looks at how artists throughout history have acquired collections for personal and artistic reasons.
Andy Warhol, for example, stopped by antique and junk shops daily to look for items.
Many of the objects he collected served as source material for his famous silkscreen prints.
The exhibition will use the artists' own display techniques, placing their effects alongside key examples of their work.
The gallery said the show aimed to give an insight into how these items inspired, influenced and sometimes obsessed them.
Sir Peter Blake's collection of masks and elephant figurines will also be on display.
German conceptual artist Hanne Darboven collected a diverse range of objects that filled her family home. The resulting rooms of curiosities were inextricably linked to her work.
The collections vary from a handful of objects to more than 3,000 pieces and range from mass-produced popular culture items to rare artefacts.
The French-born artist Arman developed an interest in African art as a student. His habit of assembling collections of like objects became a hallmark of his accumulation sculptures in the 1960s.
His collections include important examples of African art and Japanese samurai armour.
Other collections include more than 1,000 scarves by the American designer Vera Neumann from Pae White; Martin Parr's British postcards; and Soviet space dog memorabilia and album covers owned by Mexican artist and tattooist Dr Lakra.
The Times said he was told of claims against ex-Dean of Manchester, Robert Waddington, in 1999 and again in 2003.
They involved an Australian schoolboy and a Manchester Cathedral choirboy.
The now Lord Hope said he had acted strictly in line with Church child protection policy of the times.
In 1999, allegations were put to Lord Hope that Mr Waddington had abused a pupil while he was head teacher at a school in Queensland many years earlier.
And in 2003, a former choirboy at Manchester Cathedral claimed he had been abused by Mr Waddington during the 1980s.
Mr Waddington, who was Dean of Manchester Cathedral from 1984 to 1990, died in 2007.
He denied the allegations.
Following the 1999 complaint, Lord Hope wrote to the North Queensland Diocese to say Mr Waddington was "deeply sorry for anything he may have done to offend" and had offered "an unreserved apology".
In a statement released on Friday by the Diocese of Bradford - where Lord Hope serves as an honorary assistant bishop - he said that, throughout his time as a bishop and archbishop, he "always adhered to the statutory practices of the Church of England concerning safeguarding".
"I strenuously deny - and am obviously disappointed at - the suggestion that myself or my team at the time would have acted negligently in this or any other safeguarding matter," he added.
Lord Hope - who was Archbishop of York from 1995 to 2005 - said the Church's 1999 child protection policy stated there was "no automatic legal obligation on the Church to refer allegations by adults to the police or social services".
He said the policy also stated: "However, it is essential to consider whether children may still be at risk from the abuser or alleged abuser and, if so, to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to safeguard them, and these will involve reporting the matter to the social services or the police."
Lord Hope's statement added that, "in considering whether children would be at risk from Robert Waddington, I decided under these guidelines that this would not be the case given his serious ill health following cancer surgery".
"The following year I revoked Robert Waddington's permission to officiate. He died two years later," he added.
He said the 1999 child protection policy had since been revised "in line with current understanding, as is the case in many other public organisations with a duty of care".
He added: "I am deeply aware of the pain caused to any victim of child abuse, especially at the hands of a trustworthy person within the church.
"I do encourage any person who believes they have been a victim of abuse to come forward and to inform the police."
Greater Manchester Police said it was concerned that the diocese had decided not to report the claims to police while Mr Waddington was still alive.
A spokesman for Manchester Cathedral, meanwhile, said: "We are shocked and saddened by the nature of these allegations relating to events in the early 1980s.
"We want to reassure parents and congregation members that, for a number of years, Manchester Cathedral has had in place a robust child protection policy with CRB [Criminal Records Bureau] checks made on all clergy and those who work specifically with children."
The Diocese of Manchester said in a statement it was "aware of the current allegations of abuse from the past against a former dean of Manchester Cathedral and we are working co-operatively with the parties concerned".
"Manchester Diocese places the highest priority on all child safeguarding issues," it added.
BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said the danger for the Church was that the allegations could suggest a culture seeking to protect clergy from scandal.
This comes after it was revealed that clergy accused of sexual abuse in the Chichester diocese were not dealt with effectively.
Ricciardo beat Rosberg by 0.169 seconds as Hamilton salvaged third after a troubled session in which he suffered an engine problem in final qualifying.
The issue meant Hamilton only had one run to everyone else's two and could manage only 0.320secs off the pace.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took fourth ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenberg.
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Hamilton had to be wheeled back to the Mercedes garage after his car lost power in the pit lane at the start of the top 10 shoot-out.
But he was actually fastest of all in the first sector on his final lap of the session, after doing three build-up laps to try to get the ultra-soft tyres in the best condition.
However, his pace dropped off in the final two sectors and he was left to rue yet another technical problem affecting his season.
He is 43 points behind Rosberg in the championship, after problems affected his results in three of the first four races - all of which the German won - before the two crashed out together on the first lap in Spain two weeks ago.
Hamilton said: "I don't really know what to say right now. It was a difficult qualifying but the good thing is I did get out to do a lap, so it is not as bad as some of the races have been.
"I'm grateful to be up in third and I will do what I can to salvage what I can from today's result."
Ricciardo's pole time, the first of the Australian's F1 career, marks an impressive debut for a new, upgraded Renault engine which is worth an extra 30bhp.
It is still not quite as powerful as Mercedes' engine but it is close enough for the excellence of the Red Bull chassis in slow corners to make up the difference.
Allied to Ricciardo's liquid but exuberant attacking style, it made for a formidable combination around the demanding Monaco street circuit.
"I knew coming into the weekend we had a strong chance and it looked good from Thursday," Ricciardo said.
"I feel like I have been driving well the last few races but hadn't got maximum reward. I came into the weekend feeling I could be in this position now.
"It feels good. I have always enjoyed this place. We have a good package and it is nice to make the most of it."
Ricciardo has chosen an alternative strategy for the race - he will start the grand prix on the slower super-soft tyre, using the ultra-soft in the second stint.
That means he can run longer before his pit stop and may be able to control the race even more easily than would anyway be the case from pole.
Ricciardo's team-mate Max Verstappen crashed heavily early in the first session and will start 21st.
The Dutchman, who won the last race in Spain on his debut for Red Bull, misjudged his entry to the second part of the Swimming Pool complex and clouted the barrier on the inside with his right front wheel.
That broke his front suspension, and threw him across the track, over the kerbs of the second part of the corner and into the wall.
The 18-year-old said: "Of course that is not the way you want to start for tomorrow.
"I turned in a bit too early, broke the suspension and then couldn't recover from it. It's a case of misjudgement - that is all. A miscalculation - I just misjudged the grip a little bit."
Further down the field, McLaren's pre-event prediction that they would get both cars into the top 10 fell flat.
Fernando Alonso did manage it, qualifying 10th, but team-mate Jenson Button was only 13th.
McLaren were surprised by the pace of the Force India and Toro Rosso cars, who they had not expected to be so quick.
Behind Hulkenberg, Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari was sixth, but will start 11th because of a five-place penalty for a gearbox change.
Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz was seventh, ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez, the second Toro Rosso of Danill Kvyat and Alonso.
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Officials at the Torkham point said 2,900 people crossed into Afghanistan and 550 entered Pakistan on Tuesday.
Figures from the other main crossing at Chaman were not immediately available.
Pakistan shut the crossings nearly three weeks ago after a wave of deadly attacks by militants it said were operating from Afghan soil.
The two countries have long accused each other of doing too little to tackle militants.
Afghanistan says some 25,000 Afghans are stranded in Pakistan because of the border closure.
The two crossings will be open for a second day but many believe it is unlikely all the people still stranded will be able to cross the border on Wednesday.
"We are trapped here because we have problems in our homeland," one man, Shah Wali, who is from the Afghan city of Kunduz, told BBC Urdu's Azizullah Khan.
Zabihullah said he had travelled to Pakistan for medical treatment.
"Then the [border] gates closed on me. I was carrying some money but ended up spending all of it. Since then I have been living on other people's money and food. It's been so demeaning. I'm like a pauper now."
He had been queuing for four hours.
"The soldiers keep pushing us around from one queue to another. It's so tiring."
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says the decision to temporarily open the border came amid rising concerns that continued closure could develop into a humanitarian crisis.
The 35-year-old, who played twice for his country, will join Darren Sarll's backroom team as Stevenage look to move up from 20th place.
The former Reading, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth left-back made more than 460 career appearances.
He featured for National League South side Hungerford Town this season, having left Colchester in the summer.
They are now seven points clear of the relegation zone, having been 12 points adrift of safety in February.
"It's just unfortunate that we didn't realise coming off that we were safe," Nicholson told BBC Radio Devon.
"We thought that there was still a chance that it could all go wrong."
He added: "Otherwise I think you'd have probably found a load of the players diving into the crowds."
Since Nicholson's side fell to the bottom of the table in February, they have lost just three of 15 league games, keeping clean sheets in eight of their last 11 matches.
"Honestly I never had any doubts we'd do it, but then I didn't look at a league table for about three months at one point," he added.
"I'm just delighted and elated for everybody involved with Torquay - the players have just been magnificent, for me, for themselves, for each other.
"From now on success for this football club is promotion and league football."
Robert Dear will be treated at a state psychiatric hospital and may eventually be tried if his mental health improves.
On 27 November, Mr Dear, 57, opened fire at the clinic in Colorado Springs. Nine people were also wounded.
In a previous court appearance, Mr Dear called himself a "warrior for the babies" and made repeated outbursts.
On Wednesday, Mr Dear called the judge a "filthy animal" as he was led out of the courtroom.
Experts testified that he was not capable of understanding the court proceedings or able to assist in his defence.
Mr Dear could still face the death penalty if he is convicted.
Those who knew Mr Dear before the shooting described him as having a violent temper, anti-government sentiments and longstanding disdain for abortion providers.
He told police he idolised Paul Hill, an anti-abortion activist who killed a Florida doctor more than two decades ago.
He had recently moved to a remote part of Colorado after spending years living in North and South Carolina.
Retiming deliveries outside the peak hours of 07:00 and 13:00 could reduce journey times and lower exhaust emissions, it said.
Freight industry representatives and businesses are meeting TfL bosses to discuss what changes could be made.
Annually, up to £200bn of goods are moved on London's roads.
Population growth and changes to the road network, such as the expansion of the Cycle Superhighway, are expected to cause more disruption to the capital's roads in the future.
London's Transport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy said the need for businesses to adapt has "never been more pressing".
"We must build on all the work we did together during the London 2012 Games to make further progress on retiming outside the busiest times, rerouting and consolidating deliveries," he said.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 36.02 points to 18595.03.
The broader S&P 500 climbed 9.24 points to 2173.02, while the Nasdaq jumped 53.56 points to 5089.93.
Microsoft shares soared 5.3%. The computer giant announced a $3.1bn profit for the quarter after markets closed on Tuesday.
Intel and IBM climbed 1.5% and 1.1% respectively, boosted by the positive sentiment over Microsoft.
US bank Morgan Stanley saw its share price climb 2% after beating earnings expectations for the second quarter.
The bank earned $1.43bn in profit compared with $1.69bn last year.
Morgan Stanley has adopted a new accounting method. It does not take into account the changing value of its debt, which helps boost the bank's returns.
Cereal maker Kellogg also fell after a rumour that it was in talks to merge with competitor Kraft Heinz were debunked. Kellogg's shares dropped 5.4%.
It's part of an initiative called Let Girls Learn, which wants more girls around the world to go to school and complete their education.
Michelle's mum and two teenage daughters, Malia and Sasha, are also joining her on her visit to England.
But who is Michelle Obama, and what does she actually do?
Michelle is married to the current US president Barack Obama. This means she has the title of First Lady of the United States.
They met when they both worked at the same law firm.
They have two teenage daughters, Malia and Sasha, and together with Michelle's mum, they live in The White House in Washington D.C. - the official home for the American president.
Michelle grew up in the US city of Chicago with her parents and older brother Craig.
Growing up her hobbies included playing the piano - in fact she played it so much that she had to be told to stop.
Despite her family not having much money when she was younger, she went to university and became a lawyer.
As US First Lady, Michelle Obama campaigns on different issues like education, healthy living and supporting military families.
She's also well known for her fashion sense and her love of sleeveless dresses.
Her Let's Move campaign encourages kids to exercise and eat healthily.
As part of this she even danced to Uptown Funk at the White House.
She also campaigns to help girls around the world go to school and stay in school through the Let Girls Learn initiative.
Mrs Obama wants young people across America to take charge of their future and complete their education past high school.
Favourite Golden Horn was aiming to be the first horse to win the Epsom Derby, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year.
But the 4-1 second favourite, ridden by Ryan Moore, finished strongly to triumph by half a length.
It was O'Brien's fifth win in the Turf. He is now the third most successful Breeders' Cup trainer with 10 winners.
"She is a very special filly," said O'Brien.
Prior to the race, Golden Horn's trainer John Gosden voiced concern about how his horse would handle the loose, sand-based turf course at Keeneland, which is hosting the Breeders' Cup for the first time.
Golden Horn, ridden by Frankie Dettori, was the first to seize the lead from Shining Copper after the early pace-setter was reeled in by the field.
However, Found was perfectly positioned by Moore and once the filly got her nose in front she kept it there to send Golden Horn into retirement without the historic victory some had anticipated.
Found gained revenge for trailing by a length to Golden Horn in the Irish Champion Stakes in September.
O'Brien is the only European trainer to win in Keeneland at this week's Breeders' Cup after Hit It A Bomb, also ridden by Ryan Moore, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Friday.
If Golden Horn failed in his quest, 4-6 favourite American Pharoah encountered no such problem in the final - and most valuable - race of the meeting, the Classic.
American Pharoah led from the first strides and never looked like being caught for the £1.75m first prize.
The first Triple Crown winner since 1978, the three-year-old became the first horse to add a Breeder's Cup to victories in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, beating 100-1 shot Effinex.
However, the Spanish giants are still in discussions over the fee for the 24-year-old forward, with a bid of £86m already submitted to Spurs.
"While talks in Madrid took some days, this was always a formality," says BBC chief sports correspondent Dan Roan.
"The agreement over personal terms has no bearing on the timing of the actual transfer being announced."
In addition to the world-record offer, which would eclipse the £80m Real paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, the Bernabeu club have also submitted an alternative bid of close to £70m, which would be a one-off payment for the Wales international.
"The conclusion of talks over personal terms is separate from negotiations between Real Madrid and Spurs regarding the amount and structuring of a transfer fee," Roan added.
"All that remains now is for Spurs to formally accept Real Madrid's offer and to agree on simultaneous announcements."
Bale, who joined Spurs in a £10m deal from Southampton in 2007, was named player of the year by both the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers last season after scoring 26 goals for the White Hart Lane side.
He has been linked with a move to Real all summer, with Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas saying on Wednesday the transfer "could happen very, very soon".
The north London club have been active in the transfer window themselves, with seven international players signed for a total outlay understood to be nearly £105m.
On Friday, the club announced the signings of Roma forward Erik Lamela, Steaua Bucharest defender Vlad Chiriches and 21-year-old Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen from Dutch side Ajax.
They follow the earlier arrivals of midfielders Etienne Capoue and Paulinho, winger Nacer Chadli and striker Roberto Soldado.
Staff intentionally left four swabs in Margaret Draper after an operation to fit a pacemaker at Royal Preston Hospital in 2015 but they were later revealed to be the wrong type.
The mistake, which the hospital has admitted responsibility for, has left a wound which is yet to fully heal.
The trust which runs the hospital said "lessons had been learned" from it.
The Chorley grandmother-of-five said dealing with "the drawn out and stressful complaint procedure" in the 15 months since the life-threatening operation had been "a difficult time for me and my family".
"As well as the physical pain and scars that I've been left with, my experiences have had a huge impact on me mentally."
Mrs Draper's solicitors Irwin Mitchell said Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's initial investigation into the error found the surgical team opted to leave swabs in her wound to help control post-operative bleeding following the procedure on 13 August.
However, it found when she was later moved to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, an "insufficient verbal handover" meant staff there were unaware of the swabs, which were only found when the decision was taken on 27 August to remove the pacemaker, they said.
The solicitors said the hospital initially did not admit the severity of the mistake and claimed the swabs were made of a special material used to prevent blood flow.
Following pressure from Mrs Draper's family, the swabs were sent for tests and in March 2016, a second report by the trust into her case found they were surgical swabs, which should not have been used, and so the case constituted a "never event", a preventable incident which "simply should not happen".
Mr Draper said it worried her that the initial investigation "did not find this was a 'never event' and that it was only after we continued to force the issues that the true scale of the problem was revealed".
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's medical director Mark Pugh said: "We would like to sincerely apologise to Margaret Draper and her family for the distress caused.
"We have carried out an investigation into the matter; lessons have been learned and robust measures are being put in place."
He added it could not comment on legal proceedings but said the trust would "continue to work with Mrs Draper and her family to resolve the issue".
It made the pledge as it published plans to legislate for new mechanisms to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.
But these will not be activated until agreement is reached at Stormont.
The law would "take its course" where evidence exists for any Troubles-related crime.
The NIO said that fundamentally the government believes in the rule of law and amnesties are not something they would contemplate.
In a 33-page policy paper, the secretary of state sets out what will be included in the Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill announced in the Queen's speech.
The Bill will create the legislative framework for
The paper says the institutions will place the needs of victims and their families at their heart. They would operate in way that is "balanced, proportionate, transparent, fair and equable", it added.
The service's trust says it has received 19,151 "non-urgent" calls since August, 2014, with only 318 of these requiring an ambulance.
A woman from Rhyl, Denbighshire, also told 999 she had "pulled her side reaching for her charger".
The trust said such calls put more needy patients' lives "at risk".
The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust said a patient in Pontypool, Torfaen, told a call handler they had a burning face because they "tried to eat a Scotch bonnet chilli pepper", in October 2014.
A caller from Wrexham also complained in November, 2014, of an injury after they had "punched a punch machine".
The trust's head of clinical services, Richard Lee, said: "Calls of this type put people's lives at risk as the ambulance attending that patient is not available for a serious road accident, heart attack or stroke.
"Once again, we urge the public to 'choose well' to ensure busy emergency services are available for those who need them most urgently."
Ruslan Stoyanov, a member of Kasperksy's investigations team, was arrested in December but news of his apprehension has only just surfaced.
He was arrested as part of an investigation into payments he allegedly received from foreign firms.
At Kaspersky, Mr Stoyanov helped look into hack attacks and breaches at Russian companies.
In a statement, Kaspkersy Lab said the arrest had nothing to do with his work for the security firm.
"Ruslan Stoyanov is under investigation for a period predating his employment at Kaspersky Lab," said the company in a statement. Mr Stoyanov joined Kaspersky in 2012.
It added: "We do not possess details of the investigation."
Prior to working for Kaspersky, Mr Stoyanov was employed at other security firms. From 2000 to 2006 he was a major in the Russian Ministry of Interior's Moscow cybercrime unit.
Information about the reasons for the arrest are scant, but one Russian newspaper linked it to a probe into Sergei Mikhailov - a senior official at Russia's FSB intelligence service.
Forbes reported that Mr Stoyanov has been arrested under Article 275 of Russia's criminal code which lets prosecutors charge people for treason for "providing financial, technical, advisory, or other assistance" to other countries or non-Russian organisations seen as hostile.
A regulation banning a practice known as "moving under braking" was adopted last year after drivers complained about Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
But governing body the FIA has decided a catch-all rule covering potentially dangerous driving is a better way of policing close-racing incidents.
Each will be treated on its merits, said F1 director Charlie Whiting.
Whiting added some of the controversial incidents last year related to this issue would potentially be treated differently were similar ones to occur in 2017.
"Before we said any move under braking would be investigated," Whiting said.
"Now, we have a simple, broad rule that says effectively if a driver moves erratically or goes unnecessarily slowly or behaves in a manner that could endanger another driver then he will be investigated."
Whiting said the idea for a "more general way of approaching things" had come about as a result of a request from the teams, who are keen to have a more laissez-faire approach to policing racing incidents.
"They wanted less investigation and only cases where it was clearly dangerous would they take action," Whiting said.
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He would not be drawn on the specifics of some of the incidents last year.
But BBC Sport has learned that at a meeting of Whiting and the race stewards on Wednesday in Melbourne, before the opening race of the new season, it was agreed that Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel would probably not have been penalised for his defence against Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in Mexico last year.
Vettel was dropped from third to fifth place after being found guilty of moving across on Ricciardo in the braking zone while defending late in the race, in which he also swore over the radio when referring to the way the stewards were dealing with Verstappen's driving.
That incident happened a week after the specific "Verstappen rule" was introduced at the US Grand Prix following complaints from senior drivers - including Vettel - about the Dutchman's defensive driving tactics.
Whiting added he had not yet informed the drivers of the change but that this would likely happen at their usual briefing after Friday's two practice sessions at Albert Park.
Ricciardo said: "If they leave it up to us the positive is we can sort it out on track. I like being able to race."
The price of US crude oil dropped more than 3% overnight, while Brent crude hovered near 11-year lows before stabilising.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index erased earlier losses to close up 0.6% to 18,982.23.
Oil prices are expected to continue to weigh on energy shares in the region.
Iran intends to increase exports by 500,000 barrels per day once the economic sanctions are removed, according to reports.
That would add to the global supply of oil, which has fallen in value by more than two-thirds since September 2015 on falling demand from China, the world's second largest economy and largest consumer of commodities.
Elsewhere, shares in Toshiba rose by 2.7% on reports that the struggling electronics giant plans to ask for an additional $2.5bn (£1.7bn) in credit to fund its large-scale restructuring.
The company is reeling from a $1.3bn accounting scandal earlier this year.
Chinese shares headed higher with the Shanghai Composite up 0.9% to 3,563.74, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was higher by 0.3% to 28,442.75.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2% to 5,267.30 after reopening from a four-day holiday.
The index also ended higher for the eighth consecutive day.
Shares in Woodside Petroleum finished up 0.8% despite the drop in oil prices.
South Korea's Kospi index closed up 0.1% to 1,966.31, also reversing earlier losses.
Hignett, 47, was appointed in February 2016, taking over from Ronnie Moore in his first managerial post.
However, the former Middlesbrough and Barnsley midfielder was unable to turn around Pools fortunes, winning only 14 of 46 league games in charge.
Pools are currently 19th in the fourth tier, four points off the bottom two.
"I would like to place on record my thanks to Craig for all of his efforts," chairman Gary Coxall told the club website.
"He has given everything for the club during his time in charge and he leaves with our very best wishes for the future.
"The search for a new manager will begin immediately and it won't be a long, drawn-out process - we want to get the right man appointed as quickly as possible."
Sam Collins will take charge of first-team affairs until a successor is appointed.
This exit makes him the 10th different manager Pools have employed since Danny Wilson left his post in December 2008.
Hignett was a popular choice as manager to replace Ronnie Moore at Victoria Park, having previously enjoyed a successful stint as assistant to Colin Cooper.
That partnership helped Cooper win a manager of the month award in October 2013, and took the club to ninth in the division, before Hignett left to join Aitor Karanka's coaching staff at Middlesbrough in March 2014.
His return to Pools last season began well, steering the club away from danger with a seven game unbeaten run through to March 2016.
After a reasonable start for Pools this campaign which saw them lose just two of the opening 12 games, form has slipped and only two teams - Cheltenham and Newport have failed to win fewer games.
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Anthony Levandowski, previously worked on self-driving car technology at Waymo, owned by Alphabet.
He is accused of downloading 14,000 confidential files before leaving the company in 2016.
Uber denies it is using stolen technology.
In a court filing last month, Uber maintained its technology is different. It described the claim that employees brought files to Uber with the goal of creating "copycat" technology as "demonstrably false."
Mr. Levandowski has declined to testify in the case, launched in February.
The firing was confirmed by an Uber spokeswoman, who said it was effective Tuesday.
Mr Levandowski had already been removed from working on the self-driving car technology at the heart of the suit.
He started working at Uber in August 2016, when the firm bought Otto, the self-driving truck start-up he had created in the six months after leaving Google.
He declined to testify earlier this year, citing his right to avoid self-incrimination.
Uber maintains its technology is different to Waymo's and says there isn't evidence the files are on its servers. But its search did not include Mr Levandowski's computer.
Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the case in San Francisco, earlier ordered Uber to return the thousands of "pilfered" files in question by the end of the month.
A spokeswoman for Uber said the firing occurred after Mr Levandowski failed to meet the deadline that would allow Uber to cooperate with the judge's order.
Word of the firing was sent to employees on Tuesday.
Attorneys for Mr Levandowski could not be reached for comment immediately.
The Living Planet assessment, by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and WWF, suggests that if the trend continues that decline could reach two-thirds among vertebrates by 2020.
The figures suggest that animals living in lakes, rivers and wetlands are suffering the biggest losses.
Human activity, including habitat loss, wildlife trade, pollution and climate change contributed to the declines.
Dr Mike Barrett. head of science and policy at WWF, said: "It's pretty clear under 'business as usual' we will see continued declines in these wildlife populations. But I think now we've reached a point where there isn't really any excuse to let this carry on.
"We know what the causes are and we know the scale of the impact that humans are having on nature and on wildlife populations - it really is now down to us to act."
However the methodology of the report has been criticised.
The Living Planet Report is published every two years and aims to provide an assessment of the state of the world's wildlife.
This analysis looked at 3,700 different species of birds, fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles - about 6% of the total number of vertebrate species in the world.
The team collected data from peer-reviewed studies, government statistics and surveys collated by conservation groups and NGOs.
Any species with population data going back to 1970, with two or more time points (to show trends) was included in the study.
The researchers then analysed how the population sizes had changed over time.
Some of this information was weighted to take into account the groups of animals that had a great deal of data (there are many records on Arctic and near Arctic birds, for example) or very little data (tropical amphibians, for example). The report authors said this was to make sure a surplus of information about declines in some animals did not skew the overall picture.
The last report, published in 2014, estimated that the world's wildlife populations had halved over the last 40 years.
This assessment suggests that the trend has continued: since 1970, populations have declined by an average of 58%.
Dr Barrett said some groups of animals had fared worse than others.
"We do see particularly strong declines in the freshwater environment - for freshwater species alone, the decline stands at 81% since 1970. This is related to the way water is used and taken out of fresh water systems, and also the fragmentation of freshwater systems through dam building, for example."
It also highlighted other species, such as African elephants , which have suffered huge declines in recent years with the increase in poaching, and sharks, which are threatened by overfishing.
The researchers conclude that vertebrate populations are declining by an average of 2% each year, and warn that if nothing is done, wildlife populations could fall by 67% (below 1970 levels) by the end of the decade.
Dr Robin Freeman, head of ZSL's Indicators & Assessments Unit, said: "But that's assuming things continue as we expect. If pressures - overexploitation, illegal wildlife trade, for example - increase or worsen, then that trend may be worse.
"But one of the things I think is most important about these stats, these trends are declines in the number of animals in wildlife populations - they are not extinctions. By and large they are not vanishing, and that presents us with an opportunity to do something about it."
However, Living Planet reports have drawn some criticisms.
Stuart Pimm, professor of conservation ecology at Duke University in the United States, said that while wildlife was in decline, there were too many gaps in the data to boil population loss down to a single figure.
"There are some numbers [in the report] that are sensible, but there are some numbers that are very, very sketchy," he told BBC News.
"For example, if you look at where the data comes from, not surprisingly, it is massively skewed towards western Europe.
"When you go elsewhere, not only do the data become far fewer, but in practice they become much, much sketchier... there is almost nothing from South America, from tropical Africa, there is not much from the tropics, period. Any time you are trying to mix stuff like that, it is is very very hard to know what the numbers mean.
"They're trying to pull this stuff in a blender and spew out a single number.... It's flawed."
But Dr Freeman said the team had taken the best data possible from around the world.
"It's completely true that in some regions and in some groups, like tropical amphibians for example, we do have a lack of data. But that's because there is a lack of data.
"We're confident that the method we are using is the best method to present an overall estimate of population decline.
"It's entirely possible that species that aren't being monitored as effectively may be doing much worse - but I'd be very surprised if they were doing much better than we observed. "
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Heath crossed the line in 33.38 seconds ahead of Hungary's Bence Horvath and Marko Dragosavljevic from Serbia.
Heath, 32, who took gold at the Rio Olympics, will be hoping to add the world title to his collection in the Czech Republic in August.
Britain's Hannah Brown and Angela Hannah were fourth in the K2 200m in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The government has announced that it will accept Labour's idea to publish a plan, of sorts, for Brexit, before Article 50 begins the legal process of the UK disentangling itself from the EU.
Some Tory MPs were set to gang up with Labour tomorrow in a vote to force ministers to publish something, anything, about their plans for Brexit, against Theresa May's wishes.
Remember, one of the few things that we know for sure about the prime minister's plans for leaving the EU is that she does not want MPs to be able to tinker with them, scrutinise them in a meaningful way, before she actually gets to the negotiating table.
So has she just backed down? In pure terms, yes. Labour's Keir Starmer, the party's Brexit spokesman, will claim victory. And by accepting Labour's idea, ministers have been pushed to do something they been intent on avoiding - promising to publish their intentions before the technical legal process begins.
But what will that actually look like? So far, so vague. Accepting the amendment does not mean they have promised to do anything in particular.
Number 10 sources say they have not committed to publishing anything specific - a Green Paper, a White Paper, or frankly, even Theresa May's shopping list.
They say she has always said she would update the Commons and the public, as and when it was possible, without damaging her negotiating strategy.
They also have not given any promise on when they might publish whatever that is. And in theory, sources point to the fact that all the public comments the prime minister has made so far on Brexit have been "published", as in , she uttered the words, and then they appeared in the newspapers, online or on the TV or radio.
Ministers are also trying to turn the tables on Labour and the potential rebels, amending the Labour motion MPs will vote on tomorrow to back Theresa May's timetable to get the ball rolling by the end of March.
This may well be enough to avoid an embarrassing defeat in the Commons tomorrow, but will not sate MPs' growing desire for the government to be more forthcoming about its plans. And it makes no difference to the government's determination to avoid a vote in Parliament before the Article 50 process begins.
This fight might have been delayed, but it hasn't disappeared.
PS In other news, you might be pleased to hear that "Brexit means Brexit" appears to have been retired. In its place from the prime minister's lips today: "Red, white and blue Brexit" No idea? No, me neither. Answers on a postcard.
The work, which started on Sunday, will take place in six phases on Mold Road.
The first three phases will work on the inbound lane of the road and the final three on the outbound.
Wrexham council said every effort would be made to minimise disruption to traffic with access open to businesses, Glyndwr University, Wrexham Football Club and residential streets.
Councillor David Bithell said: "We know this work will impact on many people, and we will be doing everything to ensure the work is completed as soon as possible.
"We also wanted to start work before November to lessen the impact on town centre shops during the Christmas shopping season."
Fort Victoria Marine Aquarium announced it would close after 31 years in business earlier this month.
Its collection of native species, sharks, crustaceans and tropical fish are to be moved to the Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth.
Owner Paul Blake said it was a "great relief".
The aquarium, built into arches in a Victorian military fort at Yarmouth, blamed rising costs and zoo licensing regulation for its decision to close.
It also said it was unable to increase the size of its premises and faced stiff competition from large aquariums on the mainland, with no compensating increase in visitor numbers.
Native marine life including lobsters, crabs, rays and sharks, as well as tropical trigger fish, puffer fish and clownfish were displayed at the attraction.
Blue Reef Aquarium's Lindsay Holloway said it would incorporate the entire stock into its Southsea tanks after a period in quarantine.
"It's very sad that such a long-established aquarium has been forced to close and we have every sympathy with the owners who have worked so hard to keep it open."
Mr Blake said: "Blue Reef was our first choice when looking for a new home for our charges, we are extremely grateful that they have agreed to take them all, it is a huge relief to know they could not have gone to a better home."
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Parking charges at Glan Clwyd Hospital at Bodelwyddan have been scrapped after an external contract came to an end.
It follows a Welsh Assembly Government pledge that users would be able to park free at almost every NHS hospital in Wales by the end of 2011.
Hospitals where parking is run by private companies were forced to reduce costs until contracts expired.
At Glan Clywd, the changes accompany a new parking system to make it easier for patients and visitors to park.
Their parking will remain in the front of the hospital, close to the main public entrances, with additional parking available in the car park on the right hand side of the access road.
Designated parking areas for the renal, cancer and maternity units will continue with no time limits or charges.
Arrangements for accessible parking for the disabled will not be affected by the changes.
New signs are being put up to direct the public to the designated parking areas.
The remainder of parking spaces on the site will be available for staff.
A spokesperson for the hospital said: "We appreciate that the new system will take time to fully develop and bed-in.
"In the meantime our immediate priority is to ensure that disruption to patients and visitors is minimised while the new arrangements are being implemented."
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From trophies to transfers, debts to sponsorship deals, players to profits, BBC Sport examines the impact on different aspects of the club, a decade after the Americans' controversial takeover.
Already the most successful club of the Premier League era, United have won more silverware in the decade since the Glazer takeover than the 10 years before.
They have also claimed more trophies in the past decade than any other English club.
Only Chelsea come close, with 13 trophies compared to United's 15. Manchester City are next with five.
While domestically the past decade has brought regular success until the last two years, United still lag behind major European rivals.
Spanish aristocrats Barcelona have won 19 trophies in the same period, including three Champions League titles in 2006, 2009 and 2011. German giants Bayern Munich have lifted 17.
Opposition to the Glazer ownership has centred around United's relative lack of spending in the transfer market.
Until David Moyes broke the club record by spending £37.1m to sign Juan Mata from Chelsea in January, net spending had only once exceeded £50m since 2005.
Even after Louis van Gaal's record £157.7m splurge last summer, including a British record £59.7m for Angel Di Maria, net spend over the decade has been £274.6m, compared to Chelsea's £370.7m.
Some supporters remain adamant Sir Alex Ferguson's spending was restricted under the Glazers, despite the Scot's repeated denials.
"At not one point in the Glazers' ownership has a manager said, 'I want this player, can you pony up the money for it' and they have said no," said a source. "It still astonishes me that even Sir Alex saying it multiple times was not believed."
That stance is reinforced by Tehsin Nayani, who spent six years as the Glazers' official spokesman.
"There was never any financial barrier to Sir Alex Ferguson," said Nayani.
United had been debt-free until 2005. That all changed when the Glazers took over.
Many fans argued they were effectively gaining control with the club's own cash. That belief prompted waves of protests, which continue in some form today.
Even the club's own directors went public with their dismay at the time of the £790m takeover bid, claiming it was "too aggressive" and "potentially damaging".
Rather than putting the Glazers off, the move hardened attitudes within the camp.
Even the view of business experts Deloitte and Touche, who were brought in to do an industry report on the club and argued the deal did not make financial sense, did not put them off.
"In the end, the Glazers beat their numbers," said a source close to the deal. "Deloitte weren't just wrong, they were miles wrong."
Following the takeover, ticket prices initially rose sharply. A season ticket in the East Stand Upper Tier at Old Trafford increased by almost 30% from £494 to £665 between 2006 and 2009. This season it was £705.
Debts were refinanced to cut interest rates.
A £500m bond issue was launched in January 2010, which created more supporter anxiety due to a clear warning spelt out in the prospectus about the financial structure of the club - "our significant indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health" - which included the potential sale and lease-back of United's Carrington training complex.
Reaction came in the form of a visual green and gold protest. Even David Beckham ended up wearing a scarf in the colours United had first worn when founded as Newton Heath in 1878.
United's debt peaked in the summer of 2010 at nearly £778m. By the end of last year, that figure had dropped to £380.5m.
The Glazers set about revolutionising United's commercial operation.
On 1 July 2005, they flew into England for a momentous visit, including a first visit to Old Trafford and a first - and so far only - interview by co-chairman Joel Glazer with MUTV, the club's official television channel.
The visit ended with the brothers being driven out of Old Trafford in a police van for their own safety due to the angry protests outside.
Earlier in the day, they had paid a visit to Newbury, UK base of Vodafone. It was expected they would provide some reassurance to a company paying £9m a year to have their name across United's red shirts.
"They did nothing of the sort," said one source who is familiar with the conversations that took place. "No-one could quite believe it because there was a feeling Vodafone wanted out anyway. But afterwards, the brothers were completely calm. They felt £9m a year totally undervalued what the shirt deal for Manchester United was worth."
Vodafone terminated the deal in 2006, two years early.
Their replacements, US insurers AIG, paid £14m a year. When they could not renew, Aon agreed an £80m deal over four years.
Car giant Chevrolet are now in the first season of a seven-year deal worth £361m. Aon's association remains through a £120m eight-year deal to sponsor United's training ground and kit.
After inheriting a commercial department of two, the Glazer family sanctioned an increase in staff to more than 150.
German sportswear giant Adidas will commence a £750m 10-year deal to make United's shirts from 1 August.
In comparison, Adidas are paying Chelsea £300m over 10 years. Chelsea will also receive £40m a year from Yokohama Rubber to sponsor their kits from next season.
When United reported their 2013-14 financial accounts, commercial revenue of £189.3m exceeded the entire turnover - match-day revenue, media income and commercial combined - of all but four of their Premier League rivals.
It allowed them to sack Moyes and his staff at a cost of £5.2m, ride the loss of £50m through the failure to qualify for this season's Champions League and still sanction the purchase of Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven for a fee of between £25m and £30m, with manager Louis van Gaal looking to make further additions to his squad this summer.
A survey conducted by market research company Kantar puts United's worldwide following at 659 million. Roughly half (325 million) live in the Asia-Pacific region.
The United States has been identified as the major commercial market of the future given the growing interest in the Premier League, thanks in part to extensive coverage by network broadcaster NBC
United have negotiated deals in over 150 countries, many of them regionalised.
"Other clubs are taking a leaf out of our book," said a United staff member who preferred not to be identified.
"But copying how you do it is one thing. They are not the same as Manchester United."
An earlier survey by German company Sport+Markt put United's fanbase at 354 million in 2011, ahead of Chelsea (135 million), with Arsenal (113 million), Liverpool (71 million) and Manchester City (18 million).
Someone now detached from the club described the family as "one of the best owners" in football, with the exception of maybe Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City.
"They are low-profile and have kept out of the way to let the manager do his job," said the source.
"There is a lot of cynicism around them, but they had a simple strategy - and it has worked."
Ferguson stated his preference for the straightforward ownership model the Glazers brought after the difficulties he had endured dealing with the publicly-owned 'PLC'.
They have presented the impression of being owners prepared to stay in the background and let the manager do his job, even if it could be argued Ferguson was unsackable and Moyes's 51-game tenure was the shortest reign of any United manager since World War Two.
Five of Chelsea's recent managers did not last that long, including Roberto Di Matteo, who won the Champions League.
"I firmly believe that takeover was bad news for the football club - and still is," says Andy Walsh, general manager of FC United, the club set up in 2005 by disaffected United fans in protest at the Glazer family's debt-burdening ownership of United.
"Yes, there has been success on the field. But Manchester United has been reduced by the Glazers's involvement.
"It has caused disruption amongst the support and the whole attitude of the club has changed in the approach they make to the game and their commitment to Manchester.
"The values Manchester United was built on, through the 1930s, 40s and 50s, have been eroded for profit, the personal profit of the Glazer family."
The protests may have been largely silenced but public portrayal of the Glazers remains overwhelmingly negative.
But a source familiar with them said: "They are human beings. If you were to ask someone would they rather be liked or not liked, the answer is obvious.
"The state of their relationship with the fans is not a surprise. It is very difficult to turn opinion round on a group of people who are fundamentally private individuals and do not engage directly. But it is wrong."
It's the first time Britain have two Grand Slam singles semi-finalists since 1977.
Konta played well in a 6-4 6-1 win over China's Zhang Shuai in the quarter-finals. She will face German seventh seed Angelique Kerber next.
Andy Murray saw off Spain's David Ferrer 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-3 to reach his sixth Melbourne semi-final.
It was tough match for Andy that lasted three hours and 49 minutes.
The Scot, seeded second, will play Gael Monfils or Milos Raonic on Friday.
"I'm just so happy that I'm enjoying what I'm doing," said Konta after her straight-set win over Zhang. "That is me living my dream."
"When I was a little girl, I dreamt of winning grand slams and being number one in the world," she added. "That dream stays the same, I think, as long as you're doing the career that you're on."
He was the ninth of 37 service personnel to be killed in the vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan, which came to be known as "mobile coffins".
Following a legal battle that reached the Supreme Court, Sue has finally got her apology from the MoD.
"He didn't die for nothing," she says.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Sue has recalled her journey from the inquest process, to a victory at the Supreme Court, to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War.
It has resulted in a settlement of her case and an apology from Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon for failures that "could have saved lives".
Sue remembered how Phillip had become worried about travelling in the Snatch.
"He wrote to his uncle saying that he was concerned that so many of his friends had lost their driving licences so they didn't have to drive in Iraq.
"One of his friends said, 'It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by six,' because that's how dangerous the vehicles were. But he wouldn't have refused. He would have done as he was told."
Sue, from Tamworth in Staffordshire, said that when Phillip, a fitness fanatic, came home on leave, he was a shadow of his former self.
"He spoke to his sisters and discussed his funeral and said what he wanted. He wasn't the same. His character was different.
"He wouldn't tell me. I think he was trying to protect me so I didn't worry. But I was worrying anyway. Had I known, I think I would have run over his foot or something to stop him having to go back."
The day Phillip died, Sue had a premonition.
"I got up to go to work and there was a breaking news story about three soldiers from the Staffordshire battle group that had been killed in Al Amarah by a roadside bomb.
"I can't explain it but I just knew before I went out the door. And we were sorting out his birthday presents to send to him. It's like something inside me. I can't really explain it better than that."
Sue recalled that waiting for the body to be repatriated was the worst time, because no-one would tell her what had happened.
The inquest into Phillip's death was due to last five days and Sue hoped it would provide answers, but it was completed in three hours.
"Quite honestly it was like a smack in the face. It was almost as if those three lives were worth an hour each. It shocked me that it was so dismissive.
"Because by then I knew that (the vehicle) was what had to be questioned," she said.
"And it was almost like I was something under someone's foot and they just wanted to get rid of me, and it made me feel more determined because I knew there was more to be answered than what I got at the inquest."
Desperate for answers about the Snatch, Sue founded a group called the Military Families Support Group with other families of service personnel.
She was initially told by the MoD that the people in a position to decide, had decided that the Snatch was the correct vehicle for the job.
She found the inability to get answers from the MoD maddening.
"Sometimes I felt like they just wanted me to go away or die," she said.
But after yet another death things changed and armoured personnel carriers (APCs) were deployed on the same roads in Iraq that had been deemed too narrow for them prior to Phillip's death.
Sue decided that the only really effective way to try and get answers was legal action.
In June 2013 she and the families of two other soldiers, Pte Lee Ellis and L/Cpl Kirk Redpath, killed in Snatch Land Rovers won a landmark ruling at the Supreme Court.
It gave them the right to sue the MoD under the Human Rights Act because it was deemed the soldiers were within the UK's jurisdiction at the time of their deaths, and so were subject to human rights law. The MoD had wanted to strike their claims out.
Sue recalled: "I was really, really happy that at last, soldiers had got the right to life, and they had to make things right, and yet I suppose it was a bitter-sweet moment, because I did it for Phillip because I didn't want his death to be for nothing."
Even after the Supreme Court case, the MoD continued to contest her case.
It was the publication of the report into the inquiry into the Iraq War by Sir John Chilcot in July 2016 that changed everything.
Sue had been to see the inquiry team and was instrumental in it considering the Snatch deaths. The report's criticisms were stark.
The MoD had known about the vehicle's vulnerability and for years had failed to provide more heavily armoured vehicles.
Sue believes that if the MoD had listened to her earlier, the lives of some of the 37 soldiers could have been saved.
But even after Chilcot, Sue's solicitor Jocelyn Cockburn, from the firm Hodge, Jones and Allen, was frustrated by the MoD.
"It was clear that Chilcot had been provided with the very information about Snatch Land Rovers which we'd been asking for all those years - and which we'd been told was not available, was too difficult to provide," she said.
Finally, Sue's case and that brought by the families of Pte Ellis and L/Cpl Redpath have been settled, and each has received a letter of apology from the defence secretary.
In the one written to Sue and seen by the BBC, Sir Michael expresses his regret at Phillip's death.
"I am fully aware of the struggle you have had to bring this matter to court over the last decade and I recognise that this has had a significant impact on you and your family," he writes.
"The government entirely accepts the findings of Sir John Chilcot in the Iraq Inquiry in relation to Snatch Land Rover.
"I would like to express directly to you my deepest sympathies and apologise for the delay, resulting in decisions taken at the time in bringing into service alternative protected vehicles which could have saved lives."
He goes on to say that lessons have been learnt, and ends: "The government must and will ensure that our armed forces are always properly equipped and resourced."
Sue said the apology was "bitter sweet".
Her 12-year legal battle has taken a heavy toll on her and her family, but she feels that Phillip's death now leaves a legacy.
"I'd like it to be that his death made a difference. He's not just a casualty of Iraq.
"Iraq is almost forgotten now. It's almost Britain's Vietnam. People don't want to remember. But at least at the end of it, it's worth it. Not his death, but for people to remember what I've done in his name."
It said much of the UK's spend, £12.5bn in 2015, was ineffective in alleviating poverty and left recipients worse off by perpetuating bad government.
It wants spending to be stripped back to humanitarian and emergency aid only and a law guaranteeing 0.7% of national income be spent to be repealed.
The government said the aid budget helped boost "security and prosperity".
The UK's humanitarian spending has more than doubled since 2011.
In 2015, the UK spent £1.26bn on humanitarian assistance around the world, including in war zones like Syria and Yemen, compared with £422m in 2011.
It accounted for 16% of all bilateral aid - money which is directly spent in countries, regions and projects of the UK's choice - compared with 13% on governance and society, 12% on health and 12% on economic development.
The government remains committed to the 0.7% target despite unease among some of its MPs about whether the aid budget, one of few areas to see an increase in spending in recent years, is providing value for money.
Publishing a report on the UK's aid commitments on the eve of its spring conference, UKIP - a longstanding critic of UK policy - said spending should be pared back to £2.5bn a year focusing on emergency responses and eradicating disease.
It claimed the existing budget was being "abused" to fund political advocacy and that multilateral spending through external partners, which accounted for 37% of total UK spending in 2015, incurred huge administrative costs.
The 0.7% spending guarantee, enshrined in law in 2015, was based on "inaccurate assumptions" about how best to generate economic development, it said, with aid in some cases providing an obstacle to internal reform and trade innovation.
"An increasing body of evidence suggests that more aid is not the best path to prosperity for developing countries but that more trade is," said the party's foreign aid spokeswoman Lisa Duffy.
"For too long, our government has prioritised ineffective aid spending over its basic obligations to British citizens."
But a spokeswoman for the Department for International Development said: "The UK aid budget invests in our security and prosperity and is a key part of Global Britain's international leadership as we leave the EU.
"All DfID programmes and partners are subject to rigorous checks and scrutiny to ensure we reach the world's poorest and most vulnerable, while also achieving the best value for UK taxpayers."
The government has said its assistance is saving thousands of lives in Syria, where the UK is the second largest single donor, and other conflict zones.
Since 2010, the UK has re-focused its aid budget, with increased spending on countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Somalia seen as critical to regional security and countering the spread of violent Islamic extremism.
The BBC recently reported a new cross-Whitehall fund is being set up to help poor nations counter Russian influence and Islamic extremism, a project intended to better align aid spending with strategic national interests.
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Former First Minister Henry McLeish wants to hear no more excuses for failure after Scotland fell short in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
He says the Scottish government and football bodies should together produce a radical plan to revamp the game.
"We cannot have excuses every time we fail to qualify," said McLeish.
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"That's just not good enough.
"I think we can safely say that, if we were in Iceland's group, we may have done better, but let's not go too far down that road.
"You cannot face every major tournament since 1998 and say 'well, hard lines, if that happened or if this had happened we might have made it'.
"You get to a point after 20 years that it doesn't stand examination."
Since playing in the World Cup in France in 1998, Scotland have failed to reach a major tournament nine times in a row.
McLeish also says failure to qualify for Euro 2016 had nothing to do with bad luck and that things will only change if clubs stop putting themselves first.
The McLeish review five years ago highlighted failings within the game in Scotland. He called for major change, including league restructuring and more investment.
He believes things are moving in the right direction but has called on the SFA and the Scottish Professional Football League to make urgent changes.
"Forget about more reviews - maybe this is an opportunity for the SFA and the league set-up to get together," he said.
"The government should get involved too but government must be shown that the game wants to help itself.
"Self interest must be ditched for the national good - which is far more important than any club or the SFA or the league."
The SFA responded by stressing that it is committed to implementing McLeish's 2012 recommendations.
"We are committed to working with our member clubs and bodies to improve in all areas of the national game," said a spokesman.
SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster added that the league body was working with the SFA, government and others to make improvements.
"In the two years since the SPFL was formed, there has been much positive change, including the introduction of Premiership play-offs, financial redistribution to assist Championship clubs, new sponsor and TV broadcast deals, increased revenues and greater fee payments to clubs," he said.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said there needed to be less use of industry jargon as well as clearer information on ticket restrictions.
This would help passengers "in making the best decision", it said.
Phrases that were highlighted for concern in its report included "London Terminals" and "Any Permitted".
Abbreviations such as "Anytime R" for Anytime Return were also highlighted by the ORR.
The operators found to be using jargon included Abellio Greater Anglia, East Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, ScotRail and Southeastern.
The ORR said: "While millions of tickets are purchased using ticket vending machines without obvious problems being encountered, it is equally clear that further improvements in the information provided by such machines - such as clearer information on ticket restrictions and less use of industry terminology or jargon - would assist passengers in making the best decision when buying tickets."
It said that jargon terms were "still widely used without explanation".
The study found some passengers had to wait several minutes after the last peak-time service had left the station before they could buy off-peak tickets from machines.
Cheaper tickets were available "generally within five minutes", but Northern Rail customers had to wait up to a quarter of an hour, the ORR said.
The report also published the results of a survey which showed that passengers believed operators were "generally poor" at dealing with disruption on the network.
David Sidebottom, passenger director at independent watchdog Transport Focus, said: "We've called for the industry to build trust by making more information available to passengers, so they will welcome this.
"However, operators still have work to do."
The decision was taken at Highland Council-run Inverlochy Primary in Fort William after the children and their parents voted to scrap it.
About 80% of pupils and more than 60% of their parents voted in favour of an end to homework.
Instead of homework, the children will be encouraged to read books and comics that interest them and to play.
Highland Council allows head teachers, staff and parents to make decisions on the running of schools.
A spokeswoman for the local authority said: "Highland Council has a devolved school management system in our schools.
"The authority does not have a Highland-wide 'no homework' policy in place - this is something that Inverlochy Primary School is trialling in their school."
Scotland's biggest teachers' union, the EIS, said the move at Inverlochy added to a long-running discussion on the setting of homework.
A spokesperson said: "There are a wide range of views and considerable debate within the educational community regarding the value of homework as a learning tool.
Inverlochy Primary School is the latest in a lengthening string of schools around the world choosing to scrap traditional homework.
Earlier this year, a high school in Colchester told pupils that it was scrapping set homework in favour of a more independent approach to learning.
Since September, pupils at Philip Morant School and College have selected their own optional tasks with guidance from teachers.
They receive rewards for completed tasks.
Meanwhile, in Spain, "excessive" homework has sparked a rebellion, with pupils from 12,000 schools refusing to do any at weekends for the whole of this month.
Spanish pupils average more than six hours of homework a week, 11th on the global league table, but its pupils perform relatively poorly in international performance tests.
By contrast, pupils in top performing countries such as Finland do less than three hours homework a week.
There is "hard evidence" homework boosts results but there is probably an optimal amount that varies between individuals, Institute of Education experts say, quoting a study suggesting GCSE students who did between two and three hours on every school night were 10 times more likely than those who did none to achieve the government's target of five A-C grades.
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"Certainly, it is important that all pupils develop their abilities to study independently and homework is one - but not the only - method of supporting this type of independent learning.
"Ultimately, it is for individual schools and teachers to determine, based on teachers' professional judgement and knowledge of their own pupils' learning needs, how best to structure the delivery of all aspects of the curriculum."
The spokesperson added: "Engagement with parents - such as through parent councils and forums - is also key in this process."
The 24-year-old player has scored 13 goals and made eight assists in 33 Premier League games.
The award was voted for by the Belgian midfielder's fellow professionals.
Hazard, who won last season's young player accolade, was handed the prize at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday.
He said: "I'm very happy. One day I want to be the best and what I did this season is play very well, Chelsea played very well."
"Personally I have played a good season, I have been there in the big games and I scored a lot of important goals," he added.
Chelsea midfielder Ji So-Yun took the Women's Player of the Year award.
Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, 21, and Arsenal midfielder Leah Williamson, 18, won the PFA Young Player of the Year awards.
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Ryan McLaughlin gave Oldham a first-half lead but the Latics slipped to a third straight defeat as goals from Joe Edwards and Oztumer completed a Walsall turnaround.
Oldham took the lead on 32 minutes as McLaughlin's low cross evaded everyone in the box and trickled home.
It could have been 2-0 on the brink of half-time but Aaron Amadi-Holloway's 20-yard strike was clawed away by Walsall keeper Mark Gillespie.
Walsall levelled as a corner broke to Edwards, 18 yards out, and his deflected drive found the bottom corner.
It was all Walsall from there as Oztumer nodded wide from close range and later struck the post from 20 yards, with Amadou Bakayoko firing the rebound wide from six yards.
But the Saddlers found the winner they deserved as James Wilson's flick-on from a long throw was prodded home by Oztumer from close range.
Oldham could have rescued a point deep into stoppage time but Tope Obadeyi's bullet header was superbly foiled by Gillespie's point-blank save.
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Match ends, Walsall 2, Oldham Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Walsall 2, Oldham Athletic 1.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Brian Wilson (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Goal! Walsall 2, Oldham Athletic 1. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Wilson.
Attempt blocked. Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Anthony Gerrard.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Courtney Duffus replaces Aaron Holloway.
Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Adam Chambers (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aaron Holloway (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt saved. Aaron Holloway (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Wilson (Walsall).
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt blocked. Kieron Morris (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Adam Chambers (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt saved. Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Adam Chambers (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adam Chambers (Walsall).
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ben Wilson (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Luke Leahy (Walsall) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Figures from the county council revealed six claims were made that year and a significant amount went to a middle school-aged pupil who fell during a school trip in 2009.
The council would not disclose further details for fear of identification.
Nothing has been paid to pupils so far in 2014, the figures showed.
A total of £1,091,082 was paid to pupils aged five to 18 between 2011 and 2013 - but the vast majority of that amount was paid in 2013, with the amounts for 2011 and 2012 being £3,850 and £47,450 respectively.
The accident resulting in the largest payout involved a pupil falling from a height and suffering a spinal injury at the Malvern Hills Outdoor Centre in June 2009, the Health and Safety Executive confirmed.
The centre was run by the council at the time.
The authority said 90% of all payouts were made by its insurance company.
Lord Hain said while campaigning is under way, more could be done.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who will address a pro-remain rally in Cardiff on Friday, has faced criticism for his role in the campaign.
Vote Leave said Labour remain campaigners had lost the argument.
Ahead of the rally, Mr Corbyn said the impact of Brexit on Wales could be "devastating".
But Iain Duncan-Smith, who is in north Wales on Friday, said leaving the EU would be a "shot in the arm" for democracy.
Lord Hain told BBC Wales: "There is a great deal of confusion about what the Labour position is. There is a lot of activity going on but we need to do more.
"This is the right time to be really engaging people. We need to step up the pace.
"We need to have a major Labour drive, and that is what all our efforts are going to.
"Where that is happening, I am very confident about it. This is definitely winnable."
But he said this will depend on the extra work of Labour MPs, AMs and councillors getting out on the doorstep.
"If they do that then we will win this comfortably, if they do not it's going to be tough," he added.
Lord Hain's comments come after the GMB union's Tim Roache said Mr Corbyn has been a "half-hearted" supporter of the EU.
But he attributed the confusion among Labour voters to the dominance of Tory infighting in the campaign which he said had acted as a "complete turn-off".
Vincent Bailey, a spokesman for Vote Leave Cymru, said: "This is not a question of getting through to people or of better communication to Labour voters, this is about the fact that they have lost the argument.
"Labour are having problems motivating their own supporters to come out and vote, because people understand that as part of the European Union we have no say about how many immigrants come to the UK and we have no say over immigration policies from Europe."
Labour leader Mr Corbyn said Labour wants to "remain and reform the EU".
Prior to the rally in Cardiff, the UK party leader said if Britain left the EU the impact would be felt in Wales "more than anywhere else in the UK and could be devastating."
He added: "While there is a lot of uncertainty about what would happen if Britain votes to leave the EU, the one thing we do know is that it would be a Tory government intent on scrapping rights for working people, and that has slashed Wales' budget that would be charged with negotiating our exit."
Meanwhile, former secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan-Smith, who is visiting Conwy Harbour, Llandudno, and Colwyn Bay, said a leave vote is a "chance to put power back in the hands of local communities".
"All too many laws affecting our everyday lives are being taken by unelected politicians from other nations - instead of by Welsh politicians, in the Welsh parliament," he said.
"The EU is a political project and if we stay things will only get worse. Instead, let's take a different path, deliver a shot in the arm for British democracy, and take back control of our own affairs."
Endeavour, which will be filmed in Oxford, will feature The Take star Shaun Evans in the role made famous by John Thaw.
Set in 1965, the story revolves around a hunt for a missing schoolgirl and will give viewers the chance to see where the detective's love for crosswords and classic cars came from.
It is expected to air on ITV next year.
"Morse as a young man is a wonderful character that I'm very excited to be playing," said Evans.
"My hope is that we can complement what's come before, by telling a great story and telling it well."
ITV drama commissioner Laura Mackie said the drama, titled after Morse's first name, was "a beautifully written story".
The first Morse was broadcast in 1987 with a total of 33 films made over the next 13 years.
Nearly 14 million people tuned in to watch the final episode in 2000 when novelist Colin Dexter's hero died from a heart attack.
John Thaw died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 60.
Evans has appeared in the films Being Julia and Boy A and played Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain in a stage play.
An Ofsted report rated the city council as inadequate across a range of services including child protection, adoption, and children in care.
The government said a commissioner for children's services would be appointed to ensure improvements are made.
The council pledged to undertake a "root and branch overhaul" of its structure.
The report highlighted high case loads for social workers, a number waiting to be dealt with, and poorly co-ordinated services for children at risk of sexual exploitation.
It also criticised poor information sharing by Northumbria Police, which says it is working to improve its relationship with Sunderland Council.
Ofsted said: "Inspectors identified serious weaknesses in basic child protection practice and oversight of services for care leavers, alongside poor leadership at all levels.
Sunderland City Council said there is a growing demand on its services, with a 26% rise in the number of children with protection plans, and an 18% rise in the number of children in need in the past year.
Councillor Paul Watson, leader of the council, said: "We have increased the amount we spend on safeguarding and invested a further £5.4m to address some of the concerns we have identified.
"We have also increased the number of social workers significantly to help deal with rising demand, and we are investing in training and development."
The former head of children's services in Richmond-upon-Thames, Nick Whitfield, had been appointed as the commissioner for children's services in Sunderland to oversee improvements.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "Any failure in children's services is very serious and it is vital swift action is taken to tackle underperformance so there is a relentless focus on the protection of children."
SystemsUp operates out of London and advises clients on how best to use cloud computing.
The deal involves an initial £9m in cash, with the remainder based on performance over the year to March 2016. That could be worth between £1m and £3.5m.
SystemsUp is a partner to Google, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.
In the year to March, it had revenue of £4m and doubled profits from the previous year, to £1.5m.
It is to retain its independence of Iomart as a provider of cloud storage capacity, meaning it can recommend to clients that they use the rival companies' services.
Angus MacSween, chief executive of Iomart, said: "The market for cloud computing is becoming incredibly complex and the demand for public cloud services is increasing at pace.
"With the acquisition of SystemsUp, Iomart has broadened its ability to engage at a strategic level and act as a trusted adviser on cloud strategy to organisations wanting to create the right blend of cloud services, both public and private, to fit their requirements."
The Glasgow firm will publish its annual results on Tuesday. In April, the firm announced it expected adjusted pre-tax profits for the year to March to be in the region of £16.6m.
The economy grew a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in the October to December period from the previous quarter when growth hit 0.9%.
Fourth quarter growth of 2.7% from a year ago also missed market forecasts.
Economists said a slump in infrastructure spending and exports had a big impact on the country's growth.
Construction investment fell by a seasonally adjusted 9.2%, the worst since 1998 as weaker tax revenue led the government to cut back spending on projects.
Barclays economist Wai Ho Leong said that annual growth of 3.3% in 2014 had fallen below the bank's forecast of 3.5%.
"[Growth will] remain soft in the first quarter of 2015 before reaccelerating from the second quarter as the pass-through of lower oil prices rekindles global external demand," he said in a note.
The disappointing data could lead the country's central bank to cut interest rates again to boost the economy, according to economists.
The Bank of Korea has cut the interest rate in three steps since the current easing cycle began in May 2013.
The most recent move came in October when it cut the base rate to a record low of 2%.
However, last week the central bank did cut its growth forecast for this year to 3.4% from an earlier forecast of 3.9%, anticipating the slowdown in the economy.
The central bank is set to meet on 17 February.
The Northern Irishman finished 20 under in Indiana, two shots clear, and looked in superb form with the Ryder Cup less than three weeks away.
England's Lee Westwood continued his recent improvement to finish strongly, tying for second with Phil Mickelson.
Match Play Championship: Second
The Honda Classic: Won
Cadillac Championship: Third
Wells Fargo Championship: Second
PGA Championship (major): Won
Deutsche Bank Championship: Won
BMW Championship: Won
The American, 18 under, was a stroke clear of two compatriots, Tiger Woods and Robert Garrigus.
Overnight leader Vijay Singh fell away with a one-over 73 in his final round, leaving the veteran still searching for his first Tour win since 2008.
But Tour success is not in short supply for world number one McIlroy, 23, who combined long and straight drives with composure on the greens to register his seventh top-three finish of 2012, and fourth victory.
McIlroy has already won one of the four PGA play-offs this year - last week's Deutsche Bank Championship - and will be among the 30, including Woods and Westwood, who will reconvene at Eastlake in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, 20 September for the final event of the series.
"It is good to be able to win events like this when the quality of the fields are so good," said McIlroy.
"I felt like I was on my game more last week but I scrambled well yesterday to give myself a chance going into today," said McIlroy. "I did some great work on the range last night and and set myself up beautifully to attack those pins today.
"I knew if I played to my ability I would win events but I didn't think everything would come so quickly. I am on a great run at the moment and just want to keep it going as long as possible."
Two-time play-off winner Woods, who will come up against McIlroy when the USA face Europe in Medinah, Illinois in the Ryder Cup at the end of the month, shot a back-nine 33 in a four-under final round of 68.
"I figured I was going to have to shoot 29 or 30 on the back nine," said the 36-year-old.
"But I had to go lower than that. Rory is putting on a show out there and we've got one more tournament."
The former Norfolk county cricket ground at Lakenham in Norwich is being redeveloped for new homes.
The last building to go is its distinctive thatched cricket pavilion and changing room block.
England stars like WG Grace, the Edrich brothers and Clive Radley all played on the ground where cricket matches had been held since 1827.
Planning for new homes had been delayed because of local concerns about the historical pavilion.
A final appeal by a planning inspector decided new homes were a higher priority and the pavilion had no historical merit.
Norwich City Council dismissed the original application because it regarded the pavilion as a "heritage asset", but in 2001 English Heritage rejected this status.
Terry Denning, chairman of the Lakenham Cricket Ground Residents' Association, said he was sad to see the building go.
"It's a wonderful building architecturally but the inspector did not agree. Inside, it still reverberates with the history of cricketers, footballers and rugby players.
"I'm no cricketer but I can feel the history attached to the building. It's been neglected for so many years and now has to go."
Jacques Rudolph (51 not out) steered them home with help from David Lloyd (30) and Craig Meschede (36 not out).
Derbyshire had reduced the hosts to 85-4 at Colwyn Bay, but Meschede blasted Glamorgan home with several boundaries.
Earlier Derbyshire added 123 runs, with Billy Godleman making 106 and Matt Critchley 70 not out, as they made 536.
Glamorgan looked to be easing towards their target after an opening stand of 56 between Mark Wallace and Nick Selman, but lost four wickets for 29 either side of tea.
Derbyshire kept up the pressure removing Lloyd and Graham Wagg in quick succession to try to end their own spell of 12 months without a red-ball win.
But the target proved too modest despite a magnificent fightback from the visitors, who had followed on 341 runs behind.
The match will be remembered for Glamorgan teenager Aneurin Donald's spectacular hitting on day one as he smashed 234 off just 136 balls.
Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman will receive a three-point disciplinary penalty for his reaction when given out lbw in the first innings.
Glamorgan head coach Robert Croft told BBC Wales Sport: "There were nervous moments, but Michael Hogan just summed it up as the best win he's been involved with here and I can understand why because it was full graft, we spent over 200 overs in the field.
"You can't put a price on experience and to have Jacques coming in at four - we knew if we had one guy to anchor it, it allowed the other guys to play their natural strokeplay around him.
"The three games leading up to this, we've been playing better cricket and we did it here.
"Full credit to Colwyn Bay Cricket Club for the welcome and the excellent pitch."
Derbyshire head coach John Sadler told BBC Radio Derby: "We are very disappointed, it's never good when you lose so credit to Glamorgan, they worked very hard for this win and they probably deserve it.
"We fought really hard second dig, we said we wanted to bat for two days, to try to put them under pressure so the way we fought back and grafted was superb, I'm proud of them.
"The 20 minutes on day one when we dropped four catches ultimately has put us on the back foot and we didn't apply ourselves first dig, those two things have cost us the game."
Sanjeev Varghese, 44, admitted showing the footage on WhatsApp to fellow workers at Manchester Royal Infirmary while on a shift in October 2014.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) found him guilty of misconduct in November, but a decision to strike him off was suspended pending an appeal.
A High Court judge ruled it was right.
The court heard Mr Varghese, a nurse of 20 years, was working in the endoscopy unit of the hospital when he showed the video to colleagues.
During the NMC hearing, a panel heard the footage "appeared to be in a clinical setting, showing a female kneeling on a trolley and having a sex toy removed from her anus".
Mr Varghese denied he had found the video "hilarious" and claimed he had shown it in a "professional... not a sinister way" before deleting it and blocking the friend who had sent it to him.
Mr Justice Mostyn found the NMC hearing was conducted with "scrupulous fairness" and the evidence examined with "exhaustive thoroughness".
A finding of impairment due to misconduct was, he said "inevitable".
During the NMC hearing, one colleague said said she was traumatised by what she had seen, while another said she had "retched" after seeing the footage.
At the High Court, Mr Varghese said his accusers had held a "personal grudge" against him and should not have been believed.
But Mr Justice Mostyn rejected his arguments and said his decision to accuse those who complained against him of perjury had made matters even worse for him.
He was ordered to pay the NWC's £4,000 legal costs.
Earlier Mr Varghese said he was "extremely sorry for what happened but there was no bad intention".
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On a night when holders Ballymena United were beaten 2-1 at home by Ards, Matthew Clarke, Ross Gaynor and Andrew Waterworth notched Linfield's goals.
Joe McKinney hit both Ards goals while PSNI beat Albert Foundry 3-0.
Extra-time goals from David Cushley and Brandon Doyle helped Crusaders see off Glentoran 2-1 at the Oval.
At Windsor Park, Cliftonville defender Caoimhin Bonner blocked early efforts by Mark Haughey and Waterworth but it was a contest of few openings before hesitation by Tomas Cosgrove allowed Clarke to strike the Blues ahead on 41 minutes.
A misdirected ball across his own penalty area by Aaron Donnelly gifted Gaynor Linfield's second goal on 61 and Waterworth headed the third with 10 minutes left as Cliftonville posed little threat.
A bad night for the Reds was topped off by Bonner's sending off as he picked up a second yellow card for a late challenge on Waterworth.
After their 5-0 Premiership hammering by Glenavon on Saturday, holders Ballymena suffered another disappointment as McKinney's two goals sealed a deserved success for Ards at the Showgrounds.
McKinney had already tested home keeper Ross Glendinning early on before firing the north Down club ahead in the 28th minute.
As Ballymena rarely threatened, a mix-up between keeper Glendinning and Caolan Loughran allowed McKinney to double the lead after the break and Ards held on despite Allan Jenkins' 89th-minute reply.
Glentoran had the bulk of the chances in normal time against a largely second-string Crues with Alex Leu missing their best opportunity in the first half as he failed to beat Michael Dougherty from close range after being set up by Nacho Novo.
Ex-Ballymena man Cushley half-volleyed Crusaders ahead in the fourth minute of extra-time and after Glentoran's Ciaran Caldwell hit the underside of the crossbar, Brandon Doyle struck the visitors' second goal after being set up by Cushley.
Glentoran's near misses continued as Jonathan Smith struck the woodwork before Steven Gordon did reply in the final minute of extra-time.
In the game at Seaview, Darius Roohi put the PSNI 1-0 against the Amateur League side and after a Joe West own goal doubled their lead, Lukasz Adamczyk completed the scoring.
Baby carriers, slings and wraps were rejected in favour of expensive buggies and prams.
But today "babywearing" or "kangaroo care" is enjoying a revival among new parents across the UK.
Many are joining local sling libraries, which offer expert advice and support on choosing the right product for the baby and their families.
Victoria Ward, director of Babywearing UK, said the explosion in the number of these groups across the country reflected the increased interest in carriers.
Since Preston Sling Library was established in 2007, volunteers have set up at least 127 similar not-for-profit organisations across the country.
Ms Ward said: "There are new sling libraries starting up lately each week.
"Slings have started to be seen as a more mainstream product rather than a hippy alternative to a buggy."
In Dumfries, two babywearing groups are supported by the local health board.
Talks to promote kangaroo care to parents with babies in the town's neonatal unit, in partnership with the sling libraries, are due to start soon.
Liz Hood, the infant feeding co-ordinator for NHS Dumfries and Galloway, said babywearing helps the bonding process between parent and child.
"Human babies are born immature and are unable to move about or feed alone for many months," she added.
"'Babywearing or "kangaroo care" allows babies to continue their development in the perfect environment - safe in the arms of their mother, father or other caring adult."
At Dumfries Sling Library, 19 volunteers have been trained by Babywearing UK to offer expert advice to new parents on selecting a carrier.
One of the peer supporters is Ami Aindow, mother to 14-month-old daughter, Rae.
"We are all mums ourselves. We have added it up and we reckon we have got about 50 years experience of babywearing between us," she said.
The library allows parents with babies under four months old to borrow free stretchy wraps to carry their newborns. Others can hire carriers for £5 a week.
Mrs Aindow said: "Often mums buy a sling, pay £50 for it, bring it home and then it hurts her back. But mums can come here and hire the slings until they find out which suits them best."
Babywearing arouses a passionate response from many converts in Dumfries. None more so than Laura Romay Castineira, a Spaniard who lives in the area with her seven-month-old son Oscar.
She said: "I think that babywearing is an amazing thing that gives you freedom, gives you power, gives you a calm baby and a safe baby and I think that we don't do it anymore.
"I think this culture has moved on to the pram and I think that it's good for us to make it public and help everybody, empower mums to realise this is really easy to do, it's magic and it shouldn't be lost."
Amina Slimani said she carries 11-month-old Adam in a sling for the bonding experience and because it allows her to have her hands free for her three-year-old child.
She added: "It's practical as well. As a Muslim, I have to pray five times a day. I wouldn't be able to do that if he was not in a sling."
Carrying your baby in a wrap or sling
Liz Hood, infant feeding co-ordinator, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Parents are also offered safety advice at the meetings. Just last year an inquest in London heard that a five-week-old baby suffocated in a sling while his mother went for a walk.
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) recommends the TICKS checklist, which ensures carriers are tight enough to keep the baby close and that the infant is close enough to kiss.
What do you think? Would you be willing to ditch your pushchair in favour of a sling? Email [email protected].
Bernard Cazeneuve said the service was "illegal" and ordered police and prosecutors to enforce its closure.
His announcement followed a day of sometimes violent protests by French taxi drivers, who say the US-based firm Uber is stealing their livelihoods.
US rock singer Courtney Love Cobain was caught up in the unrest.
She tweeted her frustration, saying her taxi had been ambushed as she left the airport.
The musician shared an image of the window of her car spattered with egg, and thanking two motorcyclists she said rescued her.
Uber officials have insisted they will continue their activities until France's highest court rules on the service - an attitude Mr Cazeneuve called "cynical and arrogant".
Key highways around Paris were blocked and tyres were burned during the day-long strike. Barriers also appeared around Marseille and Aix-en-Provence in southeast France.
Some cars were overturned and others had their windows smashed with bats.
Aeroports de Paris, the operator of the French capital's Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly airports, warned passengers to travel by train, saying "access by road is completely blocked".
Some travellers walked along the side of the motorway to reach the airport.
Taxi drivers also blocked access to Marseille and Aix train stations and protested on the main access to Marseilles-Provence airport.
France's taxi drivers - who have to pay thousands of euros for a licence - say they are being unfairly undercut by UberPOP.
"Many taxis drivers are infuriated," Abdelkader Morghad, a representative of the FTI taxi union, told Bloomberg.
He said a law that forbids unlicensed drivers to carry paying passengers should be implemented.
France's licensed drivers have lost between 30% and 40% of their income over two years because of the growth of UberPOP, Mr Morghad said.
UberPOP is a car-sharing service offered by Uber, which brings together customers and private drivers at prices lower than those charged by both traditional taxi firms and even other Uber services.
UberPOP differs because it allows non-professional drivers to register their car and transport other passengers.
It has been illegal in France since January, but the law has proved difficult to enforce and the service continues to operate, AFP news agency reports.
Mr Cazeneuve said on Thursday that he had ordered police in Paris to issue a decree banning UberPOP and said any cars defying the order would be seized.
Uber spokesman Thomas Meister said the firm had contested the law under which UberPOP has been ruled illegal, and accused the interior minister of overriding the normal legal process.
"The way things work in a state of law is that it's for the justice to judge whether something is legal or illegal," he was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
San Francisco-based Uber says it has a million users in France, including 250,000 for UberPOP. Uber also operates a luxury service which is not banned.
Uber has faced similar teething problems in cities all over the world, with traditional taxi drivers protesting against being undercut by the unlicensed company.
But licensed taxi drivers have been criticised for being slow to adopt the app-based geolocation technology behind Uber's success.
Commentators say Mr Abbott's choice was out of step with public attitudes and raised doubts about his judgement.
Mr Abbott re-introduced knighthood and damehood honours last year, nearly 20 years after they had been discontinued.
Australia, a parliamentary democracy, has Britain's monarch as head of state.
The prime minister's decision to grant a knighthood to the Prince - announced on Australia Day on Monday - has been described by the press as a "captain's call", which failed to take into account the opinion of party colleagues.
The leader of the opposition Labor party, Bill Shorten, said the decision to honour a British royal was "anachronistic". He has called for Australians to rally behind declaring their country a republic.
Australia's honours system
At a conference on Wednesday, Mr Abbott defended his choice but also said he had listened to the criticism.
"I understand why some people don't like it," he said. "I take it on the chin but I want to assure people that I have heard and there will be more consultation around these awards in the future."
Mr Abbott had praised the Prince's work as a campaigner, highlighting the achievements in Australia of his youth charity, the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Many politicians - including some from Mr Abbott's party - said they were bewildered by the award.
Queensland Premier and Mr Abbott's conservative colleague, Campbell Newman, has described the knighthood as a "bolt from the blue".
Mr Newman goes to the polls on Saturday for the state's general election. Mr Abbott's widespread unpopularity is considered to be a drawback for the campaign.
The prime minister, who has not appeared in Queensland during the campaign, did not answer a journalist's question about whether he owed Mr Newman an apology, saying only that his federal government had done much that had benefitted Queenslanders.
Brook, 31, defends his title against American Errol Spence Jr at Bramall Lane, home of the club he supports, Sheffield United.
He meets the unbeaten and much-hyped 27-year-old at 147lbs, having fought two divisions higher when he suffered a broken eye socket in defeat by Gennady Golovkin last time out.
"I think there will be a lot of drama," said Brook. "We could both maybe hit the canvas."
There will be enhanced security at a stadium which has not hosted boxing since 1984, when about 3,000 fans attended.
Up to 27,000 will be present for a night which features two world title contests as co-main events - George Groves also faces Russian Fedor Chudinov for the vacant WBA world super-middleweight strap.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said it is "important for the whole country that major events go ahead without disruption" in the wake of Monday's attacks in Manchester.
Groves believes this is his "best opportunity" to land a world title at the fourth attempt after a tumultuous three years, losing twice to Carl Froch - once at a packed-out Wembley Stadium - before being narrowly out-pointed by Badou Jack in Las Vegas.
That 2015 defeat by Floyd Mayweather's fighter prompted 'Saint George' to join trainer Shane McGuigan and four wins have followed.
"Yes I've lost three title shots but I don't feel beat up, I don't feel exposed," said Groves, 29. "This time I am not going to allow it to be close. Everything is in my favour and we are in a good place to go and win."
Groves is expected to win and is hopeful Chudinov's recent inactive spell of just one fight in 20 months will prove key. But Chudinov, 29, has lost just once in 15 fights as a professional - losing the WBA title to Felix Sturm, who later vacated the belt and tested positive for steroids.
It will likely be a career-defining night for Groves whatever the outcome. But while he admits to feeling "pressure" as favourite, he has been quick to call on boxing to show solidarity following Monday's Manchester attacks.
"You're hoping there's a British sprit of 'we are not going to let these people beat us'," he told BBC Sport. "It gives events like Saturday more purpose. A terrible thing happened but in the same week we are going to show strength."
Brook-Spence Jr will be televised in the US, with Stephen Espinoza of the Showtime network stating the bout has received "tremendous attention" across the Atlantic.
Spence, who competed at London 2012, has been dubbed "the real deal" by former five-weight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard and insists he will make it 22 wins from 22 fights to take the title.
"It's going to be another man down," said Spence. "I'm looking to come forward, I won't be taking a backward step."
Brook was encouraged to move up a weight division after the defeat by Golovkin, which resulted in him having titanium placed into his eye socket.
But he defied advice and stayed in the division to make his fourth - and undoubtedly toughest - defence of the title at a venue which he first visited as a fan aged seven.
"You'll have to rip this belt off me," said Brook. "There are question marks over Spence, he has never been in with anyone like me or even close to me.
"He will give me many problems. An ex-Olympian, a very good fighter, he has knocked over whoever he has come up against. But I want it with all my heart."
Trainer Dominic Ingle possibly saved Brook's career in throwing in the towel against Golovkin. He has since set about rehabilitating the Sheffield fighter, after a first loss in 37 career fights, at his training base in Fuerteventura.
Brook weighed about 12st at middleweight on fight night against Golovkin and has since therefore lost over a stone and a half to make welterweight, a challenge given he has always been seen to be physically big in the division.
"Kell burns around 2,500-3,000 calories a day," Ingle told BBC Sport. "He operates on a calorie deficit so he will take on 500-1,000 less than what he burns. That works out at about 2lbs a week in fat loss."
Brook trims the timber with three runs a week, where focus is on speed and power through treadmill sprints rather than long endurance-based runs. On run days he will also do pad work in the afternoon.
On two other weekdays he conducts a sparring session in the morning and weights after lunch, while a Saturday can often throw up a 30-mile bike ride to shed more weight.
BBC Sport boxing correspondent Mike Costello:
There are two key factors in this fight. One is the talent of Errol Spence Jr. We've seen from the opposition he has faced so far that he is pretty special but he's never been hit as hard as he is going to be hit on Saturday, how he reacts to that will be key.
The other factor is how Brook has lost his weight. He has never been comfortable at this weight and we have seen boxers in the past struggle to come down when they have put weight on, especially if it is muscle. How he reacts to boiling down will be key.
I do have a feeling this will be really special. Brook has the experience, Spence has the talent. This is Brook's toughest ever challenge at welterweight.
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The service, founded in 1938, was originally set up to train women to be able to help with air raid precautions.
It soon developed into running emergency rest centres, feeding, first aid, and assisting with the evacuation and billeting of children.
The organisation - now known as the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) - is attempting to raise enough money for more than 300,000 pages of diary entries to be digitised.
If successful, the collection will be made available to the public online.
Diary entry: December 1943. Portsmouth division of WVS
ARMY MENDING
During November garments dealt with numbered 263. Two new units are now sending their mending, but one of the previous ones had left the district. A mending class, to teach the men to mend for themselves is held in the Headquarters of one unit, and the men are becoming quite enthusiastic about keeping their garments in repair, and learning all the various ways to do so.
The archive, which has Unesco status, is ranked alongside other historical texts such as the Doomsday Book and the Death Warrant of King Charles I.
"It's often the quiet voices of history which are the most revealing," says historian Ruth Goodman.
"They can be easily overlooked amongst the clamour of parliamentary speeches, gunfire and official pronouncements, but the diaries and letters of a host of less celebrated lives speak of the true temperature of the times.
"It is these unassuming thoughts, feelings and reports which tell us what was really happening behind the rhetoric."
Diary entry: June 1942. Bath division of WVS
KNITTING
The amount of knitting for the Merchant Navy has increased. We have sent off two parcels; containing a total of 54 garments (sweaters, scarves and socks).
Very unfortunately one oAf the parcels, (a hessian sack packed full) appears to have suffered severe pilfering en route. A sack, which appears to be the one we sent, arrived 10 days later with only two scarves in it and nothing else.
We are making enquiries, and will have to claim against the Railway unless the things are found.
Early in the month, we received a request from the local Naval Comforts Committee, to utilise some redundant seaboot stockings by having them unpicked and re-knitted into polo-necked jerseys. The number to be dealt with was considerable, but knitters were quickly forthcoming. All the wool was distributed, and much has already been returned in its new guise.
The Hidden Histories of A Million Wartime Women project tells stories of "everyday heroism" from female volunteers from more than 2,000 cities, towns and villages across Britain.
By 1940, one in 10 women was a member of the WVS. "They held the country together working tirelessly on the Home Front, but now they have been forgotten," the modern-day RVS says.
"They modestly refused recognition in their own time and their voices, those of ordinary women from our shared past, have now fallen silent."
Matthew McMurray, archivist at the RVS, says he's spent six years sorting through "tens of thousands of pieces of fragile paper" to get to a point where the documents can be digitised.
"We want to be able to share these tales of everyday heroism and those million ordinary women who made the difference," he adds.
The RVS has set up a page on crowd-funding website Kickstarter in an attempt to raise £25,000.
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More than 5,000 coins were found buried in Lenborough, near Padbury last year.
The find is still being catalogued by the British Museum but the coroner has given permission for "about 20 coins" to be displayed at Bucks County Museum.
A spokesman said: "It's another milestone on the path to getting them into the museum."
It is the largest Anglo Saxon coin hoard discovered since the Treasure Act was introduced in 1996 and is thought to be worth up to £1.3m.
Brett Thorn, from the museum, said because there were so many coins, the cataloguing process was taking a long time and it wanted to "keep the public interested".
He approached the British Museum to ask if some could be displayed, but until the inquest they are still legally under the control of the Buckinghamshire coroner.
"I asked if he would be happy for us to display some of them and he was very supportive," said Mr Thorn.
The 5,251 coins were found wrapped in a lead sheet by Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club member Paul Coleman, from Southampton, on 21 December.
They depict the heads of kings Ethelred the Unready and Canute and come from 40 different mints around England.
Depending on the final valuation, the museum hopes to acquire them and will use the display to launch an appeal for pledges to assess the amount of local support there is.
"If we get the chance to buy them, it looks good to funding bodies if they can see significant local support," said Mr Thorn.
"We've already had £3,000 of pledges from events held."
The museum said it is due to display the coins until the inquest, the date of which is still to be decided.
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The apartment block, alongside three smaller ones, will be built in Owen Street, near Deansgate railway station, on land previously used as a car park.
The tallest will stand at 200m (656ft), 19 storeys bigger than the current highest building, Beetham Tower, which is 168m (551ft) over 47 storeys.
More than 100 nearby residents objected to the council about the building plan.
They said the buildings would look out of place and do not provide affordable housing.
But Manchester City Council said it would be "a striking landmark development" that would regenerate the area.
The scheme by developer Renaker Build includes 1,500 apartments, basement car parking and a cinema.
The four main towers will range between 37 and 66 storeys, with a further three-storey building housing a tennis court, swimming pool and retail units.
The cash will be split between the 22 Welsh councils - each receiving £10,000 - Education Secretary Kirsty Williams announced on Friday.
It follows a report into school music learning in 2015 which identified a lack of instruments as a barrier.
But Wales' most successful brass band - Cory - said more investment was needed.
"It's great that some money is being made available. But it won't go very far," said Cory's financial manager, Neil Blockley.
Cory Band is the world number one ranked brass band and has its own youth academy, developing young musical talent across south Wales, especially Rhondda Cynon Taff.
"Music education can be a catalyst for so much more than just learning an instrument," added Mr Blockley.
"It is about diversity and inclusivity - music gives youngsters a chance in life. So yes, it is great to see this investment - and no, it is not enough."
Ms Williams said it was part of a package to "ensure that all children in Wales have the opportunity to study music".
"We know that there have been some very difficult austerity measures that are weighing very hard on local government, who have the prime responsibility for this service," she added.
As well as making the cash available for buying instruments, it will also help councils establish a database of where their instruments are and how they can be shared across authority boundaries more effectively.
It follows an announcement in February of a £1m "endowment fund" to encourage Welsh school children to become musicians.
Emyr Wynne Jones, a member of a group that reported to the Welsh Government 2015, said there had been a "crisis in music services" after "10 to 15 years of successive cuts".
"We applaud that this Welsh Government, in challenging times, has found funding," he said.
He said the money could provide a county with up to 200 student training instruments, or perhaps a few expensive items such as tubas or harps - depending on where the money was spent.
But he also admitted: "Of course, it's not going to go very far. It's not enough - it's never going to be enough."
The 31-year-old was not offered a new contract at the Etihad at the end of the 2016-17 season.
The club have confirmed on social media that he will have a medical before signing a contract on Friday.
Clichy joined City from Arsenal in 2011, twice winning the Premier League title and EFL Cup with the club.
The terms of the deal have not been revealed, but reports in Turkey suggest the former France defender will be paid 3m euros (£2.6m) per season in a three-year deal.
Clichy will team up with former City and Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor who signed for Istanbul Basaksehir in January.
Adebayor scored six league goals as the side finished runners-up in the Turkish Super Lig last season.
The Red Arrows, Black Cat helicopters and others were due to fly over the town as part of the four-day event.
The night air displays have also been cancelled as the aircraft were unable to get to Bournemouth in time.
Director of the festival Jon Weaver said the site was still open with fun fairs and exhibitions for people to enjoy.
Bournemouth Air Festival posted on Twitter night air displays had had to be cancelled.
"The aircraft are unable to get into Bournemouth in time to be able to prepare for the shows and in addition the weather would make the dusk air flying conditions unsuitable.
"Concerts are still on at Boscombe and Bournemouth stages," it said.
The Red Arrows posted on Twitter: "Bad news yet again.
"The weather is below limits and forecast to get worse. We've no choice but to cancel our @BmthAirFest display today."
On Wednesday the RAF display team cancelled an appearance at Weymouth Carnival.
Chamseddine al-Sandi is described as the "mastermind" behind the attack in documents obtained by Panorama.
He is named in confessions from suspects who were arrested in connection with the shootings.
Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on the beach and in the Imperial Hotel near Sousse in June 2015.
Rezgui was killed at the scene, but the documents obtained by Panorama say that he was recruited and directed by al-Sandi.
The confessions say al-Sandi ran a militant cell responsible for both the Sousse shootings and the attack three months earlier at the Bardo National Museum in which 22 people died. Both attacks were claimed by the so-called Islamic State.
The documents show how closely Rezgui worked with the Bardo gang - describing how he met with them in cafes and mosques in Tunis and how he trained alongside one of the Bardo gunmen in an IS camp in Libya.
According to the confessions, al-Sandi recruited the attackers, paid for them to go to Libya for training and gave them their orders.
Al-Sandi is now believed to be on the run in Libya. The Tunisian authorities have issued warrants for his arrest in connection with both the Bardo and Sousse attacks, but the documents obtained by Panorama reveal the extent of his alleged involvement for the first time.
Of the 38 people who were killed in Sousse in June 2015, 30 were British, three were from Ireland, two were German, one was from Russia, one was Belgian and one was from Portugal.
The inquests into the deaths of the British tourists starts next week. But the lawyer representing many of the families told Panorama that he was unaware of al-Sandi's involvement and had not seen his picture before.
"I have not seen that," said Demetrius Danas. "If you are right, and the families see that, they will be shocked to see the face of the man who caused them so much sadness."
Tunisia attack: The British victims
What we know about the attack
Terror on the beach
Some of the families who were caught up in the Sousse attack have told Panorama that they were assured by tour operator Thomson that it was safe to travel to Tunisia.
Nicki Duffield said she rang Thomson repeatedly to check on the security situation after hearing about the Bardo museum attack.
"I was just constantly asking: 'Are we going to be safe, can you guarantee we are going to be safe?'" she said. "We were definitely told that there would be increased security."
Alison Caine also called Thomson because she was worried about going to Tunisia.
She said: "We called them after Bardo to make sure that it was still safe to travel and they reassured us it was and security had been stepped up. But I just wanted to make sure again the following month so we called them again just to double-check."
Ms Caine said she felt reassured by Thomson: "Everything was fine, it was safe to travel. They were not doing any refunds or transfers."
The families say they were told by the tour operator that if they cancelled they wouldn't get their money back.
TUI, the travel company that owns Thomson, said it wants to understand the specific circumstances that led to the killings.
"We are cooperating fully with the Coroner and will continue to do so, in order to help ensure that the tragic deaths of those killed can be thoroughly investigated, the relevant facts determined and any lessons learned."
The company said it would be inappropriate to comment further before the inquests but it doesn't accept the accuracy of all the statements that have been made.
You can watch Panorama Terror on the Beach: Why Did It Happen? on Monday 9 January at 20:30 GMT. Or catch up afterwards on BBC iPlayer
Members of 202 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth organised the Elgin celebration so personnel and the local community could say a joint farewell.
The Sea Kings will be mothballed next month and replaced with helicopters run by the private sector.
The RAF said concerns about election rules were behind the decision to cancel the celebration.
It is now looking at alternatives.
The Sea Kings at Lossiemouth have been used for more than four decades.
They will be taken out of service next week.
Moray SNP MP Angus Robertson said: "It is a great shame that the Moray community are being denied the opportunity to personally thank personnel.
"There is massive respect from the public in Moray and right across Scotland for the RAF, with the familiar yellow Sea King regularly seen in the air heading to challenging rescues in the North Sea, in the Cairngorms and further afield."
It was supposed to be straightforward. A week-long barrage from 3,000 Allied artillery units had landed three million shells on the German lines.
The theory was that the Germans would have fled or been killed, the barbed wire cut. All the Allies had to do was walk across no-man's land and take the enemy's trenches.
That was the theory. But the wire hadn't been cut, the Germans hadn't been killed and the trenches were most certainly not empty.
The men clambering into the breach were met with a hail of bombs and bullets.
A battle began which would drag on for 141 days; a battle which cost around a million lives by its end; a battle which would be etched into the collective memory of Britain. And Ireland.
The Irish were well represented in the melting pot of nationalities in the Allied trenches.
They came from an island which, by the time the First World War began in August 1914, was on the brink of civil war.
The crisis in Ireland was brought about by the possibility of Home Rule - something favoured by the Catholic, nationalist southern part of the island; but resisted in the Protestant, unionist north.
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) had been formed in 1912 to stop Home Rule.
The nationalist Irish Volunteers formed in reaction.
Both sides had landed German-made Mauser rifles in preparation for a showdown which never came.
On 28 June 1914, a young nationalist of a different kind - a Bosnian - fired the shots which would start a world war.
In Sarajevo, Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
Europe slid towards war. A war which would put pause to the Irish Home Rule crisis.
Britain knew it needed more men for the campaign. The Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, appealed to civilian men to heed the call.
Ireland responded.
Volunteers
The unionist leader and MP Edward Carson sought assurances that the Home Rule bill would be suspended for the duration of the war before he would commit the UVF to the fray.
He got those assurances, and the Ulster Volunteers formed the basis of an entire division, which became the 36th Ulster Division.
Nationalism, too, answered the call.
Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond urged Irishmen to join up. The reward for loyal service would be Home Rule after the war.
Thousands did join. But others did not and would go on to play a part in the Easter Rising of 1916, a failed military strike against British rule.
It was in this context that Irishmen - Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist - found themselves in trenches stretching across northern France.
The 'blood sacrifice' of the 36th Ulster Division was made on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
On 1 July 1916, its target was the Schwaben Redoubt - a fortified stronghold on the German line near the village of Thiepval.
It was one of the few British divisions to attain its objective that day, much to the surprise of the defending Germans.
The achievement of the inexperienced Ulstermen was remarkable. A slog uphill, across a thousand yards, towards machine gun nests and the determined riflemen of the German army.
Their success came with horrific losses. By the end of the day the division had suffered more than 5,000 casualties, around 2,000 of whom lay dead.
By mid afternoon on 1 July, the soldiers of the 36th found themselves fighting on three sides and were driven back to their starting position late in the day.
The Irish contingent facing German guns on the first day of the battle was not just made up of Ulstermen. The men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were there too.
The main offensive by Irish nationalist troops during the Battle of the Somme came in September - by the men of the 16th Irish Division.
These were generally Catholic men, many of whom had been in the Irish Volunteers.
The assaults on the villages of Guillemont and Ginchy resulted in another brutal casualty rate - about 4,300 men killed or wounded in a six day period.
These two actions - in July and September 1916 - along with continual casualties throughout the battle, meant there was virtually no corner of Ireland left unaffected by the Somme.
The losses were felt even more keenly given the nature and make up of the 36th and 16th divisions.
They had been volunteers who, in many cases, came from the same streets, or worked alongside, or went to the same church, as the man standing beside them.
They knew each other well and dealt with the muck and mire together, killed for one another and watched each other die.
For those who survived the Battle of the Somme and the remaining two years of the war, the Ireland to which they returned was very different to that which they left.
For northern Protestant unionists, the sacrifice on French fields was seen as a price paid to ensure that Ulster would remain British.
Demands were made of the British government and those demands were eventually met - six of Ulster's nine counties remained in the United Kingdom when Ireland was partitioned in 1922.
For its part, nationalism had some idea of 'blood sacrifice' too - Ireland had bled for Britain, and was deserving of her freedom.
But the drive for self-determination had been split by the war.
Indeed, nationalists had fought for Britain in 1916, while others had rebelled against the crown's forces in the Easter Rising of that year.
Some men managed to do both. Like Emmet Dalton - a winner of the Military Cross in 1916; an IRA man during the Irish War of Independence by 1919; and subsequently a Major General in the Irish Free State's National Army in 1922.
As time went on, the 36th Ulster Division passed into unionist lore and was commemorated on memorials and on Orange banners.
There were marches in its honour, and murals are still visible in Belfast.
As Northern Ireland descended into the civil unrest in the 1960s which would evolve into the Troubles, a newly formed paramilitary group took the name of the Ulster Volunteer Force.
It was a deliberate move to evoke memories of those volunteers from 50 years previous who had defended Ulster from Home Rule.
To the south, the memory of the 16th Irish Division was initially preserved, even after Ireland's partition. Thousands attended Armistice Day events in Dublin in the 1920s.
Gradually, however, the stature of those Irishmen who fought for the British in the First World War was eroded.
Republicans spoke out against the 'Poppy Day' parades and there were incidents of violence at events in the 1930s.
When the Second World War broke out the 'Poppy Day' parades were banned to ensure Irish neutrality.
They resumed after the war, but the Irish Free State became a republic in 1949 and the soldiers who had died for king and empire were airbrushed from national memory.
However, in recent years, that circle has turned.
Now, there is recognition of the loss suffered by Irish families in the First World War - regardless of politics or religion.
On both sides of the border, in this centenary year, those from Ireland who fell during one of warfare's most bloody battles, will be remembered.
Alex Ramsay, 88, was presented with the Ushakov Medal at his home in Portobello.
Andrey Pritsepov, the Russian Consul General, also handed Mr Ramsay a bottle of Russian vodka.
A veteran of the merchant navy, Mr Ramsay was among those who braved freezing conditions to deliver vital supplies to Russia.
From 1941 to 1945 Allied ships sailed from Scotland and Iceland to supply the country with food and weapons.
More than 3,000 seamen lost their lives to the freezing conditions and attacks by German submarines and aircraft.
Mr Ramsay said: "I am thrilled to receive another medal for my involvement in the war effort - it gives me a reason to reflect on the time I spent in the merchant navy.
"My main memory of the convoy was the camaraderie and the great team spirit on the boat, whilst we battled the enduring and bitterly cold weather."
The medal is named after Fyodor Ushakov, an 18th Century naval commander.
It is awarded to veterans "for personal courage and valour shown during World War Two while participating in the Arctic Convoys".
Linda Mason, retirement manager at Milton Court sheltered housing complex where the great grandfather lives, said: "We are all so very proud of Alex's achievements - he is an unassuming and modest man but his story is truly inspiring.
"His three older brothers enrolled in the army, and at just 16 Alex was technically too young. But he was determined to play his part, against his mother's will, and to contribute to the war effort."
A 15-year-old boy was recently killed and his mother critically injured after the car they were travelling in collided with the carcass of a horse.
Back in July, a motorcyclist died when he hit a horse on the same highway at Bluewater, north of Townsville.
Queensland National Parks Minister Steven Miles has confirmed the long-debated cull of the brumbies will go ahead, saying it would be conducted humanely and within strict guidelines.
"We have experimented with a whole range of different options, but they have tended to result in poor animal welfare outcomes," he said.
He also asked motorists to exercise caution on the Bruce Highway, urged local residents to fix fences on their properties, and to avoid feeding feral horses.
The government estimates at least 400,000 wild horses roam the Australian continent, with the biggest populations found in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
About 200 are thought to be roaming in the Northern Beaches area around the Bruce Highway, and are increasingly wandering onto the roads.
Former Queensland National Parks employee and Wildlife Queensland spokesperson Des Boyland said he commended the state government for taking action.
"We've been asking for a number of years," Mr Boyland said. "If there's one horse in there, there's one horse too many."
"National parks are no place for feral animals and horses are feral animals that cause economic and environmental damage."
He said the issue was controversial and politically sensitive because of the majesty and mythology surrounding the horse, immortalised in Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River.
The popular poem details the mission to reclaim a prized colt living amongst the brumbies.
Anne Wilson of the South East Queensland Brumby Association, says Australia "was built on horseback".
She told the BBC the continent was pioneered by settlers on horseback, and this is the reason horses featured prominently in the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.
But the horses, like many other introduced species, have since damaged native habitats and can threaten native wildlife. They can also reduce biodiversity and devalue crops.
They also compete with cattle for food and water, which the Queensland government has said costs the beef industry an estimated $30-60m Australian dollars ($21m: £14m) a year.
The specifics of the Queensland cull, including how and when it will be carried out, are yet to be finalised.
Aerial culling, which involves helicopters and trained marksmen, is a popular method, described by Wildlife Queensland's Des Boyland as the most humane option. But it has also been criticised as ineffective in densely forested areas.
Passive trapping is another way of controlling the populations, which is used in parts of Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. Brumbies are lured into trap-yards with salt and molasses, then euthanised or re-homed.
But Australian Brumby Alliance President Jill Pickering said there were alternatives.
She told the BBC road safety campaigns and signs can help manage the risks, but concedes the horse populations need to be sustainably managed.
"Numbers need to be reduced, not in my view eliminated, because they're a part of that area and many people want them there," Ms Pickering said.
"We would prefer they are then offered to people who know how to handle them, but there are very few people in the Townsville area who can do that."
The card shows Charles and Camilla with a group of Croatian dancers, who they met during a royal tour earlier this year.
The group, called HKUD Osijek 1862, are wearing traditional national costumes in the picture.
The Christmas card will be sent to organisations and people associated with Charles and Camilla.
But any action is subject to approval from the Iraqi government, they add.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says he is "extremely encouraged" by promises of military assistance to tackle the extremist group.
He spoke in Paris after a whirlwind tour of the Middle East trying to drum up support for action against IS.
France is due to host an international conference on Monday about Iraqi security and tackling IS.
On Saturday, the militant group released a video showing the beheading of UK hostage and aid worker David Haines. The group has threatened to kill a second Briton, Alan Henning, who also appeared in the video.
"You cannot fight terrorism when you collaborate with those who created these terror groups including in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and others," Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told me.
Those countries deny they've ever backed Islamic State. But Qatar and Saudi Arabia have provided weapons to Sunni rebel groups, some of whose members have moved to Islamic State.
Turkey has let Sunni fighters, including jihadists from al-Qaeda and IS across its border into Syria.
Mr Mekdad said that as well as Syria an effective coalition would also have to include Russia and Iran: the Assad regime's key allies.
He repeated Syria's view that any air strikes on its territory without its permission would be an act of war, a violation of the UN charter and a disaster not just for Syria but for the region.
How will Obama's anti-IS coalition work?
Earlier, Australia announced it was sending 600 troops to the region ahead of possible combat operations against IS militants in Iraq.
However, Mr Kerry said in remarks to CBS on Sunday that the US was not seeking troops on the ground at the moment.
Islamic State is now in control of large parts of Iraq and Syria and the CIA estimates that the group could have as many as 30,000 fighters in the region.
Last week, US President Barack Obama presented a strategy to fight the group in both Iraq and Syria.
So far, nearly 40 countries, including 10 Arab states, have signed up to a US-led plan to tackle the extremist group.
In a BBC interview, Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, said President Obama's plan to build a coalition against Islamic State without Syria was flawed.
"His strategy lacks a lot of very important elements. Syria fought against terrorism and we shall be in the centre of any real and serious battle against terrorists."
The US has already targeted IS in Iraq with air strikes in recent weeks and President Obama has vowed to "hunt down" the group after it beheaded two American journalists.
"We have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the United States, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance, in actual strikes if that is what it requires," US Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS's Face the Nation programme on Sunday.
He acknowledged that some countries were willing to put troops on the ground, without identifying them, but said that this was not an option "at this moment anyway".
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Mr Kerry would reveal "over the coming days" which countries had offered ground assistance.
"Ultimately to destroy ISIL we do need to have a force, an anvil against which they will be pushed - ideally Sunni forces," he told NBC on Sunday.
Securing agreement to use regional bases and air space for military operations was key and this seems to have been forthcoming from Gulf states, says the BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher in Paris.
US officials continually stress that the strategy is much broader than a military campaign and say intervention by religious leaders in Egypt and Saudi Arabia to counter the extremist ideology of IS is as important as dropping bombs on targets, our correspondent adds.
John Kerry has said he's got "all bases covered" in the United States' coalition of partners.
He and President Obama have made clear the goal is to empower the moderate Syrian opposition to take up the fight against Islamic State - if there are to be any boots on the ground than they won't be American.
This view is met with scepticism by those who believe US troops need to be more, not less, involved. One Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, said it was fantasy to "outsource" what was essentially a war America's army needed to fight.
On the whole, the White House appears to have the required backing for his plan of training and equipping Syrian opposition fighters - a move on which Congress is expected to vote.
The speaker of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, John Boehner, has urged his party to give the president the extra authority he is asking for.
On Monday, French President Francois Hollande will welcome diplomats from up to 20 countries for a conference on Iraqi security.
The talks come ahead of a UN Security Council meeting next week and a heads of state meeting at the UN General Assembly later this month.
At one stage it was down as much as 2.4% at $1.4058, its lowest level since March 2009, before later recovering.
The move follows London Mayor Boris Johnson joining the campaign to leave the EU after Prime Minister David Cameron set a June referendum date.
The steep fall adds to losses made by the pound over recent months.
At 16:00 GMT the pound was trading at $1.4135, down 1.4% from the previous close.
So far this year, fears of a British exit from the EU - dubbed 'Brexit' - have already pushed the pound down by more than 4% against the US dollar.
Analysts said that was likely to continue to direct sentiment until the vote.
"Today's weakness appears to reflect an increased probability of Brexit after political reaction to the new deal on EU membership was more split than the PM would have hoped," said Sam Hill, senior UK economist at RBC Capital Markets.
If the pound finishes at its lows for the day, it will be the biggest one-day loss since the Bank of England cut interest rates to 0.5% in 2009 and started its economic stimulus programme known as quantitative easing.
To an extent sterling's weedy day is down to markets "pricing in" the chance of Britain leaving the EU.
In the short term at least, many market participants believe a "Brexit" would lead to a weaker currency as worries about Britain's £229bn annual trade with the EU and the possibility of new trade barriers heave into view.
There are other factors at play.
The dollar has had a strong recent run against the euro and the Swiss franc as well as sterling.
That's down to the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates in December and signal that it may do again during 2016.
Confidence in the US economy may not be boundless, but it is stronger than confidence in the eurozone.
At the same time the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have been sending out very doveish messages on interest rate rises.
Read more from Kamal here.
Against the euro, the pound is down 1% to €1.2802. Against the yen, the pound has slumped to 160.075 yen, its lowest since late 2013.
"I don't think investors are saying Brexit is good or bad, but it's the uncertainty," said Simon Smith, chief economist at FxPro.
The pound has already dropped more than 17% against the dollar in the last 18 months, partly due to the outlook for UK interest rates.
Whereas the US raised rates last year, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has ruled out such a rise for now.
As a result sterling is seen as less attractive for investors, continuing to fall from the $1.7165 peak seen on 1 July, 2014.
A weak pound helps exporters by making British goods cheaper on international markets.
It also makes the UK a better value destination for tourists.
However, a weaker pound makes imports more expensive, possibly hurting consumers and businesses that rely on foreign goods.
Meanwhile, ratings agency Moody's said: "The economic costs of a decision to leave the EU would outweigh the economic benefits."
Investment would suffer due to political uncertainty and exports would decline unless a new trade deal was struck with the EU, the credit agency said.
Moody's said it would consider downgrading the UK's credit rating - which affects how expensive it is for the government to borrow money - if the country voted to leave the EU.
However, another credit agency Fitch said Brexit would be "only moderately negative" if trade deals were secured.
David Cameron announced on Saturday that the EU referendum would be held on 23 June after he came back from Brussels with a renegotiation of Britain's EU membership.
The intervention by Boris Johnson is being seen as a significant blow to Mr Cameron's campaign to remain in the EU.
Several other senior Conservatives - including Justice Secretary Michael Gove - have already said they would join the Out campaign.
Private equity group Terra Firma said it aimed to start the sale process by May.
The group, chaired by Guy Hands, is best known for its ill-fated £2.4bn takeover of record company EMI in 2007.
Terra Firma added that it may opt to list the cinema chain on the London Stock Exchange instead.
Mr Hands said that possible buyers could include US cinema groups, private equity firms or South American cinema operators.
Odeon said last April that profits before interest, tax and other charges for 2013 fell 24% to £69.2m on a 5% slide in sales to £706.7m.
Terra Firma paid €650m (£475m) for Odeon in 2004 and bought UCI the same year for €350m, merging the two groups.
It tried to sell Odeon/UCI in 2011, but abandoned the process after failing to attract bids close to its £1.2bn valuation.
There was a second attempt in 2013 that also proved unsuccessful.
Britain's cinema market is dominated by Odeon, Vue and Cineworld - the latter being the only operator listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Together, they account for about 70% of the UK's screens.
In June 2013, Vue was sold by another private equity firm, Doughty Hanson, to two Canadian pension funds, for £935m.
Labour said it had discovered an £800m dip in spending in Budget papers.
But a defence minister said Labour had got its sums wrong - overall spending had not gone down but money had moved from one part of its budget to another.
Labour has written to Defence Secretary Michael Fallon to seek assurances he is committed to Nato's spending target.
Shadow defence minister Toby Perkins asked about the effect of the apparent cut to spending "on our already stretched ability to respond to demands that our government places on our armed forces".
But Philip Dunne, Minister for Defence Procurement, said: "Labour have made two fundamental errors.
"Firstly, they have used the figures from the March 2015 Budget instead of the July 2015 Budget that followed the election. Secondly, they failed to include capital spending.
"The defence budget in the July 2015 Budget was £34.9bn and latest estimates are higher than that at £35.2bn.
"Thankfully, when they get the numbers wrong now, it doesn't cause the damage it did when they ran the country."
Labour stuck to its claim that the government was spending less on defence than a year ago.
Mr Perkins said: "Even if you combine the capital and current spending projections of the Budget 2016 and compare them with the next most recent budget, given at the Autumn Statement, there is still a shortfall of £200m.
"The government claim it is an 'underspend', but it is clear that this is actually the new normality that Britain's armed forces will be forced to deal with over the next few years."
The UK is currently one of only five Nato members, along with the US, Estonia, Greece and Poland, to meet the alliance's budget target - which recommends that a minimum 2% of a country's GDP be spent on defence.
Before last year's general election, David Cameron would not be drawn on whether the UK would continue to meet the target in the next few years given the scale of the public spending cuts earmarked to eliminate the deficit.
But in his July Budget, Chancellor George Osborne said the UK would meet the Nato pledge on a "properly measured" basis and said overall spending on defence would be ring-fenced, getting a real terms 0.5% annual increase in its budget every year until 2020.
US President Barack Obama was reported to have warned Mr Cameron that the UK would have to pay its "fair share" and spend 2% of GDP on defence.
South Yorkshire Police visited Robert Walton, 66, at his home on Meadow Street in Dinnington on 7 April in response to concerns about his welfare.
He was found dead following a fire at his home the next day.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will examine whether officers made the right decisions.
Aymeric Sarrazin, 31, continued to rape the drunk woman after she woke up in her Meadowbank flat and told him "no".
His victim was left with a bite mark and was bleeding after the assault on 25 July 2015.
Sarrazin claimed the sex was consensual but was found guilty by majority verdict at the High Court in Glasgow last month.
Lord Kinclaven said the victim had suffered emotionally and psychologically and the incident had had an affect on her career.
The woman told the court she remembered opening her eyes and finding Sarrazin, from Bourg-La-Reine in France, on top of her having sex with her.
She said she was in shock and lay terrified while Sarrazin moved her limbs "like a puppet".
Advocate depute Iain McSporran told jurors: "The Crown case is that she was incapable of consenting to sex with the accused because of the effects of alcohol."
The prosecutor said Sarrazin continued to rape her even after she awoke despite her protests, using force and strength to overcome her protests.
Sarrazin was placed on the sex offenders' register.
Solicitor advocate Jim Stevenson said: "Mr Sarrazin has a good work record and has always been in full time employment.
"He intends to return to France after serving his sentence. He has no ties to Scotland."
Mr Stevenson said Sarrazin's family and long-time partner were standing by him.
After fine strikes from Kaiyne Woolery and Tranmere's Connor Jennings, Christian Doidge and Woolery goals put Forest Green 3-1 up at the break.
Cole Stockton went close for Tranmere three times in the second half.
But Forest Green held on at Wembley to reach League Two via the play-offs at the third attempt.
Their Gloucestershire home town of Nailsworth will be the smallest ever to host an EFL club next term, with a population of 5,794.
Defeat condemned battling Tranmere to a third straight season of non-league football, after their 94-year stay in the EFL ended with relegation in 2015.
Pacy winger Woolery's fierce, bouncing low strike put Forest Green ahead on 11 minutes, for the first of three well-struck goals in a compelling first half.
Jennings rifled in to level after a neat passing move from Micky Mellon's side, who were backed by a far superior number of travelling fans.
But shortly before half-time, Doidge drilled in for his 27th goal of the season after cutting inside, and Woolery latched onto a defensive error to slot in his second soon after, which stunned Tranmere after what had been an even first 40 minutes.
After the break, Stockton was denied by a brilliant low save from Sam Russell, and he then blazed over an empty goal after the keeper had made a hash of an attempted clearance.
Tranmere continued to press, but Stockton's glancing header dropped wide of the far post and Forest Green - with men behind the ball - stoutly withstood the pressure for rest of the game.
Victory saw Forest Green go one better than they did at Wembley last term, having lost 3-1 to Grimsby in the 2016 promotion final.
For that game, Mark Cooper had only just arrived at the Gloucestershire side, after former boss Ady Pennock was sacked on the eve of last year's final, but the former Swindon and Notts County boss has achieved promotion in his first full season in charge.
In doing so, he achieved the main, long-held ambition of ambitious, eco-conscious owner Dale Vince, who had strenuously believed it was "inevitable" his side would eventually go up.
A 'vegan' club, with Scottish seaweed helping to fertilise their New Lawn pitch and no meat served on match days, they will be a unique addition to the EFL.
Backed by the owner of 'green' electricity company Ecotricity, Forest Green have hopes to one day compete as high as the Championship.
Having scored more goals than anyone else in the National League this season, they have avoided a 20th consecutive season in the fifth tier, after previously winning promotion to this level in 1998.
Tranmere, who were playing in League One as recently as 2014 and finished nine points above third-placed Forest Green in the regular season, will perhaps look back to their two league losses against champions Lincoln, which ultimately tipped the balance at the top as they finished just four points behind the Imps.
Tranmere boss Micky Mellon:
"Some of the goals we gave away, we're obviously very disappointed about. if you come to a place like this, you've got to do better in those moments.
"The third goal was the killer goal and it was another mistake. But on the day, I totally believe the better team won.
"Every credit to Forest Green. The things you have to do well at places like this, they did them.
"On the day, we made too many errors. I'll have a look at myself as well and look at the preparation."
Forest Green boss Mark Cooper:
"We were brilliant today. The young players were very mature and we looked a really good side today.
"Two goals up is always a funny score, because one goal changes everything. But we encouraged Tranmere to hit a lot of balls into the box, because our centre-halves are good at heading the ball out of the box, and they did it really comfortably.
"I want to enjoy tonight and savour that moment. The clock seemed to take ages to tick by. The players were magnificent."
Match ends, Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 3.
Second Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 3.
Liam Noble (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Sam Wedgbury replaces Drissa Traoré.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Shamir Mullings replaces Christian Doidge.
Dale Bennett (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Charlie Cooper (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Adam Buxton (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Daniel Wishart replaces Keanu Marsh-Brown.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Cook replaces Connor Jennings.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Jack Dunn replaces Andy Mangan.
Second Half begins Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 3.
First Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 3.
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 3. Kaiyne Woolery (Forest Green Rovers).
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 2. Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers).
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 1, Forest Green Rovers 1. Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 0, Forest Green Rovers 1. Kaiyne Woolery (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The draw for the second round also sees Premiership champions Linfield hosting Lisburn Distillery and Crusaders meeting Dundela at Seaview.
Cliftonville face Banbridge Town, Glenavon will entertain Donegal Celtic and Glentoran go up against Loughgall.
Coleraine will travel to Larne with the 16 matches to played on Tuesday, 29 August.
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Portadown v H&W Welders
Institute v Moyola Park
Warrenpoint Town v Sport & Leisure Swifts/Lurgan Celtic
Banbridge Town v Cliftonville
Queen's University v Ards
Carrick Rangers v Dergview
Ballymena Utd v Knockbreda
Larne v Coleraine
Loughgall v Glentoran
PSNI v Limavady Utd
Newington v Ballyclare Comrades
Lisburn Distillery v Linfield (at Windsor Park)
Newry City v Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon v Donegal Celtic
Ballinamallard Utd v Tobermore Utd
Dundela v Crusaders (at Seaview)
Deputy Steve Luce has called on farmers and landowners to cut the use of fertiliser, which can increase nitrate levels, by up to 10%.
Nitrate is a form of nitrogen that is a natural part of soil and groundwater.
Long-term exposure to high levels of nitrate can cause stomach cancer, thyroid problems and blue baby syndrome.
Using fertilisers can increase levels and tests have shown nitrate levels in Jersey drinking water are higher than recommended.
In Jersey it is estimated about 4,000 homes with boreholes and wells have a water supply higher than the EU and Island limit of 50mg per litre for nitrates.
Levels in mains water, which has been treated, also regularly exceeded the limit in the last 14 years.
Deputy Luce said he was working with farmers and Jersey Water to tackle the problem but has also called on home owners to think twice before using fertiliser.
He said: "Private and public drinking water supplies, recreational water use, fisheries and shellfish production, and of course the 'green weed' problem are all affected by nitrate levels."
President of the Jersey Farmers' Union Graham Le Lay, said he would continue to work with the States in reducing nitrate levels.
He said: "The environment minister can rest assured that the Jersey Farmers' Union will continue to encourage and assist farmers in finding ways to reduce nitrate fertiliser use.
"We would urge him to take immediate steps to make all land users aware that they too have to reduce their use of both inorganic and organic fertilisers on their allotments, vegetable gardens and lawns."
The authorities in Sweden say the number of women on the streets in the prostitution area in Stockholm has fallen from 700-800 to 200 women since the legislation was introduced in 1999.
Prostitution is technically legal in the UK although related activities, such as soliciting for sex in a public place, are outlawed.
Campaigners are calling for the new law to be implemented across the rest of the UK, to help stifle the trade and "end demand'.
But others say this just drives it into more dangerous locations and further stigmatises the industry and the best protection for prostitutes is actually legalisation.
Here are two viewpoints from different sides of the debate.
Ben - not his real name - believes the trade serves a "useful social function".
The 30-year-old single man, who works in PR in London, has paid for sex since he was 22. He has slept with 30 to 40 prostitutes.
"The law would probably only scare away the kind of customers who have something to lose," he says.
Ben sleeps with prostitutes - or escorts he finds online - at their homes or hotels, once every two-to-four weeks. He says he pays around £100 an hour so it is not possible to do more often.
"A lot of the time I struggle with women and paying for sex for me is a way of experiencing the kind of sex that I probably wouldn't without paying for it, frankly," he explains.
He says if buying sex was illegal it would stop him from doing it in the UK. "To me it's not worth the risk to be arrested for a crime that would have such a stigma attached to it."
There were 60,879 prostitutes in the UK in 2009, who had an average of 25 clients per week - each paying on average £67.16 per visit
One in 10 British men say they have paid for sex, a study of 6,000 found, while 3.6% admitted going to prostitutes in the past five years
The trade in the human trafficking of foreign women to be sexually exploited in the UK is worth at least £130m
50% of women in prostitution in the UK started being paid for sex acts before they were 18, while 95% street prostitutes are problematic drug users
About 17,500 men pay for sex each year in Northern Ireland. Only about 20 people still work as street-based prostitutes, the majority advertise online and work from houses
Sources: Office for National Statistics, University College London, Home Office and Queen's University Belfast
An anti-prostitution advocate would probably see that as a good thing, and evidence legislation was working, he says.
"What they don't take into account is that the fewer clients there are, the less choice there is for people who work in the sex industry.
"It would not stop people from entering the trade, it would give them less choice in the type of customer they had, which would probably mean they would take greater risks."
Ben says he does not believe that penalising customers would stop the sex trade, as Sweden still has prostitution, it has just moved indoors and onto the internet.
"If criminal penalties come in and there is a police crackdown, then of course this would change, but it would not change my opinion that the sex trade serves a useful social function.
"This isn't what a lot of people talk about on the other side of the debate.
"For a lot of customers it isn't the orgasm that they are chasing, it's the intimacy of being able to lie with someone in a bed for one or two hours that is absent from their regular life a lot.
"I can't say what it would be like for an average man. But if I had never paid for sex I would have had a really lonely life."
Mia de Faoite worked as a prostitute in the Irish Republic for six years, mainly on the streets of Dublin. She left the trade in 2010 with the help of a social worker and says it took her about a year to recover. She then joined the campaign to implement the Nordic model of law throughout Ireland.
She does not agree with the suggestion legislation would hurt the work of women who choose to be prostitutes.
"In Ireland there's a handful of women like that who say they are happy to be there. This law is not about them.
"This law is about the vast majority of women who feel [like me] trapped and can't see the choices out. This law is about the protection of human dignity.
"This law is to stop the traffic because it will not stop until we cut off what makes it exist in the first place, and that is the demand, that is those who believe they have a right to buy other human beings for sex.
"The collateral damage for those who say they are happy to be there is that they will have to look for a new job. That's collateral damage I can sleep with."
She says prostitutes see the world in a different way. "Within a short period of time your only human contact becomes men who buy you, and then the other damaged or addicted women that you stand alongside. So we don't quite see the world the same way as everybody else."
She says she does not believe that freedom to do whatever you want with your own body is an absolute right.
"Not if in doing what you do with your body feeds into an industry which at its worst leads to the rape and sodomisation of young women and girls. Then no, it's a much more limited right. But what is an absolute right is freedom from slavery, torture and servitude."
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In January, the Rhondda Tunnel Society was given a £10,000 grant from the Welsh Government to carry out an initial "tapping survey" on the tunnel, which runs from Blaencwm to Blaengwynfi in Neath Port Talbot.
Experts began work on the 3km-long (1.8 mile) tunnel at 08:00 BST on Wednesday.
The work is expected to last two weeks.
Steve Mackey, chairman of the Rhondda Tunnel Society, said it was an "exciting day".
He said specialist works and railway contractors Hammond ECS had started in Blaengwynfi by working to remove a concrete cap so they can begin an "exploratory drill" inside the tunnel.
"The Rhondda Tunnel Society was formed in 2014 and this is probably one of the most important visible signs of [progress]," he added.
"I'm quite excited. I came here at half past seven this morning."
A tribunal found that Maggie Dewhurst, a courier with logistics firm City Sprint, should be classed as a worker rather than self-employed.
As a worker, she would be entitled to basic rights including holiday and sick pay and the national living wage.
City Sprint said it was "disappointed" and will review the ruling "in detail".
While Friday's decision will only apply to Ms Dewhurst, it highlights the working practices of the so-called "gig economy", where people are employed by companies on a job-by-job basis.
It is the first of four legal challenges being taken against courier companies, which include Addison Lee, Excel and E-Courier.
The case follows a similar ruling against the taxi-hailing service Uber in October last year, which found that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed. Uber intends to appeal.
City Sprint said: "This case has demonstrated that there is still widespread confusion regarding this area of law, which is why we are calling on the government to provide better support and help for businesses across the UK who could be similarly affected."
Ms Dewhurst, 29 from South London, said: "I'm delighted that the tribunal ruled in our favour as it has set a legal and moral precedent which others can use to make similar claims."
Ms Dewhurst has been with City Sprint for the past two years, during which time the company classed her as an "independent contractor", or self-employed.
However, she claimed her role was more like that of a worker. "We spend all day being told what to do, when to do it and how to do it. We're under their control. We're not a mosaic of small businesses and that's why we deserve basic employment rights like the national minimum wage," she said.
The tribunal ruling released on Friday stated that "the claimant was a worker of the respondent [City Sprint] and... it unlawfully failed to pay her for two days' holiday".
The Employment Tribunal judge, Joanna Wade, described City Sprint's contractual arrangements as "contorted", "indecipherable" and "window-dressing".
City Sprint said it enjoyed "a good relationship with our fleet" and said that evidence given at the tribunal highlighted that it is "a good company that pays its couriers some of the best rates in the industry".
Paul Jennings, a partner at law firm Bates Wells Braithwaite which represented Ms Dewhurst, said: "Until now couriers have occupied a vulnerable position. They carry out physically demanding work, in dangerous conditions, but cannot take paid leave. In the wake of this judgement, we expect to that thousands of couriers across the capital will look to assert their rights and seek back pay."
The rebels said they had also seized two smaller towns, Sam Ouandja and Ouadda, but this could not be confirmed.
Ndele is on a major route linking the CAR to Sudan, Cameroon and Chad.
The CAR has had a series of rebellions and coups since independence in 1960.
It is rich in mineral resources, including gold and diamonds, but its population is extremely poor.
The latest conflict involves a faction of the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR), which accuses President Francois Bozize's government of reneging on a peace accord signed in 2007.
The accord led to rebel forces being integrated into the army.
But some of the rebels have since deserted and taken up arms again.
An army source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC that the rebels captured Ndele after a surprise attack.
The town was poorly defended, as a detachment of troops was leaving Ndele and had not yet been relieved by other soldiers, the source said.
The violence has forced many residents to the town, which has a population of between 15,000 and 20,000, AFP news agency reports.
The army in Ndele was backed by a former rebel movement, the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP), which signed an accord with the government in 2011, AFP reports.
"The CPJP put up resistance, but they were routed by our men and forced to flee," a rebel spokesman known as Col Narkoyo told AFP.
He said the northern towns of Ouadda and Sam Ouandja were also under rebel control.
"Our forces took prisoners among FACA [army] elements at Sam Ouandja," Col Narokoyo is quoted as saying.
The BBC French Service's Ibrahima Diane says the UFDR faction has carried out several attacks in recent months, but this was its biggest offensive.
The fall of Ndele is a blow to the government, he says.
The 45-year-old has willingly gone to an unnamed centre, his management company confirmed.
The former Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Lazio player has battled with alcoholism since giving up football.
A recent appearance at a charity event, when he broke down sobbing on stage, sparked widespread concern.
In a statement, GamePlan Solutions said that Paul Gascoigne was an alcoholic with "complex issues", which were being dealt with by professionals.
It added: "Paul has been extremely touched and overwhelmed by the generous offers of help and support over the past few days.
"He is motivated to fully understand and control his addiction problem under guidance."
Gascoigne's drinking problems started during his playing days - he was admitted to the Priory Hospital, near Southampton, in 1998, shortly after his divorce from wife Sheryl.
Three years later, whilst playing at Everton, Gascoigne admitted himself to an alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Arizona on the insistence of his then manager Walter Smith.
In 2008, four years after retiring he was arrested in Newcastle and detained under the Mental Health Act.
He was later sectioned following reports that he was acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead.
More recently he has been treated at The Priory again and at the Providence Projects treatment centre in Bournemouth.
Located in Chipinge, a small farming town near Zimbabwe's border with Mozambique, Padera Restaurant enjoys a busy trade.
Customers flock to eat its chicken, beef or fish, served with rice or sadza (a thick cornmeal porridge), with prices ranging from between $1 (64 pence) and $2 (£1.28) a plate.
Ms Muyambo, 27, opened the cafe last year, and currently employing three people, she is about to take on more staff to keep up with demand.
In a country where the economy has now been in the doldrums for the past 15 years, and where government figures last year showed that just 376,000 people were in formal employment, you would imagine that most of Zimbabwe's 14 million population can only dream of going out for a meal.
Yet while Zimbabwe is undoubtedly impoverished, and earnings are low, a further 5.9 million people are in employment, scratching a living working informally, either for themselves, or small firms which aren't officially registered.
And eating out has never been more popular in the country, with a growing number of food outlets springing up, from roadside shacks to more formal restaurants.
Ms Muyambo says: "Competition in this sector is very stiff, but we realised that even with the economic challenges people still need to eat.
"I get at least $150 [profit] per month after deducting all expenses".
In the capital Harare, another restaurauteur enjoying good business is 41-year-old Allen Gava, who owns the eponymous Gava Restaurant.
A former fruit and vegetable wholesaler, he started in the restaurant business back in 2013 in one of Harare's more prosperous neighbourhoods.
Now employing 10 full-time and five part-time employees Mr Gava says: "We have built a solid customer base, and now have many regular customers who eat with us three or four times a week."
With dishes costing as much as $10, and a large garden for outside eating, Gava Restaurant is certainly more upmarket than most.
While Mr Gava won't reveal how much money he makes, he says that his monthly turnover is "enough to pay salaries, cover expenses, and make a profit".
Yet despite his success Mr Gava says that all restaurants in Zimbabwe continue to face a number of problems.
"It is hard to find certain supplies for the restaurant," he says.
"We are also experiencing power cuts, which affect our cooking, and we are spending more money on generator fuel."
Other Zimbabwean restaurant owners have tried to alleviate the problem of supply shortages by rearing their own animals, or growing their own vegetables.
Husband and wife team Alexander and Shumirai Mujuru are just such people.
Since 2009 they have run a fast-food outlet in Zimbabwe's rural Buhera district in the east of the country, at a transit hub for truck drivers and long-distance buses.
To ensure they have enough chickens, they rear them on a nearby farm. And they arrange to buy potatoes from local farmers.
Mr Mujuri adds: "We value good relationships with customers, and we are also hands on."
Independent economist Vince Musewe says that restaurants in Zimbabwe can generally be successful if they keep their prices down.
"Despite the hardships, people still have to eat, and you will find most food outlets sell cheap food. For $1 you can have a decent lunch."
He adds: "More people are doing their businesses on the streets, as opposed to formal employment, and these informal traders provide a ready market for cooked food."
Meanwhile a recent report by StartupBiz Zimbabwe, a private organisation which provides information on how to start and grow a business in the country, suggests that entrepreneurs are setting up food outlets because of the low start-up costs.
It estimates that while it can cost between $1,000 to $5,000 to launch a restaurant in downtown Harare, the price falls to just $200 to set up a small food stall on the outskirts of the city centre.
And while the power cuts that bedevil Zimbabwe inevitably cause restaurants big difficulties, in other ways they help restaurants, because people choose to eat out in the evening rather than sit at home in the dark.
Some consumers even find that if they go to a cheap takeaway they can spend less on food than if they were making it for themselves at home.
Nyasha Mukundi, a 29-year-old mother of two, says: "I finish work at around 6pm, and arrive home at around 7pm, and most of the days there will be no electricity at home.
"Instead I buy takeaway food everyday on my way home from work. It's cheaper too."
A security official told the AP news agency that most of the escapees were facing serious charges.
Another report said a riot had taken place inside the al-Kwafiya prison.
The jailbreak comes a day after the assassination of a prominent political activist triggered protests in the city, although it is not clear whether the two are connected.
Benghazi is one of the most unstable parts of post-revolution Libya. Last year the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed there.
On Saturday protesters attacked offices linked to the Muslim Brotherhood following the assassination of the prominent political activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari. Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral.
A security spokesman in Benghazi told the BBC that some of those who escaped from the prison had been captured but he did not specify how many.
In a news conference, the Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said residents in the southern area of the city had stormed the prison in protest at its existence in their district.
The inmates include a small number of people thought to be supporters of Col Muammar Gaddafi, the BBC's Rana Jawad reports. The former leader was toppled and killed in an uprising in 2011.
The Gaddafi supporters had been charged with attacking security bases after the conflict, our correspondent says.
AFP news agency quoted a security official saying that there had been unrest inside the prison before the breakout.
"There was a riot inside al-Kwafiya prison, as well as an attack from outside," he said.
"Special forces called in as reinforcements were given orders not to fire at the prisoners."
The fire was reported in the lift motor room in the Sir Bobby Charlton stand at about 07:00 GMT.
Sarah Louise Feeney tweeted: "Fire at Old Trafford in South Stand ... Fire alarm going off since 7am and smoke!!!"
Firefighters were at the scene for about 90 minutes. Manchester United said there was minimal damage and no injuries.
In a statement, the club said: "A small electrical fire was identified quickly in the Sir Bobby Charlton stand around 7am today.
"The fire brigade attended and the isolated incident was dealt with quickly and effectively."
Tests on heroin seized by police since November found traces of the synthetic drug, with more than 70 further deaths pending toxicology reports, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
Some contained carfentanyl, which is 10,000 times stronger as morphine and is often used to tranquilize elephants.
Health officials and police have warned heroin users to be "extra careful".
Most of the deaths were in the police force areas of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Humberside and Cleveland, the NCA said.
They were predominantly men and a range of ages, with none younger than 18.
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Fentanyl, which hit the headlines after it was linked to the death of US singer Prince, is considered to be 50 times more potent than heroin according to America's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
While it can be legally prescribed, sometimes in the form of a patch or nasal spray, carfentanyl is only used as an anaesthetic for large animals, the NCA said.
Recent NCA investigations found that fentanyl and its analogues are being both supplied in and exported from the UK.
Fentanyl is an extremely strong painkiller, prescribed for severe chronic pain, or breakthrough pain which does not respond to regular painkillers.
It is an opioid painkiller which means it works by mimicking the body's natural painkillers, called endorphins, which block pain messages to the brain.
The risk of harm is higher if the wrong dose or strength is used.
Typical symptoms of a fentanyl overdose include slow and difficult breathing, nausea and vomiting, dizziness and increased blood pressure.
Officers have warned drug users that heroin and other class A drugs were being laced with synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Det Supt Pat Twiggs, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "People are playing Russian roulette with their lives by taking this stuff, that's why we would strongly recommend to the drug-using community to stay away from it.
"The business is not done under lab conditions, it's not done by scientists, it's done in a very uncontrolled way by people seeking out profit - this is why we're concerned when you're dealing with such toxic chemicals."
A national alert was issued in April by Public Health England to warn medical and drugs services of the need to be vigilant.
Richard Sykes, principal analyst at West Yorkshire Analytical Services, said: "If you look at normal street heroin probably something like a quarter of a sugarcube would be a normal dose, but with carfentanyl a single grain of salt would probably be enough to kill a person, so it's extremely dangerous."
On Monday a 25-year-old man from Gwent was charged in connection with investigations into the supply of synthetic opioids.
Three men arrested in April in Leeds have also been charged.
His visit included trips to the Lincoln Memorial, the Arlington Cemetery and an address to both Houses of Congress - the first time this honour has been afforded to a Japanese leader.
And no wonder. The visit heralded a significant reinforcement of the alliance between Washington and Tokyo.
Given the continuing dramas in the Middle East, the Obama administration's signature policy shift - its pivot to Asia - is being pursued in more of a minor rather than a major key.
But regardless of the old business in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, the pivot is continuing; preparing Washington for its role in what it set to be the Pacific century.
In this the Americans expect to have Japan at their side and Mr Abe, through both his desire to update Japan's defence posture and his economic reforms is reinforcing Japan's claim to be Washington's chief partner of choice.
This visit emphasised the crucial importance of both security and economics in the future of the Asia-Pacific region.
As important as new defence guidelines and a reinforced security partnership was further discussion of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); a 12-nation trade deal which is very much a shared initiative between Mr Obama and Mr Abe.
Watching all this from the sidelines is of course Beijing. A victim of Japan's militarism during the past century, China views Japan's military modernisation and expanding security horizons with some concern.
China though - because of its own growing defence capabilities and regional, if not global ambitions - is very much the reference point that is prompting military reform and modernisation across the region.
It's a powerful reminder that as much as grand strategy and economics, history is also a powerful factor in the Asia-Pacific.
Japan's military reforms, most importantly the desire of the Abe government to revise constitutional provisions limiting the role of the country's so-called "self-defence" forces are very much part of this.
Japan's post-war US-drafted constitution was specifically intended to prevent a resurgence of Japanese militarism.
And tensions persist given perceptions in many countries that Japan has been insufficiently explicit in its apologies for its behaviour during World War Two.
This has prompted particularly bitter recriminations, for example, between Japan and another of Washington's key allies in the region, South Korea.
Some 70 years on from the end of World War Two Mr Abe sees these constraints on the armed forces of a democratic Japan as imposing an unnecessary exceptionalism that hampers the country's ability to defend its interests.
The important new defence guidelines agreed with Washington give Japan roles in new areas like cybersecurity and space.
But they also broaden the remit of Japan's armed forces, enabling them to operate with the US and other allies in new ways that are not restricted to the narrow and direct defence of Japanese territory itself.
Thus, Japan is on the way to becoming a more effective military ally of the US able to operate alongside it in joint missions.
It is by no means clear of course that public opinion in Japan is entirely in tune with Mr Abe's desire for constitutional change.
But the fact remains that even under the existing remit Japan has become a much more significant player in the international system.
Over the past 10 years Japanese forces have been despatched to Iraq and Kuwait.
Japanese peacekeepers have been deployed in South Sudan and Haiti and it has participated in Operation Enduring Freedom - Washington's broader counter-terrorism operation - in the Indian Ocean.
What especially worries China is Japan's own military modernisation.
It is deploying ballistic missile defences - directed in the first instance against the potential threat from North Korea's missile arsenal.
And Japan recently commissioned its largest warship since World War Two - the Izumo - described as a helicopter-carrying destroyer but potentially a small aircraft carrier.
Its chief mission - anti-submarine operations and command and control.
It is a significant reinforcement of Japan's ability to defend its interests in the East China Sea.
Disputed territorial claims have turned the tensions between China and Japan into a favourite subject for a whole genre of futuristic fiction with writers seeing this as the spark that might set off a third world war in Asia.
For the US and Japan, broader defence ties are intended to make this less likely.
But their defence relationship still begs bigger questions about Washington (and for that matter Tokyo's) strategy towards Beijing.
Is the US goal co-operation with or containment of a rising China?
Just where should the line between these two options be drawn?
And does China want harmony or hegemony?
The answers to these questions are likely to determine whether the coming Pacific century is marked by peace or conflict.
Scientists think that the giant crabs have been able to spread further south to the Antarctic for the first time because of global warming.
King crabs are known as one of the top predators of the sea floor and can have legs that are up to a metre long.
But some experts are worried they might have a damaging affect on the area as they are known for being very destructive.
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The 32-year-old won gold at the Beijing Games in 2008, and silver at London four years later.
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"I think it's one minute to midnight and this girl is about to turn into a pumpkin," she said.
"I think it's coming to an end, training is getting harder.
"I have been stuck in one gear all season. I am disappointed but I am happy I made it this far. These girls are fit and I wasn't able to compete with them."
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Compatriot Emily Diamond also failed to make the final, finishing sixth in the second semi-final.
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You have been sharing your Halloween preparations and tips for trick or treating with us. Here is a selection of your pictures and some of your advice.
Emily took this picture of her five-month-old kitten Ivy. "She's hoping to get lots of treats," Emily said.
Samuel Williamson took this picture of his partner Charlie Millard hard at work crafting her pumpkin. "My pumpkin is on the left and my partner is still working on hers." He tweeted. And here's how they turned out with the lights off...
Great pumpkin Charlie, but we think Samuel's is scarier.
Jenny Powell sent in this picture of a ghoulish cloth creature trying its best to scare her daughters as they look on in mock horror.
The creative talents of Alexandra Choa from Edinburgh, Scotland on display within this pumpkin.
Jen Davidson carved the "small pretty pumpkin" while her children, Cameron and Kiera, carved the other two lanterns in this picture.
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Meet Poppy the canine pumpkin in this photo by Valerie.
You have also been sharing your tips for trick or treating. The top suggestion seems to be only go to decorated houses... Liam Flanagan-Todd had this tip to share: "#Halloween etiquette- no pumpkin by the door means do not knock" - a sentiment echoed by quite a few of you:
There are also some rules about the types of treats to offer, Kelly Marie suggested that providing healthy treats might see you left in peace the following year, an experience replicated by @Sweckles on Twitter:
Some of you also suggested some other tips to avoid receiving a knock on the door on Halloween night. Laura Claire switches off her doorbell, Sarah tweeted to say she hides and other tweeters suggested the following:
While Colin had one thought:
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Madala Washington, 25, from south-east London, died at HMP Coldingley at Bisley, in Surrey, last April.
King Jahzeel Lewis, 24, from Sutton, south London, denied murder and said he had only punched the victim.
Guildford Crown Court heard Mr Washington was stabbed with a homemade knife by a third party.
Jurors were told the two men had had an argument over the use of a mobile phone.
Linton Zoo manager Kim Simmons posted photos of Arnie the cat looking after some of the animals online after he died on 9 January.
"We had hundreds of messages but it went crazy when MSN ran it in America," she said.
"His story seems to have touched, and been shared by, so many."
She added: "His most special job... was as the baby-sitter of abandoned newborn animals brought into the house for hand-rearing.
"Arnie baby-sat all four of our adult lions when they were cubs and some of their offspring too."
She said the zoo did not like to hand-rear animals unless absolutely necessary, but added: "Arnie did the job wonderfully for us.
"He would climb into their baskets and snuggle up. There is nothing quite like a real, warm beating heart next to a young animal."
The zoo's Facebook tribute, posted a few day's after Arnie's death, read: "On the morning of Wednesday 9th January, after completing his staff greetings and doing his usual morning rounds to see his zoo friends, purring all the way, Arnie, our ginger tom returned home for a spot of breakfast and then snuggled up on his bed and went to sleep.
"There he passed away peacefully."
Mrs Simmons said Arnie had arthritis in his rear legs together with "other age-related problems, for which he was receiving appropriate medical support".
"He had a good and thorough life," she added. "He was outstanding in everything he did."
Mrs Simmons said staff were now busy responding to requests from around the world for more photographs and stories about Arnie.
"We are thinking about putting together a book," she said. "His life is the stuff of Disney movies."
Halfpenny, 27, has an option for another year in France when his deal runs out at the end of the season.
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young says the Wales full-back has turned down on offer to join them, but Cardiff Blues and Scarlets remain hopeful.
"It's a no brainer for him to stay in Toulon," said Byrne.
"He wasn't in a team photo a few weeks ago so people thought he was going to leave Toulon but it looks like he's maybe had a change of heart.
"People have linked him to the Scarlets but they've got Liam Williams there so that probably wouldn't be the right move either."
Young's comments are the clearest indication yet that Halfpenny, who could miss the whole season after having knee ligament surgery in September, feels his immediate future remains in France.
Returning to Wales would benefit national coach Warren Gatland given the limitations imposed on him on the number of foreign-based players he can select in the squad.
But Byrne, who did not play for Wales again after moving to Clermont Auvergne in 2011, believes Halfpenny's importance to the team as one of the world's best place-kickers means his place is safe irrespective of the so-called Gatland's Law.
"It would be great if Leigh came back to Wales but I think his international career is fine if he stays in Toulon," said Byrne, who helped Wales win the 2008 Grand Slam and scored 10-tries in a 46-cap career.
"I'm sure he's had a conversation with the coaches - he's a massive weapon for Wales in terms of his kicking."
Byrne also believes Halfpenny will improve as a player by playing alongside a host of world-class players, including New Zealand great Ma'a Nonu, who joined Toulon after winning the 2015 World Cup.
"The vast majority of the players who leave New Zealand or Australia end up in the Top 14," he said. "Playing with someone like Ma'a Nonu is going to bring his game on.
"So there's not a big rush for him to come back. He's winning trophies, he's playing in front of sell-out crowds week-in-week-out and he's being paid a very good salary."
Satellites from many nations were tasked with imaging the magnitude of the flooding in places such as the Somerset Levels.
Particularly useful were the radar pictures. Not only is the presence of extensive water easy to detect in radar images, but this type of observation has the advantage of penetrating cloud.
The data acquired under the charter made it easier for the Environment Agency to see the true scope of the problems it was facing.
From Thursday, there will be a new radar satellite in orbit that will make a significant contribution to the monitoring of any future flooding in Britain and the rest of Europe.
Sentinel-1a is the first of a fleet of spacecraft funded under the EU's Copernicus programme.
Copernicus is arguably the most ambitious Earth-observation programme for general environmental monitoring ever conceived.
It calls in the first instance for six specific satellites and sensors to be put in orbit, with two copies of each to be flying at any one time.
Consequently, Sentinel-1a will be followed by Sentinel-1b in 2015. As a pair, they will be able to acquire a radar image of anywhere on Earth within six days. In Europe, this will be every day or so.
Although weather satellites have kept a permanent watch on the Earth now for decades, the deployment of general environmental-monitoring spacecraft has been more ad hoc.
There have been exceptions. The American Landsat series of satellites has compiled an unbroken record of the Earth's land surface stretching back 42 years. But even this remarkable project has had to fight tooth and nail with the US Congress every time a spacecraft needed replacing.
Copernicus therefore represents a major step change because the EU has essentially made an open-ended commitment to the Sentinels.
The five further missions to launch between now and 2019 will monitor the oceans, land-change, and the composition of the atmosphere.
Four models of each satellite have already had their funding confirmed. This should take operations deep into the 2030s.
And the Commission and its technical agent, the European Space Agency (Esa), have agreed to start discussions on the requirements for the second half of this century in about 2015/16.
Brussels has several reasons to do this. For one, the information that comes from space-based observations is increasingly needed to design effective policies and to enforce them.
If you are determined to prosecute ship operators that dump oil at sea, you need to catch them doing it. And having a steady stream of radar images of European coastal waters is one of the best ways of doing this.
If you want to set standards for air quality in European cities, you need to monitor the levels of pollutants and track their sources. And having a view from space is important because the wind can blow gases from one member state into another.
So, the EU requires a space dimension to function properly. But Brussels also sees an enterprise opportunity here as well.
It believes space is a domain that can generate significant wealth.
You may have a quizzical look then when you learn that all of the data acquired by the Sentinels will be given away for free, without restriction, to anyone, even if they're outside the EU. And it's a colossus volume - more than eight terabytes a day of processed data when the mature Sentinel constellation is up and running.
But research has concluded that unfettered access will more likely stimulate novel ways to use the data, resulting in the emergence of many more companies, selling new services. For example, more timely radar data from space could soon result in flood forecasting. That is, not merely using the images to see which areas have flooded but using them in smart models to predict which areas will flood next.
A good many of these "value added" services - you can imagine - will end up as apps on citizens' smartphones.
Copernicus uses a range of technologies to get a broad picture of the health status of the planet
It has been projected that for every euro invested in Copernicus and its Sentinels, a further three euros or so can be generated by new activity. The talk is of about 48,000 new jobs and a boost to the EU's GDP of some 30 billion euros by 2030.
The American Landsat system is a precedent in this sense. Prior to 2008, a price of $600 was charged for every scene. After the fee was removed, the use of Landsat imagery exploded.
"Scientific investigators and resource managers can now use the data they need rather than just the data they can afford," US space agency (Nasa) project scientist Dr Jim Irons told me recently. "As a result, we've seen a revolution in the capacities and methodologies for processing the data. And it's remarkable and exciting to see these folks develop new ways of using the data to visualise the changes taking place on the Earth's land surface."
The EU is hoping for the same from the Sentinels - and then some.
"You can think of our Sentinel-2 spacecraft as a 'super-Landsat'," said Dr Stephen Briggs from Esa's Earth observation directorate.
"It will have more channels, better resolution, and a 280km-swath instead of 180km; and we'll have two of them flying at the same time. And that's just Sentinel-2. All the Sentinels will be an improvement on anything that's gone before. They're a game-changer; Earth observation will never be the same again."
There is something of a data gamble here, however. The enormous dump of free data on the market means current providers that have been charging for this information will now find themselves high and dry.
"Bringing in all this data to stimulate value-added services is great, but it does mean that existing players will see their positions eroded unless they move into new areas," commented Adam Keith, the director of space and Earth observation at industry-watchers Euroconsult.
"These companies know that, they know what's coming; and they're starting to shift their business models towards higher resolution systems than the Sentinels, or systems that offer better temporal coverage."
The Iron's victory over a Cobblers side watched from the stand by newly appointed boss Justin Edinburgh closed the gap at the top to just one point after Sheffield United went down 4-1 at Walsall.
A tepid opening period came to life when Kevin Van Veen twice went close, heading wide from close range before seeing Adam Smith save his low drive from the edge of the box.
Cobblers created a couple of openings, Matt Taylor being denied by Luke Daniels who then thwarted Marc Richards.
But Scunthorpe broke the deadlock in the 21st minute when Stephen Dawson's cross was headed home by Van Veen from close range.
John-Joe O'Toole fired wide and Hoskins was denied again by Daniels. But Cobblers equalised three minutes before the interval when Alex Revell headed home Taylor's near-post cross.
After the restart, Van Veen fired wide before Cobblers got on top and Zander Diamond twice went close. From Taylor's cross, Diamond saw his header thump the upright before heading over from close range.
But Scunthorpe also had a couple of decent chances as the half progressed, Van Veen firing over before Morris hit the bar from a free-kick with Smith well beaten and Craig Davies headed over for the visitors.
Scunthorpe had the better late chances, as Harry Toffolo headed over, Smith denied Duane Holmes and when the ball ran loose Morris volleyed over. But the visitors won it in the 83rd minute when Diamond's clearing header only fell to Morris on the edge of the box and he curled into the top corner.
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Match ends, Northampton Town 1, Scunthorpe United 2.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 1, Scunthorpe United 2.
Attempt missed. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Jordan Clarke.
Zander Diamond (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United).
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Matt Crooks replaces Duane Holmes.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Northampton Town 1, Scunthorpe United 2. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Marc Richards (Northampton Town) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Ivan Toney replaces Kevin van Veen.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Jak McCourt replaces Hiram Boateng.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Murray Wallace.
Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
Charlie Goode (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Zander Diamond.
Attempt blocked. Harry Toffolo (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United).
Attempt missed. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by David Buchanan (Northampton Town).
Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town).
Sam Mantom (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Tom Hopper.
Attempt missed. Zander Diamond (Northampton Town) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United).
Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card.
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Last year, Highland Council asked people and businesses in remote and rural areas for examples of fees higher than the rest of the UK.
Since the call went out, the council said 20 internet trading companies had altered their charges.
Highland trading standards officers had been investigating the costs.
In November, officers said people in remote areas were paying "expensive" delivery costs.
Internet delivery costs have been a long-running issue.
In 2004, Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael claimed deregulation of parcel post had even seen some firms refusing to deliver to islanders.
He urged the UK government to "get to grips" with the problem of extra charges for mail order delivery to the Northern Isles.
Two years later, Mr Carmichael and other Liberal Democrats accused mail order companies of "excessive and discriminatory" delivery charges.
Their criticism was contained in a parliamentary motion tabled in the House of Commons.
Danny Alexander, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP, said at the time that people were being told it cost double the price of delivering to other areas.
4 July 2014 Last updated at 16:41 BST
Nearly 200 riders cover over 2,000 miles in just 23 days, mostly in France. But for the first three stages, it's passing through England.
It's well known as one of the toughest, most gruelling sporting challenges, so we wanted to see just how hard it is.
Martin's been to Yorkshire to check out just what the world's top cyclists are up against.
Boyhood Villa fan Gary Gardner ran the length of the field to celebrate with 1,988 away fans after superbly heading the visitors in front after 29 minutes.
But fellow midfielder David Davis drilled in a low, right-footed shot to level for the hosts on 71 minutes.
Blues had more of the chances, three of them falling to Clayton Donaldson.
Villa also needed the help of a brave save from goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini after Jacques Maghoma had been sent clean through.
The worst miss from Blues' joint-top scorer Donaldson was his first-half header against the crossbar from virtually on the goal line. But, while Blues players protested that the ball had crossed the line, Villa scrambled clear.
Donaldson, who had shot over in the first half, screwed wide from 12 yards with the score still at 1-0, but Davis made amends for him, before matching Gardner's lung-power in the sheer length of his own celebratory gallop.
The highlight for the visitors was Gardner's looping header, which soared through the flailing arms of home goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak.
They came close to scoring again through Jonathan Kodjia, while a late cameo appearance from substitute Gabby Agbonlahor full of neat touches suggests his Villa career is far from over.
Bruce's last second city derby game as Birmingham City boss was on 11 November 2007. Blues lost 2-1 and eight days later, with Carson Yeung's takeover looming, he resigned to take charge of Wigan Athletic.
Almost nine years on, so soon after another Blues takeover, he returned in the opposition dugout, to a warm, welcoming handshake from opposite number Gary Rowett as he made the familiar walk down the touchline to the dug-outs.
And, to keep everyone relatively happy, it ended in a share of the spoils and Bruce this time feeling a lot happier about his future job security.
Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett told BBC Sport: "We deserved a point at the very least.
"David Davis took his goal very well and I was very pleased to get back into it after dominating the majority of it.
"The atmosphere was electric. We started really well with good balance and had a few chances, and then we conceded very poorly, which is really disappointing in a big derby. We didn't do our jobs properly.
"Clayton had a couple of chances. I felt at the time, with the header, that the ball had not crossed the line. But the bottom line is he should have scored. It was a big moment."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce told BBC Sport: "It was a typical ferocious derby game, but it was a fair result. We showed a sort of resilience.
"Gary's got a very decent Championship side here, a bit similar to the Birmingham side I had here. They're up and at you, and that's why they're up at the top end.
"Wherever we go, we're Aston Villa and people want to turn us over because of who we are and what we are. I'm proud of the way we performed and got a result."
On his reception back at St Andrew's: "I've been in the game for 40 years and nearly 10 of them were here. I had some happy very happy times here and made a lot of friends. The reception was tame."
Match ends, Birmingham City 1, Aston Villa 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 1, Aston Villa 1.
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa).
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa).
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Robinson replaces Rhoys Wiggins.
Delay in match Rhoys Wiggins (Birmingham City) because of an injury.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by James Chester.
Attempt blocked. Rhoys Wiggins (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Shotton.
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Ashley Westwood.
Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Stephen Gleeson with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ross McCormack with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stephen Gleeson.
Attempt missed. Ross McCormack (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Gabriel Agbonlahor replaces Jordan Ayew.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jonathan Spector.
David Davis (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ross McCormack (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz with a headed pass.
Offside, Aston Villa. Gary Gardner tries a through ball, but Jonathan Kodjia is caught offside.
David Davis (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Aston Villa 1. David Davis (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Birmingham City. David Cotterill replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross McCormack (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Clayton Donaldson with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. James Chester (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Ayew with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Che Adams.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Michael Morrison.
The avalanche struck near the community of McBride, north-east of Vancouver in the province of British Columbia.
A spokesman for the Avalanche Canada monitoring service said the "very large, significant" avalanche was triggered by human activity.
Reports from British Columbia say the avalanche struck three separate groups of snowmobilers.
They were helped by a search and rescue team that happened to be in the area at the time, The Province newspaper reported.
Karl Klaasen, of Avalanche Canada, said there was a high risk of more incidents in the region, after heavy snow and rainfall over the past few days.
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The Liverpool striker was making his return after a month out following knee surgery - and it proved to be bad timing for England as his brilliance was the difference in a fiercely-fought encounter.
"The lads will be gutted. The second goal was a nightmare, a straight ball down the middle. It is schoolboyish. You have to make sure these things don't happen. We got ourselves back in the game and I would have taken a point. It wasn't to be at the end and we let ourselves down."
Suarez put Uruguay ahead with a first-half header then scored a superb winner six minutes from time after Wayne Rooney's first goal at a World Cup gave England hope of avoiding a second successive Group D loss.
Defeat means the odds are now stacked against Roy Hodgson's England escaping this tough group.
They will be out unless Italy, who beat them in Manaus, defeat Costa Rica on Friday.
England also need Italy to win their final game against Uruguay, which would then give them the chance of qualifying on goal difference if they beat Costa Rica next Tuesday.
But for all the potential, a record of played two, lost two rarely adds up to anything other than elimination at the World Cup. No side have ever progressed after losing their first two matches.
And what an anti-climax it will be for manager Hodgson and his players if England are left playing for nothing other than pride in their final group game in Belo Horizonte.
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez claimed Suarez would not be fully fit for the game against England after missing his country's opening 3-1 defeat against Costa Rica.
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Suarez may not have been, but he still possessed too much guile and menace for an England team who never built on the promise they showed in losing to Italy.
Rooney struck the bar before he scored and was England's main threat, but Uruguay - or to be more precise Suarez - produced the quality and clinical finishing that decides games such as this.
As expected, Hodgson played Rooney in a more central role and moved Raheem Sterling wide, but England struggled to find the energy levels that had fuelled such a positive performance against Italy.
Daniel Sturridge and Sterling could not pose the same threat as they had in Manaus either, Instead, it was Rooney who came closest, firing a first-half free-kick just inches wide and then powering a far-post header against the bar from one yard out.
At the back, England looked nervous and were fortunate to survive when Phil Jagielka's sliced clearance fell to Cristian Rodriguez, whose rising drive from the angle just cleared the bar with goalkeeper Joe Hart beaten.
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Uruguay were the more ordered side and their opening goal arrived from the most inevitable source seven minutes before half-time.
Steven Gerrard conceded possession in midfield and, from Edinson Cavani's perfect cross, Suarez pulled away from Jagielka to head past Hart.
As England heads dropped, the former Ajax forward celebrated with the Uruguayan medical team who have nursed him back to fitness.
England, as they did against Italy, responded strongly, forcing Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera to block a Sturridge effort at his near post.
In a chaotic start to the second half, Suarez was wasteful and Cavani was guilty of a bad miss.
Rooney then found room in the area only eight yards out, but shot straight at Muslera.
Hodgson, knowing what defeat would mean, made his first change after 64 minutes by sending on Ross Barkley for Sterling, who had struggled to impose himself on Uruguay as he had against the Italians.
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England were moving into desperate times as the clock ran down - and it was Rooney who produced the goods with the equaliser 15 minutes from time, tapping in from close range from Glen Johnson's perfect cross.
Just as the momentum looked to be shifting towards England, Suarez was the tormentor again.
He latched on to a long punt from Muslera, which Gerrard could only flick on with his head, and then steadied himself before rifling an unstoppable finish past Hart.
It was the final word on this game - and probably on England's 2014 World Cup hopes in Brazil.
View more pictures of England's defeat here.
The hosts fell behind when a free-kick from Hallbera Guony Gisladottir bypassed the defence into the net.
Harpa Thorsteinsdottir, Gunnhilder Yrsa Jonsdottir and Margret Lara Vioarsdottir all scored headers in quick succession as Iceland dominated.
And Kim Little missed a penalty for the hosts in time added on.
Scotland, already assured a top-two spot in the section, can still avoid a play-off if they gather enough points in away games with Belarus and Iceland while other results go their way.
Anna Signeul's side had been used to getting everything their own way in the group but did not seem comfortable with the pace of the game in the early stages.
Goalkeeper Gemma Fay had been untroubled, though, until a free-kick wide on the right from Gisladottir was allowed to bounce in the box and over the line unchallenged.
Vioarsdottir headed over before Fay blocked Fanndis Frioriksdottir's shot as Iceland continued to impress.
Thorsteinsdottir also poked the ball over the line, but the offside flag spared Scotland's blushes.
Scotland's first real chance came when Jane Ross sneaked between two defenders and was inches away from Kirsty Smith's cross.
If the Scots had started the first half badly, the first few minutes of the second period were even worse.
Frioriksdottir's ball across caused havoc before Anna Bjork Kristjansdottir almost turned in the resulting corner, but mercifully for the home side, it appeared to bounce off her and over the bar.
Holmfriour Magnusdottir was then left alone in space outside the box and only a fine one-handed save from Fay denied her.
At the other end, Smith's curling shot towards the top corner almost caught out goalkeeper Guobjorg Gunnarsdottir.
Then Little slipped through Hayley Lauder and her driven ball across goal almost found Ross.
Just as the hosts were enjoying their best spell of the game, everything that could go wrong, did.
Thorsteinsdottir powerfully headed in Magnusdottir's cross and, moments later, Jonsdottir was left unmarked to loop a header over everyone and into the net.
Scotland were being destroyed down their left-hand side and another ball into the box found captain Vioarsdottir, who was also allowed a free header that she took full advantage of.
It could have been more for Iceland as Frioriksdottir's curling ball hit the frame of the goal.
The Scots also hit the post before the end, Little's spot-kick rebounding after Kristjansdottir had been penalised for handball.
Scotland: Fay, Mitchell (Lauder 46), Dieke, Love, Little, Crichton (Weir 55), Evans (L Ross 45), J Ross, Corsie, Beattie, Smith. Subs: Lynn, Ness, C Murray, J Murray.
Iceland: G Gunnarsdottir, Viggosdottir, Magnusdottir (Jensen 76), S Gunnarsdottir, M L Vioarsdottir (M Siguroardottir 79), Brynjarsdottir (Jonsdottir 46), Gisladottir, Thorsteinsdottir, E Vioarsdottir, Kristjansdottir, Frioriksdottir. Subs: S Siguroardottir, Atladottir, Thorvaldsdottir, Hauksdottir.
Referee: Jana Adamkova (Czech Republic).
Attendance: 2,690.
ICE announced back on 1 March that it was considering a bid for the LSE.
But it said that it has been unable to "confirm the potential market and shareholder benefits" of the deal.
LSE agreed a merger with Deutsche Boerse on 16 March, creating one of the world's biggest exchange operators.
Shares in LSE slumped almost 10% following the announcement from the US based firm. Deutsche Boerse shares rose more than 5%.
Deutsche Boerse is already one of the world's biggest financial markets groups.
As well as owning the Frankfurt stock exchange, it owns Eurex which is one of the world's biggest markets for futures and options contracts in shares.
11 August 2016 Last updated at 10:39 BST
The BBC's Chris Foxx explains what the dark web is and what it is used for.
Bryan Galloway, 31, from Kilwinning, admitted robbing Premier Stores in the North Ayrshire town on 14 October 2015 and making off with £300.
He also admitted attempting to rob Caley Stores in the town the next day.
At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Scott told Galloway he would be monitored for two years after his release due to the risk he posed.
"I'm talking about Christmas," the Ballymena man said. "You know, cinema can certainly create that."
The actor was referring to his latest film A Christmas Star, Northern Ireland and Ireland's first locally made Christmas movie.
The film premieres on Wednesday and is backed by Belfast-based Cinemagic.
Neeson, a patron of the charity, believes that film can "break down barriers".
"It's a powerful medium, it really is," he said.
"I've seen kids from the Lower Bronx, inner city Dublin, on these Cinemagic two-week courses.. their communication skills improve, their literacy skills in school improve. It's all a win-win situation."
A Christmas Star is narrated by Neeson and features a cast of new, young Irish actors.
They appear alongside stars such as Pierce Brosnan, Bronagh Waugh, Richard Clements, Kylie Minogue, and Downton Abbey's Robert James-Collier and Julian Fellowes.
Forty members of the film's crew were aged between 18 and 25 and the cast of eleven children were chosen from thousands that responded to the open casting call.
Northern Ireland actress Bronagh Waugh stars in the movie.
Known for her roles in The Fall and Hollyoaks, she said that the project was an "amazing" idea for young talent.
"You know there's no drama schools over here and there's no crew schools," Waugh told the BBC.
"So if you want to work in the industry, how do you get into it? You need your first credit.
"I just think that the whole concept of this - to make it by young people for young people, and give them their first credit so they can go on to work in the industry - what a great idea and I would fully support that."
Richard Clements agrees with Waugh.
"When I was a young actor, all we had at our disposal was youth theatre. So we all grew up doing theatre," he said.
"If only I had had an organisation like Cinemagic at my disposal back then to stretch yourself further as an actor. You know, stepping out into the sometimes daunting world of TV and film."
Cinemagic's Joan Burney Keatings hopes that people will 'get behind' the film.
She said it was the "first Northern Irish and Irish Christmas film".
"The objective is to show people that anything is possible when you work hard, you dream, and you don't give up."
The movie centres around a young girl named Noelle.
Born in dramatic circumstances under a Christmas star, she believes she has the ability to perform miracles.
Noelle teams up with a group of local kids, who take on a developer trying to demolish her village.
Julian Fellowes is a patron of Cinemagic.
"I think it's a lovely film," Fellowes said.
"I found it funny and warm and it makes you cry, and all the things you want from a film like that. I think it'll be a classic."
Fellowes said there are valuable lessons to be learned from the project.
"Show business, despite what it looks like from the stalls, is a big business of saying no and you have to go through a lot of nos before you get to your yes," he siad.
"This is such an inspiration. You just don't have to listen to the nos, you just must push through."
Louise James's partner, two sons, mother and sister died when their car slid off Buncrana pier and entered Lough Swilly on 20 March.
Ms James, along with family members and witnesses, took part in a ceremony held close to the pier on Sunday.
Vigils were also held in Strathfoyle and the Guildhall in Londonderry.
Four-month old Rionaghac-Ann was the only survivor.
She was rescued by passer-by Davitt Walsh after the car slipped into the water.
Louise James spoke briefly at the ceremony, expressing her gratitude to "everybody for your words of support, kindness, generosity, everything".
"Thank you so much," she added.
Ms James, along with her four-month-old daughter, sat beside Francis and Kay Crawford who had raised the alarm last Sunday night.
Local parish priest Father Francis Bradley said Louise James had shown courage.
"She has exhibited tremendous strength and dignity over the past week, especially at her home during the wake and the funeral mass," he said.
"For somebody who is naturally shy it is not an easy thing to do but she just feels the need to thank people for their kindness."
Five floral tributes were set afloat on the sea in memory of the five loved ones she lost.
A locked gate now blocks access from the pier area and warning signs have been erected.
Hundreds of mourners lined streets in Londonderry on Thursday as hearses carrying the five victims made their way to Holy Family Church for the funeral service.
Jim McGrotty, a brother of Sean, said his brother's efforts to save his family had been the ultimate display of his love for them.
"Sean's love for his family was proven, if proof was ever needed, with his selfless actions on last Sunday evening," he said.
In Derry, people came together at Guildhall Square to show their support.
There was a minute's silence as the Guildhall clock struck seven.
Back-to-back home losses had left the Cubs on the brink of defeat in the best-of-seven series, but Sunday's win means they trail 3-2 as they return to Cleveland for Tuesday's Game Six.
Kris Bryant's fourth-inning home run proved decisive as the Cubs claimed a first home World Series win since 1945.
The Cubs have gone 108 years without winning baseball's biggest prize.
The Indians last won in 1948 and can end that drought - the second longest in baseball behind the Cubs - with victory on Tuesday.
Game Seven, if required, will also be played in Cleveland, on Wednesday.
The Balmoral Show, located on the former Maze prison site near Lisburn, County Antrim, runs until Saturday.
It was previously held in the King's Hall complex in Belfast but moved to its new home in 2013.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the four-day event, which in previous years lasted three days.
With scores of livestock competitions and 600 trade stands, it is an opportunity for the industry to showcase itself.
Here are some snapshots of the day.
In a letter to Swindon Borough Council, head teachers and local MPs, Ofsted's Bradley Simmons said the town's schools were a "cause for serious concern".
He said immediate action was needed and urged "all involved" to unite so pupils could get the "education they deserve".
The council said the criticism was misplaced, and work was continuing to improve standards where necessary.
The letter was published following an Ofsted inspection of the borough council's arrangements for supporting school improvement.
'Bad' schools claim splits opinion
In it Mr Simmons said he had raised concerns with the borough council "on at least three separate occasions".
He said Swindon was in the "bottom 10 local authorities nationally" in phonics in 2016, while the town's seven-year-olds were the "joint lowest performers in reading in the South West".
At Key Stage 2, he said only 44% of 11-year-olds reached the "new expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics", while at GCSE level only 17.3% of pupils - compared to 22.8% nationally - achieved the English Baccalaureate.
The Ofsted letter leaves no doubt as to the scale of concern about schooling in this large industrial town in the south-west of England.
Only a handful of such warning letters addressed to every organisation involved in an area's education have ever been issued.
Mr Simmons exhorts academy bosses, head teachers, the local education authority and the Regional Schools Commissioner, which oversees academies, to join with local politicians and governors to make improvements.
This range of addresses reflects the complex modern education landscape.
Of the 15 secondary level schools in the area with GCSE results, only one is a traditional local authority-maintained school.
Twelve are academies, the privately run but state-funded schools ministers see as the engine of school improvement in England. The other two are special schools.
If the education for the area's pupils, said to be failing at every level, is to be turned around, a concerted effort from a large range of "key players" will be needed.
"Pupils in Swindon are being failed at every level. Primary school performance which had previously shown a positive trend of improvement in Swindon is now a concern," Mr Simmons said.
"Recent inspections of five secondary schools in the town also indicate a trend of decline, with only one of these schools being rated good.
"Of the others, one went from good to 'requires improvement', one failed to improve from requires improvement and two went from requires improvement to inadequate."
In an open letter response, the borough council said it felt the data released had been "used selectively".
It said that claims it had failed its pupils were "overly harsh and indeed unfair".
Allison Standley is among those who have reacted on social media. She wrote: "Another blow for our very hard working teachers, how much more can they take? Parents, you have a huge responsibility too you know."
Jacob Samuel Allinson agreed, saying he wished "more parents worked as hard at educating their children as teachers do".
But Jessy Webster, a politics graduate, tweeted the criticism was "long overdue" as "Swindon schools were notoriously bad" when she was in Wiltshire.
Some parents and teachers have contacted the BBC to share their views.
Christel Stevens said she and her husband were teachers in other boroughs and had just transferred their son out of a primary school in Swindon to one elsewhere in Wiltshire after a "poor experience".
She added: "He is thriving now despite reception year being wasted."
Parent Sarah-Kate Tonkin disagreed with the findings, saying: "If you want to talk academic achievement [measurable] one of my older children has been in NATIONAL finals for Maths and STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths] this year.
"That is *not* a sign of failing pupils as far as I can see."
But parent James Garfield described his child's school as an "utter disgrace".
He said: "When challenged as to why the school did not set homework I was informed that the teacher in question did not have homework when he was at school and he did all right - hardly the point.
"I believe the reason the schools in north Swindon in particular are so bad is that the head teachers are prepared to play social experiments with our children such as the no homework policy."
Key Stage 2 results, published in September 2016, suggest Swindon had one of the lowest levels of attainment, but not the worst.
The average, based on the new assessment criteria, was for 53% of children to meet the required standard in all of reading, writing and mathematics by the time they finished year six. In Swindon it was 44%. The same was true of Liverpool and West Sussex.
Luton and Dorset did worse with 43%, while Bedford achieved 42% and Peterborough 39%.
However, a look at the test results suggests Swindon was only slightly out of step with the national average when it came to individual subjects.
The England average for reading was 66% meeting the expected standard. In Swindon it was 65%.
Grammar, spelling and punctuation saw 72% of pupils in England meet the expected standard. Swindon was exactly the same.
Mathematics saw 69% of children in Swindon meet the expected standard, compared with an England average of 70%.
The problem as far as Key Stage 2 goes is that not enough children did well enough across the board.
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Swindon Borough Council said, overall, phonics test results were lower than it would have liked at the end of year one, but "children have caught up and are above the national average" by the end of year two.
It said 11-year-olds were meeting the national average for reading, mathematics and grammar, but admitted writing results were "lower this year".
And despite it sharing Ofsted's "concerns about secondary education", the council said "GCSE results have continued to improve".
"By making his views so public in this way, Mr Simmons must have recognised the demotivating impact they would have on teachers," the authority said.
"In fact it has really angered and annoyed many head teachers of good and outstanding schools who are doing an excellent job."
North Swindon Tory MP Justin Tomlinson said it was "very disappointing news".
"I will do all I can support both Swindon Borough Council and the schools highlighted to deliver immediate improvements," he said.
The four-part CGI animated mini-series will bring an original interpretation to Richard Adams' classic 1972 novel.
It tells the story of a band of rabbits in search of a new home after the destruction of their warren.
Commissioned by the BBC, it is the first blockbuster drama made as a co-production between the BBC and Netflix.
The series will also feature the vocal talents of Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult , Miles Jupp, Freddie Fox, Anne-Marie Duff and Gemma Arterton, and will be written by Bafta-nominated Tom Bidwell.
"Before there was Harry Potter, there was Watership Down," said the BBC's drama commissioning editor Matthew Read.
"Richard Adams' novel is one of the most successful books of all time and one of the biggest selling books in history. It is fantastic to have the opportunity to bring a modern classic to a mainstream BBC One audience with such an incredible roster of actors alongside the talented team overseeing the animation."
The book was first adapted for screen in 1978, and was notoriously frightening for young children, with its adored rabbit characters killed in graphic scenes.
This version, the show's executive producer told the Telegraph, "will not just tone down the levels of on-screen violence to make it more appropriate for children, but give a boost to its female characters."
The series is due to air on the BBC in 2017, and worldwide, outside of the UK, on Netflix.
Dortmund's top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sidefooted over a great chance towards the end of normal time.
There were no goals either in extra-time, although Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski was only denied by a great Eric Durm block.
In the shootout, Douglas Costa scored the winning penalty.
Dortmund failed with their second and third kicks, as Manuel Neuer saved from Sven Bender and Sokratis Papastathopoulos missed.
Bayern centre-back Josh Kimmich struck his team's third kick straight at Roman Burki straight after Papastathopoulos had driven wide, but Thomas Muller and Costa scored for Guardiola's side.
It means that the manager, who is leaving to take charge at Manchester City, completed his three-year reign with a second German league and cup double, having secured the Bundesliga title in April.
He won the league in each of his three years in Bavaria.
There was disappointment for Dortmund captain Mats Hummels, making his final appearance for the club before joining Bayern.
The Germany centre-back, who has been criticised heavily by Dortmund fans since the move was announced earlier this month, was forced off with cramp in the second half.
An attritional contest between the Bundesliga's top two clubs offered plenty of edge but few clear chances.
Franck Ribery was perhaps fortunate to escape with only a booking in the first half, retaliating to a foul on him by barging into Gonzalo Castro and then poking the Dortmund midfielder in the face; both men were booked.
Dortmund, who finished runners-up to Guardiola's team in this season's Bundesliga, expended plenty of energy in trying to soak up Bayern's pressure.
They visibly tired as the match wore on, with full-back Marcel Schmelzer limping off moments before Hummels' departure, and Aubameyang also pulling up with cramp in extra-time, although the striker was able to complete the game.
Defeat means that Dortmund end Thomas Tuchel's first season in charge without a trophy, having lost in the German cup final for a third successive season.
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The building was known locally as the "Mighty Marysville".
It was open for nearly 70 years before being closed in 2011.
People who lived nearby were told to stay indoors.
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The half-mile extension has meant an increase of the total length of useable track to two-and-a-quarter miles.
Spokesman Adrian Brodie said: "It has taken many months of blood, sweat, tears and commitment. It's a hugely important deal for the railway."
To celebrate, the Swindon-built Prairie 5521 will be in use for three days.
The track extension means passengers can take a four-mile round trip from Blunsdon station to the Taw Valley.
But passengers will not be able to get on or off at this point, as the platform and facilities at Taw Valley Halt will not be completed until the new year.
Organisers said a planned flypast by the Red Arrows on Bank Holiday Monday had been cancelled.
Peter Hartley ghosted in unmarked at the back post to direct the impressive Graham Carey's free-kick into the net.
Jervis doubled Plymouth's lead after the break, heading home Carey's free-kick before Orient received a lifeline with Lloyd James scoring from the spot.
But Mathieu Baudry's ill-judged back pass found Jervis, who slotted into an empty net to make sure of the win.
Leyton Orient head coach Andy Hessenthaler told BBC Radio London:
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"It's so crucial that you're good in both boxes, and certainly set plays, we didn't defend them.
"Two set plays and a mistake at the end has cost us the game.
"The one just before half-time was a bit of a kick in the teeth because there was nothing really in the game in the first half."
Match ends, Leyton Orient 1, Plymouth Argyle 3.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 1, Plymouth Argyle 3.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Gregg Wylde replaces Jamille Matt.
Goal! Leyton Orient 1, Plymouth Argyle 3. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamille Matt.
Jordan Houghton (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Brisley (Leyton Orient).
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Plymouth Argyle).
Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Calaum Jahraldo-Martin replaces Blair Turgott.
Attempt missed. Hiram Boateng (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Kelvin Mellor (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nigel Atangana (Leyton Orient).
Goal! Leyton Orient 1, Plymouth Argyle 2. Lloyd James (Leyton Orient) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Jordan Forster (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Jordan Forster (Plymouth Argyle) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Leyton Orient. Ollie Palmer draws a foul in the penalty area.
Goal! Leyton Orient 0, Plymouth Argyle 2. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Graham Carey with a cross.
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jerome Binnom-Williams (Leyton Orient).
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Plymouth Argyle).
Blair Turgott (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jerome Binnom-Williams.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Scott Kashket replaces Sean Clohessy.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Jordan Forster.
Blair Turgott (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Ollie Palmer replaces Armand Gnanduillet.
Hiram Boateng (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Hiram Boateng (Plymouth Argyle).
Lloyd James (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
Nigel Atangana (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Houghton (Plymouth Argyle).
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Peter Hartley.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Jordan Forster replaces Carl McHugh because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Carl McHugh (Plymouth Argyle) because of an injury.
Delay in match Jerome Binnom-Williams (Leyton Orient) because of an injury.
Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jerome Binnom-Williams (Leyton Orient).
Hiram Boateng (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and the coastguard helicopter helped the girl to safety from Llanberis path on Saturday afternoon.
She was flown to Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital.
Her condition is not known.
The Gunners did not disclose the length of the deals for striker Giroud, 30, defender Koscielny, 31, and midfielder Coquelin, 25.
But Koscielny said on Twitter he would extend his "adventure ... until 2020".
"We are very pleased that three important members of our team have committed to us for the long term," Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said.
The French trio have become first-team regulars at the London outfit, with Giroud signing the new deal on the back of four goals in four games - including his 'scorpion' goal against Crystal Palace.
"Francis has made tremendous technical strides over the past few years because he's so focused every day," Wenger added.
"Olivier has big experience in the game now and has become a more and more complete player since joining us.
"Laurent is of course a key part of our squad and I believe one of the best defenders in the world today. So overall, this is great news for us."
England-qualified former New Zealand Under-20 player Latta, 24, joined Gloucester from Highlanders in 2015.
Batley, 20, has represented England up to Under-20 level and has made four appearances for the Cherry and Whites.
"The arrival of these two players in the summer gives us fierce competition in the second row," interim head coach Mark Tainton told the club website.
Nurse Dale Bolinger, 57, used the online Dark Fetish Network (DFN) to discuss beheading and eating women and girls for sexual gratification, Canterbury Crown Court was told.
He bought an axe in Broadstairs, Kent, in September 2012, the day before he was due to meet the girl, it was said.
Mr Bolinger denies attempting to meet a child under 16 after sexual grooming.
The court was told an email address being used by Mr Bolinger was traced by the FBI.
Prosecuting, Martin Yale told the jury they were investigating internet chats about the rape, killing and cannibalism of women.
Det Con Nicola Griffith, from Kent Police, told the court the FBI had passed chat logs on to detectives containing online conversations on DFN.
Mr Yale read out chat logs between Bolinger and other users to the court, in which he allegedly referred to beheading a 14-year-old, eating children while their mothers watched, and cooking and eating a pregnant woman and her foetus.
Many of the conversations involved discussions of eating children, which the court was told he referred to as "nice veal", including eating a newborn female baby.
The court heard how Mr Bolinger's online profile listed his interests as "cannibalism, mainly the hunting and preparation of young but sometime not so young women".
Jurors heard that Mr Bolinger, formerly of Canterbury, thought he had been chatting to a 14-year-old Mexican girl called Eva, who was living in Germany.
During their chats he proposed to meet her at Ashford International station and discussed the sexual acts he would perform before and after her death.
Mr Yale said: "He said he would murder her with an axe or a cleaver and then he would eat her."
Jurors heard that Mr Bolinger told the girl: "The idea of making love and then eating you is a very great turn-on.
"I have been called a very generous lover and I would be very generous to you before I prepped you for the table."
But Eva, whose identity has never been established, did not arrive and Mr Bolinger went home.
He said he had only gone to Ashford station because he feared for the girl's safety.
Mr Bolinger's trial heard how he claimed to have eaten a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old child during chats with other users on the Dark Fetish Network.
While searching Mr Bolinger's phone and computer, police found indecent images of children with titles including "dinner; one in, one waiting", "the BBQ", "the BBQ2" and "the BBQ3", the jury was told.
He was arrested by Kent Police in February following liaison with FBI officers in the United States and charged seven months later.
The trial continues.
The incident happened at about 15:30 on Monday.
Police Scotland said a report would be sent to the Youth Justice Management Unit.
Mr Dolphin said he hopes to be able to encourage even more people to explore Scotland on foot.
He works as a West Lothian Council ranger and writes for the Walkhighlands website and Outdoor Enthusiast magazine, as well as his own Benvironment website.
Ramblers Scotland has 6,500 members and is the representative body for walkers.
Mr Dolphin said: "In my personal and working lives I've seen first-hand how time spent around nature has enormous physical and mental benefits, whether it's the blanket bogs of Sutherland or an urban park in West Lothian.
"Much of my time is therefore spent encouraging folk to get out and about.
"As President of Ramblers Scotland, I hope to be able to do just that by showing people the amazing wildlife and landscapes we have right here at home, not just up in the Highlands but right outside our front doors.
He added: "I'll also continue to speak up for our wild places and progressive access rights, which should never be taken for granted."
Ramblers Scotland convenor Alison Mitchell commented: "It's wonderful to have Ben Dolphin on board as our President.
"His passion for walking, landscape and outdoor access, together with his respected position within the Scottish outdoors scene, will help us deliver the wide range of exciting campaigns and projects we have planned in the coming year."
Thomas Moley, 50, was charged with fraud offences, including letting the shed be used for laundering fuel.
He was given 18 months in jail, suspended for two years.
The plants were discovered on his land, in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on two separate occasions; in November 2012 and July 2014.
Moley was sentenced at Newry Crown Court following an investigation by the HMRC.
HMRC officers dismantled both laundering plants.
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Oscar Pérez posted Instagram videos admitting the attack and calling on Venezuelans to rise up against the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
The officer's home has been searched as the president put the entire military on alert, citing a "terrorist attack".
The country is in the midst of a deep economic and political crisis.
Nobody was injured in the helicopter attack, which took place at around sunset on Tuesday evening.
One police source reported by Reuters said that the helicopter had been dumped in Higuerote, on the Caribbean coast, but that the pilot had not been found. The report has not been verified.
A blue police helicopter was seen flying over central Caracas carrying a banner reading "350 Freedom" - a reference to a clause in the constitution cited by opponents of Mr Maduro to claim his government is illegitimate.
The helicopter, reportedly stolen, carried the marks of the CICPC forensic police force, for which Oscar Pérez has worked for 15 years.
Images on social media showed two occupants, one masked.
The government said 15 shots were fired at a social event at the interior ministry. The helicopter then flew to the court and dropped four Israeli-made grenades of "Colombian origin". One failed to detonate. No-one was injured.
Many of those opposed to Mr Maduro see the Supreme Court as one of his main supporters.
The police officer identified himself as Oscar Pérez in the Instagram video statements.
Appearing in military fatigues and flanked by armed, masked men in uniform, he appealed to Venezuelans to oppose "tyranny".
"We are a coalition of military employees, policemen and civilians who are looking for balance and are against this criminal government," he said.
"We don't belong to any political tendency or party. We are nationalists, patriots and institutionalists."
He said the "fight" was not against the security forces but "against the impunity of this government. It is against tyranny".
Mr Pérez is a colourful character, judging by his posts on social media.
He is pictured brandishing a high-calibre weapon while scuba-diving, and in another video shows off his gun skills by shooting a target over his shoulder, using only a make-up mirror as a guide.
He also appeared in the 2015 Venezuelan movie, Suspended Death, which tells the story of elite police officers rescuing the victim of a kidnapping.
President Maduro appeared on state television to denounce the attack.
He said: "I have activated the entire armed forces to defend the peace. And you can be assured that sooner or later, we are going to capture that helicopter and those that carried out this terror attack against the institutions of the country."
Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López urged Venezuelans to remain calm and stay vigilant.
State TV showed images of the pilot in front of the US Capitol building in Washington.
Mr Maduro has long claimed the US government is attempting to have him overthrown.
Some of the president's opponents took to social media to suggest he was responsible for staging the helicopter attack in order to justify a further crackdown on dissent.
Julio Borges, leader of the opposition-controlled legislature, said: "It seems like a movie. Some people say it is a hoax, some say it is real, some say that it was police personnel who really are fed up.
"I summarise it like this: a government is decaying and rotting, while a nation is fighting for dignity."
Freddy Guevara, of the opposition MUD alliance, posted a tweet on Wednesday calling on people to continue to oppose the Maduro government.
He said: "Maduro knows that nobody supports him, so today more than ever we must continue in the street, generating pressure to overcome this dictatorship!"
President Maduro has often alleged attempts to unseat him, and was quick to suggest this was another, but it is unclear how much support the police officer has.
He said the pilot had previously worked for former Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres, who the president has accused of links to the CIA.
Mr Rodriguez Torres quickly denied any involvement, saying he was "not convinced" by the helicopter event.
"Conclusion? A cheap show. Who gains from this? Only Nicolas, for two reasons: to give credibility to his coup d'etat talk, and to blame [me]," he said.
There have been almost daily anti-government protests in Venezuela for more than two months as the country's economic and political crisis worsens.
Those opposed to the government say they are determined to keep protests going until fresh elections are called and the government is ousted.
More than 70 people have been killed in protest-related violence since 1 April, according to the chief prosecutor's office.
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Police said they were called to the "sudden death" of the Bournemouth University student, aged in her 30s, at a house in Gillet Road. Officers discovered "unknown chemical substances" at the property.
Neighbours left their homes while the substances were removed on Thursday.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and next of kin are aware.
The university described the death in the student village on the edge of its Talbot Campus as "an isolated incident" and said it was "making support available for any student who has been affected".
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service also attended the scene.
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The South African says he is "thrilled" with the deal which will keep him at Kingspan Stadium until 2020.
Ludik, 30, joined Ulster from French side Agen in 2014 and made a superb start to the season before suffering a fractured cheek bone against Connacht.
The full-back, who has also played on the wing and at centre this season, is expected to be out of action until the end of November.
Ludik will qualify to play for Ireland next summer.
"Myself and my family really enjoy Belfast and we feel very much at home here," he stated.
"Everything about Ulster Rugby is first class; the stadium, the training facilities, the players and coaches, the medical care and the supporters.
"Once I return to fitness, I'm looking forward to contributing to the team this season and for the following three years."
Ulster's Director of Rugby Les Kiss described the player's contract extension as "a major boost".
"He is an outstanding guy who gives 100% to the cause and adds so much value both on and off the pitch.
"His form at the start of this season has been absolutely brilliant and I'm looking forward to seeing him deliver for us over the next few years."
The Argus reported the remarks made by Lewes councillor Donna Edmunds.
She posted her views after being asked whether she supported Henley-on-Thames UKIP councillor David Silvester, who said the government's support for gay marriage had caused the recent floods.
Ms Edmunds defended her comments as "an essentially libertarian stance".
However, she later issued a statement saying she regretted the remarks.
On the forum, Ms Edmunds said she did not agree with Mr Silvester, who has been expelled by UKIP, but said business owners should be allowed to refuse services to anyone they wanted for any reason.
When The Argus asked her to clarify her statement, Ms Edmunds said it would be OK for a shop owner to refuse her based on no other fact than she was a woman, or if service was refused to a gay person.
She said: "I'm a libertarian so I don't think the state should have a role in who business owners serve."
Norman Baker, Lewes's Liberal Democrat MP, tweeted about his surprise at the capacity of UKIP repeatedly to pick candidates with "abhorrent" views.
And the Conservative Party Press Office tweeted: "UKIP MEP candidate & Cllr says businesses should be able to turn away women, gay & black people. @UKIP do? Nothing."
A spokesman for UKIP said: "Ms Edmunds' comments appear somewhat misguided and we do not endorse the position intimated, but we believe she has apologised for the remarks."
And the party's chairman Steve Crowther later said: "Whilst we are a libertarian party this kind of ultra-libertarianism really goes beyond what is acceptable.
"Society has to have rules and it is certainly not UKIP's policy to allow people to refuse service to each other on the grounds of race, sexuality etc."
Ms Edmunds, an MEP candidate for the South East, issued a statement which said: "I regret what I wrote and can see how an essentially libertarian stance could be broadly misinterpreted.
"I in no way endorse any form of discrimination. I believe in cutting red tape for business and I also strongly believe in an individual's personal and religious freedoms, but I stand against any form of prejudice."
The mother of one added: "I hope this remark has not caused any embarrassment for the party."
Lewes District Council said Ms Edmunds's views were her personal opinion and not shared by the authority.
A spokeswoman said the council had a statutory duty to protect people from discrimination and believed everyone in the area should feel "welcome, safe, valued, included and respected".
She added: "All officers and councillors receive regular training opportunities and there is no excuse for them not to be aware of their duties as council employees and elected members."
The 18-year-old has made 14 appearances this season after being given his debut against Exeter on the final day of the 2015-16 campaign in May.
Justin's new contract ties him to the club until the summer of 2019, and it includes an option for a further year.
"We are very excited by James. Now he has to continue the development he has shown," said boss Nathan Jones.
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Gatland, on a sabbatical from Wales to lead the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, will be at Friday's penultimate game against Ireland.
After two defeats, Edwards says Wales' players will want to make amends.
"They've got two games left and they can prove a point," ex-Wales and Lions scrum-half Edwards said
"That should be another incentive for the Welsh players to prove a point to Warren Gatland that some of the previous results they've had really don't matter.
"They might, just about might, surprise Ireland."
Rob Howley's side travel to France for their final game of the Championship on Saturday, 18 March.
Fourth-placed Wales, who are out of title contention after back-to-back defeats by England and Scotland, have named an unchanged side for the game at the Principality Stadium.
Edwards believes Friday's game sees the two top contenders going head to head for the number nine jersey he famously wore in the victorious tour of New Zealand in 1971.
"Conor Murray and Rhys Webb are vying for the Lions position," Edwards told S4C's Y Clwb Rygbi.
"Although there are others in the market there is no doubt this will be a real tough encounter.
"I'm expecting Rhys Webb to really show his capability but I've got great respect for both of them. It will be very interesting to see who comes out on top."
Ireland can set up a title decider with England in Dublin on 18 March with victory in Cardiff and Edwards is expecting a tough match for Howley's unchanged side.
"Whenever you play Ireland you know what you're going to get," Edwards added.
"It might not be fine skills; it will be all about heart and who wants it more than anybody else.
"I'm expecting nothing different from the Irish and I'm looking forward to it immensely."
Watch the full interview with Sir Gareth Edwards on S4C's Y Clwb Rygbi ahead of this Friday's game between Wales and Ireland from 19.15 GMT.
Wayne Nash, national security officer of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), said supporters should "enjoy the match" wherever they were.
Discussions have taken place about having a British police presence inside the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.
It follows the violent scenes that marred England's game against Russia.
Nash, speaking to BBC Wales Sport, told fans: "If you do not have a ticket, do not go to Lens for the game.
"Enjoy the match if you are in France, whether in the south of France in the bars or restaurants or in the campsites. And if you are in Wales, stay at home and don't travel to the game without a ticket."
Lille, which is 24 miles from Lens, hosts Russia's second Group B game, against Slovakia on Wednesday.
Nash added: "We have never advised our fans to go to Lille. Our advice was always to go to Arras or Amiens.
"Of course, with the fact Russia play Slovakia the day before, I'm cognisant of what happened on the weekend. It just makes our advice more pertinent really."
The FAW and the English Football Association are hoping there will be some British police presence inside the stadium on Thursday.
Police from both countries discussed the situation on Monday and will now hold talks with the prefect of Lens and Uefa's head of security.
Nash said: "Thursday's game has a very British feel to it and we have talked about deployment of officers. We think it would be reassuring to have officers in and around the stadium. Our fans are used to it.
"It's not the French way but we think on this occasion, and following the events at the weekend, our fans would be reassured."
Nash emphasised Wales supporters had been praised for their behaviour before, during and after Saturday's 2-1 win over Slovakia.
"We had a great day in Bordeaux, our fans behaved impeccably - that is well documented and evidenced," he said.
"We want them to come and enjoy the game, enjoy the occasion, get behind the boys and be as passionate as they were at the Slovakia game. But just be aware we have to keep things the right side of decent."
Yet after they have paid their last respects, said their final farewells and departed, a vital aspect of Mr Achebe's burial will still be pending.
According to Igbo tradition, death is not an end to life. It is simply a transition to a new world.
And without the rites of passage performed during a ceremony called "ikwa ozu", which means "celebrating the dead", Mr Achebe will be forbidden from taking his rightful place among his ancestors.
No matter how accomplished he was in this life, the literary icon would not be accorded an iota of respect in the next world.
"Ikwa ozu" rites differ from community to community.
The one commonality is that they occur after the elderly deceased is buried.
Mr Achebe's "ikwa ozu" is scheduled for immediately following his interment, on 24 and 25 May.
Igbo funerals are typically lavish.
It is not uncommon to hear people express anxiety when a relative is ill: "God, please, don't let my mother die. I can't afford her burial right now."
Vast amounts are expended on livestock and alcohol entitlements for the various age grades within the deceased's community, for the entertainment of guests and, usually, for the long-distance transportation of the corpse.
The honourable final resting place for an Igbo man is his ancestral village; and for a woman, in her husband's village.
In order to recuperate financially, many families tend to wait several months after the burial before embarking on the even more expensive "ikwa ozu", a situation that has led to the ceremony being frequently referred to as the "second burial".
Sometimes, families that can afford to organise the ceremony immediately also prefer to wait for months.
That way, they and their friends can reconvene for a second fanfare, and maybe combine the "ikwa ozu" with a grand memorial service.
Depending on what traditional titles the deceased held in his lifetime, the "ikwa ozu" can last anything from days to weeks.
As an "ogbuagu", a "tiger killer", my maternal grandfather's second burial lasted seven days.
The ceremony took place in Oguta in 1994, more than a year after his first burial.
From a mock trial to determine who - if anyone - had killed him, to the breaking of a paddle tied to a goat's neck to signify the final severance of his ties with this world, each rite involved my grandfather's age grade, his fellow title holders, or members of his family.
Being the first daughter, the "ada", my mother was the significant participant in the "ino uno akwa" rite, when my grandfather's favourite meals were prepared and set before her from dawn to dusk.
By consuming the meals, in silence, she was believed to have been ensuring that her father would never lack a steady food supply in the new world.
Chinua Achebe's obituary
Two key factors have radically altered the customs surrounding burials in Igbo land.
One is technology.
Barely hours after Mr Achebe died, the news went viral on the internet.
Official mourning and tributes soon followed.
And so, when a member of his mother's family granted an interview to Nigeria's Punch newspapers days later, in which he stated "we have not yet been informed", some might have wondered how they could be in Nigeria and not know.
But, according to Igbo tradition, there is a laid-down procedure for breaking the news of death, especially that of a great man.
Informing the deceased's mother's family should be a special event.
The first group to be informed is the deceased's immediate family. Afterwards, the extended family is told.
Then the entire community is summoned to an "ikpo oku".
The news is broken while presenting them with alcohol and livestock.
Only after the "ikpo oku" are public displays of mourning permitted to commence.
As part of the official mourning activities for my grandfather, his five wives gathered in his back yard daily - weeping, wailing and flaying their bodies on the floor - from 05:00 to 06:00.
This continued until the day he was buried, when the women's heads were shaved clean.
The final group to be informed is the deceased's mother's family.
They are then given a date to visit the immediate family and learn exactly how the death occurred.
Lavish entertainment is provided at the occasion. The number of yams, goats and cows the mother's family demands to take home with them is dependent on the deceased's status in his community.
This elaborate procedure for passing on the news of death helps prevent murder; it ensures that no-one leaves this world without the exact circumstances being ascertained.
In Umuahia, my hometown, the mother's family is solely responsible for selecting the spot where his grave is to be dug.
The Igbo bury their dead among the living, within the premises of the family home.
The second factor of change is Christianity.
Concerned about the impoverishment of bereaved folk owing to costly funerals, many churches have now placed a limit on how long relatives can preserve their deceased in the mortuary.
This is aimed at forestalling elaborate, expensive planning.
For the Catholic and Anglican churches, the limit is two to three weeks.
Church leaders will not officiate at a ceremony if the family exceeds these times without first receiving special permission in the case of special circumstances.
Churches also frown on the "ikwa ozu", which they consider pagan.
The more committed a family is to their Christian faith, the less likely they are to embark on traditional rites of passage.
But since burials are a communal affair, many reluctant participants are often forced to stand by and watch while the rites are carried out.
Some Christians leave clear instructions before they die, stating that no traditional rituals be conducted on their behalf.
My mother, now a papal knight, a dame of the Roman Catholic Church, insists that if things were done all over again, she would not participate in her father's "ino uno akwa".
But then, Igbo tradition stipulates all sorts of woeful consequences for families that do not ensure their dead's rightful place in the next world.
Without organising an "ikwa ozu" for their deceased, family members are forbidden from being conferred with certain titles or holding key positions in the community.
And nobody will be allowed to plan one for them when they eventually die.
Even worse, the spirit of the deceased is believed to torment any recalcitrant family, inflicting on them various disasters, from disease to destitution.
Many church-goers moderate these ancient and modern worries by cloaking traditional rites with Christian activities.
The shaving of widows' heads, for example, could be conducted while the women who usually gather to watch sing Christian choruses in the background.
And instead of sitting in silence while the "ino uno akwa" meals are served, the "ada" could be reading her Bible or praying to Jesus.
Also, a second burial could metamorphose into a memorial service.
And an "ikwa ozu" could conclude with a thanksgiving service.
The thanksgiving service for Mr Achebe will be held on Sunday 26 May at the St Philips Anglican Church in Ogidi.
Pro-EU Swansea East member Mike Hedges made the remark while explaining why he thought Brexit posed a risk.
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill, who is campaigning for a Leave vote, said the remark was "shameful".
Mr Hedges later apologised for the remark.
He had told BBC Wales: "It's like getting divorced after 43 years.
"It might look better on the outside with all these young women available to you.
"But I think the reality may well be something different."
In response Mr Gill said: 'It's shameful for anyone - let alone a member of the Welsh assembly - to lower the tone of debate in a way that may be seen as offensive.
"The vote on 23 June is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," he added.
"A vote to Remain is a vote to continue to send £350m to the EU every week, rather than spending it on our own priorities such as higher education and scientific research."
Mr Hedges later apologised on Twitter, saying the comments "should have been gender neutral".
The SNP have set out plans for tougher targets on climate change.
Labour is calling for a ban on fracking, while the Tories want to give councils the power to bring in moratoriums on wind farms and fracking.
The Lib Dems say they want to plug the "black hole" in Scotland's rural economy.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to raise Scotland's 2020 climate change target to a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
The new target would be contained in a Climate Change Bill if the party is returned to government at the 5 May election.
The Scottish government has missed its interim emissions targets for the last four years.
The SNP's Aileen McLeod, said: "It has not always been easy but Scotland has been a genuine world leader in the area of climate change and green energy, and the latest evidence shows that we are on track to exceed our 42% target."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale will outline a Labour plan for a greener Scotland, including:
Labour said climate change was the great challenge for this generation.
Ms Dugdale said: "The next Scottish government needs to offer more than warm words - it needs to deliver real change.
"The SNP's approach to climate change is similar to its whole approach to government - set a target, miss it and then set an even tougher target in the hope nobody notices."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson told the BBC her party would give local authorities the power to enforce a moratorium on wind farms and fracking.
Ms Davidson has also accused the SNP "burying bad news" at election time to avoid fresh questions over its house buying tax.
She said that unlike in 11 previous months, the Scottish government has failed to produce new figures at the end of last month on the sums collected by Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
Meanwhile, Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie will put pressure on the Scottish government to "plug the black hole in Scotland's rural economy", as he visits a Cupar farm.
Speaking ahead of the visit, Mr Rennie said: "The SNP has failed spectacularly to support people living and working in Scotland's rural and remote areas.
"That's why Liberal Democrats in our manifesto have set out plans for immediate restitution payments for farmers who have lost out.
"They cannot be expected to pay for the SNP's shambolic handling of CAP payments."
The findings on the Clutha bar tragedy in Glasgow came in a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
It said fuel transfer pumps were turned off and a controlled landing was not achieved for "unknown reasons".
The report also recommends that all police helicopters be equipped with black box flight recording equipment.
Scotland's Crown Office has now confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry into the crash will be held as soon as possible.
The report into the crash, which took place on 29 November 2013, said:
At a glance guide to the investigators' findings.
Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) chief inspector Keith Conradi said: "The AAIB is independent, tasked with investigating the causes of accidents to prevent recurrence and help make aviation safer.
"We do not apportion blame in our reports.
"We have made a series of safety recommendations in this final report including that European and British civil aviation regulators require all police and medical helicopters to carry flight recording equipment."
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the CAA had assisted the AAIB with its investigation and would study the report and its recommendations.
He added: "We will continue to work with helicopter operators to achieve the highest possible safety standards."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was "deeply disappointing that after two years of investigation the report does not reach a clearer conclusion".
She said that in some respects, the report "seems to raise more questions than it answers".
She added: "I therefore share the disappointment of the families that it does not provide the closure they sought and hope that the FAI that the Crown Office has now said will happen as soon as possible, can help the families get the answers they seek."
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The report raises a number of questions for which the families of the victims deserve answers.
"The Crown will now conduct further investigations into some of the complex issues raised by the AAIB report.
"We will endeavour to do this as quickly as possible but these matters are challenging and the necessary expertise is restricted to a small number of specialists."
The Police Scotland Eurocopter EC 135 was operated by Bond Air Services, which said: "Today's AAIB report is an important step in the process of understanding the terrible events of that night, although some questions remain unanswered.
"The AAIB has made no specific recommendations for Bond, but we are studying the report and will continue to work with others, including the manufacturer and regulators, to learn from its findings."
Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone of Police Scotland said: "Since the crash, Police Scotland has been carrying out an extensive major investigation under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
"Today's publication of the report by the AAIB contains a large amount of technical detail and is a significant milestone.
"The AAIB's findings will now be considered by Police Scotland's investigation team and the Crown."
The helicopter crew who were killed were pilot David Traill, PC Tony Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis.
Seven customers in the Clutha died. They were John McGarrigle, Mark O'Prey, Gary Arthur, Colin Gibson, Robert Jenkins, Samuel McGhee and Joe Cusker.
Relatives of those who died were informed about the AAIB's findings at private meetings in Glasgow on Wednesday and Thursday.
Speaking after the report had been published, John McGarrigle who lost his father John in the crash, said it was now obvious why he was "furious".
He said the document did not give answers and that he had been "bombarded by data and graphs and numbers for three hours at the meeting" on Wednesday.
Mr McGarrigle said at the end of the meeting the families were told about the two fuel supply switches being in the off position and they may never know why.
He said he was angry about the length of time it had taken for the report to come out.
Glasgow Lord Provost Sadie Docherty said the city council was "acutely aware that bereaved families and friends are struggling to cope".
She said: "They are in our thoughts and prayers as they express disappointment and frustration at their questions not being adequately answered.
"The council's major incident support team will be available to anyone seeking assistance."
Tyres have been set on fire and roads have been blocked in the capital Bamako on a fourth day of demonstrations.
Soldiers' families also took to the streets in a nearby town, complaining that the army was not equipped properly.
The rebels want an autonomous Azawad region in the northern desert.
Fresh fighting broke out in the middle of January - led by Tuareg rebels recently returned from Libya, where they served as Col Gaddafi's security forces.
The BBC's Martin Vogl in Bamako says the capital is tense and shops and businesses closed early for the day.
Our correspondent says the return to fighting - after two years of relative peace between the government and the Tuareg - has re-ignited old ethnic tensions between southerners and northerners.
He says southerners are angry that some of their family members have been killed - accusing the government of failing to properly arm those fighting on the front line.
The businesses and homes of Tuareg families have been vandalised in the towns of Kati, close to Bamako, and Segou, some 240km away - prompting President Amadou Toumani Toure to go on national TV.
He urged southern Malians not to discriminate against northerners despite the recent Tuareg rebel attacks.
"Those who attacked some military barracks and towns in the north must not be confused with our fellow Tuaregs, Arabs, Songhoi, Fulani, who live with us," President Toure said.
"They have the same rights and aspirations as us to live in peace," he added.
It was his first major speech since the fighting in the north resumed two weeks ago.
The Tuareg are a nomadic community who mostly live in northern Mali, northern Niger and southern Algeria.
Mali's Tuaregs have long complained that they have been marginalised by the southern government and have staged several rebellions over the years.
The study, led by the University of Hull, studied sightings and population numbers for creatures introduced into Britain over the last 150 years.
It found 13,000 yellow-tailed scorpions and between 30,000 and 50,000 ring-necked parakeets in south-east England.
About 10 coatis, which are also known as Brazilian aardvarks, and about 20 snapping turtles were also found.
The coatis, which are members of the racoon family and hail from North America, are thought to be living wild in Cumbria.
The snapping turtles, also from North America, are believed to be living in parts of Kent, London, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
The scorpions originate from north-west Africa and southern Europe and the ring-necked parakeets come from Africa and Asia.
Report author Dr Toni Bunnell, of the University of Hull, said it was thought some of the animals had originally been kept as pets but were released when their owners could no longer look after them.
"If you get enough turfed out in the same area and they can survive and the habitat suits them, then you have got a breeding population. That seems to be what's happening."
She added that other species were thought to have escaped from private collections.
The report was commissioned by the Eden television channel.
The forward-looking GfK consumer sentiment indicator fell to 9.3 points for December from 9.4 points in the previous month.
The score is the lowest since February, but was above analysts' predictions.
Confidence in the economy among German consumers dropped for the sixth consecutive month, although the pace reduced.
Concern about the labour market led the way, according to the survey of 2,000 shoppers, with 69% of all those surveyed expecting an increase in unemployment due to the influx of asylum seekers this year.
This month's survey was conducted before the attacks in Paris on 13 November.
In contrast to general sentiment, optimism for making a big purchase improved, with the sub-index for willingness to buy climbing by three points to 48.9.
GfK analyst Rolf Buerkl said he was optimistic for this year's Christmas sales, as customers might be tempted to shop online if they are concerned for public safety.
"It is possible that a few people here and there will avoid going to the Christmas market or visiting a shopping mall," Mr Buerkl said.
While promising a fierce fight to the end, IS prepared the way in its propaganda for its military defeat in the city.
The group began to shift its messaging in May 2016 amid losses in its Iraqi and Syrian heartland, saying that victory was not determined by territorial hold but persistence in faith.
It emphasised its enduring ideological reach, insisting that the group was invincible even if it faced what it portrayed as temporary setbacks on the ground.
IS cited a military official as saying the group had begun readying for its battle to defend Mosul from the first day it captured the city, suggesting the group knew its hold on the city could never last.
Following the launch by Iraqi forces of the operation to recapture Mosul in October 2016, IS has played up the strength of its affiliates in other countries.
It recently suggested that the capture of parts of the city of Marawi in the Philippines by pro-IS militants in May was reminiscent of its capture of Mosul, indicating that the symbolic centre of its so-called "caliphate" could be revised.
The group noted that a precursor had lost control of areas of Iraq in 2007 but resurfaced much stronger.
IS has demonstrated its ability to carry out attacks in various parts of Iraq outside Mosul, with a current offensive near Qayyara to the south of the city diverting attention from its crumbling "caliphate".
It has issued multiple calls for attacks worldwide, and in June claimed a third attack in the UK and its first attacks in Iran and Israel.
In the course of the battle for Mosul, IS has often said the city would prove to be a graveyard for its enemies.
But on 7 July it described Mosul's Old City as a graveyard for thousands of civilians, blaming their suffering on US-led coalition bombardment.
This served its narrative depicting an alleged global war against Sunni Islam.
IS used the destruction in Mosul - including the landmark Great Mosque al-Nuri and Hadba minaret, reportedly orchestrated by the group itself - to serve its own ends.
It boasted about the fierce resistance its members had put up in the city over almost nine months, against an array of powerful enemies.
It also gloated about the material and human cost visited upon its foes.
In a recent recognition of its demise in Mosul, the group said it planned to apply lessons derived from the protracted battle to future fronts in its unending war.
These are just some of the ways its media spins victory out of military defeats.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.
He first created Discworld in 1983 because he wanted to "have fun with some of the cliches" of fantasy novels.
Pratchett's whimsical writings endeared him to millions of avid fans across the world.
But in later years he fought a much-publicised battle against Alzheimer's disease.
Terence David John Pratchett was born on 28 April 1948 near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
An only child, he spent his early years in a house with no running water or electricity but he said that the family never felt deprived.
"It was right after the war, so that if you had a house with a roof on it you were ahead of the game," he said.
Pratchett later remembered an idyllic childhood spent playing with other village children in the local fields and woods.
He vividly recalled a visit to London in 1954 when his mother took him to the Gamages department store in Holborn.
The small boy was overcome by the bright lights and vast range of toys. "Lots of my future writing started to happen on that day," he later said.
An early interest in astronomy was sparked when he began collecting a series of cards in Brooke Bond Tea packets entitled Out into Space.
When his parents bought him a telescope, he spent hours out in the dark garden, peering into the sky.
Pratchett was also an avid reader and The Wind in the Willows became a major influence on his later writing, together with his growing collection of sci-fi books.
He left school at 17 and got a job as a trainee reporter on a local newspaper where, among other things, he wrote children's stories under the pen name Uncle Jim.
Out of one of these columns, written in what would become his trademark whimsical style, came the characters that eventually populated his first book.
His breakthrough came in 1968. While interviewing a publisher, Peter Bander van Duren, he casually mentioned he had been working on a manuscript.
Van Duren and his business partner Colin Smythe read the draft and The Carpet People was published in 1971.
According to Smythe, the book received few reviews, but they were ecstatic, with one describing it as "of quite extraordinary quality".
Pratchett followed this up with his only two purely science-fiction novels, The Dark Side of the Sun, published in 1976, and Strata five years later.
The latter work introduced the concept of a flat world, something that would surface again in Pratchett's most popular series of novels.
"Nothing in the universe is 'natural' in the strict sense of the term," Pratchett said of Strata. "Everything, from planets to stars, is a relic of previous races and civilisations."
Pratchett was a great computer fan, writing his earlier novels on an Amstrad word processor before switching to a PC as the technology improved.
Loath to abandon the security of a full-time job, he continued to work as a journalist before becoming a press officer at the Central Electricity Generating Board.
He had responsibility for three nuclear power stations and began his new post, with "impeccable timing", just after the partial meltdown of the reactor at Three Mile Island in the US.
"About every Friday one of the reactors would blow up - again," he joked later in an interview with the Scifi.com website.
"It was my job to say, 'Well, we didn't leave much radioactivity. You could barely see it!'"
In 1983 Pratchett published The Colour of Magic, the first in what would become the Discworld series of books.
It was more a collection of short stories than a novel but, boosted by a serialisation of the story on the BBC's Woman's Hour, the paperback edition, released in 1985, established Pratchett's reputation.
"The nature of Discworld gave me the opportunity to do all kinds of things," he said. "I could fit more or less anything into it. By about book four, I discovered the joy of plot."
By the time that fourth Discworld book, Mort, was published in 1987, Pratchett felt confident enough to become a full-time writer.
While Discworld remained at the centre of Pratchett's output, by 2013 he had published 40 novels in the canon while also writing some horror fiction and a number of children's books.
His style of writing was nothing if not eccentric. He avoided chapters where possible, on the basis that they broke up the narrative, and peppered his text with footnotes.
Pratchett also used punctuation as a source of humour. His character Death always conversed in capital letters while the auditors of reality eschewed quotation marks.
He drew heavily on real people for many of his characters. Leonardo da Vinci, for example, became the painter and engineer Leonard of Quirm.
Many of his works were adapted for the stage and animated versions of some of his children's stories, including Truckers, have appeared on TV.
He fought a running battle against critics who said fantasy could never be considered as literature.
"Stories of imagination," he said witheringly, "tend to upset those without one."
Away from writing he maintained an interest in astronomy and natural history.
He became a campaigner to promote the conservation of the orangutan and the librarian in Pratchett's Unseen University found being the shape of an orangutan ideal for his work.
In 2007, Pratchett announced that what had been thought were the symptoms of a mild stroke were in fact the signs of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
In a public statement headed "An Embuggerance", the author assured fans that "this should be interpreted as 'I am not dead'. For me, this may be further off than you think."
Pratchett, determined to battle the disease, donated half a million pounds to an Alzheimer's research charity and set about trying a number of possible cures.
He made a two-part documentary for the BBC, Living with Alzheimer's, in which he learned more about the disease and discussed its effect on his life and writing.
Pratchett became a campaigner for assisted suicide in 2009 , the same year in which he was awarded a knighthood for services to literature.
The following year he was chosen to give the BBC Richard Dimbleby lecture on the subject Shaking Hands With Death.
The words had to be delivered by the actor Tony Robinson as the disease had affected Pratchett's ability to read.
Pratchett also introduced a BBC documentary entitled Terry Pratchett - Choosing to Die, which won an award at the Scottish Baftas.
Despite his illness he continued to write, either using word recognition software or dictating his words to an assistant.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday in 2009 he was sanguine about his prospects.
"I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod, the latter because Thomas's music could lift even an atheist a little bit closer to Heaven.
"Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, 'If wet, in the library.' "
The Environment (Wales) Bill sets a target for emissions to be reduced by at least 80% by 2050.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) - responsible for landscapes and wildlife - will be asked to put sustainability at the heart of its decision-making.
AMs passed the bill unanimously, but opposition parties said it could have been more ambitious.
Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said: "This is a great day for Wales as the passing of the Environment Bill will ensure that the sustainable management of our natural resources will be a core consideration in all future decision-making."
Other highlights of the bill, which had been three years in the making, include:
While the bill was passed unanimously, opposition parties spoke of missed opportunities.
The Welsh Tories' Shadow Environment Minister Janet Haworth said Labour "missed an ideal opportunity to increase Natural Resources Wales' independence from Government, to embrace the United Nations' definitions of biodiversity and ecosystems, and have failed to offer Dwr Cymru necessary recognition as a statutory consultee in planning matters".
Plaid Cymru spokesman Llyr Gruffydd said legislation to cut carbon emissions "don't necessarily go far enough" but were "a step in the right direction".
He added that Welsh Labour had missed an opportunity to give Natural Resources Wales "an unequivocal remit for being the environment champion for Wales".
William Powell, for the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said Welsh Labour ministers remained "unambitious" on tackling climate change.
"This bill will simply put Wales in line with the rest of the UK, I think we should aim for higher than that," he said.
"With the right ambition, we could lead the way in renewable technologies and in creating a circular economy."
Haf Elgar, chair of Stop Climate Chaos Cymru, a coalition of environmental groups, said the legal framework to cut carbon emissions was "a big step ahead".
"However we are disappointed that the target for 2050 isn't higher," she added.
Annie Smith, from the Wales Environment Link, said there was a lot of support for the bill among environmental and countryside groups.
"It gives us a great platform to start from - now real things need to happen to get us into a better place as a result," she said.
John Kerry said many Europeans felt "overwhelmed" by recent challenges but the US was confident Europe would "emerge stronger".
His comments in Munich come ahead of a crucial Brussels summit, where Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to secure a deal on a reformed EU.
An EU-exit group said the US stance on Britain leaving was "for US interests".
Mr Cameron, who was also in Germany, said changes he was seeking to UK membership would make Europe "more outward-looking, competitive and dynamic".
He hopes to secure a package that he can recommend to the British public, ahead of a referendum on whether the UK should stay in or leave the EU.
Mr Kerry, who spoke about the EU while at security conference in Munich, said Europe was facing a number of challenges including the UK's potential exit.
"Here again however, I want to express the confidence of President Obama and all of us in America that, just as it has so many times before, Europe is going to emerge stronger than ever, provided it stays united and builds common responses to these challenges," he said.
"Now obviously, the United States has a profound interest in your success as we do in a very strong United Kingdom staying in a strong EU."
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Last year, US President Barack Obama said the UK must stay in the EU to continue to have influence on the world stage.
A spokesman for Vote Leave, one of two groups vying to be the official Out campaign in the EU referendum, told the BBC the British government was "pulling favours" from world leaders.
"The State Department has long thought the UK is better off in for US interests," he said.
"But this vote is about the future of the British people and Britain's best interests and we're confident the British people will vote to take that control."
However, Britain Stronger In Europe - a group campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU - said Mr Kerry's comments reinforce how Britain's "global influence is clearly enhanced by staying in Europe".
Executive director Will Straw said: "Being in an alliance with 27 other European democracies strengthens our hand when dealing with threats like terrorism and a resurgent Russia. And increases our clout and credibility in Washington."
In a speech to business, political and civic leaders in Hamburg, Mr Cameron said he would campaign "unequivocally" for the UK to stay in - if the EU agreed to the new terms of membership.
While defending Britain's right to protect its sovereignty, he told his audience - which included German Chancellor Angela Merkel - that Britain was an "open nation" and he "never wants us to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world".
"So when it comes to the question of Britain's future in Europe, my aim is clear," he said. "I want to keep Britain inside a reformed European Union."
Mr Cameron also appealed for Germany's help in finalising reforms, stressing the countries' shared interests and values.
Negotiations on the final wording of the deal - which includes an "emergency brake" on benefit payments to EU migrants and a UK opt-out from "ever closer union" - look set to carry on right up to the start of the Brussels summit on 18 February.
Campaigners for an EU exit have said the draft deal, published earlier this month after months of negotiations between UK and EU officials, did not come close to the changes voters had been promised.
No date has yet been announced for the referendum although Downing Street is reported to favour staging the poll in June.
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Downpatrick Crown Court heard Brandon John Rainey, 18, had "groomed" his victim with flattery, cannabis and prescription drugs.
Rainey pleaded guilty to charges of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault, all on 1 April last year.
The judge said it was clear Rainey knew his victim was 12.
The court heard the girl's mother caught the pair in bed together after they had exchanged social media messages.
It was claimed the mother physically assaulted Rainey before calling police.
Rainey, whose address was given as c/o the Young Offenders Centre, denied any wrongdoing when interviewed by police, but when DNA evidence was put to him, he claimed the girl told him she was 16.
Jailing him, the judge said it was clear that Rainey knew at all times his victim was a child of 12 and that even after he had been caught and assaulted by his victim's mother, he continued to send the girl messages "to try to avoid detection".
Rainey also told her to clear and delete any previous messages he had been sent.
The judge said that as well as being under a suspended sentence at the time of the rape, Rainey had been in court that day and had been made the subject of a year-long conditional discharge for public order offences.
It was because of his record, his attitude to the offence and because of his behavioural and mental health problems coupled with a history of "substance misuse and abuse" that the judge said he was deeming Rainey to be a "significant risk to the public".
The judge said he believed the public would be best protected by an extended sentence, meaning that when eventually released by the Parole Commissioners, Rainey would have to serve an extra two years on supervised licence.
Rainey was also barred from working with children, ordered to sign the police sex offenders register and made the subject of a 10 year Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
Passengers arriving from Verona at 14:30 BST on Saturday were left in the airport terminal for about two hours. One passenger said a Stansted Airport staff member had to be called in.
Another said on Twitter: "Big mess up here, at the airport."
Both the airport and Border Force have apologised to those affected.
Neither organisation would say how many passengers had been affected or why no border control was in place at the airport.
Laurent Gatto was one of several passengers to vent frustration on Twitter.
He said he had been "stuck" for nearly two hours "because first there were no staff for immigration control, and now they can't get the computer to work".
Mike Palmer said: "Parents stuck at Cambridge Airport because no immigration. Someone coming from Stansted. Typical British efficiency."
David Surley, head of business and route development at Cambridge International Airport, said: "The airport is in contact with UK Border Force Management to seek a clear understanding of the problems UK Border encountered in processing these routine flights and assisting our passengers entering the UK at Cambridge... to ensure that service is not compromised or further affected in this way.
"It is highly unusual for our passengers to encounter UK Border disruption during their travels."
A Border Force spokesperson apologised and said: "Border Force set high standards for its performance and we are conducting an investigation into what happened."
He said checks had been carried out on all passengers.
Last year Cambridge International Airport handled more than 20,000 commercial passengers. It operates international flights to Verona in Italy, Gothenburg in Sweden, Chambery in France and Jersey.
Barrie McKay's superb 25-yard strike after 30 minutes opened the scoring but the hosts missed a string of chances.
Martyn Waghorn, Lee Wallace and debutant Lee Hodson all went close before Barton curled a free-kick just wide moments after his entrance.
Waghorn eventually made it 2-0 after 74 minutes from Hodson's through ball.
Kenny Miller then headed over late on from fellow substitute Harry Forrester's cross.
After opening their campaign with victory at Motherwell on Saturday, Rangers' win puts them top of Group F on goal difference, with Stranraer snatching two late goals to beat East Stirling 3-1 after winning at Annan in their opener.
As well as Barton, the Ibrox fans also got a first glimpse of fellow summer signings Matt Gilks, Clint Hill and the lively Hodson, while Josh Windass and Niko Kranjcar also started following their debuts at Fir Park.
Kranjcar's quality in midfield was obvious, but despite his probing the hosts had to wait half an hour to find the breakthrough.
It was worth the wait though as McKay cut in from the left and bent an unstoppable strike past a helpless Blair Currie.
The Annan goalkeeper had done better with two efforts from Hodson though, parrying the former Kilmarnock full-back's header from point-blank range before pushing away a long-range shot.
A slick combination move involving McKay, Waghorn and Lee Wallace should have produced a second goal early in the second half but the Ibrox skipper prodded his shot wide, while Kranjcar was denied by Currie's finger-tip save.
That was the Croatian's last involvement as Barton was introduced on the hour to huge cheers from a crowd of 31,628.
The 33-year-old almost made himself an instant hero with just his second touch, whipping a 20-yard free-kick just wide of the target.
Miller was foiled by another Currie save soon after but Waghorn, Rangers' top scorer last season with 28, bagged his second of the new campaign with a composed finish.
Rangers boss Mark Warburton: "It was a warm night and a good, physical work-out for us.
"We dominated possession but it's hard to play against teams who have 10 players behind the ball. What we have to do better is penetrate more."
Annan boss Jim Chapman: "We can't complain. It was a fantastic learning experience for my guys against such quality players."
Rangers: Gilks, Hodson, Hill, Kiernan, Wallace, Halliday, Windass, Kranjcar, O'Halloran, Waghorn, McKay. Subs: Foderingham, Tavernier, Wilson, Barton (for Windass, 60), Holt, Forrester (for Kranjcar, 60) Miller (for McKay, 60)
Annan: Currie, Black, Lucas, Krissian, Swinglehurst, Cuddihy, Omar, Robertson, McKenna, Wright, Ribeiro. Subs: Mitchell, Norman, Park, Watson, Dachnowicz, Asghar, Liddell.
Attendance: 31,628
A white horse named Billie dispersing crowds at Wembley, Ricky Villa's mazy run, Keith Houchen's diving header, 'The Crazy Gang' beating 'The Culture Club' or - each special to someone, somewhere.
But as footballing scripts go, you would struggle to top what happened under the old Twin Towers on 2 May, 1953. More than 60 years have passed, but the legend of 'The Matthews Final' lives on.
"Getting to Wembley is the biggest thing in football, but it especially was in those days," said Cyril Robinson, the last surviving member of the Blackpool team which beat Bolton 4-3 that afternoon.
"Nowadays they've got cups for this and cups for that. But in the old days, everybody wanted to win the FA Cup."
Beaten by Manchester United in 1948 and Newcastle three years later, Blackpool, who meet Bolton again in the third round on Saturday, had twice been FA Cup final bridesmaids. Never the bride.
An outside-right by the name of Stanley Matthews had yet to win the most prestigious prize in football at that time - an FA Cup winners' medal. At the age of 38, this was likely to be his last chance.
I would go down to the beach in a morning and I'd pick him [Matthews] up at eight o'clock. He would be there, all on his own, jogging
In the Bolton team was Nat Lofthouse, England's 'Lion of Vienna' who had scored in every round of that season's competition. He, too, had yet to win the FA Cup.
Even Queen Elizabeth II, a month away from her coronation, was in attendance.
Then there was the game itself. Blackpool trailed by two goals with 22 minutes remaining. But Stan Mortensen's hat-trick, which remains the only treble in an FA Cup final at Wembley, and Bill Perry's late winner sealed an astonishing comeback.
"It wouldn't surprise me if some had left the stadium at 3-1," admitted Robinson, now aged 84. "I was pleased for the supporters and pleased for myself because I would never get another chance of going to Wembley."
That Robinson was involved at all was a surprise, not least to the man himself.
He had played just a handful of first-team matches for the Seasiders and was only drafted into the starting line-up by Blackpool manager Joe Smith a few days earlier, as regular left-half Hughie Kelly had suffered a broken ankle in the penultimate league game of the season against Liverpool.
"We were playing Manchester City a week before the final and Joe said to me 'I'm going to put you in, and we'll see how you go'," he recalled.
"City won 5-0 because nobody wanted to get injured and they weren't at 100%, apart from myself. On the Monday before the final, Joe came up to me and said 'you're in on Saturday'.
"I didn't know what to think. My mind was going round and round. 'Is it true?' It was something I never expected.
"You don't get many chances, especially if you're a reserve, to play in a cup final. Luck was shining down on me and I got in. The chance to get in was a dream, and the dream came true."
But, perhaps understandably, much of the pre-match attention was on Matthews - one of the finest English players of his, or any, generation.
Future England captain Jimmy Armfield, then a Blackpool reserve player, was in the stands at Wembley that day and played alongside 'The Wizard of the Dribble' during his early career at Bloomfield Road.
What was it that made Matthews so special?
"It was the nimbleness of feet," said Armfield, now 78. "And I never saw him out of breath. Despite his age.
"It was a deep-seated thing. His father was a boxer and fitness was in his life from the word 'go'.
"He also was a self-disciplined man. I would go down to the beach in a morning and I'd pick him up at eight o'clock. He would be there, all on his own, jogging."
Robinson added: "You couldn't compare him with anyone else. If he wanted to do a certain amount of training, he'd do it. A lot of it, he'd do it his own way.
Bolton host Blackpool in the FA Cup third round at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday.
The two clubs have met twice in the FA Cup since the famous Wembley final of 1953.
The Seasiders won a third-round tie in January 1957 and in the first round in November 1989.
The league fixture between the two clubs at Bloomfield Road in October ended in a 0-0 draw.
"He used to run around with the crowd [of team-mates] when we were training, but at times he went out on his own near where he lived next to the sands. If he didn't feel like it, he wouldn't do it, but he trained very hard."
However, it seemed he would miss out on a winners' medal again when Bolton took control of the match in the early stages.
"We didn't click well in the first half and it wasn't going according to plan," said Robinson. "George Farm, a good keeper, made a mistake and the ball was in the back of the net. Catastrophe. 'How are we going to get out of this?'"
Lofthouse's early goal was cancelled out by Mortensen, but Bobby Langton put Bolton 2-1 in front at half-time. Then, more woe for Blackpool.
"Another catastrophe. They had an injured man [Eric Bell]. There were no substitutes in those days and he was hobbling around. A cross came in and what happens? The injured man heads the ball in.
"That made it 3-1. 'Run the bath'. We felt like coming off at 3-1. The man engraving with the cup was getting his tools out ready to put 'Bolton' on it. I'm thinking 'at least I've played at Wembley'.
"But something seemed to switch on and Blackpool started to play. The confidence seemed to be coming back."
Suddenly, Matthews was seeing more of the ball and causing chaos in the Bolton defence. Wanderers were retreating at the sight of his fabled body swerve.
Mortensen capitalised on a goalkeeping error to reduce the deficit and then levelled in the dying moments, completing his hat-trick with a thunderous free-kick.
Armfield remembers it vividly. "We were right behind the goal. As soon as he hit it, I knew it was in. There was no swerve or anything. He wasn't noted for his piledrivers, as you might call them, but this thing absolutely flew in."
All square. 3-3. Time for a hero. Enter Matthews.
"He was still the danger man," said Robinson. "Ernie Taylor put him through, he beat his man and got to the touchline.
"It looked like 'Morty' was going to get another goal, but he couldn't quite reach it. If Stan [Mortensen] could have scored, he would have done. As it happened, Bill Perry was right behind him and knocked it in.
"'We've won it, we've won it'.
"It was the biggest thing in my life."
The waiting was over. At long last, Stanley Matthews had won the FA Cup. The cheer when Matthews collected his medal from the Queen was as loud as the one that accompanied captain Harry Johnston lifting the trophy a few seconds earlier. Both were carried on the shoulders of their victorious team-mates as the celebrations began on the Wembley turf.
Given Matthews' Cinderella story, it is easy to see why the match would later bear his name. But Robinson is keen to point out that two Stans, not just one, were pivotal to Blackpool's success.
"How many people score three goals in an FA Cup final?" he asked.
The answer? Not many. No player has managed it since Mortensen, and there have been 60 finals since.
"But Stan [Matthews] had all the publicity before the game and the public were all hoping for Stan to win, obviously."
The gains for winning were small for Robinson, who experienced the highest moment of his football career at the relatively young age of 24. A £20 win bonus and a cigarette lighter were all he received. Plus that treasured medal, of course.
When the sides meet this weekend the financial rewards for victory - prize money, television revenue and a possible meeting with a Premier League giant in round four - will be far greater.
But the pride of winning the FA Cup in 1953, the pride of being involved in one of the most famous finals in history, and the memories that come with it, are worth so much more.
Cyril Robinson was speaking to BBC Radio Lancashire's Gary Hickson. Jimmy Armfield was speaking to BBC World Service's Simon Watts. Both interviews were broadcast in May 2013 - the 60th anniversary of The Matthews Final.
"Witness: The Matthews Final" - a BBC World Service documentary - is available to listen to via the BBC iPlayer.
Goals by Tom Rogic and Kris Commons, neither a starter on Wednesday against Qarabag, ensured Celtic join Hearts on maximum Scottish Premiership points.
Midfielder Rogic improvised to give Celtic the lead after 28 minutes.
Commons seized on hesitancy to slide in a second and, though sub Mathias Pogba improved Thistle, Celtic cruised home.
If Ronny Deila can draw satisfaction from witnessing the Australian midfielder Rogic, in for injured captain Scott Brown, score the opening goal, the Norwegian may have been puzzled that his team led by only that solitary strike at half-time.
His team were sharper across the pitch than their Glasgow rivals, despite that tiring trip to Azerbaijan, and dominated throughout.
Rogic was joined in midfield by Commons, who came in for Gary Mackay-Steven, and Leigh Griffiths was evidently in the mood to justify his inclusion, with Nadir Ciftci suspended.
The former Wolves forward rose above the taller Callum Booth to head an early Emilio Izaguirre cross over the bar, pinged a free-kick on target that was comfortably saved by Tomas Cerny, had a fierce shot saved by the experienced Czech and was alert to well-placed long balls from defender Dedryck Boyata.
A goal was all that was missing from his first-half contribution.
Celtic midfielder Stuart Armstrong was forced to go off after 20 minutes with a groin injury.
His replacement, Callum McGregor, was yet another attacking headache for the Jags' central defensive pairing of 19-year-old Liam Lindsay and Jack Hendry, 20, both making only their second appearance.
Allowed to advance to 25 yards unchallenged, Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk slapped a low shot off the Thistle post before McGregor helped forge the breakthrough.
If the sub's low cross into the box for Griffiths was perfectly directed, his team-mate's lay-off was ideally weighted.
Rogic, though, had come a fraction too far to fashion a traditional shot but he threw out the lower half of his leg to flick the ball smartly into the net.
The home fans had seen not a single chance crafted by their team so their enthusiastic penalty appeals were perhaps understandable when David Wilson's side-footed volley struck the flailing arm of Celtic's stand-in captain Mikael Lustig just before half-time.
However, referee John Beaton correctly observed that the Swede had his back to the ball and was only a yard away from Wilson, and waved aside the appeals.
New Thistle signing Pogba came on for Steven Lawless to make his debut five minutes after the break and threatened at the near post before Van Dijk cleared.
By that point, though, Celtic were two goals up as a long ball from Nir Bitton caught out Booth but not Commons, who latched on to it and dinked it beyond Cerny.
Thistle were at least competing better but the direction of play changed little, with Griffiths testing Cerny with a further shot and free-kick.
Alan Archibald's team created their first real chance in the 88th minute when sub David Amoo slipped past Izaguirre and cut the ball back for the unmarked Pogba, but his shot from 10 yards flew wide.
Match ends, Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 2.
Second Half ends, Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 2.
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle).
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jack Hendry (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Henderson (Celtic).
Attempt missed. Gary Fraser (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Celtic. Liam Henderson replaces Kris Commons.
Attempt missed. Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Gary Miller (Partick Thistle).
Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Jack Hendry (Partick Thistle).
Kris Commons (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Gary Fraser replaces Sean Welsh.
Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Gary Miller (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by David Amoo (Partick Thistle).
Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dedryck Boyata (Celtic).
Corner, Partick Thistle. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. David Amoo replaces Ryan Stevenson.
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle).
Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Celtic. Gary Mackay-Steven replaces Tomas Rogic.
Goal! Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 2. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nir Bitton.
Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Foul by Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle).
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mathias Pogba (Partick Thistle).
Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jack Hendry (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Rooney, 26, is one start away from triggering a clause in his contract which will keep him at the Racecourse next season.
Mark Carrington and Paul Rutherford are also close to triggering new deals and Keates is keen to reach a resolution.
"All being well we can come to agreements with them," Keates said.
"I've explained the situation, what we want as a football club going forward.
"There's things that need ironing out and all being well we can get them done."
Der Spiegel alleges the bid committee of the German Football Association (DFB) bought votes using a £4.9m fund.
The DFB denies the allegations.
A spokeswoman for the Frankfurt state prosecutor's office said it had not opened a formal investigation but had "initiated a monitoring process" that would find out if one was required.
German news weekly Der Spiegel says the fund was set up using money loaned by the late former Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
It alleges the funds were later repaid to Dreyfus in 2005 - using Fifa as cover - when the German World Cup organising committee made a contribution of 6.7m euros for a gala opening ceremony at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, which was later cancelled.
Der Spiegel also claims 2006 World Cup organising committee president Franz Beckenbauer and current DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach were aware of the fund. Both men have denied the allegations.
Speaking on Monday, Niersbach said: "We entered the competition with legal means and we won it with legal means. There were no slush funds, there was no vote purchase.
"This money transfer from our organising committee to Fifa is being investigated internally by the control committee in charge."
Former West Germany captain Beckenbauer said he "never gave money to anyone to acquire votes", and was "certain that no other member of the bidding committee did either".
In a statement released on Friday, the DFB said it "categorically rejects" the newspaper's "baseless allegations" and would be taking legal action.
Fifa said it would investigate the "serious allegations".
Germany narrowly won the vote, held in 2000, by 12 votes to 11, with South Africa second.
World governing body Fifa was engulfed by the biggest corruption scandal in its history in March.
Following a major inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 14 football officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption.
Meanwhile, a separate Swiss investigation is looking into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.
Suspended outgoing president Sepp Blatter, 79, is also under investigation by Swiss prosecutors over allegations he signed a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and made a "disloyal payment" to European football chief Michel Platini, who has also been suspended by Fifa.
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The 25-year-old, dropped after averaging 16 in his only two Tests in 2012, faces competition from Jonny Bairstow for the three-Test series in the United Arab Emirates.
"Three years of experience have helped. I know my game better," Taylor said.
England play Pakistan A on Monday, the first of two two-day tour games before the first Test starts on 13 October.
Taylor's highest score in two Tests against South Africa in 2012 was 34.
However, he averaged 49.55 for Nottinghamshire in the County Championship this summer, including a career-best 291 against Sussex.
He hit his maiden international century and finished as the second highest run-scorer in England's one-day series against Australia in September.
"I've scored the volume of runs I was asked to, to get back in the side," he said.
"I also have the confidence of knowing I've scored runs against the best sides in the world."
"It has been a frustrating few years. Getting those knock-backs - when I thought I was going to get selected and wasn't - kind of drive you forward and spur you on that bit more."
Two radio tracking receivers, worth £3,000 each, were taken from a locked container near Shipston-on-Stour.
They were being used to track bats, including the rare Barbastelle species.
Project officer Lois Browne, from Warwickshire County Council, said the equipment was "very important" to the completion of the two-year study.
"It was in a secure, locked container in the middle of a woodland and we suspect that opportunists thought they had found something valuable," she said.
"It's really of no use to anyone other than ecologists. Only people radio tracking animals would want to use it, so we've alerted the ecological community to the theft and we're also tracking various online auction sites.
"Hopefully whoever has taken it will realise the error of their ways and return the radio tracking receivers to us."
The equipment was stolen between 16 and 18 September.
The Warwickshire Barbastelle Project is a SITA trust funded scheme co-ordinated by Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Bat Group.
It is supported by The Bat Conservation Trust, Natural England and a team of volunteers.
Before the age was raised, boys and girls could marry at the age of 14 with the permission of a judge. It is now level with most European countries.
The change comes only months after the government raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.
The government announced its intention to alter the law in April 2013, but it came into force only on Thursday.
The move was welcomed by officials from Unicef and children's rights groups in Spain.
According to El Pais (in Spanish), only 365 marriages involving under-16s took place in Spain between 2000 and 2014 - with only five in 2014.
In the 1990s, however, there were 2,678 marriages involving at least one under-16 - and 12,867 in the 1980s.
The average age of marriage in Spain has increased in recent years.
One study by the Statistical Institute of Catalonia showed that, in 2013, men in the region married at an average age of 33.6 years, compared with 32.6 years for women.
Ten years earlier, men married at an average age of 30.7 years, and women at 28.7 years.
A 35-year-old man was left with serious injuries in an attack at the Railway Inn on Station Road, Yate, in the early hours of Friday morning.
Stephen Hacker, 60, of Colesbourne Close, Yate, has been remanded in custody and will appear before Bristol magistrates.
Avon and Somerset Police have not named the victim and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The transfer of the 23-year-old came on the same day that Hull midfielder Sam Clucas joined the Welsh club.
Scotland international Kingsley, who plays at centre-half or left-back, made 17 Premier League appearances after joining Swansea from Falkirk in 2014.
"It's time for me to really kick on," Kingsley said. "I hope to get plenty of games at a very competitive level."
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Hallaton Bottle Kicking matches the Leicestershire villages of Hallaton and Medbourne in an attempt to get small barrels across one of two streams.
Organisers claim its roots go back to Roman times and the muddy chaos was the inspiration for modern rugby.
After the traditional start of eating Hare Pie, favourites Hallaton retained their title, winning 2-0.
Phil Allen, who has been involved in arranging the fixture for more than 42 years, said: "The rules are very simple; there aren't any rules."
Mr Allen said: "We believe that the Hallaton Bottle Kicking is the longest-running sporting event in Britain. We don't think there's anything older.
"It is the origin of rugby. Rugby started here in Hallaton. (William) Webb Ellis came to see his uncle, the rector, and then he went back to school - saw what they did in Hallaton, took the ball and ran with it."
The 31-year-old will be eligible to play in their FA Cup third-round tie against Championship side Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
He played for League Two Accrington earlier this season and his previous clubs also include Cheltenham, Bristol Rovers, Wimbledon and Northampton.
National League Eastleigh are the only non-league side left in the FA Cup.
Police said the 52-year-old woman and a man, 51, were struck by a black Renault minibus on the A64 at Crambeck, near Malton, close to midnight on Saturday.
The pair, who were pronounced dead at the scene, had just got off a double-decker Coastliner bus.
The minibus was heading towards York at the time and police have made an appeal for witnesses.
The BBC has learned that reports of the liquidation published by news site The Information are correct.
Jawbone said it had no comment.
The firm has emailed customers, following months of silence, saying it has been "transitioning to a simpler care experience".
Some customers experiencing problems with their Jawbone device told the BBC that the company had not previously acknowledged their emails.
Jawbone has not been active on Twitter or Facebook for several months.
Its products were among the first fitness trackers on the market and it was once valued at more than $3bn (£2.3bn).
Jawbone user Lisa Cope told the BBC she received the email from the company's customer support service late on Thursday.
"We sincerely apologise for the lack of communication - while you haven't heard from us for a while, please know we haven't forgotten about you," the message said.
"Over the past few months we've been transitioning to a simpler care experience. Those changes took longer than expected, but we're excited to share they're now complete and we are now ready to address your request."
The company appears to be contacting customers who had been in touch with it between October 2016 and July 2017.
Ms Cope had been trying to resolve a problem with her Jawbone device for several months.
She said that she was sent a "troubleshooting manual".
"They took our money for an inferior product and then, when it failed within warranty, the company ignored us all," she said.
"To be honest it has completely put me off fitness trackers. Maybe they're not a sustainable business."
In March, the firm was forced to deny "abandoning customers" after several UK device owners contacted the BBC, complaining that they were unable to reach the customer service team.
At that time a spokesman told the BBC its customer care was "days from being back online".
Tech news site TechCrunch reported in February that Jawbone - once a popular fitness tracker brand - intended to leave the consumer market and focus on healthcare providers.
Ian Fogg, analyst at IHS Markit, told the BBC it was not uncommon for early innovators to end up withdrawing from a market once it matured.
"The early fitness trackers were very simple devices, they had a sensor that tracked movement and step count, and then the companies inferred lots of other metrics - mileage, calorie count and so on from that one very simple sensor," he said.
"What's been happening recently is that a lot of investment is needed to add more sophisticated functionality. Devices have gained screens and smartphone integration.
"The newer products are marketed as fitness trackers but in many ways they are becoming much closer to a smartwatch."
Mr Fogg added that giants such as Apple and Samsung had also changed the market by including health-tracking features in their smartwatches.
"To add things such as heart rate sensors and smartphone integration requires investment and that can often be the trigger that causes a company to ask: do we want to stay in this market?
"Often it's not possible to continue business as usual with the existing product range."
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Halifax had two early goals disallowed for offside, with David Lynch's first-minute strike followed by Tom Denton's effort eight minutes later.
Steven Drench kept things level by tipping Corey Whitely's shot over the crossbar after 30 minutes.
There was no doubting the validity of Denton's goal 10 minutes before the break as he fired Liam King's half-cleared cross into the top corner from the edge of the box.
The officials' busy night continued in the 57th minute when referee Thomas Bramall accepted linesman Richard Watson's judgement that Oliver Hawkins' push on Alex Simmons was inside the box and worthy of a red card - but Mark Cousins went the right way to save Jordan Sinnott's resulting penalty.
The Daggers levelled the score in the 73rd minute despite their numerical disadvantage, with Whitely finding the bottom corner from Jordan Maguire-Drew's through-ball.
The Shaymen's best chance to prevent extra time seemed to come and go when Denton's header bounced inches wide of the post.
But Kosylo had other ideas, picking his spot from 25 yards in the final minute of normal time.
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Match ends, FC Halifax Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Second Half ends, FC Halifax Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Attempt missed. Jake Hibbs (FC Halifax Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Joe White replaces Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Josh MacDonald (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! FC Halifax Town 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dave Lynch.
Josh MacDonald (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Attempt missed. Jordan Maguire-Drew (Dagenham and Redbridge) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town).
Frankie Raymond (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Tom Denton (FC Halifax Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Nathan Hotte (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Attempt saved. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kevin Roberts (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jordan Maguire-Drew (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Paul Benson (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Josh Wilde (FC Halifax Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Paul Benson (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Foul by Tom Denton (FC Halifax Town).
Josh Staunton (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Jake Hibbs replaces Jordan Sinnott.
Goal! FC Halifax Town 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Maguire-Drew.
Attempt saved. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Liam King (FC Halifax Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Josh Staunton (Dagenham and Redbridge) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Matthew Kosylo (FC Halifax Town).
Corey Whitely (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, FC Halifax Town. Matthew Kosylo replaces Alex Simmons.
Foul by Dave Lynch (FC Halifax Town).
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Dave Lynch (FC Halifax Town).
Tyrique Hyde (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Penalty saved! Jordan Sinnott (FC Halifax Town) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Wyman, whose photographs were first exhibited in 2011, has handed over some of his prints to artists including the great cartoonist Gerald Scarfe who will rework and use them as the basis for new pieces.
Another is the young artist James Mylne, who produces photorealistic work using ballpoint pens.
"I gave Gerald Scarfe a few choices and and he chose the Keith Richard boxer pose, which is a mad one," he says.
"He's a lovely natural man and we seem to bump into each other and we always have a chat. It's nice to have that close relationship which I don't have with the other artists."
Scarfe - whose work includes illustrations for the film of Pink Floyd's classic album The Wall and Disney's animated Hercules movie - recently found himself at the centre of a row over a cartoon of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in The Sunday Times.
Wyman admits he never saw the offending cartoon, for which Scarfe apologised, but added he is a huge fan of the illustrator, whose career has spanned five decades.
"He gave me two cartoons he did of Mick in the '80s which are hilarious and he signed them for me," he says.
"They have this great huge mouth with a little body behind it with skinny legs."
Wyman, 76, who has been taking pictures since childhood, says it is only in recent years that he has thought about exhibiting them.
"They do say I have a better eye than the average person, I always call them snaps but people say they're a bit better than snaps so that's a nice compliment.
"But I mustn't get big-headed about it."
Wyman's photos cover landscapes and wildlife but it is his cataloguing of his former bandmates which naturally generates the most interest.
His four decades with the band have afforded him the type of access that other photographers can only dream about.
But, he admits, it was the boredom of life on the road, rather than the glamour of fame, which led to most of his great shots.
Particularly enlightening is a portrait of drummer Charlie Watts, who - some time ago - described 25 years of being in the Stones as "five years of work and 20 years of waiting around".
"It can be a boring life in the music business and I imagine the film business," says Wyman. "It gets boring when you're locked up in a hotel room and I'd be taking pictures out of a hotel room and people below."
The Watts picture - which shows the great sticksman resting his chin on his hand with a weary, benign smile - is one of just a few where Wyman's subject is looking directly at the camera.
"If you look at photos of people, celebrities, friends, 90% of them are not looking at the camera," says Wyman.
"If people start looking at a camera, they start posing and pulling silly faces. So you wait and engage them when they're looking the other way, distracted and then you get good shots."
Since leaving The Rolling Stones in 1993, Wyman's activities have included amateur archaeology and gastronomy - he has owned several restaurants. He has also written several books and is touring with his band The Rhythm Kings.
Wyman reunited with his former band briefly for their 50th anniversary show at the O2 Arena in London.
"Very briefly, short and sweet. I thought it was going to be heavily involved but in the end they only wanted me to do two songs, they chose them," says Wyman.
"I didn't know which ones until the day before, good job I'd rehearsed them. I said, 'Do you want me to come to rehearsals?' and they said, 'You know 'em all!'
"I didn't go to America for two minutes on stage, I had more important things to do in my life.
"It was nice to do the two songs though at the O2 and the fans went mad and my daughter saw me for the first time with the Stones, so that was special.
"It was worth doing it for that reason alone."
With rumours rampant about the Stones possibly playing at this year's Glastonbury festival, would Wyman consider reuniting with them again?
"There's an old saying, once bitten twice shy," he smiles.
Bill Wyman: Reworked is at the Rook & Raven gallery in London from 27 February until 31 March.
Morrison had told manager Nigel Adkins he wanted speak to Cardiff despite signing a contract extension in 2013.
The 23-year-old's signing comes after the Bluebirds sold Steven Caulker to QPR and after defender Ben Turner sustained an ankle injury in July.
Cardiff also completed the signing of winger Anthony Pilkington from Norwich City for £1m on Friday.
City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is trying to buy another centre-back to increase his options, with defender Juan Cala sidelined through suspension.
The Norwegian manager also refused to rule out a deal for former Bluebirds defender Danny Gabbidon, who has 49 caps for Wales.
Morrison joined the Royals from Swindon in 2011 and spent two spells on loan at Huddersfield Town before establishing himself in the Reading first-team.
He started in both of Reading's games this season, including scoring in a 2-2 draw with Wigan.
Solskjaer hopes to have Morrison available for Cardiff's fixture against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, who are without a manager following their 4-0 defeat by AFC Bournemouth on the opening weekend.
Baby M's remains were found in Manor Park, Church Hill, in Aldershot on Friday 19 May.
Police said witnesses reported seeing what appeared to be pools of blood on the pavement opposite Kwik Fit.
It is thought the baby was left in the park between the evening of Sunday 14 May and Tuesday 16 May.
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Officers say concern is growing for Baby M's mother and their priority is to find her so she can get the medical attention she needs after giving birth.
Ch Insp Debbie Brooks of Hampshire Constabulary said: "We hoped we would have found her by this point but unfortunately this is not the case.
"If you think you may have seen someone in a distressed state, squatting or leaning against the trees please contact us.
"Finally I'd like to reiterate our appeal to Baby M's mother. We are worried about you, we want to get you the medical care we know you need."
Sharon Bunford, senior midwife at Royal Surrey County Hospital, said: "We are worried about you, we are sorry for your loss, we want to get you the help you need.
"You may be suffering from bleeding, pain or infection. You might have flu-like symptoms such as fever and shivering.
"Please come and see a GP or come to hospital so we can help you."
A memorial service for the child was held in the park on Sunday.
An Iranian who received political asylum in Australia in 1996, Monis was known to police and on bail in Sydney facing a number of serious charges at the time of the siege.
He was a self-styled Muslim cleric, but had been rejected by both Sunni and Shia members of the Sydney Muslim community, according to Keysar Trad, founder of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia.
"This man is damaged goods. He came across as someone with a serious mental illness," Mr Trad told ABC TV on Tuesday.
Kuranda Seyit, the director of the Forum on Australian Islamic Relations, told BBC Five Live Breakfast Monis appeared to be "a bit of a loner" who was "isolated from the [Muslim] community".
Monis' former lawyer, Manny Conditsis, told the BBC Monis had become "unhinged", but was not a jihadist.
Monis was "blinded" by what he saw as his cause, to lobby governments against sending soldiers to wars he considered unjust, Mr Conditsis said.
In 2009, Monis was convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of deceased Australian soldiers who died while serving in Afghanistan.
In some of his letters, he called the soldiers "killers" and "murderers".
In December 2013 Monis was charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, and given bail.
Monis's ex-wife was allegedly stabbed 18 times and set alight in an apartment stairwell in April 2013.
Monis was also facing more than 40 sexual and indecent assault charges. These relate to time allegedly spent as a self-proclaimed "spiritual healer" in western Sydney, according to the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH).
Monis denied the charges against him, which he described as politically motivated. He compared the accusations of sexual assault to the case of Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
Monis "believed he was being victimised and singled out" for his "lobbying against the government", and had alleged that he was tortured while in custody, Mr Conditsis said.
The lawyer added that Monis appeared to have changed over the past year.
"Something [had] happened to cause him to become unhinged."
Monis may have thought that it was "inevitable he would go to prison" and that he had "nothing to lose", Mr Conditsis added.
Mr Trad said members of the Muslim community spoke to Monis about his behaviour, after the offensive letters to the relatives of dead soldiers came to light.
"I told him at that time it was wrong and unacceptable," he said, adding that Monis seemed to be sorry for bringing the community into disrepute.
Mr Trad said he believed that if someone from the Muslim community had been able to speak to him during the siege they might have been able to talk Monis around.
"From what I hear from the police he refused to talk to anyone from the [Muslim] community but if we had known who he was perhaps we could have barged in... we wanted to be part of the solution if we could."
SMH journalist Anne Davies met Monis in September, when she reported on a rally held against raids by anti-terror police on a dozen houses in Sydney.
Ms Davies said Monis had written to politicians and the police about what he claimed were terrorist activities by non-Muslims going unpunished.
"My impression was he was a little unstable," she wrote in SMH. "He also seemed a little creepy. Ominously, he also told me he did not think giving speeches would be enough."
In a written ministerial statement, the Home Office said it would stop receiving children via the so-called Dubs amendment at the end of March.
The law, designed by peer and former refugee Lord Dubs, aimed to help some of the estimated 90,000 unaccompanied migrant children across Europe.
The peer has accused ministers of a "shameful" decision.
A legal challenge on how the government has handled the legal commitment will go ahead on Friday.
Ministers accepted the Dubs amendment last year after months of pressure from campaigners and members of the public to take children from the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais.
The amendment to the Immigration Act 2016 required the home secretary to bring a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children to the UK after consultation with local authorities. While there was no target number written into the legislation Lord Dubs and his supporters had suggested the UK could help 3,000 of the most vulnerable.
In Wednesday's statement, Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said 200 had already arrived and a further 150 children would follow before the end of March, filling the available places offered by local authorities.
A further 700 unaccompanied children had arrived in the UK under separate EU-wide rules designed to reunite families.
Separately, the UK has settled 4,400 individuals directly from Middle East camps under an international programme to help displaced Syrians, half of whom are children.
Responding to the decision, Lord Dubs said: "Britain has a proud history of welcoming refugees. At a time when Donald Trump is banning refugees from America, it would be shameful if the UK followed suit by closing down this route to sanctuary for unaccompanied children just months after it was opened."
"During the Kindertransport, Sir Nicky Winton rescued 669 children from Nazi persecution virtually single-handedly. I was one of those lucky ones. It would be a terrible betrayal of his legacy if as a country we were unable to do more than this to help a new generation of child refugees.
"I urge the prime minister to show leadership by continuing and building on this programme, not shutting the door to some of the most vulnerable refugee children."
Ministers say that the UK has been at the "forefront" of the international response to the Syria crisis, pledging more than £2.3bn in aid, the UK's largest ever spend on a single catastrophe.
Help Refugees, one of the British charities working in France, had already launched legal action against the government's handling of Dubs. Its judicial review, which will be heard on Friday, argues that ministers failed to consult local authorities properly about how many unaccompanied children could be housed.
Senior Church of England clergy have condemned the decision. The Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Revd Jonathan Clark, who has been involved with the church's efforts to welcome child migrants, said the government was "in effect helping the trafficking industry".
He said: "The Dubs amendment, as Alf Dubs originally put it forward, proposed a commitment to 3,000 children and ministers signalled that the Government would abide by the spirit of the original amendment. There is a huge question over how about 400 is in the spirit of 3,000."
People are waiting too long to be assessed over the phone and to be seen by medical staff, according to the local community health council.
It said the result was more people turning up at A&E "inappropriately".
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) said it was improving the service in response to growing demand.
Patients who do not need urgent care but cannot wait until their GP surgery opens are advised to use the out-of-hours care service.
After ringing a central number, a clinician calls back and advises whether the patient needs a home visit by a doctor or should go to one of three centres - at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff Royal Infirmary or Barry Hospital in the Vale of Glamorgan - following an assessment, or triage, over the phone.
But the community health council's chief officer Stephen Allen said even the basics were not happening.
"We have concerns about the time people are taking to have calls triaged and the time it is taking for patients who are being triaged to be seen by a healthcare professional," he said.
"We have raised it with the health board on numerous occasions and unfortunately they are consistently missing those all important targets for the last eighteen months."
The Cardiff and Vale board serves a population of 472,000 and receives around 9,000 to 11,000 calls to the out-of-hours service each month.
Its telephone triage targets say all urgent cases should be assessed within 30 minutes and all routine calls within two hours.
In October 2013 one routine call took more than 16 hours to assess, while there were examples of urgent calls taking five hours to assess in October 2013 and February 2014.
However, the service did meet its target of identifying all immediate life-threatening conditions within five minutes every month since May 2013.
Mr Allen said his watchdog believed the cover provided to be inadequate, particularly after 01:00 when only one doctor is available for all calls with a nurse in support.
"If you have one doctor covering the centre - which is the Heath hospital [UHW] at that time of night - and on the road, well he can't do both."
He added: "It's diabolical. There's no other word for it and really I feel sorry for the patients who are picking up the phone tonight who may need to access the out-of-hours service.
"That is why we strongly believe that people are pitching up at the A&E department inappropriately."
Sue Morgan, head of operations and delivery for Cardiff and Vale UHB's primary, community and intermediate care clinical board, said a full service review and improvements were under way.
She said there had been "a significant increase in demand" for the GP out-of-hours service over the last 18 months, with a 31% year-on-year increase over the winter. She added that the board a looking at ways of improving the service to meet the increased demand.
Ms Morgan said: "The GP out-of-hours service like many frontline unscheduled care services is constantly working to meet the growing demand.
"We would apologise to anyone who is unhappy with the service or care that they have experienced but would also remind people to use the appropriate support for their needs; to contact 999 in emergency situations and to make use of their local pharmacy, GP or NHS Direct if unsure which service is best placed to help them."
The Welsh government said revised standards and national monitoring of GP out-of-hours services across Wales would be published shortly following a review by Dr Chris Jones, chairman of Cwm Taf health board.
A spokesperson said: "Benchmarking of services will be undertaken to ensure equity of provision for patients across Wales."
His government would seek broad powers to fight the rising threat of militant Islamists, he told parliament.
New laws would criminalise travel to conflict areas declared off limits.
Australian authorities believe at least 60 Australians are in the Middle East fighting with Islamic State (also known as Isil) and other militant groups.
Mr Abbott gave the example of an off-limit area as the city of Raqqa in northern Syria.
That is where a photograph was taken earlier this year and posted to social media of a young boy holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier. The boy is believed to be the son of an Australian jihadist.
"My unambiguous message to all Australians who fight with terrorist groups is that you will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for a very long time; and that our laws are being changed to make it easier to keep potential terrorists off our streets," Mr Abbott said.
Laws to create new terrorism offences and to extend powers to monitor or detain suspects would be introduced to parliament this week, he said.
Legislation that would require telecommunication companies to provide data to police and security agencies would also be introduced soon.
"Regrettably for some time to come, the delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift," he said.
"There may be more restrictions on some, so that there can be more protection for others."
Last week, police forces in Sydney and Brisbane conducted raids to disrupt alleged plans to publicly behead a randomly-selected Australian.
"An Australian Isil operative instructed his followers to pluck people from the street to demonstrate that they could, in his words, 'kill kaffirs'," Mr Abbott told parliament.
"All that would be needed to conduct such an attack is a knife, a camera-phone and a victim," he said.
One man has been charged with terrorism offences and several others arrested.
Last week, Australia sent 600 troops to join a US-led coalition to combat IS.
Mr Abbott will travel to New York later this week for a UN Security Council meeting where US President Barack Obama is expected to call for more countries to join the coalition.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, the Australian government has agreed to add torture to a list of specific prohibitions on secret service officers when detaining terror suspects.
It came after critics said officers should not be exempt from legal liability for torturing suspected terrorists.
Duncan Lewis, secretary general at Australia's top spy agency ASIO, said the organisation has never practiced torture and it never would.
Every year, Ashbourne in Derbyshire is split in two as thousands of people from each side of the town compete in the eccentric two-day match.
Since 1998 the ball has been thrown in to the crowd - or "turned up" - from a brick plinth in the middle of town.
But there have been complaints its position in Shaw Croft car park gives one side an unfair advantage.
At the start of the game, which is thought to date back to ancient times, the ball is thrown into play after competitors and spectators have stood around the plinth to sing the national anthem.
The most famous "turner up" was Prince Charles in 2003.
Where players live determines which side they play for: The Up'ards or the Down'ards.
Up'ard Jason Hainsworth said the plinth's position may give his team an unfair advantage.
"The plinth used to be in the middle of the car park and they used to throw it sideways on," he said.
"I think they want it so you're not throwing it towards the Up'ards or the Down'ards," he said.
Spectator David Taylor said he believes the Up'ards now outnumber the Down'ards "about three to one".
But not all Up'ards agree. Heidi Wright said the Down'ards were "throwing a hissy fit" and moving the plinth would be a "total waste of money".
Husband Steve said: "I think it's a bit of sour grapes because they've not scored for so long."
A spokesman for the Shrovetide Committee, which runs the event, said it did not want to comment.
Force India announced last month that their other driver would be German Nico Hulkenberg, who re-joins the team after a season with Sauber.
Paul Di Resta's failure to find a Formula 1 drive in 2014 appears on one level to be harsh - he is certainly a better prospect than several of the men who will be on the grid next season.
The Scot has proved to be a decently quick and pretty reliable performer in his three seasons in F1, and has produced a handful of impressive drives.
But team bosses feel he lacks star quality and has failed to prove he has the potential to go on to be a world champion.
Times are hard in F1 at the moment for many teams, a majority of which are struggling to complete their budgets.
One example of this was Lotus being forced to take Pastor Maldonado and his mega-bucks Venezuelan sponsorship package rather than their preferred option Nico Hulkenberg.
In that environment, outside the 'big four' of Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren, a driver has to have something extra special to make it worth taking the cash hit of employing him if he does not bring financial backing.
And there has been little evidence that Di Resta is another Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso, even though he beat Vettel to the European Formula Three title when they were team-mates in 2006.
Nor has he helped himself. His image among F1 insiders is not positive, a result of some of his critical outbursts against his team on the radio, and other stories about his attitude that have done the rounds.
Friends tell of a jovial, amusing character who is fun to be around in private. But Di Resta has chosen not to show that side of himself to the world, a decision that must now be viewed as a mistake.
Although there are still some seats open in F1 next year, none are believed to be available to Di Resta.
The 27-year-old is expected to switch to touring cars or endurance racing.
Di Resta is most likely to return to drive for Mercedes in the German Touring Car Championship, which he won in 2010. Sources say he is tired of F1, feels he is finished with it and, as things stand, is unlikely to try to find a reserve driver role to keep his foot in the door.
The Briton made his debut for Force India in 2011 but after three seasons the team have decided they would be better to choose different drivers.
Hulkenberg overshadowed Di Resta when they were team-mates in the second half of 2012 and has continued to impress for Sauber this season.
Perez, who has been dropped by McLaren after a season alongside Jenson Button, brings with him several million pounds worth of sponsorship from Mexico.
Perez said: "Coming here [to Force India] was always my first choice and I'm really happy everything has now been confirmed.
"This is a young team with a lot of determination and they've produced competitive cars for the last few years.
"It's all change for next season with the new regulations, but I already have a good feeling about 2014."
Di Resta was overlooked by top teams Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren when they all changed their second drivers ahead of 2014.
And his ability to find a seat elsewhere has been harmed by his lack of sponsorship budget.
Team bosses feel that he has not proved to be outstanding enough in his three seasons for it to be worth them taking the financial hit of signing him.
Sauber have not yet announced their line-up but there is understood to be no place for Di Resta at the Swiss team.
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They are expected to sign his former Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil as their lead driver. Their second seat is likely to go to either Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, who made his debut for Sauber in 2013, or a Russian in deference to their new business partners.
That could be former Lotus and Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov or the 19-year-old novice Sergey Sirotkin, who is considered more likely to become Sauber's reserve driver as a result of his lack of experience.
Backmarker teams Caterham and Marussia have seats available, but Di Resta is not in the frame for them.
Marussia have already signed Frenchman Jules Bianchi for a second season and are expected to keep hold of his 2013 team-mate Englishman Max Chilton as well.
Caterham's line-up is still up in the air, with 2013 race drivers Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic still options, along with GP2 driver Marcus Ericsson of Sweden, ex-McLaren, Renault and Caterham racer Heikki Kovalainanen and a number of others.
Di Resta's manager Richard Goddard was unavailable for comment.
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) sent a request from its chief executive, Charles Horton, to RMT general secretary Mick Cash to hold meetings.
Mr Horton has asked Mr Cash that discussions be held "without the threat of further industrial action".
The union is embroiled in a dispute over the role of conductors.
Earlier, the union said it was considering more strikes on Southern's rail network, despite drivers' union Aslef reaching an agreement with bosses over changes to the role of guards on trains.
Under a deal between the rail operator and Aslef announced on Thursday, drivers will operate the train doors and in return the train company has agreed there will always be a second member of staff on every train, the BBC understands.
Earlier on Friday, RMT assistant general secretary Steve Hedley said it was "scandalous other people think they can do a deal that affects our members".
He added: "We are not bound by that deal. The dispute is still on."
In the letter, Mr Horton apparently told the RMT his negotiating team was willing to meet next week "in a spirit of open and positive dialogue".
Mr Horton said: "[Aslef] were prepared to come to the table, with passengers liberated of any threat of strike action.
"Both parties arrived ready to listen, have an open mind and ready to do a deal."
As I understand it, the Aslef union has agreed that drivers will operate the train doors - that is a huge climbdown.
In return, the company has agreed there will always be a second member of staff on every train - that is a huge climbdown, too.
In other words, a compromise has been reached.
Working practices will be modernised but train crew will also see this deal as a way of protecting safety.
Not quite done-and-dusted but I imagine the drivers will approve it.
Mr Horton added: "We would call on the RMT to follow that same consensual spirit and leadership and come to the table with the courage, confidence and conviction to settle their dispute."
In a regular Westminster briefing, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said talks needed to happen to end the "untold misery" caused by the dispute.
Nine serious case reviews are being conducted in the city in addition to recently published reports.
Last July, watchdog Ofsted accused the council of "widespread and serious failures" that had left children "unsafe".
The council said it is confident it has begun to address the issues raised by Ofsted and previous case reviews.
Reviews examine cases where children have been put at risk and whether there have been failings by organisations meant to protect them, including the city council's children's services department.
The latest nine come on top of a number of case reviews already completed within the last two years.
Those reviews looked into the death of Baby Penny, who drowned in the bath in 2014, and two youngsters, known as Baby L and Baby A, who died in 2013.
The leader of the Conservative opposition group on the council, Councillor Peter Wood, has called for the politician responsible for children's services in the city, Councillor Patricia Smith, to resign.
He also called on the Labour party to "accept that somebody should be accountable".
In a statement, Sunderland City Council said it had made "significant progress" in improving children's services.
It said it was employing additional social workers and that staff caseloads have fallen.
One expert believes that while senior figures at the council should consider resigning, local politicians should not bear all of the blame.
Dr Terry Murphy, a child protection expert at Teesside University, said: "Quite simply the social workers in Sunderland have had too many cases, for too long, with inadequate support systems to actually help them work with families and with inadequate levels of supervision and support.
"But really Sunderland itself has been very much a victim of cutbacks to local government."
The government said it has taken action to address failings in Sunderland.
After last year's Ofsted report, an independent commissioner was sent in to the council by central government to oversee the children's services department.
In December, the government announced the department would in future be run as a voluntary trust under the commissioner.
Ben Calveley, from the Carmel area of Llanerchymedd, died in the collision with a black Nissan Navara on Sunday.
Mr Calveley, who was riding a blue Suzuki motorbike, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His family said: "Ben was killed on a road he knew well, that we all regularly use as a family."
The crash happened on the B5109 between Bodffordd and Llynfaes at around 01:00 BST.
Mr Calveley's parents, Simon and Delyth, sister Clare, younger brother Dion and girlfriend Stephanie said in a statement: "Travelling on that road will always be difficult from now on. We visited the scene today to lay flowers.
"We just can't believe what's happened - it seems so unreal at the moment."
Mr Calveley was a former pupil of Ysgol Corn Hir and Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni. He had recently graduated from Coleg Menai as an apprentice joiner, and was looking forward to starting work.
They added: "We are devastated and numb with shock of losing such a wonderful son. He was such a loving, caring, easy-going young man that would do anything for anyone.
"He was passionate about motorcycles and cars.
"We are in total disbelief at the moment."
No-one in the car was hurt.
North Wales Police are appealing for witnesses.
Some top-flight clubs have not yet met guidelines on disability access.
Lord Holmes, a member of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and a nine-time Paralympic swimming champion, told MPs that legal action against clubs and the Premier League remains an option.
Premier League executive Bill Bush said that suggesting clubs were "reluctant" to improve access was "not fair".
Last year Premier League clubs agreed to make their stadiums compliant with official accessibility guidance by August 2017.
The pledge followed a 2014 BBC investigation that found 17 of the 20 clubs were failing to provide enough wheelchair spaces.
However, it is estimated that up to a third of clubs will miss this self-imposed deadline.
Bush told a Culture, Media and Sport select committee on Tuesday that the Premier League is not "hiding" by refusing to name the individual clubs likely to miss disabled access targets by next season.
"Several are short and they know it," Bush told MPs, adding that a club-by-club statement will be published in January.
He said resources were not an issue, but denied clubs were "ignoring opportunities" to make changes to their grounds.
"Much of that work is of absolutely outstanding quality," said Bush. "The clubs are rightly proud of it rather than fearful that they are failing."
Lord Holmes - Britain's most successful Paralympic swimmer - has led the campaign for improved accessibility at sports stadiums.
"There isn't a culture of inclusion, there isn't even yet a culture of compliance," Lord Holmes told BBC Sport.
"Football is our only national sport, we can only wave our team's flags with pride if we can all be sure that every Premier League ground is accessible to all and there's an inclusive experience waiting for every spectator," the 15-time Paralympic medallist added.
Holmes said he hoped the hearing would lead to further action but warned that both the individual clubs and the league could face legal action if targets continue to be missed.
"It's tragic that we've got to a place where we're even talking about sanctions. This should have begun as a positive transformational change to our national game but we are at this stage because nothing's happened for decades."
Manchester United supporter Vicky Besley told BBC Radio 5 live that she had experienced problems at stadiums.
She said that fans with disabilities sometimes could not see the play, because of non-elevated platforms and other fans standing up. At some grounds, visiting disabled supporters are forced to sit with the home fans.
"At Anfield, you're actually put in with the home fans, so it's quite intimidating," she said after attending United's 0-0 Premier League draw at Liverpool on Monday.
"There are maybe six United fans and then you're just surrounded by Liverpool fans.
"Clubs seem to just be ignoring what's going on.
"Changes need to happen now because it's going to put the younger generations off going."
Other prohibited costumes include those that are "offensive to individuals based on their race, sex, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identify or other characteristic".
Superhero costumes such as Batman and Spiderman are still allowed.
The annual dress up day is a tradition for rookies in an initiation practice called "hazing".
In September, the New York Mets posted photos and video of players wearing uniforms from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, as portrayed in the 1992 Hollywood movie "A League of Their Own.''
The anti-hazing and anti-bullying policy, part of the MLB's new labour contract, was obtained by the Associated Press.
"Times have changed. There is certain conduct that we have to be conscious of,'' said Dave Prouty, from the players' union.
The league's vice president Paul Mifsud said the new rules were "in light of social media" which he felt "unfortunately publicised" the costumes, and "those kind of things which in our view were insensitive and potentially offensive to a number of groups".
He also said a number of players had complained about the tradition.
Other hazing acts that have been banned include making players consume alcohol, drugs or "undesirable unwanted substance (food, drink, concoction)".
"The purpose of this policy is not to prohibit all traditions regarding rookies or players," the new policy states, "but rather to prohibit conduct that may cause players physical anguish or harm, may be offensive to some players, club staff or fans, or are distracting to the operation of the club or MLB."
Remmay Williams, 24, of Blount Road, Leicester, had thousands of pounds of cocaine, crack and heroin in her cupboard - along with a semi-automatic pistol wrapped in a tea towel.
She was found guilty of intent to supply Class A drugs, possession of a self-loading pistol, machine pistol and ammunition.
She had denied knowledge of the items.
Leicester Crown Court heard how Williams, who has a four-year-old child, had her home raided by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit in March 2016.
This followed the arrest of her "close friend" James Orme who had been seen leaving her house and whose car was found to contain crack cocaine and heroin and a Skorpion sub-machine gun.
Last year, Orme, 29, of Kashmir Road, Leicester, was jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to possession of the handgun, the machine gun and possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.
The drugs recovered from the car and the kitchen were worth around £24,000 wholesale, police said.
Investigator Emily Sharpe, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: "Throughout the investigation Williams maintained she had no knowledge of the drugs and gun being in her kitchen cupboard, which also contained everyday items.
"She was close friends with Orme, whom she knew to be a drug dealer, and had little regard for the safety of others living in her house, putting them at risk."
The new service will cost $8.99 (£6.30) a month for video streaming only.
Amazon's Prime membership service has been growing, but its video streaming has fewer viewers than its competitors.
Until now videos could only be accessed by signing up for a $99-a-year Prime membership that included free-shipping and special deals on other products.
Netflix's monthly subscription is $9.99 and Hulu's service is $7.99 a month.
According to analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the number of Amazon Prime users in the US rose to 54 million in 2015, but not all of those use the video service.
Netflix has reported having 75 million users worldwide.
Amazon is investing more to produce its own original programming for the video service, including Transparent, The Man in the High Castle, and a new motoring show fronted by the former Top Gear presenters.
Netflix has also had great success with original programming, including House of Cards and Orange is the New Black
The competition for video streaming customers has intensified as audiences have turned away from traditional television viewing. According to Deloitte 46% of American households paid for a video streaming service in 2015.
Amazon will also offer a $10.99 monthly payment services for full access to its Prime membership. The company's shares were up 0.68% in midday trading on Wall Street.
Shares of Netflix - which reports its first quarter earnings figures after the close - were down 2.8%.
The accident happened on the Kasai river - a tributary of the Congo River - in the western province of Bandundu.
Information Minister Lambert Mende told the BBC the vessel had been overloaded and 80 people had been confirmed dead.
After decades of conflict, DR Congo has few roads or rail links and many people travel on often overloaded boats.
The latest accident occurred on Wednesday.
Mr Mende told the BBC the river level had been low and the accident occurred when the overcrowded boat hit a mud bank.
He told the AFP news agency that 76 survivors had been found and that the ferry had officially been carrying 180 passengers.
But he said many more people are likely to have boarded the boat illegally.
Several local officials have said about 140 people are believed to have died.
The ferry was travelling to the capital Kinshasa from Mushie, about 30km (20 miles) from the town of Bandundu, AFP reports.
Last November at least 73 people died when a boat sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe, also in Bandundu province.
DR Congo - a country the size of western Europe - has only a few hundred kilometres of paved roads outside the cities, so the rivers are the main long-distance transport link for the majority of people who cannot afford to travel by air.
Mr de Mistura was later due to meet officials from the opposition umbrella group, the High Negotiations Committee.
However, its chief negotiator said they were still deciding whether to attend.
The HNC wants sieges and air strikes on rebel-held areas to end before starting negotiations in earnest, but the government has so far not agreed.
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Eleven million others have fled their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other, as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State (IS).
The Syrian government team travelled to the UN headquarters in Geneva, the Palais des Nations, on Tuesday morning to see Mr de Mistura, the day after the HNC delegation had its first formal meeting with the Swedish-Italian diplomat.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the fact that both sides are participating is being seen as positive, but the opposition is waiting for a sign that the government will respond to its calls for humanitarian measures.
The HNC's chief negotiator, Mohammed Alloush of the rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, said he was waiting for the outcome of Mr de Mistura's discussions with government officials on Tuesday before deciding whether to formally join the peace process.
"Nothing has changed in the situation on the ground. So as long as the situation is like this we are not optimistic," he told reporters.
"There are no good intentions from the regime's side to reach a solution."
The UN envoy said on Monday that the HNC had made the "very strong point" that parallel to any talks, the Syrian people "deserve to hear and see facts on the ground".
"When I meet the Syrian people they tell me: 'Don't just have a conference, have also something that we can see and touch while you are meeting in Geneva'," Mr de Mistura told reporters.
The head of the government delegation, Bashar al-Jaafari, has said the opposition is "not serious" about peace and that its demands are intended to derail the talks.
But in an apparent gesture of goodwill on Monday, the government agreed "in principle" to allow more aid to be delivered to the besieged rebel-held town of Madaya, near Damascus, where hundreds of civilians are reportedly suffering from severe malnutrition and several have starved to death.
Aid will also be sent to the northern villages of Foah and Kefraya, which are surrounded by rebel forces.
Elsewhere in Syria the fighting is continuing, with government forces reportedly capturing another village to the north of the city of Aleppo on Tuesday in an offensive backed by Russian air strikes.
The Pope was given the item, combining Catholic and communist symbols, by left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales.
One Catholic bishop suggested that Mr Morales had sought to "manipulate God".
But while some reports said the Pope was taken aback by the present, the Vatican has played down any row.
The crucifix was based on a design by Luis Espinal, a Jesuit Priest assassinated in 1980 by right-wing militia.
Bolivia's communications minister, Marianela Paco, told Bolivian radio: "The sickle evokes the peasant, the hammer the carpenter, representing humble workers, God's people," adding there was "no other" motive behind the gift.
There are differing interpretations of Pope Francis' thoughts on it.
Some reports say the Pope was embarrassed, telling Mr Morales: This isn't good".
But the Vatican spokesman, Federico Lombardi, said it was more likely Pope Francis had expressed surprise at the origins of the gift.
"I don't think I would put this symbol on an altar in a church however," he added.
The Pope himself has been accused of having Marxist leanings, after mounting strong criticisms of capitalism and inequality.
One of the strongest reactions came from Spanish bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla, who tweeted: "The height of arrogance is to manipulate God for the service of atheist ideologies."
"This is a provocation, a joke" said Bolivian Bishop Gonzalo del Castillo, quoted by the AFP news agency.
There was also anger on the Facebook pages of the Catholic News Agency. "One cannot simply combine Communism and Christianity!" wrote one user.
But one comment read: "This is no insult to Pope Francis, this is in memory of the Jesuit Martyr, who died defending the poor and oppressed of Bolivia."
Pope Francis is now in Paraguay, the third and final country on his tour of Latin America, which ends on Monday.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, knifed Peter Stewart, 44, through the heart and also stabbed his brother James Stewart, 46.
The pair had tried to buy cannabis and a car but were ambushed by the youth on 8 April 2015 in Wardieburn Street West.
Ryan Ellis, 31, was earlier cleared of the attempted murder of Peter Stewart.
Mr Ellis had also denied stabbing James Stewart during the incident.
The Crown withdrew the charges against Mr Ellis on Wednesday during a trial at the High Court in Livingston.
The 17-year-old was was unanimously found guilty by the jury of robbing Peter Stewart of his mobile phone and attempting to murder him by stabbing him to the danger of his life.
He was also found guilty of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement of James Stewart by striking him on the body with a knife.
Lord Glennie told the teenager, who has no previous convictions: "You've been convicted by this jury of both charges including a charge of attempted murder.
"I can't sentence you now because I require to obtain a social work report about you before I can consider what the appropriate sentence is.
"I think you should be in no doubt that a custodial sentence is almost inevitable."
He adjourned the case until Thursday 17 March at the High Court in Edinburgh and revoked bail, remanding the accused in custody until then.
The jury heard that Peter Stewart and his brother had driven down to the Wardieburn housing estate in Edinburgh with £6,500 in cash to buy 5.5 kilos of "rocky" - a type of cannabis resin - and a used car to take the drugs back to Aberdeen.
They were unaware that the man arranging the drug deal was an inmate in Shotts prison on a smuggled mobile phone for which his nephew had bought credit at a local shop that day.
The brothers became suspicious when their rendezvous with the dealer's nephew - the accused - was changed at the last minute.
Instead of meeting him in a public cafe as they wanted, they were asked to meet him in the street so he could direct them to a house where the drugs were said to be.
When they followed him into a close in a block of flats in Wardieburn, the youth stabbed James in the side then, as Peter tried to defend his brother, knifed him through the heart.
It was claimed in court the incident was a pre-planned ambush by relatives of the drug dealer to rob the brothers of their cash.
However, Peter had left the money in the boot of his car for safety, claiming he wanted to inspect the cannabis before handing over the cash. The money was later recovered by police.
The jury heard that Peter "died" three times as ambulance paramedics and doctors at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary attempted to save his life.
He spent a night in the intensive care unit before being moved to a high-dependency unit from which he was discharged seven days later.
He has been left unable to walk without the help of crutches after the arteries in his legs collapsed and is waiting for an operation to have new arteries grafted onto his heart to restore the blood supply.
His brother James had a stab wound measuring 4cm by 1.5cm which was closed with steri-strips and was released after being kept in overnight for observation.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Europe now had to "fight for its own destiny".
She said the EU could no longer "completely depend" on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit.
But Ms Rudd said the UK wanted to continue to work closely with the EU.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "As we begin the negotiations about leaving the EU, we will be able to reassure Germany and other European countries that we are going to be a strong partner to them in defence and security, and, we hope, in trade.
"This is going to be the most important negotiation that this country has embarked on for many decades. Making sure that we get this right is going to be absolutely critical, and we don't underestimate the difficulty.
"We can reassure Mrs Merkel that we want to have a deep and special partnership so that we can continue to maintain European-wide security to keep us all safe from the terrorists abroad and those that are trying to be nurtured in our country."
Prime Minister Theresa May restated her desire to work closely with the EU countries during a campaign event in Twickenham, south west London, on Monday afternoon.
She said: "We are not leaving Europe. We are leaving the European Union. But it is right that the European Union themselves will have some decisions to take about the nature of that organisation and institution going forward."
Also speaking on Monday, Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere predicted that Brexit should not have a significant negative impact on security.
He said: "I am confident that the issue of security cooperation will not be among the most difficult issues in the Brexit negotiations. A lot unites us here."
Mrs Merkel's comments - which she reiterated at a press conference on Monday - came after Mr Trump refused to re-commit to the 2015 Paris climate deal at the G7 summit.
Mrs Merkel is on the campaign trail ahead of elections in September.
"The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days," Mrs Merkel told a crowd at an election rally in Munich, southern Germany.
The relationship between Berlin and new French President Emmanuel Macron had to be a priority, Mrs Merkel said, adding: "We Europeans have to take our destiny into our own hands."
On Saturday, the German leader had described climate change talks at the G7 group of rich nations as "very unsatisfactory".
Leaders from the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan had re-affirmed their support for the Paris accord - but Mr Trump said he would make a decision in the coming week.
Mr Trump has previously pledged to abandon the Paris deal, and expressed doubts about man-made climate change.
Speaking in Brussels last week, Mr Trump also told Nato members to spend more money on defence and did not re-state his administration's commitment to Nato's mutual security guarantees.
Mrs Merkel's latest comments are partly a move to appeal to German voters first and foremost, the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says.
Polls suggest Mrs Merkel is on course to be re-elected for a fourth term as German chancellor at elections in September.
Hubert Burda, which bought the group from UK private equity firm Exponent, said they had agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.
The BBC started publishing the Radio Times in 1923 and owned it until 2011.
At its peak it had nine million readers a week. It now has just 660,000, but is still the UK's best-selling guide.
As a result of the deal, Burda will also own BBC titles including BBC Good Food, BBC History and BBC Gardeners' World.
Burda, based in Munich, describes itself as a family enterprise with a history spanning 100 years.
It has 540 brands worldwide. In the UK, its existing titles include YourHome and Wedding.
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The 62-year-old from Northumberland was working on the £1.4bn bridge which is being built across the Firth of Forth.
He is thought to have been hit by a moving boom on a crane on the deck of the north tower on 29 April.
An investigation is being carried out by Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive.
In a statement, Police Scotland said Mr Cousin's family wanted to thank everyone for their "thoughts and support at this sad time".
It is understood that he suffered severe blood loss in the incident and he was unable to be resuscitated.
Another man was injured in the incident.
The bridge, between Fife and Edinburgh, is due to be completed at the end of the year.
Work started in 2011 and Mr Cousin's death is thought to be the first fatality at the site.
Mr Ghani was speaking after the Taliban released an audio tape said to be from Mullah Mansour in which he calls reports of the firefight "baseless".
It was said to have taken place near the Pakistani city of Quetta last week.
Mansour was declared leader in July after the Taliban confirmed that Mullah Omar had died in 2013.
Mansour's appointment then prompted splits in the Taliban.
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Mr Ghani told a press conference on Monday: "There is no evidence that Mansour has been killed."
He added: "The incident that occurred should be carefully analysed."
He was referring to a gunfight that was said to have taken place on the outskirts of the western city of Quetta last Tuesday.
Some reports said Mansour had been seriously hurt, others that he had died, along with four Taliban gunmen.
Late on Saturday, the Taliban released the audio tape in which the speaker refers to the "rumour that fighting happened among the Taliban at a time when a meeting was in progress".
"The rumour says I was injured during the clash and later some media outlets reported that I died. Brothers, this report is not true, there is no doubt that it is enemy propaganda," the speaker says.
The voice resembled that in previous recordings issued by Mansour but there has still been speculation about its authenticity.
In the 17-minute message he says he has not seen the place where the fight was said to have taken place "for years", adding: "I am safe and my colleagues are safe. I am among my colleagues."
The speaker insists the Taliban will continue to fight to establish an "Islamic government" in Afghanistan and resist peace overtures.
Since August Mansour has overseen a series of battlefield victories, including briefly capturing the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
But the movement has split into openly warring factions.
A number of senior Taliban commanders refused to pledge allegiance to Mansour and a faction opposed to him was set up last month under Mullah Mohammad Rasool.
The 22-year-old England Under-21 international suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage last December.
"We are hoping to have him after the first international break," Hughton told BBC Sussex.
"The good news is he has had no setbacks and is making good progress. He is not training with the team at the minute but he is doing some ball work."
The 57-year-old added: "He is working very hard with the rehab department and we look forward to having him back as soon as possible."
March scored three goals in 17 appearances for the Seagulls last season before injury forced him off during the 2-2 draw at Derby seven months ago.
Meanwhile, Hughton is keen to keep hold of his best players, with midfielder Dale Stephens linked with a move to Premier League side Burnley.
Stephens, 27, played 45 league games last season as the Seagulls finished third in the Championship, missing out on promotion on goal difference and then losing in the play-offs.
"We don't want to lose players," Hughton said.
"We want to put ourselves in a position where we are able to challenge again. Speculation will always be there and it is something you have to live with as it is part and parcel of the game."
Carillion is part of a joint venture that has won a bid to design and build part of the £56bn high speed rail link.
But last week its chief executive stepped down and the firm warned results would fall short of forecasts.
A spokesman for HS2 Ltd said it was "confident" in the joint venture.
He said: "Obviously in the light of last Monday's announcement by Carillion, HS2 has carried out additional due diligence and sought re-assurance of both it and its two partners in the joint venture - Kier and Eiffage - that they remained committed and able to deliver the contract.
"Each company's boards have both given that assurance and confirmed that they underwrite the performance of each other in delivering the contract. And that is the key point. HS2, of course, will continue to monitor the situation."
Carillion disclosed on Monday that it had appointed consultancy firm EY to help with a strategic review of the business "with a particular focus upon cost reduction and cash collection".
Under its interim chief executive Keith Cochrane, Carillion said it was taking immediate action to generate significant cashflow in the short term and cut its debt.
Carillion's share price jumped by 23.33% to 69.25p, but it still remains far below the pre-profit warning level of 191p.
The consortium of Carillion, Kier and Eiffage of France is one of a number of partnerships that have won contracts to build tunnels, bridges and viaducts between London and Birmingham for the first phase of HS2.
The spokesman for HS2 Ltd pointed out that each of the contracts had two parts, beginning with a 16-month design period where the government and the joint venture work closely together before starting on the second construction phase.
29 August 2016 Last updated at 15:13 BST
At 18 years old, Lachlan Smart is the youngest person ever to fly around the world in a single engine aircraft, by himself.
The journey was 24,000 air-miles long, and he stopped in 15 different countries along the way.
54 days after setting off, Lachlan got a big welcome as he touched down back home in eastern Australia.
Leah's been taking a look at how he did it.
The male rider, who has not been named, came off his bike at the privately-run event next to Low Hardwick Farm, near Sedgefield, at about 13:00 BST.
He was taken by air ambulance to hospital in Middlesbrough but was confirmed dead shortly before arrival.
The woman, in her early 30s, suffered serious injuries at about 14:10 at which point the event was closed.
The female rider was also taken to the James Cook University Hospital by air ambulance, police said.
A spokesman for Durham Police said: "We took the decision on safety grounds to close down the privately-run event, which involved around 100 participants and 300 spectators.
"We understand the formal investigation is likely to be led by the local authority, but we are carrying out initial inquiries into the circumstances.
"With two very serious incidents within little more than an hour, we felt there was little choice but to bring the event to a close."
The site is regularly used for motocross and quad bike events.
The organisers have not been available for comment.
Their review of 13 clinical trials, published in the British Medical Journal, said the drug did not reduce disability or improve quality of life.
Instead, the group warned, it increased the odds of liver problems.
The NHS is to review its guidelines. Experts say patients should consult a doctor before changing medicines.
Back pain is a leading cause of disability and in the UK alone it is estimated to affect 26 million people each year.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which establishes best NHS practice, currently recommends paracetamol for both lower back pain and for osteoarthritis.
However, questions have been raised about the quality of the evidence which led to the decisions.
A team at the University of Sydney assessed data from 13 drug trials involving more than 5,000 patients.
They concluded that paracetamol was "ineffective" at reducing back pain.
In osteoarthritis in the hip or knee, they found a small improvement with paracetamol. Yet the impact was so small it was "not clinically important".
Gustavo Machado, one of the researchers, argued: "Paracetamol is the most widely used over-the counter medicine for musculoskeletal conditions so it is critical that we review treatment recommendations in light of this new evidence.
"In our research, paracetamol for low back pain and osteoarthritis was also shown to be associated with higher risk of liver toxicity in patients.
"Patients were nearly four times more likely to have abnormal results on liver function tests compared to those taking placebo pills."
Dr Christian Mallen, from Keele University in the UK, said options other than drugs should be the "cornerstone" of managing the conditions.
However, he added: "While the effectiveness of exercise for both osteoarthritis and spinal pain is established, we know that uptake of and adherence to exercise is poor."
In the UK, the safety of over-the-counter drugs is being reviewed by the medicines safety regulator.
NICE said it was waiting for the results of that review before conducting its own assessment.
A spokesperson said: "Looking at all of the relevant painkillers together, instead of just one, will then provide a comprehensive overview of this aspect of managing osteoarthritis."
Jane Tadman from Arthritis Research UK said: "We've known for some time that paracetamol may not work for everyone with severe pain from their arthritis, but some people find it helps them and allows them to sleep and to exercise without discomfort.
"Physical activity is probably a better and more effective way of keeping the pain of arthritis and joint pain at bay than taking currently available painkillers."
Prof Roger Knaggs, from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said: "There are other medicines, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids, which may provide better pain relief but these are associated with a range of other side-effects.
"Anybody with concerns about whether taking paracetamol could cause harm should discuss their concerns with their GP or pharmacist."
The Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland (ICE) will call for a national debate on energy in a report due to be published next month.
The organisation wants the government to outline how the gap caused by cuts to electricity-generating capacity will be filled.
The government said it had a "balanced energy mix to provide energy security".
The report will also highlight Scotland's energy "quadrilemma" - the need to reduce carbon, cut consumer costs, ensure security of supply and take into account the social acceptability of different types of energy sources.
It was announced earlier this year that Longannet, the largest power station in Scotland and the second largest in the UK, would be shut down in March next year after 46 years of producing power.
Debates continue over the potential use of fracking, the controversial gas drilling technique which is currently subject to a Scottish government moratorium, and the extent to which onshore wind farms are used across Scotland.
Professor Gary Pender, of Ice Scotland, said: "Scotland will transition from being a net exporter to being a net importer of electricity if the closures of Longannet, Hunterston and Torness are not replaced by new development.
"We will be calling for a national debate on how we, as a country, deal with this to ensure that we have a resilient supply with sufficient capacity for the long term.
"Energy policy is hugely politically controversial, with wind power, nuclear power and onshore gas extraction provoking particularly emotional and politically-motivated responses.
"We need to move beyond this, at times, irrational and ill-informed discourse about all these forms of energy generation and conduct a thorough, expert-informed assessment of the right approach for Scotland."
Ice Scotland represents 8,000 people.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "Scotland's abundant energy resources play a vital role in delivering security of electricity supply across the UK; Scotland exported 28% of all electricity generated in 2013.
"We have a clear policy for a balanced energy mix to provide energy security for the future that balances fossil fuels alongside the growing importance of renewables, which again saw record levels of generation last year, and without the need for new nuclear power.
"As we move to a low-carbon energy system over the longer term, we expect Scotland to maintain its position as a net exporter of power even after Longannet closes, whereas the UK as a whole is increasingly reliant on imports from other European countries."
Corey Jones was fatally shot early on Sunday after his car broke down on a motorway ramp in Palm Beach Gardens.
Officer Nouman Raja was on duty but not in uniform when he approached Jones' car on the dark stretch of road.
Police said Officer Raja was "suddenly confronted by an armed subject" and fatally wounded the 31-year-old Jones.
"It would be premature to say we have all the facts and speculate as to what took place based on unconfirmed accounts," Palm Beach Gardens Police Chief Stephen Stepp said on Wednesday.
Jones, a drummer who worked as a public housing inspector, was returning home after performing at a local bar when his car broke down, his family said.
Police said they recovered a handgun at the scene. Records show Jones purchased the weapon legally a few days before the incident.
Jones did not have a criminal record and had been a volunteer for My Brother's Keeper, an organisation for black youth.
Officer Raja's car was not equipped with a dashboard camera and he was not wearing a body camera, police said.
He has been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates the shooting.
Jones' death is one of several cases under scrutiny in the US, in which a black person has died during an arrest or while in police custody.
The state's legislative black caucus called on the governor to launch an independent investigation by the state law enforcement agency.
Jones' family has hired prominent civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump who has represented the family of Trayvon Martin among others.
Civil rights activists - including the Reverend Al Sharpton - are planning a rally outside Palm Beach Gardens Police Department on Thursday.
15 March 2017 Last updated at 22:08 GMT
With the explosion of social networking that figure could increase, but is it something students and schools are well enough prepared for?
School reporters at St Patrick's College in Maghera have been investigating.
This report was originally broadcast as part of BBC News School Report.
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Dortmund, missing top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to a family bereavement, fell behind to a 14th-minute tap-in from Alfred Finnbogason.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan poked the ball home to level at 1-1 just before the break.
Gonzalo Castro's deflected effort made it 2-1 before Adrian Ramos fired in at the second attempt in the 75th minute.
Bayern's 1-0 win at Cologne on Friday night had extended their advantage in the title race as they look to secure a fourth successive championship.
Dortmund, who last week knocked Tottenham out of the Europa League, struggled to respond with a poor first-half showing against an Augsburg side which had won just one of its previous nine league games as they battle to avoid the drop.
But once Mkhitaryan's deflected shot had beaten former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who was playing his first game of the season, they dominated the second half to secure their sixth win in seven league games.
At the end of the 2001-02 season the club was in turmoil.
A second-string side was crushed 88-5 by Pontypool in Division One, with the first team on strike amid player sackings and coaching departures.
The cash-strapped club were relegated that year and it took three seasons before they returned to Division One.
It was a humbling experience for the Ironmen, who had been formed in 1876 and were one of the 11 founder clubs of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, along with Swansea, Lampeter, Llandeilo, Cardiff, Newport, Llanelli, Llandovery, Brecon, Pontypool and Bangor.
Merthyr again flirted with relegation in the 2012-13 season, but with current head coach Lee Jarvis installed for the following campaign they were crowned Division 1 East champions in 2013-14.
The club's fortunes continued to improve with the arrival of millionaire benefactor Sir Stanley Thomas as chairman.
The Merthyr native, brother of Cardiff Blues chairman Peter, supported a recruitment drive and helped finance a significant ground redevelopment at The Wern.
Former Cardiff Blues and Pontypridd coach Dale McIntosh joined Merthyr as forwards coach in November 2015, while the likes of ex-Wales forward Andy Powell arrived to bolster the playing squad.
Merthyr were promoted from the Championship in 2015-16, reaching the semi-professional Principality Premiership.
The club needed to secure an 'A' licence from the WRU to play in the top tier of domestic club rugby in Wales, but a £1.13m expansion at the ambitious club ensured facilities were up to scratch.
A new 4G pitch was laid in August 2016, as part of planned improvements that include a 700-seater stand, new floodlights, new changing rooms, weight-training facilities and a dedicated youth centre.
The plans have been helped by a £500,000 grant from a council-managed community fund, with Sir Stanley keen to help a wider regeneration of the town, a former powerhouse of iron and coal production.
Former Cardiff Blues fly-half Gareth Davies was one of 10 new players signed up by Championship winners Merthyr for their debut season in the Premiership.
Merthyr have already recruited Ospreys back-row Joe Bearman and Scarlets prop Pete Edwards for the 2017-18 season, while former Scarlets, Gloucester and Ebbw Vale boss Nigel Davies is set to join the coaching set-up.
Unsurprisingly, there have been rumblings of discontent from other quarters and accusations that Merthyr are 'cheque-book Charlies' who have bought success.
"A lot of people say that, but I think if they came up and saw our group for a few weeks they'll understand what we're about really," Jarvis said.
"Obviously the players do get a little bit of shillings, but I'm not sure any player in Wales would turn that down.
"They work hard together, they're a good bunch of boys - no egos there.
"People will have their opinions but as long as we know in Merthyr what we're about, we're confident in our skill level."
Merthyr now face arguably the biggest game in the club's long history when they travel to Aberavon's Talbot Athletic Ground on Sunday, although Jarvis admits the Ironmen are way ahead of schedule.
"If you'd asked me at the start of the season I'd have said it would be a dream for us to play in the Premiership final our first year," Jarvis said.
"To think of where we were four years ago: we were bottom of Division One, a game away from being relegated and most probably the club would have plummeted down the leagues.
"So four years later we're on the brink of winning the Premiership.
"It's been a great year and testament to everyone's hard work on and off the pitch.
"We've got a tight group there at the moment; it's exciting times and we're just looking forward to Sunday.
"Our first goal was to get top eight and we would have been pleased with that... it's been a great journey so far.
"We'd be ecstatic [to claim the title], I certainly didn't expect us to win this year - maybe two or three years down the line. It takes time to create things.
"It's our first year in the Premiership, Aberavon are an experienced Premiership side and they've been there for donkey's years.
"We'll turn up at the weekend, we'll be prepared and we'll just give it our best shot, and hopefully that will be enough."
The Scottish Mesh Survivors campaign urged the Scottish government to suspend all such implant surgery pending a safety inquiry.
Health Secretary Alex Neil said he was hoping to discuss the matter with the medicines regulator.
He added that action was being taken to make GPs more aware of the issue.
About 1,500 women in Scotland receive transvaginal mesh implants every year, usually to treat a prolapsed bladder and relieve incontinence, often as a result of childbirth.
However, some have been left in constant pain after the implants hardened, and have been told they can never have sex again.
Convenor of the petitions committee David Stewart called on the Scottish government to act.
Mr Neil said he had written to the chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) seeking an "urgent meeting to discuss on-going concerns over the use of transvaginal mesh implants".
He added: "It is extremely upsetting to hear the accounts of women who have experienced unimaginable suffering as a result of having this procedure.
"I personally met with some of the women affected and I am clear that no-one else should have to go through the suffering they have experienced.
"It is imperative that we have expert opinion of the full implications of the use of mesh implants and I think it is of paramount importance that we can be in a position to reassure women all across Scotland that this issue is being treated with the severity it deserves."
Hundreds of claims are due before the Scottish courts within the next year, with cases already under way in the US and Canada, where the authorities have issued warnings to hospitals.
An expert group set up by the Scottish government to look at the issue met for the first time in February.
It is developing a revised information leaflet for use in the NHS in Scotland, which will be given to women in advance of undergoing the procedure.
However, Olive McIlroy from Scottish Mesh Survivors said she wanted ministers to go further.
She said: "In a nutshell, we are asking for mesh implant surgery to be suspended pending a safety inquiry, for reporting of adverse incidents to be mandatory for doctors - currently only 12 have reported cases to the MHRA despite more than 300 women undergoing repeated operations.
"[We] want an implant register to act as an early warning system as the current system is clearly not working.
"The women have been working on new consent forms which will contain all the complications. One of the big problems has been that the women were not given proper advice before they got the operations.
"They weren't told the life changing side effects and they were not offered alternatives. We have some of the world's top docs writing to Health Secretary Alex Neil asking him to stop mesh in our hospitals."
Following the committee meeting, convener Mr Stewart said: "This is one of the most compelling petitions we have had before us.
"We heard moving and indeed heartbreaking evidence from the petitioners and the committee was united in its determination to address the issue.
"We will ask the Cabinet Secretary to give evidence at our next meeting as there must be action and there must be action now."
More than 1.5 million people have visited David Bowie Is across eight venues around the world so far, the museum said.
About 312,000 of those visitors were to the exhibition's debut in London at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2013.
The show will complete its international 10-stop tour next year.
It is currently in its final weeks at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologne and will open in Tokyo in January before completing its tour in Barcelona in May.
Until now, the V&A's most successful touring shows included Art Deco, (which received 1.17 million visitors) Vivienne Westwood (844,000) and Surreal Things: Surrealism & Design (881,000).
Geoff Marsh, co-curator of David Bowie Is, said: "We are absolutely delighted that the exhibition has been seen by so many people worldwide.
"It's been an amazing journey to go from our first visits to the archive to transporting the exhibition to its ninth venue in Tokyo."
The show became the V&A's fastest-selling show when it opened in March 2013, and the museum stayed open late on many evenings to cope with demand.
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Harry Kane scored the opener and missed a penalty before fellow England striker Jamie Vardy got the winner.
Who impressed? Who struggled? See how the England manager Roy Hodgson's players rated.
Needlessly charged off his line in the build-up to Turkey's equaliser and made it a lot more simpler for them to score, but made amends with his brilliant injury-time stop from Olcay Sahan.
One of five Tottenham players in the starting XI, he tried to perform the same job he did for Spurs, charging up and down his flank. Made one goal-saving block.
It was England's failings as a defensive unit that caused more concern than his individual performance, although he must take much of the blame for their occasional lack of organisation at the back, especially when they played high up the pitch. His excellent header led to Vardy's winner.
Surely the centre-half to make way when Chris Smalling returns at the Stadium of Light against Australia on Friday. Did not take any chances in possession but his marking was sloppy in open play and at set-pieces, where he struggled to keep tabs on Cenk Tosun at a couple of corners.
One of those caught out for Turkey's goal but impressed with his energetic bursts forward. Whether it is on the right or left, full-back is not a position where England have too many problems.
Gave his centre-halves some welcome support when he dropped into the backline and did a decent job of protecting them when he was sitting in front of them too. Outnumbered at times, and surely needs another dedicated defensive midfield partner when England play top-class opposition. If fit, he is a sure starter against Russia on 11 June, however.
Described as a "special talent" by Hodgson this week, but seemed subdued here. Needs to prove his form and fitness to make the plane and while the latter did not seem an issue before he came off in the second half, he certainly did not sparkle. His was overshadowed Dele Alli, and the absent Wayne Rooney probably should not worry about finding a place in England's midfield on Friday either. Still work to do to make the cut.
A livewire from the start and gave more encouragement to the idea that the understanding he has forged with Tottenham team-mate Harry Kane can do some damage at Euro 2016. Was not always as spectacular as with that early assist, but he used the ball intelligently throughout and we are surely at the stage where, whatever the formation, he cannot be left out.
Initially happy to run at defenders and was continuously fouled in the process, but, as always, his end product was an issue when he got past his man. In the end, he seemed to lose belief that he could even do that and started taking the safe option with sideways passes instead.
The team was initially set up in a 4-3-3 formation to suit Kane as the central striker and he more than justified that decision - his penalty miss aside, this was another impressive display leading England's attack. Yes, he was offside when he scored, but he took that chance superbly and was never afraid to miss.
Struggled early on when he was starved of the ball out wide. Looked a different player when England switched to 4-4-2 in the second half, with his pace running on to a ball over the top earning a penalty, then his instincts in front of goal giving him the winner. The last 30 minutes demonstrated why he will scare teams in France, but before that we saw why he should not play as a winger.
Also trying to prove his form and fitness after injury. Hodgson said this week he has "more to do" than Wilshere to make the squad and, apart from a few neat touches, he did not get much chance to do that here. Will hope for more of an opportunity to impress at his old stamping ground, the Stadium of Light, on Friday.
His place in Hodgson's final 23 seems to rest on whether Wilshere is deemed fit or not. Was not given many minutes to shine here, although his appearance from the bench brought loud cheers from a group of Leicester fans. They appreciate him, but does Roy?
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Ireland, needing a 21-point victory to overtake a Welsh side who beat Italy 61-20, led 20-10 after Paul O'Connell and Sean O'Brien crossed.
Scores from Jared Payne and O'Brien then took Ireland beyond the reach of England, who later beat France 55-35.
Winless Scotland were condemned to the Wooden Spoon.
Scotland crossed in the first half through the inventive Russell, but were largely outclassed on the day, and the defeat rounds off a dismal Six Nations for Vern Cotter's men.
Hopes had been high before the tournament after an encouraging autumn test series under the New Zealander, but hopes of a new dawn for Scottish rugby came to nothing.
The two sides entered this encounter with wildly differing goals. Pride was the greatest prize on offer for the Scots as they looked to avoid the ignominy of a Six Nations whitewash.
The prospect of retaining their championship crown - for the first time in 66 years - was fuelling Irish fire, and they underlined their intentions by carving the home side open within the first five minutes.
Johnny Sexton executed a planned move among the backs to perfection, releasing Robbie Henshaw into space. Only a terrific last-ditch tackle from Stuart Hogg - who bailed the Scots out in similar fashion on several occasions at Twickenham the week before - kept Henshaw away from the tryline, but the Irish patiently ran through the phases before captain O'Connell ploughed over from close range.
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Sexton's conversion and subsequent penalty gave the visitors a commanding 10-point lead in as many minutes, with the Scots continually turning over possession in the tackle.
A sustained period of possession in the Irish 22 brought the hosts their first points through the boot of Greig Laidlaw, but on 25 minutes they conceded a desperately poor try.
A long throw to the tail of the lineout on the home 22 found O'Brien, who had only a couple of weak challenges to negotiate as he stormed over for Ireland's second try.
To their credit, the Scots looked to play their own expansive game, and they got their reward when Finn Russell finished off some fine play - involving the electric Hogg among others - to cross over and give the men in dark blue renewed hope.
Sexton knocked over a penalty either side of half-time and when Payne sliced through the Scottish backline to score under the posts, the Irish sensed the victory was assured at 30-10. Now it was time to rack up the points.
Sexton missed two kicks before nudging his team above the magic 21-point margin with another penalty, and O'Brien rounded off another period of incessant pressure near the tryline by crashing over for his second try, Ireland's fourth.
Scotland's wretched day was summed up when Hogg dived over in the corner, only to have the try ruled out after failing to ground the ball properly.
Ireland missed a late penalty through Ian Madigan, but it mattered little as events at Twickenham would later confirm.
Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Dougie Fife, 13-Mark Bennett, 12-Matt Scott, 11-Tommy Seymour, 10-Finn Russell, 9-Greig Laidlaw (captain); 1-Ryan Grant, 2-Ross Ford, 3-Euan Murray, 4-Jim Hamilton, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Adam Ashe, 7-Blair Cowan, 8-David Denton
Replacements:16-Fraser Brown, 17-Alasdair Dickinson, 18-Geoff Cross, 19-Tim Swinson, 20-Rob Harley, 21-Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22-Greg Tonks, 23-Tim Visser
Ireland: 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Tommy Bowe, 13-Jared Payne, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 11-Luke Fitzgerald, 10-Jonathan Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Cian Healy, 2-Rory Best, 3-Mike Ross, 4-Devin Toner, 5-Paul O'Connell (captain), 6-Peter O'Mahony, 7-Sean O'Brien, 8-Jamie Heaslip
Replacements: 16-Sean Cronin, 17-Jack McGrath, 18-Martin Moore, 19-Iain Henderson, 20-Jordi Murphy, 21-Eoin Reddan, 22-Ian Madigan, 23-Felix Jones
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Touch judges: Pascal Gauzere (France) & Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Australian Jhye Richardson and Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan took three wickets apiece as the Sixers were restricted to 141-9 in Perth.
Michael Klinger hit 71 not out and England batsman Ian Bell added an unbeaten 31 as the Scorchers reached the target in 15.5 overs.
Perth won the title in 2014 and 2015.
The Sixers had earlier beaten the Scorchers by seven runs in the Women's Big Bash League final.
An average across recent polls indicates about two thirds of Scots are planning to vote to stay in the EU. But the polls don't tell us why voters in Scotland seem to feel more positively toward the European Union.
There is no single, simple answer to that question.
Lower levels of immigration in Scotland undoubtedly helps - alongside the economic benefits for thriving export industries like fine foods and whisky.
How the UK is affected by the Common Agricultural Policy and EU fishing policies.
Although the fishing community in the North East of Scotland argue passionately that it is in their interests to leave.
It is also very noticeable that there are no well known senior politicians in Scotland campaigning for a vote to leave.
All the five party leaders in Holyrood want to stay in and only a few Tory MSPs, plus one Labour MSP, who disagree.
UKIP have never made much of an impact on Scottish politics and don't have a loud voice in this debate.
The SNP, which enjoys such buoyant support in Scotland these days, firmly wants to stay in. Only their former deputy leader Jim Sillars makes a nationalist case for leaving - and he is very much a lone voice.
For many Scots the real question is why are we having this referendum at all? Viewed from north of the border it looks like a civil war inside the (English) Tory party that's now being played out across the whole of the UK.
For decades Eurosceptism has looked like an almost exclusively right wing pursuit and that makes many Scots want to deliberately vote the other way.
But that position is slightly confused by the fact that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor are campaigning to remain.
Lots of left wing voters have told me they feel deeply uncomfortable voting the same way as Cameron and Osborne.
And it's obvious Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is not keen to give full throated support for the cause supported by most of the Tory cabinet. She says she very much wants to see a vote to remain but doesn't hesitate to criticise the PM's campaigning tactics.
As I have travel around Scotland asking voters how they feel and why - many have made eloquent points about how views of national identity can shape people's feelings toward Brussels.
Scots have a strong sense of what it means to be "Scottish", one voter told me in Islay. So they don't feel their national identity is threatened by also being part of the EU.
Whilst it may be that some English voters see this referendum as an opportunity to reclaim some sovereignty and with it a sense of English national identity back from Brussels.
Scots are so accustomed to wearing different national identities - being comfortably Scottish and British at the same time. So a third identity as a European sits quite easily alongside, one remain campaigner in Edinburgh told me.
Also, Scotland's position inside the UK means it is also used to being a small part of a larger political block and may mean people are therefore more comfortable with the UK's position inside the EU.
Scottish voters may not feel quite so passionately about this referendum as voters in other parts of the UK - but they do know the outcome could have a momentous effect on Scottish politics.
Ms Sturgeon has said that if the UK votes to leave but Scotland votes to remain - a situation she describes as Scotland being dragged out of the EU against its will - that could trigger another referendum on Scottish Independence.
Many people assume that in those circumstances a desire to re-join the EU might be enough to create a majority in favour of breaking away from the UK. I'm not so sure that scenario is inevitable.
Until the SNP can answer the more difficult questions about what currency an independent Scotland would use and address what the current low oil prices would mean for the Scottish economy they aren't going to be rushing into calling a vote any time soon.
But, nonetheless the ramifications of the EU referendum could be felt in Scotland for quite some time to come.
Married to populist Chongqing party leader Bo Xilai, the former lawyer enjoyed the influence that accompanied his top-level role in the all-powerful Communist Party.
But as China prepared for its 10-yearly leadership transition, the couple plummeted from grace in a scandal that rocked the political elite.
Ms Gu was tried for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood - a crime she committed, according to state media, because of a conflict over economic interests.
The charismatic Mr Bo has been sacked and his fate remains unclear. He has not been seen in public since the formal investigation into his wife was announced.
At her one-day trial on 9 August, neither Ms Gu nor her aide Zhang Xiaojun, with whom she was accused of carrying out the murder, contested the charges.
In a closing statement, Ms Gu said the case had been "a huge stone weighing on me for more than half a year," the state news agency Xinhua reported.
She blamed her actions on a "mental breakdown", saying she would "accept and calmly face any sentence".
On 20 August she was given a suspended death sentence and sent to prison.
Before her demise, Ms Gu had a reputation as a charming and intelligent woman, always elegantly dressed and fluent in English.
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Like her husband, she hails from a distinguished background - she is the youngest child of General Gu Jingsheng, a prominent revolutionary.
After the Communist Party took power in 1949, he held government positions, but like many others was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution.
She, too, was not spared and was forced to work in a butcher's shop before resuming her education once the political turmoil eased.
She met Mr Bo in 1984 in Liaoning province and the couple have one son, 24-year-old Bo Guagua, who is thought to be in the US.
After studying at the prestigious Peking University, she qualified as a lawyer in 1988 and opened her own law firm in Beijing.
She also has a masters degree in international politics and is the author of a book on fighting a legal action in the US, after representing several Chinese companies in a high-profile case there.
But she closed her law firm in 2007 when Mr Bo became the Communist Party chief in Chongqing - an action he said was to avoid the impression she was benefiting from his position.
When the murder charge was announced, Chinese state media said she had been in dispute with Mr Heywood over "economic interests" and that, worried by "Neil Heywood's threat to her son's personal security", she and Mr Zhang poisoned him.
Both the scope of these alleged economic interests and Mr Heywood's role in them remains unclear, but multiple reports suggest he may have acted as some kind of financial middleman.
Also unclear is the relationship between Ms Gu and French architect Patrick Devillers, who China asked Cambodia to detain earlier this year. He travelled to China before the trial, reportedly to act as a witness.
Comments from those who have met Ms Gu paint a mixed picture.
A US lawyer who worked with her described her as charismatic and funny, but a British businessman who had dealings with her said she had a ''ruthless streak''.
''She said to me: 'You cross me - never come to China, you'll never get out of jail'. There was no mucking about," said Giles Hall, who told the Associated Press news agency that he refused a request from Ms Gu to charge her an inflated price for a helium balloon part so the surplus could cover her son's school fees.
Western media were not allowed into the court where Ms Gu went on trial. The only accounts of what happened are from the official Chinese media and eyewitnesses.
According to Xinhua, Ms Gu admitted in court to the "intentional homicide" of Mr Heywood, saying she had suffered a mental breakdown, after learning that her son was in danger.
Prosecutors said she had invited him to visit her in Chongqing, got him drunk, and then - when he asked for water - gave him poison, handed to her by Mr Zhang.
Xinhua said evidence presented in court said she had been taking a range of drugs to treat chronic insomnia, anxiety, depression and paranoia.
She had "developed a certain degree of physical and psychological dependence on sedative hypnotic drugs, which resulted in mental disorders", Xinhua reported.
The court spared her from execution, but she now begins a long jail term.
Despite the unusually detailed report from Xinhua of the case against Ms Gu, some observers continue to ask whether the downfall of her and her husband is actually more about politics, and manoeuvring for China's top posts.
The party's only MP defected from the Conservatives in 2014.
Former leader Nigel Farage recently called on Mr Carswell to quit, accusing him of "actively working against UKIP".
Party leader Paul Nuttall said Mr Carswell was "committed to Brexit, but was never a comfortable Ukipper". There are now calls within UKIP for the Clacton MP to call a by-election.
The party leader said Mr Carswell's announcement was "not a surprise".
He said: "I was elected on a pledge to forge unity in the party, and have had many discussions with key players to try and make that happen, but it had become increasingly clear to me that some things were simply beyond reach."
UKIP donor Arron Banks welcomed Mr Carswell's departure, claiming it was "a rare piece of good news for UKIP".
The Leave.EU chairman, who said there should be a by-election, said: "It's only a shame that Carswell was given a chance to resign.
"I urged UKIP to expel Douglas from the party repeatedly, but weak leadership failed to heed my call."
Earlier on Twitter, Mr Banks posted a smiley face emoji and a green tick.
Mr Farage tweeted: "Carswell has jumped before he was pushed. He was never UKIP and sought to undermine us. He should have gone some time ago."
Mr Carswell chose to announce the decision on his blog, just days before the prime minister is due to formally notify the European Union the UK is leaving.
He said: "I switched to UKIP because I desperately wanted us to leave the EU. Now we can be certain that that is going to happen, I have decided that I will be leaving UKIP."
He added: "I will not be switching parties, nor crossing the floor to the Conservatives, so do not need to call a by election, as I did when switching from the Conservatives to UKIP. I will simply be the Member of Parliament for Clacton, sitting as an independent.
"I will leave UKIP amicably, cheerfully and in the knowledge that we won."
Thousands join anti-Brexit London march
Mr Carswell told the BBC News Channel he would will still be sitting in opposition "holding the government to account".
He declined to comment on where his decision left UKIP, saying there was a "political cartel" in the UK and he wanted to be part of "far-reaching change" as an independent MP.
Mr Carswell said: "I think the fundamental reason for UKIP - certainly the reason that I made that switch and I think the reason why millions of people around the country made the switch to UKIP, was over the Europe question."
Earlier this month, Mr Carswell vowed to "absolutely" fight the next general election as a UKIP candidate.
He was speaking after Mr Nuttall urged senior figures to "stick together" after he unsuccessfully stood for Parliament at the Stoke Central by-election.
Mr Carswell, 45, first entered the Commons in 2005 as MP for Harwich, defeating Labour's candidate by just 920 votes. By 2010 he defeated the same opponent by 12,000 votes - although boundary changes had seen the seat renamed.
After defecting to UKIP he stood down to seek re-election in a by-election, which he won by 12,404 votes in October 2014. At the general election in 2015, he retained the seat with a 3,437 majority.
Another Tory MP, Mark Reckless, followed Mr Carswell's example by defecting to UKIP in 2014, but lost his seat the following year.
UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge said he was "delighted" as the "focus of serious infighting in the party has gone".
"But I think he needs to step down and call a by election... He was elected twice on a UKIP ticket, with UKIP resources and the hard work and shoe leather of UKIP activists."
Race start locations have also been proposed in Beverley, Doncaster, Leeds, Northallerton, Ripon and York.
The UCI Road World Championships will see about 1,000 riders from 75 countries competing for the coveted rainbow jersey, organisers said.
The event is expected to attract a global television audience of more than 300 million people.
Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said it was an "unprecedented opportunity to showcase Yorkshire to the world".
Brian Cookson, President of the UCI, added that the event would follow on from the success of the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2014, and the Tour de Yorkshire.
Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and London, hosted the Grand Depart in 2014.
Roadside crowds for the three English stages totalled more than 3.5m individual spectators, organisers said.
A year later, more than 1.2 million people are estimated to have turned out for the inaugural three-day Tour de Yorkshire event.
Yorkshire won the right to host the UCI Road World Championships after a joint bid between Welcome to Yorkshire, British Cycling, UK Sport, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
It will be the first time Britain has hosted the annual championships in 37 years.
Sports minister Tracey Crouch said the government had committed a total of £24m to the event and to developing 27 cycle sport facilities across the UK.
The championships take place over nine days and includes time trials as well as full road races for Under 18, Under 23 and Elite riders.
The 2017 event is being hosted in Bergen, Norway, before it heads to Innsbruck in Austria in 2018.
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A 3-2 home defeat was Arsenal's second straight loss in the group stage, with two matches against German champions Bayern Munich to come next.
"It leaves us in a bad position but we are still in it," said Wenger.
"We have to get a result in our next game against Bayern Munich."
The Gunners dominated possession against the Greek side but went behind three times as Olympiakos secured their first win in England.
Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez cancelled out Felipe Pardo's opener for the visitors and an own goal by David Ospina, who Wenger had selected ahead of first-choice keeper Petr Cech.
But just 59 seconds after Arsenal's second equaliser, Alfred Finnbogason scored the winner.
When asked if it was his worst night in Europe, Wenger replied: "No. Sit on the bench and lose a final in 2006 and ask that question."
Tuesday's loss meant Arsenal, who have qualified from the group stage for the past 15 seasons, have lost their first two Champions League matches for the first time in their history in the competition.
The last team to progress after losing their first two group matches were Galatasaray in 2012-13. Only nine sides have done it in the competition's history.
"We have to think we can deal with Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos away," said Wenger. "Some aspects of our game were quite good but we lacked quality in our defensive concentration.
"The turning point was at 2-2. We had scored a goal and then straight away we gave them another goal to make it 3-2.
"We had 65% possession but we feel guilty because we gave easy goals away. We had a bit of bad luck as well."
Goalkeeper Ospina was preferred to number one Cech and it was his inexplicable fumble that led to the visitors' second goal.
Wenger grew increasingly tetchy during the post-match news conference when asked why he opted to play the Colombia international.
The 27-year-old has yet to feature in the Premier League this season but played in the League Cup win over Spurs.
"Ospina had a fantastic game at Tottenham. No keeper is mistake-free. It could have happened to Petr Cech as well," said Wenger.
"I don't have to give you an explanation about every decision I make. You are capable to judge it and I leave you to do that.
"Petr Cech had a slight injury alert before the Leicester game. I didn't want to take a gamble but it is not because of that we lost the game. It's a farce."
Ospina played 23 games in all competitions last season and kept 10 clean sheets for Arsenal.
"I make the decisions for the team and I'm responsible for it," Wenger added.
"I know many things that maybe you don't know and that you ignore. You can't select a team by making a call before the game and getting everybody's opinion."
Net income for the six months to June fell 87% to 97m euros ($129m; £83.7m), down from 774m euros a year earlier, a statement said.
The firm took a 512m-euro charge after halting its activities in Iran because of international sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programme.
Weak European demand added to its woes.
Renault said continued international growth was not sufficient to offset falling sales in Europe, where tough economic conditions and high unemployment are continuing to depress the market.
The company admitted that it was facing a "tougher environment than expected", but pointed out that operating profit before one-off expenses had risen 15% to 583m euros.
"We are on track to achieve the objectives we announced for 2013," said chief executive Carlos Ghosn.
Renault has no manufacturing plants in Iran, but assembles vehicles there from kits of parts made elsewhere. Last month, US-led sanctions were toughened, making it impossible for Renault to repatriate its earnings.
Bull terrier Eric had been brought from Turkey by Liz Haslam, who runs the Beds For Bullies sanctuary in Suffolk.
"The vet took X-rays and said, 'I can't believe what I'm seeing'," she said.
It is too dangerous to remove the shot, but Eric, who is almost blind, is "bumbling along happily despite being peppered with shot", she said.
Eric was believed to have been used for dog fighting in Turkey.
He arrived at Mrs Haslam's centre in Barnham, about 18 months ago, after she raised £2,500 to bring him to the UK.
"We knew his eyesight was failing and he'd been shot in the face, but we were told there were only a few pieces of shrapnel left and there was nothing that could be done for his eyes."
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After a lump developed, vets thought Eric may have a tooth abscess.
The jaw swelling was being caused by part of another dog's tooth still embedded in Eric.
However, X-rays revealed "these rather traumatic results" showing the pellets in his head, Mrs Haslam said.
Vets said it would be too dangerous and painful to remove the shot, so Eric is destined to live out his days with Mrs Haslam and other ex-fighting dogs deemed unsuitable for rehoming because of their injuries.
"He's virtually blind but it doesn't seem to faze him whatsoever," she said.
Vet bills for Eric have reached £4,000 and Mrs Haslam said she was considering applying for charitable status for her centre.
The Edinburgh-born midfielder, who also played for Hearts and Tottenham, died aged 80 after suffering from both dementia and Parkinson's disease.
Mackay captained Derby under Brian Clough and later managed the club, leading the Rams to the Division One title in 1975.
His widow Isobel said the honour was "brilliant" and "well deserved".
She said: "I am very proud and I am sure he would have loved [the statue] and given it a thumbs up.
"The club have done a tremendous job, it is so lovely to sit in the Dave Mackay Lounge."
John Vicars, Derby County's chief operating officer, said: "I'm delighted that we have been able to pay tribute to Dave Mackay and, as such, remember his contribution to Derby County in this way."
Andy Edwards, who was commissioned to produce the memorial, said: "To play a part in this permanent tribute... is an eternal blessing for me."
Mackay joined Derby in 1968 and helped the side win promotion to the top flight the following year.
He returned in 1973, replacing his former boss Brian Clough in acrimonious circumstances, and guided the team to the Division One title.
Mrs Mackay said: "He was so proud to achieve that after all the turmoil that was there when he joined as manager.
"He was the only person then that could have done the job and got the ship out of stormy waters."
Mr Mackay's funeral was held in Edinburgh in March and was attended by football legends Sir Alex Ferguson, Denis Law and Pat Jennings.
It follows industrial problems at the school over the past few months.
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) said Imelda Jordan had been appointed to the role.
A group representing parents of some pupils has called for management to be stood down.
The school's governors appointed Ms Jordan, a former principal at St Colm's High School, following discussions with CCMS.
She will take up the post on 4 April.
"CCMS, alongside the board of governors and the unions, is involved in implementing a strategic plan for the school to address issues that have been identified by staff and all parties remain committed to this," CCMS said in a statement.
"CCMS is conscious of concerns that have been raised by parents regarding the impact of teacher absence on their children's learning and is anxious to address this issue as a matter of urgency to restore their confidence in the school's provision."
About a third of the 70-strong teaching staff at the school were absent for a number of days last week.
A group of parents have been holding regular demonstrations outside the school, where they were joined for a short period last week by about 50 pupils.
The Concerned Parents Committee said the positions of the principal, vice-principal and board of governors were "untenable".
The group released a statement on Tuesday night in which they said they had held meetings with political and religious representatives.
The parents' committee said there had been a "breakdown of confidence, trust, respect and communication" at the school.
"Managerial actions, approaches and strategies taken to date have contributed largely to the current crisis," the committee said.
"It is the view of this committee that the positions of the existing principal, vice-principal and current board of governors are untenable.
"And that, in order to facilitate the return of the full compliment of teaching staff, should therefore be stood down with immediate effect."
The current principal, Claire White, said in a statement she would continue to "work towards a mutual resolution".
In her statement, De La Salle principal Claire White said she wanted "to take this opportunity to reassure parents that we continue to remain focused on the education provision and emotional wellbeing of all our students".
"I understand that this is a pivotal time for many of our students, especially those who will shortly be sitting exams."
Some pupils' parents met the Children's Commissioner, Koulla Yiasouma, on Wednesday evening.
Speaking ahead of the meeting, the commissioner said she was "deeply concerned about the ongoing situation at De La Salle school, and the adverse impact this is having on pupils' education and on their mental health and wellbeing".
"For many of the pupils this is already a very stressful pre-exam period; to add additional pressure is simply not acceptable and obviously not in their best interests," she added.
UKIP announced a probe into the matter after a recording emerged of the North Wales UKIP AM using a racial slur against Chuka Umunna in a call in 2016.
But Nathan Gill, who is also an independent AM, demanded immediate action from his party.
Party chairman Paul Oakden said it was his responsibility to ensure due process is followed.
Mr Gill also told BBC Wales he was concerned that the party may come down more heavily on Nigel Williams, the former senior advisor to Ms Brown who had recorded the phone call, and he would not be surprised if UKIP threw him out instead of the AM.
The MEP called the comments "horrendous".
Ms Brown called Mr Umunna a "coconut" and was also recorded using an abusive remark about Tristram Hunt, who was then Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, in a call to Mr Williams recorded in May 2016.
Mr Williams was sacked by Ms Brown in May.
"She needs kicking out the party," Mr Gill said, saying it was "up to the leadership of the party to set the tone for the rest of the membership and to show what we're really about - that we're not going to tolerate this one iota".
Mr Gill, who was elected as a UKIP North Wales AM but became independent after he left the party in a dispute with assembly leader Neil Hamilton, said: "I am adamant that the party needs to act quickly on this one, that they need to suspend her immediately and that they need to show the rest of the political world what we've been saying for years - that we are not a harbour for... racist comments."
Mr Gill added he was "very concerned" by a statement released at the weekend by the chairman of the party, Paul Oakden, about the case "because it is basically kicking this into the long grass".
In the statement Mr Oakden said it did not condone the views of Ms Brown, and would investigate, but added that the party would also "investigate whether a UKIP member and official surreptitiously recorded a private telephone conversation with Michelle Brown and then disseminated it without her consent, more than a year after the event".
"We're told the National Executive Committee (NEC) are going to be looking at this, but we don't know when the NEC are going to look at this," Mr Gill said.
"I would have thought they could have looked at this immediately today but instead we don't actually have a date they are going to do that, and then it appeared to be more critical of the whistleblower, Nigel Williams, than it did of Michelle Brown and what she actually said.
"I'm very concerned that what we're going to see at the end of this process is the party coming down more heavily against Nigel Williams than it does against Michelle Brown."
Asked if he was concerned that the party may throw Mr Williams out of the party instead of Ms Brown, Mr Gill said: "It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest."
Mr Gill added he was surprised UKIP Welsh assembly leader Neil Hamilton "hasn't publicly condemned and taken the whip off Michelle Brown immediately, because if I was the leader of that group that's what I would have done".
A source close to Michelle Brown said: "If Nathan Gill gets rid of a UKIP AM it damages Neil.
"We know there's no love lost between those two," they added. Mr Gill was beaten to the leadership of the assembly group in a vote last year.
UKIP currently has an interim leader, Steve Crowther, after its previous leader Paul Nuttall resigned after the general election. A leadership election is to take place later in the year.
Mr Oakden said: "It is my responsibility to ensure that due process is followed, as I did when individuals attempted to remove Nathan Gill from the party last year."
It is understood that the NEC is meeting in mid August.
A spokesman for Neil Hamilton said the AM for Mid and West Wales had "no comment".
Ms Brown has previously said that she accepted the language she used "in the private conversation was inappropriate" and apologised "to anyone that has been offended by it".
A spokesman for Ms Brown said it would be inappropriate for her to comment while the investigation is ongoing.
Then a choir of podgy teenage girls troops out, all dressed in sky-blue party frocks, like something out of the 1950s.
The mostly elderly spectators, sitting in their raincoats on wooden chairs, listen attentively.
It is a fitting mid-afternoon concert to find in Oryol, a Russian provincial town which prides itself on its cultural heritage, and its links to an extraordinary number of Russian authors.
Ivan Turgenev, the 19th-Century Russian novelist of elegant love stories, came from here. So did Ivan Bunin, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. So did the ingenious storyteller Nikolai Leskov, the poets Tyutchev and Fet, the short story writer Leonid Andreev…
It is as if one small English town had produced Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters, T S Eliot and Philip Larkin and many more.
"How did this one place give rise to so much literary talent?" I asked the mayor, Sergei Stupin, who was taking me on a personal tour in his car, to show me all the writers' statues.
"Who knows?" he answered obliquely. "Something in the air, perhaps."
The director of the Turgenev Museum, an enthusiastic bibliophile called Vera Yefremova, was clearer. "We are in the very middle of Russia," she said. "And in tsarist times Oryol was at the heart of a huge guberniya, or province, which covered a large area and included many estates.
"We like to call this the third literary capital of Russia, after Moscow and St Petersburg. Last year we had 65,000 visitors. But it could be so much more," she added wistfully.
Like everywhere else in provincial Russia, Oryol is looking to Moscow to furnish more federal funding for upcoming anniversaries. "To rebrand ourselves," says the mayor, a former marketing man.
But there's a long way to go before Oryol becomes a mecca for tourism. It feels trapped in time.
When I arrived by train from Moscow I was struck by how reminiscent it was of the Soviet towns I had known as a student.
The town centre had some charming streets and nice views over a high bank where its two rivers meet.
But overall it looked as though it had been largely bypassed by the Russian boom years - roads filled with potholes, abandoned factory sites.
And in some older parts of town residents did not even have indoor toilets or running water. They were collecting water in plastic buckets from a standing tap in the street.
In political terms Oryol is also a throwback.
Curiously, the town council is half-controlled by Communists. And far from focusing on the upcoming 200-year anniversary of Turgenev, their current obsession is to put up a statue to Joseph Stalin - to commemorate his role as wartime leader.
It's a talking point which has split Oryol. One young journalist launched an online protest petition, which has already gathered thousands of signatures.
But most people I spoke to told me a Stalin statue was a good idea: yes there had been repressions during Stalin's years, but what he had done during the war should never be forgotten. "And anyway Russia always needs a harsh leader," said one of the leading campaigners. "A firm hand at the top, like Stalin or Putin."
Meanwhile the mayor, though he is allied to the Communists politically, says he's against it.
"A statue to Stalin would be too divisive in these difficult times," he told me. Possibly toeing the official line from Moscow, was what I thought.
So is this the old story of the Russian provinces - caught in a time-warp through lack of investment and opportunity?
Possibly Oryol's problem is at heart economic - the loss of factory jobs, with nothing to fill the gap. Hence the protest vote for the Communists, whose rule has not helped, given their lack of interest in helping private enterprise to create local wealth.
So everyone is beholden to the authorities. Everyone watches their back.
Below the radar, however, there were some whispered criticisms of President Putin. But only in private. One man even followed me down the street afterwards, scared in case I didn't understand that I shouldn't use his name.
And now Russia is in economic difficulties, and for these provincial towns life has just got much worse.
My guess is that people here will keep their heads down - unless the crisis becomes so deep that they have nothing to lose by speaking out.
Six prominent authors boycotted the event, saying it celebrated the magazine's "cultural intolerance".
Islamists stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris in January after the magazine published drawings of the Prophet Muhammad.
On Sunday, two gunmen were killed at a draw-the-Prophet competition in Dallas.
PEN president Andrew Solomon said: "The defence of people murdered for their exercise of free speech is at the heart of what PEN stands for.
"Charlie Hebdo's current staff have persisted, and tonight's award reflects their refusal to accept the curtailment of lawful speech through violence."
Charlie Hebdo's editor in chief, Gerard Biard and Jean-Baptiste Thoret, a film critic who arrived late for work on the day of the attack, were at the gala to accept the award.
Mr Thoret has rejected any comparison between the Paris and Dallas attacks.
"To be honest, I can imagine the kind of comparison you can make between the Charlie Hebdo attack of January 7 and this event, but there is nothing. There is no comparison, absolutely no comparison," he told PBS's Charlie Rose.
The film critic added that the attack in Texas was part on an "anti-Islamic movement" in the US.
The decision to award the magazine the Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Charlie Hebdo caused six high-profile authors to withdraw, including The English Patient writer Michael Ondaatje.
They said PEN - known for defending imprisoned writers - was stepping beyond its traditional role.
Authors Peter Carey, Rachel Kushner, Teju Cole, Taiye Selasi and Francine Prose also boycotted the event.
Booker Prize-wining author Mr Carey told the New York Times that the boycotting writers felt PEN's role was to protect freedom of expression against government oppression.
"A hideous crime was committed, but was it a freedom of speech issue for PEN America to be self-righteous about?" asked Mr Carey.
"All this is complicated by PEN's seeming blindness to the cultural arrogance of the French nation, which does not recognise its moral obligation to a large and disempowered segment of their population."
In addition, more than 100 other writers signed a letter of protest against the award.
The boycott has been criticised by the author Salman Rushdie, a former president of PEN who was in hiding for years over Islamist threats in response to his novel The Satanic Verses.
He said his friends were "horribly wrong" and he hoped nobody ever came after them.
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A statue has been unveiled at Derby County's iPro Stadium of their former player and manager, Dave Mackay.
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An associate principal has been appointed to De La Salle College in west Belfast to work alongside the current principal and senior management.
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Michelle Brown should be thrown out of the party over comments she made about a Labour MP, UKIP's Welsh MEP has said.
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On a small stage in a community hall, still grandly called a Palace of Culture, a powerfully built lady belts out an old Russian gypsy ballad.
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The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has received a controversial freedom of speech award at the PEN Literary Gala in New York on Tuesday.
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The two spacecraft will be joined together for both the launch from Earth and the cruise to the innermost world.
Only when they arrive at Mercury will they separate to conduct different but complementary observations.
Thursday’s showcase is the media's last chance to view the full "flight stack", as it is called.
The event will take place at the European Space Agency's (Esa) technical centre here in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Europe's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Japan’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) will shortly after be unbolted from each other for some final individual testing, before onward shipment to the launch site in French Guiana.
The double mission is due to get under way in 2018. An Ariane rocket is set to carry all the equipment skyward in October.
Everyone will have to be patient, however. It is going to take seven years for the satellite duo to get to their destination.
The MPO and MMO will be looking to extend and deepen the knowledge gained at Mercury by the US space agency’s recent Messenger mission.
The American probe, which ceased operations in 2015, took some 270,000 images of the planet's surface and acquired 10 terabytes of other scientific measurements.
It provided remarkable new insights on the composition and structure of the smallest terrestrial planet, and it made the amazing discovery that water-ice is held inside some of its shadowed craters. This on a surface that is generally hot enough to melt lead.
Esa and the Japanese space agency (Jaxa) hope that the more advanced, higher-resolution technology on their satellites will be able to answer some of the questions Messenger could not.
The key conundrum is why the planet contains an outsized iron core and only a thin veneer of silicate rocks.
A favoured theory before Messenger was that Mercury at some point in its history was stripped of its outers layers, either by a big collision with another body or by the erosive effects of being so close to the Sun.
But the American probe observed large abundances of sulphur- and potassium-containing compounds in the surface - volatile substances that should not be present if either of the popular formation processes held true.
Europe's MPO will have 11 scientific instruments onboard. It will fly in a circular polar orbit around the planet, mapping the terrain, generating height profiles, sensing the interior, and collecting data on surface composition and the wispy "atmosphere".
Japan's MMO will have five instruments and will investigate the planet's magnetic field.
Mercury is the only terrestrial planet - apart from Earth - to have a global magnetic field. But it is an odd one. The field is roughly three times stronger in the northern hemisphere than it is in the south.
Both Esa and Jaxa are delighted to at last be approaching launch.
The development of the mission, particularly on the European side, has been a torrid learning curve. Hellish, one might even say.
The launch date was repeatedly put back as engineers struggled to find systems and materials that could cope with the intense heat and radiation experienced just a few tens of millions of km from the Sun.
When Esa’s Science Programme Committee originally green-lit BepiColombo in 2000, it had in mind a launch in 2009. Even when the industrial contract to build the MPO was finally signed in 2008, a launch was thought possible in 2013.
Esa says the mission is costing it €1.3bn (£1.1bn; $1.4bn). This figure does not include the costs of the MPO's instruments which are borne by the national member states that supplied those instruments. Nor does it include the Japanese MMO contribution.
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Part-time limits will be put in place outside 33 schools where the highest number of accidents involving children have occurred.
The schools include seven in Bishop Auckland, six in Chester-le-Street, five in Seaham and four in Consett.
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg said the move would help keep young people safe.
Durham County Council approved the plans at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Only three such zones have been created in the county over the past 10 years, in Seaham, Durham City and Ferryhill.
The authority said 86% of accidents involving children happened within a 1,968ft (600m) radius of a school.
The black and white design was painted on the outside of the derelict former Whitehouse pub in 2004.
But the artwork began to slowly erode, prompting a scheme to remove and restore it for sale.
The mural failed to sell at auction in May, and will soon form part of a new public display in Liverpool.
Liverpool-based Ascot Property Group acquired the Grade II-listed former pub on the corner of Berry Street and Duke Street in 2011, and was closely involved with the plan to painstakingly remove and piece the mural back together.
However, it failed to reach its reserve price of £225,000.
Stuart Howard, of Ascot Property, confirmed plans were now being discussed to bring the rat back to Liverpool.
He said detailed plans would be revealed in "a few weeks".
Many of Banky's murals feature rats or rodents, but the Liverpool rat is thought to be one of the artist's largest works in the UK.
It is understood the mural will not return to the former pub, which is now a restaurant.
Toshney was released by County in January before playing 13 times for Rovers' Championship rivals.
He had made nine appearances for County after joining the Dingwall side last summer after his release by Celtic.
Toshney came through the Celtic youth ranks and had loan spells with Kilmarnock and Dundee in the top-flight.
The poor security controls around the way the sensors transmit data were detailed in a presentation at the Def Con hacker convention.
Researchers found ways to fool and overload sensors so monitoring systems would get wildly inaccurate readings.
The findings have been reported to the US computer emergency organisation that oversees national infrastructure.
"We have not seen any research previously in this field," said Bertin Bonilla, a security expert based in Costa Rica who, with colleague James Jara, carried out the work.
Mr Bonilla said the network of sensors came to light during a different project that tried to find and map smart devices connected to the net to create a search engine for the Internet of Things.
The devices stood out because of the distinctive fingerprint of data they surrendered to scanning software and because of their location, said Mr Bonilla.
"These devices are located in extreme environments like the middle of the ocean and around active volcanoes," he said.
Closer scrutiny revealed that it was easy to connect to the sensors, each of which costs $30,000 (£23,000), and see the data they were gathering and transmitting.
Tracing links to central servers that collate data revealed a series of flaws, including common default passwords, that could be exploited by attackers to take control of the network, said Mr Bonilla.
"We got a root shell," said Mr Bonilla.
"That's the highest level of privilege on the system so we could do anything we wanted. It was completely compromised."
Mr Bonilla said the risks associated with the network and sensors were low but the easy access might be of interest to particular types of attackers.
"These devices measure natural disasters," he said.
"Abusing them could lead to financial sabotage for a specific company or country."
Information about the series of flaws has been reported to the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US Cert) which co-ordinates work to harden national infrastructure systems.
US Cert has passed information about the security flaws to Canadian firm Nanometrics which makes the sensors and data-gathering equipment that makes up a lot of the seismic monitoring network.
Nanometrics has not responded to a request for comment from the BBC.
Dr Jonathan Sher said those who smoke, take drugs or are obese should be asked to consider delaying pregnancy.
In a report for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, he said the change was needed to ensure more babies are born into healthy circumstances.
Any intervention was not about "shaming and blaming" women but empowering prospective parents, the research said.
It is based on an initiative by the Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health in the United States.
Dr Sher, who is also Scotland director of the Wave Trust, said all prospective parents wanted a safe pregnancy, a healthy baby and a rewarding parenthood.
He told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "There are two ways of not having a risky pregnancy and not having an unhealthy baby. One is to do everything you can on the positive side to ensure good outcomes but the other is to not get pregnant."
He said the report was fundamentally about what the government, families and communities could do to help the next generation of parents and children be as healthy as possible.
That meant sometimes it was a "good idea" to delay pregnancy for those who had significant health of behaviour problems until they had the help they needed.
"It's not a matter of somebody making a judgement about others, there's absolutely nothing in this report that's about naming, shaming and blaming women or prospective parents," he said.
"It is about helping them to become better informed and empowered to make the best decisions about their own reproductive lives and their own future plans as parents. It is helping them to get what they already want, not imposing upon them."
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the pregnancy statistics highlighted in the report mirrored Glasgow and Scotland's poor health profile and reinforced the need to tackle "stubborn issues" like poverty, healthy behaviour and diet.
A spokeswoman added: "The report highlights the importance of this issue. At present there is no international evidence of effective interventions that improve pre-conception health of both future parents, the pregnancy outcomes and the health of the child.
"There is clearly a need to work with the wider international networks to create an evidence base for effective interventions."
Rafik Yousef, who was born in Iraq, had previously been jailed for involvement in a plot to kill Iraq's former prime minister Iyad Allawi in Berlin in 2004.
The policewoman, 44, was also shot in the exchange. Her condition is described as serious but stable.
Officials said Yousef should have been wearing an electronic tag as part of his parole conditions.
The officers had been called to reports of a man threatening passersby in the suburb of Spandau with a knife.
Yousef had lived in Germany since 1994, according to local media reports (in German).
"He had been convicted of being a member of a terrorist association and of being involved in a plot to murder the Iraqi prime minister," Berlin police said on Twitter (in German).
In 2008 he was jailed for eight years but was freed in 2013, banned from leaving Berlin and required to wear an electronic tag.
However, the German authorities were unable to deport him as he had refugee status and was at risk of being killed in his native Iraq.
Over the next few weeks, they will settle into homes and communities.
They will try to integrate into a country that they know little or nothing about.
What is it like to come to Northern Ireland as a refugee? Abir and Mahfouz and their four children have lived in Lisburn for the last two years.
They do not want to use their surname, such is the fear of reprisal against family members still living in Syria.
Little did Abir know when she was growing up in Syria that the fact her mother was from Belfast would secure her family's future.
Thelma was from the Lisburn Road and married a Syrian who was studying pharmacy at Queen's University in the 1960s.
"That is why I find it easy living in Northern Ireland. It's better for me and my children to come and live with my mum. It was a new culture and new friends, but I find it easy. I enjoy everything here," she said.
But that journey was not straightforward.
Abir had to leave her four children in Turkey for a year while she came to Belfast to live with her mother who returned in 2012.
"It was very hard to leave my children. Nadine was just two years old when I left, but I had to come to try to get passports for the children," she said.
The link to Belfast meant Abir and the children could gain residency. Her husband Mahfouz, 47, had to come as a refugee.
The family had no future in their own country, he said.
"I discovered we must find a safe place," he said.
"I told my wife because she has a foreign passport to go there and find safety for my children - anything, I told her - I'm ready to pay everything I have because there is no future in Syria within this war. No schools, no safe roads, no electricity, no drinking water, even the universities are broken. So I told her to go and find any way."
Mahfouz is a dentist, but he would have to sit exams in London costing £5,000 to be able to practise in the UK.
"I don't have the money to do that," he said.
Instead, he is working in a factory making window blinds.
"I found a job here in a factory close to my house for eight hours a day for five days a week.
"I find it good for me to busy myself - not stay at home, and to save some money for that exam.
"It's manual work for blinds. It's hard work - it's not easy, eight hours standing on your feet. I have been working for 22 years as a dentist and I don't want to lose my skills."
Their four children have a variety of memories of life in Syria.
Hamza, 12, said: "I remember the bombings and at night you heard the rockets."
Northern Ireland is different.
"It's really nice and peaceful and quiet and the people are really friendly. It's much better than Syria," he said.
Abir has already volunteered to help translate for the newcomer families. None of her children nor her husband had any English when they arrived, but all have worked hard to learn the language.
"At the start, my children needed extra time at school but after one year they were able to manage," she said.
Mahfouz sums up how the family now feels about living in Northern Ireland.
"We find it like a gift from the sky - anything to put our children in a safe place."
The closure of The Plough in Shepreth inspired villagers to turn a redundant phone box into an alehouse for a fete.
A local carpenter created a triangular-shaped bar to allow staff to stand inside and pull pints while drinkers queued down the pavement.
A campaign group has been set up to get The Plough reopened.
Villagers are campaigning to stop The Plough being converted into a house.
One of the group's organisers, Louise Barrell, said the villagers wanted to demonstrate the need for somewhere to meet.
"We decided as the parish council had bought the phone box we would turn it into the Dog and Bone for a night.
"As it was so small we sold beer in thimble fulls instead of pints as well as soft drinks and crisps, and it was a great success."
The 36-year-old has returned to his homeland just seven months after joining the island side from Scarlets.
King, who won his only All Blacks cap against Wales in 2002, made eight appearances for Jersey, but did not score a try in his time at St Peter
"Regan is without doubt a huge talent, and his all-round rugby experience and influence was unquestionable," head coach Harvey Biljon said.
"He could just get in the zone, and other members of the squad were able to learn a great deal from that."
King's departure is the latest blow for the island side who have had a troubled season.
Samoan international centre Fautua Otto was jailed after admitting driving while disqualified in September, while the club had to sell their ground and assets last month after financial problems.
The authority is carrying out a pay review across more than 70 schools in the city involving 7,000 people.
The union Unison said it would mean staff such as teaching assistants and site managers could lose up to 25% of their pay.
The council said it needed to ensure all its staff were treated equally.
Nicole Berrisford, of Unison, said the council wanted to only pay school support staff during term-time and increase their standard working week from 32.5 to 37 hours.
She said: "Schools rely on support staff to keep going - without them schools wouldn't be able to function.
"For years now, support staff have worked up and beyond their working hours, without pay, and that's all been based on goodwill and commitment to the young people.
"That will stop if these changes are implemented."
She added: "The reaction from our members in schools is one of disgust, distress and anger. There's low morale and they are going to want to withdraw [their] goodwill."
The city council is yet to comment on the proposals, but did issue a statement.
It said: "The aim of the review is to ensure that the council meets its legal requirement that all employees receive equal pay for work of equal value and common terms and conditions wherever they work in the council."
If the pay review is implemented, it will come into force in January.
Unison said it would ballot members over possible strike action.
The medical charity had earlier said at least 30 people died in the 3 October attack by a US military gunship.
MSF said the figure was revised after a detailed investigation, complicated by the extensive damage to the clinic.
A US military inquiry said the attack was the result of "human error" but MSF has called it a war crime.
The charity is campaigning for an independent international inquiry into the bombardment, which took place as US-backed Afghan forces were battling to reverse the Taliban's seizure of Kunduz.
A statement released by MSF on Saturday said the dead included 14 staff members, 24 patients, and four relatives of patients who were helping in their care.
The charity said it had carried out extensive efforts to identify the dead, interviewing staff members and patients and checking figures with other hospitals that treated MSF patients following the attack.
Many records held at the clinic had been destroyed in the initial attack, the charity said, and human remains had been found in the rubble of the hospital over the past two months.
The US military's investigation into the attack, released on 25 November, concluded that the crew of the AC-130 gunship mistook the clinic for a nearby government building that had been seized by Taliban fighters.
The gunship fired 211 shells at the MSF compound over 25 minutes, the US military said, insisting that the attack was a "tragic mistake".
Shortly after the incident, the medical charity disputed initial US justifications for the attack, which said US forces had struck the hospital because they had come under fire in the area.
Meanwhile, a UN report has concluded that at least 289 Afghan civilians were killed and 559 wounded during the Taliban's brief seizure of Kunduz in September, and the campaign to retake the northern city.
The report detailed a climate of chaos in the city, with food shortages and allegations of human rights abuses by fighters on both sides.
Saturday 3 October - Col Brian Tribus, spokesman for US Forces in Afghan
US forces conducted an airstrike in Kunduz city at 2:15am (local), Oct 3, against individuals threatening the force. The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility. This incident is under investigation.
Sunday 4 October - Pentagon press office
US forces conducted an airstrike in Kunduz city at 2:15am (local), Oct 3, against insurgents who were directly firing upon US service members advising and assisting Afghan Security Forces in the city of Kunduz. The strike was conducted in the vicinity of a Doctors Without Borders medical facility.
Monday 5 October - Gen John Campbell, US military chief in Afghanistan
We have now learned that on October 3, Afghan forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from US forces. An airstrike was then called to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck. This is different from the initial reports, which indicated that US forces were threatened and that the airstrike was called on their behalf.
Tuesday 6 October - Gen John Campbell to the Senate committee
On Saturday morning our forces provided close air support to Afghan forces at their request. To be clear the decision to provide aerial fires was a US decision, made within the US chain of command. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility… I assure you that the investigation will be thorough, objective and transparent.
Wednesday 25 November - Gen John Campbell statement
The US strike upon the MSF Trauma Centre in Kunduz... was the direct result of human error, compounded by systems and procedural failures. The US forces directly involved in this incident did not know the targeted compound was the MSF Trauma Centre. The medical facility was misidentified as a target by US personnel who believed they were striking a different building several hundred meters away where there were reports of combatants.
Ashley, who paid £134.4m to take over in 2007, has overseen a second drop into the Championship in seven years.
Despite criticism from former boss Kevin Keegan, he will remain in charge.
"I've said in the past that when I take on a challenge I am prepared to go through both good times and bad," he said in an open letter to supporters.
"Many of you have expressed strong views about what we could have done differently. I respect those views but I would like to reiterate that it has always been my intention to try to achieve the very best for Newcastle United.
"I want to assure you that the club will now be doing everything it can at all levels to try to ensure a swift return to its rightful place in the Premier League."
Newcastle's relegation comes ahead of an improved Premier League TV deal, worth £5.14bn over three years, which will see the bottom club earn at least £99m.
But Ashley, who has previously said the club was not for sale at "any price", defended his commitment to the club, highlighting the £80m spent on players last summer under previous boss Steve McClaren.
The former England, Derby and Middlesbrough manager was replaced by Rafael Benitez in March with former Magpies skipper Alan Shearer among those who questioned why the Spaniard wasn't appointed sooner.
"We invested heavily in the squad over last summer and again in January, but we have been unable to secure Premier League status despite the recent efforts of the team under the formidable stewardship of Rafa Benitez," Ashley added.
"I thank the fans for their passionate support, in particular for Rafa and the team at recent fixtures, both home and away.
"Clearly it is now time for a period of careful consideration whilst we reflect upon the lessons that need to be learned from the last 12 months to restore this great club to the very top flight of English football."
The 73-year-old woman was robbed as she walked past the AK Bell Library in York Place at about 13:10 on 14 August.
Officers returned to the scene a week after the incident, which they described as "particularly alarming", to appeal for information.
A Tayside Division spokeswoman said the man was expected to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
The hosts reached the close on 423-7, leading by 254 runs at Old Trafford.
Livingstone, captaining Lancashire in the absence of Steven Croft, struck a career-best 168 and shared a third-wicket stand of 245 with Davies (130).
But Somerset took four wickets for 25 runs either side of tea to keep their own hopes of a first win in 2017 alive.
All three results remain possible - a prospect that appeared unlikely after Lancashire had been dismissed for only 109 on day one.
But the home side have a realistic chance of victory after wicketkeeper-batsman Davies struck his second Championship century of the season and Livingstone surpassed the 140 not out he made for England Lions against Sri Lanka A in February.
Their long partnership was broken by Lewis Gregory (3-65), who trapped Davies lbw, but 23-year-old Livingstone continued on, hitting 19 fours and two sixes in his seven-hour innings before falling to the left-arm spin of Jack Leach.
Overton (2-87) had removed Rob Jones and Dane Vilas in the same over before Livingstone's departure, which left Lancashire 191 runs ahead with only four wickets remaining.
Jordan Clark was stumped off Leach for just five, but Ryan McLaren (34 not out) and Stephen Parry (22 not out) remained unbeaten through to the close, setting up an intriguing final day.
So dire is the situation across the region that in July the BMA described things as being at "crisis point".
Six surgeries are at high risk of collapse this year with a further 20 expected to close next year.
The reason for this, according to the BMA, is that Northern Ireland is not training enough GPs.
The comments were made ahead of the BBC's NHS weekend which is examining how health services are being delivered across the UK, both in the community and in hospitals
The BMA's Dr Tom Black said the problem is particularly acute in rural areas.
"In south Armagh, the local health trust stepped in with emergency cover in one practice during the summer to ensure it stayed open until a permanent replacement can be found," he said.
Most practices are reporting waiting lists of up to several weeks, with a common complaint from the public being that it is rare to see a GP of your choice without having to wait up to a fortnight.
According to GPs, part of the problem is the workforce is simply too lean.
In fact, the BMA argues that consultations in Northern Ireland have increased by 63% in 10 years.
As well as arguing for more GPs to be trained, in its 2015 document 'The case for change' the BMA also argued that funding has been focused more on hospitals and said that needed to be reversed.
Health officials, however, argue practices need to be run differently, for instance offering evening appointments, including at weekends. But this argument has reached stalemate with only the public losing out.
GPs in Northern Ireland say there is a need for radical change - and strong leadership. While difficult choices may not win votes, tough decisions may be necessary to ensure a better quality and more sustainable health service.
Those difficult choices may have to stretch to hospitals also in order to allow seven-day working to become more apparent.
The seven-day working debate triggered by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt really struck a chord. Any contention was focused on the secretary of state as opposed to those health officials in Northern Ireland.
Hospital consultants, including surgeons, and union representatives all hit back, arguing that a majority of services are available at weekends, albeit reduced compared to weekdays.
While most specialities are obliged to have a consultant on call, many consultants that I spoke to said that without the support of X-rays, pharmacies and social care services in the community, their efforts to tackle caseloads at the weekend are futile.
All said, there was a strong weekend presence and many said they felt insulted by the assertion that they avoided weekend work.
Of course, staffing services over a seven-day period is a struggle.
Northern Ireland spends millions per year using locums to fill the rota. Unions argue this money would be better invested in long-term workforce planning.
A review earlier this year by Sir Liam Donaldson, England's former chief medical officer, recommended Northern Ireland should have fewer acute hospitals.
With a population of 1.8 million, there are 10 acute sites. The recommendation is four or five. As a result, too few staff are stretched over too many sites.
But politically, closing hospitals is a hot potato.
Northern Ireland's Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he backed the secretary of state's call for seven-day working.
"Reforming and transforming health and social care in a way that puts the patient and people at the centre is an immense challenge that brings with it what can appear to be tough choices and difficult decisions," he said.
"Sometimes that will mean reconfiguring services.
"It isn't accurate to say that our health service doesn't operate 24/7, it does. But it doesn't to the same level that it does Monday to Friday, 9 to 5.
"Almost all of us will be able to recount experiences from our own lives or that of our loved ones where the standard of care received wasn't what we'd expect or, worse, wasn't maybe what would have been received on a Wednesday or a Thursday.
"In this day and age, that sort of disparity in service is simply unacceptable," he said.
In Northern Ireland all of the health unions including the RCN, RCM and the BMA, are calling for greater investment in staffing, reconfiguration of hospitals/buildings and more focus on workforce planning.
As it all comes down to resources, there is little optimism that this will happen any time soon.
Part of The Enchanted Pose was found last year under Magritte's work The Human Condition at Norwich Castle.
The museum curator said it was "impossible" to uncover the image without destroying the later painting.
"Non-invasive" imaging methods will be used to recreate the hidden section.
The Enchanted Pose, which showed two almost identical female nudes side by side in a neoclassical style, was exhibited in 1927 but disappeared.
The only evidence of the painting's existence is a single black and white photo.
It is believed the Belgian artist cut the painting into four to reuse the smaller canvases for an exhibition in 1936. One section is still missing.
The first quarter - a head and torso section - was hidden under The Portrait, hanging in New York's Museum of Modern Art, while the second was discovered beneath The Red Model at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Both were found in 2013.
The third quarter was found under The Human Condition by conservator Alice Tavares da Silva, who works for the Hamilton Kerr Institute at the University of Cambridge.
She was studying the picture in Norwich before it was loaned to the Pompidou Centre in Paris in September for a major retrospective of 100 Magritte pieces.
The museum's historic art curator Dr Giorgia Bottinelli said they would "never attempt" to physically uncover the original.
"If it was technically possible it would certainly be unethical, as it was Magritte himself that decided to cut up one of his paintings and then create new compositions over the fragments," she said.
"The preservation of the artist's intention is in my opinion our main priority.
"Non-invasive and non-destructive imaging techniques will enable us to make a reconstructed image of the hidden painting."
The Human Condition is now being transported to the Schirn in Frankfurt, where it will go on show until it returns to Norwich in June.
The hope is that publicity generated by the exhibitions will prompt the discovery of the final quarter.
While London lays claim to being the birthplace of "alternative" comedy in the 1980s, it was the Scottish capital where the new generation of comics received their education before transforming British humour.
Comedy talent such as Steve Coogan, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey, Alan Davies, Harry Hill, Jo Brand and Al Murray all got their big breaks in Edinburgh.
According to comedy impresario Nica Burns the "golden year" was 1991 when Frank Skinner won the Perrier Award, beating Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee and Paul O'Grady's character Lily Savage.
Some found fame quickly while others such as Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre slogged away in Edinburgh for years before getting their big break.
Despite constant claims of its imminent demise, the Edinburgh Fringe has continued to be a unique showcase for comedy talent over more than 30 years.
In more recent times John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Kevin Bridges, Ross Noble, Russell Kane and many others have seen successful Edinburgh runs springboard them to TV fame and arena tours.
This year's Fringe features more than 3,000 shows and more than a third are comedy.
That means more than 1,000 comedy acts from all over the world will be in the city during August.
Nica Burns, who took over the Perrier's, the awards that became synonymous with Edinburgh comedy, says: "When I started with the awards in 1984 I used to personally go and see all the shows. You could not start to do that now."
These days she employs a judging panel to go around the 700 eligible comedy acts and make a shortlist for the award, now sponsored by lastminute.com but still coveted by comedians.
Richard Herring, who has appeared in Edinburgh for most of the past 30 years, does not qualify for the comedy award because it does not include people who have already had a TV series.
He broke into TV in the mid-90s with Stewart Lee in Fist of Fun but even though he is a 50-year-old Fringe veteran he says: "Sometimes I'll be annoyed I've not been nominated - then I remember that no judge has seen my show because I'm not eligible."
Herring says that the Fringe is still the "best arts festival in the world" but it has changed beyond recognition since he first performed in a student revue in 1987.
He says that sketch shows by Oxbridge students such as him were coming in for a lot of stick from the new wave of comedy stand-ups who were starting to see the Fringe as their domain.
They saw it as a place to come for three weeks, hang out with other performers and hone their material.
Herring says one of the major changes that Edinburgh developed was the one-hour comedy show.
Even in the late 1980s it was rare for stand-up comedians to do a full hour-long show on their own and they would often partner up with other performers to fill the Edinburgh hour.
Nica Burns says: "The Edinburgh Fringe became the learning ground because in the clubs you could only do part of the show.
"You started with a five-minute guest spot, if you were any good you could do 10 minutes and work up to 20 or 30 minutes for the headline act.
"For that jump to a whole show, to be able to play in a larger theatre, to be able to go on the road, you need to develop your material live.
"Comedians suddenly realised that Edinburgh was a fantastic place to come and book yourself a hall.
"That's the great thing about the Fringe, it's not curated, so anybody can do it."
Comedian Simon Munnery, who has also been performing in Edinburgh for 30 years, says: "The hour-long slot gives you more space to experiment. For most comedians it's a big step to go from 20 minutes to an hour.
"When you are doing that sort of time there is more pressure to have some sort of theme or to have something to say."
Fred MacAulay first appeared at the Fringe in 1989 as part of a collective of Scottish comedians called the Funny Farm.
For his first four Fringes he was part of a composite show with other comedians, taking a bigger time slot each year.
He says: "It is always there very much on the horizon for you as a new stand-up that the target is to do an Edinburgh hour."
"I always thought it was very much like a skiier," he says.
"You are skiing on the blue runs but out of the corner of your eye you can seeing a red or a black run and you know 'I'm going to have to tackle that one day'."
MacAulay says that a few festivals around the world, such as Melbourne in Australia, have followed Edinburgh's comedy model but the Fringe remains unique in its scale and scope.
Karen Koren was there at the start of Edinburgh's comedy boom.
She founded the Gilded Balloon venue in 1986, which along with The Pleasance and The Assembly led the 1980s comedy boom.
"I was certainly there at the beginning of the stand-up comedy surge," says Koren, who set up her first comedy club because her friends were looking for a place to perform "alternative" comedy.
"I blame Margaret Thatcher myself," she says.
"It was really satirical and political back then.
"Nowadays anything goes but then it was quite serious comedy, with the likes of Mark Thomas and Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy and Kevin Day. Although there have always been silly performers as well."
Nica Burns agrees that the Edinburgh comedy boom was fuelled by acts who were reacting to the politics of the time and Prime Minister Thatcher.
But she says they were also seeking to overthrow the old comedy establishment.
Burns says: "It was a really exciting time because alternative comedy was a political movement.
"For the original comics, such as Alexi Sayle, it was about changing what comedy stood for - no more homophobic, racist or sexist jokes.
"Within a very short time they had run off all the old comics and TV moved into the new era."
Burns says that the new comedy movement may have begun in London but Edinburgh was the "school for clowns", where they learned to how to perform.
Koren quickly went from running one studio theatre with 150 seats to 14 venues of various sizes dotted around the Cowgate.
To maximise use of her spaces Koren wanted comedians to perform day and night.
She says: "I remember that stand-up was always considered to be for the evening.
"No performers wanted to go on before 7pm and they didn't want to go against each other.
"I had to push that concept to them all. The more the merrier. Think about your own show and what you are doing."
As well as getting to perform your own show there was another factor that attracted comedians to Edinburgh - the camaraderie.
Munnery says: "It's wonderful to be in the same place at the same time as all these other people who are in the same sinking boat."
For Herring his early appearances are as memorable for the nights out with fellow comedians as they are for his shows.
Koren says: "I started a show called Late 'n' Live. It ran from midnight to four in the morning.
"We had the latest licence on the Fringe. It became a place where people came to see other comics die.
"It was where all the comics got drunk and had a great time together. That type of camaraderie that was around then really enhanced it and pushed it forward.
"There was lots of young kids going 'I want to be like that guy up on stage'."
And it was usually a guy.
Despite Burns and Koren being a strong female presence on the comedy scene they both agree that it was very much a "boy's club" in the early days.
Burns says: "The number of women doing shows was so small you could count them on one hand at the beginning.
"When it started it was much harder for women.
"There was a real feeling that when a woman came on there was a collective folding of the arms by the audience, and they were saying 'OK, show us you are funny'.
"The audiences was very male because it involved smoking and drinking as well and quite a lot were above pubs.
"There was nowhere to get changed back stage, certainly nowhere for women, they had to get changed in the toilet. It was a tough environment and a tough way to learn your craft. They had to overcome a lot of hurdles."
The first women to win the Perrier Award was Jenny Eclair in 1995 and it was another decade before the next, Laura Solon.
However, Burns feels that recent years have seen a breakthrough and women, who still only make up less than a third of comedy performers, do not have to persuade audiences they can be funny any more.
Female comedy performers, just like their male counterparts, are cashing in on a comedy boom that has seen more and more of them touring large venues.
As comedy has become big business, festivals have sprung up all over the UK but Edinburgh has maintained its position as the number one place for comedians.
Ed Bartlam, who founded the Underbelly venues in 2000, says: "Edinburgh has been a platform for alternative comedy and that is still the case.
"The Edinburgh audience and the Edinburgh critics are adventurous and they like to see something different. Edinburgh is a great example of a festival that manages to fit both the mainstream and the alternative very nicely."
Underbelly runs comedy venues on the South Bank in London but it is Edinburgh that acts as a feeder for new talent.
Bartlam says: "In Edinburgh we have got 17 venues ranging in size from 50 seats to 400 seats, therefore we can show lots of different acts at different levels.
"In London we have got two tents and they have both got 400 seats.
"Inevitably it means we are programming shows we think can sell that amount of tickets.
"In Edinburgh we've got this broad range of venues so we can programme interesting new material which might only sell 50 seats.
"Edinburgh is so important because it allows those at the beginning of their career to play in small spaces."
Another factor in Edinburgh's reinvention has been the rise in the Free Fringe over the past decade.
Free Fringe shows, which are predominantly comedy acts in the spare rooms of pubs, allow the audience to watch for free and they are invited to make a contribution at the end.
It is a cheap way of getting to perform on the Fringe and has led to comedy careers for a number of new comedians such as Imran Yusuf and John Kearns.
Herring says his generation of comedians often wonder if they would have made it if there had been the same amount of competition when he was starting out.
He says the current crop of comedians are much more polished and professional than the acts of the 1980s.
"In 1992 I came up with shows I was still writing," he says.
"By the end of Edinburgh I hoped to have a good show but now you can't really behave like that. You need top be good on day one."
He says many comedians these days keep themselves fit and don't drink.
"The performers from the 1980s and 90s would find that very strange," he says.
Another major change has been the costs involved.
"It was bit cheaper for everyone in those days - for the punters and for the acts," Herring says.
He says he has lost thousands of pounds on Edinburgh shows but always hoped to win enough work to make up for it later.
For Fringe veterans such as Koren, whose Gilded Balloon venues were forced to move to the Teviot after a devastating fire in 2002, the peak was in the late 80s and early 90s.
"Now everybody wants to be a star and not everybody is going to become a star," she says.
Munnery says some aspiring comedians go to extreme lengths to get noticed.
He says: "There are some ridiculous things like huge twice-human size posters for a show and then venue is some portable cabin.
"They are spending more on advertising than they can possibly make back at the box office.
"I used to be with an agent like that," he says.
"They tell you that you are investing in your future and at some point you have to ask 'when is my future going to start?'.
Munnery adds: "You basically go to Edinburgh, lose thousands of pounds, spend a year paying it off and then go and do it again.
"It would probably be illegal to be employed on that basis but because you are employing yourself it's alright. It's the gig economy, literally."
Despite the skyrocketing costs of Edinburgh rents and they increased competition for audiences, performers keep coming back year after year.
Herring says: "Even when I'm negative I've never said it's not amazing.
"It's the best festival in the world and it is an amazing thing to be a part of.
"I've spent two years of my adult life in Edinburgh just by coming to the Fringe.
"It's a phenomenal festival and it's breath-taking how good the shows are."
It is illegal to bring dairy and meat produce from outside the EU into Northern Ireland.
Robert Huey said if something like foot-and-mouth disease was accidentally introduced it would have huge animal welfare and economic costs.
He urged those travelling abroad to check the rules at ports and airports.
Checks are in place at points of entry.
Any banned goods are seized and destroyed and the person responsible is liable to prosecution and a fine.
As well as meat and dairy produce there are strict controls on things like potatoes, plants, fish, honey, eggs and certain fruit and vegetables.
Foot-and-mouth could be introduced through the import of infected meat and dairy produce.
"Should a major disease such as that enter Northern Ireland trade and jobs will be at risk," said Mr Huey.
Northern Ireland last had an outbreak of foot-and-mouth in 2001.
It led to a widespread cull of livestock, the cancellation of public gatherings and other restrictions.
Resuming 8-4 ahead after the opening day, they consolidated their position by sharing the morning foursomes 2-2.
That left just three-and-a half points needed from the 10 singles matches, and the contest was won when Nathan Smith held off Nathan Kimsey in match five.
It was the 35th US win since the top amateurs' event began in 1922, with GB and Ireland on eight wins, and one tie.
With a four-point deficit going into the singles the visitors needed some inspiration but in the opening game Neil Raymond bogeyed four holes out of five and lost all of them to Bobby Wyatt, who won their match 4&3.
2011: GB & I 14-12 USA (Royal Aberdeen)
2009: USA 16½-9½ GB & I (Merion GC)
2007: USA 12-11 GB & I (Royal County Down)
2005: USA 12½-11½ GB & I (Chicago GC)
2003: GB & I 12½ -11½ USA (Ganton GC)
Max Orrin then had two bogeys and a double bogey to lose three successive holes to Justin Thomas, who clinched a 6&4 victory with his third birdie of the round.
World amateur number one Matt Fitzpatrick, the 18-year-old from Sheffield, birdied the first two holes and earned a point for GB and Ireland with a 3&2 success against Michael Weaver, but wins for two mid-amateurs - post-college players - 45-year-old Todd White and 35-year-old Smith ensured victory for the American team.
"Everybody played so hard as a team there were no individuals here, all these guys gave their hearts and I can't say enough about them," an emotional US captain Jim Holtgrieve said.
"I think Bobby Jones and the team of 1922 are all here today and saying good things about us."
GB and Ireland counterpart Nigel Edwards admitted: "They holed out a little bit better and the short shots, the distance control, is where they did us.
"If some matches yesterday afternoon had gone our way down 18 it could have been a lot different but we needed to do the simple things well this week, people have to hole putts and we haven't holed enough putts.
"One weekend doesn't make them bad golfers, hopefully we'll have a few available for two years' time, the ones who turn pro I'm sure they'll learn from this."
The next edition of the Walker Cup will be played at Royal Lytham and St Annes in September 2015.
Sunday foursomes:
C Whitsett/B Wyatt (USA) beat N Kimsey/M Orrin (GB & I) 2&1
M Weaver/T White (USA) lost to M Fitzpatrick/N Raymond (GB & I) 3&2
M Homa/M Kim (USA) beat G Porteous/R Pugh (GB & I) 1up
P Rodgers/J Niebrugge (USA) lost to G Moynihan/K Phelan (GB & I) 2up
Sunday singles:
Bobby Wyatt (USA) beat Neil Raymond (GB & Ire) 4&3
Justin Thomas (USA) beat Max Orrin (GB & Ire) 6&4
Michael Weaver (USA) lost to Matt Fitzpatrick (GB & Ire) 3&2
Todd White (USA) beat Rhys Pugh (GB & Ire) 4&3
Nathan Smith (USA) beat Nathan Kimsey (GB & Ire) 4&3
Cory Whitsett (USA) lost to Callum Shinkwin (GB & Ire) 2up
Michael Kim (USA) beat Garrick Porteous (GB & Ire) 4&2
Max Homa (USA) lost to Kevin Phelan (GB & Ire) 2&1
Jordan Niebrugge (USA) beat Jordan Smith (GB & Ire) 6&5
Patrick Rodgers (USA) beat Gavin Moynihan (GB & Ire) 1up
Crewshield produces the "safe haven", which they disguise as shipping containers, for crews on ships to hide in the event of a terrorist or pirate attack.
The award is the highest official accolade for businesses within the UK.
It won the International Trade category after first winning in the Innovation title in 2016.
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Managing director Mike Samways said the company was "delighted to receive this recognition at the very highest level".
"It is humbling to be recognised again by Her Majesty the Queen," he said. "The last year has been exceptionally challenging and very busy but it is clear that the hard work is beginning to pay off."
The fire resistant containers can withstand small explosions and grenade attacks, as well as gunfire, the company said.
Mr Samways said they also designed the rooms to be used on land and had exported to countries such as Algeria, Libya, Mali and South Sudan.
"The 2013 attack on a gas plant in Algeria by terrorists linked to al-Qaeda, which ended with the deaths of about 40 foreigners including six British citizens, proved to be the catalyst for a substantial rise in demand for a land-based application of the refuge," he said.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the firm was one of a number of businesses that were being recognised for its "outstanding achievements".
The company started in 2011 and employs five staff.
Europe's competition commissioner accused the firm of abusing its dominance in search in April.
Her intervention followed complaints from price comparison services that they were being unfairly disadvantaged by the prominence of Google's own ads.
The US firm has now filed its formal response.
Google says its shopping service - which appears as a box of images and links displayed at the top or right-hand side of other results - benefits customers and businesses without unlawfully distorting the market.
And it rejects the EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager's suggestion that it should show ads sourced and ranked by other companies within the facility.
Its defence rests on three arguments:
Google accounts for more than 90% of EU-based web searches.
Four months ago, the 28-nation bloc's competition commissioner issued a "statement of objections" against the company, beginning a process that could ultimately lead to a large fine and compulsory measures to make it change its behaviour.
"I'm concerned that Google has artificially boosted its presence in the comparison shopping market with the result that consumers may not necessarily see what's most relevant for them, or that competitors may not get the commercial opportunity that their innovative services deserve," declared Ms Vestager.
A spokesman for Ms Vestager confirmed she had received Google's reply.
"We will carefully consider Google's response before taking any decision on how to proceed and do not want to prejudge the final outcome of the investigation," Ricardo Cardoso told the BBC.
FairSearch Europe, a lobby group that represents Microsoft and Expedia, among others, was one of the complainants against Google. It said it saw nothing in the search firm's defence that would change its mind.
"The Commission has properly defined the market into which Google has leveraged its overwhelming dominance in search, namely the shopping (price) comparison market," said its spokesman Thomas Vinje.
"Google has decimated competition in that market by preferencing its own product comparison service in its search results, and consumers have been harmed - and paid higher prices - because Google has cornered the shopping comparison market."
But, in a blog post, Google's lawyer Kent Walker denies his firm is behaving in an anti-competitive manner.
"Showing ads based on structured data provided by merchants demonstrably improves ad quality and makes it easier for consumers to find what they're looking for," he said.
"We show these ad groups where we've always shown ads - to the right and at the top of organic results - and we use specialised algorithms to maximize their relevance for users.
"Data from users and advertisers confirms they like these formats. That's not 'favouring' - that's giving our customers and advertisers what they find most useful."
Under its former name Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), it was formed in April 2013, growing out of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
It has since been disavowed by al-Qaeda, but has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq.
Its precise size is unclear but it is thought to include thousands of fighters, including many foreign jihadists.
The organisation is led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Little is known about him, but it is believed he was born in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in 1971 and joined the insurgency that erupted in Iraq soon after the 2003 US-led invasion.
In 2010 he emerged as the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, one of the groups that later became Isis.
Baghdadi is regarded as a battlefield commander and tactician, which analysts say makes his group more attractive to young jihadists than al-Qaeda, which is led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Islamic theologian.
Prof Peter Neumann of King's College London estimates that about 80% of Western fighters in Syria have joined the group.
IS claims to have fighters from the UK, France, Germany and other European countries, as well as the US, the Arab world and the Caucasus.
Unlike other rebel groups in Syria, IS is seen to be working towards an Islamic emirate that straddles Syria and Iraq.
The group has seen considerable military success. In March 2013, it took over the Syrian city of Raqqa - the first provincial capital to fall under rebel control.
In January 2014, it capitalised on growing tension between Iraq's Sunni minority and Shia-led government by taking control of the predominantly Sunni city of Fallujah, in the western province of Anbar.
It also seized large sections of the provincial capital, Ramadi, and has a presence in a number of towns near the Turkish and Syrian borders.
The group has gained a reputation for brutal rule in the areas that it controls.
However, it was its conquest of Mosul in June that sent shockwaves around the world.
The US said the fall of Iraq's second city posed a threat to the entire region. It may also have made ISIS the most cash-rich militant group in the world.
Initially, the group relied on donations from wealthy individuals in Gulf Arab states, particularly Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, who supported its fight against President Bashar al-Assad.
Today, IS is said to earn significant amounts from the oil fields it controls in eastern Syria, reportedly selling some of the supply back to the Syrian government. It is also believed to have been selling looted antiquities from historical sites.
Prof Neumann believes that before the capture of Mosul in June 2014, IS had cash and assets worth about $900m (£500m). Afterwards, this rose to around $2bn (£1.18bn).
The group reportedly took hundreds of millions of dollars from Mosul's branch of Iraq's central bank. And its financial windfall looked set to continue if it maintains control of oil fields in northern Iraq.
Inter-rebel tension
The group has been operating independently of other jihadist groups in Syria such as the al-Nusra Front, the official al-Qaeda affiliate in the country, and has had a tense relationship with other rebels.
Baghdadi sought to merge with al-Nusra, which rejected the deal, and the two groups have operated separately since.
Zawahiri has urged IS to focus on Iraq and leave Syria to al-Nusra, but Baghdadi and his fighters openly defied the al-Qaeda chief.
Hostility to IS grew steadily in Syria as regularly attacked fellow rebels and abused civilian supporters of the Syrian opposition.
In January 2014, rebels from both Western-backed and Islamist groups launched an offensive against IS, seeking to drive its predominantly foreign fighters out of Syria.
Thousands of people are reported to have been killed in the infighting.
Gytis Griskevicius is alleged to have attacked Marina Erte, 33, at her flat just hours after celebrating his birthday at a barbecue with friends.
Lincoln Crown Court heard he killed her after finding out she was in a relationship with another man.
Griskevicius, 32, of St Ann's Lane, Boston, denies murder.
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Prosecutor William Harbage QC told the court Ms Erte's naked body was found in the bath at her flat by firemen who had been called out by neighbours.
He said: "She had been severely beaten about the head causing facial fractures and traumatic brain injury."
"She had then been placed in the bath and drowned by holding a shower attachment up against her face deliberately," he added.
Mr Harbage told the jury that Griskevicius celebrated his birthday the day before the alleged murder at a barbecue with his housemates.
However, on the 20 May, it is alleged Griskevicius visited a supermarket with his ex to buy whisky and crisps before returning to her flat.
The court heard the attack "was motivated by jealousy" after the defendant discovered Ms Erte was in a relationship with another man.
"We say he had a motive and the opportunity," Mr Harbage told the court.
After being arrested Griskevicius, lied to police about his movements, the prosecutor added.
The prosecution claims the defendant also confessed to murdering his wife to a cellmate while on remand.
The trial continues.
Telford and Wrekin Council said during the European elections posters were "defaced" with "quite offensive symbols and quite offensive language".
Posters were also not taken down until "long after" the 14-day period allowed following the election.
The ban, which comes into effect on January 1, will include posters on bus shelters and lamp-posts.
Managing director Richard Partington said: "There's been a European election poster on junction 6 of the M4 for quite a considerable time, and now we are having to get rid of it because it's looking quite a mess."
Although backing the decision, Labour council leader Kuldip Sahota admitted he had been climbing lamp-posts to put up posters for the past 15 years, saying it was "all part of electioneering".
Watched by hundreds around Castletown harbour, competitors have to propel decorated bathtubs by using a single or double-bladed hand paddle.
The winner is either the first to cross the finish line or the one who covers the furthest distance before sinking.
Organisers of the annual event, which began in 1971, said participants must be able to swim "at least 50 yards".
Competitors have come to the Isle of Man from across the British Isles, Europe and the United States.
Thomas Parry will defend his men's title, while 2016 champion Erica Cowen will be seeking her 17th women's crown.
In 2014, the event featured in the Daily Telegraph's top 10 weirdest festivals, ranking alongside Bognor's International Birdman Festival and Finland's Wife Carrying World Championships.
Organiser David Collister, who has competed every year since it began, said: "Spectators come because they like to see people get wet and they like to see people sink.
"It's two hours of family fun involving the type of tin baths your granny would use in front of a fire."
The event has raised almost £200,000 for charity during the last 35 years.
The roads around the Middle Harbour will be closed between 14:00 and 17:30 BST, with racing starting at 15:00.
Source: Race organisers
Payment details, names and addresses were potentially taken during the incident, which targeted Ecomnova, a third party e-commerce company.
Debenhams said it has contacted customers whose data was accessed.
Customers of Debenhams.com, a separate website, have not been affected, the company added.
The attack took place between 24 February and 11 April and the Debenhams Flowers website is currently offline.
"Our communication to affected customers includes detailing steps that we have taken and steps that those customers should take," Debenhams said in a statement.
A spokeswoman told the BBC that emails have been sent to just under 26,000 customers and that this will be followed up with a letter in the post.
"As soon as we were informed that there had been a cyber-attack, we suspended the Debenhams Flowers website and commenced a full investigation," said Debenhams chief executive Sergio Bucher in a statement.
"We are very sorry that customers have been affected by this incident and we are doing everything we can to provide advice to affected customers and reduce their risk."
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has been informed of the incident.
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Konta, 26, withdrew from her Eastbourne semi-final on Friday after a heavy fall in her win against Angelique Kerber.
The fifth seed needed lengthy treatment before recovering to beat world number one Kerber on Thursday.
"The most important thing is I rest well for the next 24 hours and then we'll see," she said.
Konta was set to play Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova in her hometown tournament in Eastbourne on Friday.
The world number seven is due to face Taiwanese player Hsieh Su-wei, who beat her at the French Open last month, in the first round at Wimbledon next week.
"The most important thing for me is to look after my health in general," she said on Friday.
"We made the decision based on the fact I'm still quite sore through my thoracic spine.
"Next week is Wimbledon but I make decisions for my health. I didn't sleep too well but I heard that's normal. It just didn't feel quite right.
"We're not 100% certain yet about the recovery time required. Things will become clearer in the next 24 hours of how we manage things."
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If approved by UCI, the world governing body for cycling, the inaugural three-day race would be held on 1-3 May 2015.
Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) said it would be a "breathtaking new race in a region made for cycling".
UCI is expected to make a decision in September.
The route would include areas that are not part of this year's Tour de France, which starts in Leeds on Saturday.
The application is for a 2.1 UCI Europe Tour event, which would mean some of the world's leading cyclists returning to Yorkshire on an annual basis.
Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive Gary Verity said: "When we bid to host the Tour de France we did so in the knowledge that this would be the start of a long relationship with ASO.
"Our county is a new cycling heartland of Europe and we look forward to welcoming back some of the world's best riders in Yorkshire in less than 12 months' time."
Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, said: "Alongside the public interest for cycling, highlighted by the Grand Départ, Yorkshire boasts beautiful breathtaking scenery worthy of any of the cycling season's major events.
"It therefore seems perfectly natural for Welcome to Yorkshire, British Cycling and ASO to continue working together in this new land of cycling, through the Tour of Yorkshire."
Ian Bashford, 60, from Bromley, died when he hit a support vehicle during the 35th Duo Normand race, French media have reported.
Police are said to be investigating why the vehicle had swerved into his path 200m (650ft) from the finish line.
His cycling club, Old Portlians, confirmed his death in a statement, saying it happened during the final descent to the finish.
Club secretary Julian Hutchings said that a van swerved into the path of Mr Bashford and his cycling partner Peter Gray. He added: "They were travelling at about 34mph to 40 mph. They were going downhill or into the flat.
"I saw an ambulance and police car and recognised the Old Portlians shirt. They worked on him for about 30 to 40 minutes to try to revive him but he died."
Secretary of the West Wickham-based club Julian Hutchings said: "He had been in the club about 20 years. He was passionate about cycling and the club. Everybody loved him and he always helped people out."
The Foreign Office said it was in contact with local authorities and was ready to provide assistance to the father-of-two's family.
The Duo Nomand is a time-trial race on a 54km (33 miles) road circuit in Normandy.
Britain's Chris Boardman has the most wins with three victories.
More than half of all cases of blindness are caused by cataracts - the clouding of the eye's lens.
An implanted lens is normally needed to restore sight, but the operation described in Nature activated stem cells in the eye to grow a new one.
Experts describe the breakthrough as one of the finest achievements in regenerative medicine.
The lens sits just behind the pupil and focuses light on to the retina.
About 20 million people are blind because of cataracts, which become more common with age - although some children are born with them.
Conventional treatment uses ultrasound to soften and break up the lens, which is then flushed out.
An artificial intraocular lens must then be implanted back into the eye, but this can result in complications, particularly in children.
The technique developed by scientists at the Sun Yat-sen University and the University of California, San Diego removes the cloudy cataract from inside the lens via a tiny incision.
Crucially it leaves the outer surface - called the lens capsule - intact.
This structure is lined with lens epithelial stem cells, which normally repair damage.
The scientists hoped that preserving them would regenerate the lens.
The team reported that tests on rabbits and monkeys were successful, so the approach was trialled in 12 children.
Within eight months the regenerated lens was back to the same size as normal.
Dr Kang Zhang, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website: "This is the first time an entire lens has been regenerated. The children were operated on in China and they continue to be doing very well with normal vision."
It also showed a dramatically lower complication rate "by almost every measure, supporting the superiority of the treatment".
However, he says larger trials are needed before it should become the standard treatment for patients.
The procedure was tried in children because their lens epithelial stem cells are more youthful and more able to regenerate than in older patients.
Yet the overwhelming majority of cataracts are in the elderly.
Dr Zhang says tests have already started on older pairs of eyes and says the early research "looks very encouraging".
Commenting on the findings, Prof Robin Ali from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, said the work was "stunning".
He told the BBC News website: "This new approach offers greatly improved prospects for the treatment of paediatric cataracts as it results in regeneration of a normal lens that grows naturally."
He said getting similar results in adults "is likely to be more difficult to achieve" but could "have a major impact".
"It might be superior to the artificial lenses that are currently implanted, as the natural lenses should be able to accommodate looking at different distances more effectively," he added.
Dr Dusko Ilic, a reader in stem cell science at King's College London, said: "The study is one of the finest achievements in the field of regenerative medicine until now.
"It is science at its best."
Dr Zhang believes that targeting stem cells already sitting in the eye could have "great potential" for treating a wide range of diseases from macular degeneration to glaucoma.
A separate study by Osaka University in Japan and Cardiff University, used stem cells to mirror the development of the eye.
They were able to produce a range of specialised eye tissues including those that make the cornea, conjunctiva, lens and retina.
The findings, also published in Nature, showed the lab-grown tissues could restore sight to rabbits with corneal blindness.
One of the researchers, Prof Andrew Quantock, said: "Our work not only holds potential for developing cells for treatment of other areas of the eye, but could set the stage for future human clinical trials of anterior eye transplantation to restore visual function."
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An employment tribunal has heard details of infighting at the Wrexham-based British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Former acting assistant chief constable of north Wales, Steve Curtis, allegedly swore at and threatened a colleague.
He is claiming unfair dismissal.
The tribunal in Chester was told Mr Curtis, of St Asaph, Denbighshire, resigned from his job as human resources director at the Rossett charity - which has 145,000 members - just as he was about to be dismissed in May 2016.
It heard claims he clashed with north of England regional director Alasdair Mitchell at a staff meeting in October 2014 and said: "I swear I will kill you."
The tribunal was also told Mr Mitchell resigned in December 2015.
Richard Ali, who was chief executive, and Gary Ashton, another former senior police officer and director at the BASC, were both subsequently suspended and remain so.
Mr Curtis said he was assessed as "outstanding" during his time at the association, adding that he could not remember threatening to kill Mr Mitchell.
"I was mortified when I later discovered what I had apparently said," he said.
But Mr Mitchell claimed he had been "a source of a number of difficulties from an operational and HR perspective".
Two separate inquiries were held, one of them by independent solicitors Hill Dickinson, which both exonerated Mr Curtis.
Mr Curtis said a refusal by the charity's council to accept the findings of the independent investigations convinced him he had no choice but to resign.
"I am still the victim of a continuing campaign to damage my reputation," he added.
The hearing is expected to last several days.
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Leaders of parties including Labour and the DUP told the PM victims "have a right to know what went wrong".
At least 2,400 people are thought to have died after being given NHS blood products infected with hepatitis C and HIV.
Last week, Theresa May said ministers "will look at any new evidence".
The letter to Mrs May was also signed by the leaders of the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party.
The six called for the establishment of an inquiry with the power to compel all those involved in the scandal to participate.
"We believe those affected have a right to know what went wrong and why," the leaders said.
"Amongst many other considerations, it is alleged that victims' medical details were tampered with to hide the cause of their infections," the letter added.
It said there were also allegations that documents relating to the scandal were destroyed by Department of Health officials "as part of a cover-up" and that patients were not told of the risks.
The letter added that contaminated products were "not removed from the blood supply once the dangers became known".
It was signed by Labour's Jeremy Corbyn; Ian Blackford, the leader of the SNP group in the Commons; Lib Dem leader Tim Farron; Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts and Green co-leader Caroline Lucas.
The letter was also signed by the DUP's leader at Westminster Nigel Dodds - whose MPs the prime minister relies on to support her minority government.
Last week, answering a question at prime minister's questions, Mrs May called for anyone with "any further information" to pass it to ministers "so they can properly investigate it".
Health ministers have previously resisted calls for a fresh inquiry into contaminated blood, which has already been subject to two official reviews.
Responding to the letter, Liz Carroll, chief executive of the Haemophilia Society, said victims had been seeking answers "for decades".
"The government have said that no liability has been shown, however there has never been an inquiry with a remit to investigate and challenge this claim."
She called for Mrs May to act "swiftly to right this historic wrong".
A Department of Health spokesman said it had increased the amount of money to victims to "record levels" since 2016.
"We recognise the importance of full transparency, which is why we have published all the information we hold on blood safety from the relevant period, between 1970 to 1995.
"We will carefully consider any new or emerging evidence before deciding on next steps."
Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on 23 September.
The gunner was last spotted on CCTV at 03:24 BST walking alone, but Nicola Urquhart said there was "not one image" of him leaving the town on foot.
She said: "I don't think Corrie is dead yet - I know people will be thinking 'something's happened' [but] I don't."
It was thought Mr Mckeague, 23, who was out with RAF colleagues on 23 September, stopped for a nap in a doorway before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to his base early the following morning.
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Mrs Urquhart, of Dunfermline, Fife, said Suffolk Police has looked at "loads more CCTV" and "he is not seen leaving the area".
She said: "They are quite certain, on foot, that he can't be seen leaving. Somebody can't just disappear.
"He could have got into a vehicle, but not his own - his own was still parked up the road."
Mrs Urquhart said: "If somebody has hurt him, if something's happened accidentally, are they just going to keep on putting us through this turmoil?
"As a mother, I don't care if the police don't speak to you, but tell me where he is."
Police said they did not believe Mr Mckeague still had his mobile phone after data showed it moved to Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry.
The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to the location, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury.
Mrs Urquhart, who is a police family liaison officer, said her job could be both "a curse and a blessing" as she dealt with her son's disappearance.
"It's truly horrific some days, because I'm a police officer and I understand - and then other days it's such a help," she said.
The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) has analysed the different trade relationships that the UK nations and regions have with the EU.
It concludes that Northern Ireland, the North East and South West appear to be the most dependent on free trade in goods with other EU countries.
It has also looked at how EU economic development funds are distributed across the UK.
On a per-head basis Northern Ireland is the second biggest recipient of those funds, behind Wales.
SPERI says if the UK were to leave the EU, the issue arises of whether the Westminster government would adopt a similar regional development programme.
It asks whether such funds would be "matched in absolute terms" and whether they would have the same priorities.
The report echoes findings by other research organisations (Oxford Economics, NERI) that Northern Ireland would be relatively more vulnerable than other parts of the UK to potentially negative impacts of a withdrawal.
A spokesman for Vote Leave said that as the UK is a net contributor to the EU, leaving will "will free up extra public resources to invest in regions like Northern Ireland not less".
"The threat to the poorest areas of the United Kingdom is remaining a member of the EU," he said.
"If we stay we will be asked to pay more in and get less back."
He added that the latest HMRC export figures show Northern Ireland is seeing a decline in exports to the EU and rapid growth to the rest of the world.
A spokesperson for the NI Stronger In campaign said there was "little of surprise" in the report.
"This cocktail of risk highlighted in the Treasury report published earlier this week, and confirmed by the University of Sheffield , places Northern Ireland at the forefront of the predicted economic downturn should vote leave succeed.
"To adopt the Prime Minister's phrase, 'the DIY recession' will hurt most in places like Northern Ireland."
Meanwhile a new poll by Lucid Talk published in The Sun suggests 54% of voters in Northern Ireland will choose to remain in the EU.
The poll, of 1,090 people on a demographically balanced panel, suggested 35% will vote to leave with a further 9% undecided.
The internet poll was carried out last week and has a margin of error of +/- 3%.
The referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU will be held on 23 June.
Keating fisted into the net in the third minute after Mackey had played the ball in.
Gearoid McKiernan (3), Dara McVeety, Mackey and Killian Clarke pointed to give Cavan a 1-6 to 0-5 interval lead.
Mackey finished a good move for the second goal for Cavan who went down to 14 men when McVeety was sent-off.
After the break, Cavan added points through Keating, Seanie Johnston (3), Tom Hayes and McKiernan.
Carlow's second-half points were scored by Robbie Molloy, Darragh O'Brien, Chris Blake, Daniel St Ledger and John Murphy.
Cavan, beaten in the Ulster Championship semi-final replay by Tyrone last weekend, always looked in control and go into the hat for Monday morning's third round draw.
All-Ireland qualifiers results
Round 2A
Derry 1-14 1-11 Meath
Cavan 2-13 0-12 Carlow
Round 2B
Limerick 0-10 2-12 Cork
Mayo 2-14 1-12 Fermanagh
Kildare 1-22 2-14 Offaly
Monaghan 1-13 2-13 Longford
The 23-year-old winger's new deal keeps him at the Championship club until June 2016.
He made 29 appearances for the Whites in all competitions last season.
Kacaniklic previously had loan spells at Watford and Burnley, after joining the club as part of a deal which took Paul Konchesky to Liverpool in 2010.
Former New Zealand winger Lomu died, aged 40 overnight.
Wright played against him in the 1995 Rugby World Cup quarter-final - shortly before Lomu was diagnosed with a rare and serious kidney condition.
"He was just something we had never seen before in the world game," Wright told BBC Scotland.
"He was pretty unique in his physicality.
"We had guys his size playing in the forwards, but we had never seen someone at 6ft 5in and 19 stone playing on the wing."
Lomu, who twice helped New Zealand beat Scotland at World Cup finals - in the quarter-finals of the 1995 and 1999 tournaments - has been lauded as rugby union's first global superstar and someone who changed the face of the game.
"They converted him from a number eight - he had played against France as a number eight and hadn't done particularly well," recalled Wright, 47.
"But the coach decides 'why don't we try this guy on the wing' and they did that and he went down as a legend.
"There are so many big physical guys now, but back in 1995, he was unique.
"Thankfully, I wasn't directly up against him. I think that was [former Scotland winger] Craig Joiner's honour.
"Jonah Lomu scored a try. I think it was the first try against us. He ran in from the halfway line, brushing off a number of attempted Scottish tackles."
Indeed, Lomu scored seven tries in six Tests for New Zealand against Scotland, including a hat-trick in a 69-20 win in Dunedin in 2000, Scotland's record defeat by the All Blacks.
Wright said the winger off the pitch was different from the powerful and imposing figure on the field.
"Quiet, unassuming, actually quite shy. Just a nice guy," added Wright. "Off the park, such a gentleman and a massive loss to the world and the world of rugby."
BBC Scotland rugby commentator Bill Johnstone said it was a pleasure to have witnessed Lomu in action.
"When you saw the players on the pitch, this man stood out because he was a veritable giant," he said.
"He was a huge man, but he also had the pace of a sprinter and, when he got half a chance, with his bulk and the acceleration he was able to produce, he was virtually unstoppable and scored some marvellous tries, sadly some of them against Scotland.
"Of course, you could only applaud the excellence of the man.
"He was a behemoth and he scored against Scotland in 1999 as well - the Rugby World Cup quarter-final at Murrayfield.
"He was just such a powerful man with the ball in hand. He was virtually unstoppable and, in every sense of the phrase, he was a giant of rugby union."
BBC Radio 5 live will have a special programme tonight - Jonah Lomu: The Man Who Changed Rugby, which can be heard from 21:00-22:30 GMT.
Days after learning she would not face charges, Ms Thomson said leader Nicola Sturgeon did not give her the chance to explain her side of the story.
She called for Ms Sturgeon to apologise over the party's handling of the accusations concerning a property firm.
The SNP said it wished her well for the future and was happy to "engage with her" over her party membership.
The former parliamentary representative for Edinburgh West had run a property company. Fraud allegations were made against a former business associate.
Ms Thomson resigned the SNP whip but said she was given no choice in the matter by the party.
This week, the Crown Office concluded that there should be "no criminal proceedings at this time".
It said this was due to an "absence of sufficient credible and reliable evidence", with the decision coming after "careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case".
In an interview with the BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley, Ms Thomson said she thought the party leader may have "panicked".
"Nicola Sturgeon is an excellent, consummate politician and she's the first minister of Scotland and I'm entirely respectful of that," she said.
"The comments I've made in the papers are that perhaps - at the beginning - she was relatively new in her role. Perhaps she panicked.
"Who amongst us hasn't? I certainly panicked as well, incidentally."
She added: "What I find disturbing is I had no opportunity whatsoever to speak directly with Nicola Sturgeon and put across some of the key points I've made.
"I had no chance to put across my side of the story."
A SNP spokesman said: "Michelle Thomson stepped down in 2015 until the investigation was concluded.
"She took a dignified approach while the investigation was under way and will be relieved to put this affair behind her.
"We wish her well for the future and will be happy to engage with her about her membership of the SNP."
The former MP also criticised coverage of the investigation - arguing she was hung out to dry by the media.
She said: "They were absolutely unfair. How could it that the story about me ran for two weeks when the story about the Chilcott papers (when they) came out ran for two days?"
Ms Thomson said she believed some of the coverage had been at best lazy and at worst "sinister"
She also called for an apology from the BBC for its coverage.
Ms Thomson has always insisted that the property transactions by her business were not only legal but also fair.
She said: "If there's anyone who does feel aggrieved then I can only apologise.
"I never ever want to, in any of my business dealings, want to diddle someone.
"It's just not appropriate and it wouldn't be fair."
Ms Thomson said was not surprised by the conclusion of the Crown Office that she should not be prosecuted.
"To be honest, not even remotely surprised. I had always been quite clear from the outset, as you recall.
"Obviously though, however, I was relieved because I'd been living under quite a lot of strain and stress for some time."
The former MP said the reports about her business activities had been badly handled when they first appeared in newspapers in 2015.
"During that time I didn't actually hear anything from the SNP so I was kind of left, to be honest, to my own devices.
"What do you do here? And unfortunately for me, having no experience, I didn't do anything.
"I failed to take the chance to rebut the thing at the time because I had no support and I had no experience, if you like.
"It wasn't until the (following) Tuesday that the business convener of the SNP Derek Mackay and the chief whip Mike Weir came to see me."
Ms Thomson said she was only given one option.
"Derek had said to me at the first meeting: 'Look, to be honest, I think we need you to resign the whip'.
"I said at that point: 'I don't want to resign the whip - I'm an SNP MP, that's what I signed up for'.
"And he said he would let me know later that day. Later that day I did get a telephone call confirming that's what they wanted me to do."
Ms Thomson said the SNP could have acted quickly to welcome her back because, she believed, it was quickly clear she had done nothing wrong.
After she had resigned the whip, her former colleagues called on her to be reinstated.
"That was referred to the NEC (the party's national executive).
"Obviously I'm not privy to what was discussed at the NEC buy I did receive a call afterwards saying that they weren't going to go any further.
"That was a decision I found difficult to understand."
Conway saw off Venezuelan world number one Elvismar Rodriguez en route to the -70kg final where she was beaten by Spain's Maria Bernabeu.
Livesey lost out to Brazil's Ketleyn Quadros in her gold-medal contest.
GB's Lubjana Piovesana (-63kg) and Gemma Howell (-70kg) both won bronze medals.
"It feels great to be back competing at this level," said Conway, who was taking part in her second competition back since winning bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
"I am happy with how I fought and looking forward to a few days in the sun. Then it's back to training for the Worlds in September."
Commonwealth judo champion Ashley McKenzie had won bronze for Great Britain on day one of the Grand Slam event.
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Together with Gerry Adams, he was the main republican architect of the move towards a political solution to Northern Ireland's problems.
His life followed an extraordinary trajectory between violence and politics, moving from being a senior commander in the IRA to helping broker talks that eventually led to the peace negotiations of the 1990s.
Eventually, he became Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, forging an unlikely alliance with Ian Paisley, the DUP leader who was the fiercest - and loudest - critic of the republican movement.
They developed such a rapport in their years in government that they became poster boys for modern politics, earning the nickname The Chuckle Brothers.
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness was born into a large family living in the deprived Bogside area of Londonderry on 23 May 1950. His unusual third name was a tribute to Pope Pius XII.
He attended Derry's St Eugene's Primary School and, having failed the 11-plus exam, he went to the Christian Brothers technical college, known locally as Brow o' the Hill.
He did not enjoy his time at college and his failure to qualify for grammar school rankled.
"It is my opinion," he later said, "that no education system has the right to tell any child at the age of 10 and 11 that it's a failure."
He was working as a butcher's assistant when Northern Ireland's Troubles erupted in the late 1960s. Angry about the rough handling of protesters demanding civil rights for Catholics, McGuinness was quickly drawn into the ranks of the IRA.
By January 1972, when soldiers from the Parachute Regiment killed 14 people in his hometown on what became known as Bloody Sunday, McGuinness was second in command of the IRA in the city.
The Saville Inquiry concluded he had probably been armed with a sub-machine-gun on the day, but had not done anything that would have justified the soldiers opening fire.
In April 1972, BBC reporter Tom Mangold walked with McGuinness through the "no-go area" then known as Free Derry.
Mangold described McGuinness as the officer commanding the IRA in the city and asked if the organisation might stop its bombing campaign in response to public demand.
The 21-year-old McGuinness made no attempt to contradict the reporter, explaining that the IRA "will always take into consideration the feelings of the people of Derry and those feelings will be passed on to our general headquarters in Dublin".
Together with Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness was part of an IRA delegation that held unsuccessful talks with the British government in London in July 1972.
The following year he was convicted of IRA activity by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court after being caught with a car containing explosives and nearly 5,000 rounds of ammunition.
Security chiefs were in no doubt that he was a key figure in the IRA as it reorganised and rearmed in the 1980s.
Among its most high-profile attacks was the attempt to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984.
Thatcher wanted to starve the IRA of what she called the "oxygen of publicity", so was furious when the BBC broadcast a Real Lives documentary in 1985 featuring McGuinness, who was unashamed of his reputation.
Driving a car through the Bogside, he told the documentary makers that reports suggesting he was chief of staff of the IRA were untrue, "but I regard them as a compliment".
He was later accused of having advance knowledge of the 1987 Enniskillen Remembrance day bombing - something he denied.
The mother of an alleged IRA informer claimed McGuinness had played a role in luring her son home to his death.
He was also thought to have approved proxy bombings, such as the murder of army cook Patsy Gillespie, in which hostages were forced to drive car bombs which were then detonated before they could get away.
But behind the scenes, Martin McGuinness engaged in secret contacts with British agents which laid the groundwork for the IRA ceasefires and peace negotiations of the 1990s.
When the Good Friday Agreement led to the creation of a devolved government at Stormont, he became education minister. One of his first acts was to abolish the 11-plus examination which he had failed many years before.
Devolution proved an on-off affair, but in 2007 the hardline Democratic Unionists were persuaded to share power with Sinn Féin.
The public witnessed the almost unbelievable sight of Martin McGuinness forging not just a political partnership, but what looked like a genuine friendship with one of his erstwhile enemies, the DUP leader Ian Paisley.
"Ian Paisley and I never had a conversation about anything - not even about the weather," he said in 2007.
"And now we have worked very closely together over the last seven months and there's been no angry words between us.
"This shows we are set for a new course."
His relationships with Ian Paisley's successors appeared cooler.
But as dissident Irish republicans tried to derail the peace project, the now deputy first minister denounced them as "traitors to the island of Ireland". He left no doubt that he believed violence could no longer serve a purpose, declaring: "My war is over."
Martin McGuinness failed in his bid to become Irish head of state in the presidential election of 2011.
But he later struck up an apparent rapport with the British head of state, shaking hands with the Queen on more than one occasion.
In 2012, he announced he was standing down as the Member of Parliament for mid-Ulster although, in common with other Sinn Féin MPs, he had never taken his seat at Westminster.
He unexpectedly quit his post as deputy first minister in January 2017 following a row over a botched scheme, overseen by then First Minister Arlene Foster, to provide renewable energy for Northern Irish households which could end up costing the taxpayer £500m.
Ill health was also a factor in his decision to stand down. When he arrived at Stormont to hand in his resignation, he looked visibly frail.
He told the BBC it was "a big decision" and he would not stand for re-election.
"The honest answer is that I am not physically capable or able to fight this election, so I will not be a candidate," he said.
His resignation triggered an election in Northern Ireland as, under the peace agreement, the executive cannot function if one side walks out. In the event, the 2 March poll saw Sinn Féin making gains that ended the unionist majority in Stormont.
Martin McGuinness married Bernadette Canning in 1972 and the couple had four children. Away from politics he enjoyed Gaelic football and hurling, both of which he had played in his younger days.
He was also keen on fly-fishing and cricket.
As an IRA leader, there is no doubt Martin McGuinness was hated and feared. But as a peacemaker, he possessed a personal charisma that he used to win over at least some of those who had viewed him with suspicion.
Moreover, his reputation as a hard man gave him the authority among Irish republicans to deliver major concessions, such as IRA disarmament and acceptance of a reformed police service.
Bai Sama died last month after collapsing during a non-league football game in Freetown.
But Kamara, who was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2015, has told the BBC that he is not at all worried - saying that "death always occurs."
The United States-based Leone Star's heart problem came to light during a compulsory medical check-up by European football's governing body, Uefa.
He was on the books of Swedish club Norrkoping at the time but moved to the US after being advised to stop playing football.
American heart specialists gave him the all-clear to resume his career and he subsequently signed for MLS club, DC United.
My heart condition is not life-threatening
Speaking as the football world mourns the death of Ivory Coast midfielder Cheick Tiote in China, Kamara said his heart condition is no cause for concern.
He said: "Tiote's death is sad but it won't stop me from continuing playing because my heart condition is not life-threatening.
"I'm not having any second thoughts about quitting because I know that I'm okay to play.
"Death always occurs, so one can't stop playing football when he hears of the death of another footballer.
"My brother died on his way to hospital after collapsing during a football match but the cause of the death was never determined as there was no post-mortem."
Kamara, currently on loan to US second tier league side Richmond Kickers, was surprisingly picked by new Leone Stars coach John Keister for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya in Freetown on Saturday.
But he has not travelled to Freetown because of a demand by his parent club that there be a defibrillator at the stadium during the match.
Kamara said DC United insisted on having a defibrillator at the stadium as a precautionary measure but claims no response was forthcoming from the Sierra Leone FA (SLFA).
The SLFA's President, Isha Johansen has responded to Kamara's claims.
"The FA cannot afford to guarantee the prompt and professional medical attention, God forbid, should he have an incident on the pitch," Johansen said.
One of Iraq's most senior politicians, he has held several high-profile posts since returning to Iraq from exile in 2003.
He succeeded in deposing incumbent Nouri Maliki as the preferred candidate of the Shia State of Law parliamentary coalition, although Mr Maliki initially bitterly disputed the appointment.
But Mr Maliki later announced he would step aside and back Mr Abadi.
Mr Abadi faces the task of rebuilding trust between the Iraqi government and the country's Kurds and Sunnis, who felt increasingly alienated under Mr Maliki.
He takes over at a time of deep national crisis, as Islamic State militants have taken over large swathes of northern Iraq.
Born in 1952 in Baghdad, Mr Abadi studied electrical engineering at the University of Baghdad in 1975. In 1981, he completed a PhD at the University of Manchester in the UK.
He worked as an industry adviser and consultant in the UK during this time. For several years he was in charge of the company servicing the lifts at the BBC's Bush House, then the home of the World Service, and was known by several journalists there.
For much of the 80s and 90s, he was exiled from Iraq because he was a member of the Islamic Dawa party, an Iraqi Shia opposition organisation.
Mr Abadi says two of his brothers were killed and another imprisoned for 10 years during Saddam Hussein's rule. They were all Islamic Dawa members.
After returning to Iraq in 2003, he became minister of communications in the Iraqi governing council, and has served as an MP since 2006. He has headed several Iraqi parliamentary committees, including those for finance and economics.
Mr Abadi has long been tipped as a potential prime minister and was in contention for the top job in both 2006 and 2010.
Analysts are generally agreed that he is a less divisive figure than Nouri Maliki. However, this tells us little as the bar for that comparison is so low.
The political background of both is rooted in the Islamic Dawa party, which in the 1970s waged an armed insurgency against the Baath regime.
Former foreign office diplomat Gerard Russell says that because of this, Mr Abadi is not too distant politically from his rival.
"He comes from a very similar background," he says. But he adds that, within the Dawa party, both men have taken differing approaches.
"Al-Abadi is a very clever man, and is a politician by background. Maliki had something more of an underground background," he says.
He will also be more attractive abroad, Mr Russell says.
"His name would probably not have been put forward without the approval of the Americans and the Iranians," he says.
"Of the three elected post-war prime ministers, he's certainly the most fluent in English and understands the West better," he adds.
Ranj Alaaldin, an Iraq specialist and visiting scholar at Columbia University, met Mr Abadi in April, during the Iraqi parliamentary elections.
He says that Mr Abadi is seen as a moderate within the Dawa party, and has shown more of a willingness to compromise than his predecessor.
"He is very engaging, articulate and direct," he says.
He warns however though that we should not expect radical changes from Mr Abadi, who still largely represents a specific subset of Iraqi society.
"He is still a politician with constituencies mainly in the south of Iraq among the Shias, and so his policies will reflect that," Mr Alaaldin says.
When it comes to halting the advance of the self-declared "caliphate" of the Islamic State, Mr Abadi is unlikely to give an inch.
He told the Huffington Post in June that he would be prepared to "take any assistance, even from Iran" in the fight against IS militants.
"If US air strikes [happen], we don't need Iranian air strikes. If they don't, then we may need Iranian strikes," he said in the interview.
But he also admitted that there had been "excesses" by Iraqi security forces.
"We have to listen to the grievances, some of which are right and some of which are false."
Ranj Alaaldin says that during the militant insurgency in Anbar province, Mr Abadi believed that a strong military response was required in the short term but "stressed the importance of national dialogue and reconciliation in the longer term".
Mr Abadi faces the unenviable task of defeating a fearsome militant foe with a rattled army and vast areas of the country outside his control.
He will need all his powers of persuasion and influence to stand a chance.
McDonnell, 30, who is unbeaten in 18 fights with 16 wins and two draws, aims to emulate his twin brother Jamie, who is the WBA bantamweight champion.
"I've seen my brother become a world champion and I'm ready to become world champion," McDonnell said.
Hull pair Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle will feature on the undercard.
London 2012 gold medallist Campbell defends his WBC silver lightweight title against Jairo Lopez, while light-welterweight Coyle fights Kofi Yates.
McDonnell is a former British and European champion but faces tough opposition in Vargas, who is unbeaten in 28 fights with 22 knockouts.
"Vargas' record says that he's a big puncher but we won't know how good he is until we get in there," the Doncaster fighter said.
"He will have to knock me out cold to win it because I really want to make a name for myself in this fight."
A Welsh representative side will take part in Nelson next month and set to join teams from Australia, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and Fiji.
The eight-team tournament will be held between 2-7 July.
"It is a fantastic opportunity to expose our players to world class international netball," said Welsh Netball chief executive Sarah Jones.
"It is another exciting venture for what has already been a huge year in terms of pushing the boundaries of the sport here in Wales," said Jones.
The 24-year-old has a year left on his contract but the Tonga international has been allowed to return to Australia, the country of his birth.
The club say he is expected to sign for a team in the National Rugby League later this week for the 2018 campaign.
"I'd like to thank everyone for the support they've shown while we've made this difficult decision," Fonua said.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford added: "It is not the way of our club to stand in the way of a player in these circumstances, and Mahe and his family will leave with our blessing and best wishes."
The American five-weight world champion, 39, said earlier this year he would want $100m (£69.3m) to fight the 28-year-old Irish UFC star.
"I tried to make the fight happen but we [weren't] able to, so we must move on." Mayweather told FightHype.com.
"I feel honoured to be the biggest name in MMA and in boxing, and I don't even compete no more."
McGregor had previously said he was interested the contest, as long as Mayweather - who retired from boxing in September 2015 - could come up with the "appropriate funds" for the crossover fight.
"He is running around the Showtime offices, begging those executives to come up with the $100m cash he needs to fight me," the Irishman said last month. "As soon as he gets my money, we can fight."
McGregor is under contract with the UFC, and any potential fight against Mayweather would have had to involve a co-promotion or the UFC's blessing.
A study found being prone to distress at the age of seven was associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later life.
Conversely children who were better at paying attention and staying focused had reduced heart risk when older.
The US researchers said more work was needed to understand the link.
Their study looked at 377 adults who had taken part in research as children. At seven they had undergone several tests to look at emotional behaviour.
They compared the results from this with a commonly used risk score for cardiovascular disease of participants now in their early 40s.
After controlling for other factors which might influence heart disease risk, they found that high levels of distress at age seven were associated with a 31% increased risk of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged women.
For men with high levels of distress in childhood - which included being easily frustrated and quick to anger - the increased risk of cardiovascular disease was 17%.
For 40-year-olds who had been prone to distress as a child, the chances of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years increased from 3.2% to 4.2% for women and 7.3 to 8.5% for men.
The researchers also looked at positive emotional factors such as having a good attention span and found this was linked with better cardiovascular health, although to a lesser degree.
Other studies have linked adversity in childhood with cardiovascular disease in adults.
And research in adults as linked poor emotional wellbeing with higher levels of cardiovascular disease, the researchers pointed out in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Study leader Dr Allison Appleton, said more research would now be needed to work out the biological mechanism that may underpin the finding.
"We know that persistent distress can cause dysregulation of the stress response and that is something we want to look at."
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said it was already known that a child's health could often have a bearing on their future wellbeing.
But she added that more research was needed before it could be clear that any possible link existed between emotions in childhood and the risk of cardiovascular disease in later life.
"There are positive steps parents can take to protect their child's future heart health.
"What we learn when we're young can often set the tone for our habits later in life, so teaching children about physical activity and a balanced diet is a great place to start."
Secret filming of government-approved exams needed for a visa shows candidates having tests faked for them.
ETS, which sets the exams but does not appoint the invigilators, told Panorama it "does everything it can to detect and prevent" cheating.
Home Secretary Theresa May said the BBC's evidence was "very shocking".
Panorama saw candidates for tests set by ETS, one of the largest language testing firms in the world, being replaced by "fake sitters" and having answers read out to them.
For the last year, the programme has been filming undercover, following a network of agents helping people obtain student visa extensions through fraud.
Each year, around 100,000 non-EU students get their visas to stay in the UK extended.
The programme sent non-EU students - who were already in the UK legally - undercover.
They posed as bogus students with poor English, who wanted to remain in the UK to work illegally.
One went undercover at an immigration consultancy called Studentway Education in Southall, west London.
The BBC was told Studentway could get around compulsory English tests, even if applicants spoke no English.
Director Varinder Bajarh said: "Someone else will sit the exam for you. But you will have to have your photo taken there to prove you were present."
The researcher was told a "guaranteed pass" would cost £500 - about three times the proper fee for the exam.
After paying, she was sent to sit the exam at Eden College International in east London, a government-approved exam centre.
She was set up on a computer to sit the visa application test, called TOEIC, but never actually took the exam.
Instead, each of the 14 candidates had a "fake sitter" who took the spoken and written tests for them.
All the real candidates had to do was wait to have their photograph taken - as proof they were there.
A week later, the undercover applicant returned to the college to sit another, multiple-choice, exam.
This time she had to take it herself, but the invigilator simply read out all the correct answers.
It took the two dozen or so candidates just seven minutes to complete the two-hour exam.
A few days later, the researcher returned to Studentway and was given a TOEIC certificate, showing she had passed.
She had scored highly in all three tests - getting 100% in her spoken English.
Eden College International strongly denies any prior knowledge of, or complicity in, the frauds.
But it said that early last year it investigated allegations against three freelance TOEIC exam invigilators and did not renew their contracts. It said it took swift action to improve invigilation and monitoring.
The TOEIC exam is set and marked by ETS, one of the biggest English language testing companies in the world.
While it does not appoint the invigilators, before its suspension ETS told Panorama it "does everything it can to detect and prevent rare instances of dishonest test administrators or test takers".
A notice on its website in the UK said that the Home Office has requested ETS to suspend various tests temporarily in the UK related to immigration purposes.
It also said candidates who had appointments to take a test for immigration purposes would be contacted to process a refund.
The government said it had suspended two colleges identified by Panorama and all further English language tests done through ETS in the UK.
Panorama researchers were also sold fake bank details to show they had enough funds to stay in the UK.
Immigration rules mean non-EU students face restrictions on the amount of paid work they can do and need a bank statement to show they can cover their fees and living costs.
One of the agents at Studentway, Vinod Kumar, told a Panorama researcher the agency had a solution.
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He said it would use its contacts in India to find "someone else with the same name, whose account and money will be used for you. So when there is need for verification it's verified for you till you get your visa."
Mr Kumar was proposing to steal the bank details of someone with the same name as the researcher and pass it off as hers.
Two weeks later she received a bank statement from Studentway that made it appear she had tens of thousands of pounds.
Mr Bajarh denied that Studentway was involved in any fraud. He also said that Mr Kumar had never worked at the agency, but may have used the office without his knowledge.
However, Mr Bajarh is clearly present with Mr Kumar in some of the BBC's footage inside Studentway's premises.
Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I'm grateful to Panorama for the work they have done in showing this abuse."
She said the government was taking action to change an immigration system "which was out of control when we inherited it", and 700 colleges had already been stopped from bringing students in from outside the EU.
Mrs May said she was looking at introducing more face-to-face interviews and called on the educational sector to do more to tackle fraud.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: "This investigation shows Theresa May is presiding over a failing immigration system which too often focuses on the wrong thing and where illegal immigration is a growing problem."
There were 5,800 permanent exclusions in 2014-15 compared with 4,630 three years ago, government figures show.
Fixed term or temporary exclusions rose from 267,520 to 302,980 in the same period.
Some councils where large rises have been recorded said the increase reflected a greater willingness to tackle "poor behaviour".
The largest rises were seen in Middlesbrough, Barnsley and North Lincolnshire.
Both Barnsley and Middlesbrough also had the highest exclusion rates, with both having the equivalent of one exclusion for every six pupils last year.
Not only has the number of fixed term exclusions increased, but the average number of days children are excluded for has increased steadily over three years - from 4.18 days in 2012-13, to 4.23 in 2013-14 and 4.38 in 2014-15.
Middlesbrough saw the largest increase in permanent exclusions, up 357% from 750 in 2012-13 to 3,430 in 2014-15.
The council says the rise reflects efforts by head teachers to tackle poor behaviour.
"Exclusions are a measure of last resort when all other avenues have been exhausted, and are designed to change behaviour and improve life chances," a spokesman for Middlesbrough Borough Council said.
"Poor behavioural standards by students damage not only their own chances but the prospects of those around them."
Barnsley saw a rise of 303% and North Lincolnshire 110% during the same period.
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Both Teesside and North Lincolnshire have suffered thousands of steel industry job losses in the past two years.
Tony Draper, former president of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and current head at Water Hall Primary School in Northamptonshire, said there might be a correlation between particularly high levels of exclusions and wider economic uncertainty in some areas.
"Families in financial difficulty, or with difficult personal circumstances are examples of this, so that could explain the regional variations in the statistics," Mr Draper said.
He also warned school finances were "at breaking point" meaning some measures which might stave off the need for exclusions, such as counselling, support work or clubs, "may be lost".
Alison Ryan, senior policy adviser with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said there was a "perfect storm" in some parts of England where long-term unemployment, local authority service cuts, teacher shortages and a lack of available provision for children with special educational needs was severely damaging the prospects of some children.
Persistent disruptive behaviour accounted for the lion's share - 79,590 - of fixed term exclusions, followed by 52,710 for verbal abuse, and 54,370 for assaulting a pupil.
More than 8,000 pupils were excluded for drug and alcohol offences and 2,250 related to sexual misconduct.
Bullying accounts for about 3,000 of fixed term exclusions and 30 permanent exclusions each year.
The mother of one victim of persistent bullying in Essex said the school's decision to exclude the perpetrator ended up being the only option after all other efforts failed.
The bullying, she said, had been "awful" and had taken a huge toll on her daughter.
Meanwhile, 10-year-old Joe Salt, who has autism, has been excluded nine times - the first time aged four years old and just two weeks into his education.
"It was really sad and lonely," he said.
His mother Zoe said he was excluded by his first mainstream school because "they did not have the staff to cope with his behaviour which was down to his autism".
Ms Ryan said exclusions also had significant consequences on those excluded.
"If you are alienated at school you are more likely to end up not in employment or training and in the justice system at a later stage," she said.
The rise in the past four years follows a period steady decline in the numbers and rate of exclusions before 2012-13.
The Department for Education was approached for comment three weeks ago.
In a statement released on Tuesday, a spokesman said: "Every child should be able to learn without disruption - that's why we've given head teachers more powers to tackle poor behaviour.
"Permanent exclusion is still very rare and should only be used as a last resort.
"We have also announced plans to make schools responsible for securing alternative provision for excluded pupils."
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that a smaller than usual rise in clothing prices, and falling motor fuel prices, were the main contributors to the drop in the rate.
There was also a fall in the price of household gas.
The CPI rate has been at or close to zero for most of this year. It was last in negative territory in April.
Food prices fell by 2.5% in the year to September in the wake of continued supermarket price wars. This means that prices in the sector fell for the 15th month in a row.
Meanwhile, petrol prices fell by 3.7p per litre over the year, and diesel prices - at 110.2p per litre - are at their lowest in close to six years.
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure fell to 0.8% in September, from 1.1%.
The official inflation figure from September has been significant over the years, as it is used as a guide when setting rises in various benefits, which take effect from the following April.
Chancellor George Osborne has already announced that a number of working age benefits, such as Jobseeker's Allowance, child benefit and some housing benefit, will be frozen from April anyway, as part of a four-year freeze.
But other entitlements - such as public service pensions, as well as disability and carers allowances - will be set using the latest CPI figure as a template.
The law does not allow for a downrating of benefits, so the practical effect is that these benefits are likely to be frozen from April too.
The exact change, or lack of it, will be approved by the government in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the state pension will continue to rise faster than the current inflation rate. From April, the state pension will go up by at least 2.5%, owing to what is known as the "triple-lock" protection.
Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the latest CPI figure meant there was "no pressure on the Bank of England to lift interest rates".
Last week, the Bank said it did not expect inflation to reach 1% until spring 2016.
Mr Brettell added that CPI inflation was expected to climb in the coming months, as the big drop in fuel prices would fall out of the year-on-year calculation.
He added: "But core inflation, which strips out volatile components like food and energy, also remains weak at 1.0%. This offers little suggestion that underlying inflationary pressures are building in the UK economy, despite continuing strength in wage growth."
David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said they expected inflation to remain at or below 0% for most of this year.
"Our forecast is that annual CPI inflation will start to creep upwards early in 2016, but will remain below the 2% target well into 2017," he added.
"The benign outlook for inflation is also reinforced by our Quarterly Economic Survey, which shows that the proportion of manufacturers expecting to raise prices has fallen to a five-year-low."
Avon and Somerset Police chief Nick Gargan, 48, was suspended on full pay last May.
The five-day inquiry, to be held in private, will be heard by an independent panel chaired by Dorian Lovell-Pank QC.
Mr Gargan, who took up the post in March 2013, denies any wrongdoing.
In his absence, the force has been led by Acting Chief Constable John Long.
Writing on her blog, Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said she had hoped the hearing would have taken place in January or February.
But, she said, a "very prescriptive" conduct procedure had to be followed beforehand.
"I'm sure you'll agree that it's important we follow the process and get it right," she said.
Mr Gargan had requested an extension to the deadline for his response to the allegations, Ms Mountstevens said.
Ms Dugdale received 90% of the support from constituency Labour parties who nominated a candidate.
She is also backed by 80% of the local councillors who nominated a leadership candidate, and 10 trade union and affiliate groups.
She is standing against Ken Macintosh in the contest to replace Jim Murphy.
MSP Richard Baker has secured the most constituency Labour party nominations in the contest for deputy leader.
Ms Dugdale, a Lothians MSP, is supported by 30 of her fellow parliamentarians, while Mr Macintosh, currently the party's social justice spokesman, is backed by seven and the Scottish Co-Op group.
He has 10% of the support from constituency Labour parties, and 20% of the support from councillors.
Following the close of supporting nominations, Ms Dugdale said: "To have the support of the overwhelming number of local party members, councillors and trade unions is an honour.
"I take nothing for granted and will work hard to change this support into votes when the ballot opens a week on Monday.
"The support I have received so far shows I am winning the argument amongst party members, but the real task is to win back people across the country."
Mr Macintosh has previously said he offers "a change in direction" for the Scottish Labour party.
He said: "I want to break up the party machine and put the members and supporters in charge of this party."
Mr Baker secured 20 constituency Labour Party nominations, compared with 18 for rival deputy leader candidate MSP Alex Rowley and 11 for Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson.
Mr Baker said: "I'm grateful to members across the country who have put their trust in me through constituency nominations.
"My platform is clear: I want us to be a strong, united party in next year's election, with policy formed by members across Scotland."
The Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications will be based at Strathclyde University in Glasgow.
It is being developed by Satellite Applications Catapult, a firm promoting economic growth in the space industry.
The centre will allow businesses to tap into satellite data that could improve their products and services.
According to Strathclyde University, the space industries in the UK produce 40% of the world's small satellites and contribute about £8.2bn to the economy.
The hub will be based at the university's new £89m Technology and Innovation Centre. It is one of three centres of excellence set up by Satellite Applications Catapult - with the other two in Durham and Leicester.
The centre aims to establish links between the scientists behind space and satellite technology and the business community.
It will encourage firms to use satellite data in new ways, from supporting the energy industry to planning future cities.
Prof Sir Jim McDonald, the principal of Strathclyde University, said: "Scotland's space sector is already driving the development of new technologies through leading-edge research and technology-driven companies.
"The challenge now is to bring universities, businesses and space agencies together to enable the sector to reach its full potential.
"The new centre of excellence will play an important role in helping companies to identify where satellite data can assist them in new and exciting ways, from measuring wind speeds from space to determine optimum locations for offshore wind farms, to using satellite navigation for integrated transport systems in future 'smart cities'."
The new centre will bring together expertise from other Scottish institutions including the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee and commercial companies such as Clyde Space Ltd, along with Scottish Enterprise.
The centre of excellence will be part of Strathclyde University's wider Space Institute.
The institute is made-up of a number of different facilities including the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, which carries out research on space systems, and the Scottish Space School, which aims to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
The milder than usual weather hit sales of clothing and footwear, which fell by 6.2% from November - the largest monthly fall on record.
However, over 2015 as a whole, volumes rose by 2.6%.
The figures suggest it was a good Christmas for bargain hunters, but not so good for the retailers.
Prices fell by 3.2% over the year, as competition forced many shops to discount goods.
"The fall in retail sales in December was disappointing, and although annual growth in sales at 2.6% is still reasonably healthy, it is still a marked slowdown compared with previous months," said David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce.
Economists had expected the ONS measure to fall in December, following a jump in sales in November.
"Nonetheless it hit the deck harder than expectations," said David Tinley of Swiss bank UBS.
The total amount spent in the retail industry was down 1.4% in December compared with the previous month, but up 1% compared with December 2014.
The value of online sales fell 5.2% compared with November, but were up 8.2% from a year earlier.
Sterling's value has dropped due to uncertainty over the UK's future in the European Union.
Export orders have risen at their fastest rate in 20 months, with sales into the Eurozone providing a better return than last year.
The findings are contained in an analysis of local firms in March.
This was when businesses continued to experience "a very strong start to the year."
Retailers in border areas report having more southern shoppers, with a stronger euro giving them better value on visits to Northern Ireland.
The bank surveys firms across different sectors on a monthly basis, monitoring things like new orders, employment and exports to give an overview of the economy.
But some sectors are performing better than others.
"Manufacturing continues to struggle," said Ulster Bank's chief economist Richard Ramsey.
"It continues to report job losses, the only sector to do so, with March representing the seventh successive month of employment declines."
The ex-England international, who played for United between 1979 and 1984, was most recently assistant to Rene Meulensteen at Fulham, until his dismissal in February.
Wilkins, 57, will be assisted by former Arsenal forward Frank Stapleton.
His first match in charge will be against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on 11 October.
He will then lead the team at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia.
A Jordan Football Association statement said Wilkins was chosen "under the guidance of JFA President HRH Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein", who was entrusted with the decision because of "his great vision in leading Jordanian football towards success".
Wilkins, who also played for Chelsea, AC Milan and Paris St-Germain and won 84 caps for England before retiring in 1997, has previously worked as assistant manager at Chelsea.
He also stepped in as caretaker manager at the Blues after Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked in February 2009.
Wilkins managed Fulham in 1997 but left the following year before becoming assistant at Chelsea.
Former Republic of Ireland international Stapleton, 58, an FA Cup winner with Arsenal in 1979, was player-manager at Bradford City from 1991-94 and also coached Major League Soccer side New England Revolution.
Mr Li is on an official visit to France where a UN-led climate summit will be held later this year.
After meeting officials in Brussels, he said the details would be announced by the end of the month, which is Tuesday.
Last November, China - the world's top greenhouse gas emitter - committed for the first time to limit its output.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country would target 2030 for its emissions to peak.
At a press conference in Brussels on Monday after meetings with EU leaders Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, Mr Li said China would submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) report to the UN secretariat on climate change "by the end of this month".
All countries are supposed to submit their INDC, as the pledges are called by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, before the Paris summit in November.
The summit is aimed at reaching a pact to limit global warming to 2C (3.6F) over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, to take effect from 2020.
The European Union is eager to avoid what happened at the Copenhagen UN summit in 2009, which failed to reach a deal in part because of China's reluctance to make a binding commitment.
Also on Monday, Mr Li called on Greece and its creditors to reach a last-minute deal and avoid an exit from the eurozone.
"Whether Greece stays within the euro is not only a question that concerns Europe, but also concerns China and Europe," Mr Li said.
"In addition, this is also something that concerns world financial stability and economic recovery."
China is the European Union's second-biggest trading partner.
He said he would "shirtfront" Russian President Vladimir Putin over the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in Ukraine - 38 Australians were among the 298 dead.
Commonly associated with the rough and tumble of Australian football, Susan Butler, Macquarie's editor, says Mr Abbott has merely revived the term as a political football.
Macquarie's current primary definition of "shirtfront" is uncontroversial. It is the "starched front of a white dress shirt".
It is in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) that we find the first printed use of the term, by English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1838 romance-supernatural novel Alice: "His black coat, neatly relieved... by a white under-waistcoat and a shirt-front admirably plaited."
It can also refer to the white patch on the breast of an animal, or a "very smooth and even" pitch in cricket.
There is another, slightly less dandy definition that appears in Macquarie, derived from Australian football: "A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground."
Macquarie's editor Susan Butler told the BBC that the earliest citation for this usage is in the 1960s, and it has also been used to refer to confrontations in other sports, like cricket.
Sports writer Matt Murnane for Melbourne newspaper The Age further defines it as an aggressive act with "the aggressor leaping into the air to forcefully collide with an unsuspecting and unprotected victim."
The Oxford Australian Dictionary has an even more specific definition, which is "a fierce tackle, usually delivered by the shoulder to the chest of an opponent".
Ms Butler says the term made its crossover from sports to politics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it was mentioned in numerous newspaper articles.
The earliest figurative use - to confront an opponent - was in 1989, when The Canberra Times recorded an instance of a politician being "shirtfronted" by a group of "jeering young Liberals".
The term eventually went mainstream, but died out in politics...until Mr Abbott brought it back last month.
He said when talking about a future meeting with the Russian president: "Look, I'm going to shirtfront Mr Putin... you bet I am."
Macquarie is now considering adding the definition "to confront (someone) aggressively with a complaint or grievance".
Ms Butler says Mr Abbott is so far the most famous Australian to have used the term in that way, and he made the editors realise that "there was this older usage around, and we had not covered it, so now we're catching up."
But the phrase struck many Australians as surprising and it caused a global stir.
"British, American speakers would retain a degree of formality in conversations with people not familiar to them," Ms Butler says. "Australians have this interesting drop from formality to informality to indicate friendliness."
"It's not that we have more slang, we just produce it in situations that would be surprising to others."
Other politicians have coined terms that entered the Macquarie Dictionary. Former PM John Howard came up with "barbecue stopper" in 2002 to refer to a hot political conversation topic.
If Macquarie's editors go ahead, it would be the second time Mr Abbott has inspired a change in the dictionary.
In 2012, then-PM Julia Gillard branded Mr Abbott, who was the leader of the opposition at that time, as a misogynist.
Critics argued that she was wrong, referring to dictionary definitions of misogyny as "hatred of women".
Macquarie then widened its definition of the word to include "entrenched prejudices of women" - which in turn prompted accusations of political bias.
Ms Butler says this is an "alliance of politics and pedantry".
"What we do is simply establish that a word has currency, and complete a record of English."
"I describe my role as the woman is coming to clean up with a broom and a bucket after a party. The party is where all the words are being made, and it's my job to sort out the mess afterwards."
The Victoria lower house has passed a bill to sack Geelong City Council after a report alleged endemic bullying, poor leadership and incompetence.
The bill must now pass the Victoria upper house, where the government does not hold the balance of power.
Mr Lyons said the move was "shutting down democracy" and denied claims of dysfunction within his council.
"It's business as usual, as far as I'm concerned [and] I will be going about my business loud and proud," he told Melbourne's 3AW radio.
The Commission of Inquiry into Greater Geelong City's report alleged that Mr Lyons verbally abused staff using profane language, sometimes within earshot of other employees.
The report said that stressed mayoral staff were moved to separate offices in the council building, which prompted Mr Lyons to threaten the council's chief executive officer with a defamation suit should allegations of bullying emerge.
"There is a deep-seated culture of bullying not only within the council itself, but also within council administration," the report said.
In an incident that did not involve Mr Lyons or other councillors, a manager allegedly frightened a pregnant staff member by cutting holes in a wall with an axe after she asked for ventilation.
The bill to sack the council was introduced by Labor's Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins.
Mr Lyons accused Labor of playing "party politics", but Ms Hutchins said there was no choice but to sack the council.
"The people of Geelong deserve better. The city is too important for it to be run by a dysfunctional council that is simply unable to work together," she said in a statement.
Ms Hutchins said parliament would be asked to dismiss the council until elections in October 2020 to "ensure a fresh start", with an administrator brought in to run its affairs.
Mr Lyons, who branded himself Mr Paparazzi, attained a modest level of celebrity in Australia and the UK through his photography agency and television appearances.
He was widely ridiculed after revealing on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother that a surgeon had "body sculpted" his six-pack of abs through a surgical procedure.
He returned to his hometown of Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria after his picture agency, Big Pictures, went into administration in the UK.
He was elected mayor of Geelong in 2013.
The 38-year-old is unbeaten in world kilometre events since 2006.
Cundy was the last of 11 riders to set off, posting a time of one minute 05.614 to beat Slovakia's Jozef Metelka by more than half a second.
"Even though I'm not in the best shape ever I still managed to produce the goods," Cundy told BBC Sport.
"I don't know if it's because I'm getting older or the seven weeks' preparation - probably both - but I really struggled when I got off the bike.
"But everyone was in the same boat and it came down to who wanted it the most."
Team-mate Jon Gildea, racing in the C5 category, took silver, with his preferred event, the individual pursuit, to come on Saturday.
The medals take Great Britain's tally in Los Angeles to two golds and two silvers.
After winning his second World Championships silver medal, Gildea has the chance to win a maiden world gold on Saturday.
"It's about the jersey more than the medal for me - I really want a world champion's jersey," Gildea said.
"It's a really big deal for me and I'm in good nick."
Also in action on Saturday are all four women's tandems and both men's pairings - all in the kilometre time trial.
For the first time, MPs have agreed in a vote that we will begin the process of leaving the EU by the end of March.
The government chief whip was seen with a massive grin after tonight's vote.
Remember ministers' climbdown came with a clever kicker, persuading Labour to sign up to their timetable for triggering Article 50 without committing to very much in return - the vague promise of a plan that could be as detailed as the back of the proverbial fag packet.
There's grumpiness on the Labour benches at how it was handled - angry conversations taking place, sources suggest - a sense among some that the front bench allowed themselves to be hoodwinked by the government's cunning plan.
Potential Tory rebels on the Remain side are deeply suspicious of the government's real intentions for giving more information about its ideas for Brexit. They backed off today, but will be back for more, no question.
But beyond the immediate machinations and the chief whip's big grin, two realities are confirmed by the events of the last 24 hours.
Yes - the numbers tonight suggest not very many MPs will actually try to block Brexit, or frustrate the process. They will certainly try to push the government for more details. They will certainly try to amend the proposals that eventually make it to the Commons, whenever that is. That could disrupt and delay things, but trying to stop it happening is not on the agenda of the vast majority.
But what's equally clear is that Theresa May does not have a secure majority on the EU. As soon as her plans (eventually) hit the floor of the House, she's likely to have to compromise.
That is precisely why the government is fighting so hard just across the road in the Supreme Court to try to avoid MPs having a say before the really hard work in Brussels even begins.
They face Cowell's Britain's Got Talent co-star David Walliams alongside his X Factor colleague Cheryl Fernandez-Versini in a new TV judge category.
Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Geordie Shore and Celebrity Juice will compete for the new multichannel prize.
The awards will take place on 21 January at the O2 in London.
Acting stars Dame Maggie Smith, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Lancashire and Sheridan Smith are up for best drama performance for their roles in Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Happy Valley and Cilla respectively.
Downton, Sherlock and Cilla also go head-to-head for best drama, alongside Doctor Who.
NTA favourites Ant and Dec are nominated in the entertainment category for Saturday Night Takeway and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, along with Through the Keyhole and Celebrity Big Brother.
Gogglebox is among the runners for best factual show, while X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice UK and Britain's Got Talent will do battle for best talent show.
Ratings hit Mrs Brown's Boys takes on Benidorm, Outnumbered and The Big Bang Theory in the coveted comedy category.
Dermot O'Leary will present the awards live on ITV.
Last year's winners included Doctor Who, Coronation Street and Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs.
The NTAs are voted for by the public.
Otis Goldsmith, 49, is accused of killing his wife Jill, 49, at the house they shared in Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, on Thursday.
Northamptonshire Police officer Mr Goldsmith appeared at Corby Magistrates' Court and was remanded into custody.
Mr Goldsmith, who has been a serving officer for 28 years, is due to appear at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday.
A post-mortem examination took place on Friday, at Leicester Royal Infirmary, when the cause of death was confirmed as a head injury.
Mr Goldsmith was arrested shortly after 13:00 GMT on Thursday, while off-duty, at his home, which is close to the force's headquarters.
The murder investigation team "will not include anyone from Northamptonshire Police", police said earlier.
The overall investigation will be led by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, headed by Det Supt Kate Meynell, with about 50 officers drafted in from across the region, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was notified of the death on Thursday night and has received a "formal referral" from Northamptonshire Police.
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The FA Cup winners revealed the three designs they will use during the 2014-15 campaign at the main central London store of kit supplier Puma.
Arsenal's home strip remains in the club's traditional red-and-white colour scheme first adopted in 1933.
The away kit sports a familiar yellow-and-blue design, while a two-tone blue strip will be used for away cup games.
Southampton, West Ham United and Liverpool appear to have embraced the past with their new designs.
The Saints have returned to red-and-white stripes, while the new home shirt of the Hammers is similar to that worn in 1985-6.
Liverpool have gone for a yellow-coloured second away shirt and on Monday released a black and red third strip.
Everton's new home jersey features a retro collar, while promoted Queens Park Rangers have gone for thinner blue and white hoops.
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The emergency services were called to tackle flames on the 371 bus on High Street, Kingston, at about 09:00 GMT.
The driver was treated at the scene by crews from the London Ambulance Service for the effects of breathing in smoke before being taken to hospital
No passengers needed treatment. Local properties were evacuated as a precaution and road closures put in place, a spokesperson for the Met said.
The fire was brought under control by London Fire Brigade. Its cause is not yet known.
Olaf Cunitz, the city's head of planning, said the soldiers were believed to be from Napoleon's Grand Army retreating from Russia in 1813.
He said they had probably died from battle wounds or from typhus.
Battles fought near Frankfurt in 1813 claimed 15,000 lives, Mr Cunitz added.
The skeletons were found in the city's western Roedelheim district.
Andrea Hampel, heritage and historic monuments director for Frankfurt, said it appeared that the mass graves were dug "in an emergency".
She said that the victims had been buried in coffins which were aligned in a north-south axis, rather that the traditional east-west orientation, suggesting they were buried in haste.
More than 30 skeletons have been excavated so far and work on the others is expected to take four to six weeks.
Napoleon's 600,000-strong Grand Army invaded Russia in June 1812 and took Moscow in September. However, it suffered catastrophic losses and was forced to retreat. Of the original invasion force, only about 90,000 are believed to have made it back to France.
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A tornado caused severe damage in the town of Buetzow, near Rostock, hurling cars 70m (230ft) and damaging buildings.
In the city of Hamburg, a 26-year-old man was killed and his pregnant girlfriend injured when debris was blown on to their car.
High winds, torrential rain and lightning also halted bus and train services, causing travel chaos.
The files are a series of daily reports by the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Those from 1 June 1915 until 5 June 1915 were released on Monday.
They include details of intelligence gathered at a number of locations in Dublin, including the Parnell Street shop of Thomas J Clarke, one of the key republicans behind the rising.
The report for 5 June 1915 states: "I beg to report that on the 4th inst. the undermentioned extremists were observed moving about and associating with each other as follows.
"Visited Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street: George Irvine for ten minutes between 11 and 12am; Thomas Byrne, Major John McBride, P Beasley, P Tobin, C Colbert and Miss Bolger, Enniscorthy, all in conversation with Clarke for close on an hour from 12.40pm."
There are several references to marches by Sinn Féin members.
A report from 4 June 1915 states: "Thirty members of the Sinn Féin Volunteers without rifles assembled at 25 Parnell Square at 6.30pm and afterwards in charge of P Beasley went route marching towards Fairview.
"They returned at 10.30pm. About the same hour 44 Sinn Féin members without rifles and in charge of Frank Fahy marched from 21 Parnell Square towards Glasnevin.
"They returned at 10pm and dismissed without further parade."
Announcing the release of the documents, the Irish Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, said they give a fascinating insight into the events leading up to the 1916 Rising.
Last year, military pension records of those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and Irish War of Independence were made available to the public online.
Carmarthenshire-born Gareth Hughes, who died in 1965, later gave up his A-list Hollwood life to be a church minister to a tribe of native Americans.
Kelvin Guy, a relative on his Hughes' grandmother's side, unveiled a blue plaque at 38 Princess St, Llanelli, where Hughes was living, aged six.
It comes 10 years after a bronze plaque was unveiled in Parc Howard Museum.
That plaque was unveiled by Hughes' niece Nansi Howells and Hughes biographer Stephen Lyons.
Mr Lyons said Hughes was largely forgotten despite being an "immense" figure, becoming a star on stage in America before moving into the nascent Hollywood film industry.
He said: "You have your famous Welsh actors and famous Welsh ministers but here you have someone who had such an overriddingly varied life.
Hughes, born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire in 1894, is said to have walked to London as a teenager to join a theatre company of Welsh actors, although Mr Lyons said he could find not any record of that in his research.
On tour in America, Hughes went on to receive rave reviews, becoming a favourite of JM Barrie, before going into films and making a fortune which he later lost in the Wall Street Crash.
Mr Lyons said: "He was known as the Metro Boy boy stars - for Metro Pictures which later became Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
"He had a town house, a chauffeur, a groom for his horses. He lived quite well.
"He had all the trappings of a star but although he was a star in Hollywood, he never became an international star such as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford or Charlie Chaplin.
"And he didn't continue his careeer. He genuinely got God. He became a Protestant Episcopalian minister."
Mr Lyons said Hughes is still fondly remembered by the Paiute people to whom he ministered in later life.
"He had an immense impact on them and is remembered above all ministers."
In 2008, Mr Guy, from Burry Port, made a documentary, Desert Padre, about his relative's life and work.
Bruce Smith, 58, was one of about 750 people fired by Beef Products Inc, maker of lean, finely textured beef.
He is seeking $70,000 (£43,000) in damages, saying the company and workers were "maligned" by the "unfair" phrase.
The firm closed three plants and fired workers at its South Dakota office.
A social media campaign against use of the beef led to heightened public concerns over its health and safety.
Federal regulators said the beef ingredient met food safety standards, but critics argued the food was unappetising and possibly unsafe.
The US Department of Agriculture eventually chose to allow schools to stop serving the product.
Lean finely textured beef is made from beef heated and spun in a centrifuge to separate the meat from the fat, before the final product is treated with a puff of ammonium hydroxide gas to kill any bacteria.
Mr Smith, formerly senior counsel and director of Environmental, Health and Safety at Beef Products Inc, filed his lawsuit in Dakota County District Court, Nebraska.
The filing names Jamie Oliver, food blogger Bettina Siegel, ABC News, its journalists Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila and 10 other unnamed defendants.
The company "and its employees were unfairly and unnecessarily maligned and accused of producing a food product that did not exist, a product that critics unfairly labelled 'pink slime'," Mr Smith said in a statement.
He also claims that chef Jamie Oliver used his TV show and social media to target his former employer.
"Defendant Oliver proceeded to use his celebrity chef media notoriety to place pressure on American fast food company McDonald's, and others, to immediately stop using (lean finely textured beef) LFTB ground beef in its retail menu food products," the lawsuit alleges.
In a blog post, Bettina Siegel - who petitioned the US government to change its food policy - remained unrepentant.
"I'm confident the First Amendment protects the rights of all Americans, including bloggers like myself, against meritless attempts at censorship like this one.
"I will vigorously defend my right, and the rights of all of us, to speak out on matters of public importance."
Beef Products Inc has also sued ABC News separately for defamation, asking for damages of $1.2bn.
Neither ABC News nor Jamie Oliver made any comment on Mr Smith's lawsuit.
Michael Blake, 28, died in hospital on 4 November after he was found injured near his Westhoughton home in Bolton.
Joe Wilson, 26, of Romney Way, Stockport is due to appear at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates on Monday after he was charged with Mr Blake's murder.
Nathan Quigley, 30, from Hulme, and Nathan Daniels, 27, from Stockport, were also charged with the same crime.
Another 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and has been bailed until 16 December.
A 52-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, was bailed until 25 January.
John Nicholson, 42, appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court facing four charges under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
He made no plea or declaration during a brief hearing before Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC.
The case was continued for further examination and Mr Nicholson was remanded in custody.
But amid all the talk of decarbonising energy and transport systems, one crucial area remains in the shadows. The livestock sector produces about 15% of global greenhouse gases, roughly equivalent to all the exhaust emissions of every car, train, ship and aircraft on the planet.
A new report from the think tank Chatham House, Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption, argues that without concerted action to address over-consumption of meat, it will be near impossible to prevent global warming from passing the danger level of 2C.
The US has one of the highest levels of meat consumption in the world at about 250g per person per day, almost four times the amount deemed healthy by experts. Europe and the major livestock-producing nations of South America are not far behind, while, at the other end of the scale, Indians average less than 10g of meat per day.
While consumption levels have plateaued in industrialised countries, there is a general correlation between wealth and diet. As incomes rise in the emerging economies, meat consumption is booming. Left unchecked, shifting diets, coupled with a growing population, would see global consumption increase by more than 75% by 2050.
Very little. As of 21 October, commitments to reducing emissions from the livestock sector appear in only 21 of the 120 national plans submitted in advance of the Paris climate conference. Reducing meat consumption appears in none.
Governments fear a backlash from voters over interference in such a personal choice as diet. And because public awareness of the link between diet and climate change is so low, there is very little pressure on governments to do anything about it. This "cycle of inertia" means dietary change continues to be a low policy priority despite its importance.
Yes. Even though COP21 is highlighting the need for climate action and, though a deal seems likely, the pledges made in advance of the summit would put us on a path to warming of about 3C by the end of the century, leaving much work to be done if we are to get to 2C.
But reining in excessive meat consumption could close the gap by as much as a quarter and will represent an attractive strategy for governments in need of credible and affordable solutions.
Moreover, with excessive meat consumption now in the headlines for health reasons, there has never been a better time to act. Governments should seize this opportunity.
The first priority is to increase public awareness - both to allow people to make informed choices about what they eat and to build support for further action. But it is clear that information campaigns alone will not suffice.
Governments should use the full range of policy levers available to them. Changing the food served in public organisations - to offer a greater share of vegetarian and vegan options - would provide a boost to sustainable suppliers and issue a powerful signal to the millions of people who eat in public offices, schools, the armed forces, hospitals and prisons.
Price reform will also be needed to reflect environmental costs and incentivise behaviour change at the scale needed.
Focus groups carried out by Chatham House in four countries suggested that as long as the public could see a strong rationale for change, they would come to accept government intervention on diets.
What's more, the public appears to expect that governments will take action in the public good. With a strong enough signal from governments and the media about why we need to change our eating habits, the public is likely to come to accept initially unpopular policies.
History also provides grounds for optimism in this regard. Awareness-raising and price reforms have been successful in shifting our behaviour in terms of smoking and drinking.
Laura Wellesley is a research associate at the think tank Chatham House. This article is based on a new Chatham House report Changing Climate, Changing Diets: Pathways to Lower Meat Consumption by Laura Wellesley, Catherine Happer and Antony Froggatt.
COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
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The 27-year-old Wales forward has been out since having surgery on ankle tendon damage suffered in November.
Wales' next match is a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 24 March.
"He will be in the squad and the plan is for him to have some minutes," Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane said.
Madrid are top of the Spanish league by one point from Barcelona, but Zidane's side have two games in hand. Barca play at home to fourth-from-bottom Leganes later on Saturday.
"Bale is a very important player for us. We know the quality and speed that he has, and the damage he can cause the opposition," Frenchman Zidane added.
"He's very happy to return to the team, to be with us, and be able to play again."
Espanyol, managed by former Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores, are ninth in La Liga, 17 points behind Madrid.
The Grade I listed Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham has undergone a £500,000 renovation to the external stonework and windows.
Other internal and external remedial work to return the building to its original condition have also been completed.
The Jacobean hall, built between 1600 and 1605, will reopen on 20 April.
Lancashire County Council's Julie Bell said: "Gawthorpe Hall is a very special building and we are delighted that the work has been completed enabling it to be enjoyed for years to come."
Gawthorpe Hall lies in the shadow of Pendle Hill in east Lancashire
The hall was built on the site of a pele tower by the Shuttleworth family who have lived on the spot since the 1400s
Robert Smythson is thought to have designed it and original architecture, plasterwork and oak panelling from that period can still be seen
Colonel Richard Shuttleworth fought in the English Civil War and rallied troops at Gawthorpe Hall in 1642 for the parliamentary cause. Colonel Richard was also involved in sending some of the Lancashire witches to trail at Lancaster.
The Jacobean stately home was redesigned in the 1850s by Sir Charles Barry, who designed the Houses of Parliament
Author Charlotte Brontë stayed at the Hall twice at the invitation of the family in 1850 and 1855
Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, the last family resident, died in 1967 and was responsible for putting together the collections of intricate lace, embroidery and costume.
Gawthorpe Hall was given to the National Trust in the 1970s. The Trust leases the property to Lancashire County Council who manages it on a day-to-day basis
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The plan is expected to create more than 9,000 jobs and trigger almost £1.3bn investment in the region.
Mrs May said it would "benefit the whole of Wales".
It comes as First Minister Carwyn Jones told the Guardian Mrs May had a "tin ear" on issues of devolution.
Downing Street said Mrs May's visits to the four UK nations, which begin in Wales, would ensure the government was "engaging and listening to people from right across the nation" before triggering Article 50 to leave the European Union.
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Speaking ahead of the city deal signing, the prime minister said: "Wales' universities already have an excellent international reputation.
"They attract overseas students and pioneer in research projects here and abroad.
"I also want Wales to be at the forefront of science and innovation, as demonstrated by today's landmark city deal for Swansea.
"The deal is a great example of what can be achieved when the UK Government, the Welsh Government and local authorities work together to secure a deal that benefits the city and the whole of Wales."
As well as meeting the first minister, Mrs May will see representatives from a range of sectors and businesses at the signing ceremony at Swansea's Liberty Stadium.
Speaking ahead of the signing, Mr Jones said: "We have pushed long and hard for this city deal to be signed and have given it our strongest possible backing with £125m of Welsh Government investment.
"This is a package which will deliver jobs and economic growth for all of south west Wales, with clear benefits for all the areas involved.
"Today's announcement is a transformative deal that will drive the regional economy in a new direction, supported by high-quality jobs and a digital infrastructure."
Rob Stewart, leader of Swansea council and the city region, said: "This is among the biggest investments Wales has ever seen, so it's a historic day for the Swansea Bay City Region."
Wessels finished unbeaten on 202 off 177 balls in Notts' 447 all out, after they recovered superbly from 88-5.
England's Stuart Broad made 57 in an eighth-wicket stand of 132 with Wessels who struck 22 fours and seven sixes.
Paceman James Pattinson then took two late wickets, and Broad one, to reduce Sussex to 11-3 at the close.
It was a fine fightback from Notts after Alex Hales' dismissal for 45 sparked a clatter of three wickets in seven balls, with veteran seamer Steve Magoffin (5-51) also doing early damage.
Batting at number six, Wessels surpassed his previous first-class best of 199 he made against the same county at Hove in 2012.
Broad was equally as destructive, albeit only for 46 balls, hitting nine fours and a six as his partnership with Wessels lasted less than 16 overs.
Sussex's troubles were compounded in the final six overs before stumps when Chris Nash, Harry Finch and nightwatchman Stuart Whittingham all fell.
American Randy Lerner, who bought the club a decade ago for a similar sum, is closer to a deal than at any time since putting it up for sale in 2014.
The unnamed buyer's team is now looking over Villa's financial records.
A new manager for the Midlands club - likely to be either Nigel Pearson or Roberto di Matteo - will not be announced until the deal is done.
There have been several approaches made to Lerner since he put Villa up for sale but none have progressed as far as this.
Villa are preparing for life in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League.
They finished bottom of the table with 17 points after sacking Remi Garde at the end of March.
Former Leicester City manager Pearson and ex-Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion boss Di Matteo are the two favoured candidates to replace the Frenchman.
Both men have management experience of the Championship, a division Villa find themselves in for the first time since 1987-88.
The double announcement of new owner and manager could coincide, but there are still numerous hurdles to be cleared.
A purchase agreement must be signed, proof of funds is necessary and the Football League needs to approve of the potential investor.
Although Lerner wants out of Villa, he is still concerned that his successor has the club's best interests at heart.
Any new owner will need to pump in more than just the estimated purchase price of around £60m.
Additional money will be needed for the appointment of a new manager and his support staff, as well as a new chief executive, a finance director and a commercial director.
The club may also need to pay up the contracts of unwanted players and find funds to bring in ones more suited to the rigours of Championship football.
Giving established players long contracts in the past year, as well as signing 12 new ones last summer to the tune of £55m, means Villa's first-team squad is thought to have 74 years left on contracts.
The man earmarked as the new chief executive is Keith Wyness, who did the job at Everton for five years until 2009.
Wyness was well-regarded in his time at Everton and has built up extensive contacts in football, including in China.
He has also acted as a consultant in buying and selling clubs, while also advising clubs on developments of stadiums and training grounds.
Wyness has been seen at Villa Park on match days recently and has started to follow Villa-related social media accounts.
Addressing the Howard League for Penal Reform's conference, Mr Gove said he hoped numbers would "fall over time".
He also indicated there could be major reforms to sentencing - but added that he did not want to "leap to any conclusions".
The use of body-worn cameras, currently being trialled, would improve prison staff behaviour, he also said.
"If prison officers are wearing body-worn cameras, that does mean they're less likely to be assaulted.
"It also means that they are more likely - and I don't think that this is as much of a problem as it was 20 years ago - but it also means that any individual prison officer is more likely to behave appropriately and decently as well", he told the central London conference.
The justice secretary was directly asked by a panel member whether the prison population, currently 85,000, needed to be cut.
He replied: "Obviously I'd like to see the prison population fall over time.
"I believe the best way we can do that is by dealing effectively with those offenders who are in our care at the moment, through effective rehabilitation."
Like his predecessor, Chris Grayling, Michael Gove does not like to use the word "crisis" to describe the state of the prison system.
Nevertheless, he was remarkably frank about the "deeply concerning" problems in jails - highlighting rising levels of violence, high self-harm rates, poor sanitation in some establishments, lack of purposeful activity, drug misuse and staff corruption.
Unlike some of those who've held the prison brief before, Mr Gove spoke openly about his desire to reduce the jail population. This is significant.
It confirms the change in direction in crime and punishment policy, described by the justice secretary as "a new era"; it sends a message to magistrates and judges to explore alternatives to custody, where possible; and it prepares the ground for sentencing reform, possibly next year, which might see fewer people locked up.
Mr Gove's remarks echoed David Cameron's comments at the Conservative Party conference last month, in which the prime minister called for an end to the sterile "lock 'em up or let 'em out" debate.
The justice secretary said he wanted to "transcend the old divisions that used to bedevil the debate".
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said that in recent years government minsters had tended to shy away from answering questions about wanting to reduce prison numbers, worried that they could appear "soft" or that their aims would not be achieved.
Mr Gove also indicated that there could be major reforms of sentencing.
"We do need to look at our whole sentencing framework," he said, adding that he did not want to "leap to any conclusions".
He said more research was needed on the effectiveness of sentencing before devising plans as to how a "more sensitive" regime could be achieved and said it was "worth analysing" the impact of short sentences.
Other options ministers are understood to be looking at include greater use of electronic tagging as an alternative to imprisonment, and reducing the number of inmates who are recalled to jail for beaching the terms of their release.
The Howard League conference was also told about the justice secretary's plans to give prison governors more control and the sell-off of older prisons, which he said had support at the "heart" of government.
Prince Ali, 40, is unhappy with voting arrangements but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) rejected his case.
The Jordanian wanted transparent voting booths to ensure the election, to find Sepp Blatter's successor, is fair.
"I have done all I can. I regret that the system let us down," he said.
"It is now imperative that voters abide by the ban on mobile phones and cameras in the voting booth."
World football's election commission rejected Prince Ali's original request to suspend it if it could not "ensure that the vote is conducted in secret" and Cas ratified that decision on Wednesday.
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Ali wants to ensure delegates do not photograph their ballot papers when they choose the next president, claiming they could be put under pressure to produce evidence of their vote to interested parties.
Prince Ali is one of five contenders looking to succeed the Swiss, who is stepping down at world football's governing body after 18 years.
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Its consumer watchdog claims Volkswagen intentionally sold more than 57,000 such vehicles over a five-year period.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking a public declaration of misconduct, financial penalties and corrective advertising.
Volkswagen Australia said it is reviewing the ACCC claims.
In a statement, the firm said it does not think that the court action "provides any practical benefit to consumers because software solutions for cars affected by the voluntary recall are expected soon".
"The best outcome for customers whose vehicle is affected is to have the voluntary recall service updates installed," Volkswagen Group Australia managing director Michael Bartsch said.
The ACCC lawsuit covers 10 Volkwagen car models including the top-selling Golf, Passat and Polo,
"These allegations involve extraordinary conduct of a serious and deliberate nature by a global corporation," ACCC chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.
"We expect higher standards of behaviour from all companies that supply to Australian consumers."
Volkswagen, the world's second-biggest car maker, is also facing several private class action lawsuits in Australia.
The carmaker has suffered a global backlash since revealing last year that around 11 million of its vehicles had software or so-called "defeat devices" designed to bypass official emissions tests.
It has since had to pay billions of dollars in fines and settlements with both regulators and customers around the world.
Last month Volkswagen told a court it plans to compensate American car dealers affected by the scandal.
The two-hour sessions were held in every district of Paris and showed participants how to react in emergency situations, the AP news agency reports.
Officials plan to repeat the training at least once a year, it said.
The course was approved by the Paris city council following last November's attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital.
The capital's firefighters and the French Red Cross have noted a sharp increase in demand for their first aid training programs since the attacks, AP reported.
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Catt, 27, came through the club's academy and Auterac, 23, joined from Saracens ahead of the 2014-15 season.
"It's fantastic to be retaining Nathan and Nick, two outstanding young props," said Bath head coach Mike Ford.
"They both have their best years ahead of them and with Neal Hatley overseeing their development, they'll keep going from strength to strength."
Ministers plan to overhaul the funding system in September 2017 and charge those studying to be front-line health workers for their degrees.
But the Royal College of Nursing and Unison are warning it could turn people off NHS careers and worsen shortages.
Student nurses, midwives and staff such as physiotherapists will be affected.
They are currently entitled to bursaries of £4,500 to £5,500 if they live in London - on top of a grant of £1,000 each year during their course. The course fees are also covered.
But the government has proposed scrapping these and introducing university fees to bring health staff in line with other students.
Ministers argue that the move will lead to an increase in nurse students - of about 10,000 - as applicants for courses currently outnumber the places available by two to one. This is because there is a cap on places.
But unions have warned the move could end up putting off prospective students.
To strengthen their case, Unison and the National Union of Students commissioned research group London Economics to carry out an analysis of the potential impact.
The research, based on modelling, suggested the numbers starting courses could drop by about 6.5% from 31,000 a year to 29,000.
They argue the courses are quite different from normal studying as nurses spend half their time working in the NHS and do not get long holidays where they can spend time doing paid work as other students do.
RCN general secretary Janet Davies said: "Our members tell us that the fees could put people off, particularly older students who come into nursing later on. They are very important for the diversity of the workforce. This seems a risky move at a time when we are short of staff."
Earlier this month, a report by the Public Accounts Committee warned that the NHS was short of about 50,000 front-line staff.
Ms Davies said she would like to see the government pause its plans and carry out a full risk assessment to see what the likely impact will be.
Her warning comes as nurses and other staff prepare to attend a rally in central London over the plans.
Unison head of health Christina McAnea said she was worried the move could make "an already difficult situation much worse".
"With too few staff on the wards, the impact on patient safety could well be disastrous."
A Department of Health spokesman said the changes were designed to increase the numbers in training and would mean students could access greater financial support in the form of loans, but he urged the profession to submit concerns to the consultation on the changes.
"We need more home-grown nurses so the NHS doesn't have to rely on expensive agency staff or overseas nurses," he added.
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The 31-year-old, who initially left the Hammers in 2013 before re-signing five months later, scored 68 goals in 293 appearances after first joining from Chelsea in 2006.
Goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, 40, defender Guy Demel, 33, and midfielder Nene, 33, have also not been retained.
"It means a lot to me to have been at West Ham for so long," said Cole.
"I wouldn't like to use the word hero, but I have played my part.
"A load of players have come and gone, but I've stayed around and enjoyed every minute of it."
Development players Kieran Bywater, Sean Maguire, Paul McCallum, Taylor Tombides and Dan Potts will also leave the club.
The Alcohol Health Alliance said white cider - sold for as little as 16p per unit of alcohol - is favoured by teens.
Ministers say they are still reviewing a minimum pricing policy for alcohol.
A separate report said the underage drinking among girls in Britain is "significantly" above average.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study of its 35 member countries found that 31% of 15-year-old girls reported having been drunk at least twice, compared with 26% of boys (which is in line with the OECD average).
The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA), a grouping of more than 40 organisations including medical colleges and health charities, surveyed the cost of 480 products on sale in major supermarkets and off-licences in London, north-east England, north-west-England and Scotland.
Its research found both Asda and Tesco to be selling perry at 19p per unit, while the same drink was available at Sainsbury's for 22p per unit. Morrisons was selling cider at 20p per unit.
Multi-packs of beer or lager were also available in some supermarkets for 23p a unit, vodka was on sale for 36p a unit and wine for 32p a unit.
The AHA said harmful drinkers and children were tending to choose the cheapest products, predominantly white cider and cheap vodka.
A three-litre bottle of cider on sale at the Bargain Booze chain for £3.49 contained 22.5 units of alcohol, it pointed out.
"While the lowest price we report is 16p per unit, we found a broad range of products on sale for 25p or less, which is half the 50p minimum unit price recommended by health bodies and alcohol charities," the AHA added.
The chairman of the AHA, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, the former president of the Royal College of Physicians, said: "In spite of a government commitment to tackle cheap, high-strength alcohol, these products are still available at pocket money prices."
Calling for an increase in duty on cider, Prof Gilmore said: "In addition, we need minimum unit pricing. This would target the cheap, high strength products drunk by harmful drinkers whilst barely affecting moderate drinkers, and it would leave pub prices untouched."
Rules banning extreme discounting by shops have been introduced in England and Wales, but Government plans to bring in minimum pricing are still under consultation after being put on hold awaiting a legal challenge in Scotland.
The Scottish government passed a ruling on minimum pricing four years ago but this has yet to be introduced due to a legal challenges from other EU nations and the Scotch Whisky Association.
The European Court of Justice ruled in 2015 that the proposals were contrary to EU law as other tax options existed.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "The harms associated with excessive alcohol remain too high and current legislation prevents the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT.
"Minimum unit pricing will remain under review while we monitor legal developments and the implementation of this policy in Scotland."
NHS guidelines introduced in January state that both men and women in the UK should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, over the course of three days or more, and that some days should be alcohol-free.
The missile hit the front left of the plane causing other parts to break off, it said in a final report into the July 2014 disaster, which killed 298 people.
The West and Ukraine say Russian-backed rebels brought down the Boeing 777, but Russia blames Ukrainian forces.
The report does not say who fired the missile, but says airspace over eastern Ukraine should have been closed.
The plane - flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - crashed at the height of the conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatists.
Most of the victims were Dutch - 196, including some with dual nationality. The other passengers and crew were nationals from 10 countries.
How the findings were presented
A separate Dutch-led criminal investigation is under way.
The report says the three crew members in the cockpit were killed by the missile explosion instantly.
However, it adds, it was unclear at which point the others died, and the possibility of some remaining conscious for some time during the one-and-a-half minutes it took for the plane to go down could not be ruled out.
Presenting its findings at the Gilze-Rijen military base in the Netherlands, the safety board showed plane parts that had been brought back from the rebel-held Donetsk region and reconstructed.
Board president Djibbe Joustra said the impact pattern could not have been caused by a meteor, an air-to-air missile or an internal explosion.
Instead, he said, a warhead carried by a surface-to-air missile had detonated above the left-hand side of the cockpit, causing structural damage.
Mr Joustra said the missile was a Buk - which experts say both Russian and Ukrainian armies possess.
He added that paint had been found on metal fragments within the plane that matched with missile fragments on the ground.
Mr Joustra also said there had been sufficient reason to close off Ukrainian airspace but Ukraine did not do that - and on the day of the crash, 160 flights flew over the area in question.
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The board does not have the authority to apportion blame, under the rules governing international crash investigations.
But speaking to reporters after the news conference, Mr Joustra said pro-Russian rebels were in charge of the area from where the missile that hit MH17 had been fired.
The government in Ukraine and several Western officials have said the missile was brought from Russia into the rebel-held part of Ukraine.
The Dutch-led criminal investigation has already published photos of the launcher being transported around rebel areas.
In the report, the Dutch Safety Board says the weapon used was a 9N314M-model warhead carried on the 9M38M1 missile, as installed on the Buk surface-to-air missile system.
It adds that the type of fragments found in the wreckage and bodies of crew members in the cockpit were bow-tie or cube shaped - only found in the 9N314M warhead.
However, the Russian side disputed the Dutch findings insisting that only older warheads and missiles of the 9M38 type still in the hands of the Ukrainian army could have been used as they were the only weapons with "butterfly or bow-tie" fragments. The Russian army had phased them out.
"The 9M38M1 missile has no H-shaped striking elements," Yan Novikov, the head of Buk missile company Almaz-Antey said.
In their submission to the Dutch report, the Russian experts argue that investigators should not have discounted other potential reasons for plane's destruction, such as an air-to-air rocket. This is completely rejected by the Dutch Safety Board.
Dutch Prosecutor Fred Westerbeke on Tuesday said a number of "persons of interest" had been identified, but there was still much to be done and the inquiry would not be finished this year.
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Earlier, Russian officials from Almaz-Antey - the state firm that manufactures Buk missiles - said the evidence suggested the plane had been shot down by a Buk missile fired by Ukrainian forces.
Using their own simulation, the officials said the missile had been fired from Zaroshchenke in Ukrainian-controlled territory, some 20km (12 miles) away from the area highlighted by the Dutch report.
They argued the missile used was a decades-old model no longer used by Russian forces.
In July, Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster.
President Vladimir Putin said at the time that such a tribunal would be "premature" and "counterproductive".
Sigurdsson, 26, is under contract at Swansea until 2018, but has been linked with a number of big clubs.
Guidolin, appointed permanent manager on a two-year deal, hopes the Icelandic midfielder remains at the Liberty Stadium.
"I'm sure other teams have interest in Gylfi," Guidolin said.
"I hope [he stays] because he's an important player for us. But I don't know what will happen in the future."
Sigurdsson won Swansea City's supporters' and players' player of the year awards after scoring 11 goals in the club's successful fight against relegation.
He returned to Swansea from Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year deal in July 2014 having spent 2011-12 on loan at the Liberty Stadium from German club Hoffenheim.
The midfielder has been included in Iceland's squad for this summer's Euro 2016 finals in France.
Iceland have qualified for their first European Championships and will face Portugal, Austria and Hungary in Group F.
"It's a very big thing for me personally and for the rest of the country to finally reach the Euros," Sigurdsson said.
"The biggest achievement for us was to get there from a top group with Holland, Turkey and the Czech Republic.
"There probably won't be any pressure on us. Everyone is surprised we managed to get there.
"We haven't set ourselves any targets, we're in a tough group. We'll be going there to enjoy it and hopefully we can get a good start."
Scottish capercaillie have declined to as few as 1,000 individuals since the 1970s.
Adult birds and their chicks feed on blaeberry leaves and the insects the plants attract.
The new research suggests better quality blaeberries are found where trees have been thinned out.
The study published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said it was likely that in these areas the plants benefitted from an increase in sunlight and also nutrients from cut branches left to rot on the forest floor.
More research would be needed to better understand how woodland management could aid this process, the report has recommended.
Scientists examined woodland in Strathspey in the Cairngorms National Park where 75% of Scotland's capercaillie are found.
The species of grouse have suffered serious decline because of habitat loss, wet summers and adult birds dying in collisions with deer fencing at commercial forests.
Sue Haysom of SNH said: "This report improves our understanding of the complex relationships between weather, habitat, predators and capercaillie breeding success and how these factors vary across key woods in Strathspey."
RSPB Scotland's Ron Summers said: "This study of data amassed over 10 years has helped further our knowledge of the various factors that impact on capercaillie breeding success in Strathspey.
"As the last stronghold for capercaillie in the UK, we need to understand why their productivity varies significantly and so markedly across this area."
He added: "Capercaillie numbers have decreased rapidly since the 1970s and this report will help inform our future conservation efforts to save these magnificent birds in Scotland."
Blaeberries have long been regarded as having benefits for human diets too.
Since the 14th Century they have been held up as a cure for kidney stones.
The leaves can be used to make tea, while a syrup made of the berries is said to relieve diarrhoea.
The frontman said the band was "excited and honoured and thrilled" to take part in next February's event.
They revealed the news on Twitter, saying the show would reflect the past, present and the next 50 years ahead.
A record 118.5 million viewers in the US watched Katy Perry perform in this year's half-time show.
The National Football League (NFL) promised "fun, celebration and surprises" for the event at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Recent half-time headliners have also included Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Madonna, with Bruce Springsteen and The Who also playing in past years.
In a promotional video, Martin said: "We are so excited and honoured and thrilled to be playing the half-time show.
"It's going to be wonderful and I hope we see you there."
The band's artistic director, Phil Harvey, said there would be a "special guest" - but did not reveal their identity.
Admitting he was full of nerves over the event, he said: "Today, it's about how do we stage our special guest. Yesterday, what I was nervous about was all about the set list."
Martin said he was also "really, really nervous".
"This is the greatest moment in our band's life," he said. "We are going to give it everything we have."
The video showed Coldplay discussing plans for the extravaganza, with talk of an LED floor - and Martin joking "are those our outfits?" when elaborate feathered costumes were seen in the clip.
It comes as the band released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, on Friday. All of their previous albums have reached number one in the UK.
Coldplay played a gig at St John at Hackney Church in east London on Thursday, broadcast live on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, ahead of the album launch.
The band are planning to tour "early next year", after only playing a handful of low-key shows to promote their last album, Ghost Stories.
It was also announced on the band's website that they were to play a free show in Paris for their French fans on 9 December, weeks after the attacks in the city that left 130 dead, including many at the Bataclan theatre where the Eagles of Death Metal were performing.
Martin said: "Paris is a very special city for our band. It's a place of unequalled grace, spirit and beauty and we can't wait to play this show."
Earlier on Thursday, a warning of possible significant traffic delays in Belfast today was withdrawn, after engineers fixed the issues but the fault has now re-occurred.
Engineers are on site dealing with "a signal co-ordination fault" and they hope to have it resolved soon.
The BBC understand there are no safety issues but "timing" has been affected.
In the meantime drivers should plan for longer journey times until the matter is resolved.
Police said the incident happened in in the Knockleigh Drive area at about 06:50 BST on Sunday.
They said a man attacked a woman in her 30s, before assaulting the ambulance crew. He smashed a windscreen on the ambulance and caused damage to a defibrillator.
Police said a man had been arrested.
They said he was arrested on suspicion of possession of a class C controlled drug, two counts of criminal damage and three counts of common assault.
The Global Forum for Asset Recovery will bring together governments and law enforcement agencies to discuss returning assets to Nigeria, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.
The meeting will be held in the US next year, co-hosted with the UK, and supported by the UN and the World Bank.
David Cameron made the announcement at a global anti-corruption summit in London on Thursday.
It was being hailed as the first of its kind, bringing together governments, business and other organisations.
However, it was overshadowed by controversy after it emerged that Mr Cameron had described Nigeria and Afghanistan as "fantastically corrupt", while meeting the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury while telling them of the summit.
Nigeria's President Buhari made no reference to the comments while sitting next to Mr Cameron at the opening of the conference.
The Nigerian leader said the international community must come up with ways of getting rid of safe havens and ensuring a better return of assets.
"When it comes to tackling corruption the international community has looked the other way for far too long," he said.
There has been concern recently that the UK, particularly London, had become a place where rich foreigners could buy properties but hide their true ownership.
Mr Cameron said that to stop that happening, foreign firms which own property in the UK must declare their assets in a public register.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron's plans would include those who already owned UK property as well as those seeking to buy it.
It said the register would mean "corrupt individuals and countries will no longer be able to move, launder and hide illicit funds through London's property market, and will not benefit from our public funds".
It said foreign companies owned about 100,000 properties in England and Wales and that more than 44,000 of these were in London.
Five other countries including France, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan have also pledged to launch public registers of true company ownership. Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, Indonesia, Ireland and Georgia announced initial steps towards similar arrangements.
Organisations such as the World Bank, OECD and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also attended the summit.
But critics say the UK's overseas territories and Crown dependencies also need to be more transparent.
Tax havens with UK links, including Bermuda and the Cayman Islands were represented, but the British Virgin Islands was not at the summit. Neither was FIFA, football's governing body, which is at the centre of a large bribery scandal.
The British Virgin Islands has not yet signed up to the automatic sharing of it register, but the Prime Minister defended Britain's overseas territories saying they had come a long way.
Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla and the Isle of Man have agreed to join a group of several dozen nations that share their registers with one another.
Alan Bell, the chief minister of the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency, said progress could not be made unless the US did more and tackled its own tax havens such as the state of Delaware.
Mr Kerry said this month President Obama's administration had announced a set of financial regulations designed to force companies to disclose more information about their owners.
Analysis: Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar, BBC Africa, Abuja
Rampant and widespread corruption has denied the majority of Nigerians the basic things of life, even though the country is Africa's biggest oil producer.
Many cannot afford three square meals a day, let alone send their children to school. This has put them in such a desperate situation that they are easily lured into violence for the promise of a few dollars.
Many Nigerians suffering from extreme poverty find solace in religion and are at the mercy of religious leaders or teachers who manipulate them for selfish reasons.
In the case of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, their leaders are quite knowledgeable and relatively wealthy but the followers are very poor and at the mercy of such leaders.
Furthermore, the fight against Boko Haram was hampered in recent years when $15bn meant for the purchase of arms to fight the insurgents was allegedly stolen by corrupt officials.
There are also plans for a new anti-corruption co-ordination centre in London and a wider corporate offence for executives who fail to prevent fraud or money laundering inside their companies.
Mr Cameron said they were looking for greater transparency and were introducing a code of conduct for professionals such as accountants, solicitors and estate agents who enabled corruption, either knowingly or unknowingly.
He wanted to see how assets could be recovered, with legislation being introduced in 21 additional countries.
Disney Life will feature many of the company's films, music, books and television programmes in a single app.
However films from its Star Wars and Marvel franchises will be absent at launch.
The service will mount a challenge to rival services like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Now TV.
One analyst said content creators were beginning to compete with the traditional pay TV companies on whom they previously relied.
"Content companies like HBO and Disney are realising that old business models no longer make sense," said Mark Mulligan from technology analysis company Midia Research.
"They used to sell their programmes to pay TV providers. Now, in the digital era, they can have a direct relationship with the consumer.
"Kids' TV is often a lower priority for pay TV providers because the bills are paid by adults who are more interested in movies and sport. This is Disney saying 'We think we can do it better'."
Disney said its new service would give families instant access to hundreds of its films, songs and books for a monthly fee of £9.99.
It will be more expensive than rival services by Amazon and Netflix which have films from a variety of providers in their libraries, but less costly than subscribing to its cable and satellite channels.
Disney told the BBC its new service would "co-exist" with existing streaming services and was launching in the UK because of its "many Disney fans".
"UK families embrace new technology, and demand more flexible entertainment, and this is supported by superfast broadband connectivity and the proliferation of digital devices in this market," a spokeswoman said.
An increasing number of programme-makers are launching their own video apps, known as "over-the-top" services because they bypass traditional pay TV providers and offer a subscription to anybody with an internet connection.
"Inevitably, people who want to pay for video are going to face a fragmented landscape," said Mr Mulligan.
"It's not just about monthly subscriptions. You may end up locked into a service with proprietary hardware.
"Hopefully in the future a company will be able to bring all the content back together in one service."
He was travelling to work through a residential district when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets, police said.
Mr Bhatti, the cabinet's only Christian minister, had received death threats for urging reform to blasphemy laws.
In January, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who had also opposed the law, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards.
The blasphemy law carries a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say it has been used to persecute minority faiths.
Mr Bhatti, 42, a leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), had just left his mother's home in a suburb of the capital when several gunmen surrounded his vehicle and riddled it with bullets, say witnesses.
By Orla GuerinBBC News, Islamabad
In the streets where Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead, the gunmen left their mark. We found bullet holes gouged into the walls. The gunmen had been lying in wait close to the home of Mr Bhatti's mother.
The minister made an easy target, according to a neighbour at the scene, who didn't want to be named. He told us Mr Bhatti was alone, away from his driver, when the gunmen struck.
"The minister had only one car. There was no security, no police at that time. After the incident happened, the police came," he said.
Senior police officials said Mr Bhatti had been assigned police and paramilitary troops, but had asked them not to travel with him at the time.
In recent weeks Mr Bhatti had been concerned about security. One of his friends said the minister had asked repeatedly for a bullet-proof car. In late January, Mr Bhatti said to me: "I am telling you I have no extra security. It is the same security I was given when I became a minister."
The minister's driver was spared.
Mr Bhatti was taken to the nearby Shifa hospital, but was dead on arrival.
The gunmen, who were wearing shawls, escaped in a white Suzuki car, according to witnesses.
The minister had not been accompanied by his guards or the security escort vehicle that is standard for all Pakistani ministers, and it is not clear why.
Pamphlets by al-Qaeda and Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab, a branch of the Taliban in Pakistan's most populous province, were found at the scene.
Tehrik-i-Taliban told BBC Urdu they carried out the attack.
"This man was a known blasphemer of the Prophet [Muhammad]," said the group's deputy spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan.
"We will continue to target all those who speak against the law which punishes those who insult the prophet. Their fate will be the same."
Security has been stepped up on all main roads in Islamabad.
In January, Mr Bhatti told the BBC he would defy death threats he had received from Islamist militants for his efforts to reform the blasphemy law.
A government spokesman condemned the assassination.
"This is a concerted campaign to slaughter every liberal, progressive and humanist voice in Pakistan," Farahnaz Ispahani, an aide to President Asif Ali Zardari, told AP news agency.
The Vatican condemned the murder of the Catholic politician as "unspeakable".
Governor Taseer was shot dead on 4 January, also in Islamabad, by one of his own police bodyguards. The killer has been feted by many in the country as a hero.
The governor had backed a private member's bill in parliament by Sherry Rehman, a female MP, to amend the blasphemy law in an attempt to make miscarriages of justice less likely and remove its death penalty.
But in the face of strident popular opposition, the federal government said it would not support the proposed reforms.
Ms Rehman said last month she was receiving death threats every half hour by e-mail and telephone.
Christians, who make up an estimated 1.5% of Pakistan's 185 million population, were left reeling by Mr Bhatti's death.
"We have been orphaned today!" Rehman Masih, a Christian resident of Islamabad, told AP news agency. "Now who will fight for our rights?"
In Karachi, a small number of demonstrators called for the rights of religious minorities to be protected.
Pakistan's blasphemy law has been in the spotlight since a Christian, Asia Bibi, was sentenced to hang in Punjab last November.
She denies claims she insulted the Prophet Muhammad during a row with Muslim women villagers about sharing water.
Although no-one convicted under the law has been executed, more than 30 accused have been killed by lynch mobs.
Critics say that convictions under the law hinge on witness testimony, which is often linked to grudges.
Dr Huw Williams, who is also a member of the party, has made the claim in an article on the Open Democracy website.
He has highlighted issues surrounding the creation of a new Welsh primary for children in Grangetown and Butetown.
But several local Labour politicians have hit back at his comments.
Dr Williams, a Cardiff University lecturer, had a campaign for improved Welsh language primary provision, which saw Ysgol Hamadryad open last September, although it has yet to move to a permanent location.
"After three draining and miserable years of campaigning, we now have a school (although not yet a new building)," he said.
"As a result, I personally have a fairly intricate knowledge of all of the failings of the system - and, it has to be said, the prejudices of elements of the Labour Party - that I feel obliged to draw attention to.
"For, if the Labour Party are serious about their strategy, and the commitment to a million Welsh speakers, these failings must be addressed."
The drive to almost double the number of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050 was unveiled at last year's National Eisteddfod.
In his essay, Dr Williams claimed local MP Stephen Doughty "did nothing more than wash his hands of the issue...pleading the case that this was a devolved matter" for a Welsh medium school and he said AM Vaughan Gething "drifted into the shadows".
In response, Mr Gething said he had "always been keen to see the expansion of Welsh medium education" in the area and Mr Doughty said he had been "totally supportive".
Other local Labour politicians have also hit back.
Cardiff council Labour leader Phil Bale said: "I think we've been very supportive of the Welsh language here.
"We've seen a huge increase in demand, and there's been about 7,000 pupils coming through the Welsh medium school system in the city, which has increased by something like 50% since 2004."
Grangetown Labour councillor Ashley Govier said: "The challenge is land availability. We always wanted to build, and there were practicalities. But it's not a language battle."
Mr Gething said: "There is a clear need that has to be addressed. I made my support for expansion clear to the Cardiff council cabinet member for education at the time.
"I have subsequently met the current cabinet member to discuss taking the school forward.
"I look forward to working with parents, the school and the wider community to help make Ysgol Hamadryad a success."
Mr Doughty said: "I have met with Mr Williams and other campaigners and told him that I was in favour of expanding provision.
"I believe that children in Wales have the right to receive an education in their own language.
"Of course, education is a devolved area and so I referred him to our local assembly member and to councillors who were very supportive."
The 56-year-old was counter-terrorism lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers and continues in a similar role for its successor body, the National Police Chiefs' Council.
Sir Peter, a policeman since 1981, has been Greater Manchester's chief constable for seven years.
He will become chief executive of the children's charity Retrak.
Sir Peter said it had been "a great privilege to serve the people of Greater Manchester and to lead the wonderfully dedicated staff of Greater Manchester Police (GMP)".
"It has always been my intention to leave during the autumn of this year," he said.
"I have led the force through four years of budget cuts and staffing reductions but despite this we have achieved significant improvements in service, increased public confidence and reduced crime and anti-social behaviour.
"It is now time for someone else to bring fresh ideas for what will be more challenging years ahead."
Sir Peter was appointed chief constable of GMP - one of the largest police forces in the UK - in 2008 and is paid a £193,000 annual salary.
His time in office included the 2012 murders of policewomen Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone by Dale Cregan, and the mass poisoning of patients at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport by nurse Victorino Chua.
In his role as chief constable, he faced a health and safety charge after one of his officers shot dead an unarmed suspect, Anthony Grainger, in 2012.
However Sir Peter, who denied the charge, was not prosecuted after the case was dropped earlier this year.
Greater Manchester's interim mayor Tony Lloyd, who is also the region's police and crime commissioner, said Sir Peter was "held in the highest regard" locally and nationally.
"He has been a great credit to both GMP and Greater Manchester and he leaves us in much better shape than when he arrived."
Sir Peter, who grew up in London, previously worked in Hertfordshire and West Midlands.
He was assistant chief constable in Surrey before becoming chief constable in Cheshire in 2002.
Regarding his new role, he said he had volunteered with African street children charity Retrak for the past five years with GMP colleagues.
"It fits in well with my interest in child protection and child welfare issues in this country. I am very excited by this new challenge," he added.
Following cuts to legal aid the number of people representing themselves in Wales nearly doubled in a year from 2,574 in 2012/13 to 4,920 in 2013/14.
Crispin Masterman said cases took longer to settle without solicitors.
The Ministry of Justice said it recommended mediation as "quicker, cheaper and less stressful" than court.
Family courts are private hearings dealing with financial issues, residence, and access for separated parents to their children, in front of a judge or magistrates.
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 effectively removed legal aid for the majority of private family law cases when it came into effect in April 2013.
Judges, magistrates and lawyers have all criticised the new legislation, which they claim prevents vulnerable people from accessing justice, and slows up the family court system to the detriment of the children involved.
Only people who are proven victims of domestic violence, or those challenging care orders being imposed by local authorities through public law proceedings, remain eligible for legal aid.
More than half of all parties in the family courts were unrepresented by a solicitor, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice.
Mr Masterman, who was a designated family judge for Cardiff and Pontypridd, told BBC Wales that the emotional, mental and psychological wellbeing of children involved in such cases risked being damaged by the court process.
He said: "The Children Act says that the welfare of the child is paramount in these cases, which is a given. But it also says delay is the enemy of a child's best interests, and so anything which means that the resolution of a child's interests takes longer, must be damaging to the child."
One mother who is representing herself in court against her ex-husband about access to their children said she has panic attacks because of the process.
"Usually about a week before we go to court, you feel sick, can't sleep, I have panic attacks, I have to take time off work because I don't want to go to work, I'm an emotional wreck. I'm low, I don't eat…I just feel awful.
"You walk in there, I've got no confidence at all…I don't know what to say, what the court procedure is, you just have to follow what they're doing and hope that one day I'll get listened to.
"I don't know much about the legal side of things, all the words or the swagger that they use, so it's very difficult to stand there knowing that he's got legal representation that's going to fight his corner and I'm just stood there on my own."
Mr Masterman said that taking lawyers "out of the equation" in most cases had meant more contested court hearings and longer delays in resolving cases.
He said: "The damage that's done is both emotional and probably, in some cases, psychological as well, and the difficulty is that parents don't see this, they're so tied up in their own issues that they forget that the child's welfare is the paramount issue."
Family law specialist Sophie Hughes warned that some children at the centre of complex cases could even end up in care.
She said: "One can only begin to think about the effect that it has on a child having parents who are spending months, years in some cases, litigating through the court about what the arrangement should be."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "Since 2011 we have introduced major reforms to reduce delays further and to keep family disputes out of court.
"Mediation can be quicker, cheaper and less stressful than going through the confrontational experience of going to court.
"This is why legal aid for mediation remains available and why we have recently announced funding for free mediation sessions, as well as improving the advice and information available for couples who are separating."
The spokesperson added that information to help people representing themselves in court had been improved.
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Giants led Castleford with 11 minutes remaining but lost by four points, having also slipped to a loss against Salford by two points on Monday.
Actor Bill Murray was the star of the 1993 film, where his character lives the same day over and over again.
"I feel like Bill Murray at the moment," Anderson told BBC Radio Leeds.
Recent years have seen Huddersfield emerge as a model of consistency during the regular season, with three consecutive top-four finishes including a League Leaders' Shield.
"If you go back over the last two or three months of the season, it is what it is - we gifted possession and came up with some errors," added Anderson.
"Our errors are our downfall and it robs us of energy. When you're in our position you have to build energy rather than taking it away from ourselves."
Anderson succeeded Nathan Brown at the Giants, after the Australian took up his St Helens contract early, and delivered silverware in his first season in charge.
But the former Saints, Leeds and Bradford prop accepts his position is not guaranteed with the club bottom of the table.
"Of course I feel pressure, this is not a position I'm proud of," he said.
"We've been a very consistent winning team over the past few years and this is hurting. It's hurting me as much as anyone and I know it's hurting the players.
"Pressure is pressure. You feel it every day as head coach."
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New anti-doping measures were signed into law last month but the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) later said they fell short of international standards.
MPs were recalled for special sitting on Thursday to push changes through.
If Kenya were to be excluded from the Games, some of the world's top athletes would miss out on medal chances.
The country topped the medal table at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing with seven gold medals.
"Sport is very critical to this country and the athletes have added a lot of value in this country in terms of marketing," opposition MP Chris Wamalwa told parliament.
The new legislation must be approved by the Senate before being signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Filton Eye Bank, which stores corneas people donate after their deaths, has moved into its own building after being based at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Bosses say the bank has a target of getting 10 donors a day, but fails to reach it most days due to a national shortage in cornea donors.
The other centre is based in Manchester.
The cornea is the clear, dome-shaped layer over the eye. It protects against infection and helps focus vision.
Filton deputy manager Toni Woodward said the two centres together had supplied more than 73,000 corneas for transplants since they had been running.
A third eye bank runs from Moorfield Eye Hospital in London but this only serves hospitals in the London area, such as St George's in Tooting.
Mr Woodward added: "I was blind in my right eye, and after the transplant I was able to see again, it has improved my overall living."
He added there was a stigma attached to people wanting to donate eye parts.
"There's this feeling that people want to see into the afterlife, or other things like that.
"If people have those wishes then we must respect them but it's something that can give so much and make such a difference," added Mr Woodward.
Corneas can be stored for up to 28 days and consent to donate has to be given by the family within 24 hours of death.
In their first season since reforming, Peter Beadle's reborn Bulls secured the Midland League title with a game to spare, winning 4-0 at Coventry Sphinx.
Having begun their new life in English football's ninth tier, they now step up next season to the Southern League.
"We did it in the manner we've played all season," Beadle told BBC Sport.
"I really could not heap enough praise on the players at what they've done. The expectation at this club is massive, playing in front of such big crowds all season and we could have let it get to us. But we didn't.
"We've done everything with class. A lot of players have played their part in taking the club to the next level. We have scored some fantastic goals and I could not be prouder."
He added: "It was always going to be hard. But I've always loved a challenge and the players have stood up to the challenge. When you demand high standards, you tend to find the cream comes to the top."
It is 40 years since Hereford last won a title - lifting the Division Three trophy when the old Hereford United beat Shrewsbury Town 3-1 at Edgar Street.
More recently, it is exactly two years since the last-day win at Aldershot on 26 April 2014, which completed a remarkable escape from relegation for the already financially-challenged Bulls in the Conference, sending Chester down instead.
Hereford were then thrown out of the Conference six weeks later for non-payment of bills, with Chester reinstated, and were then relegated to the Southern League before being wound up in the High Court on 19 December 2014.
Peter Beadle's Hereford FC are on course to win four pieces of silverware this season. As well as the Midland League title, they are also in the Midland League Cup final and are through to the Herefordshire Senior Cup final.
On top of that, Bulls fans will head to Wembley for the first time on Sunday 22 May, when they meet north-east side Morpeth in the FA Vase final.
Hereford have been told they will play next season in the 22-club Southern League Division One South and West.
Their local derby - in the eighth tier of English football - will be against Evesham United, 48 miles away.
Mr Cameron, who is making his first visit to Lebanon as prime minister, met a family in a camp in the Bekaa Valley who are due to be flown to the UK.
He said: "I wanted to come here to see for myself and to hear for myself stories of refugees."
The UK will accept up to 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years, Mr Cameron told MPs earlier this month.
He has appointed Richard Harrington as minister for Syrian refugees to ensure the arrivals are given a "warm welcome" in the UK.
The prime minister's visit comes as European Union interior ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss plans to spread 160,000 asylum seekers across 23 EU states through mandatory quotas.
Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to attend and oppose plans for an EU-wide quota system for refugees.
Under EU law the UK, Ireland and Denmark are exempt from the quota plan.
James Landale, BBC deputy political editor
It is David Cameron's first visit to Lebanon and he is here with a clear aim: to address the criticism that Britain is not doing enough to tackle Europe's refugee crisis.
So he walked around a refugee camp in the Bekaa valley just one mile from the Syrian border to meet just some of the families benefitting from British aid.
He also visited a school at heart of Beirut supported by British cash where Syrian and Lebanese study alongside each other.
The PM's argument is that this is the help Syrian refugees need rather than any encouragement to risk the dangerous journey to Europe.
So to a nation now familiar with television pictures of Syrian refugees fleeing across Europe, Mr Cameron wants to remind people of where the vast majority are, namely in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Syria itself.
Mr Cameron claims British aid is dissuading "hundreds of thousands" of refugees from heading to Europe.
Aid agencies on the ground suggest poverty and an inability to pay the traffickers is a more important factor. And while welcoming British aid, they also suggest it is nowhere near enough.
So today is about the PM trying to reframe a debate that has raged for many weeks, a debate that has not always gone his way.
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Mr Cameron said: "I want to focus on how we help Syrian refugees here in Lebanon, in Jordan, how we make sure we discourage people from making this dangerous journey to Europe but instead we take people from these camps and we make them welcome in the United Kingdom, in our country."
Following a meeting with Lebanon's prime minister Tammam Salam, Mr Cameron said the UK was "determined to do all we can" to strengthen the security of Lebanon.
He said training had already been provided to more than 5,000 Lebanese soldiers and the UK had helped to build a series of watchtowers on the border with Syria.
The UK will also "train, equip and mentor the Lebanese armed forces", he said.
Lebanon is to receive £29m of the additional £100m in UK aid for Syria and surrounding countries announced by the prime minister earlier this month.
This will pay for food packages for thousands of refugees, as well as clean water, blankets, stoves, mattresses, counselling support and play areas for children.
There are 1.1 million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon, which is more than a quarter of Lebanon's population.
The camp visited by the prime minister is operated by the UN's refugee agency and is one of 1,500 in the Bekaa Valley, which is less than a mile from the Syrian border.
Mr Cameron also watched the enrolment of pupils on the first day of the academic year at the Sed el Bouchrieh school in Beirut.
At the school Syrian children are joining classes alongside Lebanese children as part of a drive, part-funded by UK aid, to integrate refugees into the wider society.
The former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband criticised the UK government for only agreeing to resettle 20,000 refugees over the next five years.
Mr Miliband, who heads up the aid agency International Rescue Committee (IRC), said it was inadequate to take just 4,000 refugees from Syria per year and said it was the equivalent of the number arriving on the beaches of Greek island Lesbos every day.
"Each country needs to shoulder the burden and agree to both relocate refugees who have reached the continent and resettle the most vulnerable from the Middle East," he said.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "immensely frustrated" at how long Sir John Chilcot's inquiry, which began in 2009, was taking.
The mother of a British soldier killed in Iraq said it was "another let-down".
Sir John said the two million word report would be finished in April and then given national security checks.
Mr Cameron offered resources to speed up the process, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the time taken was "getting beyond ridiculous".
The inquiry is considering how UK forces came to participate in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its aftermath.
The new publication timetable was set out in a letter to Mr Cameron on the inquiry's website.
Sir John had previously rejected calls to publish a timetable for publication, saying he did not want to "arouse false hopes".
But in his letter, Sir John says the text of his report should be completed in the week starting 18 April 2016, at which point the process of national security checking would begin.
Such checking is "normal and necessary" with inquiries handling large amounts of sensitive material, he said.
It will ensure that national security and Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right to life, are not "inadvertently breached" by publication, he said.
"I consider that once national security checking has been completed it should be possible to agree a date for publication in June or July 2016," he added.
Sir John ended his letter to the prime minister saying: "My colleagues and I remain committed to producing a report that will meet the very wide ranging terms of reference we were given and reflect the considerable investment of time and effort by all involved."
In his letter back to Sir John, Mr Cameron welcomed the fact there was "a clear end in sight" but added: "I am disappointed - and I know the families of those who served in Iraq will also be disappointed - that you do not believe it will be possible logistically to publish your report until early summer."
He said he would welcome measures to "expedite" the final stages, saying the government would be "very happy" to provide more resources if it meant the inquiry was published sooner.
The prime minister said the government intended for the national security checking to last no longer than two weeks.
Speaking later at a summit in Iceland, the PM said he was "immensely frustrated by the slowness and the amount of time that it has taken".
He added: "And I'm not frustrated on my own behalf, I'm frustrated for the mums and the dads who lost loved ones and who want to know what happened and why it happened and want to make sure that the lessons are learnt."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "We need to know what happened, we need to know why it happened, we need to know who made the decisions and we never need to make these kind of catastrophic mistakes again."
Addressing MPs in the House of Commons, Speaker John Bercow said there was "a very real sense of anger and frustration across the whole House at what seems a substantial disservice that has been done".
A statement from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said he looked forward to responding to the report.
He has repeatedly stressed he was not the reason for the drawn-out timescale, a point he repeated in his statement.
Any delays were "not the result either of issues over the correspondence between him as prime minister and President Bush; or due to the Maxwellisation process," his office said.
Mr Blair and other witnesses had been given information under Maxwellisation "very late in the process", the statement said, adding that suggestions he had been the cause of delays in publication were "categorically incorrect".
Reg Keys, whose son, Lance Corporal Tom Keys, was killed in Iraq in June 2003, was critical of the "ridiculous" Maxwellisation process, saying it had been allowed to "run on far too long".
He predicted the report, when it was eventually published, would be a "watered-down" version of criticism raised during the inquiry.
The mother of Royal Highland Fusilier Gordon Gentle, who was killed aged 19 in a bomb attack in Basra in 2004, said she was "disappointed" by the latest news from the inquiry.
Rose Gentle, from Glasgow, said: "We thought it should be out a lot sooner than this. I thought it would be out by the end of the year, because they have everything there.
"It's another let-down. It's another few months to wait and suffer again."
Timeline: The Iraq War inquiry
by James Landale, BBC deputy political editor
Usually, politicians like independent inquiries - they use them to outsource and delay difficult decisions.
The risk, of course, is that they lose control. And Sir John Chilcot has used every bit of his independence to defy the body politic and take his time over a report that many wanted published earlier.
Commons Speaker John Bercow spoke for many at Westminster earlier, when he told MPs: "Sir John should be aware that there is a very real sense of anger and frustration across the whole House at what seems a substantial disservice that has been done."
But that raises questions about what this inquiry is for.
If it's to provide closure for the families of the fallen, then it has so far failed in that task.
If it is to learn lessons, well, they are likely to be learned too late to inform any decision about military action in, say, Syria.
But if the inquiry is designed to find out what happened and hold people to account, then there is an argument for taking the time to get it right.
Read James Landale's blog in full
The fresh piece of legislation will allow MSPs to set income tax rates in Scotland and enable Holyrood to borrow more money.
The coalition government at Westminster said it represented the biggest transfer of fiscal power to Scotland in more than 300 years.
But the Scottish government believed the bill was a missed opportunity.
As well as bringing in a new Scottish rate of income tax and borrowing powers worth £5bn, the Scotland Act (2012) will hand powers over air guns, drink-driving and speeding limits to Holyrood.
It will also devolve stamp duty, land tax and landfill tax, and give the Scottish Parliament a role in appointments in broadcasting and the Crown Estate.
In addition, there will be new procedures for Scottish criminal cases that go to the UK Supreme Court.
The bill officially became law after receiving Royal Assent, but Holyrood will not be able to use the new powers until 2016.
The SNP administration at Holyrood, which intends to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in the autumn of 2014, backed the Scotland Bill, but said it had been "bypassed by events".
However, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "I'm confident when we get on to debating independence that in Scotland we are going to judge we are far better to continue to be part of the most successful partnership of nations in history, rather than going our own separate way.
"But in the meantime, I am confident that we can do that and we will do that. It is important that we pay attention to the detail of what will soon be the Scotland Act and get on with the change."
However, the Scottish government's minister for strategy, Bruce Crawford, said the legislation could have gone further.
He told the BBC: "The bill does give us some useful additional powers on air weapons, on drink driving, with speeding, although on taxation powers and income tax, on stamp duty, on landfill taxes, it's more limited. It's not quite as big a deal as I heard Michael Moore making out."
The Nigeria international, 27, told BBC Sport: "I feel at home here and once the opportunity to extend was finalised, I signed it straight away.
"Playing with this incredible squad and in front of our amazing fans gives me a special excitement and buzz.
"I can see the direction the club is going and I feel honoured to be a part of the long-term plan."
The Super Eagle joined the Hornets from Udinese in July 2014 and his 20 goals helped them win promotion to the Premier League in 2014-15 season.
He scored 17 goals in 42 games last season as the Vicarage Road side finished 13th in the top flight and reached the FA Cup semi-final.
Since arriving at the club Ighalo has scored 37 times in 80 appearances.
Ighalo, who has played in Norway, Italy and Spain, has also established himself with his country, scoring three goals in nine international appearances.
The UK's second biggest garden centre chain plans to launch the service early next year to serve the whole of the UK.
Dobbies chief executive Nicolas Marshall called the tie-up a "huge opportunity".
Garden centres currently do a "pathetically small" amount of business online compared to other retailers, Mr Marshall told the BBC.
About 40% of UK retail sales are online, but for gardening it is only a few percent, he said.
Garden centres make about £4bn in annual sales, estimated Mr Marshall, a former boss of the UK's biggest gardening retailer Wyevale.
"If we can get to 40% of £4bn, that's £1.6bn online, ten times our turnover - huge," he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
Dobbies was sold by Tesco to a group of private investors, including retail specialists Midlothian Capital Partners, last year for £217m.
Dobbies' new chairman, Andrew Bracey, a co-founder of Midlothian Capital, has links to Ocado.
He was chief financial officer at the online specialist for three years until 2012.
Dobbies - which has its headquarters near Edinburgh - operates 34 garden centres in the UK.
The National Union of Teachers has organised protest rallies in London, Birmingham, Newcastle and other cities.
Kevin Courtney of the NUT said the academy plan was a "disaster for education and local democracy".
The Department for Education said it was "disappointing" that teachers' unions were "taking this approach".
Last week the government announced that it would require all state schools in England to have academy status.
The government argues that academies, which operate outside of local authorities, can use their greater autonomy to raise standards.
"Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more parents can access a good school place for their children." said a Department for Education spokesman.
"The changes we are making will put control back in the hands of teachers and school leaders - those who know their pupils best - making sure every single child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential."
But the move has been opposed by teachers' unions, including the NUT and the ATL, who have organised protests on Wednesday for teachers and parents.
"Despite there being no evidence that academy status improves education, Nicky Morgan is recklessly ploughing ahead with this policy," said Mr Courtney, the NUT's deputy general secretary.
"Many communities and schools have categorically said they do not want to convert to an academy. In just a few days after the announcement, two petitions to government reached their 100,000 target."
Mr Courtney also said that proposals to reduce the role of parent governors went in the opposite direction of greater parental choice.
The rally in Westminster in central London will be addressed by Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell, who said Labour would "fiercely oppose these plans".
"The Tory government's plans to force all schools to become academies is a top-down, costly reorganisation of our schools, which nobody wants and schools don't need."
The Scottish hosts were 3-0 ahead by end of the first period on Saturday night after goals from Stephen Gunn, Sebastien Thinel and Richard Jackman.
David Rutherford pulled one back for the Giants but Justin Fox restored Fife's three-goal advantage.
Rutherford completed his double before Chase Scaber ended hopes of a Belfast comeback in the third period.
The two teams will meet in the Challenge Cup return game at the SSE Arena next Saturday night.
Elite League action gets underway for the Giants 24 hours later with a trip to take on Coventry Blaze.
Met Police officers had been there since Mr Assange sought asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation, which he denies.
The Met said it had cost £12.6m and was "no longer proportionate" - but it would still try to arrest him.
Wikileaks said the decision did not change Mr Assange's situation.
Scotland Yard said that "resources are finite" and there were "so many different criminal, and other, threats to the city".
"The Metropolitan Police Service has to balance the interests of justice in this case with the ongoing risks to the safety of Londoners and all those we protect, investigating crime and arresting offenders wanted for serious offences, in deciding what a proportionate response is," it said.
However the force also said it would be deploying "a number of overt and covert tactics to arrest him".
Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said he had spoken to Mr Assange about the Met decision, and he agreed it did not change his situation.
"They will still arrest Julian if he steps outside the embassy so there is no real change to the situation, other than the removal of uniformed police officers," he said.
The Australian sought asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden, because he feared he would then be sent to the US and put on trial for releasing secret US documents.
The UK has paid for policing around the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London, for the past three years.
The Met provided a breakdown of the round-the-clock policing costs, which it estimated to be £12.6m - £7.1m in normal pay, £3.4m in overtime and £2.1m indirect costs.
Mr Assange was granted political asylum by Ecuador in 2012, under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Swedish officials said recently they were optimistic about reaching an agreement with Ecuador which could pave the way for the questioning of Mr Assange in London on outstanding accusations against him.
Last month, prosecutors dropped cases of alleged sexual misconduct against the 44-year-old but say they want to question him about an accusation of rape, made after his visit to the country five years ago.
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Mr Assange has previously said he would welcome being questioned at the embassy.
A Foreign Office spokesman said the Ecuadorean ambassador had been summoned by the head of the UK's diplomatic service "to register once again our deep frustration at the protracted delay.
"The UK has been absolutely clear since June 2012 that we have a legal obligation to extradite Assange to Sweden. That obligation remains today."
Jan Woerner has told reporters of his deep frustration that the project to put the robot on the surface of the Red Planet has been delayed yet again.
The venture could not have an open-ended schedule or budget, he said.
The ExoMars six-wheeled vehicle was originally destined to leave Earth in 2011, but will not now go until 2020.
Inability of teams to meet hardware delivery deadlines has been cited as the reason for the latest delay.
ExoMars is a two-step programme that is being developed jointly with the Russians.
The first part is a satellite to study the planet's atmosphere, and this was launched successfully in March.
But the second phase - a rover that can drill 2m into the surface of Mars - has had a roller-coaster of a ride since it was first approved as a concept back in 2005.
This has seen the launch slip from 2011 to 2013, to 2016, to 2018, and now to 2020.
"I was not only surprised but very frustrated when I got the information that there is again a problem of delay," Mr Woerner told BBC News.
"I didn't accept the delay for half a year, and fought like hell to have a solution, but at the end of the day Igor Komarov (Russian space agency's director general) and myself have to accept that it is not feasible to have a launch in 2018."
Mr Woerner said the rover and all its support equipment could probably have been prepared in time to be launched at the beginning of 2019, but by then it would have missed the optimum transit opportunity that occurs only once every 26 months when Earth and Mars align.
Some thought was even given to launching the rover and then just storing it in orbit above the Earth before boosting it onwards to Mars at the next alignment, but that risked damage from the harsh space environment.
Underpinning such an idea is the desire to reduce the additional costs that will come from another overrun in the schedule. Maintaining large teams is expensive and will push up further the price tag that now stands in excess of one billion euros.
Mr Woerner is about to meet with the European nations most heavily invested in the rover.
These countries are the UK and Italy. Along with the other Esa member states, they must now plot a sustainable course for the project.
The crunch meetings where the future of the rover will be determined come in June at a council of national delegations, followed by a gathering of space ministers at the end of the year.
Esa is currently in dispute with its industrial partners on how much the mission should cost. This impasse has to be resolved first.
But Mr Woerner could not hide his irritation at the constantly rising price Esa was being asked to pay.
"The one who is the source of the delays - we should be very carefully looking at whether they are also eligible to get some extra money, because they are the reason we are delayed," he said.
"From my point of view it's very strange if you say, 'OK, I do it later, and therefore I get more money'."
The director general said it would be difficult to take money from other areas of the agency's budget just to bail out ExoMars.
"We will have a discussion within the main member states who are involved in the programme and then we'll see how we can manage and whether we can manage. I'm not saying that we can manage it."
Mr Woerner was speaking here in Prague at the European Space Agency's Living Planet Symposium - a conference dedicated to Earth Observation.
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The ex-Samoa rugby league international qualified for England on residency in March, and was named in Eddie Jones' squad for the two-Test series in June.
Solomona, 23, will be assessed further on Monday, but Jones is "not hopeful" he will be available.
"We believe it will be pretty doubtful he goes on tour," said Jones.
"Unfortunately injuries are a part of rugby and it just creates an opportunity for someone else."
Twenty nine players have assembled at England's base in Bagshot to prepare to face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.
Saracens' scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth, 33, who has won 27 England caps, has been recalled to the setup for the first time since the 2015 Rugby World Cup, when hosts England failed to advance past the group phase.
"It's an opportunity to have a look at him and that's what the Barbarians game is for," added Jones.
"He's always been a good player, and I think he's been playing a little bit better. With Ben Youngs away it's an opportunity to have a look at him."
The match against the Barbarians is the last before the two-Test series against Argentina, who finished fourth in the 2015 World Cup.
The first Test will take place in San Juan on 10 June before the second Test in Santa Fe seven days later.
Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Rob Buchanan(Harlequins), Will Collier (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamal Ford-Robinson (Bristol), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Nick Schonert (Worcester Warriors), Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors), Will Spencer (Worcester Warriors), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Nathan Earle (Saracens), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Mike Haley (Sale Sharks), Sam James (Sale Sharks), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Joe Marchant (Harlequins), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Ryan Mills (Worcester Warriors), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
The £47m development, between the city centre and Carnbane Industrial Park, is expected to create more than 400 jobs.
Plans for the site include industrial units, new homes, a supermarket and a coffee shop.
Proposals for a £100m development were originally submitted in 2009, but had to be scaled down.
The revised plans were signed-off by Environment Minister Mark H Durkan in 2014.
The chamber requested a judicial review after existing traders in the area expressed concerns that their businesses would be hit by the new retailers.
During the consultation process, the Department of the Environment (DOE) received 20 letters of support and 85 objections, while more than 700 people signed a petition against it.
The judge said he was dismissing claims which objected to the development on the grounds that it posed a threat to the city's economy.
He said: "None of the grounds of the challenge were established and the challenge is dismissed."
The developers of the site are Warrenpoint-based, The Hill Partnership, run by father and son, Eamon and Laurence Breen.
Eamon Breen said: 'We're delighted to get this decision. The minister made the right decision a year ago and the judge has made the right decision today.
"It's a £47m development bringing 750 jobs when you include the people who will be working on construction of the site, and we are delighted to bring this to Newry."
Orla Jackson, chief executive of Newry Chamber of Commerce, said they would now consider appealing the decision: "We do not believe the developer's claims that this brings jobs to Newry.
"It will displace jobs from our city centre businesses."
Raymond McCord is seeking a judicial review and lodged the papers at the High Court in Belfast on Thursday.
Mr McCord became involved with the rights of victims of the Troubles after his son was murdered.
His legal team claim it would be unlawful to begin the formal process of the UK leaving the EU without a parliamentary vote.
They also claim it could undermine the UK's treaty obligations under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and the peace process.
It is the first challenge of its kind in Northern Ireland.
With similar legal action already under way in England, efforts are being made to secure an initial court hearing in Belfast next week.
Mr McCord's son Raymond Jr was beaten to death by the Ulster Volunteer Force in north Belfast in 1997. His body was dumped in a quarry.
Mr McCord is concerned that money from the European Union, which goes towards victims of the Troubles, may be discontinued.
His lawyer said there are fears that Brexit could impact on Mr McCord's fundamental rights.
"As a victim of the most recent conflict in Northern Ireland, Mr McCord is very concerned about the profoundly damaging effect that a unilateral withdrawal of the UK from the EU will have upon the ongoing relative stability in Northern Ireland," he said.
Armed officers were sent to a store in Blackheath, in the West Midlands, at about 12:10 BST and cordoned off the scene as a helicopter hovered above.
Officers searched the area and a man was detained. Police do not believe the incident is terror related.
The supermarket was evacuated and several roads closed with drivers urged to avoid the area.
No injuries have been reported, West Midlands police said.
Ch Insp Paul Minor said: "The store remains closed while we examine the scene and assess the cause of the fire... we do not believe this to be related to any terror threat."
Halesowen Street, John Street and Union Street were closed.
In a statement, Sainsbury's said: "We can confirm there was an incident at our Blackheath store, which is currently closed.
"Thankfully no colleagues or customers were harmed and the matter is now being investigated by West Midlands Police."
The UK terrorism threat level was reduced from critical to severe earlier, five days after the Manchester Arena attack on Monday, but increased security remains in place at events around the country.
A huge police operation is under way in Birmingham while the city's annual two-day Pride festival takes places.
The new president will have formidable assets at his disposal. The chief executive has broad unilateral powers, and his party controls both chambers of Congress. As long as Republicans stay unified, they will be able to advance a broad range of conservative priorities that have been on the back-burner for more than a decade.
The danger, however, is that they could choose a losing battle - or a winning one whose victory comes at too high a price.
The history books are littered with presidents whose electoral mandates crumbled in the early days of their presidency. Barack Obama and Democrats saw their large governing majorities in 2009 vanish two years later after a bruising fight to pass healthcare reform.
A push for universal healthcare also cost Bill Clinton dearly in 1993. George HW Bush's presidency ran aground, in part, due to tax concessions he made to Democrats in the 1990 budget negotiations. Ronald Reagan's tax reforms early in his presidency sank his approval ratings before an economic recovery changed his fortunes.
As Mr Trump looks ahead to his presidency, there are countless opportunities - but the path to success is a veritable minefield, where one false step could lead to ruin.
Here's a look at five particularly dangerous potential pitfalls.
Donald Trump campaigned on repealing Barack Obama's healthcare reform programme, and the Republican Congress seems eager to follow through (timeline to be determined, of course).
What Mr Trump didn't campaign on, and yet congressional Republican leadership seems enamoured with, was any kind of modification or privatisation of the government-run healthcare programme for the elderly, Medicare.
In fact, Mr Trump was quite clear that he wouldn't touch the social safety net that provides retirement and medical care for the poor, disabled and elderly.
"Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security, they want to do it on Medicare, they want to do it on Medicaid," candidate Trump said at a Republican forum in 2015. "And it's not fair to the people that have been paying in for years and now all of the sudden they want to be cut."
Yet changing Medicare from a government-run, single-payer programme to a state-managed voucher-backed premium support system has long been a goal of House Speaker Paul Ryan.
"Medicare has got some serious problems because of Obamacare," Mr Ryan said a few days after Mr Trump was elected. "Those things are part of our plan to replace Obamacare."
Mr Ryan is the leader of a segment of conservatives who view Medicare as a means of fostering dependence on government - a fortified expansion of centralised power that presents a growing financial burden on the federal budget.
The challenge for Republicans, however, is that, unlike the heavily politicised Obamacare reforms, Medicare is immensely popular. A 2015 poll found 60% of Americans viewed the programme as "working well", and 77% said the programme was "very important".
Back in 2004, newly re-elected President George W Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress made a similar run at privatising Social Security, the government-managed retirement programme.
Those efforts collapsed without so much as a legislative vote, thanks to withering opposition from Democrats and a sceptical public. It marked the beginning of Mr Bush's sharp decline in popularity that culminated in sweeping Democratic victories in the 2006 mid-term elections and President Obama in 2008.
Ann Coulter, a fervent Trump backer, succinctly summed up the shape of the pitfall that now may await her party.
"Medicare IS NOT WHAT THE ELECTION WAS FOUGHT OVER," she tweeted. "If Ryan wants to change Medicare, then run for president on that and see how far you get."
Mind the mine: Misinterpreting your mandate for change is classic post-election overreach danger.
Although he didn't regularly dwell on it at his campaign rallies, candidate Trump had a fairly detailed tax-cut plan. Perhaps the reason for his reticence was that the benefits - according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center - would be showered primarily on the wealthy.
The average tax cut was pegged at $2,940 per person, amounting to an after-tax income increase of 4.1%. Those earning over $3.7m, however, would receive a tax cut of roughly $1.1m, for an after-tax income boost of 14%.
During the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton called this "trumped up trickle-down economics" - the theory, first embraced by President Ronald Reagan, that the benefits of tax cuts for the rich would eventually filter onto the lower-income brackets through increased spending.
The label didn't stick (and was, in fact, mocked as being forced), but the attacks may sting if they accompany hard figures in legislation signed by the man who won the White House as a champion of the working class.
There's some sign that the forthcoming Trump administration may already be backing away from this particular political landmine - and heading toward a new one, instead.
During a recent interview Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin said that any tax reform would be benefit-neutral for the wealthy.
"Any reductions we have in upper-income taxes will be offset by less deductions, so that there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class," he said.
While that sounds inoffensive, the two biggest individual tax deductions are also two of the most beloved by the American middle class - for home mortgage interest and charitable donations. Any politicians, Republican or Democrat, touch those at their political peril.
Mind the mine: Mr Trump campaigned against a moneyed global elite. If they reap the rewards of Republican tax reforms, he may lose some of his populist lustre.
One of the ways Mr Trump framed himself as a different kind of Republican presidential candidate was by condemning his party's military adventurism.
Where just a decade earlier his party had marched in lockstep behind George W Bush in defending the Iraq War, now Mr Trump stood on a Republican primary debate stage, condemned the action as misguided and won.
He said Libyan intervention was a mistake and that the US should let Russia shoulder more of the military burden in Syria. While he criticised Chinese trade practices, he said US allies in Asia must shoulder more of the costs of their own defence.
Positions like these were largely why the Republican foreign policy establishment abandoned the Trump campaign in droves and why the president-elect has seemed hard-pressed to settle on a nominee for secretary of state.
One man already on the Trump White House team, however, is retired General Michael Flynn - and he appears to support the kind of robust, interventionist foreign policy that Mr Trump dismissed.
In his recent book, The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies, the man who is tabbed to become Mr Trump's national security adviser writes that the US is already fighting a global war.
"We face a working coalition that extends from North Korea and China to Russia, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua," he writes. "We are under attack, not only from nation-states directly, but also from Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Isis and countless other terrorist groups."
If Mr Flynn is joined on Mr Trump's foreign policy team by someone like John Bolton - an Iraq War architect whose name has been linked to the secretary of state job - President Trump may be considerably more hawkish on foreign policy than Candidate Trump ever was.
Mind the mine: The American public will follow a president into battle, but war is also an easy way to destroy a presidency. Just ask George W Bush. Or Lyndon Johnson. Or Harry Truman.
Mr Trump turned heads this week when he sat down with former Democratic Vice-President Al Gore to discuss climate change and global environmental issues.
He shocked many of his conservative backers a few weeks earlier when, after meeting with Mr Obama, he expressed support for some portions of the president's healthcare reform.
During the campaign he unveiled a childcare and maternity leave proposal that, in the words of conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, "out-Democrats the Democrats".
In other words, Mr Trump - who was a Democrat as recently as 2009 - has shown a proclivity for entertaining issues and positions that run counter to Republican orthodoxy.
There's certainly an upside for being a president who's willing to buck his own party and reach across the aisle for support. It was at the heart of Bill Clinton's "triangulation" strategy during his presidency, when he adopted and moderated popular Republican positions on welfare reform and crime-fighting to boost his own standing.
Such a course comes with its own set of risks, however, particularly for someone like Mr Trump. Embracing a liberal position could jeopardise his Republican backing in Congress and among the party's grass-roots supporters. Even with his best efforts, however, he will be hard-pressed to attract much love from the political left. His divisive presidential campaign has made him too much of a villain among Democrats for that to happen.
Mind the mine: Only Nixon could go to China, as the saying goes. Mr Trump could decide to break the partisan logjam and advance a popular progressive priority. Then again, when Nixon became mired in scandal, he was left with few Republican allies to protect him. It's not a happy place for a president to be.
Doing nothing
These possible pitfalls are enough to make even the most self-confident of politicians unsteady, reluctant to make a move lest they find the political ground crumbling beneath their feet.
Inaction is not an option for Mr Trump, however. He was elected to get results.
His supporters were so frustrated by years of partisan gridlock that they turned to an outsider - a political novice - in hopes of fixing a system they saw as hopelessly broken. More of the same is a losing proposition.
Mr Trump will have to find some policy wins if he wants to renew his lease on the White House in four years, and a few token wins - a saved Carrier plant here, a slightly less costly Air Force One contract there - likely won't cut it.
Mind the mine: If Trump does too much, he could be ruined. If he does too little, he could be ruined. He already has the lowest recorded popularity of any incoming White House occupant. There's a minefield ahead no matter which way he turns. Presidenting is hard.
The RICS UK Construction Market Survey said that 63% of respondents in Scotland identified labour shortages as the leading restraint on growth.
Skilled workers and construction professionals are in short supply, it indicated.
RICS Scotland Director Sarah Speirs said finding the right workers had become a "practical challenge".
Of those taking part in the survey, 53% said they had found difficulty in recruiting bricklayers and 59% had struggled to hire professionals such as quantity surveyors.
After labour recruitment, finance was reported as the greatest concern.
The figures, which covered the first quarter of 2015, suggested 33% of respondents had experienced a rise in private sector activity.
Ms Speirs said: "Despite the outward optimism, there are some very real unknowns which are impacting on industry, including the general election, the UK's relationship with Europe and skills shortages.
"Now that material shortages are becoming less of an issue, the practical challenges are now in providing the skilled labour the industry needs and in alleviating the financial constraints, which saw nine months of decreased lending in 2014."
The survey found that, in spite of what it called anecdotal evidence of uncertainty during the general election period, measured confidence remained high.
In total, 63% of respondents expected their workloads to rise over the next 12 months, with 3.75% growth in 2015.
Rod Shaw of Thomson Gray in Edinburgh commented: "Increasing workloads are resulting in labour shortages becoming more widespread and not just restricted to specialist contractors."
Two men, aged 19 and 25, were attacked in separate incidents after arranging to meet girls online.
In the first incident, on Friday, a man was attacked in Atherton, while on Saturday, a second man was attacked in a car park in Wigan.
Det Insp Charlotte Cadden said vigilantism was unacceptable.
She said: "These men were targeted because they had illegally arranged to meet up with underage girls online.
"I want to make it clear that grooming and arranging to meet up with children you have met over the internet is a criminal offence and if you are caught doing this you will be arrested and prosecuted."
But she added: "It is unacceptable that this group are posing as underage girls and meeting up with men with the view to either blackmailing them or attacking them in the street."
Jonathan William Meneice, 26, from Victoria Street, Belfast, pushed the charity worker to the ground as he collected outside the British Heart Foundation.
The victim suffered a broken wrist.
Belfast Crown Court heard that the victim could not protect or defend himself because of the heart costume.
The injured man underwent two surgeries and has been left with a permanent metal plate and bolts in his wrist.
Meneice, who appeared in court with 136 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.
The court heard he had been seen stumbling along Castle Lane before approaching the charity worker.
The defendant was given a 22-month sentence, and told he will spend 11 months in prison, with the remainder on licence when he is released.
The prosecution said Meneice approached the costumed charity worker on 16 October 2015 and "forcefully knocked him off his feet", causing him to fall backwards.
It added that the victim had experienced difficulties because of the wrist injuries.
After being arrested and watching CCTV footage, Meneice admitted he was the attacker, but that he had no recollection of the day in questions
A defence barrister told the court that after viewing the footage, Meneice offered an immediate apology.
"He said he was really sorry, and said he would support charities and he doesn't do stuff like that," the barrister said.
"He also said that if he could do anything to make it better, he would."
The defence also said the defendant had a history of drink and drugs abuse, significant mental health issues and "terrifying" episodes of self harm.
Meneice's lawyers also said that, in the CCTV footage, he can be seen "stumbling about the place" and that, while the injured man is on the ground, he walks off and "doesn't seem to know what is going on".
The judge said it was clear from the footage that Meneice was "highly intoxicated".
He also spoke of the "significant" fracture caused to the injured man's wrist and that the incident had resulted in his confidence being shaken.
He added that he accepted Meneice suffered from a range of mental health issues including paranoia, which have worsened due to his "abuse of alcohol and illegal substances".
The first trend is the changing nature of carmakers' relentless search for economies of scale.
In the past, their efforts tended to focus on outright acquisitions, often presented as "mergers of equals", such as the long-since collapsed deal between Chrysler and Mercedes-owner Daimler.
These days, rivals are instead increasingly entering into alliances, often in relation to specific ventures such as engine sharing, battery production or platform sharing.
Indeed, Peugeot is already involved in several alliances of this kind with Ford, Toyota, BMW and Fiat.
Deeper alliances, which might be backed by small cross share ownership deals, are also beginning to emerge.
The oldest and most firmly-established alliance of this kind is that between Nissan and Renault - the two companies share one chief executive, own stakes in each other and co-operate in many areas including research and development.
Peugeot and GM are currently talking about an alliance structured around two main pillars:
This should enable "both companies to execute Europe-specific programs with scale and in a cost effective manner", according to a company statement about the deal.
As part of the deal, GM will take a 7% stake in Peugeot, thus becoming the second largest shareholder after the Peugeot family, which owns 30% of the shares but control just under 50% of the votes.
The alliance could make sense, given that the second trend is driven by technologies that have made sharing platforms and parts much more flexible.
In the past, rival carmakers would at times share the same chassis, resulting in rather similar cars competing against each other.
These days, platforms have become modular, so they can be modified to fit a wide range of engine solutions or car bodies.
The same goes for engines. Different models sharing the same engine can still be distinct from each other, as a result of the engines being tuned differently or by the addition of different types of turbo chargers.
The two trends support each other, in that flexible business deals and adaptable vehicle architecture are drawn up in order to cut costs and thus boost profits.
But for this to work, the chemistry between charismatic and powerful top executives must work, and the invisible, under-the-bonnet solutions most be stitched together without compromising the integrity of either of the brands involved in any alliance.
Consequently, alliances require both a great deal of diplomatic as well as technical skills - though more than anything, alliances require a great deal of desire to make them work.
There should be plenty within both Peugeot and GM.
Peugeot has had to cut back its research and development activities, reduce its marketing budgets and scale back its international ambitions after enduring a 500m euros ($661m; £422m) loss during the second half of 2011.
Europe's second largest carmaker, which already relies on European markets for more than half its sales, has in effect had its wings clipped.
Without cash to spend on growth strategies, the carmaker will quite simply find it almost impossible to halt the decline.
GM's problems are somewhat different.
The carmaker has returned as the world's largest by volume - less than three years after it was rescued from bankruptcy by a US government cash injection - on the back of strong performance in both North and South America, as well as in Asia, including the buoyant Chinese market.
But its European division Opel, which includes Vauxhall, has been losing money for years - last year's losses came in at $700m (£446m) and a return to profitability remains illusive in spite of massive efforts to make it happen.
In other words, GM is strong all around the world, but not in Europe. Peugeot, in contrast, is weak all around the world, though in Europe it has done much to cut costs, improve manufacturing processes and diversify with new products.
Besides, its brands Peugeot and Citroen remain reasonably popular with European customers, while GM's Opel and Vauxhall brands have been losing their lustre in recent years.
A problem facing both companies is the way the European markets are expected to be under pressure for some time yet.
Combining the two companies in whichever form could at best help the two automotive giants gain access to each other's markets or, under the sort of more limited alliance that is currently being entered into, at least to each other's technologies.
Bringing together production in Europe could also enable both firms to cut costs by reducing the number of factories they operate - though at this stage the alliance does not include production activities.
Reducing capacity?
But that is not to say the alliance will not involve in this direction over time.
Both companies know full well that closing down plants invariably proves hugely controversial, though there is also a growing understanding across both the industry and within various European governments that it might be necessary.
Last time, Opel tried to do it, it was met with massive resistance from unions and governments across Europe. But that was during the credit crunch when the industry as a whole was in dire straits.
This time it might be different, given the relative health of many of GM's and Peugeot's rivals. Both GM and Peugeot will be keen to reduce capacity in Europe. In time, they may well find a way to do so.
Brintons Carpets, which is based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, has been bought out by The Carlyle Group.
The deal involves the company taking on about £20m in debt and investing about £20m, Brintons said.
The firm, which has been in the hands of the same family for more than 200 years, employs about 700 people in Kidderminster and Telford, Shropshire.
It was established by William Brinton in 1783 and manufactures carpets for the residential and commercial markets. The company employs about 1,670 people around the world.
Brintons managing director Don Coates said: "When we evaluated the 30 plus offers for the company this was by far the best and enables the company to move forward with confidence.
"If we had not taken this action the company would not have been able to continue trading."
He added the deal would allow the firm to complete its "state of the art Chinese manufacturing site".
Mr Coates said: "This deal will ensure that not only will the company have a viable future, but that it receives the required investment to compete in the global market.
"Carlyle's strategic involvement and international network combined with our global reputation for quality and innovation will set the company back on track for long-term profitable growth."
Adesola Olusoga, 32, of Ryswick Road, Kempston, died in the accident on the A421, near Marston in Bedfordshire.
His son Isaiah Olusoga was airlifted to hospital but died soon after. Isaiah's mother is said to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
Mr Olusoga's family said in a statement: "Words can't describe how much they will both be missed."
The statement added: "Adesola was a loving brother, son and partner and doted on his son.
"The whole family had enjoyed a lovely day together before this tragedy, which has destroyed our family. Isaiah was completely adored by all of his family.
"He was a beautiful boy who brought a smile to so many faces."
Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash to come forward. No other vehicles were involved.
Darren Sykes, 44, from Penistone, South Yorkshire, died in the fire on October 22 along with Paul, nine. Jack, 12, died in hospital six days later.
Sheffield Coroner's Court heard that Mr Sykes had been divorced for two weeks.
Just before the fire started, he sent texts to six people saying he was "going to be at peace".
Det Sgt Stuart Hall, of South Yorkshire Police, said that on the day of the fire, Mr Sykes spent £600 on model railway equipment and sent texts to his sons telling them what he had bought.
"All I need now are two engine drivers," one of his messages read.
Mr Sykes was caught on CCTV buying petrol in portable containers from a filling station near his home in Tennyson Close before the fire started. Earlier, he had purchased other containers from Cortonwood Retail park in Brampton.
He returned home from the petrol station at 14:00 GMT and texted his sons, picking them up later from their grandmother's house in nearby Thurlstone, where they were living with his ex-wife, Clare.
As the boys played in the attic with the train set, Mr Sykes poured petrol around the house.
When they arrived, police found a chair had been placed under the handle of a door to prevent anyone from escaping.
Michael Mason, from South Yorkshire Fire Service, told the inquest into Mr Sykes' death that other entrances had been blocked to stop anyone getting out.
Before starting the fire, Mr Sykes was seen leaving home with a number of envelopes in his hand. Several people would later receive distressing letters containing "suicidal thoughts".
Mr Sykes also sent one to his bank, HSBC.
A CCTV camera on his house caught the fire starting just three seconds after he sent a series of texts telling people he was going to be "at peace".
Coroner Christopher Dorries said Mr Sykes died from inhaling the by-products of the flames. He recorded a verdict of suicide.
Slovakia have lost their opening games in Group F 1-0 to England and Slovenia.
"We have got ourselves into this situation with two unnecessary defeats," said coach Kozak.
"I think we could have done more. So we need to win this match if we want to keep hopes of qualifying. It is up to us to get out of this situation."
Kozak hopes the turning point in the campaign will come against Gordon Strachan's side, who are under some pressure themselves after drawing 1-1 with Lithuania at Hampden Park on Saturday.
"If we want to have the hopes to qualify for the World Cup in 2018, we need to get some points in this match," said the 62-year-old, who has been in charge since 2013.
"But it is not easy to win matches at international level.
"We are at home and we will try to play more attacking football, but we have to get a good balance between defence and attack."
Scotland have never played Slovakia before, but Kozak believes his side can benefit from their experience of playing British opposition.
"It is good that we have played recently against teams from the British Isles like Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales and England, because their type of play is similar and the only difference is the quality of players," he said.
"They love football, they play with great enthusiasm and it will be an interesting match for us and the fans.
"Scotland is stronger as a team rather than individual players and, whether you play them at home or away, it is not going to be an easy game."
With England top of the group with six points from two games and heavy favourites to win the section, Slovakia winger Robert Mak accepts the best chance of reaching Russia is a second-placed finish good enough to provide entry to the play-offs.
"All the players were upset by the defeat in Slovenia, but we will try to forget the last match and we will take nothing else but a victory," he said.
"The manager will prepare us as best as possible and we hope we can do it tomorrow and at least be contenders for the play-off."
He made only 127 runs in eight innings, at an average of 15.87 and with a best score of 48, as England won 3-1.
His poor form led to the selectors calling up Mark Stoneman to replace him for the first Test against West Indies.
"It was a really good learning experience for me," 25-year-old Jennings told BBC Newcastle.
"It was a tough series, you've got three of the top 12 or 13 bowlers in the world on some pretty tough surfaces.
"I've moved away, I think, a more knowledgeable and better player and I'll definitely be in the nets grafting on my game to try to move myself forward."
Jennings made a promising start to his Test career with a debut century against India in Mumbai in December 2016.
But his technique came under scrutiny during the South Africa series and ex-Proteas captain Graeme Smith said: "If I was a selector I'd be thinking it was time to make a change with the West Indies and then the Ashes coming up."
Left-hander Jennings now faces the task of trying to re-establish himself before the winter tour to Australia, while former Durham team-mate Stoneman, who joined Surrey at the start of the summer, tries to take his opportunity as Alastair Cook's opening partner.
"Mark is a fantastic cricketer so all the best to him and I really hope he does well," said Jennings. "It's an amazing environment to be involved in. He's taught me loads and hopefully he'll really get stuck in.
"Score runs - that's the currency we deal in and that's what I have to do. Durham have got four first-class games remaining and I've got to adjust certain things in myself and score runs. That's a simple fact."
More than 81% of patients were seen within four hours during November.
The Welsh government's target is for 95% of patients to be admitted, transferred or discharged within that time.
Figures released on Thursday showed 81.4% of patients were seen within four hours last month - down from 83.7% in October and 84% in September.
A campaign launched in Wales in October urged patients not to clog up A&E with minor injuries.
The Welsh government said almost a million people were seen in emergency departments every year.
A spokesman said: "The most recent statistics available show half of all people attending an emergency department in Wales were admitted or discharged within just over two hours of arrival."
Thames Valley Police said officers would be patrolling and speaking to locals in Marston Meadow.
The 14-year-old was raped after being snatched on her way to school from the Banbury Road area of Summertown between 08:15 and 08:40 BST on Wednesday.
Det Supt Chris Ward said they would continue "extensive CCTV inquiries".
"We are taking every step necessary to ensure we have all the relevant information to bring the offenders to justice", he said.
The force said it was not releasing any further details and was "trying to gather information as part of the wider ongoing investigation".
Last week, the force asked drivers and cyclists who were travelling through the area on Wednesday to check head or dash camera footage in case they contained any clues.
Descriptions of two men have been released by Thames Valley Police.
The first offender was a white man who spoke with a northern accent.
He was described by the girl as aged in his mid 20s, balding with shaven dark blonde hair and blue eyes. He was of medium build and about 6ft (1.82m) tall.
Police said he was described as wearing black trousers and a hooded top with one pocket on the front and no drawstrings or logo.
The second man was white, with brown gelled hair, the girl said. He was cleanly shaven and had brown eyes.
He was aged in his late teens or early 20s and described as slightly smaller in build than the first offender.
The teenager was found by a member of public at midday after knocking on doors to get help in Cavendish Drive, Marston.
At a press conference on Thursday, it was said the girl was approached and possibly hugged, something that could have looked relatively innocent to witnesses.
An Oxfordshire County Council spokesman said the authority had spoken to independent and state schools across the county to offer safety advice and support.
One, Donkey Documents, depicts a donkey having its papers checked by a soldier and was left on a barrier dividing the West Bank from Israel in 2007.
The other, I Remember When All This Was Trees, was painted on the wall of a derelict Detroit factory in 2010.
Together the murals could fetch as much as $1 million (£638,000).
The Detroit mural is owned by a small non-profit gallery and is being sold to raise funds for community arts schemes.
Auction house Julien's has not revealed who removed the second work from its original location or who will benefit from its sale.
According to Julien's, "the detached mural... is the largest and most significant intact Banksy mural in existence from his visit to Israel".
The mural, it continued, will be displayed at an unspecified location in London before the auction takes place in Los Angeles on 30 September.
Removing street art by Banksy and others from their original locations is a controversial act that some claim diminishes the artwork in question.
The removal of one mural from a shop in north London prompted protests, though this did not prevent its eventual sale for more than £750,000.
The media are free and operate independently of the state. There are no government-owned newspapers.
By June 2012 there were 2.3 million internet users (Internetworldstats). More than one million Lithuanians use Facebook.
But then politics isn't quite the same any more. And this Queen's Speech - the first from a minority government since 1978 and the first "dressed-down" ceremony since 1974 - is rather different from the norm.
It is designed for a two-year session of parliament and dominated by Brexit.
I've been ploughing through the speech and the government's background notes in search of Welsh angles.
As the prime minister points out: "The majority of the Bills in the programme will apply across the UK in full or in part."
The Queen said: "A priority will be to build a more united country, strengthening the social, economic and cultural bonds between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
"My Government will work in cooperation with the devolved administrations and it will work with all of the parties in Northern Ireland to support the return of devolved government."
Warm words on a very warm day but what do they mean? In her foreword to the background briefing on the speech, Theresa May said: "This government will do everything in our power to build a more united nation and strengthen our precious union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We will take seriously our responsibility to govern for the whole United Kingdom and will see to work closely with the devolved administrations."
What could possibly go wrong? The Welsh first minister is already warning of a "constitutional crisis" if the UK government "disrespects" devolution. (The first minister will also be interested in the views of 50 Labour politicians who reject the party leadership's acceptance that the UK is leaving the single market and argue that access to the single market is inferior to membership.)
There will be flashpoints as the Repeal Bill makes its way through parliament. The UK government says it will be "maintaining the scope of devolved decision-making powers immediately after EU-exit. This will be a transitional arrangement to provide certainty after exit and allow intensive discussion and consultation with devolved administrations on where lasting common frameworks are needed."
An Agriculture Bill has the aim of "establishing new national policies on ... agriculture". The government says it will "consult widely with the devolved administrations on the appropriate extent of any legislation".
The prime minister highlighted a potentially less controversial piece of legislation that will affect Wales: "Amongst many other things, the contents of the programme will support the burgeoning aerospace industry in Wales."
The Space Industry Bill will feature "new powers to license a wide range of new commercial spaceflight, including vertically-launched rockets, spaceplanes, satellite operation, spaceports and other technologies."
Welsh political anoraks will be disappointed by the absence of a Wales Bill. Some of us are still struggling to fill the void left by the passage of the Wales Act (2017).
One of the key players during that legislation, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, has been moved on to other things. He's now a Northern Ireland Minister (and keeps his existing role as minister for faith and integration at the Department for Communities and Local Government).
He's not been replaced at the Wales Office, which now has two ministers instead of three. It's not unusual for the Wales Office not to have a Lords minister - it didn't have one before 2012 - but the decision to cut the number of Welsh ministers will raise eyebrows coming from a prime minister determined to strengthen "our precious union".
Oh, and if you're wondering why scrapping Severn Bridges tolls didn't feature in the speech it's because ministers say they will scrap them through secondary legislation.
Jim Greatorex and grandson Emerson Fairclough, both from Warwickshire, got into difficulty on Saturday before Mr Cracknell's 11-year-old son raised the alarm.
Mr Cracknell's wife Beverley Turner reported that Emerson said "I'm seven. I'm too young to die" as her husband approached him in the water, .
Both grandfather and grandson left the scene uninjured.
Mr Greatorex, 67, from Stratford-upon-Avon, had gone into the water fully clothed to help Emerson when the Cracknells spotted them.
Croyde said: "I was on my body board kneeling up, I saw a man struggling and saw him saying 'my grandson's in trouble'.
"My dad was in the water next to me so he dived into the water David Hasselhoff-style and swam under the water, picked the boy up and dragged him to shore."
The 11-year-old described in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live how he then spotted Emerson's grandfather also struggling.
He said he paddled up to him, gave him the surfboard, then swam back and told his father, who then helped Mr Greatorex back to the beach.
Ms Turner tweeted that the granddad said "that lad on that board saved my life".
She also tweeted: "You never know how your kids will respond in a crisis ... @croydecracknell was cool, quick thinking, kind and brave."
The drama unfolded on a beach in Croyde, North Devon, near the former Olympic champion's holiday home.
Mr Cracknell tweeted: "Eventful day with my little man on beach. Thankfully everyone safe, Good to be able to help & so proud of my lad."
Croyde admitted he had felt proud of himself: "It's not every day you rescue someone from drowning is it?" he said.
Reverend Barry Trayhorn told an employment tribunal he had read the verses at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire in 2014.
He was told complaints were made by gay prisoners and alleges he was unfairly dismissed.
His case against the secretary of state for justice continues.
Mr Trayhorn, 51, an ordained Pentecostal Christian minister from Sandy in Bedfordshire, had been working as a gardening supervisor at the prison at Perry near St Neots.
He had been invited to lead the worship at services once a week from 2012.
He told the tribunal in Bedford, he "often focused on Christian teachings about sin and repentance".
He confirmed the Bible passage in question was 1 Corinthians Chapter 6 Verses 9-11 which includes the lines "neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor coveters, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the Kingdom of God" and he read it on 31 May 2014.
Mr Trayhorn said he heard later that a gay prisoner had complained or was upset and there was "some sort of campaign" to remove him from chapel services.
"But I fear and do not believe it is right to alter the Christian faith so as to tailor it to any modern view of sexual ethics," he told the hearing.
He said he was told he could no longer volunteer at chapel services, complaints were then also made about his gardening work and he was told to attend a disciplinary hearing in a letter which said he had made a "homophobic statement".
He was signed off work in August 2014 with stress and resigned in November saying he had been harassed because of his Christian faith and it was impossible for him to return to work.
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Klitschko, defending his WBC heavyweight crown, was a heavy favourite but was unable to do to Chisora what he had done to 40 of his previous 45 opponents, namely knock him out before the final bell.
I got beat by experience, but he did not hurt me. I gave a great fight
Chisora, 28, lost the fight at the Olympiahalle 119-111, 118-110, 118-110.
Chisora was a huge underdog going into the fight, but managed to spark worldwide interest by slapping Klitschko at Friday's weigh-in.
A build-up already shrouded in controversy grew murkier still when news began to filter through that a row had erupted over Chisora's handwraps.
The Ukrainian's camp insisted that Chisora's wraps be removed and reapplied, causing the fight to be delayed by 20 minutes.
On being informed of the delay, Klitschko's German fans, already distinctly unimpressed by the challenger, made their distaste known with a hail of whistles and boos, which reached fever pitch when Chisora finally appeared.
While the Londoner's actions succeeded in making the fight a talking point, they had the unfortunate side-effect of angering not only the locals but also Klitschko, who had lost only four rounds in eight fights since his comeback in 2008.
Chisora was giving away six inches in height and reach to the champion, meaning that many thought his pre-fight promise to be aggressive and fight on the front foot would be difficult to accomplish.
I have respect for Chisora as a fighter but I don't have respect for him as a human. He showed a bad example for all boxing, for all fighters. He came from Great Britain but he's not a gentleman
However, Chisora started well, demonstrating good head movement in the first round and landing with a couple of looping right hands, although Klitschko did begin to find his range towards the end of the opening stanza.
Klitschko landed with a punishing left-right combination midway through round two and followed up with three or four more right hands down the stretch, to all of which Chisora stood up well.
Chisora had some success to the body at the beginning of the third, but was stopped in his tracks by a thunderous uppercut and there were signs of desperation on the sound of the bell, the Englishman missing with a wild left hook that almost took him off his feet.
By round four, Chisora was bleeding from the nose and mouth as Klitschko, fighting almost exclusively on the back foot, continued to break him down with his ramrod right.
But a game Chisora kept ploughing forward, to the extent that Klitschko looked to be tiring by round five. And,while Klitschko continued to find his mark with his right in the sixth, he did not have it all his own way, the challenger perhaps doing enough to nick the round.
Chisora came on strong in the seventh, backing up his rival with some solid shots, only for Klitschko to land with perhaps his best shot of the fight, a barnstorming overhand right that appeared to make Chisora buckle.
But Chisora was undeterred, continuing to take Klitschko beyond his comfort zone, where the champion had been so rarely in his previous 45 fights.
VITALI KLITSCHKO (WBC Heavyweight title holder)
DERECK CHISORA (Challenger)
*includes Munich bout
At the end of round nine, during which Klitschko landed with his right almost at will, the champion looked astonished that his opponent was still standing, let alone making it a contest with three rounds to go. And, while Klitschko had the better of the exchanges down the stretch, Chisora never stopped coming forward and could leave the ring with his head held high.
Klitschko's previous defeat was against British legend Lennox Lewis in 2003, and the 40-year-old, who beat another Brit in Danny Williams in 2004, has not had too many harder fights since.
Chisora, meanwhile, has lost three of his last four fights - to Klitschko, Robert Helenius and Tyson Fury - but his latest performance and the parlous state of the heavyweight division mean that there are other fights out there for him.
Furthermore, Chisora will be buoyed that he gave arguably a better account of himself than domestic rival David Haye gave in losing to Vitali's younger brother Wladimir in Hamburg last July.
However, following the bust-up between Chisora and Haye's camps at the post-fight press conference, which ended with Haye's trainer Adam Booth suffering cuts to his face, it was once again matters outside the ring that will dominate the headlines.
Trading Standards cited the independent findings and warned that counterfeit electrical goods bought online were an "unknown entity".
Of 400 counterfeit chargers, only three were found to have enough insulation to protect against electric shocks.
It comes as Apple has complained of a "flood" of fakes being sold on Amazon.
Apple revealed in October that it was suing a third-party vendor, which it said was putting customers "at risk" by selling power adapters masquerading as those sold by the Californian tech firm.
Trading Standards pointed to findings from tests performed by safety specialists UL.
They applied a high voltage to the chargers, which were bought online from eight different countries, including the US, China and Australia, to test for sufficient insulation.
Leon Livermore, the chief executive of Chartered Trading Standards Institute, urged shoppers to buy electrical goods only from trusted suppliers.
"It might cost a few pounds more, but counterfeit and second-hand goods are an unknown entity that could cost you your home or even your life, or the life of a loved-one," he said.
A separate operation found that of 3,019 electrical goods bought second hand, 15% were non-compliant.
Officers said the unsafe electrical items, which came from charity shops, antique dealers and second-hand shops, had failings such as counterfeit plugs and basic insulation.
Source: Trading Standards
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: "Counterfeit electrical goods are likely to be poor quality and in the worst cases unsafe.
"Look out for tell-tale signs of counterfeiting such as mistakes in brand names or logos, and check plugs for safety marks - all genuine electrical items made in the EU should have a CE mark on them."
Consumers were also urged not to overcharge appliances and to never cover devices when charging or use a charger with a cracked case or frayed cable.
There is no suggestion the company involved in the Apple case sold the chargers used in the Trading Standards tests.
Conservative-led Torbay Council in Devon spent £2.35m on beach huts in 2013-2015, renting some for £2,500-a-year. It spent £470,000 on affordable housing during the same period.
Liberal Democrat Steve Darling said it was "shocking" and showed the council had its priorities wrong.
The council's housing chief said huts brought in "much-needed revenue".
There is a waiting list for seasonal huts at all council-run sites in Torbay.
The unitary authority redeveloped beach huts at Broadsands and Meadfoot - some of which now are now rented out at more than £2,500-a-year.
In an email to council elected mayor Gordon Oliver, Mr Darling, leader of the council's Lib Dem group, said he found it "quite shocking" that, in 2014 alone, Torbay Council spent £1.7m on beach huts "and nothing on the development of affordable housing in Torbay".
He also said the council put the seafront ahead of affordable housing.
Mark King, the councillor in charge of housing, said the council was "fully committed" to affordable housing.
He said: "The beach hut scheme is a capital investment and that will bring in much-needed revenue."
Modern heavy armour gave the rebels the advantage in fighting at Donetsk airport recently, Reuben Johnson of Jane's Defence told the BBC.
Ukraine has asked the US for Javelin anti-tank missiles and hi-tech radar that locates heavy artillery, he said.
Washington is considering whether to supply Ukraine with defensive weapons.
So far the US has not delivered arms that can match Russian equipment.
Nato, Western governments and the Ukrainian government say Russian regular troops are fighting alongside the rebels, using new heavy armour and artillery. Russia denies that, but says Russian "volunteers" have joined the rebels.
"The Russian equipment in eastern Ukraine is some of the best they have," said Mr Johnson, based in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
"About 70% of Ukrainian anti-tank missiles are old or even expired. But almost all the Russian armour is reactive - that means boxes of explosives cover the tank, so when a missile hits a box it blows up the missile without harming the tank."
Last year Ukraine asked the US for counter-battery radars, which can show the path of incoming projectiles, he said.
Such tracking radars enable troops to pinpoint an artillery or mortar unit, which can then be targeted.
"They got counter-mortar radar - but its range is shorter, and it didn't work," Mr Johnson said.
Counter-artillery radar was not supplied apparently because the US government feared that Ukraine might then target artillery pieces firing from Russian soil, he said.
The rebels control a big swathe of Donetsk and Luhansk regions - known as "Donbas" - bordering on Russia.
The conflict erupted last April, when the rebels seized government buildings in Donbas, shortly after Russia had annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.
A group of US think-tanks has given estimates of the troop strengths in the combat zone, in a new report. It is based on recent discussions with Nato and Ukrainian officials.
The report quotes Ukrainian sources as saying "the total number of Russian troops and separatist fighters in the Donbas came to 36,000, as opposed to 34,000 Ukrainian troops along the line of contact.
"They believed that Russian forces made up 8,500 to 10,000 of the 36,000."
However, the report also notes that Nato gives a very different assessment of Russian troop numbers in Donbas.
Nato estimates that up to 1,000 GRU personnel (Russian military intelligence) and Russian officers are helping the rebels, according to the report.
But Nato says the troops have not been operating as organised Russian army units.
These estimates contrast with those of a Russian military analyst, Ilya Kramnik, who said last September that Ukrainian troops outnumbered the rebels two-to-one. He gave the figures as 20,000 to 25,000 on the rebel side, against 45,000 to 50,000 Ukrainian troops.
It follows the victory parade in Manchester on Monday when thousands of supporters lined the streets to cheer on the victorious athletes.
Team GB won 67 medals in Rio, two more than they gained at London 2012, while the Paralympians won 147 medals - 27 more than four years ago.
Medallists also attended a reception at Buckingham Palace.
About 6,000 people were expected at the "Heroes Return" event in central London which began at 13:00 BST.
Several of the athletes addressed the crowd from the stage, paying tribute to the support they had received.
Paralympian Richard Whitehead MBE said the event was "amazing" and called London "a special place for sport".
Swimmer Adam Peaty, who won Team GB's first gold medal and broke his own world record at Rio, said seeing the number of spectators in Trafalgar Square meant "so much" to him.
London mayor Sadiq Khan said the athletes had "inspired millions of people".
"I feel privileged and humbled to be here as a fan," he said.
The event ended with the athletes dancing on stage during a performance by The Vamps, after which confetti was released in the square.
Various members of the Royal Family - including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry - joined the Queen to meet medallists at the Buckingham Palace reception.
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The fire in a house in Harehills Lane, Leeds, in the early hours of the morning also damaged neighbouring properties.
The man was treated by firefighters and paramedics but died at the scene, West Yorkshire Police said.
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, the force said.
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She was also arrested over the production of cannabis after the remains of a cannabis growing set-up were found, said police.
A post-mortem examination is due to be held to establish the cause of his death.　
Det Ch Insp Jaz Khan said the cause of the fire was yet to be established and specialist fire investigators were at the scene.
One recurring social media prop has been the use of images that aren't quite what they seem.
Key moments in the campaign have been immortalised with some very creative photoshopping, which frequently led to the birth of widely shared memes and hashtags and generally resulted in carefully staged campaign 'moments' not having the entirely desired effect...
The campaign kicked of with a slightly unusual celebrity endorsement of the Lib Dems by reality TV star Joey Essex, who told wide-eyed journalists he had thought the party was called the Liberal 'Democats' before meeting leader Nick Clegg who helpfully put him straight. The Lib Dems took it in good humour and took to photoshop themselves to join in the fun, briefly changing their website logo...
When Ed Miliband appeared next to a huge stone slab with his election promises engraved on it, it was open season for photoshoppers everywhere as social media lit up with Moses jokes and it quickly became known online as #EdStone.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls was roundly mocked online as the fourth anniversary of #EdBallsDay, the day that the internet marks his accidental tweeting of his own name, rolled around and he was photoshopped into all manner of inappropriate places.
Ed Miliband became an unlikely online pin up as the his face was photoshopped onto images of famous movie stars, musicians and footballers bodies and #milifandom was born, some taking it more seriously than others.
One by one as the major parties manifestos were launched they were mercilessly mocked online.
And then there was the dead pigeon incident... where an unfortunate pigeon fell victim to the Lib Dem campaign bus and Twitter reacted, well, as you might expect it to...
The Tories weren't safe from photoshop fiends either, as they (and all the parties) tried to convince us that they are inclusive and forward-thinking. We looked at the kind of political rebrands social media generously offered the main parties, the Tory tree getting more than one reworking.
As the campaign rumbled on David Cameron's newfound passion didn't go unnoticed as he started to appear at events mid-campaign with his sleeves rolled up, and for once it was the audio rather an the imagery that got a reworking. Remarking at one event that the campaign was making him feel 'pumped up', this clip from his speech which was quickly turned into a mash up with the Black-Eyed Peas song of a similar name.
There were however some stories that made headlines where no photoshopping or re-mastering was required...
The Green Party offered an alternative vision with an advert portraying the Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem and UKIP leaders as a slightly questionable boyband. On the other hand if teenage girls got onboard with #milifandom who knows what will win votes.
Staying on the musical theme #constituencysongs was an early Twitter hit, when tweeters took to the site to offer song titles reworked to contain constituencies, to the amusement of bored journalists everywhere.
Again no tweaking required, when an enthusiastic UKIP voter in Essex when asked his name by a journalist replied:
As a frightening number of error ridden leaflets appeared on people's doormats, they took to social media to share their horror, altering the images little further than an indignant biro-ringing of the offending error.
Yes, that's a stick with a wig on it. No, it hasn't been photoshopped. It's one of a number of unusual images that we were treated to, via social media, as we took a look at the weird world of hustings.
The unusual paring of Ed Miliband and Russell Brand appeared on our screens leading to... you guessed it, #milibrand as Ed appeared to 'rebrand' himself, adopting an estuary twang for the duration of the encounter.
You might not believe it but these pictures genuinely weren't photoshopped. Yep, they really were all wearing the same thing, while telling us earnestly how different they all were from the other guy. But as ever the truth will out (on social media).
And wait for it... The UKIP ringtone. You didn't think we'd forgotten that gem did you? No re-mastering required this treat is 100% original. You're welcome!
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Mark Colborne, 37, of Southampton, was found guilty of preparing terrorist acts after a retrial. A previous jury failed to reach a verdict.
The trial heard how Colborne had felt "belittled" for being ginger and white.
Judge John Bevan accepted a majority verdict at the Old Bailey and will sentence Colborne on 3 November.
The verdict was reached by a majority of ten to two jurors after more than 14 hours of deliberations.
They found him guilty of possessing handwritten notes and books related to making recipes for lethal poisons such as cyanide.
He bought the ingredients over the internet, and stockpiled dust masks, metal filter funnels, plastic syringes and latex gloves at his home in Butts Road, jurors were told.
However, Colborne was cleared of intending to use the chemicals and paraphernalia as part of the terror plot.
The court heard Colborne felt alienated and marginalised for being a white, ginger-haired man and also suffered from agoraphobia and depression.
In his notebook, he wrote about carrying out the assassination of Prince Charles so that Prince Harry could be king.
"I don't want to be a serial killer. I'm more of an Anders Breivik. I have left potential targets open.
"I was waiting for an opportunity to kill one of them. Let it be Prince Charles which would be good," he wrote.
He added he wanted a "silent rifle...take up a good position and put a bullet in Charles's head".
Prosecutor Annabel Darlow said Colborne's notes expressed hatred for "non-Aryans" whom he referred to as "blacks and Caucasian idiots".
Judge Bevan said: "It is a very strange case involving, if I may say it, a very strange person."
Colborne was arrested on 3 June last year after his half-brother and mother uncovered chemicals and papers detailing his racial hatred stashed in his bedroom.
Internet providers BT and TalkTalk demanded the judicial review, arguing that the legislation was rushed through parliament without proper debate.
They claim that the measures unnecessarily impact users' privacy and force ISPs to police copyright infringement on the net.
If the court finds in their favour, the act would no longer be enforceable.
"It is a big deal to be judicially reviewing primary legislation but we took advice and there were very clearly were some real problems," said Simon Milner, BT's head of industry policy.
"It might find that it is all fine - I'd be surprised if it was - but we are going to court to get legal clarity," he added.
The courts will consider whether the act is in line with European legislation, in particular as it relates to users' privacy and the role of ISPs.
The previous government brought in the tough measures to deal with the growing issue of internet piracy.
Under the current legislation, content providers will have to monitor peer-to-peer networks for illegal activity and collate the IP addresses - the numerical code that links a particular computer network to an illegally downloaded file.
They can then apply to a court to force ISPs to surrender the real world address that is connected to that IP address.
Letters could then be sent to alleged net pirates, advising them that their computer connection has been used in illegal activity.
The creative industry is keen that the emphasis will be on education initially, although people will go on a blacklist which could in future be used to take individual infringers to court.
Other penalties, such as slowing down net connections or even cutting people off from the net entirely have not been ruled out, but would need additional legislation.
The letter-writing strategy bears similarities to the tactics of discredited law firm ACS: Law, which sent over 10,000 letters to alleged net pirates.
Unlike content providers, which will not be levying fines, ACS: Law collected some £300,000 from people - who were charged an average of £500 per infringement.
Not everyone paid up and 27 cases recently went to court in highly controversial circumstances.
Lead solicitor Andrew Crossley attempted to discontinue the cases shortly before the hearing was due and was accused of obstructing the court process.
In the middle of the case, Mr Crossley said he no longer wanted to be in the business of chasing net pirates and the cases were eventually thrown out.
But he faces an investigation for his conduct from the Solicitors' Regulation Authority and could be hit with legal costs for the cases he brought.
During the court case, doubt was cast over whether an IP address was suitable evidence of wrong-doing as it does not identify the individual user - only the location of their connection.
Consumer watchdog Which? highlighted several cases where people claimed to have been wrongly accused.
Charles Dunstone, chairman of TalkTalk, thinks the same thing will happen if the government's measures go ahead.
"Innocent broadband customers will suffer and citizens will have their privacy invaded," he said.
Jim Killock, director of the Open Rights Group, said that he is particularly worried about how the legislation will affect public wi-fi hotspots.
"We need to start again and find a new policy settlement which embraces, rather than tramples on, the exciting possibilities that the digital age offers," he said.
John McVay, chief executive of PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and TV), who will represent the UK's creative industries at the judicial review, defended the act.
"The Digital Economy Act is the result of many years of consultation and presents a reasonable and balanced solution," he said.
But Mark Mulligan, an analyst with Forrester Research, warned that even if the act remains intact, the measures won't work because they are already out-of-date.
"Peer-to-peer file-sharing is yesterday's game. People now are going off the network where they won't be detected - swapping hard-drives, and getting music via blogs and upload sites," he said.
The 27-year-old former England Saxons player made his senior debut in 2009 and has played 17 times for Dai Young's Wasps side so far this season.
"We are delighted to bring a player of Tom's quality and experience to the squad," Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys told the club website.
"I have always enjoyed playing at Kingsholm," former Saracens Academy member Lindsay added.
"It is a great, traditional rugby venue and, with the city hosting World Cup matches, it is going to be a great place to be next season.
"I was very impressed with David Humphreys' vision for the future of the club and it will be good to be part of it."
Meanwhile, former Gloucester and England hooker Neil McCarthy has joined Gloucester as the club's new head of academy.
"I felt the time was right to move back," McCarthy told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
He played for Gloucester between 2000 and 2002 and had been head of academy at Leicester Tigers since 2008.
Opener Lauren Winfield is the only player in the current squad for the upcoming T20 series in South Africa not to be chosen in the 15-strong party.
Brunt, 30, will miss the T20s in South Africa after suffering a back spasm in the one-day international series.
Her replacement, left-arm seamer Natasha Farrant, is called up for an ICC world event for the first time.
"We are all looking forward to testing ourselves against the very best cricketers from across the world," said head coach Mark Robinson.
"Tash really impressed during the training camp to Sri Lanka before Christmas, and adds a different dimension to the bowling attack as a left-arm seamer."
England, who won the inaugural event in 2009 and have been runners-up on the last two occasions, begin their campaign against Bangladesh in Bangalore on 17 March, followed by matches against hosts India, West Indies and Pakistan.
England squad: Tammy Beaumont (Kent), Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire), Charlotte Edwards (Kent, capt), Georgia Elwiss (Sussex), Natasha Farrant (Kent), Lydia Greenway (Kent), Rebecca Grundy (Warwickshire), Jenny Gunn (Nottinghamshire), Danielle Hazell (Yorkshire), Amy Jones (Warwickshire, wk), Heather Knight (Berkshire, vice-capt), Natalie Sciver (Surrey), Anya Shrubsole (Somerset), Sarah Taylor (Sussex, wk), Danielle Wyatt (Nottinghamshire).
Wales led after an hour, but the world champions scored 21 unanswered points in the final quarter to overpower them.
All Blacks wing Waisake Naholo scored twice with Julian Savea, Kieran Read and Nathan Harris also crossing.
Taulupe Faletau and Rhys Webb scored for Wales, but they could not mark Alun Wyn Jones' 100th appearance with a first win in New Zealand.
It was a familiar story for Wales who could not maintain the intensity of their opening half against an All Black side playing for the first time since the World Cup final and without legends Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Ma'a Nonu.
Harris' try with the clock in the red at the end of the game distorted the scoreline, although after the break the All Blacks were completely dominant.
And it could have been worse.
Referee Wayne Barnes controversially disallowed a touchdown by TJ Perenara to the consternation of the home crowd, but redressed the balance by ruling out Faletau's late try.
Wales' last win against the All Blacks was in 1953, and under coach Warren Gatland they have won only twice in 31 games against the big three southern hemisphere countries.
Wales led at half-time after a thrilling see-saw opening 40 minutes when the lead changed hands three times.
A blistering start by the All Blacks yielded only an Aaron Cruden penalty before the visitors delivered a superb team move which culminated in Faletau diving over in the left corner.
It spurred New Zealand into action as Savea touched down from a Cruden cross-kick and then Naholo rounded off a brilliant attack initiated by full-back Ben Smith.
Far from yielding, Wales hit back when the counter-attacking Liam Williams found Rhys Webb on his shoulder and the scrum-half claimed his seventh international try.
But in a key passage of play just before the interval, New Zealand held out after a period of intense pressure on their own try-line.
The All Blacks' ability to step-up a gear meant Wales were always hanging on after the interval.
Dan Biggar's penalty wiped out Cruden's earlier effort.
But with the home line-out getting on top and the introduction of brilliant runners Beauden Barrett, Ardie Savea and Parenara from the bench it was only a matter of time before the All Blacks' pressure paid-off.
Wales have no time to regroup. They face Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton on Tuesday before a second Test against the All Blacks in Wellington on 18 June.
Wales captain Sam Warburton: "The message was we couldn't come here and play safe and I thought some of our counter-attacking was excellent.
"We're really disappointed to concede seven at the end and make the scoreboard look a little bit ugly."
New Zealand captain Kieran Read: "It was what we expected. Wales were fired up and it was a reminder you've got to work hard.
"The boys had a really good attitude in the second half."
New Zealand: Ben Smith, Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Luke Romano, Brodie Retallick, Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane.
Replacements: Nathan Harris (for Coles), Wyatt Crockett (for Moody), Charlie Faumuina (for Franks), Patrick Tuipulotu (for Romano), Ardie Savea (for Cane), TJ Perenara (for A Smith), Beauden Barrett (for J Savea), Seta Tamanivalu (for Fekitoa).
Wales: Liam Williams, George North, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Hallam Amos, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Gethin Jenkins, Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Sam Warburton, Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin (for Owens), Rob Evans (for Jenkins), Tomas Francis (for Lee), Jake Ball (For Davies), Ellis Jenkins (for Warburton), Gareth Davies (for Webb), Gareth Anscombe (for L Williams), Scott Williams (for Roberts).
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England).
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Will Houston (Australia).
The Republic's Environmental Protection Agency released the study of a worst-case-scenario accident at the plant.
It found that people would not have to shelter indoors or flee the country in the case of a major radiation leak.
In September, a BBC investigation uncovered a catalogue of safety concerns at the Cumbria site.
Panorama found parts of Sellafield regularly have too few staff to operate safely and that radioactive materials have been stored in degrading plastic bottles.
The report from the Irish EPA found that a serious accident at the plant would lead to people in the Republic of Ireland receiving twice the average annual dose of radiation they normally receive from a variety of sources.
It also said significant food controls would have to put in place in order to avoid long-term health consequences.
But Dr Ciara McMahon, programme manager in the EPA's office of Radiological Protection, said "severe radiological effects in Ireland are unlikely" if a serious accident were to occur at the facility, which is some 180km from the Irish coastline.
The study outlined the EPA's assessment of the potential radiation doses to the Irish public from a variety of different potential scenarios at Sellafield.
They included two unspecified severe events, in which there would be an aerial release of hot radioactive material into a plume, a meteorite impact or a plane crash.
The study modelled how a radioactive cloud might disperse in the atmosphere following a release from the plant in the north-west of England, and focused on worst-case weather conditions for the Republic of Ireland.
In particular, it looked at how ingestion into the food chain would impact human health during the passage of such a cloud over the country, a week later and a year later.
It found that the doses the public would be exposed to from inhaling the radioactivity would not be so high as to require people to shelter, relocate or even evacuate.
But the report does state that staying indoors, particularly during the passage of the plume overhead, could reduce the amount of radioactivity that people would be exposed to by as much as 80%.
It adds that a National Emergency Plan for Nuclear Accidents would "provide a coordinated emergency response to a situation where there is widespread radioactive contamination in Ireland".
Among the impacts would be a loss of tourism and damage to markets for Irish seafood and farm products, which the report says could continue long after radioactivity levels return to normal.
Reacting to the report, South Down MP Margaret Ritchie said "News last year that the plant is due to miss its target for the completion of all oversees processing contracts adds further to the growing body of evidence that the decommissioning of nuclear plants is entirely unsafe and unmanageable.
"This comes following the discovery of incredibly dangerous conditions at Sellafield, including cracked storage ponds and wildlife swimming within ponds used for storing radioactive material."
Andrew Broadhead, 42, and eight-year-old Kiera died in the blaze at their home in Ash Crescent, Stanley, Wakefield on Wednesday.
Police believe an "accelerant was poured through the letterbox".
In a statement, his wife Sara said he saved her life and rescued their eldest daughter before going back in.
Police think the arsonist may have been injured because the fire took hold so quickly and continue to appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
Mrs Broadhead, 35, thanked the local community for the "kindness and support" they have been shown.
She said: "Andy was a brave hero who managed to save the lives of his wife and eldest daughter.
"Unfortunately he couldn't save our youngest daughter Kiera and gave his own life trying to save hers.
"He was a very kind man and Kiera was a vibrant, independent loving girl. Our whole family are absolutely devastated by their loss."
Firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze at about 04:20 BST on Wednesday.
An online fundraising campaign to help support the family has raised more than £8,000.
Stephen Downes of Glebe Gardens in Moira is alleged to have assaulted three children on five occasions between October 2010 and March 2011.
The court heard from a classroom assistant who said she had heard thuds, crying and screaming while Mr Downes was alone in a room with a pupil.
Mr Downes denies the charges.
The classroom assistant told the court she assumed from the noises that Mr Downes had pinned the pupil to the ground.
However, a lawyer for the teacher questioned why there had been a delay between the incident and the classroom assistant reporting it.
She said she did not know why there had been a delay.
The case has been adjourned.
David Wildstein admitted he played a part in shutting down one of the busiest crossings in the United States in September 2013.
The gridlock was allegedly engineered to punish a Democratic mayor who did not endorse the governor's re-election.
Mr Christie has denied any involvement.
Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New Jersey and Bridget Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff to Mr Christie, were also charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to the charging document, Mr Wildstein, Ms Kelly and Mr Baroni conspired to punish the mayor of the New Jersey suburb Fort Lee for refusing to support Mr Christie's re-election bid.
They are alleged to have shut down two lanes of traffic on the bridge on the first day of school to maximise the congestion. Commuters were stuck in traffic for hours over four mornings.
Both Mr Baroni and Ms Kelly have denied the charges.
Mr Wildstein, a former senior official at the agency that operates the bridge, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in a court in Newark on Friday.
He could be jailed for up to 15 years, although his guilty plea may be taken into account in sentencing. His lawyer Alan Zegas said his client "deeply regretted" his involvement in the incident.
Mr Zegas also claimed that "evidence exists" to prove that Mr Christie was aware of the lane closures while they were occurring.
However, the governor again rejected the allegations.
"Today's charges make clear that what I've said from day one is true," he said. "I had no knowledge or involvement in the planning or execution of this act."
The US prosecutor for New Jersey, Paul Fishman, said there were no plans to charge anyone else in connection with the scheme.
Mr Christie was once a favourite for the Republican presidential nomination, but has seen his popularity dip in recent months.
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That is the view of current GB skier Dave Ryding, who is in career-best form despite receiving no UK Sport funding.
Baxter was stripped of GB's first-ever Olympic medal on the snow after testing positive for a banned substance.
"Sponsors would have lined up for the team and what happened was a travesty," Ryding told BBC Sport.
"It was so unlucky with the [banned substance in the] Vicks inhaler and I really think Baxter and the GB team would have been able to kick on from there, but for the decision."
Despite losing their first ever Olympic medal, the British ski and snowboard team had their UK Sport funding boosted from £185,000 to over £1.9m leading into the following Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006.
Baxter competed in Italy, finishing a credible 16th, but other disappointing results saw UK Sport's support for the federation drop to £620,000 and just before the 2010 Games in Vancouver began, Snowsport GB was declared bankrupt.
"My parents had to sacrifice so much when I was younger as support was always difficult to find," said Ryding, who made his Olympic debut in 2010.
"Coming into Vancouver is where everything totally shut down. There was no federation and yes we managed to go there and represent GB, but the preparation was poor and it was stressful."
Worse would follow, with UK Sport removing all support for alpine skiing after the 2010 Olympics, meaning skiers have relied entirely on sponsors since.
"[Main GB sponsor] Delancey has been huge for us because without chairman Sir John Ritblat, who's been a long-standing supporter, we literally wouldn't have a programme," said Ryding.
"I can honestly say without him and my private sponsors and the generosity of other people, I wouldn't be here today."
Ryding himself insists there is "no secret" but hard work behind his recent success, which includes a 12th place at the Val d'Isere World Cup in France and 13th in Santa Caterina, Italy.
The 29-year-old does feel that steadily increasing the exercises he does off the slopes is playing a role though.
"Vancouver was very much an experience and I was honestly crushed by the big guys, so that made me realise I needed to put more hours in the gym," he said.
"In Sochi I finished 17th and I'm now at that age where I'm coming into my prime as a slalom skier, so I feel like I'm in a good position now to mix it with the best guys," he said.
UK Sport's strict funding model means it will only provide funding to sports that convince it they have the potential to challenge for Olympic medals at either of the next two Games.
At present all of the current financial support from UK Sport is directed towards freestyle skiing and snowboarding, following Jenny Jones' 2014 bronze and a number of promising performances from young athletes.
Ryding, though, is refusing to give up hope of a long-awaited reprieve for the alpine programme.
"The success of freestyle has put Britain back on the winter sports map, it's getting people on skis and hopefully with myself and Alex [Tilley] pushing on, more people will head to alpine," he said.
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"The new federation has come in and I'm 100% happy with the direction we're going in.
"We don't get UK Sport funding yet, but hopefully this season we could change that and I'm almost certain that we can mix it with the leading nations."
There are still over two years until the next Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but the Lancashire-raised skier is already thinking about the Games.
"If I keep building, I am sure I can go top 10 and if you're ranked up there then on the day anything can happen," he said.
"There are so many conditions and variables but if they align for you and I keep working and loving the sport then I can do something special."
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Vishwakant Ankit Reddy and Pushpendu Ghosh were among the 17 hostages seized early on Monday.
Two people, including the gunman, died as commandos stormed the cafe on Tuesday morning bringing an end to the 16-hour siege.
Four people were injured, including a policeman hit by shotgun pellets.
Mr Reddy and Mr Ghosh were both undergoing medical checkups and "will be back home safe," Ms Swaraj tweeted.
Reports said both Indians were software engineers and had been working in Australia for several years.
Mr Reddy, 38, is working with Infosys, India's second-largest IT services firm, while Mr Ghosh, 35, is a manager in an Australian bank, media reports said.
Mr Reddy's wife, Shilpa Reddy, told The Indian Express newspaper that her husband "has come out of the cafe and he is fine".
"I spoke with him, he is absolutely fine. As a precautionary measure, police have taken him and others to a medical centre. Police will also debrief them and he won't be able to talk now," she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier tweeted that the Sydney incident was "disturbing and profoundly shocking".
Local media have named those who died as Lindt cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34 and lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38.
The police said 17 hostages were accounted for, including those who had managed to escape earlier.
The gunman, named as Man Haron Monis, forced some of the hostages to hold up a black Islamic banner at the window of the cafe.
Monis received political asylum in Australia in 1996 and was on bail facing a number of charges.
Protesters said a ban on vehicles in "green lanes" would take away historic rights built up over centuries.
The Peak District National Park Authority said a consultation had finished but no final decision had yet been made.
The park authority said it had received 2,500 responses in the consultation.
The consultation followed concern about damage to the lanes, and disruption to walkers and animals.
Two "go-slow" protests have already taken place to show opposition to the proposals to ban vehicles from unsurfaced lanes in the park.
Green Lane Association spokesman Chris Mitchell said: "The proposals mean a number of popular lanes used by 4x4 vehicles and trial bikes will be closed to traffic and kept for walkers and horses only."
Protester Mike Irving said: "By mingling, taking up car parking spaces and cafe benches, we're causing a mild inconvenience and engaging the public in conversation about the problem.
"We've not been badly received. There's a small minority of people who don't want us there.
"We're not hoodlums. We're not driving off-piste. We're not villains. We are respectable people who are being tarred with the same brush."
A spokesman for the park authority said: "We are currently looking at our consultation responses ... and we're looking to get them into a reportable format. No decision has been taken as yet."
Asda dropped its "mental patient fancy dress costume", and Tesco later withdrew its "psycho ward" outfit.
Both stores apologised for any offence caused and agreed to make donations to the mental health charity, Mind.
The charity, which complained that such costumes "fuel" stigma, will receive £25,000 from Asda.
Tesco has not said how much it will donate.
The £20 Asda outfit included ragged clothing, fake blood, a mask and a fake meat cleaver while Tesco's orange boiler suit came with a plastic jaw restraint and offered to "complete the look" with a machete.
Online retailer Amazon had also advertised the "psycho ward" outfit, but later said the costume was "not available".
A Tesco spokesperson said: "We're really sorry for any offence this has caused and we are removing this product from sale."
In a statement on Wednesday evening, Asda, which is owned by US retail giant Walmart, said the sale had been a "completely unacceptable error".
"[The costume] should never have been sold and it was withdrawn as soon as it was brought to our attention."
Asda added: "We're deeply sorry one of our fancy dress costumes has upset people."
It is understood the costume had been on sale through Asda's clothing outlet George for two days, before being withdrawn from sale on Wednesday morning following a complaint from a customer.
Asda said the product had been removed from the website in the afternoon but the relevant page remained visible for a few hours.
It disappeared after the criticism on Twitter started to emerge.
An Asda spokeswoman confirmed £25,000 would be donated to Mind.
Meanwhile, online auction site eBay confirmed it had taken "immediate action" to remove items advertising similar costumes and apologised for any offence caused.
A spokesman said: "The listings are being assessed and removed and no future listings of this nature will be allowed."
Former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell, who has written about his experiences with mental health issues, branded their sale by established companies as "unacceptable"
Speaking to BBC London, he said: "We are trying to change attitudes towards mental illness so people do not stigmatise it and something like this comes along and it just reminds you we are basically still in the Dark Ages.
"We are still in the Dark Ages if some of the biggest companies in this country, Tesco, Asda and Amazon think that it's acceptable to sell something like this."
Elsewhere, Katie Dalton, of Welsh mental health charity Gofal, wrote on Twitter: "Dear @asda, how on earth did you come to the conclusion that this is an appropriate fancy dress costume? Disgraceful."
Former footballer Stan Collymore, who has had a well-documented battle with depression, also criticised Asda for using a "stereotype".
"Do you actually realise how many people are hanging themselves because of being frightened of the stigma?" he tweeted.
The charity Rethink Mental Illness also took to Twitter to say it was "stunned" by the costume's description, but later thanked Asda "for responding" to the "concerns".
Sue Baker from Mind told BBC Radio 5 live that the worst thing about the costume was it reinforced outdated stigma about people with mental health illness.
"Some of the worst myths that fuel this stigma is the assumption that we're going to be dangerous, knife-wielding maniacs and that is simply not the case."
She added: "The stigma can be life-limiting and life-threatening because people don't think they can talk to anybody and sadly for some people they take the option of not being with us anymore."
The internet link to the website page where Asda's costume was being sold used the words "zombie fancy dress costume".
But the product was titled "mental patient fancy dress costume" on the page itself.
The product details read: "Everyone will be running away from you in fear in this mental patient fancy dress costume... it's a terrifying Halloween option."
Ms Baker had also called for Tesco and Amazon to withdraw the "Psycho Ward" outfit from their websites.
Neil Saunders, of retail research agency Conlumino, said such a "mistake in naming a product" was "inevitable" due to the huge number of items sold by major retailers.
Responding to news about the costumes, some Twitter users posted pictures of themselves in normal clothes, which one described as "my #mentalhealth outfit for the day".
Another tweeted: "@asda I'm a mental health patient. No I am not scary. You should not be selling a 'mental patient' outfit."
Dr Simon Williams, from Northwest University, Chicago, said: "This scandal might be a blessing in disguise because it is bringing issues of stigma in mental health to public scrutiny.
"This is a great and positive response by individuals and by mental health charities, which will help increase awareness of stigmatisation."
It comes after promoter Eddie Hearn said Fury would not return to the ring after he withdrew from a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko because of reported mental health issues.
The trainer told Bayloric TV Boxing that the 28-year-old Briton "is dealing with some issues" but "will be back".
Fury was due to fight Klitschko on 29 October but withdrew for a second time.
He postponed the original rematch against the Ukrainian, which was scheduled for July and has been given 10 days by the World Boxing Organisation to provide detailed reasons for his withdrawal.
"I don't want to see him set foot in that ring until I see 100% Tyson Fury back mentally and physically - until that, the best place is at home," Peter Fury said.
Hearn, the promoter of rival British world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, said Fury will quit after being stripped of his titles due to his withdrawal from the Klitschko rematch.
But Peter Fury said: "It is a long way from happening. I think Tyson will be fine and will be back.
"Eddie is now a promoter, a doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, all rolled into one - and now a Team Fury member as well because he knows Tyson so well.
"You have got to be all of those things rolled into one to make comments like that and for them to be remotely true.
Asked when the boxer would return, he said: "It certainly won't be this year, it will probably be early next year. He will be back."
The trainer also said:
In November, Fury beat Klitschko on points in Germany - the 40-year-old's first loss since 2004 - to gain the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles, American Deontay Wilder holding the WBC belt.
Within two weeks Fury was stripped of the IBF title because he was unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov - and that belt is now held by Joshua.
The Public Accounts Committee came to the conclusion after looking at how well the NHS was doing at helping patients manage their condition.
Previous reports have criticised the lack of checks being carried out, such as blood pressure, eye and foot exams.
But the government said services were better than they were being portrayed.
The report by the cross-party group comes after the National Audit Office and Diabetes UK both published critical studies on diabetes care this year.
They both flagged up statistics showing less than half of people with diabetes get all the nine basic tests they should.
Without effective care, patients can develop a range of complications, including blindness and kidney disease.
If everyone got the right care, it is estimated 24,000 lives could be saved each year.
The report said despite the clear consensus over what diabetes patients needed, performance had been "depressingly poor".
Committee chairwoman, Margaret Hodge, said: "There is no strong leadership and no effective accountability.
"Variation in the level of progress across the NHS also means that there is an unacceptable 'postcode lottery' of care."
Barbara Young, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: "Given all the increasingly strong evidence of inadequate care, we simply cannot understand why the NHS has sleep walked into this situation."
But a Department of Health spokesman said: "We do not accept the conclusion that services are 'depressingly poor' as there has been progress - an extra 750,000 people got all nine diabetes checks over the last four years.
"But we know there has been unacceptable variation and we are determined to put that right."
He said the new arrangements for the NHS, which will kick in next year, would help as giving GPs control of the budget would lead to much better integration of services and so ensure the right checks for conditions such as diabetes were carried out.
At least 15 drivers were initially caught filming or taking pictures after four HGVs smashed into each other on the A14 in Cambridgeshire on 28 May.
But the number identified has since risen to 24, police have said.
They are being sent letters informing them about court proceedings.
No-one was badly hurt in the crash, at about 05:45 BST on the westbound carriageway.
Lorry driver Ron Norris, from Northumberland, had to be cut out of his cab by the fire service, but escaped with minor injuries.
"I was totally stunned. I think it hit me a little bit when I was sat on a stretcher facing my truck and I just broke down in tears," he said.
"I couldn't help but think how on earth I'd got away with this."
Asked what he thought about drivers taking photographs of the accident, he said: "They deserve to get prosecuted.
"I could have died. The other driver could have died.
"If they were on their mobile phones when the crash happened, they could have died as well."
About 16 miles of road between junctions 31 and 36 was closed for several hours while the wreckage was cleared.
Two of the lorry drivers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Local press largely followed the government line condemning the attack, with the banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) passing on its condolences to the families of the dead.
Meanwhile, some prominent social media users condemned the government for the attack, with one calling for Egypt's president to step down.
Egyptian state-owned TV reflected the state of uncertainty and confusion after the attacks, leaving the number of victims at "dozens" and quoting statements by the country's military.
Egyptian TV and press backed the armed forces, describing events as a "malicious terrorist attack" and publishing comment by political parties and prominent figures.
State-owned Al-Ahram quoted the leftist Al Wafd party as saying "the blood of our martyrs in Sinai will only strengthen our will to fight terrorism".
The privately owned Al-Shuruk quoted former UN Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali as saying: "Egypt is in war with international terrorism which needs all Egyptians to stand behind their leadership and its army and security forces." Mr Ghali also called for the international community to support Egypt.
Social media users urged a response to the violence. "The country is a state of terrorism and anyone who attacks the army... or even anyone who is OK with what happened or is justifying it is a traitor and does not deserve to live," one Egyptian Twitter user wrote.
The Arabic hashtags #Sinai and #AlArish, and the key words "martyrs of nation", trended on Twitter in the wake of the incidents. #Sinai was used around 20,000 times, with many criticising the government and blaming it for the repetition of such incidents.
"Egypt is too big to be ruled by a corrupt man like Mubarak, a traitor like Morsi or a loser like Sisi," prominent journalist Yasir al-Zaia wrote.
Egyptian actor and film director Khalid Abul-Naja, who has over a million followers, wrote in Arabic: "I cannot see an end for this dark tunnel of black terrorism from one side and only security solutions from the other... If Al-Sisi wants to stop the bloodshed he should step down from power immediately."
His tweet was re-posted hundreds of times.
The MB said it "unequivocally" condemned "all acts of violence" on its Twitter account.
"Our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased soldiers in Sinai and the Egyptian people," it said.
Despite this official stance, some comments on social media linked the Sinai attack to a statement issued by the MB on 27 January, in which the group called its supporters to "get ready for Jihad".
"Everyone should understand that we are about to start a new phase, in which we are mobilising all our powers and recalling the meanings of Jihad," the statement said.
"We are getting ready ourselves along with our wives, sons, daughters and everyone who follows our steps for a long path of relentless Jihad, in which we aim for the honourable status of martyrs."
There is no evidence of a direct link between the MB and the Sinai Province group (formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis) that claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sinai Province claimed responsibility for the attacks through its official Twitter account.
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Buy-to-let mortgage lending had the potential to "amplify" a housing boom and bust, the Bank's Financial Stability Committee (FPC) concluded.
Lending in this sector has risen by 40% since 2008, the FPC said.
It stopped short of suggesting any intervention by government or regulators at this stage.
"The FPC is alert to the rapid growth of the market and potential developments in underwriting standards," the committee said.
"As the market continues to grow, particularly if driven by loosening of underwriting standards, the sector could pose risks to broader financial stability, both through credit risk to banks and the amplification of movements in the housing market."
The 40% increase in the outstanding stock of buy-to-let mortgage lending since 2008 compares with an increase of just 2% in owner-occupier mortgage lending.
The share of buy-to-let in the stock of outstanding mortgage lending has risen to 16% from 12% in 2008.
The Bank said that buy-to-let landlords were much more likely to sell if there was a significant drop in house prices, causing property values to dive further.
A similar amplified effect could occur should prices go up sharply.
"Any increase in buy-to-let activity in an upswing could add further pressure to house prices. This could prompt owner-occupier buyers to take on even larger loans, thereby increasing overall risks to financial stability," the FPC said.
Over the Bank of England's three centuries of history it has had to grapple time and again with the problem of boom and bust.
The doorman standing outside the Bank of England, as I went in today, was a reminder of this long-lasting struggle.
He was clad in the usual pink tails: the colour is Houblon pink, named after the first governor, Sir John Houblon, who took office in 1694.
Could the rise of buy-to-let be putting us in danger again?
The Bank's Financial Policy Committee says it "has the potential to amplify the housing and credit cycles".
It is careful not to designate either the dash for buy-to-let or recent house price increases as a boom.
But it is clear that bank officials see investors' enthusiasm for bricks and mortar as a problem which needs to be watched.
Buy-to-let investors push prices up faster. Because they are more prone to sell if the market hits the buffers, they make prices plunge more steeply.
Cuts to the amount of tax relief that can be claimed on mortgage interest payments by buy-to-let landlords were announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Budget in July.
The amount that landlords will be able to claim will be set at the basic rate of tax, which is currently 20%. The change will be introduced over four years from April 2017.
Mr Osborne suggested this would help to create a "level playing field" between homeowners and investors.
The FPC said that no intervention was needed in the Help to Buy scheme - which sees the government guarantee part of a low-deposit home loan - as it posed no risks to financial stability in its current form.
The part is a significant chunk of Edsac - a machine built at Cambridge in the late 1940s to serve scientists at the university.
It came to light because of publicity surrounding an effort to rebuild the computer.
The part has now been donated to the rebuild project and will be incorporated into the finished machine.
Edsac, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, ran its first programs in May 1949 and through its working life aided many scientists by analysing data generated by many different experiments.
Before now, it had not been known what happened to the parts of Edsac after it was decommissioned and dismantled in the 1950s.
The uncovering of the part, called the Chassis 1A, solved part of that riddle, said Dr Andrew Herbert who is leading the reconstruction project at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park.
It now appears that at the end of Edsac's life it was sold off in an auction but it is not known who bought all the parts.
"Details of the 'auction' are unclear, but there is a possibility that other parts of the original Edsac still exist and could even be in the Cambridge area stored away in lofts, garden sheds and garages," said Mr Herbert.
The Chassis 1A found its way to the US after being bought by Robert Little, who currently lives in Pennsylvania.
He got it from a Cambridge scientist called Dr Robert Clarke in 1969, who had bought several Edsac pieces in the auction intending to turn them into bookshelves.
Mr Little contacted the Edsac reconstruction team after reading about the project online.
The Chassis is designed to hold 28 of the 3,000 valves that formed the main computational elements of Edsac.
The 12 vertical racks of Edsac held up to 14 individual chassis on to which the valves were fixed.
Dr Herbert said the donated chassis was "quite distressed" by corrosion after being in storage for several decades.
Work is now under way to see how much of it can be incorporated into the reconstructed Edsac.
"It would be a major task to return this particular chassis to operating condition," he said.
"However, we hope to try to use some of the valves, if they are still functional, in our reconstructed Edsac thus providing a very tangible connection with the original machine."
The chassis is the second Edsac artefact that publicity about the reconstruction has brought to light. In June last year, detailed circuit diagrams of Edsac were discovered and are now aiding project workers.
The reconstruction of Edsac is due to be completed by the end of the year.
The second edition of the TweedLove event was staged in the region in June this year.
National agency EventScotland has said that it generated significant additional spending in the area.
Festival director Neil Dalgleish said it was a "clear sign" of how important "cycling and bike culture" were to the Scottish Borders.
"I know that we can do even better if we continue to get support from our amazing bike community in the Borders together with businesses and government agencies," he added.
"Mountain biking and road cycling are more or less year-round activities in the Tweed Valley.
"We're very lucky to have such facilities on our doorstep and it's great to see what a contribution they can make."
He said it was important to keep developing trails and road routes throughout the area.
Tweedlove has also announced a sponsorship deal with Alpine Bikes for next year's event which will be extended to 10 days between 26 May and 5 June.
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They show a summit vent lava lake at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on Kilauea, which first began erupting last March.
Since then the United States Geological Survey has continued to observe and map the flow of the lava as it spews over the lake's boundary and streams just over a mile down to the ocean.
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The Argentina international sat out December's Fifa Club World Cup semi-final after being diagnosed with renal colic, a type of abdominal pain commonly attributed to kidney stones.
He was able to play in the final three days later, and has played in all of Barca's league games since.
A club statement said Messi, 28, will return to "normal duties" on Wednesday.
"Barcelona striker Lionel Messi will undergo several tests on Monday and Tuesday to assess the evolution of the kidney problems he suffered last December," it said.
Messi has scored 12 goals in 17 La Liga games this season to help Barcelona go three points clear at the top of the table.
He played the full 90 minutes of Sunday's 2-0 win at bottom club Levante.
On Wednesday, Barca visit Valencia in the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final, which they lead 7-0 on aggregate.
Mr Duterte used the pose in his 2016 presidential campaign, a symbol of his tough and controversial crime policies.
Critics said the photo of Nick Warner, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (Asis) director-general, sent an inappropriate message from Canberra.
The Australian government said the photo was not Mr Warner's idea.
Mr Duterte has been condemned by human rights groups for his crackdown on drugs in the Philippines, which has seen thousands of people die at the hands of police.
The drug war has sparked civil unrest and protests against Mr Duterte's presidency, as well as criticism from community leaders.
Photos of the meeting between Mr Duterte and Mr Warner at Manila's Malacanang Palace were shared on the president's Twitter account.
Elaine Pearson, the director of Human Rights Watch in Australia, said Mr Warner's gesture was unwise.
"Sickening to see head of Australia's spy agency fist-bumping a man who has instigated the killing of thousands," she wrote online.
"You wouldn't pose like this with a mass murderer. And one day, Duterte may be indicted for crimes against humanity."
Australian MP Anthony Byrne said the photo was "completely inappropriate for the head of one [of] our most important intelligent services to be in".
However Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, whose department oversees Asis, said she was "confident it would not have been his [Mr Warner's] idea".
"I do not know the details of how it came about or who released the photograph," she said.
"But of course the Australian Secret Intelligence Service is called a secret intelligence service for a reason. Preferably the work that Asis does is below the surface but there are instances where it comes public."
Earlier this week, Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media that Australia was deeply concerned about extra-judicial killings in the Philippines.
Media outlets reported a palace official as saying Mr Duterte and Mr Warner had discussed routine matters such as regional security.
Last week, the Australian government added so-called Islamic State in East Asia to its official list of terrorist organisations.
It follows warnings by Australian intelligence chiefs about security threats in South East Asia.
The freeze applies to brands such as Tennent's Lager and Caledonia Best.
C&C Group-owned Tennent's said the move was designed to "further support Scotland's hospitality industry".
The company also announced it was changing the trading name of its sales and distribution arm from Wallaces TCB to Tennent's.
Wallaces TCB was formed after C&C Group bought wines and spirits wholesaler Wallaces Express in 2014.
Tennent's managing director Alastair Campbell said: "Scotland's pubs, club, hotels and restaurants are at the heart of our communities and part of the social fabric of our cities, towns and villages.
"Throughout our rich history dating back hundreds of years, Tennent's has been the strongest supporter of Scotland's licensed trade, and today we re-emphasise that commitment.
"We understand the challenges they're facing and, while other brewers have announced price increases to the trade, we are pleased to freeze the wholesale list price of our leading draught brands including Tennent's Lager, Caledonia Best, Magners Original Ice Cold Cider, Heverlee and Menabrea for the year ahead.
"This is further evidence of our support of the trade, allowing owners to direct greater investment into their businesses and help sustain jobs."
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In March, the council introduced the dress code to create "a professional image" among the county's 400 licensed taxi drivers, 70 of them in Rhyl.
The ban came into force on 1 May but drivers have raised a petition with 500 signatures protesting against the move.
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John Henshall, 69, from Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire, retained a copy of Bowie performing Jean Genie in 1973.
He said: "I just couldn't believe that I was the only one with it. I just thought you wouldn't be mad enough to wipe a tape like that."
It was unveiled on Sunday at an event held by the British Film Institute.
The annual event, Missing Believed Wiped, was the first time the footage had been seen since January 1973.
Mr Henshall said he only kept it because he wanted it for his showreel.
In the footage he used Telefex Fisheye lenses which he had designed himself. He also ended up in the background of one of the shots.
After the recording he asked producers for a personal copy on 2in (5cm) broadcast videotape.
Mr Henshall said: "I didn't realise that it had been wiped by the BBC.
"They'd been looking for it for years, hoping that somebody had maybe pointed an 8mm home movie camera at the screen, because there was no VHS in those days.
"I didn't realise that anybody wanted it. I'd just had it because it was my Fisheye.
"I had loads of ideas for optical effects back then."
Bowie's performance of Jean Genie was recorded on 3 January 1973 and transmitted the following day for the first and only time.
After realising he had a "rarer than rare" piece of television history, Mr Henshall went to Westpoint Television in London to view the footage.
"The hairs stood up on the back of my neck," he said.
"There it was in full broadcast quality. Amazing."
After his time with Top of the Pops, Mr Henshall went on to film professional music videos for Blondie, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Kate Bush, Spandau Ballet, Roxy Music and Queen.
Among other items recovered and shown at Sunday's event were two missing episodes of Doctor Who, a television play by Dennis Potter called Emergency Ward 9 and a comedy sketch featuring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
The first transmission of Jean Genie since 1973 will be in a BBC4 documentary, Tales of Television Centre, to be broadcast in the new year.
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This abstract question may strike you as the preserve of Palo Alto wannabes, Lower East Side podcasters, and media navel-gazers closer to home.
In fact the answer, while complex, goes to the very essence of democracy in our time.
And you cannot understand Thursday's announcement from the company, about its clampdown on fake news, without answering the prior question above.
The measures Facebook is taking - which range from making it easier to flag fake news to hurting the finances of fake news generators - while welcome, stop short of what some critics would like to see.
The revolution in media means that platforms like Facebook are increasingly doing what publishers do.
As Tony Haile argued in a recent episode of the Wall Street Journal's superb Media Mix podcast, "Publishers do five things: they create, post, curate, distribute and monetise content. Facebook now does four of those five... [But] they don't create."
I think even this point is debatable. It is true that Facebook doesn't commission original content, or journalism. But the advent of Facebook Live brings them very close to doing this.
When Lavish Reynolds used that tool to produce an astonishing broadcast of the moments after her boyfriend Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota Police officer, she was clearly broadcasting live news.
Of course Facebook didn't ask her to; but through Facebook Live, as through the social network's Instant Articles feature, Facebook facilitates original journalism, much as Amazon helped entrepreneurs with its Web Services technology.
Funded by advertising; helping to create vast amounts of stories; the main source of news for millions around the world. That sounds like a media company, doesn't it?
And yet Facebook doesn't see it that way, in one vital respect. It doesn't want to use human judgement to arbitrate between truth and falsehood.
On Wednesday I spoke at length to Adam Mosseri, Vice President of Product for News Feed at Facebook. He briefed me on Facebook's latest efforts to clamp down on the fake news which, some argue, helped Donald Trump to enter the White House.
Mark Zuckerberg initially described such a claim as "crazy", but has since tried to demonstrate he takes the issue seriously. Hence the announcement that Facebook will do four things:
Together, these measures will make a difference. As Zuckerberg has argued, and Mosseri re-iterated, fake news is a very small fraction of the material shared by the Facebook community, and weeding it out completely is impracticable.
But there is one, fascinating, vital respect in which Facebook will not do what its critics want.
It will not ask staff to make a call on what is true or false. In other words, it will not employ editors.
As Mosseri said to me in relation to the above, this effort to clamp down on fake news is "algorithmic" - Facebook will rely on algorithms, and the judgement of its community of users, to flag potential fake news. It won't make those decisions for itself, using its own staff.
Years ago, Zuckerberg described Facebook as a utility company. Then some smart people pointed out that utilities operate in a regulatory environment.
So the emphasis changed to it being a technology company. Just this August, Zuckerberg said "we are a tech company, not a media company" in Rome.
But Facebook's impact on the media industry has been revolutionary, gobbling up advertising and enticing vast new audiences.
Every day there are several pieces bemoaning the duopoly that Facebook and Google allegedly have over the media industry. Those complaints unite the New York Times with The Sun.
So while Facebook claims not to be a media company, the impact that it has on other media companies, together with its role in disseminating false information, will mean that publishers continue to condemn it.
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He was walking on Brooms Road near to its junction with Millburn Avenue at about 01:00 when he was approached by another man he did not know.
The attacker forced his victim to a nearby grassy area and subjected him to a serious sexual assault.
The suspect then walked off towards the nearby Morrisons supermarket. The area was cordoned off for several hours.
Police described the attacker as about 6ft 1in tall, of stocky build and possibly with a foreign accent.
He was wearing dark clothing and a hooded top.
Det Insp Scott Young said: "A young man has been subjected to a terrifying sexual attack and extensive enquiries are under way to find whoever is responsible for this utterly despicable crime.
"I would like to speak to anyone who was in the area near to where Brooms Road meets Millburn Avenue between 0000 hours and 0200 hours on Sunday morning.
"Whether you saw a man matching the description of the suspect, a man following another man, or a man in a state of distress - if you saw anything out of the ordinary at all then please come forward."
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Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas, Nile Wilson and Brinn Bevan finished fourth with 269.725 points.
Smith fell off the pommel in a complicated final rotation as China secured bronze with 271.122 points.
A late surge from Japan ensured they won their second gold of these Games with a score of 274.095, with Russia second with 271.453 points.
The Britons put in a strong all-round performance, with Wilson impressing on the high bar and rings to keep the team in the top three as the competition progressed.
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However defending champions China recovered from a slow start to finish in third and dash Britain's hope of a second Olympic medal in the event following their bronze at London 2012.
The USA had a mixed night as they were underwhelming on the floor, but they fought back to finish fifth, despite Danell Leyva slipping off the high bar.
Japan put in a consistent performance to secure their first gold medal since 2004, while Russia secured their first team medal in 16 years.
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Sheen is filming on location in south Wales for the period drama, which co-stars the Beauty and the Beast actor Dan Stevens.
The trainees were chosen from applicants to the Foot in the Door programme.
It is designed to open up the film industry to young people not already in employment, education or training.
Sheen, the Golden Globe-nominated actor from Port Talbot, said film traineeships were an "important" entry-point to the industry.
"What we really want to do is support and encourage work from within Wales - our home grown stuff," he told BBC Wales. "It's also really important for younger people.
"When I was growing up, I had no idea that you could do anything other than act on film, I thought it just happened magically.
The programme has been organised by Ffilm Cymru Wales and Charter Housing Association.
The successful applicants have had a week of training and are now working with the experienced crew on the set of Apostle. The roles include make-up, art and design, costume and construction.
Sheen added that the experience could help shed light on the workings of a film set.
Filming is due to last for several more weeks. The production has also given Sheen the opportunity to return to his roots, with some of the filming happening near his hometown of Port Talbot.
"It's fantastic. I've done some work in Port Talbot - specifically on The Passion in 2011 - but I've never filmed here, not like this on this scale.
"It's amazing. They've built this incredible village here in Margam Park. I used to come here all the time when I was growing up. Now to see what they've done here is really great. We're attracting a lot of film production into Wales, which is fantastic."
One of the Foot In The Door trainees, Norman Porter, from Wattsville, had looked at working in the United States but the cost was prohibitive.
"Working in this industry seemed unattainable - but I jumped at this chance and now here I am and I've been working in the art and design department," he said.
"The sets are phenomenal - I've been using my painting, carpentry and arts and design skills; it's hard work but rewarding."
Jaimie-Leigh Grierson, from Abercarn, is working in hair and make-up and said it has opened her eyes to opportunities in the industry in Wales.
"From when I was a little girl, I always wanted to work on the other side of the camera, watching how things are made and I've got a passion for make-up," she said.
"It's been amazing and opened my eyes to where I can look to get further jobs in the industry and it isn't such a strange world now."
The American made six birdies to finish on 17-under-par, ahead of Harris English in second, while Ryan Palmer and Webb Simpson ended tied-third.
Victory in Texas was Spieth's first since his final day collapse at the Masters in Augusta last month.
"That is a tough hump to get over," said Spieth, 22. "To win in front of my home fans, what a great week."
"I was never going to come out and say it until I was able to get over it - but that was a really tough hurdle for me to get over.
"I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through on that back nine at the Masters, so to win on the third tournament back [was great]".
Leading by one shot overnight, Spieth levelled through the first nine, before making six birdies on the back nine to claim his eighth PGA Tour triumph and the first in his home state of Texas.
Spieth, who is from Dallas just 33 miles away from the course, is the youngest eight-time winner in 86 years since Horton Smith.
He is also the second youngest eight-time winner in PGA history.
"Victory means a lot and the crowds were fantastic. It was a really cool atmosphere to play for. I stayed patient and the birdies came in streaks."
The top three players in the world, Jason Day, Spieth and Rory McIlroy, go into the Memorial tournament on Thursday having won their last events.
Police Scotland Chief Constable Phil Gormley revealed the figure in a letter to the Commons Home Affairs Committee.
Local police and fire services were exempt from VAT but this ended with the creation of national bodies in 2013.
The VAT issue remains controversial as Audit Scotland recently warned Police Scotland faced an £85m funding gap.
Westminster's Home Affairs Committee recently requested information from Police Scotland regarding its work training police forces of foreign governments.
At the end of a submission, sent on 2 June, Chief Constable Gormley stated: "Finally you ask, in reference to a question posed by Mr McDonald (SNP MP Stuart McDonald), how much VAT Police Scotland is unable to reclaim, or has paid.
"Since Police Scotland was formed in April 2013 we have paid £76.5M in VAT and we remain the only police organisation in the United Kingdom to pay VAT."
The situation arose as policing and fire services in Scotland were previously controlled by local council which can claim back VAT.
The new national forces are controlled by the Scottish government, which cannot.
The anomaly was known about when the Scottish government was piloting its single forces Bill through Holyrood.
It has since lobbied Westminster for a reintroduction of the VAT exemption, without success.
Following the committee meeting, a Scottish government spokeswoman said: "We remain deeply concerned about the glaring disparity of treatment between the service in Scotland and those in other parts of the UK where none of the other 44 forces have to pay VAT.
"We will continue to press the UK Government to bring their VAT status into line with all other British and Northern Irish Forces, as requested in the letter of 24 February 2016."
Recent concerns about budget shortfalls within Police Scotland have ensured that the issue has remained topical.
In October last year, the Scottish Police Authority, which oversees the national force, heard that Police Scotland was facing a £25m budget overspend by the end of the financial year.
Two months later, then Finance Minister John Swinney announced an extra £55m in funding for Police Scotland in his draft budget.
The same week, financial watchdog Audit Scotland warned of "significant issues" in the force's accounts, with a potential funding gap of £85m developing by 2018/19.
The annual VAT bill for the single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is estimated to be about £10m.
On a blameless surface, the tourists played a string of reckless strokes to be reduced to 87-4 and 144-5.
They were rescued in part by Jonny Bairstow, who made 89 in partnerships of 69 with the recalled Jos Buttler (43) and 57 with Ben Stokes.
England closed on 268-8, with India set to take control if they can wrap up the innings and bat long on the second day.
The home side, 1-0 up in the five-match series after a big win in the second Test, were accurate rather than brilliant with the ball, and could have been in an even better position if they had held their catches.
England, so often blighted by top-order failures, are once again relying on their lower order and bowling attack to remain in the match, and will be hoping that a dry pitch deteriorates to make batting last difficult for India.
"A high-class team would have made 450 or 500 on here," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special.
"Some of the dismissals have been poor and England will know that. They also know India will have to bat last on a pitch that, by day three and four, will be much more difficult."
Bairstow, the world's leading Test run-scorer in 2016, showed the patience that almost all of the rest of England's batsmen lacked to spare them from a complete calamity.
Promoted to number five after Ben Duckett was dropped, he showed solid defence against the pace bowlers and accumulated with pushes, punches, sweeps and rapid running - he scored only six fours in his 177-ball stay.
On 54, he could have been caught or stumped by Parthiv Patel off Ravichandran Ashwin, with the wicketkeeper also dropping another edge off Jayant Yadav when Bairstow was on 89.
But, from the next ball, Bairstow was given out lbw on the front foot, failed to overturn the decision on review and departed along with England's hopes of a first-innings score anywhere near par on this pitch.
"Bairstow is playing on a different planet," said Vaughan. "He made batting look so, so easy - balanced on front and back foot, and with options on both sides of the wicket against spin.
"Some of the other England batsman should be sitting next to him in the dressing room and hoping it rubs off on them."
At the end of play, Stokes was handed an official reprimand by the ICC for using "obscene, offensive or insulting'' language.
It related to his reaction to Indian players' celebrations of his dismissal when he was stumped after playing a rash shot off Jadeja's bowling.
In addition to the reprimand, one demerit point has been added to Stokes's disciplinary record. If Stokes reaches four points within a 24-month period, they will be converted into suspension points and he will be banned.
Two suspension points would result in a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whatever comes first. Stokes admitted the offence and accepted the sanction.
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The poor form of Duckett and Gary Ballance in India and Bangladesh respectively forced England to recall reserve wicketkeeper Buttler as a specialist batsman for his first Test in 13 months, despite the right-hander playing only one first-class match in that time.
His footwork was initially tentative, but time at the crease built enough confidence for Buttler to play trademark reverse-sweeps and handsome square drives.
He eventually joined the list of England batsmen to fall in sloppy fashion, tamely pushing left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli at extra cover.
Chris Woakes arrived to add 45 with Bairstow but was bowled by the pacey Umesh Yadav in the penultimate over to leave the tail exposed on Sunday morning.
With batting likely to become harder as the match progresses, England had the advantage of winning the toss, only to throw away wickets to some disciplined India bowling.
Haseeb Hameed was powerless in the face of some extra bounce extracted by Umesh, but Joe Root played an awful swipe across the line to Jayant, and captain Alastair Cook, who was dropped twice, edged a loose cut shot off Ashwin to depart for 27.
Moeen Ali, promoted to number four, was caught hooking the excellent Mohammed Shami, and Stokes, after battling hard with Bairstow, was frustrated into running past a Jadeja delivery to be stumped.
Bairstow showed his team-mates what could be achieved with the necessary application but, even after his effort, England are likely to need something special to get back in this match and possibly even the series.
England batsman Jos Buttler on TMS: "It was great to be out there in the middle and playing again. There are times when you question if you will get another chance.
"The day could have gone better for the team. There were a few dismissals that we could have been avoided, but at the end of the day a few started to spin and keep low.
"You're always in the game with runs on the board. We need as many as we can tomorrow."
England team-mate Jonny Bairstow: "Having won the toss, it was disappointing to lose the wickets that we have as the pitch will be its best today and tomorrow. It could have been a disastrous day if we didn't knuckle down and work hard. We could have been bowling tonight.''
India bowler Umesh Yadav: "England should have scored more runs - 260 is only a decent total because the pitch is not turning too much yet.''
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Carlisle led at the interval through a Charlie Wyke goal, his 16th of the campaign, but Bogle's double made it 18 league goals for the season and the striker also helped lay on a debut strike for substitute Adi Yussuf.
It took Carlisle until the 28th minute to find a shot on target, Shaun Miller forcing an alert save from Dean Henderson at the near post.
The home side then made the breakthrough in the 31st minute, Miller sliding the ball through to Wyke who kept his cool as he beat the advancing goalkeeper.
Minutes later the same combination almost produced a second goal, Miller picking out Wyke at the far post only to see Henderson get his fingertips to the ball and turn the header over the bar.
Grimsby missed a clear chance to level just before the break when Andrew Boyce met a Danny Andrew cross at the far post but contrived to send his close-range header wide.
Carlisle were caught napping three minutes after the restart when Bogle muscled his way through and kept his composure to squeeze the ball past Mark Gillespie from a tight angle.
Bogle was proving a handful for the Carlisle defence and he was on target again in the 74th minute, rising to meet Andrew's corner from the right and plant a header into the bottom corner.
Debutant Yussuf came on as a substitute and made it 3-1 to the Mariners in the 78th minute. The ex-Mansfield forward latched on to Bogle's backheeled pass and picked his spot calmly, beating Gillespie low down from 10 yards.
Jabo Ibehre missed a sitter and Jamie Devitt hit the post as Carlisle tried in vain to rescue the situation late on.
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Match ends, Carlisle United 1, Grimsby Town 3.
Second Half ends, Carlisle United 1, Grimsby Town 3.
Attempt missed. Derek Asamoah (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Michael Raynes (Carlisle United).
Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Michael Raynes (Carlisle United).
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Shaun Pearson.
Attempt blocked. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Shaun Pearson.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Reggie Lambe.
(Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town).
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Craig Disley.
Attempt blocked. Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Attempt blocked. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town).
Goal! Carlisle United 1, Grimsby Town 3. Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omar Bogle.
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town).
Attempt saved. Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jabo Ibehre replaces Tom Miller.
Goal! Carlisle United 1, Grimsby Town 2. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Andrew following a corner.
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Michael Raynes (Carlisle United).
Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Josh Gowling replaces Andrew Boyce.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Michael Raynes (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Grimsby Town).
Corner, Grimsby Town. Conceded by Tom Miller.
Delay in match Michael Raynes (Carlisle United) because of an injury.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Adi Yussuf replaces Scott Vernon.
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
They said they want to devise a new method of transferring pupils from primary schools within two years.
The party launched its assembly election manifesto on Thursday.
The UUP said successive Sinn Féin ministers have pushed for an end to academic selection, but there is no evidence that this would shorten the tail of underachievement.
Instead the Ulster Unionist manifesto says the party will pursue numeracy and literacy initiatives and provide extra help for children through a "book buddy" scheme.
They believe a new method of transferring Year 7 pupils should be based on continual assessment of pupils during the course of their primary education.
Last year, the party pulled out of the Northern Ireland Executive in a protest over IRA activity in the wake of the murder of Belfast man Kevin McGuigan.
The manifesto says they will rejoin the power sharing coalition, provided its programme for government is progressive, and there is a collective political will to deliver it.
The manifesto does not link the UUP's participation in government to the question of IRA activity. Instead, the party says it has engaged positively with the group established under the Fresh Start agreement to recommend ways to end paramilitary groups.
The Ulster Unionists say the next executive must prioritise tackling what they describe as the current "crippling hospital waits". They pledge to increase the number of GPs here by 400 over the next five years.
On the economy, the party pledges to implement a strategy to tackle the high level of economic inactivity in Northern Ireland. That strategy was drawn up for the last executive, but was not funded and so not implemented.
The party wants to celebrate the centenary of Northern Ireland in 2021 with new community facilities in each of the six counties.
They propose a centre piece could be a "people park", as a tribute to the famous people born in Northern Ireland or who have chosen to settle there.
They suggest the new park could be sited in the Titanic Quarter and argue that the cost to the public purse would be minimal as the development would be attractive to commercial and philanthropic funders.
"The main message of the manifesto is that we are offering real choice to the electorate on 5 May because we are now refreshed and we are, as it were, reborn," Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said.
"We've gone through a bad period and now we're saying to the electorate we have the vision to make this work, we have the policies to make it work and we have the people in terms of our 33 candidates."
Sixteen category one academies will join the tournament next season.
"The decision to support the proposal (strictly for one season only) was not taken lightly," said Tagg in a statement on the club website.
"This is not a precursor to B teams entering the league structure, which Exeter City would be against should it ever be proposed."
Exeter have never made the final of the tournament, coming closest in 2011 when they lost to Brentford over two legs in the southern area final.
And Tagg feels the opportunity to play against the best young players in the country will help Exeter's players develop.
The club has a reputation of blooding youngsters from its own academy in the first team, while players such as Matt Grimes and Tom Nichols have left for large fees in recent seasons.
"The EFL Trophy will allow a unique opportunity for our own under-21s to gain genuine valuable first-team experience. The possibility of being drawn away to a category one Premier League academy/under-21 side at a Premiership venue, would provide both crucial player experience, and an event for fans to enjoy," added Tagg.
"Secondly, the much needed reboot of the competition, currently without a sponsor, will provide increased revenue from central funding, match-day receipts and TV and prize money (which is double next season); an opportunity the club could ill-afford to lose out on.
"Exeter City understands that many supporters may be surprised, or not agree with the decision. However, after careful consideration and discussion the club feels that it is important to support and explore ways to ensure the competition can survive."
Spending on 16 to 18-year-olds has faced cuts too often while education spending overall has risen, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
However, government plans mean schools as a whole face "real-terms cuts for the first time in 20 years", it adds.
Ministers say they will protect further education until 2019-20 in cash terms.
According to the IFS, the last 30 years as a whole have seen increased spending per pupil for most age groups, and particularly for nursery age children.
But spending on 16 to 18 education has been "a notable exception".
The authors warn that spending cuts in the pipeline for the coming years "present a challenge to continuing to provide high-quality education at every stage", but spending on further education will fall the most.
The report says government plans will mean that:
"There is a strong case for the increased spending on early years education," said report author Luke Sibieta, an IFS associate director.
"The rationale for focusing cuts on 16 to 18-year-olds and in further education is much less obvious.
"The actions, as opposed to the rhetoric, of both Labour and Conservative governments suggest that they are agreed this is a low priority area for spending.
"Why they think that is unclear."
The report highlights how back in 1990 spending per pupil in further education colleges was 45% higher than in secondary schools.
But by 2019-20 it will be 10% lower.
This is because spending in further education and sixth forms has grown more slowly than school spending during periods of expansion and has been less well protected from recent cuts, say the authors.
For schools, the challenge will be coping with the real-terms funding cuts at the same time as substantial reforms to the way funding is allocated under the government's planned National Funding Formula, they add.
David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, said the continued failure to protect the 16 to 18 budget was "not acceptable" and urged the government to review how money was divided between age groups.
"The biggest losers, of course, are 16 to 18-year-olds who miss out on the breadth, depth and support that they deserve as they make the daunting journey from childhood into adulthood.
"Colleges are on the front line of this under-investment and yet are critical to delivering the solutions. With the likely skills gaps created by Brexit we simply cannot afford to have this part of education underfunded," said Mr Hughes.
A Department for Education spokesman said it was "transforming" post-16 education and investing £7bn to ensure there was a place in education or training for every 16 to 19-year-old who wanted one.
"As a result we have the lowest proportion of young people not in education, employment or training since consistent records began in 1994."
Norway's ruling party voted against funding the city's bid, leaving Beijing and the Kazakh city of Almaty as the only two potential hosts.
Stockholm, Krakow and Lviv have already pulled out of the race.
The junior partner in Norway's minority coalition government had already voted against funding Oslo's bid in May.
In a statement, Christophe Dubi, the International Olympic Committee's executive director of the Olympic Games, said: "This is a missed opportunity for the City of Oslo and for all the people of Norway who are known worldwide for being huge fans of winter sports.
"And it is mostly a missed opportunity for the outstanding Norwegian athletes who will not be able to reach new Olympic heights in their home country."
Norway is due to host the Winter Olympic Youth Games in Lillehammer in 2016.
Chagnaadorj Usukhbayar was sanctioned after testing positive for testosterone, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has announced.
The 19-year-old competed in the -56kg division, but did not finish the event.
Usukhbayar's was the seventh case dealt with Cas, which for the first time opened an office in an Olympic host city to fast-track the process.
Previously, cases were first heard by the International Olympic Committee, but it has delegated its powers to Cas.
Any further violations from the Olympics will be dealt with by the Cas offices in Lausanne.
Nicholas Robert Hankin, 54, of Colwyn Bay, pleaded not guilty to three charges - one while he was head at Ysgol Tanyfron between 2014 and 2015.
The other two relate to when he worked at Ysgol Gwenfro in 2015.
Mold Crown Court heard he had been suspended from his job for the past 16 months.
Judge Rhys Rowlands released Mr Hankin on bail ahead of a trial set for 30 October.
The attackers used sophisticated weapons such as anti-personnel bombs and rocket-propelled grenades, one local official said.
A religious leader told the BBC that villagers feared being caught up in further revenge attacks.
This is the most deadly attack on the police in Kenya's history.
Internal Security Minister Katoo ole Metito vowed to bring those responsible to justice, the Standard newspaper reports.
The officers were attacked in Baragoi in the northern Samburu County as they attempted to recover stolen cattle.
"They were ambushed by attackers bearing sophisticated weapons, including machine guns," Rift Valley provincial commissioner Osman Warfa told the Reuters news agency.
The religious leader, who did not want to be named, said the situation was "tense, with heavily armed security personnel patrolling villages".
"We fear the anger of these security people could fall on innocent civilians, as those who may have killed the policemen are nowhere now," he said.
A security source who said that 42 bodies had been found told the BBC that the final death toll could be even higher.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said three of the attackers had been killed, while nine injured officers remained in hospital.
The local Samburu and Turkana communities often steal cattle from each other, and clash over grazing rights and access to water points.
A similar attack, in which 12 people were killed, took place nearby two weeks ago, Kenyan media report.
Zoe Smith, a Northampton borough councillor, said she had been gardening along Stimpson Avenue for about a year.
Ms Smith, who walks to work along the road with a watering can, said she "thought it would be fun to create a mini free food resource" for residents.
She buys the plants herself and tends them in her spare time, she said.
Ms Smith began her "guerrilla gardening" with a fellow green-fingered friend, county councillor Danielle Stone.
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At first they planted the soil around the base of some trees in the Abington road where Ms Smith lives.
She then moved on to other "unloved" areas along the street.
As well as flowers, she is growing tomatoes, runner beans and beetroot.
"I was a little surprised to see I was 'a mystery' as I tend to do this in broad daylight and at the weekends," Ms Smith said.
"I just do it to brighten the area a bit and it does help to get people engaged. Lots stop and chat, which is really nice.
"Just the other day I passed a schoolboy and heard him say to his mum, 'I wonder where the next guerrilla garden will pop up?', which I thought was lovely," she added.
The announcement was expected after a referendum approved constitutional changes to allow him to run for three further terms and could potentially see him to stay in power until 2034.
Mr Kagame said Rwandans had made clear they wanted him to lead the country after 2017, and he could only accept.
He has dominated Rwandan politics since his rebel army ended the 1994 genocide.
Last month's referendum result means Mr Kagame can run for a third seven-year term in 2017 and then two further five-year terms.
Paul Kagame: Visionary or tyrant?
Third terms and the arrogance of power
In a televised New Year's address at midnight (22:00 GMT), the president, 58, said Rwanda did not need a president for life, and that someone else would take over sooner rather than later.
"You requested me to lead the country again after 2017. Given the importance and consideration you attach to this, I can only accept.
"But I don't think that what we need is an eternal leader," he said.
Part of the president's New Year's message was directed towards his critics abroad, says BBC Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo.
He was clearly telling them that democracy was at work in Rwanda and that he was only responding to the people's wishes, our correspondent adds.
The US and the EU have said Mr Kagame should step down in 2017 to allow a new generation of leaders to emerge.
They also denounced the results of the referendum, saying voters were not given enough time to make informed decisions.
President Kagame has received widespread praise for bringing economic development to Rwanda, but critics have also accused him of a heavy-handed rule, our correspondent says.
Rights groups accuse the government of stifling the media and political opposition.
Mr Kagame became acting president in 2000 and was then elected in 2003 and 2010. However, he has effectively held power since 1994, when his rebel force entered the capital, Kigali, to end the country's genocide.
Mr Kagame's announcement comes at a time when two other presidents in the region - of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo - are also seeking third-term extensions.
In Burundi, the president's decision to seek a third term unleashed violent protests, in which at least 100 people have died since April.
The partnership between One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and the East African Community (EAC) aims to deliver 30 million laptops in the region by 2015.
OLPC has also announced a partnership with a UN agency which aims to deliver 500,000 machines in the Middle East.
Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for the laptops.
The two groups aim to find donors to help pay for the machines, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less.
"At the end of the day, it all comes down to money," Matt Keller of OLPC told BBC News, talking about the EAC partnership.
"Ideally, we would live in a world where governments can equip every kid to be educated, but that's not the case."
He said the EAC was currently drafting a letter to US President Barack Obama to ask if the US could provide assistance to pay for the project. The countries were also exploring links with the aid community, he said.
Laptops given to Gaza's children
"This is a very ambitious project for which we will have to partner with various people and institutions to mobilise and fund the resources required to meet our objectives by 2015," said Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, secretary general of the EAC.
The organisation represents the governments of Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi.
Some of the countries have already run small trials with the machines, including Rwanda which has more than 20,000 pupils using them.
Mr Keller said the country already had an order for 70,000 more and had shown the other countries in the area the benefit of technology in schools.
The partnership with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aims to distribute half a million laptops to Palestinian children throughout the Middle East.
UNRWA looks after more than four million Palestinian refugees in five countries
It has been conducting trials with 1,500 machines in the region and has begun to distribute a further 2,100 to a school in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip.
"For us it is vital to get computers to our kids," Adnan Abu Hasna of UNRWA told BBC News.
"We think many people and individuals will support the idea."
OLPC has had difficulty selling its computers and its alternative vision of education around the world.
The organisation - a spin out from US university MIT - originally aimed to sell the low-cost laptops in lots of one million to governments in developing countries for $100 each.
However, it had difficulty getting governments to commit to bulk orders.
The rugged machines - which are designed specifically for children in the developing world and run both Linux and Microsoft Windows - are now offered in single units for around $200 each.
Mr Keller said that there were currently around 1.6 million machines distributed around the world, with commitments for another 400,000.
He admitted the project had still not reached its "tipping point", but said if the EAC was successful it may prove to be the decisive moment for the project.
"We want [these computers] to be as a fundamental as electricity," he said.
Lord Janner's son Daniel says that, as civil proceedings by several alleged victims are "already in train", the courts are the best place to hear them.
He says the inquiry will not offer his family an opportunity to fully cross-examine those who accuse Lord Janner.
Lord Janner's children plan to use the proceeds of his estate to defend him.
A former Leicester MP, Lord Janner is accused of sexually abusing more than 30 men and women during visits to childrens' homes, schools, hotels and Parliament between the mid-1950s and late-1980s.
Lord Janner was not prosecuted despite three police investigations, all started in the 1990s.
A fresh attempt to prosecute him was halted by his death in December last year.
But the ongoing independent national inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales has identified the Janner case as one of 13 separate strands it intends to investigate fully. Others include allegations of abuse in Rochdale, assaults carried out in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, attacks by people exploiting children in foreign countries, and abuse facilitated by the internet.
Daniel Janner QC, himself a criminal barrister, told the BBC the child abuse inquiry was wrongly focusing one of its most high-profile investigations on a man who was now dead, had never been convicted, and could not defend himself.
He has prepared a submission for the Home Affairs Select Committee, which will question the former chairwoman of the inquiry, Dame Lowell Goddard, and Home Secretary Amber Rudd, next month.
He and his two sisters, Marion Janner and rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, are furious that the inquiry will consider their father's past, as part of an investigation of potential "institutional failings" within Leicestershire social services.
A review of the case by retired High Court judge Sir Richard Henriques found opportunities had been missed and the Labour veteran should have been charged.
But Daniel Janner says he has been told that under the terms of the inquiry, the family could only question those who accuse Lord Janner "sparingly", rather than subjecting them to a full cross-examination.
"This process actually discredits the important work of the inquiry", he said, "This makes a mockery of justice."
He said the inquiry was "working on an assumption of guilt".
Dozens of people are considering suing the estate of Lord Janner, and Daniel Janner said it was right that the civil courts should hear their evidence, ahead of the inquiry.
"Our family has decided this is what we want, to use such inheritance as there is to clear his name," he said.
The family believes Lord Janner is innocent and that all of the 33 men and women who have accused Lord Janner have fabricated their accounts.
Daniel Janner said the earliest claims, investigated by three police inquiries, were "rubbish".
He believes they prompted others to make allegations, tempted by the prospect of compensation and "bolstered by the weight of numbers". Some, he claimed, had colluded to falsify their accounts.
"I have no doubt that some of them have been abused and of course, my heart goes out to them but they were not abused by my father and it is here where we have to fight back because these are false allegations."
However Liz Dux, who represents some of those accusing Lord Janner, said there was a risk a court would not be able to rule on the truth of the allegations because of legal time limits for bringing a civil action.
She said the inquiry would have decided to consider the case regardless of whether Lord Janner was prosecuted.
Peter Saunders, one those representing child abuse victims within the inquiry, said it was vital the Janner case was fully investigated.
21 March 2017 Last updated at 06:47 GMT
They've hired an entire team of gamers to compete in big eSports competitions, or video game tournaments.
What are eSports?
The funny thing is though, they don't play a football game, in fact some of them don't even like football!
BBC Sport went behind the scenes to speak to Kirei, Steve and their manager YellOwStaR at their training camp in Berlin to find out more about what it takes to be a professional gamer...
The recently discovered document offers fresh insight into the life of Jane Haining from Dunscore.
In total some 14 of her relatives attended the event in Edinburgh.
One of them, Catriona Topping, said she felt that her connection with Ms Haining had "deepened" by holding the will in her hand.
Ms Haining died in Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 47.
She is the only Scot to be officially honoured at the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel for giving her life to help protect Jews during the Holocaust.
Joyce Greenlees, 59, of Cumbernauld - whose grandfather was Ms Haining's cousin - only learned about family links to Northern Ireland, Belgium and England after reading about the discovery of the will.
It was among a number of documents found in attic space at the Church of Scotland's headquarters in Edinburgh.
"I am so proud and pleased to meet members of a family I did not realise existed," said Ms Greenlees.
"Jane Haining was a very brave lady who was totally selfless and I think it is very important that everyone knows her story because we can learn lessons from the fact she deeply cared about all people, regardless of religious belief."
Ms Topping, whose late grandmother was Ms Haining's half-sister, said she that the will had helped to transform a "mystical figure" from her childhood into a real person.
The Bristol University biochemistry PhD student added: "The lesson we should take from Jane Haining is to be humble and not consider ourselves to be superior to others.
"She did not see herself to be a hero, she was just doing what she thought to be right and respected everybody."
The reception in Edinburgh was hosted by the Moderator of the General Assembly Right Rev Dr Russell Barr who said it was a "privilege" to welcome the family of a remarkable woman for afternoon tea.
"Jane's story is one of the most remarkable stories of courage and loyalty," he said.
"There was something quite special about seeing her family holding the various photographs and letters and to feel their immense sense of pride in what Jane did and in the ways in which her life and death have now been recognised."
Rob O'Brien, from Ballygally, County Antrim, said he was very proud of his aunt, Ms Haining, and described the reunion as very moving.
"Jane was a person of very deep religious faith and a woman of great resolve and determination," he said.
"She had no desire to be a heroine, all she wanted to do was live out her faith and care for children.
"She had love for everybody and I think that is a great example to us all."
The reunion event was held on Armistice Day.
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The country has started to monitor air quality in 10 of its cities, include the capital Delhi.
Signs showing pollution levels will be on display, allowing people to decide whether to stay inside or go outdoors.
One of the main reason behind the pollution is the huge increase in the number of vehicles on the roads.
The World Health Organisation - a group who keep an eye on the health standards in different countries - found that 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities were in India.
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Bonamy Grimes, Barry Smith and Gareth Williams are backing Decidz, a free app designed to help people organise events together and chat about them.
An initial funding round, which included the trio, is understood to have raised nearly £500,000 for the business.
Decidz was founded in July last year and employs 10 staff in Edinburgh.
It is based at tech incubator CodeBase.
Decidz's co-founders are former senior Skyscanner executives Tom Williams and Craig Parker. Tom's brother is Gareth Williams.
Tom Williams said: "We think the scheduling space is missing a trick and we're developing a product better designed to fit the user's lifestyle rather than being just another tool.
"Decidz is less about calendar management and more about creating a conversation that leads to people doing more together."
Former Skyscanner chairman Ray Nolan, who is also an investor in Decidz, said: "Decidz is solving a problem that has dogged the internet since people first discovered email.
"A simple get-together of more than a couple of people can take literally hours to organise."
Decidz said it was targeting a local audience in Scotland and the UK before extending its user base internationally.
As part of its strategy, the company will use the Edinburgh Festivals in August to showcase the product.
It plans to secure further funding rounds to accelerate growth and scale, including in the fast-growing markets of Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
The general consensus is that refereeing standards are getting worse and people are quick to point out their mistakes but, when you have a week like this one where there are no obvious errors, nobody says how well they have done.
The FA Cup third round is admittedly a little different to a Premier League weekend because some of the ties are less even and so less competitive.
But out of 32 ties, the biggest talking points concerning refereeing decisions were the red card given to Chelsea's John Terry and the penalty awarded to Manchester City in their 5-0 win over West Ham.
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Terry appealed against his dismissal for a professional foul in Chelsea's 4-1 win over Peterborough, but I have no idea why. It was no surprise when the decision was upheld.
City's penalty, when Pablo Zabaleta went down under a challenge from Angelo Ogbonna, was less clear-cut but, again, I can see why the referee gave it.
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This weekend was not the first time I have watched games while getting a referee's perspective - through my TV work, I have watched a lot of Premier League matches recently sitting next to former top-flight official Howard Webb.
What I have learned from him is how quickly referees have to make a decision, and how certain things affect it.
One of them is players crowding around the official. Webb felt it made a big difference earlier in the season when the rule was being enforced that you cannot surround the referee to protest against a decision, but he feels it has not been policed as much in recent weeks and it has crept back in.
He was not sure why they have stopped warning players not to do it, because it makes it harder for referees when they have got a big call to make but they have got all kinds of people chatting away in their ear.
Enforcing that crowding ruling again would be a relatively simple fix but there are other more revolutionary ways to help referees get things right more often.
In-game video refereeing is probably the most talked about idea, and has already been trialled by governing body Fifa.
For me, it is 100% the way forward and should be brought into the Premier League as soon as possible - it is just a matter of deciding how to implement it.
You could have a video official who looks at incidents automatically, have a system where the referee requests which incidents are reviewed, or let managers get involved and give them one or two 'challenges' each half to use when they want to appeal against a decision or flag up something they think has been missed.
A combination of all three might be the answer.
I would hope that the video official and the referee could work together as a team and be in constant contact anyway, especially for big game-changing decisions - there should be no need for managers to request a review of those.
The technology is already there to use video refereeing, and I think we are being a bit stubborn not using it.
I know from my TV work that for all Premier League games, the number of cameras at grounds mean video analysts can offer replays of an incident from several different angles within a few seconds.
At the moment, that footage is seen pitch-side in the press box as well as by us in the TV studio, but not by the referee or any of his team of officials.
If you could offer that same facility to them then you are going to get more correct decisions.
There are obviously plenty of incidents where replays are inconclusive, but at least this would give officials the chance to take a second look before making their minds up.
Part of the criteria for deciding which system to implement should be the potential time it could add to the game and I think everyone would agree that part of it has to be right.
I don't see it being a problem in football. Rugby League has embraced video refereeing, and it can be annoying when every try is reviewed, but overall it does not affect the flow of the game, or dramatically extend every game.
If we are talking about five minutes being added on at the end of each match then that would work fine in the Premier League - the 30 extra minutes or so you get added on in the NFL would not.
Going by what has happened in other sports like cricket and tennis, I don't think it would take long for everyone - referees, players, managers and fans - to get used to it.
Crucially, I cannot think of a sport that has started using it and then stopped.
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We have already seen the benefits of football trusting in goal-line technology, for getting things right and also avoiding any argument about the decision afterwards - most of the time.
The only time I have ever seen a debate about it was during Manchester City's win over Burnley at the start of January, when there was a decision to be made over the order of events - City keeper Claudio Bravo was fouled in a goalmouth scramble, but the goal had already been given.
I cannot imagine referee Lee Mason had been in that situation before, where his watch buzzed to tell him the ball had crossed the line but he did not automatically give a goal because he had to think about what had gone on before it.
Mason got that bit spot-on, but it did not appear he communicated his thought process to the managers via the fourth official.
That is the only criticism I would make of that situation because it led to City boss Pep Guardiola boiling over during his interview to the BBC after the game, or at least that is what I assumed he was unhappy about.
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It annoyed me because that confusion could have been cleared up in five seconds if anyone had explained to Guardiola what had happened. Do that, and everyone looks good.
The ideal time to get that kind of information across is through the fourth official during the game but, failing that, the communication should definitely happen afterwards.
Before Christmas, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger complained that referees were "protected like lions in a zoo" because it is not possible to question their decisions without getting into trouble.
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Wenger had just seen his side beaten by two Manchester City goals that he felt were offside and, just as with Guardiola against Burnley, it would have been easy to explain those decisions to him before he faced the media.
The best way to do that would be to have a debrief after every game where the manager can get clarity on anything he wants from the referee.
I don't agree that the referees should face the media, however. Let the managers talk to them and then they can decide whether to talk about it in the press conference afterwards.
If they do pass on that information, then at least the decision-making process is clear even if the decision itself is wrong. From my own experience as a player, that would make things easier for everyone to accept.
Rachel Brown-Finnis was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
The 40-year-old former India captain, who retired from one-day internationals in December 2012, will end his career with two matches against West Indies.
"It's hard to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I've ever done since I was 11," he said.
Tendulkar is the highest scorer in both Tests and ODIs, with 15,837 runs in 198 Tests and 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs.
Test matches (198)
He has scored 15,837 runs at an average of 53.86, hitting 51 tons and 67 half centuries. His top score was an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in December 2004
One-day internationals (463)
He has scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 and a strike rate of 86.23. He has scored 49 centuries (highest score 200) and 96 fifties
Twenty20 internationals
He only made one international appearance in the shortest form of the game, scoring 12 from 15 balls against South Africa in December 2006
Tendulkar's full career statistics (Cricinfo)
He made his international debut aged 16 in November 1989 and last year became the only batsman in the history of the game to reach 100 international centuries.
"All my life, I have had a dream of playing cricket for India. I have been living this dream every day for the last 24 years," Tendulkar said.
He played his final Twenty20 match last weekend in the Champions League T20 final between his Mumbai Indians team and a Rajasthan Royals side led by another former India skipper, his long-standing team-mate Rahul Dravid.
Tendulkar's final appearances will also take place in India and he said: "It's been a huge honour to have represented my country and played all over the world. I look forward to playing my 200th Test match on home soil, as I call it a day."
He also holds the record for the most number of Test appearances, with Australians Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh joint second on 168, followed by Rahul Dravid (164) and South African Jacques Kallis, who is still playing, on 162.
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The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, N Srinivasan, said: "He is without doubt the greatest cricketer India has produced.
"In fact, one should really say he ranks among the top of all-time great sportspersons in the world. No one has served Indian cricket as Sachin has.
"He has truly been an ambassador for India and Indian cricket. He has been an inspiration for generations of sportsmen, not just cricketers.
"We respect his decision to retire, although many of us can't imagine an Indian team without Sachin."
Tendulkar was tipped for greatness from an early age, and whilst still at school in 1988 he made an unbeaten 326 in a stand of 664 with Vinod Kambli in the semi-finals of the Harris Shield.
His first Test century came in his 14th innings and was against England at Old Trafford in 1990.
There were six double centuries, the first of which came against New Zealand in 1999 and the most recent a 214 against Australia in Bangalore in October 2010, with his highest score an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in 2004.
Tendulkar racked up 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25 and in 2000 became the first man to score 50 international tons, while in 2010 he became the first double centurion in a one-day international.
It was hoped his 100th international hundred would be in the 2,000th Test match, which was against England at the home of cricket, Lord's, in 2011 but he was dismissed for 34 and 12 and the feat was achieved in an ODI the following year.
One of his most memorable Test centuries was an unbeaten 103 that inspired India to victory against England in December 2008 and came shortly after terror attacks hit his home city of Mumbai.
Tendulkar was popular across the world, and in 1992 became the first overseas player to sign for Yorkshire, scoring more than 1,000 runs in the summer.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said on Twitter: "Perfect symmetry to Sachin's retirement: 200th Test, not confirmed, surely to be played in Mumbai. Also a charming man to deal with, which I have been fortunate to do many times."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted: "One of the greatest ever Sachin Tendulkar is retiring. One of my heroes and an absolute joy to play against."
And England batsman Kevin Pietersen also took to Twitter to dub Tendulkar: "Undisputed Champion of Cricket!"
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Prisoners are currently eligible to apply for parole after serving half of their sentence.
They are released automatically after two-thirds of their jail term.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that in future no-one will get automatic release.
Experts have raised concerns about prisoners being released "cold" after serving all of their sentence in prison, rather than spending some of it supervised on licence in the community.
However, the first minister also announced a guaranteed period of supervision for prisoners guilty of serious offences coming out of custody.
Ms Sturgeon said the provisions of the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, would be tightened to ensure that no prisoners serving time for serious offences would be automatically released on licence after two thirds of their sentence.
For non-sexual offenders, the bill currently applies only to prisoners sentenced to ten years or more.
The announcement follows confirmation by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson of a "radical" new approach to offending, following the scrapping of plans for a female prison in Inverclyde.
The first minister said the new "dual approach" would ensure those who do not require to be in prison access community services, while offenders who should be in jail remain there longer.
Ms Sturgeon said: "The safety of the public is an absolute priority of this government, and we have made significant progress in recent years, with an additional 1,000 police officers on our streets and recorded crime now at its lowest level in 40 years."
She added: "But we are not complacent, and we recognise that tough action is required to tackle those offenders who commit the most serious crimes, ensuring that communities are kept safe while at the same time making efforts to reduce the likelihood of reoffending."
The bill already included proposals to end automatic early release for certain categories of prisoner but this announcement extends that provision.
Susan Gallagher, acting chief executive of Victim Support Scotland said: "For those who live in all of the communities in which we work this should be viewed as a step closer to achieving a system in which sentences are straightforward and understandable to the victim and those communities.
"We also support the guarantee of a period of post-release supervision for prisoners, as we recognise the significant role played by community supervision, not only in facilitating enhanced reintegration into the community, but also in supporting offenders to desist from further offending."
The Scottish Conservatives claimed that the plans did not go far enough.
The party's chief whip, John Lamont MSP, said: "This is clearly welcome news but it still falls short of what the SNP has been promising to do since first getting elected in 2007.
"It will still mean that 97% of prisoners will be automatically released from prison half way through their sentence, no questions asked."
He added: "Automatic early release of prisoners is an insult to victims and makes a mockery of our justice system. Despite the announcement today, the vast majority of offenders will continue to enjoy the benefits of our soft touch justice system."
Police said a group of men - some with bladed weapons - entered the Gurdwara Sahib in Leamington Spa at 06:45 BST.
A former treasurer at the Warwickshire temple said a marriage between a Sikh and non-Sikh was due to take place.
Jatinder Singh Birdi said mixed marriages had been a contentious issue in the local Sikh community.
Officers remain inside the temple on Tachbrook Drive and a police cordon is in place outside.
Supt David Gardner said the protest was being treated as "an aggravated trespass" from "the escalation of a local dispute". He said a "significant number of bladed weapons" were seized, but no injuries were reported.
"Over the coming days we will be working with the local Sikh community to address some of the ongoing issues that have culminated in today's events," he added.
Mr Birdi said: "There have been tensions that have been going on for a couple of years with some people objecting to mixed marriages in taking place in the gurdwara.
"The general consensus is people are respectful of mixed marriages if the traditions are respected.
"Nothing has happened on this level before.
"This is meant to be one of the happiest moments of somebody's life - it shows a lack of respect."
Mixed marriages taking place at Sikh temples in the UK have been disrupted by protestors.
The Sikh Council has argued the marriage ceremony, known as Anand Karaj, should be reserved only for Sikhs. Last year it also called for a halt to protests.
Umair's mother, Pakistani national Riza, and his father, Newport-born Suhail, planned to live in Wales together after their marriage in 2014 but her visa application has been refused twice.
Umair has seen his mother for just six weeks since he was 10 months old.
Riza plans to make a third application.
To bring a non-European spouse into Britain you must have a minimum income of £18,600 and they must have a good knowledge of English.
The rules were introduced by the former coalition government to stop foreign spouses becoming reliant on taxpayers.
Riza's first visa was refused because she failed the English test. On the second occasion Riza passed, but her family believe the visa was refused because Suhail had changed jobs and could not prove his income.
The family say they have the resources to support Riza.
Riza and her child speak on Skype but Suhail worries Umair no longer recognises his mother.
He said: "He thinks it's just a video. She [Riza] cries then because obviously she's not seeing the baby. And the baby's not taking attention of her because he doesn't know who she is."
While Suhail is at work his mother Irena cares for Umair.
Irena said: "As he's growing up he's forgetting her so we have to remind him all the time on Skype or on email or WhatsApp - 'that is your mother'. He doesn't realise that at all."
The family had to mark Umair's first birthday without his mother: "I cried my eyes out. I really, really cried because she wasn't there to have a look at his first birthday," said Irena.
The family want Umair, who has the right to live in the UK, to remain in Newport because he attends an English speaking nursery and they want him to attend a local school where they think he will get a good education.
In 2015, the children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said up to 15,000 British children were growing up in "Skype families" because of immigration rules that were causing children significant stress and anxiety.
Suhail said he's determined to get his "beautiful" wife to Newport: "I didn't think it'd be this hard but it's come to a stage where you just struggle so much and there's only so much you can do.
"I keep thinking of what's happening and keep crying."
The family feature in BBC Wales documentary Strangers in a strange land.
The programme also tells the story of 25-year-old Bashar, who fled Syria three years ago.
He paid a people smuggler to take him on a boat to Italy before travelling to Calais where he boarded a ferry by clinging to the underneath of a lorry.
Once he reached the UK he faced a harrowing motorway journey under the vehicle: "The lorry was driving for 50 to 60 minutes. I was holding on with all my strength because if I let go I die."
Eventually the lorry pulled into a service station and Bashar handed himself over to the authorities and made his claim for asylum.
He was sent to Cardiff and four months later given leave to remain in the UK.
He has found work in a Middle Eastern restaurant in Cardiff.
He said: "I want to support myself. I don't want anyone to support me."
A Russian military official said "panic and desertion" had started among the militants and some 600 "mercenaries" were trying to escape to Europe.
However, Britain said Russia's strikes were supporting its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The West says Russia is also hitting non-IS rebels. Moscow denies the claim.
There have been reports that a number of Syrian civilians have been killed in the Russian air strikes, which began on 30 September.
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In a statement (in Russian), Col Gen Andrey Kartapolov said Russian aircraft had already made more than 30 sorties with the aim of hitting more than "50 infrastructure targets of the Islamic State terrorist organisation".
"Our intelligence shows that militants are leaving areas under their control. Panic and desertion have started in their ranks," he said.
"Some 600 mercenaries have abandoned their positions and are trying to get to Europe."
Col Gen Kartapolov stressed that because of these results, Russia would now "not only continue but intensify" its air strikes.
In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron accused Moscow of not "discriminating between IS and the legitimate Syrian opposition groups".
"As a result, they are actually backing the butcher Assad and helping him.
"Rightly, they [Russia] have been condemned across the Arab world for what they have done and I think the Arab world is right about that," Mr Cameron added.
Meanwhile, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said military intelligence suggested suggested only one in 20 Russian air attacks so far had been on targets to damage IS.
On Friday, US President Barack Obama said the Russian bombing was driving moderate opposition underground and "only strengthening" IS.
Mr Obama said he rejected the Russian assertion that all armed opponents of the "brutal" Mr Assad were terrorists.
Russia earlier said its aircraft had hit IS command centres, arms depots and military vehicles. Targets included the IS stronghold of Raqqa, but also Aleppo, Hama and Idlib - provinces with little IS presence.
The air strikes in Syria are Russia's first military engagement outside the borders of the former Soviet Union since the end of the Cold War.
In a statement earlier this week, the US, UK, Turkey and other members of the coalition targeting IS with air strikes called on Russia to cease air strikes they said were hitting the Syrian opposition and civilians, adding that they would "only fuel more extremism".
Why is there a war in Syria?
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that four years on has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Who is fighting whom?
Government forces concentrated in Damascus and the centre and west of Syria are fighting the jihadists of Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, as well as less numerous so-called "moderate" rebel groups, who are strongest in the north and east. These groups are also battling each other.
What's the human cost?
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed and a million injured. Some 11 million others have been forced from their homes, of whom four million have fled abroad - including growing numbers who are making the dangerous journey to Europe.
How has the world reacted?
Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the US, UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran are believed to have troops and officers on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying out air strikes.
Under the plan the two counties would share an elected mayor to oversee transport, highways maintenance, house building and strategic planning.
They would get £750m over 30 years for infrastructure and £130m for housing.
The government said the cash would go elsewhere if the idea was rejected, and councils have been given two weeks to vote on whether to support the offer.
Four Norfolk councils - Norwich, Great Yarmouth, North Norfolk and Breckland - have already pulled out of discussions.
But the government decided East Anglia devolution should go ahead with the remaining 12 authorities.
"This is one of the most ambitious deals in the country," said Andy Wood, the Suffolk businessman who oversaw the negotiations.
"But the secretary of state is clear that if we don't agree the deal the funding on offer will be spent elsewhere in the country."
Under the plans the mayor would have a cabinet comprising one representative from each council and one from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
The cabinet will have the power to vote down the mayor's decisions.
Councils have expressed concerns about loss of powers, and critics have questioned if the money on offer really is new.
It is understood the government will announce that if any of the four councils have a change of heart they would be allowed to join at a later date.
But with significant opposition at King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council and Norfolk County Council, the deal could yet be scuppered.
Plans for a mayor in Cambridgeshire have already been agreed.
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First will take on the route from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads once it opens towards the end of 2017.
MetroBus said the operator would not get public money to run the service and would "take the business risk".
Managing director of First Bristol James Freeman said the scheme marked "the start of an exciting new era for public transport in Bristol".
The rapid transit scheme was devised by the West of England Partnership - an alliance between the four councils in Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
It involves three routes - Ashton Vale to Temple Meads; Cribbs Causeway via Emersons Green to the city centre; and the South Bristol link between the A370 Long Ashton bypass and Hengrove Park.
It will provide an express bus service on 31 miles (50km) of segregated lanes.
The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route is close to completion, with a new bridge over the Bristol to Portishead railway line and the £3.8m refurbishment of Ashton Avenue Bridge now complete.
Councillor Asher Craig, from Bristol City Council, said: "I am very much looking forward to MetroBus services starting.
"These measures and new smart ticketing will generate a noticeable uplift of quality and reliability to the public transport network."
The leaders of Tunisia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria have joined the second day of the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily.
Italy chose to host the meeting there to draw attention to Africa and the millions of migrants who risk the crossing to Europe.
But discussion has been dominated by terrorism and climate change.
Saturday also marks the last day of US President Donald Trump's foreign tour.
Attending his first summit, he told his fellow G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Friday that he had not yet decided whether or not to endorse the Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
It is feared a US withdrawal could cause others to question the deal.
But UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is also in Sicily for the meeting, told the BBC the accord would survive regardless of Mr Trump's position.
Mr Guterres, who was previously the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also travelled to Sicily to call for greater action to deal with migration.
So far this year, more than 1,500 migrants are thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean.
Italy is keen to encourage the world's wealthiest nations to support African countries in developing their economies, so fewer young people will feel forced to make the dangerous journey to Europe.
However, a diplomat told news agency Reuters that other Italian proposals - which looked to highlight the benefits of migration and promote a major initiative on food security - were dismissed ahead of the summit.
According to the source, Mr Trump's administration was unwilling to highlight benefits of human mobility, Reuters reported.
Once his first foreign trip draws to a close on Saturday, President Trump will return to the US where his approval ratings are low and he is coming under increasing pressure over alleged Russian meddling in November's election.
His chief-of-staff, Reince Priebus, said Mr Trump had shown "his commitment to confronting evil, promoting peace and putting America First on [a] historic and highly successful first trip abroad" in a tweet on Friday.
Meanwhile, US media have already been casting their judgements:
However, headlines in the US continue to be dominated by alleged links to Russia, and there are whisperings of discontent within his own party over policy decisions.
John Boehner, a former Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, told energy magazine Rigzone that apart from some foreign policy moves, Mr Trump's time in office has been a complete disaster, citing healthcare in particular.
The existing library in Cardigan, at Canolfan Teifi, will move to the Morgan Street offices as a result of the work, shutting on 24 June to reopen there on 10 July.
There were letters of objection from the public to the plans and a 1,000-strong petition was handed to Ceredigion council.
The council said significant annual savings would be made.
Objections included access problems, a lack of computer facilities and that it would be located "on a very busy road and at a dangerous junction".
The move was also described as a "complete waste of money and time".
But the council said it had no control over the decision to close the existing library and that the new location was served by public transport and would be accessible by foot.
Ray Quant, cabinet member for technical and corporate services, said: "Bringing everything under one roof will be of benefit to the people of Cardigan, staff and the council."
An official opening of Morgan Street Council Integrated Centre will be held in September.
The 16-year-old boy, from Tameside in Greater Manchester, attempted to place an online order for abrin - a toxin 30 times more powerful than ricin.
Police said the basis of his guilty plea was that he was hoping to buy it with a view to taking his own life.
The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was given a 12-month referral order at Manchester Youth Court.
The court also ordered that his smartphone be destroyed.
He was charged with trying to obtain 10mg of abrin under the Biological Weapons Act 1974 and Criminal Attempts Act 1981.
At an earlier hearing, Tameside Magistrates' Court heard just 0.05mg of abrin was enough to kill a human.
The North West Counter Terrorism Unit said the teenager was arrested after he attempted to place an order on the "dark web" - parts of the internet which cannot be found by conventional search engines.
The "sellers" in this case were actually undercover law enforcement officers.
Det Sgt Russell Stubbs said the teenager was a "vulnerable, troubled young man".
"Thanks to the vigilance of a number of different law enforcement agencies we were able to intervene before this young man got hold of such a deadly substance from a genuine seller.
"I hope now this case is concluded he can get the help and support he needs to turn his life around."
What is abrin?
Sgt Stubbs urged parents to keep a "very close eye" on what their children were doing.
"The sooner we are able to identify someone either at risk or using the 'dark web' for criminal purposes, the better chance we have to consider appropriate intervention options."
A referral order is aimed at preventing reoffending among first time offenders between the age of 10 and 17 who have pleaded guilty.
After successful completion of the order, the offence is considered "spent".
He was asked if a change in the law was being considered as part of a review of marriage laws.
"Not as far as I'm aware and I've certainly no intention of doing so," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics show.
The government was looking into humanist marriages in England and Wales, he said.
Humanism is a secular philosophy. Humanist weddings are not legally recognised in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - but they are legal in Scotland.
The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that ministers had ordered a rethink of wedding laws, which could allow naturists to conduct weddings if the rules were changed.
It claimed a paper had been published by Mr Grayling which confirmed groups who have expressed an interest in changing wedding laws included British Naturism, the organisation that campaigns for a greater understanding and acceptance of outdoor nudism.
But Mr Grayling told the BBC: "It hasn't been ordered by me I can tell you that."
The justice secretary stressed there was a difference between someone "expressing an interest" and "something actually happening".
"No nude marriage right now as far as I'm concerned," he told the BBC.
The naval task force from Russia's Northern Fleet will proceed past the British Isles, down to Gibraltar, and through the Mediterranean Sea to join the Russian combat mission in war-torn Syria.
Why is Russia enhancing its naval presence off Syria now? The answer is part capability and part theatre.
Russia has already flexed its naval power during its operations in Syria, with warships firing cruise missiles at land targets from both the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean. But naval involvement has never been a critical factor. Most of the targets hit could equally have been struck with aircraft either based in Syria or flying from bases in Russia itself.
To a large extent Russia's naval activity has been a display - a demonstration of Moscow's capabilities and the fact that it retains ambitions to play an overseas role.
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The deployments also underscore Russia's continuing desire to retain its small naval base at Tartus, and provide useful experience for Russian vessels in conducting expeditionary operations.
This latest deployment again reflects all these factors.
Until now though, most of the Russian naval presence off Syria has come from its Black Sea fleet, vessels transiting the Bosphorus, deploying into the eastern Mediterranean, and then returning to the Black Sea. Earlier this month, for example, two Buyan-M missile-firing corvettes - the Serpukhov and the Zelyony Dol - left Sevastopol en route for the Mediterranean.
This latest deployment is of a different order, comprising some of the largest warships in the Russian fleet. Leading the task force is Russia's sole aircraft carrier - the Admiral Kuznetsov - escorted by six other vessels. Chief among them is the nuclear-powered battle cruiser - Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great) a Kirov-class warship and the largest surface combatant (excluding aircraft carriers) in the world.
With it are two anti-submarine destroyers of the Udaloy class - the Severomorsk and the Vice-Admiral Kulakov. There are also four support vessels. It is likely that the flotilla will be joined by Russian submarines as well, which would typically help protect the carrier.
The Admiral Kuznetsov battle group will join some 10 other Russian vessels already off Syria.
These vessels have a long journey from bases of the Russian Northern Fleet. Their exact route is unclear, but they will either pass through the English Channel or to the west of Ireland. It is likely that the Admiral Kuznetsov will conduct some flight operations en route, as its air group works up to combat readiness.
The Russian warships' progress is being carefully monitored by Nato aircraft and ships.
Tensions with the West are high. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the Syria crisis have so far failed. And there has been talk in Washington about exploring potential military options. Russian reinforcements help to consolidate its position and make Western military action probably unthinkable.
Russian air defences have been bolstered in Syria itself. And the additional Russian warships provide extra capabilities to counter air and submarine threats. The aircraft on board the carrier will also give Moscow more fire-power.
An added naval presence also serves to counter those in the West who have argued that a "no bomb" zone could be enforced by missiles fired from western warships in the Mediterranean. Russia is pre-emptively upping the naval stakes.
But the mighty presence of warships like the Admiral Kuznetsov and the Peter the Great is deceptive. These are rare outings for Russia's big ships. Indeed, this will be the aircraft carrier's first ever combat deployment. Both vessels have been plagued by problems. The 26-year-old Kuznetsov rarely goes anywhere without a naval tug just in case it breaks down.
It will also be the first combat test for its MIG-29K warplanes. Russian carrier-borne aircraft are launched not by catapult, as in the US Navy, but with a sort of ski ramp. This means they can carry less fuel and weaponry so it is likely that the Kuznetsov will have to cruise relatively close to the Syrian coast to mount air operations.
Any cynicism, though, should be muted. The fact that the Kuznetsov flotilla is on its way at all demonstrates that Russia is one of the few countries in the world that can deploy this kind of sea power.
When Russia entered the Syrian conflict there was a lot of speculation from Western experts that it would fall flat on its face, and that it simply did not have the capability to conduct this kind of expeditionary warfare.
Well, the Russians have proved those experts wrong.
They have shown that they are both innovative and capable. They have demonstrated their ability to strike with tactical aviation - long-range bombers, cruise missile-firing warships in the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean - and to sustain a reasonable level of ground operations in support of the Syrian government forces too.
Their targeting policy and methods have provoked much criticism. But in terms of pure military capability, Russia's Syrian adventure has so far proved a success.
Hundreds are known to have died and thousands injured. Aid in the form of temporary shelter, food, medical and cooking supplies has begun trickling into affected areas, but the presence of militants has hampered some efforts.
The soldiers will go from home to home handing out leaflets on how to avoid the spread of Zika, which has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
The announcement came after Health Minister Marcelo Castro said Brazil was "losing badly" in its fight against the virus.
No treatment or vaccine is available.
Mr Castro said the troops would be sent out on 13 February to hand out leaflets and give advice on how to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds.
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He told O Globo newspaper that the spread of the Zika virus was one of the greatest public health crises in Brazilian history.
The fight against Zika could only be won if people did their bit to eradicate the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which transmits it, Mr Castro said.
He added that the mosquito, which also transmits dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever, was Brazil's "public enemy number one".
"Last year we had the highest number of dengue cases in the history of Brazil," he said.
"We're losing badly in the battle against the mosquito."
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that the Zika virus was likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas.
Symptoms include mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache and the virus has already been found in 21 countries in the Caribbean, North and South America.
However, what the authorities are most worried about is the damage the virus can potentially cause babies in the womb.
Brazil has recorded a huge spike in cases of babies born with microcephaly and a number of Central and South American nations have asked women to delay pregnancy.
There have been 3,893 reported cases of microcephaly in Brazil since October compared with the previous annual average of just 160 cases.
It has been frequently claimed that Qatar has relatively close ties, probably through intermediaries, with the Nusra Front. The Qatar foreign ministry has denied this, and proof is, unsurprisingly, difficult to find.
But such an accusation has increasingly cropped up, particularly in terms of Qatar's prolific record of resolving hostage situations in Syria.
Thirteen Greek orthodox nuns, an American journalist, and 45 Fijian peacekeepers are just some who have been released in the last 18 months with Qatar's and, it appears, often the Nusra Front's help.
In the melange of designated terrorist and jihadist groups at play in Syria and Iraq, there is a vast spectrum ranging from the deranged like Islamic State (IS) to the more moderate groups like (the now defunct) Harakat Hazm that was supported by, among others, America.
Being a directly affiliated al-Qaeda group, the Nusra Front is nearer the IS end of the spectrum.
Yet, while the Qatari relationship with the Nusra Front appears to be far from straightforward with some of the state's initiatives failing, indicating some distance between the two, according to recent reports, Qatar appears to want to reform this relationship.
This begs the question of why Qatar would want even loosely to associate itself with a group like the Nusra Front.
Firstly, there are no "good choices" in Syria today. Qatar has surmised, it seems, that supporting or transforming the Nusra Front, is one of the "least worst" options.
Secondly, the Nusra Front has pledged to concentrate its efforts on removing the Bashar al-Assad government, as opposed to attacking the "far enemy" (ie Western states).
On this point, the Nusra Front is aligned tightly with Qatar, which also is implacably against the government and fundamentally believes that the situation in Syria will only improve if he is removed.
This idea is also reflected in the Nusra Front's composition, which is far more Syrian-dominated than the foreign jihadist-magnet that is IS.
Thirdly, with this goal in mind, and perhaps most crucially, the Nusra Front group is widely seen as one of the most effective groups operating in Syria against a wider backdrop of splintered groups whose powers are highly limited.
The potential creation of an effective fighting force against IS (or the Syrian regime) is a significant draw for Qatar.
Fourthly, Qatar possesses a small, young foreign ministry and it does not have a foreign intelligence service.
Though far from alone on this issue, the state struggles to map the dynamic conflict and finds it difficult to plot the shifting actors.
Instead, it seems that Qatar prefers to continue to support the people or groups with whom it already has relations.
As the conflict inexorably deteriorated and groups became more and more extreme, it seems that Qatar, unable to chop and change support easily and wanting to retain relevance, maintained relations with its contacts in Syria, some of whom appear to have close affiliations with the Nusra Front.
Nevertheless, the low-level Qatari contacts with this group (if, indeed, they do exist) are not sufficient to turn the tide in Syria, and rumours of such existing contacts have added fuel to the media frenzy that has alighted on Qatar and its allegedly nefarious links in recent years.
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This is why Qatar is hoping to bring the Nusra Front in from the cold. If the state can get the group to eschew its al-Qaeda affiliation and adhere to a broadly moderate Islamist platform, Qatar can officially commence, with Western blessing, the supply of one of the most effective fighting forces in Syria.
Not an easy sell, but the promise of Qatar supplying a potential tsunami of support will prove to be a powerful negotiating tactic.
Once again, the silence from Doha on this matter encourages speculation inferring that Qatar has some kind of a genuine sympathy with the goals of the likes of the Nusra Front.
But the fact remains that Qatar is a key Western ally. It hosts a critical US military base, it grafted US and UK higher-education institutions and ideas onto its education system, and has long promoted the Middle East's most visible and powerful woman, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, the Emir's mother.
These are transparently not the policies of a state with sympathies for the likes of IS or al-Qaeda. Indeed, there is no chance that Qatar is doing this alone: the US and UK governments will certainly be involved in or at least apprised of Qatar's plans.
And, with increasing desperation in the face of IS and Bashar al-Assad's resilience, a reformed, effective fighting force would be welcomed by the West. Indeed, the UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, recently said that he would speak to anyone, including the Nusra Front, in the effort to save lives.
Qatar is not the first state to reason that it is time to talk to groups that are unpalatable and extreme, but who are, nevertheless, influential.
But the ultimate judgement on this emerging policy will rest on how well Qatar can manage this transition and if this new fighting force can alter the balance of power.
The recent assassination of the Nusra Front's central military commander, Abu Hammam al-Shami, in Idlib, Syria, indicates the fluid nature of the conflict.
Whether he was killed because of an internal disagreement about the putative negotiations to eschew the Nusra Front's al-Qaeda affiliation or not, this assassination indicates the daily changes at the tactical level that can have potentially profound strategic effects.
In such a changeable, fractured operating environment, Qatar will not be able to engineer a clean break of the Nusra Front from al-Qaeda.
But, in a context where the best that can be hoped for is the "least worst" solution, Qatar's plan is as viable as any other.
Dr David Roberts is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. He was the Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi). His book Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City State will be published in 2015.Follow him on Twitter @thegulfblog
Rajat Gupta, 63, denied illegally leaking boardroom secrets to Raj Rajaratnam, a former hedge fund manager now serving 11 years in prison.
The jury acquitted Gupta, a former managing partner of consulting giant McKinsey & Co, of two other charges.
Gupta could face up to 20 years in jail when he is sentenced on 18 October.
Prosecutors said that, in secret recordings of conversations with Rajaratnam, Gupta shared corporate secrets as though "he was talking about what happened at a Yankee game yesterday".
But defence lawyers told the jury that the use of phone records and FBI wiretaps only created the illusion of illegal business activities.
"That is a gambit that can bamboozle people into thinking something was proven when it wasn't," defence lawyer Gary Naftalis said.
The trial focused on a phone call made to Rajaratnam on 23 September 2008, minutes after Gupta had listened to a private conference call discussing a $5bn (£3.2bn) investment in Goldman Sachs by Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway. The deal would be made public after stock markets closed that day.
According to phone records, Rajaratnam bought $40m in Goldman Sachs stock moments after the phone call, earning nearly $1m.
Gupta, who was born in India and educated at Harvard, becomes the most prominent corporate figure to be convicted in a sweeping probe into insider trading. Experts say the conviction sends a message that no-one is off-limits.
He also served on the boards of Procter & Gamble, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The late-Saxon stone coffin is believed to contain someone important such as a king or bishop.
It was discovered earlier this year during an archaeological dig ahead of renovation work at the castle.
It was in the same area as the remains of a church, supporting the theory the skeleton is someone important.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire County Council said: "The skeleton seems to wearing leather shoes or boots.
"Finding a sarcophagus from this period that's still in one piece is extremely rare, so the discovery is of national significance."
The sarcophagus was found three metres below ground level.
A facial reconstruction based on the skull will be created to show how the person would have looked, and the remains will be carbon dated to determine how old they are.
The church, which is at least 1,000 years old, was previously unknown.
An examination with an endoscope previously revealed the sarcophagus contained human remains.
Archaeologists began to remove the cracked lid in pieces, starting with the foot end, on Thursday.
The dig was undertaken as part of the £19.9m Lincoln Castle Revealed project, which will see the building of a new centre to house Lincoln's Magna Carta and a tower to provide access to the castle walls.
The project is due to be completed in 2015, when many of the finds from the dig will be put on display.
A shrewd political operator, he called snap elections in late 2014, scoring a dramatic win despite losing ground in opinion polls right up to the day of the vote in March.
For Mr Netanyahu, the number one issue has long been Israel's security, and he has taken a tough line towards the Palestinians, seeing land-for-peace as too dangerous to accept.
His third term shifted from renewed peace talks, which collapsed in acrimony, to war with militants in Gaza just three months later.
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. In 1963 his family moved to the US when his father Benzion, the historian and Zionist activist, was offered an academic post.
At the age of 18, Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel, where he spent five distinguished years in the army, serving as a captain in an elite commando unit, the Sayeret Matkal. He took part in a raid on Beirut's airport in 1968 and fought in the 1973 Middle East war.
After his military service ended, Mr Netanyahu went back to the US, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In 1976, Mr Netanyahu's brother, Jonathan, was killed leading a raid to rescue hostages from a hijacked airliner in Entebbe, Uganda. His death had a profound impact on the Netanyahu family, and his name became legendary in Israel.
Mr Netanyahu set up an anti-terrorism institute in his brother's memory, and caught the attention of the then Israeli ambassador to the US and future foreign minister, Moshe Arens. In 1982, Mr Arens made Benjamin Netanyahu his deputy chief of mission in Washington.
Overnight, Mr Netanyahu's public life was launched. An articulate English speaker with a distinctive American accent, he became a familiar face on US television and an effective advocate of the Israeli cause.
Mr Netanyahu was then appointed Israel's permanent representative at the UN in New York in 1984.
Only in 1988, when he returned to Israel, did he become involved in domestic politics, winning a seat in the Knesset (parliament) and becoming deputy foreign minister.
Politically, Benjamin Netanyahu positioned himself to the right of previous leaders of Likud. After Likud lost the 1992 general election, he became party chairman.
In 1996, he became Israel's first directly elected prime minister after narrowly beating the incumbent, Shimon Peres, who had called early polls following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Mr Netanyahu was also Israel's youngest prime minister and the first to be born after the state was founded in 1948.
His first term was brief but dramatic, beset by divisions in his coalition.
Despite having fiercely criticised the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians, in 1997 Mr Netanyahu signed a deal handing over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian Authority control and signed the Wye River Memorandum in 1998 outlining further withdrawals from the West Bank.
Mr Netanyahu survived rather than prospered, and lost office in 1999 after he called elections 17 months early. He was defeated by Labour leader Ehud Barak, Mr Netanyahu's former commander, who promised to push for a permanent peace deal and withdraw from southern Lebanon.
Mr Netanyahu resigned as a member of the Knesset and chairman of Likud following the election loss. He was succeeded as Likud leader by Ariel Sharon.
1949: Born in Tel Aviv
1967-73: Serves as soldier and commando captain
1984: Becomes ambassador to UN
1988: Enters Knesset and cabinet
1996: Becomes prime minister
1999: Loses election
2002-03: Serves as foreign minister
Feb 2003 to Aug 2005: Serves as finance minister; resigns over withdrawal from Gaza
December 2005: Wins back the leadership of Likud party
March 2009: Becomes prime minister
Jan 2013: Re-elected
Dec 2014: Calls snap elections
After Mr Sharon was elected prime minister in 2001, Mr Netanyahu returned to government, first as foreign minister and then as finance minister. In 2005, he resigned in protest at the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
His chance came again in 2005, when Mr Sharon - just before a massive stroke that left him in a coma - split from Likud and set up a new centrist party, Kadima.
Mr Netanyahu won the Likud leadership and was a trenchant critic of the Kadima-led coalition and Mr Sharon's successor, Ehud Olmert.
Benjamin Netanyahu was elected prime minister for the second time in March 2009, and governed with an alliance of mainly right-wing, nationalist and religious parties before later forming a national unity coalition.
Mr Netanyahu's government was criticised by some in the international community for not renewing a partial freeze on Jewish settlement-building and possibly avoiding a collapse in peace talks with the Palestinians in late 2010.
He publicly accepted the concept of a demilitarised Palestinian state, but insisted the Palestinians accept Israel as a "Jewish state" in turn and make reciprocal concessions.
In 2015 he distanced himself from accepting the prospect of a state, dismissing it as irrelevant given the rise of militant Islam across the Middle East.
In late 2012 he called early elections, and weeks after parliament was dissolved Mr Netanyahu ordered a major offensive against militants in Gaza after an escalation of rocket-fire into Israel.
He called off the operation without sending in ground troops, with all the risks that would entail, and the eight-day operation was widely regarded in Israel as a success.
However, after a relative lull, cross-border violence flared again and after a surge of rocket attacks in July 2014, Mr Netanyahu launched another offensive on Gaza with the stated aim of restoring long-term quiet for Israel.
The 50-day war left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead, most of them civilians, according to UN and Palestinian officials. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed.
Although during the conflict Israel had the support of the United States, its closest ally, relations between Mr Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama have been difficult, and sharply deteriorated towards the end of Mr Netanyahu's third term.
They reached a low point when Mr Netanyahu addressed Congress in March 2015, warning against a "bad deal" arising out of US negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme. The Obama administration severely rebuked the visit as interfering and damaging.
Mr Netanyahu has taken a hard line towards Iran, repeatedly warning of the danger to the international community of leaving it with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons.
He has called for much tougher sanctions against the Iranian regime, seeing it as the number one threat to Israel, and indicated his willingness to use force to stop Iran's nuclear programme if all else fails.
During June, there was a 3% drop compared to June 2014, with falls of 5.3% at shopping centres, 2.9% on high streets and 0.3% at retail parks.
The figures were slightly better than May, when there was a 4.3% drop compared to May 2014.
Interim head of the Welsh Retail Consortium, David Lonsdale, described the figures as "decidedly sluggish".
All UK nations and regions saw a drop in footfall during June.
There were reports Sligo used seven substitutes, one more than is allowed, during their six-point win over the saffrons in Saturday's first round tie.
However GAA spokesman Alan Milton told BBC Sport "nothing untoward" had taken place on the Sligo bench.
He explained one of the Sligo changes was officially listed as a blood sub.
The times and venues for Round 2A of the qualifiers, including Derry's trip to Mayo, will be confirmed on Tuesday.
The 51-year-old was with her grandson on a Route 133 bus on Brixton Road, Lambeth, when he was targeted.
A woman who was already on the bus approached the youth and tried to stab him with a large knife, police said.
CCTV footage has been released of the failed stabbing attempt at about 12:30 GMT on Boxing Day.
The boy suffered a minor cut to the stomach before the attacker left the bus and ran towards Oval.
Police described the attacker as an Asian woman, aged between 20 and 30, wearing a headscarf with a kangaroo print.
AJ Leitch-Smith and substitute Shaun Whalley scored the goals to earn Shrewsbury a first league win since 3 September.
Oxford created the game's first chance but Chris Maguire's 20-yard shot was comfortably gathered by goalkeeper Mark Halstead.
Shrewsbury moved ahead in the 19th minute as Leitch-Smith scored his fourth goal in his past three league and cup games.
The in-form striker reacted quickest to turn in the loose ball from close range after goalkeeper Simon Eastwood pushed a 20-yard drive from Louis Dodds against the crossbar.
Eastwood then kept Oxford in contention with two fine saves before half-time, tipping away a powerful volley from the lively Dodds before getting down low to his right to instinctively keep out a low 12 yard shot from Dodds after he was picked out by Abu Ogogo's inviting cross.
Oxford chased an equaliser in the second half with a powerful header from Kane Hemmings impressively tipped over by Halstead, who then turned away a free-kick from Maguire.
Liam Sercombe also drove narrowly wide before Shrewsbury carved out late chances with Eastwood pulling off sharp stops from Adam El-Abd and Ivan Toney.
Shrewsbury eventually made the game safe deep into stoppage-time when Whalley ran from inside his own half and lifted a shot over the advancing Eastwood to make it four games unbeaten in all competitions under new manager Hurst.
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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Oxford United 0.
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Oxford United 0.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 2, Oxford United 0. Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town).
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Oxford United. John Lundstram replaces Liam Sercombe because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Simon Eastwood.
Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Dominic Smith replaces Louis Dodds.
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Hall (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town).
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Attempt blocked. Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Attempt missed. Wes Thomas (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town).
Wes Thomas (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gary Deegan (Shrewsbury Town).
Wes Thomas (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Robert Hall (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oxford United. Wes Thomas replaces Joe Skarz.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Shaun Whalley replaces A-Jay Leitch-Smith.
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kane Hemmings (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. Liam Sercombe (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Oxford United. Robert Hall replaces Ryan Ledson.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).
Mr Tshisekedi was urging his supporters to accompany him to the presidential palace.
He declared himself president after refusing to accept last year's elections results.
A BBC correspondent says Mr Tshisekedi was prevented from leaving his home.
Incumbent Joseph Kabila was declared the winner in November's elections, but Mr Tshisekedi says he was a victim of fraud - and duly held his own 'swearing-in' process.
On Thursday, he and his Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) supporters tried to march to the president's office so he could take up his "active functions".
They were blocked by police - who shut down several streets in the Limete district of Kinshasa where the veteran opposition leader lives and used tear gas on the UDPS supporters who turned up to make the journey to the presidential palace.
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The BBC's Thomas Hubert in Kinshasa says that police also barred access to journalists and briefly detained reporters from the AFP news agency.
Our correspondent says it appears as if Mr Tshisekedi is under unofficial house arrest.
Last November's elections were the first Congolese-organised polls since the end of a devastating war in 2003, which left some four million people dead.
The poll was heavily criticised by foreign observers, the opposition and Catholic bishops - who complained in a statement of "treachery, lies and terror" and called on the election commission to correct "serious errors".
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The journey is very dangerous: criminal gangs organise the crossings illegally, which means there's no-one checking that conditions are safe.
People are packed very tightly into small boats, which leak and often sink.
Ayshah met Mohammed and his dad who survived the journey and have started a new life in Europe.
Ashleigh Butler and Pudsey, who died last week, became famous for their dance routine to the Mission Impossible theme and won the contest in 2012.
The death of the 11-year-old border collie, bichon frise and Chinese crested cross was announced on Friday.
"It's sad anyway, but it was so quick. No words can express just how much I will miss him," Ms Butler told ITV.
The pair were the first dog act to win the competition.
Speaking on This Morning, Ms Butler explained Pudsey was put down on Thursday after a short battle with leukaemia.
She said she was given Pudsey as a present for her 11th birthday.
"My parents had bred him and I really wanted to keep him. On my birthday they gave me a box, and I thought it was a Nintendo DS, so I started shaking it. It was an instant connection."
She said Pudsey "just wanted to please me, he could do anything he put his mind to".
"I took him on Britain's Got Talent to show how incredible he was. He gave me opportunities that I never thought I'd have."
Tributes began to pour in within minutes of news emerging of his death, with fans saying they were "heartbroken" and sending wishes to his family.
Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams took to Twitter to pay tribute, writing: "Farewell to a very special dog that the nation fell in love with".
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Ms Butler will team up with a new performing dog, Sully, who grew up with Pudsey over the past four years. Ms Butler Ashleigh said they were like brothers and said Sully "knows something is up."
"Sully was always going to take over but I didn't expect it to happen like this. Carrying on what Pudsey started will help me," she said.
Joint Warrior involved thousands of personnel, dozens of aircraft and the deployment of 30 warships and submarines in the sea of Scotland.
Marine conservation charity Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust observed the military activity off the west coast.
Trust staff and volunteers shadowed the war games to check for potential impact on marine life.
HWDT has shadowed Joint Warrior before, but this year added video range tracking kit to the monitoring equipment aboard its yacht Silurian.
The charity has now released a series of images from the expedition.
The League Two club were due in court on Monday to face a winding up petition over outstanding debts, but this has been adjourned to 6 February.
Hardy was approached by Notts County chairman Trew in October having already made two offers to buy the Magpies.
Trew put the club up for sale in February after claiming his family were subjected to "foul and mindless abuse".
Hardy is chief executive of the Paragon group and owner of Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club.
Notts County have lost their past six League Two matches and are 20th in the table.
Greater Manchester Police said the man was wounded while rowing with another customer in the Wilko store on Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, at about 12:00 GMT.
He has been taken to hospital for treatment. A police spokesman said his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault.
The boys from Exeter's ISCA Academy had been told shorts were banned because they were not part of the uniform.
But the school has now said "as summers are becoming hotter" shorts will be brought in as uniform next year.
It said it could not allow an immediate change to uniforms because it "would put undue pressure on some of our families".
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It also said that, "recognising the recent temperatures", students were allowed not to wear their jumper or blazer.
Ties were allowed to be undone and pupils were allowed to have the top button on their shirts undone and to wear their shirts untucked "if they are feeling very hot".
It added that none of the estimated 30 boys had been penalised for wearing skirts in the protest.
The school uniform guidelines currently allow male pupils to wear trousers. Female pupils may wear trousers or tartan skirts.
Dairy farmers and those growing olives, tomatoes and wine grapes are among the most affected, farmers association Coldiretti warns.
Rome faces eight hours a day without running water after a halt was ordered on pumping water from a nearby lake.
A state of emergency was earlier declared in two northern provinces.
In southern Italy, hundreds of people were evacuated earlier this month, as firefighters battled wildfires.
Coldiretti warns that 60% of farmland is threatened by the drought caused by low levels of rainfall and made worse by a heatwave.
Wine grapes and olive production are suffering throughout much of Italy, amid concerns that a poor harvest could push prices up.
Reports say that milk production has fallen in several areas as cows suffer in the heat.
At least 10 Italian regions are preparing requests to the agriculture ministry for a state of natural calamity to be declared because of the drought, Italy's Ansa news agency quotes sources as saying.
In Rome, utility company Acea has warned of drastic water rationing after the local authorities in the Lazio region ordered the halt to pumping water out of Lake Bracciano, about 30km (19 miles) north of the capital.
The governor of Lazio told Tgcom24 TV station over the weekend that "the truth is Lake Bracciano has fallen too much and we risk an environmental disaster".
He added that only 8% of Rome's water was coming from the lake, urging the city authorities to find a solution quickly.
Earlier this month, Acea began shutting some of Rome's famed drinking fountains.
The Gunners boss will speak with the Germany midfielder about his suggestion in midweek that Arsenal had "mucked up" their Premier League title challenge.
"I agree the statement is not welcome," said Wenger. "No matter if it just one chance in 100, we have to believe."
Three wins in 10 Premier League games have left Arsenal 11 points behind leaders Leicester with a game in hand.
Arsenal are at home to Watford on Saturday in a repeat of last month's FA Cup quarter-final, which the Hornets won.
Asked whether he would discuss the quotes with Ozil, Wenger said: "We will talk about that of course.
"The worst thing in life is to have wrong beliefs. You have to make sure you give absolutely your best, and at the end accept if somebody is better than you."
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Torrance, 18, won the 1m event on Friday, synchronised 3m title on Saturday before sealing her individual 3m success.
"I won all the titles I wanted to, so can't complain really," Torrance said.
Noah Williams, 16, was the surprise winner of the individual 10m final.
Torrance, who claimed gold at the inaugural European Games in 2015, trains alongside Olympic champions Jack Laugher and Chris Mears in Leeds. She insists she has been motivated by their success last summer.
"It was really inspiring watching Chris and Jack and shows what can be achieved," she said.
"Hopefully I can push on, because I really want to one day be the best female diver in Britain."
Williams trains with Tom Daley at the London Aquatics Centre and with the Olympic bronze medallist skipping the event as he eases back into competition following a back injury, the teenager seized his opportunity.
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He scored 477.95 to finish ahead of Matty Lee (471.85) and Matthew Dixon (432.70) in third, with Olympic bronze medallist Dan Goodfellow fourth.
"I'm in shock if I'm honest, but it was a really good competition and a great experience," he told BBC Sport.
"Diving next to Tom Daley is brilliant because it gives you a goal and a real target as to where you want to get to yourself."
The next competition for Britain's top divers will be the season-opening World Series event in Rostock, Germany 24-26 February.
Fire crews from Ward End attended the scene in Garrison Lane, Birmingham, at about 13:20 BST on Monday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said a sports car was in collision with another car and then hit a lamppost.
A spokesman said the 25-year-old driver hurt his nose but refused hospital treatment and was discharged at the scene.
The Royal couple are touring Wales for a week in July, staying at their home in Llwynywermod, Carmarthenshire.
They will also open a baking academy in Wrexham and attend the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod.
A new winery at a vineyard in Monmouth will also be opened by the Duchess.
The tour starts on 6 July.
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Montpellier-bound Pienaar's perfectly-weighted kick set up Andrew Trimble's second-half score as Ulster held on despite a later Leinster penalty try.
An emotional Pienaar came off on 70 minutes while veteran Roger Wilson scored Ulster's first-half try in his last game before his retirement.
Leinster's defeat means they will host the Scarlets in the semi-finals.
Leo Cullen's Leinster side went into the final series of regulation fixtures leading the table but Munster moved above them after earning a thumping 50-14 win over Connacht which means Rassie Erasmus' team will face fourth-placed Ospreys in two weeks.
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Last weekend's defeat by the Ospreys had effectively ended Ulster's play-off hopes after another season of under-achievement for Les Kiss' side.
Only a huge bonus-point victory over their Irish rivals and equally thumping Scarlets win over the Ospreys - resulting in a points swing of 73 - would have seen Ulster squeezing into the last four and it was never a realistic possibility.
From an Ulster point of view, that left the occasion as primarily a farewell to Pienaar after a seven-year Kingspan Stadium career which, despite his numerous magnificent individual displays, saw him missing out on any titles.
As on so many occasions, the contest was lit up by a moment of Pienaar perfection in the 55th minute as his deft crosskick allowed Trimble to touch down following a period of Ulster pressure.
Amid rapturous applause, Pienaar was replaced 15 minutes later and he was greeted in the dug-out by his compatriot and former Ravenhill team-mate Johann Muller, who travelled from home in South Africa to watch his fellow Springbok's final competitive Ulster game.
Back row Wilson was also making his 221st and last Ulster appearance and his vigorous display was highlighted by a ninth-minute try which helped the home side lead 10-6 at the break, despite a misfiring line-out.
After slipping 17-6 behind, Leinster, parading a strong side despite the absence of British & Irish Lions trio Johnny Sexton, Robbie Henshaw and Sean O'Brien, fought back helped by a couple of wonderful Garry Ringrose runs.
After Cian Healy had been held up over the Ulster line, intense Leinster pressure yielded a 61st-minute penalty try which cut the margin to four but the home side held on with a degree of comfort in the closing stages.
Leinster's other eight points came from Joey Carbery's boot.
Ulster: C Gilroy; A Trimble (capt), L Marshall, S McCloskey, C Piutau; P Jackson, R Pienaar; A Warwick, R Herring, R Ah You; K Treadwell, A O'Connor; R Diack, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: J Andrew, K McCall, R Lutton, C Henry, N Timoney, P Marshall, P Nelson, J Stockdale.
Leinster: I Nacewa; A Byrne, G Ringrose, N Reid, F McFadden; J Carbery, L McGrath; J McGrath, J Tracy, T Furlong; D Toner, H Triggs; R Ruddock, J van der Flier, J Conan.
Replacements: R Strauss, C Healy, A Porter, R Molony, Dan Leavy, J Gibson-Park, R Byrne, R O'Loughlin.
Conradh na Gaeilge said a strategy was included in the St Andrews Agreement and in the programme for government.
The court was told that more than 10 years later there is still no strategy in place for the Irish language.
A lawyer for the Northern Ireland Executive argued that there was no government inertia nor sham process.
The lawyer said that the executive committee business between 2012 and 2016 had been entirely orthodox in dealing with this issue.
Only once during that time has the minister responsible put a strategy before the executive committee and that was rejected.
Aaron Worboys, 38, said he froze during a PTSD episode on the 1,156m (3,792ft) summit of Mount Warning in northern New South Wales state on Monday.
Rescuers climbed up to assess him before calling a helicopter.
Mr Worboys told the BBC he was angered to learn rescuers had criticised his fitness level and weight.
A Tweed District Rescue Squad officer told reporters Mr Worboys was "115kg and probably not the fittest man to be up there".
"We don't mind coming to genuine accidents but frivolous jobs are very disconcerting," the officer said.
The squad had been called to another rescue on the mountain only hours earlier, local media reported.
Mr Worboys, also known by his nickname "Dogga", told the BBC he was first diagnosed with PTSD 10 years ago. He served two tours of Afghanistan, before being medically discharged in 2014.
"Since then it has been a constant struggle both mentally and physically and in those two years I have put on 30kg," he said.
He said he started the Facebook group ;IGY (Pause, I've Got You) to raise awareness and support for those suffering PTSD.
The flights were made at Mexico's request and were supervised by the Mexican air force and other agencies.
It is the latest sign of growing US involvement in Mexico's campaign against violent drugs gangs.
Mexico confirmed the missions had been taking place after they were revealed by the New York Times newspaper.
Most of the drone flights have been over northern border areas, the scene of much of the drug-related violence that has left more than 34,000 dead since late 2006.
The New York Times report said the missions had been kept secret because of Mexican legal restraints and sensitivities over sovereignty.
In a statement, Mexico's National Security Council said the high-altitude flights had been carried out with "unrestricted respect" for Mexican law.
"These operations are always carried out with the authorisation, vigilance and operative supervision of national agencies, including the Mexican Air Force," the statement said.
It added that the targets of surveillance were determined by Mexican authorities, and that information gathered had been "particularly useful".
Unnamed US officials told the New York Times that drones had gathered intelligence that led to the arrest in Mexico of several suspects in connection with the murder of a US immigration agent, Jaime Zapata.
US President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, formally agreed to continue the surveillance flights during talks in Washington on 3 March, which included a frank exchange of grievances, Mexican and US officials said.
In state department cables released by Wikileaks and published by The Guardian newspaper last December, the US ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, painted an unflattering portrait of the Mexican security forces, and questioned whether President Calderon could win his war on drugs.
Foreign military and law enforcement agents can only operate in Mexico under extremely limited conditions, according to the Mexican constitution.
But the rising violence in Mexico has seen the US and Mexico deepen their co-operation to tackle a common threat.
The DNA of some native Amazonians shows significant similarity to indigenous inhabitants of Australia and Melanesia.
The two research groups, however, offer contrasting interpretations of how the Americas were first peopled.
The studies have been published in the journals Science and Nature.
There is agreement that the first people to populate the Americas came though Siberia - along a land bridge connecting it with Europe and Asia. But just where these people came from and when they arrived has been a matter of some debate.
By analysing the DNA of modern native Americans and ancient human remains, the group writing in Science concluded that all present-day Native Americans arrived in a single migration no earlier than 23,000 years ago.
Then, they argue, Native Americans split into two branches around 13,000 years ago: one that is now dispersed across North and South America while the other is restricted to North America.
"Our paper shows that the simplest possible model seems by and large to be true, with [that] one notable exception," Prof Rasmus Nielsen from the University of California, Berkley, told BBC News.
"[So] the fanciful ideas that somehow the Americas were populated by people coming from Europe and all kinds of other places are wrong."
The analysis also rules out a theory, favoured by some, of a staggered migration from Siberia: the first more than 30,000 years ago which was stemmed for 15,000 years because of ice blocking the route, and then a second wave when the route was clear.
But, in agreement with the study in Nature, Prof Nielsen's team does report traces of "Australo-Melanesian" ancestry in certain populations, including those of the Aleutian islands (off Alaska) and the Surui people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Prof David Reich, from Harvard Medical School, led the separate study in Nature. He told the BBC that "both studies show that there have been multiple pulses of migration into the Americas".
According to Prof Reich, the discovery of Oceanian ancestry among certain Native American groups indicates that the Americas were peopled by a more diverse set of populations than previously accepted.
"The simplest possible model never predicted an affinity between Amazonians today and Australasians," he said.
"This suggests that there is an ancestral population that crossed into the Americas that is different from the population that gave rise to the great majority of Americans. And that was a great surprise," he said.
Prof Reich believes that the most plausible explanation is that there was a separate migration from Australasia, possibly around 15,000 years ago. This group, he speculates, was probably more widely dispersed across North America but was eventually pushed out by other native American groups.
Prof Nielsen, however, has a different interpretation. He believes that the traces of Australasian DNA stem from a later migration, around 8,000 years ago, which progressed around the Pacific coast.
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Averaging nearly £2,000 per person each year, Britons spend considerably more than the second highest spending Australians (£1,356) and perhaps surprisingly, more than the Americans - at £1,171.
Ofcom says it's due to two factors: nearly eight out of 10 households have access to high-speed broadband and Britons are more comfortable using credit cards. Certainly one of their statistics about internet penetration is striking: digital radio covers 95% of the population.
Unsurprisingly, a record 40% of advertising is spent online, more than other countries. And online retailers are growing. Ocado recently surpassed £1bn in sales as larger numbers of people order their groceries online.
The business and marketing firms that I have spoken to on Talking Business describe the rise of the internet as game-changing.
Consumer spending habits are shifting, and it's also cheaper to start a business online. When pressed if it means the end of "brick and mortar" stores, the response is "no".
Still, there are stores that have shut down due to cheaper online competition and empty high streets have prompted cuts in business rates. There are, of course, many failed internet start-ups too, just like other businesses.
The consensus seems to be that stores need to diversify their strategies to cater to online customers and develop their websites for new platforms, including mobile.
An emerging consumption pattern is a hybrid one, where customers will hit the shops and look online. I heard that customers will go to a physical store and then buy the product online, or browse online and then check it out physically before purchasing it in a store. Recent problems with courier companies have led to people picking up their groceries that were ordered online.
One result of the rise of online retail is that jobs will be found where new businesses emerge, and many are now digital.
Strikingly, according to the agencies promoting London, they report that over a quarter of jobs created since the recession are in the technology and digital sector.
London's initiative to develop a high tech cluster, Tech City, has led to double-digit growth in new business start-ups targeted by the capital's investment in this area.
Concentration in one locale such as the colloquially-dubbed Silicon Roundabout is typical of how tech companies operate, and London reportedly attracts an impressive one-fifth of tech investment that goes to Europe.
2014 looks like another record year for start-ups: around half a million new businesses have already been incorporated, according to Companies House.
The employment statistics also reflect this trend. According to the Office for National Statistics, around two-thirds of the jobs created since the recession are in self-employment.
As compared with the first three months of 2008, there are 1.1 million more workers. Of which, 732,000 were from an increase in self-employment versus a rise in employees by 339,000.
The ONS also finds that the largest increases in the self-employed were in professional, scientific, and technical activities. Hard-hit construction is still the largest sector for self-employment, followed by cab drivers and carpenters/joiners. London has the highest proportion of self-employed people, over 17%.
But, being self-employed can be tough. It's particularly the case when a recession and high unemployment have dented employment prospects.
The proportion of those in self-employment is the highest in 40 years, but there are more older workers among the ranks and over a million people who are in part-time work, but wish for full-time jobs.
The ONS estimates that self-employed wages have fallen by 22% since 2008 and average £207 per week or just £10,700 per year.
Measurement, though, tends to underestimate self-employed income as there are usually a number of sources and the data depends on recall. Of course, those who work for themselves don't receive benefits that employees do, such as paid leave.
As more customers buy online, it won't be surprising that businesses emerge to cater to those spenders. We may soon find out if Britain's traditional retailers will feel the pinch over the holidays too.
In the US, retailers were hit on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year after Thanksgiving, by competition from online shopping. Sales plummeted by some 11%.
An online shopping initiative, China's Singles Day in November also breaks new records for internet sales each year.
Boxing Day in Britain, a traditionally busy shopping day after Christmas, could be next to reveal the extent of Britain becoming a nation of online shoppers, and perhaps also of online shopkeepers.
Paul Briggs, 43, suffered a brain injury in a crash while he was working at Merseyside Police in July 2015.
His wife Lindsey said treatment should be stopped "given his previously expressed wishes" but doctors treating him suggested a "further period of rehabilitation".
The Court of Protection in London is due to decide in November.
In July, Chelsea Rowe was jailed for a year for hitting Mr Briggs in a head-on collision in Birkenhead as he was riding his motorcycle to a nightshift.
On Tuesday, the Court of Protection - where judges consider issues concerning people lacking mental capacity to take decisions - was told Mr Briggs had been diagnosed as being "in a minimally conscious state" by his doctors at The Walton Centre in Liverpool, and an independent doctor.
In a written statement, a barrister representing the hospital said it believed Mr Briggs required "transfer to a specialist rehabilitation placement" and that he "would benefit from a more socially stimulating environment".
The court also heard from barrister Victoria Butler-Cole, representing Mrs Briggs, that another independent doctor had diagnosed Mr Briggs as "being in a permanent vegetative state".
The policeman, who was an army veteran, had not made any advance decision in writing about what should happen in such circumstances, the court heard.
Solicitor Mathieu Culverhouse, who is also representing Mrs Briggs, said after the hearing that his client believed the withdrawal of treatment was in "Paul's best interests given his previously expressed wishes, his injuries and his current condition and prognosis".
Mrs Briggs, who was not at the hearing, said in a statement: "It is much worse than if he had died at the scene; being unable to grieve as he is still alive, yet with each day becoming less optimistic of his recovery."
Unite Against Fascism Scotland said about 400 protestors turned out for a rally to counter a "White Pride" event in Hunters Square and on the Royal Mile, attended by about 40 people.
Police Scotland said three of the arrests related to religiously-aggravated offences, with the others for minor public order offences.
A spokesman said the protests "on the whole passed off peacefully".
The two will perform at the ceremony at the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) in Cardiff.
The event will also feature performances by Welsh duo 9Bach and English folk singer Kate Rusby.
There is also a posthumous honour for folk historian Dr Meredydd Evans, who died aged 95 in February.
The Folk Awards are hosted by Radio 2 Folk Show presenter Mark Radcliffe alongside Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, who is one of the nominees for singer of the year.
Stevens, 66, had a string of hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s including Morning Has Broken, Moonshadow and Matthew And Son.
He converted to Islam in 1977, took the name Yusuf Islam, and gave up performing and sold his guitars for charity.
Stevens returned to music nine years ago and has produced three new albums and started touring.
Lisa Jên from 9Bach said she was surprised to learn that her album Tincian had been nominated in the best album category.
"It was a huge shock when we found out we were nominated. We weren't expecting it at all, it means such a lot to us to be nominated."
The album will be up against nominees including Nancy Kerr (Sweet Visitor) and father and daughter Martin and Eliza Carthy for The Moral Of The Elephant.
Dr Meredydd Evans, who was known as Merêd, had been a driving force in the revival of traditional Welsh songs.
His Good Tradition Award recognises an outstanding contribution to UK folk music.
Jên said the honour for Dr Evans, who was known as Merêd, was a significant moment for traditional music.
"I am so pleased that they see the value in such a giant as Merêd. Lately, I have been listening to his work an awful lot, and there's just nobody like him.
"He has inspired all of us in Wales, and was one of those people you thought would never leave us.
"His spirit is very much alive, and having people from outside Wales recognising him like this is a big deal for folk music, and not just for folk music but music more generally in Wales."
As well as the sell-out ceremony, Welsh artists will also have a platform at the Wales Millennium Centre during the afternoon, with Kizzy Crawford and The Gentle Good among the singers taking to the WMC's free Glanfa stage.
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards will be broadcast live from 19:30-22:00 BST on Radio 2, while video highlights will be available on BBC iPlayer after the event, and on the Red Button.
FREE FOLK PERFORMANCES:
14:45-15:15 BST Delyth Mclean
15:45-16:15 BST Aled Rheon
16:45-17:15 BST Kizzy Crawford
17:45-18:15 BST The Gentle Good (with string quartet)
18:45-19:15 BST Plu
22:00-23:00 BST Calan
At the Glanfa stage at the Wales Millennium Centre
By handing over that data to corporations and governments we are promised great benefits in everything from our health and our wealth to our safety from criminals. But of course there are dangers too and I've been hearing some horror stories about when Big Data becomes Big Brother.
The first was from one of the technology industry's more colourful figures. John McAfee, who is in London this week for the Infosecurity Europe conference, is the man who virtually invented the anti-virus industry. He sold his stake in McAfee more than 20 years ago and has since had numerous adventures, culminating in his flight from Belize in 2012 after police in the Central American state tried to question him about a murder. He was described by Belize's prime minister at the time as "extremely paranoid, even bonkers".
So, perhaps not surprising, that the Infosecurity crowd who gathered to hear him speak were treated to dire warnings about the threat to their security from two sources - their mobile phones and their governments.
But of course just because you are paranoid it does not mean they are not out to get you, and when I meet John McAfee after his speech he gives a perfectly coherent account of why we should be worried. We are now all carrying around smartphones, he explains, but security has not caught up with the fact that they are very advanced computers which can be used to spy on us if we install any number of untested apps that may have been created by people with criminal intent.
But it's government spying on those phones that really worries him. He cheers the brake which the Senate applied to the US government's surveillance powers at the weekend, but fears that in Britain no such limits are in place.
In particular, he rails against any attempt to try to crack the encryption that protects many personal messages. When I suggest that there might be a need to know what criminals and terrorists are planning, he bats that away: "We have lived with criminals for ever - does that mean we should all have to suffer?"
He compares encryption with whispering a message in your wife's ear and asks whether we would have thought it justified years ago to ban whispering. "If it sounds insane for govenment to say you are not allowed to whisper to your wife - it is insane." And he says the big technology companies should have the courage to stand up to governments on this issue: "If enough people stand up the government will back down."
When I suggest delicately that his colourful past might make people disinclined to take him seriously, he bats that straight back at me. "My colourful life implies that I've done some serious things," he says, explaining that his experiences in Belize have shown him just how dangerous a rogue government can be.
You can hear my interview with John McAfee on Tech Tent, which this week comes live from the Cheltenham Science Festival. Here too, the question of what we are doing with our data has been a major theme.
Last night I was the moderator at an event called Big Data, Big Brother, where the panel expressed their worries about the uses to which our data could be put, in front of an audience which shared their fears. The lawyer Marion Oswald mentioned the Samaritans' Radar Twitter app as an example of where public data posted by people who might or might not have been suicidal could have been used in a questionable way without their consent.
A software engineer Martyn Thomas advised us to be wary of claims that data was anonymised, explaining how easy it was to identify someone once you had pieced together just a few data points. Here in the home of GCHQ, the audience seemed more concerned about corporate surveillance than government spies, and many were enthusiastic about ad-blocking software and other means of throwing the likes of Google off your trail.
But afterwards in the more relaxed setting of the Festival's Ideas Cafe, data scientists from Warwick University reminded us of the positive aspects of their work. I sat at a table where a computer scientist explained how he was mapping London to spot which areas should be targeted for diabetes prevention measures. He was using data from a variety of sources, including a credit rating agency, to examine lifestyles and hence vulnerability to Type 2 diabetes.
While some will be concerned about how medical and financial data are combined in this way, many will see the benefits of applying data science to this kind of task. As the Big Data gold rush continues, lawyers, ethicists and consumer groups are all going to have their work cut out to help us get a good balance between the risks and rewards of crunching the numbers.
Ofcom's Children's Digital Day research shows that children aged 11 to 15 are watching one hour and 32 minutes of live TV per day.
Adults watch two hours and 58 minutes per day, the survey revealed.
Older children only consume a fifth of the radio listened to by adults each day - just 15 minutes.
The survey by the media watchdog involved a representative sample of 1,644 UK adults who had to complete seven-day media diaries.
A sample of 186 primary school-aged children (aged six to 11) and 173 secondary school-aged children (aged 11 to 15) completed three-day media diaries.
The study also found that nearly all UK adults reported watching live TV every week over the course of a week (94%).
This compared with just over three-quarters (78%) of children aged 11 to 15 and 90% of six to 11 year olds.
Older children are spending six times longer than adults watching short online video clips on sites such as YouTube and Vimeo (33 minutes versus five minutes).
Children aged between 11 and 16 also spend twice as long communicating via social networking sites than adults each day (52 minutes versus 25 minutes).
Overall, three quarters of children aged six to 15 reported playing games on an electronic device (including games consoles and tablets) during the week. This took up a fifth of children's total time spent on media and communications.
Only 5% of media time was taken up by gaming among the adults surveyed.
The Rhinos won the treble last season but currently sit bottom of the table and were knocked out of the Challenge Cup by Huddersfield on Friday.
They host Castleford on Thursday.
"Most clubs in this situation would be in crisis with low morale, a blame culture and a frenzy to make wholesale changes but that's not the case here," Hetherington said.
"Don't get me wrong, we are hurting very badly and I see it everyday with the players and coaching staff at training and all our staff at Headingley, but we know the reasons for our plight and no one could have envisaged what has happened over the past few months.
"And so I find myself surrounded not by pessimists but by an incredibly energised and positive group of players, coaches and staff who are all working incredibly hard to achieve new and different goals."
Hetherington said the team's aim was now to secure a finish in the top eight when the league splits after 23 matches, thus avoiding having to enter the middle eights and potentially play in the million pound game.
Brian McDermott's side are currently five points behind eighth-placed Castleford.
Daily Mail and General Trust also said that the drop in demand for print advertising meant profit margins at its media business would be about 10% this year, down from 13% last year.
It reported an 11% fall in profits to £129m for the six months to 31 March.
The company owns the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The news comes as print media continues to struggle to adapt to ever-increasing competition from online news providers.
Earlier this week, the Daily Telegraph's owners announced plans to cut an as-yet-unspecified number of editorial jobs to offset falls in advertising income.
Murdoch MacLennan, chief executive of the Telegraph Media Group, said conditions had "continued to markedly deteriorate across the sector" over the past three months, with print advertising down by 20% in April.
Revenues at the Mail Online rose £8m from a year earlier, but the company said revenues at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday fell by £18m.
Shares in DMGT were down 8% at 683p in morning trading.
Chief executive Martin Morgan said: "DMGT's performance in the first half was broadly in line with our expectations, other than the further deterioration in the UK print advertising market.
"The reduced print advertising revenues had an adverse impact on DMG media's operating profits."
Mr Morgan added that, aside from the tough conditions in the print advertising market, the group's revenues were "broadly stable".
The club have apologised "profusely" to Johnson over abuse he suffered as a youth team member in the 1970s.
Johnson, 57, revealed the club paid him £50,000 to keep quiet about allegations against former chief scout Eddie Heath.
The Premier League said Chelsea had not broken any rules by not reporting the allegations, which were made in 2014.
In an earlier statement, the Stamford Bridge club acknowledged Johnson had "suffered unacceptably" after joining Chelsea as an 11-year-old in 1970.
Johnson, a member of Chelsea's first team from 1978 to 1981, claimed to have been groomed from the age of 13 by Heath, who died before allegations against him were made.
Johnson told the Mirror: "I felt shame, I felt my childhood had been taken away. I spent my late teens in turmoil, absolute turmoil."
After Johnson came forward, Chelsea said a review would take place into whether the club had properly investigated when the allegations came to light and why it did not report them to the Football Association (FA) and Premier League, saying they had "no desire to hide any historic abuse".
On Thursday, the Premier League said Chelsea had agreed to provide them with a copy of this review, as well as having a full, independent safeguarding audit.
The Premier League board said: "The league has no reason to have any concerns about Chelsea's current provisions in this area but, given the seriousness of these historical allegations, feels that such a review is an appropriate course of action."
In 2014, the rules stated that clubs had to notify the Premier League of any safeguarding issues reported to the authorities. That has since changed to an obligation to tell the Premier League of any safeguarding issues at all.
Chelsea said in their original statement that when the settlement was reached the club's board understood it was "usual practice" to include a mutual confidentiality agreement, adding that Johnson's solicitors had not objected to the clause.
A lawyer representing the Offside Trust - set up by ex-footballer Andy Woodward, who was the first to go public about his abuse as a junior footballer - has previously told the BBC there are other potential victims who have signed so-called gagging orders.
Edward Smethurst said that "calls and emails are coming in all the time" from people claiming to have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements with clubs in return for compensation.
Smethurst told BBC Sport he "could not make specific allegations" but revealed "several" victims had come forward.
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The FA gave an update on safeguarding earlier on Thursday, saying about 8,000 youth football clubs responsible for more than 60,000 teams have renewed their safeguarding commitment since the sport's child sexual abuse scandal emerged.
However, clubs that have missed the confirmation deadline - under 2% of the total number - have been suspended.
The FA has also written to the parents of academy footballers "to highlight the high standard of safeguarding provisions currently in place at clubs".
Its own independent review into the allegations, led by Clive Sheldon QC, has requested access to all FA documents relating to child sex abuse from 1970 to 2005.
There are currently 155 suspects in the UK-wide football child abuse investigation, according to figures from Operation Hydrant - the UK-wide police investigation into non-recent child sexual abuse.
The spotlight has fallen on abuse in football since a number of former footballers came forward publicly to tell their stories, and the number of suspects has almost doubled in two weeks.
Police say there are now 429 potential victims linked to football, some as young as four at the time of the alleged offence, with 148 clubs involved.
The team are languishing mid-grid following last year's establishment of a new engine partnership with Honda.
But Dennis told BBC Sport: "I honestly believe that the next world champions after Mercedes will be McLaren. We'll get to that goal before other people.
"It is challenging but I have a firm belief in the technical competence of our people and a firm belief in Honda."
McLaren began racing with Honda again at the start of 2015 after significant success during the 1980s. Since the resumption of that partnership, their best result has been a fifth place, scored by Fernando Alonso in Hungary last year. Their best result this season was the Spaniard's sixth place in Russia on 1 May.
But the team are making progress; the partnership qualified in the top 10 for the first time with Alonso in Spain last time out.
They face a demanding task to catch a Mercedes team whose drivers - Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg - have taken the top two positions in the drivers' championship for the last two seasons.
Rosberg leads this season's title race, with Hamilton - the 2014 and 2015 champion - in third, while Mercedes are top of the constructors' championship table.
Dennis, though, believes the introduction of new car-design regulations next year will see McLaren return to competitiveness.
"The 2017 regulations level the playing field and it is enough time for us to catch up with Honda, so I think we'll have a good chance next year," Dennis said.
"I think we can win races. I don't want to predict world championships but I do feel that dethroning Mercedes-Benz is going to be a challenge for everybody and I have reason to genuinely believe we'll get there before anybody else."
Dennis, who was speaking to BBC F1's Tom Clarkson in an exclusive interview for a BBC Radio 5 live programme celebrating McLaren's 50th anniversary, said he believed Alonso was "still the best" driver in the world, adding: "It is frustrating not to be able to put him in the best engine-car combination.
"I like his maturity at the moment; he knows what's possible. He is very complimentary of the car at the moment, but that's because it's good."
F1 teams use computers and mountains of data to assess the relative performance of their cars and engines.
Taking the engine performance out of the equation, McLaren believe their chassis is contending with Red Bull for second best on the grid behind Mercedes.
That sounds outlandish judging by the time gap between the cars - Alonso was 1.981 seconds off Lewis Hamilton's pole lap at the Spanish Grand Prix - but the evidence suggests they may well be right.
Engineers say the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is one of the most effective all-round tests of an F1 car's capabilities.
The third sector of the lap is particularly good for separating out the chassis performance from that of the engine as it is predominantly slow and medium-speed corners with a comparatively small number of straights.
In that sector, Alonso was slower only than the Mercedes and Red Bull drivers in qualifying in Spain.
Alonso said: "It is quite positive. The third sector is quite a good reference.
"We are in front of many of our competitors, which is probably a surprise to many people but not to us. It is good to be in front of Williams, Force India, Ferrari.
"We will see in the coming races if we can keep improving our efficiency and mechanical grip."
His team-mate Jenson Button added that, at the next race in Monaco this weekend, he expects "three teams who will be in front of us and the rest we can probably fight with".
Honda struggled on its return to F1 last year, with an engine that lacked outright power and also ran out of hybrid boost part-way down most straights - leaving the car in the region of at least 250bhp short of the Mercedes for a significant proportion of the lap.
Honda has made big steps forward with its hybrid system over the winter, so energy deployment is now much less of a weakness. But the engine is still in the region of 80-100bhp down on the Mercedes, insiders say.
Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa will not put a figure on it, but accepts that the engine is the biggest part of McLaren-Honda's overall performance deficit.
"I have to think it is coming from the engine," Hasegawa told BBC Sport. "That is our motivation. But also I don't think we have such a big difference between the Renault engine and the Honda."
Insiders believe the specification of the Renault engine raced so far this season is in the region of 50-60bhp down on the Mercedes. But the French manufacturer has a performance boost of around 30bhp due for the Canadian Grand Prix next month, a development that was tested in Spain last week.
Honda has not yet said when it will make its next step forward in engine performance, but the company plans a development to the turbine within the next month that will improve the hybrid system's efficiency.
Hasegawa said Honda was also working on combustion efficiency, which he said was the "biggest area for improvement".
This is a major area of development in F1, as rivals follow Mercedes in the deployment of a clever new ignition system that boosts power and efficiency by igniting some fuel in a pre-chamber before it is injected into the main part of the cylinder.
Through this and hybrid technology, modern F1 engines have made revolutionary progress in converting fuel energy into power - jumping from 29%, the normal figure for petrol engines, to close to 50%.
The Mercedes engine is said to produce in excess of 950bhp.
Hasegawa said Honda was delaying the introduction of some developments to ensure the most efficient use this year of engine 'tokens', which are ascribed to parts of the engine and are limited.
"I would like to spend the tokens effectively," Hasegawa said. "So if we put some of the combustion modifications, we need two tokens. And add another modification, another two tokens.
"But if we put those two changes simultaneously, we can use just the two tokens. So that's why I would like to wait as long as possible."
Engine development restrictions will be removed from next year, as part of a package of rules aimed at ensuring performance converges between the manufacturers.
But fuel efficiency will remain key as total fuel and its flow rate are limited. As Hasegawa puts it: "Higher power means better fuel consumption because the fuel flow is the same."
Honda's current engine is a different layout from all others in F1. It houses the turbo and its related compressor inside the engine's cylinder 'vee', which restricts their size.
Mercedes say that the bigger the turbine, the more power they can produce as long as the hybrid system works efficiently enough to recover the energy it produces without too many losses.
Like Honda, Mercedes have their compressor at the front of the engine and the turbo at the rear, joined by a shaft on which is sited the MGU-H, the part of the hybrid system that recovers energy from the turbo.
But on the Mercedes, the compressor and turbo are outside the vee at the front and rear of the engine, so their size is not limited. Renault and Ferrari both have their compressor and turbo together at the rear of the engine.
Some sources say Honda has already decided to change its engine layout for next season, adopting the route chosen by Mercedes.
But Hasegawa said he was still evaluating the options, insisting that it was theoretically possible to recover sufficient energy from the turbo with the company's current design to be competitive.
"Of course, just following the Mercedes layout and packaging is the easiest way," he said, "but if so, we can't overtake them. That's why we are investigating and very much considering what direction to go.
"I know there are lots of benefits from their package so if we can copy them, maybe it is the easier way. But of course we don't want to."
McLaren insiders say Hasegawa's promotion to Honda's F1 boss, replacing Yasuhisa Arai over the winter, has greatly increased their confidence in the programme.
This is because Hasegawa is steeped in racing, having been chief engineer of Honda's previous F1 programme from 2002 to 2008, and better understands the needs of a competitive F1 team.
Hasegawa admitted he felt "huge pressure" to win with McLaren.
"From the name of Honda," he said. "Honda has to win."
The EFL sent a specialist company to the ground to inspect the surface last week and Newport are awaiting details of the report.
County's League Two encounter with Morecambe on Saturday was abandoned at half-time because of waterlogging.
Newport are awaiting a report from the company as they look to ensure two lucrative cup games can go ahead.
Newport host Plymouth in an FA Cup replay on Wednesday, 21 December, with the winners visiting Liverpool in the third round on Sunday, 8 January.
The game between the Exiles and Argyle is to be televised, with both clubs receiving £37,000 as a broadcast fee.
The winners of the second-round replay then receive £144,000 in television money for the visit to Anfield, plus a portion of the gate receipt funds.
However, if the second-round replay is washed out, it is unlikely the replay will be staged in time to allow the third-round clash to take place on the correct date, meaning the clubs would lose the TV revenue.
With Newport and the EFL keen to avoid such issues, it is understood specialists commissioned by the EFL were at the ground last week.
County are keen to find answers for they have now had two games - against Morecambe and Barnet - abandoned at half-time this season. The League two encounter with Stevenage was also postponed on 1 October.
Three teams use Rodney Parade - County and two rugby sides, Newport Gwent Dragons and Newport RFC.
The Exiles are tenants at the ground, which is owned by Rodney Parade Limited.
Newport County signed a 10-year lease to use Rodney Parade in 2013.
The Exiles have had problems with the pitch since 2013. Last season their then-manager John Sheridan criticised the club when an FA Cup third round clash with Blackburn fell foul to the weather.
The victim, aged in her 20s, was found up to her waist in the mud by firefighters called to the river near Great Union Street.
Emergency services had received the initial call at 01:18 BST and the woman was pulled out at 01:51.
The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to Hull Royal Infirmary.
A Humberside Fire Service spokesman said she had had a lucky escape.
"It could have been a lot worse," he said. "An hour or two in the mud and cold at that time, you certainly wouldn't want to be left there until morning."
The next high tide, 6m (19.7ft) deep, was at 12:42 on Wednesday.
The fire service said it launched a river rescue from Kingswood, and used a sled, ladder and lines to pull the woman out, which took around 25 minutes.
The river Hull is tidal, leaving large mudbanks at low tide.
The Williams Commission said discussions about how to proceed with the merger should begin by Easter.
The reorganisation suggests reducing council numbers by mergers using existing boundaries.
Opposition AMs have said they are concerned about the potential costs and loss of local identity in some areas.
The report, by former NHS Wales chief executive Paul Williams, considers how many areas of public services can be improved and made more accountable.
Attention is focused on the recommendations for local authorities, last reorganised two decades ago.
The report recommends the new councils should be within current health board and police force areas and also not cross the geographical areas governing eligibility for EU aid.
The report said change must be implemented "quickly and decisively".
"We have reflected very carefully on our findings and conclusions on this issue. We are well aware that what we propose will incur costs, and will be disruptive and controversial - but we are convinced that doing nothing would be worse," it added.
The report has concluded, as a minimum, the following local authorities should merge:
With Carmarthenshire, Powys and Swansea unchanged, this would yield 12 authorities.
Using these mergers as building blocks, the report said, there were other viable possibilities resulting in 11 or 10 local authorities.
Swansea could merge with Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend to form a single local authority, giving 11 local authorities in total.
By Tomos LivingstoneBBC Wales political correspondent
One word sticks out amongst the tens of thousands that make up the Williams report - urgent.
It is a thorough examination of what has gone wrong over years and there is no time to lose to make changes.
The main conclusion is that we have far too many local councils.
The sole arguments remaining are whether Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend should become one super-council, and whether the old Dyfed should be reconstituted.
It is an ambitious timetable for the Welsh government.
There may be some scepticism about the potential costs, and it is always tricky to explain how different structures might lead to better services. But fewer politicians? That will be the easiest part of the package to sell to the public.
It is also an option to merge Carmarthenshire with Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire to form a single local authority, again yielding 11 local authorities in total.
The cost of merging Welsh councils could be met from savings made within as little as 18 months to two-and-a-half years, the Williams report predicted.
While it does not put a figure on the costing, the report said: "If merger is implemented properly and with pace, it can protect front-line services and jobs sustainably and effectively. That alone makes a compelling case for the changes we propose."
The report also said fire and ambulance services should work more closely together.
The Welsh Local Government Association said in a statement: "We live in a time of unprecedented cuts in public spending but also know that demands on public services have never been greater.
"Government must be clear whether a reorganisation will assist in alleviating these pressures or exacerbate them."
It called for clarity on timescales. staffing implications and how it would be paid for.
Responding to the report, First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "This report addresses many issues that are critical at a time when the need for public services is outstripping the resources available to provide them. I have always been clear that the status quo is not an option.
"Change is inevitable and essential so that our public services can become more efficient, effective, accessible and responsive."
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "From a local perspective it is almost inevitable now that the Vale of Glamorgan will be amalgamated with Cardiff, as is the case with health in the area. However, it should be remembered that big is not always beautiful.
"The whole process should be underpinned by a debate about what services we as residents expect local authorities to deliver. Ultimately it would be a sad day for democracy in Wales if any systemic reform leads communities to feel greater disconnect with local authorities."
Peter Black AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesman for local government, said: "The next local government reorganisation must be for keeps. We cannot afford to be considering ripping it up and starting again in 15 or 20 years time."
"I'm prepared to support re-organisation if we get it right. That means having councils which are representative, with a fair voting system such as the single transferable vote, so that the outcome of elections are reflected in the way councils are elected."
Plaid Cymru AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas said the government needed to take "direct" action.
"The weight of evidence presented to the Williams Commission shows that if the people of Wales are going to get the services they need and deserve then there has to be a radical improvement in the way public services are delivered," he said.
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The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games.
"I am sorry I won't be in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games," she said.
"But I know it will be an amazing occasion. I will be at home awaiting the arrival of a little Ennis-Hill."
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England's Ennis-Hill won bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and chose to skip the 2010 Games in Delhi to concentrate on the European Championships the same year, where she won gold.
Her announcement means she will also miss the 2014 European Championships in Zurich.
The 2009 world champion, who got married in May 2013, added: "We are completely overwhelmed, with excitement and a degree of anxiety that I am sure all first-time parents will relate to.
"My plans for 2014 have been completely turned upside down, but having had a couple of weeks to think about things from a career point of view I am 100% set on returning to full-time athletics once our baby is born and go for a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. That challenge really excites me.
"But, in the short-term, I will make our baby a priority and enjoy the whole experience as much as possible."
"The Glasgow 2014 team sent on their congratulations but it is difficult to view the news as anything other than a blow for them.
It has been a positive few months for the organisers, with news that 94% of the tickets have already been sold and updates suggesting venues are on track and finances on budget.
"Just who attends, though, is something mostly out of their control, but after the news there will be no Jessica Ennis-Hill, fingers will be crossed in Glasgow that Usain Bolt and Mo Farah make an appearance."
Despite suffering a disappointing 2013 season where she missed the World Championships because of an Achilles tendon problem, London 2012 Olympic champion Ennis-Hill was favourite for gold in Glasgow.
Former Great Britain 400m runner Katherine Merry backed Ennis to defend her Olympic title at the Rio Olympics but British 2010 Commonwealth heptathlon champion Louise Hazel believes there must be some doubt over Sheffield athlete Ennis staying in the multi-discipline event.
Hazel, who has now retired from heptathlon, said: "Is it possible to be an elite sportswoman and have a baby? Yes.
"Is it possible to come back from Olympic gold as a heptathlete and go on to Rio... it throws a huge question over the continuation of a career as a heptathlete and that's just being realistic."
Merry also suggested that 2014 was a good year to have a break from the sport.
"Without being demeaning to other major championships, if there was going to be a year when an athlete of her stature was going to miss, it would be a year when the Commonwealths and Europeans fall," Merry told BBC Radio 5 live.
"In terms of ranking, they don't sit alongside the Worlds and the Olympics, so it will fall very nicely in terms of her getting back and the timescale of going to Rio to defend that London Olympics gold.
"It's a huge [decision], especially for British athletes because they don't have a year off. We have a major championships every year."
Merry, who won bronze at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, added: "The key thing is what fitness you do during pregnancy. Many athletes like [former world marathon champion] Paula Radcliffe were running well into her pregnancy and keeping very fit and I'm sure Jess will do the same and keep herself ticking over to make the return a bit easier."
David Grevemberg, chief executive of Glasgow 2014, said: "I would like to warmly congratulate both Jessica and her husband Andy on the news that they are expecting their first child.
"Glasgow 2014 is proud to have Jessica as an inspiring ambassador for the Games and appreciate her continued support for the world-class festival of sport which Glasgow and Scotland will host this summer."
Team England chef de mission Jan Paterson also congratulated the pair, adding: "Jessica is a wonderful athlete and role model and I'm sure she'll be cheering on the team in Glasgow 2014. "
Police were called to a house on Church Avenue, Baddeley Green, at around 10:35 BST where they found the 43-year-old woman's body.
Staffordshire Police said a 51-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent has been arrested in connection with her death and remains in custody.
The address remains cordoned off while a forensic examination is carried out.
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Four men who taught at the former Oakwood School in Stowmarket, Suffolk, deny a total of 24 cruelty charges.
Simon Gill, one of 20 former pupils involved in the trial at Ipswich Crown Court, described how life at the school was "terrible" and he was regularly beaten.
During cross examination, Mr Gill denied being motivated by money.
The prosecution opened the trial last week and described an "abusive regime".
The defendants are Gerald West, 70, of Martins Meadow, Gislingham in Suffolk; Stephen Player, 61, of Manor Road, Spratton in Northamptonshire; Michael Watts, 59, of Sellwood Road, Netley Abbey, Southampton, and Graham Hallett, 66, of Aldcliffe Road, Lancaster.
Mr Gill told the jury: "Whatever they put on your plate you had to eat it - it didn't matter if you didn't like it.
"If you sicked it up they would hold you by the back of the neck and spoon it into your mouth."
Mr Gill said Mr Hallett would regularly drag him from the dining room by his hair or scruff of the neck for a beating.
"He would say 'nobody cares about you'," said Mr Gill.
The Suffolk County Council-run school for boys aged between eight and 16 opened in 1974 and closed in 2000.
Mr Gill also said Oakwood's deputy head teacher Gerald West's disciplinary methods were "heavy-handed" and he would "slap you and slap you and slap you".
During cross-examination, Mr Gill denied lying and exaggerating.
He said he had read about a civil case for damages being brought against the council, but he denied being motivated by money.
The trial continues.
The woman was found in her home in Kintail Court in Inverness at about 16:45 on Thursday.
It is the same terraced bungalow where the body of hairdresser Ilene O'Connor, 39, was found in 2006.
Brian Grant, 50, was jailed in 2007 for beating Ms O'Connor to death and burying her body in the garden.
It is understood the deceased, described as a "quiet and private woman", was found with some injuries and that there was blood on the floor.
She is thought to have lived alone in the terraced bungalow in the Hilton housing estate of Inverness.
Police Scotland have not said if they are currently looking for anyone in connection with the death which they described as "unexplained".
The garden of the house was taped off soon after she was discovered and uniformed officers were stationed outside overnight.
Forensic experts arrived early on Friday morning and remained for several hours.
One neighbour said: "She was a quiet and private woman. Although she had been here for a few years, she didn't say much. She was a bit of a loner.
"She would come out her door and rather than walk past her immediate neighbours, she would walk across the road to the opposite pavement to continue her journey.
"She would often walk into town and could be seen sometimes picking up items off the street. I didn't hear or see anything recently which would have made me suspicious. It is sad and tragic that another woman should die in that house."
A police spokeswoman said: "Police Scotland were made aware of the sudden death of a woman in the Kintail Court area of Hilton at around 4:45pm yesterday.
"The death is currently being treated as unexplained and enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing.
"No further information is available at this time."
Dylann Roof told a judge he plans on calling no witnesses when jurors decide next week decide whether he will face life in prison or the death penalty.
Roof, 22, was found guilty on 33 counts, including federal hate crimes, earlier this month.
His 2015 attack, carried out during a Bible study session, shocked the US.
Among his victims were pastors, recent graduates, librarians and coaches.
Roof later told police he wanted to start a race war with his attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, and he was photographed holding the Civil War battle flag, which to many is a symbol of hate.
He is acting as his own lawyer in the final stage of his trial, after dismissing his defence team.
But District Judge Richard Gergel advised Roof to talk to his grandfather, who is a lawyer, and other family members one last time before the trial begins.
Judge Gergel added Roof can change his mind and bring back his attorneys up until opening statements next week.
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.
According to the Post and Courier, the prosecution has a list of more than 30 possible witnesses to present.
Maggie O'Farrell, Rose Tremain and Sebastian Barry will compete for the prize at the Costa Book Awards, formerly known as the Whitbread Awards.
Sarah Perry has also been nominated in the category for her novel The Essex Serpent.
Singer Kate Tempest leads the all-female shortlist in the poetry category.
There are five categories in the annual Costa Book Awards - for novel, first novel, poetry, biography and children's book.
The winners in each of the five categories will receive £5,000 before one overall winner is declared the Costa Book of the Year.
The author of the winning book receives a further £25,000 prize money.
In the best novel category, Barry is nominated for Days Without End, while O'Farrell gets a nod for This Must Be the Place and Tremain is recognised for The Gustav Sonata.
O'Farrell, who has now been nominated three times and won the prize in 2010 for The Hand that First Held Mine, told the BBC: "It's amazing - it's such a lovely phone call to get. Every time feels different because every book feels so different.
"I don't mind what happens in the ultimate decision. It's just so nice to be invited along to the party."
Her book tells the story of a reclusive actress and was inspired by seeing a "very, very famous" woman in a Soho cafe being besieged by paparazzi.
"I remember looking at her and thinking I couldn't live that life - I would fake my own death and run away," she said. "As I left, I was crossing the road and I thought - 'that's a good idea for a novel'."
O'Farrell is now writing her first non-fiction book.
"It's a bit of a new direction for me," she said. "I'm still not sure if I'll be able to pull it off. But it was just an idea I had, almost metabolising things that have happened in my life."
Set against the backdrop of mid-nineteenth century America during the Indian wars and the Civil War, Barry's Days Without End is about two men and the fate they have been dealt.
Speaking about the feeling of being nominated again, Barry said: "It's that slightly miraculous warm wind that goes through you, making you 12 years old again, it's absolutely lovely."
Last week, sculptor Helen Marten described art prizes as flawed and pledged to share the prize money she received from winning the Hepworth award with her fellow nominees.
But, speaking to the BBC, Barry said such prizes still have value in literature.
"It's possibly different in the art world... but without prizes it's very difficult to progress within the constrained economics of a book, and that's why they have this huge importance," he said.
"The Costa prize is not brutally commercial in any way, it is trying to celebrate the most enjoyable books of the year."
Tremain said she was "delighted" to join her fellow nominees on the shortlist.
"This is a wonderfully invigorating literary prize, giving us a menu of crazy variety in its the final shortlist," she said. "But as chair of the judges in 2013, I know that, on the night, the categories fade away and the winner is just clearly and squarely 'the book we all loved best'."
Tremain's The Gustav Sonata, set in a fictional Swiss town, follows the friendship between Gustav and his Jewish friend Anton from their childhood through to the 21st century.
She described her novel as the "small Americano" on the list, adding: "Most British punters go for lattes and cappuccinos - but who knows?"
Perry's The Essex Serpent is set in 1893 in the author's home county and centres on Cora Seaborne, a widow who goes on the hunt for a mythical Essex creature.
Mercury-nominated artist Tempest's collection Let Them Eat Chaos faces competition from Melissa Lee-Houghton's Sunshine, Alice Oswald's Falling Awake and Denise Riley's Say Something Back.
The category for debut novel sees nods for Susan Beale's The Good Guy, Kit de Waal for My Name is Leon, Guinevere Glasfurd's The Words in My Hand and Golden Hill by Francis Spufford.
Nominees in the biography category include Sylvia Patterson's I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music and The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar - which was also recently shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.
Other nominees in the category are Keggie Carew for Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory and John Guy for Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years.
In the children's book category, nods are given to Brian Conaghan for The Bombs That Brought Us Together, Patrice Lawrence for Orangeboy, Francesca Simon for The Monstrous Child and Ross Welford for Time Travelling with a Hamster.
The winners will be announced on 3 January 2017.
Last year's overall Costa winner was Frances Hardinge for her children's book Victorian murder mystery The Lie Tree.
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Campaigner Margaret Aspinall, who lost her son James in the tragedy, collected the award on behalf of the "mothers, sisters, daughters and aunts" and their 27-year fight for the truth.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans died in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster on 15 April 1989.
Fresh inquests concluded in April that the victims were unlawfully killed.
Police errors were blamed for the crush while the Liverpool fans were cleared of any blame.
The Hillsborough Family Support Group chairwoman received the award from Prime Minister Theresa May.
Jane Luca, Chair of Women of the Year, said: "The mothers, sisters, daughters and aunts deserve to be recognised as our Special Women of the Year for working tirelessly for 27 years to establish the truth of what happened at Hillsborough.
"This award also honours those mothers who have died before seeing justice done."
Anne Williams, who refused to accept the original accidental death verdict into the death of her 15-year-old son Kevin and led the fight for new inquests, died from cancer in April 2013.
More than 400 women attended the awards in London including some mothers of the fans who died during the fateful FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
The Women of the Year awards have recognised and celebrated women of all backgrounds since 1955.
Read profiles of all those who died in the disaster
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The GB team, who were third overnight, ended the weekend in Gateshead on 338 points, 9.5pts behind Germany and 16.5 behind winners Russia.
It was Britain's best points total in the four editions of the new format of the competition.
But they missed departing head coach Peter Eriksson's aim of a top-two spot.
The blustery and wet conditions caused all sorts of problems with the men's pole vault and women's high jump having to be held indoors.
Britain's third place was definitely above my expectations, and their overall tally of 338 points our highest ever score in the tournament.
But we should also marvel at the power of Russia who retained their title despite experimental selections in many events and without their household names like Borzakovskiy, Isinbaeva and Savinova. They are going to be even tougher to beat in Moscow in August.
On the track, Porter ran an impressive 12.62 seconds in the blustery and wet conditions to win the 100m hurdles - an improvement on her European leading mark of 12.74, although there was an illegal following wind of +2.6m/s.
"I'm really pleased with that race," she said. "I'm feeling good, I've been working on certain elements of my race and it's all coming together. I'm pretty confident about the rest of the season."
The women's relay quartet of Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Meghan Beesley and Christine Ohuruogu led from start to finish as they crossed the line in three minutes and 28.60 seconds, nearly a second clear of Russia.
The men were equally dominant as Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Rhys Williams and Richard Buck won in a European leading time of 3:05.37.
Teenager Emelia Gorecka held off the challenge of the experienced German Sabrina Mockenhaupt to finish second in the 5,000m while Sophie Hitchon set a new British hammer record of 72.97m to finish third in her event.
"I've been chasing that 72-metre barrier for a while now so I'm really pleased to have finally got it," she said.
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There were also third-place finishes for Shara Proctor (long jump), Anyika Onuora (200m), Andrew Osagie (800m and Nathan Douglas (triple jump).
Eriksson, who is leaving to return to his native Canada for family reasons, was full of praise for the younger members of his team.
"I think it was good; we had more points than we expected and a lot of the youngsters stepped up with really great performances," he said. "We were unlucky with a couple of injuries to Holly Bleasdale and in the men's 3,000m steeplechase but we did the best we could.
"All of the youngsters really stepped up, with Emelia Gorecka today and Jessica Judd and Charlie Grice yesterday putting in excellent performances."
AFTER DAY TWO OF TWO
1. Russia 354.5 pts, 2. Germany 347.5, 3. Great Britain 338, 4. France 310.5, 5. Poland 305.5, 6. Ukraine 291.5, 7. Italy 260.5, 8. Spain 251, 9. Turkey 197.5, 10 Belarus 155.5, 11. Greece 152, 12. Norway 137
HOW THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WORK
There are 20 men's and 20 women's events. Winners of individual events and relays score 12 points, with second place getting 11 points, continuing down to one point. A nation's score is the total combined points of its men and women.
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Pamela Know was driving along in America when the road collapsed and swallowed her car.
Firemen came to her rescue and helped her climb out of the hole.
The sinkhole is thought to have been caused by a water leak under the road.
Mrs Knox was not hurt but did go to hospital just to make sure she was ok.
Afterwards Mrs Knox described what had happened.
She said: "All of a sudden, my car was falling and rolling. I was scared and really terrified."
Up to 80 people have been sleeping rough on land by the Old Civic Theatre since 19 November in a bid to "highlight the plight of the homeless".
Doncaster Council said it had taken action as the site was "unsafe".
Campaigner Paul Hartley said the camp had been a success and "the people it was there to help have been helped".
The protesters have until 10:00 GMT on Saturday to leave.
An application for an injunction banning the protesters from setting up a similar camp in the town was, however, rejected.
Council chief executive Jo Miller said: "I think it's a good outcome.
"We've secured possession of the site and we've made sure that everybody who needs to be housed has been housed so, working together with the organisers, we've achieved the result we needed to.
"I do not think we will need the [injunction]. We are consensually taking the site down because the job has been done by the organisers and the council."
She said of the 80 people on the site "just over half" had been re-housed while "of the other half some of them were not homeless and some did not want any help".
Mr Hartley said the authority had been "amazing" at engaging with those in need of shelter since the makeshift camp was set up.
"They have worked tirelessly with us to get a positive solution to the problem," he said.
"They are tackling homelessness differently now."
The current operator of Wem pool has told the town council it will stop managing it in December.
The council has awarded a two-year contract starting in January to the Severn Centre Trust, which runs a leisure and community complex in Highley.
Peter Broomhall, mayor of Wem, said the trust had a "proven track record".
Mr Broomhall said the town now hoped to get grants to build a fitness suite and improve other facilities at the pool.
The Friends of Wem Swimming Pool group also put in a bid to run the pool.
Mr Broomhall said he hoped the Friends group would still "have some input" in its running.
The pool was closed briefly two years ago before the current operator took over.
Ian Bailey is suing the Irish State for wrongful arrest over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The 57-year-old claimed he was victimised in custody.
He said he was given a black and tan shirt to wear, suggesting a reference to British auxiliary forces dispatched to Ireland during the War of Independence.
"It was not a complaint so much as an observation on the colour," he told the jury at the High Court in Dublin.
"It was a black and tan colouring and I just thought it was possibly a coded message ... because I'm English."
Mme Toscan du Plantier, 39, was found beaten to death on a hillside outside her west Cork holiday home on the morning of Monday 23 December 1996..
Mr Bailey was arrested in February 1997 and again in January 1998 as part of the investigation but never charged.
The former freelance reporter denies any involvement in the unsolved killing.
Giving evidence for a sixth day in his civil action against the state, Mr Bailey said he thought he was being victimised because he was English.
"It was made quite clear to me in the interrogation, if you think an Englishman is coming over here and is going to get away with this," he said.
"It definitely was. There was very strong xenophobia."
Mr Bailey was born in Manchester and brought up from the age of nine in the Gloucester area before embarking on a freelance journalism career in Cheltenham in the 1980s and some spells in London.
He moved to west Cork about 23 years ago.
Almost 20 years on from the killing of Mme Toscan du Plantier, Mr Bailey is suing the Garda (police)Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and the Attorney General for wrongful arrest and a series of other alleged failings in the murder investigation.
The state denies all claims.
The hearing in front of a jury of eight men and four women is set to run for several more weeks.
The court was told that Mr Bailey was in Bandon Garda Station on 10 February 1997 when he alleges the black and tan shirt was given to him.
Mr Bailey was questioned on transcripts of a series of interviews that took place on the day, and police took a blue sweatshirt, a beige jacket, denim jeans and a purple-brown checked shirt from his house, in Liscaha, Schull, west Cork.
The court heard he was told there was blood on the clothes taken from the house and he replied that the tests would clear his name.
Mr Bailey was also asked about discrepancies in his statements to detectives including whether he had got out of bed in the middle of the night when Mme Toscan du Plantier was murdered.
He said it was correct to say he had left his partner, Jules Thomas, in bed at some point in the middle of the night to write.
The interview transcripts noted that Mr Bailey repeatedly denied any involvement in the murder.
The court also heard that Mr Bailey described Mme Toscan du Plantier as "plain" during one police interview.
Bassist Elliot Newkirk and his bandmates had just finished a show at the House of Blues when they saw the artwork propped up against a wall.
"Our guitar player was actually talking about how he saw on Facebook that a painting was stolen," Newkirk said.
"Literally five minutes later" he found the canvas and "his jaw dropped".
The painting, entitled Wendy and Me, was by beloved New Orleans artist George Rodrigue.
It was stolen in broad daylight from New Orleans' George Rodrigue Studios at 15:00 on Tuesday, 6 January.
A thief walked into the gallery, lifted the picture from the wall and left. The entire incident lasted less than a minute, and was captured on security cameras.
Featuring the blue dog for which he is famous, Wendy and Me was used on the artist's wedding invitations when he married his second wife Wendy in 1997.
The band handed it in to police, along with another artwork - a print called Three Amigos, that is believed to have been sold to a local non-profit organisation through the George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts several years ago.
"I collect discarded art and things like that," guitarist Evan Diez told a local news station.
"Even if it's just a frame, I'll pick it up. I saw those canvases and had to check them out."
Singer John Kennedy picked up the story: "His face was ghost white - jaw dropped, like, 'you don't understand - this is a $250,000 piece of artwork.'"
The band described the events that followed as a "Scooby Doo adventure", as they carried the paintings to a nearby police station.
"We're walking down the street with these quarter-million-dollar paintings in our hands, and they're facing out and I'm like, 'No! Turn that around! We don't want people seeing that'," Newkirk said.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, George Rodrigue's son Jacques said: "We're so thankful to the good Samaritans for bringing it back."
The band - who filmed themselves handing over the paintings - did not ask for a reward.
But "we joked that we're going to write a song about it, so we'll see what happens," said Newkirk.
George Rodrigue, who died in 2013, was catapulted to fame by his blue dog paintings, which were based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou.
Police say they will use DNA fingerprinting techniques to track down the thief, who is still at large.
Ms Mone, brought up in Glasgow's East End, founded lingerie firm Ultimo in her 20s, after leaving school at 15.
She sold an 80% stake in the firm last year in a multi-million pound deal.
The review will look to identify obstacles to people in deprived areas starting new businesses.
"Entrepreneurship can play an important role in supporting economic growth and creating jobs in our most disadvantaged communities," said Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
"However, people living in those areas face a range of additional barriers they need to overcome in starting and growing businesses."
The government said these barriers included a lack of business and social networks, and a lack of inspiring role models.
It asked Ms Mone to draw on her own experiences, which included leaving school with no qualifications and having a child at 18.
"It's an honour to be appointed to lead this review because I know how tough it can be setting up successful businesses," she said.
"My philosophy is that it does not matter where you are from, what education you have, or if you are from an affluent background or not, you can make it if you work hard, set your goals and never give up."
Ms Mone co-founded the original Ultimo parent company MJM International with her ex-husband Michael in 1996, and created brands including Ultimo Miracle Shapewear and Miss Ultimo.
She was awarded an OBE in 2010.
Freedom of Information responses show the range of anti-social behaviour and crime associated with the drugs.
Figures show an upsurge in incidents since 2011 with thousands of mentions in police logs.
The government said it would abolish the "abhorrent trade".
So-called "legal highs" are psychoactive drugs that contain various chemical ingredients, some of which have already been made illegal while others have not. They produce similar effects to illegal drugs like cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy.
The data has been gathered by the BBC English Regions data unit and BBC Look North.
The BBC asked police forces for a breakdown of incidents in which different types of legal high were mentioned, such as Spice, Clockwork Orange and Nitrous Oxide.
Out of the 39 police forces in England, 23 were able to provide at least part of the information. However, many of those who refused said it would cost too much to conduct a "free text" search on their logs.
Police logs more than doubled in Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Leicestershire between 2013 and 2016.
Separate figures from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen also reveal there were 39 fatalities behind bars linked to legal highs between June 2013 and June 2015, compared with 19 recorded between April 2012 and September 2014.
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incidents in England involving legal highs in 2015-16
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mentions in 2011-12
39 fatalities in prisons linked to legal highs from June 2013 - June 2015
19 prison fatalities linked to legal highs April 2012 - September 2014
76 deaths linked to legal highs in England and Wales from 2004 - 2013
7,748 deaths involving heroin or morphine over the same time
Aidan Karpenko was 19 when he died in June 2014 after taking one tablet of etizolam, which had been bought legally over the internet.
Etizolam was classed as a legal high in 2011 but is also sold in chemists in many countries as a treatment for insomnia and anxiety.
Songwriter Mr Karpenko's mother Louise Tasker-Lynch, from Chesterfield, has co-founded Keep our Young Safe and believes the change in the law relating to legal highs cannot come soon enough.
"There was no history of drugs whatsoever (with Aidan)," she said.
"I can't understand why people would want to put other people at risk when they don't know anything about their situation or how it would affect their bodies.
"I want to see a change in legislation where they do ban these drugs and should anybody sell them I want them to be made accountable.
"I don't want anybody to go through what we went through. We're still going through it now and we probably will for the rest of our lives."
Get the data and read released police logs here
Incidents range from low level anti-social behaviour to making threats to kill. Our investigation found:
The most detailed police logs revealed came from Hertfordshire Constabulary.
The force revealed the details of 97 calls to incidents involving legal highs since 2011. They included one in 2015-16 in Rickmansworth where the log said: "Boyfriends smashing place up after taking legal highs."
Another from Hertford in 2013-14 said: "Male is constantly smoking something, think it may be legal highs. He screams at night time saying 'get out of my head and running about in and out of block and screaming 'I am going to kill you'. He says it to himself."
A blanket ban on legal highs will come into force on 26 May 2016 through The Psychoactive Substances Act.
Home Office Minister Karen Bradley said: "Psychoactive substances shatter lives and we owe it to all those who have lost loved ones to do everything we can to eradicate this abhorrent trade.
"This Act will bring to an end the open sale on our high streets of these potentially harmful drugs and deliver new powers for law enforcement to tackle this issue at every level in communities, at our borders, on UK websites and in our prisons.
MPs have raised concerns that the new law was being rushed amid a lack of clarity over whether it would work. And the homeless charity Centrepoint has warned that the blanket ban may not be enough, calling for better treatment and education on substance use.
Mike Pattinson, executive director of the charity Change, Grow, Live (CGL), said: "The stories today indicating that the police have seen a rise in public incidents and deaths in custody due to the use of legal highs highlights the severe lack of knowledge of how dangerous these substances are and that they are a national problem which is not going to go away any time soon.
"There are significant potential health risks and serious consequences caused to the people that use them and their families. 'Legal highs' often contain illegal substances and can be just as harmful and addictive as illegal drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. As their chemical makeup is unknown, their effects are unpredictable and the health risks are unpredictable."
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Its PMI survey for February indicated output levels deteriorated for the first time in three months, driven by a marginal decline in new orders.
The PMI registered a score of 49.2, representing a slight downturn in output.
The bank suggested the performance of the oil and gas sector was behind the decline.
Other key points from the research included:
The research is compiled by Markit for the Bank of Scotland.
It is based on a monthly survey of about 600 executives in private manufacturing and service sector companies.
Mr Gardner said: "The downturns in the Aberdeen region and the oil and gas sector negatively impacted the Scottish economy during February, as firms struggled to cope with lower incoming new order levels and deteriorating volumes of incomplete work.
"The drop in business activity and the slide in workforce numbers also signals a challenging few months ahead for the region."
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Consider the flint that Stone Age man fashioned.
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He could hardly have imagined, as he was using it to light a fire or hack a carcass apart, that his descendants would one day promote that kind of inventive step through patents.
So it is with the wonder of our age, the computer.
We've scarcely started to grasp the scale of the changes information technology will bring this century.
One application is to help analyse, map and collate features of our surroundings across the planet and keep track of activity on it. This geo-information has tremendous benefits and is gaining in sophistication and power all the time.
Data sources to produce geo-information come from satellites, together with aerial and ground observation equipment around the world.
They collect data from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum or from probing with radar or with sonar in air or water. Their output can then be processed into multiple formats, depending on ultimate use, including images with layers of content added.
The scale of the phenomenon and the quantities of data involved are barely imaginable, but the effect is for humanity to be endowed with new senses that can reach to the Earth's farthest corners.
How this will affect our behaviour as individuals and societies will be one of the biggest questions of the Information Age.
In November 2012, Britain experienced unusually severe autumn flooding.
Only a few years ago it would have overwhelmed the emergency services, but thanks in part to satellite imagery, situation managers gained a strategic view of areas at risk and could deploy resources effectively.
Yet, even with this kind of application of general public benefit, there are issues of access to data and the reliability of the resultant information as it is processed into services for users.
But when geo-information supports surveillance of human activities, there is a point at which particular interests are going to be affected.
While we may appreciate the sat-nav in our car or phone when it delivers us safely to some remote location we want to get to, we may find that a geo-location application known to the provider not to be very reliable for the purpose offered ought at least to carry a clear "quality" warning, similar to safety and health warnings for other things we use.
That way, possibly widespread inconvenience, even disruption, might be avoided.
Other, more disturbing questions arise when details of our daily commute are, to mention a recent example in the Netherlands, used to set speed traps without us being informed in some way of this potential use.
Similar issues can arise with surveillance from the sky of cars' movements in and out of particular locations at particular times.
Those watched - individuals and organisations - may wish to have some possibility of knowing who's watching, allowing for state's legitimate security needs.
Again here, geo-information seems to have two faces, depending on whose interest it serves.
But when the information processing for such applications is dispersed around the globe, how can issues like these be addressed?
It is the law's function to establish the rules which apply at this kind of intersection of technology and human interests.
Since the issues are transnational, we've proposed the development of an international Geo-information Convention.
Its aim is to be technology-neutral, so that it is future-proof enough also to cover new systems like hyper spectral sensors reminiscent of Star Trek and drones with privacy implications reminiscent of 1984.
The essential questions are: how do we make geoinformation reliable enough for the particular applications for which it is to be used, and what limits should we put on use of its power?
Work on these difficult questions has already begun through the International Bar Association (IBA).
Having already received encouragement from several quarters, we believe it's now time for the project to be opened up for wider international discussion.
A roundtable on the Convention will be held at an IBA conference in Zurich in May 2013 and from there, we hope to move towards governmental take-up of the Convention.
Christopher Rees is a partner at London-based law firm Taylor Wessing. Kevin Madders is a visiting professor at King's College London, and a managing partner at Systemics Network International.
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Screening of people arriving from Ebola-affected areas will start next week, but the mayor of London said this was a "far from perfect solution".
He said "you can't test everybody" and some infected people would get through.
A consultant has called screening a "political gesture", but a government expert said it would save lives.
Mr Johnson - who has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election - said blood tests could not be done on every person arriving in the UK, and temperature checks would not catch every case because the virus had an incubation period of up to three weeks before symptoms start.
"I have little doubt that eventually there will be a case of Ebola in this country and probably in this city," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
But he said "fantastic" medical preparations were in place.
Screening - to be introduced at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar terminals - will include questions about passengers' travel history and a "possible medical assessment", health officials said.
It is expected to focus on people who have recently been to the worst-affected West African countries - Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
In email seen by the BBC, a senior consultant involved in the screening programme said it was "unlikely to provide public health benefits".
But the government's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, said although it was a "blunt instrument" it would save lives.
She said screening was "unlikely" to pick up any cases but stressed the "great advantage" would be to alert people to what symptoms to look for and what to do if they fall ill.
This would reduce their chances of dying and of spreading the virus to others, she said.
Ebola symptoms: What to do in the UK
Symptoms of Ebola include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding - but these are similar to more common infections like flu and some stomach bugs.
If you have these symptoms and have had contact with an Ebola patient, ring 111 first. Do not go directly to A&E or a GP.
If there has been no contact with Ebola, seek help from 111, your GP or A&E if necessary.
The chances of developing Ebola in the UK are low.
Similar measures are being taken in the US, with screening under way at New York's JFK airport and checks at some other airports due to start in the coming days.
US officials have said a Texas healthcare worker who treated an Ebola patient has tested positive for the virus.
Figures published by the World Health Organization on Friday showed there had been 4,024 confirmed or suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone during the current outbreak.
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Goggles
Medical mask
Scrubs
Overalls
Apron
Double gloves
Boots
Respirator
The cap forms part of a protective hood covering the head and neck. It offers medical workers an added layer of protection, ensuring that they cannot touch any part of their face whilst in the treatment centre.
Goggles, or eye visors, are used to provide cover to the eyes, protecting them from splashes. The goggles are sprayed with an anti-fogging solution before being worn. On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients. In the new guidelines, health workers are advised to use a single use disposable full face shield as goggles may not provide complete skin coverage.
Covers the mouth to protect from sprays of blood or body fluids from patients. When wearing a respirator, the medical worker must tear this outer mask to allow the respirator through.
A respirator is worn to protect the wearer from a patient's coughs. According to guidelines from the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the respirator should be put on second, right after donning the overalls.
A surgical scrub suit, durable hospital clothing that absorbs liquid and is easily cleaned, is worn as a baselayer underneath the overalls. It is normally tucked into rubber boots to ensure no skin is exposed.
The overalls are placed on top of the scrubs. These suits are similar to hazardous material (hazmat) suits worn in toxic environments. The team member supervising the process should check that the equipment is not damaged.
A minimum two sets of gloves are required, covering the suit cuff. When putting on the gloves, care must be taken to ensure that no skin is exposed and that they are worn in such a way that any fluid on the sleeve will run off the suit and glove. Medical workers must change gloves between patients, performing thorough hand hygiene before donning a new pair. Heavy duty gloves are used whenever workers need to handle infectious waste.
A waterproof apron is placed on top of the overalls as a final layer of protective clothing.
Ebola health workers typically wear rubber boots, with the scrubs tucked into the footwear. If boots are unavailable, workers must wear closed, puncture and fluid-resistant shoes.
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Sutton resigned ahead of the Rio Olympics amid allegations of sexism.
Wiggins said it was Sutton's influence that pushed him to return to track cycling in Rio, where he became the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals with gold in the team pursuit.
He added: "I know Shane better than anyone and I believe he'll be cleared."
Sutton was initially suspended by British Cycling after bullying allegations from cyclist Jess Varnish, while more allegations followed from other athletes, including Para-cyclist Darren Kenny.
British Cycling formed an independent review to investigate the claims before Sutton stepped down in April.
Wiggins thinks Sutton will come back into the British Cycling fold if cleared.
"I spoke to him two weeks ago and he said his life is pretty empty without this. I think he has the right to (return). Why not?" Wiggins said.
"I don't want to dismiss the claims that have been made by certain people, but I understand more than anyone that there are two sides to every story.
"I think the tone of how some things are said can be skewed quite a bit as well.
"There are two ways you can take (something) on board when someone says something. And how it's written isn't necessarily how it's said."
Sutton had been involved with British Cycling for 14 years, helping them to a record haul of medals at London 2012 with eight golds, two silvers and two bronze.
Wiggins worked with Sutton during his 2012 Tour de France victory, and credits the Australian with helping him win five Olympic gold medals.
"I came back to the track squad because he was in charge," Wiggins said.
"He encouraged me to come back and I probably wouldn't have come back had it been somebody else in charge 18 months ago."
And he believes it is Sutton's work up until his resignation that has seen seven cycling medals for Team GB - so far - in Rio.
"All this stuff is a result of his work. He was in charge of it," he said.
Last week Varnish said she would "not recommend" anyone joining British Cycling due to "cracks" in its culture, citing sexism.
But Wiggins said: "This whole sexism thing, I'd never, ever seen any sign of that, really.
"I think there's a lot of bitter people that didn't make the grade, got the boot and they have now come out picking holes in things.
"I think for every one of those there's equally successful people - the Laura Trotts of this world and Becky James - that have been successful.
"If my daughter wanted to get into cycling, which she does, would I be happy for her to go into British Cycling now? I 100% would be."
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The Labour leader said he thought introducing the limit would be "the fairer thing to do".
Mr Corbyn said he was "not wedded to a figure" but told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Let's look at it."
He said the UK's levels of income disparity were getting worse, saying this cannot go on "if we want to live in a more egalitarian society".
"I would like there to be some kind of high earnings cap, quite honestly," he said.
Mr Corbyn added: "We cannot set ourselves as being a sort of grossly unequal bargain basement economy on the shores of Europe."
The idea of a maximum earnings cap was suggested by Mr Corbyn during Labour's 2015 leadership contest.
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Corbyn said a wage cap would be "somewhat higher" than his salary of approximately £138,000, adding that the salaries some footballers receive are "simply ridiculous".
He said: "Why would someone need to earn more than £50m a year?"
Labour has also said it will introduce a "real living wage" of at least £10 an hour if in power.
On Wednesday the High Pay Centre think tank claimed top bosses would have earned more by midday than typical workers earn in the entire year.
In his Today interview, which came ahead of a speech on Brexit later on Tuesday, Mr Corbyn also said he would be prepared to join striking Southern Rail workers on the picket line in their long-running dispute over the role of guards.
Sandhu, 29, who competed in the 125kg men's freestyle, tested positive for an anabolic steroid in September.
"It is sad that his reputation within the sport has been tainted because of his own actions," UK Anti-Doping chief executive Nicole Sapstead said.
British Wrestling said the news was "extremely disappointing".
A BBC State of Sport investigation into doping in amateur sport led to UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) saying drug use at every level of sport is "fast becoming a crisis".
Sandhu argued he had not acted intentionally and that the positive sample had resulted from taking a contaminated supplement.
"Athletes are solely responsible for any substance which is found in their system, regardless of whether there is an intention to cheat or not," Sapstead added.
"No-one can ever guarantee that a supplement is free from prohibited substances and taking them will always carry an element of risk."
Sandhu's ban has been backdated to start from 14 October 2016, meaning it will run until October 2020.
"It is extremely disappointing news - for the athlete and the sport," added British Wrestling Association chief executive Colin Nicholson.
"The sport is working with Ukad to make sure that athletes are educated in anti-doping.
"The British Wrestling Association has a zero tolerance approach to doping in sport and believes in wrestling clean."
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Prior to that, Pendleton's mount Minella Theatre had been jumping well in the Black Forest Club Members race.
The three-mile race was won by favourite Jepeck.
Pendleton, 35, who was unseated in her third competitive ride at Newbury last month, is aiming to ride over jumps at the Cheltenham Festival in March.
She retired from cycling in 2012 after adding gold in the keirin in London to the sprint title she won at the Beijing Games in 2008.
Trainer Alan Hill said the ground "was a little soft" for Minella Theatre, but that Pendleton had ridden him "sensibly" and would look to compete again within weeks.
"The most important thing was that we got her good race experience," said Hill. "The horse jumped well, she rode him well and now we've got that first ride under her belt."
Josh Davey took four wickets as the Scots prevented the Dutch reaching their target of 149.
Davey ended a 53-run opening partnership between Ben Cooper and Michael Rippon and Con de Lange's two for 17 also proved crucial.
Earlier, all-rounder Richie Berrington top-scored for Grant Bradburn's side with 38 runs as they reached 148-7.
The Scots beat opening Group B opponents Hong Kong on Saturday and the top two from the two four-team sections will progress to the semi-finals.
In Group A, Ireland recovered from an opening loss to Afghanistan by beating Namibia.
The aircraft, which had one person on board disappeared from radar three miles out at sea.
It had been due to land at Blackpool Airport at 09:15 GMT after its journey from the Isle of Man. The debris was found off the Lancashire coast.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said further searches had been suspended due to failing light.
Matthew Mace, duty controller at the UK Coastguard, said: "We have used all the means and assets available to search an extensive area off the Blackpool coast.
He said crews would "review overnight what searches will be conducted tomorrow".
Lifeboat and helicopter teams had been searching a 45 sq nautical mile (154 sq km) area.
The Coastguard said there was a "strong likelihood that this aircraft may have ditched into the sea".
Coach Scott Bemand keeps the same squad who beat defending Six Nations champions Ireland as England look to make it four wins from four games.
Harriet Millar-Mills drops to the bench to make way for second row Taylor.
"The team has improved with each win and we look forward to having the support of a home crowd," Bemand said.
England kicked off their 2016 Six Nations campaign with a 32-0 win over Scotland.
They followed that with a 33-24 victory over Italy before beating Ireland 13-9 at Twickenham.
England: Katie Mason, Lydia Thompson, Lauren Cattell, Ceri Large, Lotte Clapp, Amber Reed, La Toya Mason, Sarah Hunter, Izzy Noel-Smith, Abbie Scott, Tamara Taylor, Emily Braund, Vickii Cornborough, Emma Croker and Rochelle Clark.
Replacements: Amy Cokayne, Heather Kerr, Bianca Dawson, Harriet Millar-Mills, Poppy Leitch, Bianca Blackburn, Ruth Laybourn, Leanne Riley.
Democrat Bo Eaton met Republican Mark Tullos to draw straws and Mr Tullos drew the shorter one.
Mr Eaton's fateful grasp of the longer straw gave him the victory, keeping Republicans from having a supermajority in the state house.
Mr Tullos, not admitting defeat, filed an appeal on Friday.
Mr Eaton, a farmer, was excited about his win.
"There's always happiness in a good crop year," he said after winning.
Mr Tullos apparently left the room quickly and did not show emotion.
Mr Eaton, a 20-year incumbent, had said he did not approve of the straw-drawing, but he would accept the results.
"Look, my life's a gamble," he said, according to the New York Times. "I'm a farmer. I depend on the weather and the rain. The statute's clear, but my life is not."
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant presided over the short straw-drawing ceremony.
Each candidate had received 4,589 votes in the legislative election for the House seat.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 24 states legally decide the outcome of tied legislative elections by drawing straws or flipping coins.
Similar cases have happened in New Mexico and Alaska, using a coin toss.
Connecticut decided in 2007 to eliminate chance games for breaking ties, a year after a coin toss determined a state house election.
Charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was arrested at Tehran Airport in April 2016 while visiting family in Iran with her daughter.
The 38-year-old, who maintains her innocence, has lost the final stage of her appeal against the sentence.
Her husband said there were no more legal options to overturn the sentence.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the charity the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was imprisoned for five years in September and then lost an initial appeal against her sentence in January.
She was accused of allegedly plotting to topple the government in Tehran, but the official charges against her have not been made public.
Iran refuses to recognise dual nationals and denies them access to consular assistance.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said it is "deeply concerned" by the latest court decision.
The British ambassador to Iran visited Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's two-year-old daughter Gabriella last year, who has been placed in the care of her Iranian grandparents, after the Iranian government confiscated her passport.
A spokesman for the FCO said: "Iran continues to refuse the UK access to her. The prime minister and foreign secretary have both raised Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case with their counterparts in Iran.
"We continue to press the Iranians for access and for due process to be followed, and are ready to help get her daughter back safely to the UK if requested."
But speaking from the UK, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband, Richard, said he would continue to put pressure on the UK government.
"We've had a year, the legal process is finished, so I think the government needs to step up, find a way to visit her, say that she's innocent and call for her release publicly," he said.
"As her husband, I can say Nazanin is innocent until I am blue in the face. I have spent a year doing it.
"But it makes a clear difference that the government hasn't. It indulges the whispers."
Monique Villa, CEO at Thomson Reuters Foundation, said she was "entirely convinced" of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's innocence and called for her immediate release.
She said: "This extinguishes the last hope we have had of legally overturning a punishment where the crime remains a mystery.
"Nazanin was given no court hearing for this final judgement. She is not a spy but an innocent mother who travelled to Iran only to show her baby to her parents."
Ms Villa added that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe has never had dealings with Iran in her professional capacity at the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Rene Tkacik, a 44-year-old Slovakian national, was crushed to death by poured concrete in Holborn, central London, on 7 March 2014.
The jury ruled his death had accidental contributory factors including him not being able to understand all briefings.
The exclusion zone definition was also unclear as it sometimes changed.
St Pancras Coroner's Court heard Mr Tkacik was found within an exclusion zone where wet concrete was being poured, which had not been clearly marked at the time of his death.
The jury had learned that Mr Tkacik, of Hackney Road, east London, was a "hugely experienced" worker.
He had been working in the UK to earn money to send home to his family in Slovakia so he could pay for his daughter Esther to go to university.
The jury was shown a digital reconstruction of the 80ft (24m) deep tunnel in Fisher Street, Holborn, where Mr Tkacik died.
The tunnel was so deep it took an emergency team six minutes to reach him from ground level, the court heard.
His wife Renata Tkacikova, said: "Rene was a loving husband and father - we miss him very much.
"I have struggled without him. I do not feel that I have come to terms with my loss and I do not understand how this incident could have happened.
"Rene had gone over to London to work and we had never contemplated that we would not see him again."
In a statement, Crossrail said: "Safety has always been, and continues to be, the number one value for Crossrail and is critical to the delivery of the project.
"Crossrail has a good safety record and sets the most stringent contractor safety requirements in the industry. There is nothing so important on Crossrail that it cannot be done safely."
More than 20 Northern Irish sites feature in the HBO series to make the mythical worlds of Westeros and Essos.
Binevenagh mountain in County Londonderry, Ballintoy harbour in County Antrim and Tullymore forest in County Down are some of the places that have been used for filming.
The mobile app was the idea of the film agency Northern Ireland Screen.
It gives fans an interactive tour of the locations, as well as information about them and the show's scenes in which they featured.
A trailer for the sixth series of Game Of Thrones was released earlier this week.
Northern Ireland Screen's Richard Williams said "people will be surprised by the range" of locations the series uses for filming.
"This is a celebration of these locations in Northern Ireland," he added.
"Game of Thrones has now become a huge part of Northern Ireland culture and we know the appetite for information about the show is vast around the world."
John McGrillen, the chief executive of Tourism Northern Ireland, said the app would "enable visitors to make the link between the Game of Thrones fantasy and the spectacular real-life setting".
In January, a distinctive tunnel of trees at one of the show's Northern Ireland locations was damaged by high storm winds.
Less than two years ago Turkey was a major player in Central and South Asia.
Turkish diplomats were mediating peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government and between India and Pakistan.
Turkey was creating a new regional co-operation over Afghanistan through its Istanbul process, while shoring up the resolve of the five Central Asian republics and making sure they did not all fall into the hands of Russia.
It was even mediating internal political disputes in Pakistan between the government and the opposition. Everyone it seemed trusted Turkey.
Then suddenly it all stopped.
Turkey disappeared from the world stage and became enmeshed in multiple political problems of its own.
Most importantly for the region, Ankara did nothing to stop foreign fighters crossing its border and joining the Islamic State (IS) group, which was wrecking havoc in Iraq and Syria and rapidly spreading its tentacles to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
Turkey's disappearance and then its apparent connivance in allowing IS fighters through its borders caused enormous consternation in the Central Asia region, because these countries were seeing hundreds of their youth joining up with IS every month.
Afghanistan became a virtual free for all, with Iran forcing Shia Hazara youth to fight for President Bashar al-Assad, while other mullahs recruited Pashtuns and Tajiks to fight for IS.
Meanwhile, China began to play a major role in the region - pursuing the same goals as Turkey - but more methodically, such as brokering peace between the Taliban and Kabul and between India and Pakistan and finally giving full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to India and Pakistan.
Now at long last Turkey may be back as a key regional player.
In the last few days it has re-established its military presence in the Middle East by doing a much awaited U-turn against the IS.
It has promised to stop infiltration of foreign fighters through Turkey, crack down on IS cells and pledge to play a leadership role against IS in the entire region.
Only Turkey has the half a million strong army, NATO-level fire power and equipment and the will to take on IS and put boots on the ground to do it.
IS now represents, ''a national security threat to Turkey'' a senior official in Ankara told the New York Times recently.
All this is music to the ears of governments in South and Central Asia who are looking for a natural leader like Turkey to help forge a common strategy against IS.
The US is seen in the region as a retreating power, as it pulls out from Afghanistan and ceases to play any major role in mediating an end to conflicts either in Afghanistan or between India and Pakistan.
Moreover, there is little competition between Turkey, China and the US, as all want to achieve the same goals.
All these governments are deeply worried at the infiltration of IS into their countries. Afghanistan is already seeing an intense power play with young Taliban deserting their leaders and joining IS.
In Pakistan there is a race amongst some groups to declare themselves the leaders of the IS movement, even though, in reality IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not anointed any such leader or group.
In Central Asia IS has penetrated the top echelons of government, with the desertion to IS of Colonel Gulmuod Khalimov, the commander of Tajikistan's Special Forces.
Even though these countries are facing similar threats from IS, al-Qaeda and the Taliban, there is no common strategy and only a minimum of military and intelligence co-operation.
This is where Turkey, which is well trusted by these states, could play a major role.
Turkey's Istanbul process, which aims to bring all the countries of the region together, could now enhance its role to bring about a joint military strategy to combat IS.
The next summit meeting of its members is due to take place in Islamabad in December.
IS has always been much clearer about its intentions.
It has always wanted to drag Turkey into the regional conflict zone, so that its Islamist government could be exposed as being pro-Western.
IS has also wanted to undermine Turkish power in the region and attack the seat of the last caliphate - the Ottomans - who ruled Turkey for half a millennium, so that IS can install its own caliphate.
IS has established cells in Turkey, one of which carried out the provocative suicide attack on 20 July that killed 32 and wounded 100 people in the border town of Suruc.
Turks held massive demonstrations demanding the state protect the people - a factor that led to the Turkish U-turn.
Now Turkey will bomb IS positions in Syria and those of Turkish Kurds.
It has allowed US fighter bombers to use its Incirlik air base in southern Turkey to bomb IS targets - hugely shortening the flying time for US aircraft.
Turkey's involvement could tilt the battlefield against IS and certainly contain the foreign recruits trying to join it.
All these reasons are why the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia have welcomed Turkey's return to playing a role against IS in the Middle East region.
They are hoping it can help coordinate their multiple wars against IS into one seamless strategy, which will effectively combat this latest menace to stability in the region.
Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and author based in Lahore.
A recent government directive has ordered such lenders to suspend all activities wooing student borrowers.
The move follows reports of exorbitant interest rates and unsavoury practices in the industry, including demanding "nude selfies" as collateral.
Online peer-to-peer moneylending has grown popular in China in recent years.
Known as "wang dai" in Chinese, it sees strangers providing small loans to others via websites and phone apps.
The directive (in Chinese) was made by China's banking, education and social security authorities, according to a copy released by the Jiangxi provincial government on its website on Friday.
It said the measures were needed to address moneylenders "making extortionate loans" and other behaviour that has "severely harmed the safety of university students".
The exact number of online moneylenders in China is not known, but one microfinancing portal called Wangdaizhijia lists at least 500 such platforms.
In recent years some moneylenders and loan sharks have begun targeting university students in need of quick and easy credit, according to Chinese reports.
Some students have since fallen prey to spiralling debt as a result of high interest rates.
In some cases, borrowers were instructed to send naked pictures of themselves, with their identification cards, to the lender as collateral. They would threaten to release the pictures if the student defaulted on their debts.
In December the naked pictures and contact details of more than 100 young female borrowers were leaked online, causing an outcry and shining a spotlight on the underground business.
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was urged by a doctor to attend psychiatric hospital weeks before he crashed the plane on 24 March 2015, but his employer was never alerted, their final report says.
All 150 people on board died as Flight 9525 hit a mountain in the French Alps.
Investigators believe Lubitz brought down the plane deliberately.
He had been suffering from severe depression, they said, but doctors had been unable to disclose this.
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The report, by the BEA investigation agency, said confidentiality had to be balanced with the risk an individual might pose to public safety and that "clearer rules" were needed.
It was also critical of pilots being able to make self-declarations about their health, which allowed them to hide any illnesses.
A union representing German pilots welcomed the recommendations as a "balanced package of measures", but it said strict rules on data protection needed to be developed in conjunction with criteria for suspending confidentiality rules.
Correspondents say privacy is a highly sensitive issue in Germany, a country which has in the past seen extensive state surveillance, most recently under the Communist regime in the east.
The report points out that strict German laws on protecting confidentiality are balanced by provisions protecting anyone who acts to prevent an immediate danger.
Countries including Canada, Israel and Norway have specific laws on confidentiality for pilots.
The head of the BEA investigation, Arnaud Desjardin, said Lubitz had in December 2014 begun to show symptoms that "could be compatible with a psychotic episode" but this information was not passed on to Germanwings.
The report also calls for more stringent medical checks for pilots - it recommends regular analysis to check for "psychological or psychiatric problems".
But it has not suggested any change to cockpit rules. Lubitz was able to lock the pilot out of the cockpit while he crashed the plane, taking advantage of a system designed to prevent hijackings by attackers elsewhere on board.
"A lockage system cannot be created to prevent threats coming from both outside and inside the cockpit," Mr Desjardin said.
Many airlines now require at least two people to be in the cockpit at any given time.
Both Germanwings and its parent company Lufthansa have previously said that Lubitz, 27, had passed all tests of fitness to fly.
Lufthansa has also acknowledged that it knew the co-pilot had suffered from severe depression in 2009 while training for his pilot's licence.
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But Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accused Wenger of moaning as Arsenal lost 2-0 and had two men dismissed.
Arsenal defender Gabriel was sent off after clashing with Costa at the end of the first half.
"He [Costa] will do the same again next week and the week after that and he always gets away with it," said Wenger.
When asked if the FA should take retrospective action, Wenger added: "That is the least they could do.
"Costa can do what he wants and yet he stays on and everyone who responds to him has to be sent off. He hits Koscielny in the face yet he gets away with it.
"I understand referee Mike Dean's decision to send Gabriel off. He was guilty and should not have got involved but why does Costa stay on the pitch after what he has done?
"Costa is always involved in provocation and he used the naivety of Mike Dean well. It is nothing to do with the strength of a referee. You expect him to make the right decision."
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Mourinho responded by suggesting Costa was man of the match, adding: "I think you should speak about Gabriel Paulista, a good player, and his mistake.
"If you want to speak about Diego Costa, he plays like he has to play and that is why you have full stadiums and you sell the game to television around the world for millions, because the game has to be played like that."
And Mourinho likened Costa's physical approach and passion to those taking part in the Rugby Union World Cup.
He said: "I will go to a game on Sunday that I consider comparable in terms of dedication and passion - New Zealand against Argentina. I go because I love it and Diego was fantastic - man of the match."
Mourinho could not resist a swipe at Wenger as he said: "I have played against him 15 times and the only time he didn't moan was the day we lost in the Community Shield."
Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla was later dismissed for a late tackle on Cesc Fabregas.
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Speaking on Final Score, former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks pulled no punches when delivering his assessment of Dean's decision to send off Gabriel.
"Mike Dean is a great referee but he has got one fault," Crooks said. "He wants to be the star too often, and it is really getting on my nerves because it's spoiling great games.
"Don't go looking for excuses to send players off, because that is not your job. People come to see great games of football, not to see you get overly officious like a petulant schoolteacher.
"If nobody had been sent off in that situation then nobody would have screamed. The only people interested in sending players off were the officials. Nobody else.
"The fans weren't and nor were the players. We all want to see 11 players playing against 11 players. We want to see a great game."
Currently, parents do not need to tell their local authority when a child is being taught at home, unless they have been removed from school.
Portsmouth and Reading are among the councils who want a register after the number of home-taught children in the UK rose by 65%, between 2009-15.
Parents say the state should not dictate what is best for children.
Portsmouth City Council's education cabinet member, Councillor Neill Young, said: "I think it's important that we get a registration scheme so that we can monitor these young people being home educated.
"But also we have to think about the safeguarding of these young people.
"People who don't want the local authorities to know what they are doing would be a cause for concern on a number of different levels."
Reading Borough Council agreed there should be a "mandatory requirement to register children".
Kathryn Smutek, who educates her five children at home in Portland, Dorset, admitted they are "not monitored", but "we wouldn't be hard to find if they wanted to find us".
"They are learning all of the time... I don't want to prove it and, legally, I don't have to, but they are sociable children, they're happy children," she said.
"People need to be free to educate and to live the way that they see fit, within the bounds of the law."
Sam Martell, from Wheatley near Oxford, said that home-educating her four children was simply "an extension of parenting" and no register was needed.
She said: "It's insulting to think that people who have chosen this way of life may be harming their children."
A Local Government Association spokesman said the majority of home educators worked with councils to provide a good education.
"[But] in the small number of cases where there are concerns for children being home-educated, gaining access to properties is extremely difficult, and councils need more powers to ensure children's safety," he added.
The Department for Education said home education needed to be "of suitable quality".
A spokesman said: "We are taking steps to ensure the system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people, while at the same time safeguarding the rights of parents to determine how and where to educate their children."
It follows comments from the UK prime minister that "now is not the time" for another vote to take place.
Speaking on the BBC One's Andrew Marr programme, the former first minister was unwilling to be drawn on whether an advisory referendum should be held.
An advisory referendum could be held without the consent of Mrs May, but would not be binding.
When asked if there would be such a referendum, Mr Salmond said: "I leave these matters to the person responsible, that's the first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.
"The Theresa May line that now is not the time is not going to stand.
"Back in the day, I remember David Cameron telling me there wasn't going to be a Scottish referendum but that didn't last against the democratic wishes of the Scottish people and the Scottish Parliament and neither will the Theresa May line.
"It won't necessarily crumble either today or tomorrow or next week, but over the next few months that line will crumble."
He added: "Remember self-determination delayed, like justice, is self-determination denied and it just won't stand politically. So my predication is that the Theresa May position will crumble over time."
Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed talk of taking court action or holding a snap election to break the deadlock over a second vote on Scottish independence.
She has called for the poll to be held before Spring 2019 or when there is clarity on the deal that will see the UK withdraw from the EU.
The first minister maintains that it is then that Scots should be able to chose between a future UK outside Europe or an independent Scotland.
However, the prime minister has repeatedly said that the focus of Brexit negotiations should be on getting the best deal for the whole of the UK.
In response to suggestions that the Scottish government could hold an advisory vote, the Scottish Conservatives finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said: "It's deeply ironic that a government which hasn't passed a single substantial bill since the election may prioritise one that isn't competent.
"This isn't the kind of plan any responsible political leader would seek to take, especially over something as serious as a nation's future.
"Less than three years since the last referendum, now is not the time to go back to more division and uncertainty over Scotland's future.
"The first minister must stop the games and begin to act for the whole country, not as a recruiting sergeant for an independence campaign most people don't want."
The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said the SNP's case for another independence referendum was "increasingly feeble" given their refusal to guarantee EU membership.
He said: "The SNP can't use the Brexit vote to claim a mandate for another referendum when they refuse to say that they would take us back in. It shows that the EU was just an excuse and that it has only ever been about independence for the SNP.
"The SNP are using EU supporters to push for a referendum but will sell them out to get independence. They would risk Scotland being out of both single markets which would be a disaster".
In a separate development, a cross-party group of 50 senior European politicians have pledged their "full support" for an independent Scotland's membership of the EU in a letter to the Scottish Parliament's Presiding Officer Ken MacIntosh.
The MEPs and parliamentarians from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Greece and Malta, say "Scotland would be most welcome as a full member of the European Union" if Scotland votes for independence and pledged to make the process "swift, smooth and orderly as possible".
The European politicians criticised the UK government for pursuing a hard Brexit, and for refusing to "properly take into account the preferences of Scottish citizens in the withdrawal process".
They said they recognised that "Scotland voted strongly to remain in the EU" and that now "the question of Scotland's constitutional future, and your relationships with the UK and EU, are for the people of Scotland to decide."
The letter was an initiative of Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer and German Green MEP Terry Reintke.
Formal discussions have begun between Irish and Hounslow Borough Council about playing rugby in west London.
Irish, relegated from the Premiership last season, currently play their home games at Reading's Madejski Stadium.
Planning permission has been granted for a 20,000-capacity ground to replace Brentford's current Griffin Park.
But construction at the site in nearby Lionel Road has been delayed since December 2013.
In April, Hounslow Borough Council was granted central government approval to allow a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) of the remaining land required by Brentford Football Club.
In a statement, Irish said "numerous discussions have taken place with a variety of clubs over the last five years" about a potential groundshare in London.
The Madejski Stadium has been Irish's home since 2000 and the club have committed to staying there for the coming season.
The Exiles are contracted to groundshare in Reading until 2025-26, but a get-out clause can allow the deal to break early should they wish to make the move to Brentford.
Ajmal, 37, may not be available until later in the season after being named in Pakistan's squad for the tour of Bangladesh starting next week.
"We are very happy with Senanayake, who is a proven international player," said Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes.
Off-spinner Senanayake, 30, has played one Test and 45 one-day internationals.
He appeared in five ODIs against England last summer, but was banned from bowling in July because of an illegal action.
Senanayake, who has never played county cricket, was cleared to return in December after remodelling his action.
Rhodes said: "What we did enjoy last year was a really good balance of our attack with having a spin bowler who could bowl plenty of overs in Saeed.
"His great strength was how he could keep it tight but also attack and we are very optimistic a player like Senanayake can do something similar.
"He's got a lot to prove in four-day cricket because he wants desperately to get into the Test side."
Senanayake's signing is subject to visa approval and receipt of a no objection certificate from Sri Lanka.
Three pairs of Lord Howe Island stick insects have reached adulthood and laid eggs after they themselves hatched from eggs brought from Melbourne Zoo.
The critically endangered creature was thought to be extinct for almost 80 years until its rediscovery in 2001.
Only about 20-30 individuals are left in the wild.
Mark Bushell, curator of invertebrates at Bristol Zoo, said he was "ecstatic".
"To have the opportunity to work with this critically endangered species is a dream come true for me, and now to have bred them is a career highlight.
"This species is very difficult to keep, so to have six individuals reach adulthood is an incredible success for the global conservation programme for this species, to help bring them back from the brink of extinction."
A batch of 300 eggs was sent to Bristol from Melbourne last November as part of an international effort to save the species.
Other eggs were sent to zoos in Toronto and San Diego, with the aim of eventually returning the species to Lord Howe island.
A report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said it is one of several emerging security threats not being dealt with properly.
It comes as air traffic control is modernised to use satellite technology.
The US Department of Transportation said it was "committed to strengthening capabilities against evolving threats".
GAO investigators spoke to cyber security experts who said onboard firewalls intended to protect avionics from hackers could be breached if flight control and entertainment systems use the same wiring and routers.
One expert told investigators "a virus or malware" planted on websites visited by passengers could provide an opportunity for a malicious attack.
Michael Huerta from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which oversees airspace, agreed with the GAO's findings and said it had begun working with government security experts to make the changes needed.
"This threat will continue to evolve and it is something that needs to be at the forefront of our thinking," he told a Senate oversight panel.
Congressman Peter DeFazio said: "FAA must focus on aircraft certification standards that would prevent a terrorist with a laptop in the cabin or on the ground from taking control of an airplane through the passenger wi-fi system."
The Department of Transportation said the FAA was "committed to strengthening our capabilities to defend against new and evolving threats with a high degree of urgency".
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Martin, who won quadruple sculls silver in 2012, came back at Drysdale in the closing stages with both men stopping the clock at six minutes 41.34 seconds.
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Only a photo could separate the pair.
Czech two-time silver medallist Ondrej Synek took bronze, finishing 3.24 seconds behind Drysdale and Martin.
The win is New Zealand's second rowing gold of the Games, out of a total of eight Kiwi medals in Rio.
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Up to 134 matches a season will be shown live on TV in the UK and Ireland over nine weekends.
Live streams will also be available on the firm's app and website.
BT Sport also has the rights to the Aviva Premiership and the Anglo-Welsh Cup, It will show up to 69 live premiership matches this season.
The new European deal will kick in after the forthcoming season, the last of the current deal which has seen both BT Sport and Sky Sports sharing the rights to broadcast the competitions.
Vincent Gaillard, chief executive of European Professional Club Rugby, welcomed the news.
"We are delighted to move to a single pay-TV platform for European club rugby with a premium broadcaster in BT Sport, who share our commitment to the promotion of our competitions," he said.
"The interest that we have seen through the tender process shows how the tournaments continue to go from strength-to-strength."
As well as its rights to rugby union coverage, BT Sport holds live UK TV rights to 42 Premier League football matches per season, as well as exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League and several other football competitions.
With results in from all but nine of the 124 contested council areas, Labour has control of 57 councils, down from one previously.
The party's loss came in Dudley, as the council changed to no overall control in the face of Tory and UKIP gains.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives lost Worcester to no overall control but gained a majority in Peterborough.
UKIP finished on an equal number of seats to the Tories in Thurrock, Essex, prompting talk of working together.
Labour's Joe Anderson was re-elected for a second term as Mayor of Liverpool with 52.6% of the vote.
The seaside town of St Ives voted to ban the building of second homes in a referendum among its 12,000 residents. It means new housing projects will get planning permission if they are reserved for full-time residents, although a judicial review of the council's decision to hold the referendum is being sought by a local firm.
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In Dudley the Conservatives gained two seats and UKIP gained one, stripping Labour of its overall majority.
Anne Millward, senior Conservative on Dudley Council, said the party would not work with UKIP, but would consider coming to an arrangement with Labour.
The loss of two seats in Worcester meant the Tories were no longer in overall control of the city council. It now consists of 17 Conservatives, 16 Labour and two Green councillors.
However, the Conservatives went on to win an outright majority of two in Peterborough, where the council had previously been under no party's overall control.
UKIP also narrowly missed out on becoming the largest party on Thurrock Council. The party had been the third biggest group before the election, but took four seats from Labour, one from the Conservatives and one from an independent.
The Conservatives and UKIP will now work together after winning 17 seats each.
Thurrock Tory group leader Rob Gledhill and UKIP leader Graham Snell said they believed they could work together.
BBC analysis suggests the Conservative vote is down in southern England, which may have helped Labour to retain control of councils in areas such as Crawley, Southampton, Norwich and Hastings, where it was looking vulnerable.
Labour's vote share is down about 6% on average on 2012 - the last time the seats in England were contested - but BBC analysis suggests its share is up slightly on the general election in key wards.
However, the party held the Westminster seat of Sheffield Brightside in a by-election, on a 5.8% swing from the Conservatives.
Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, said the party's results overnight were "not good enough" in the face of "Tories in disarray".
She said Jeremy Corbyn as leader "should not be content with standing still" at this stage of the parliamentary cycle - highlighting other leaders who had made significant gains after one or two years in power.
She did though, stop short of saying Mr Corbyn should be replaced, saying the party's immediate priority was making its case in the pending EU Referendum.
Despite losing three seats, Derby City Council remains staunchly Labour. Council leader Ranjit Banwait described their performance as "quite remarkable".
"We've delivered the toughest budget in the city's history and people thought we wouldn't be in power as a result. Nationally Labour's had a hard time, the leadership of the Labour Party's had a hard time."
Deputy leader Tom Watson described Labour's overall picture as "mixed", while Carlisle City Council leader, Labour councillor Colin Glover said the recent row over alleged anti-semitism in the party damaged the local campaign. "It doesn't help when people say stupid things in public or indeed in private," he said.
"It doesn't help local campaigns and people want to make their view known - how disappointed they are and how angry they are with things like that."
Stockport remains in no overall control after a Lib Dem councillor defected to Labour. Stuart Bodsworth said he "no longer believed the Lib Dems could achieve the goals I seek". The loss of Mr Bodsworth and the defeat of the Lib Dems' leader saw Labour as the largest single party on Stockport but without an overall majority.
Giving his post-election analysis, Communities Secretary Greg Clarke said the Conservatives had "done incredibly well" while Labour had "failed to connect" with ordinary people.
He argued that even Michael Foot - Labour leader from 1980 to 1983 - won 1,000 local election seats in his first year despite going on to lose the 1983 general election, but Jeremy Corbyn has achieved far fewer.
The report spans almost a decade of UK government policy decisions between 2001 and 2009.
It covers the background to the decision to go to war, whether troops were properly prepared, how the conflict was conducted and what planning there was for its aftermath, a period in which there was intense sectarian violence.
The main points are:
Terror attacks by gunmen and bombers killed 129 people in the French capital on Friday and led investors to dump risky assets in favour of haven currencies such as the Japanese yen.
The euro fell to 131.31 yen from 131.99 yen in New York on Friday.
Japan's Nikkei index closed down 1% at 19,393.69.
"The horrific events in Paris on Friday are likely to have a short sharp effect in markets but in the long-term, real effects are more likely to influence political risk than the markets themselves," said IG market strategist Evan Lucas in a note.
Third-quarter economic data showed that Japan's economy shrank 0.8% on an annualised basis, which was worse than forecast. On a quarterly basis, the economy contracted by 0.2%.
Economists said the weak growth puts more pressure on the government and central bank to introduce more stimulus measures to revive activity in the economy.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.9% at 5,003.80, while South Korea's Kospi index finished 1.5% lower at 1,943.02.
In China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 1.72% to 22,010.82, while the Shanghai Composite moved into positive territory towards the end of trade to close up 0.73% at 3,606.96.
Investors' confidence was affected by an announcement made by regulators over the weekend that they would raise margin finance requirements to prevent systemic risks.
The amount of collateral required for margin loans would double from 50% to 100% of the amount borrowed, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in separate statements.
Airline stocks were among the hardest hit in the region on fears that the Paris attacks would deter people from travelling overseas.
Hong Kong-listed shares of Air China closed down by 3.5%, and Cathay Pacific shares closed down 2.8%.
In Sydney, Virgin Australia shares fell 6.5% and Qantas shares fell 1.7%.
The Scots laid the foundations for this excellent bonus-point victory with two Tommy Seymour tries while Niyi Adeolokun touched down for Connacht.
Glasgow led 13-5 at the break and they stormed clear in the second half.
Man-of-the-match Stuart Hogg, Tim Swinson, Sila Puafisi and Sean Lamont added further tries for the Warriors as they started the season in style.
Connacht's lack of pre-season fixtures - they only had one game away to Montpellier - was ruthlessly exposed by Glasgow.
With 473 international caps in their squad and the early wind advantage, Gregor Townsend's side started strongly and quick hands from Peter Horne and Hogg put Nashville-born flyer Seymour over in the left corner.
Henry Pyrgos fired over a successful 25th-minute penalty, although number eight Ryan Wilson's late and dangerous tackle on Jack Carty had the visitors a man down.
Bundee Aki provided the momentum for Connacht's only score, the centre powering out of two attempted tackles before neat passes from Denis Buckley, Finlay Bealham and Eoin Griffin sent Adeolokun diving over by the right corner flag.
Carty was unable to convert and Glasgow had the last word before half-time.
Hogg's flat delivery out to the right allowed Seymour to cut in past Cian Kelleher and complete his brace, giving Glasgow an eight-point advantage at the interval.
Hogg exploited a gap between Eoin Griffin and Matt Healy to reach over to the right of the posts, with Pyrgos' boot making it 20-5 barely six minutes after the restart.
The bonus point was bagged in the 53rd minute as second row Swinson piled over following good work by lively Italian newcomer Leonardo Sarto.
The latter also had a hand in the build-up to Puafisi's score on the hour mark, the Tongan replacement prop crashing through after Hogg was held up by Kelleher.
Lamont wrapped up the runaway victory in the 71st minute, scoring from a close-range ruck, with scrum-half Pyrgos slotting his fourth successful conversion in a row.
TEAMS
Connacht: Kelleher, Adeolokun, Griffin, Aki, Healy, Carty, Blade, Buckley, McCartney, Bealham, Dillane, Qualter, McKeon, Fox-Matamua, Muldoon.
Replacements: Robb for Griffin (55), O'Leary for Carty (66), Marmion for Blade (48), Loughney for Buckley (50), Heffernan for McCartney (61), J. Cooney for Bealham (61), Stevenson for Dillane (61), Connolly for Muldoon (73).
Glasgow: Hogg, Sarto, Dunbar, Johnson, Seymour, Horne, Pyrgos, Reid, MacArthur, Fagerson, Swinson, Gray, Harley, Favaro, Wilson.
Replacements: Lamont for Hogg (61), Clegg for Horne (64), Grant for Reid (50), Flynn for MacArthur (50), Puafisi for Fagerson (51), Price for Swinson (69), Wynne for Favaro (64). Not Used: Uanivi.
Sin Bin: Wilson (29)
Ref: Ian Davies (Wales)
It was one of the first times the horrors of World War One had emerged from the columns of the newspapers and into the homes of ordinary people.
But the Germans had actually set out to bomb Liverpool, 100 miles to the northwest, according to historians.
Loughborough, where 10 died and an estimated 150 were injured, is likely to have been an entirely unintended target.
Historian Robert Knight said warnings were issued when the zeppelins were spotted off the east coast.
A blackout was ordered in cities across England, including Leicester, but in nearby Loughborough - a town of about 20,000 people - many lights were left on.
"Just imagine the shock and horror, the sheer surprise people must have felt, when suddenly out of the blue came this absolutely enormous zeppelin the size of two football pitches," he said.
"They must have been terrified out of their minds and very curious."
Rather than seeking cover, that curiosity brought people out to see the shiny, cigar-shaped airships roll in overhead.
Margaret Woolley, who was 12 at the time, told the University of Leicester in the 1980s about the bomb that landed in The Rushes, near her home.
"We rushed out on to street and everything seemed to be in confusion," she said.
"The next morning, we went out into The Rushes to see where the bomb had dropped - my goodness, it was absolute chaos.
"All the windows broken, curtains hanging out, all the roofs off, a big hole in the road. Of course it was really very frightening."
Historians disagree as to whether the bombers believed they had hit the northern cities they were aiming for or whether their plans changed due to the foggy weather.
Bob Stephens believes Loughborough was identified as a target as the airships travelled west.
"I'm absolutely staggered [the pilot] didn't hit the railway installations but he knew where the factories were and the gas and electricity works and I think he was aiming for both of those," he said.
But Andrew McWilliam, who is part of a campaign to commemorate the raid, said that view was a "conspiracy theory".
"They thought they'd hit Liverpool and Sheffield, in fact they'd hit Loughborough and Burton-upon-Trent," he said.
A performance event in Loughborough is planned for May to remember the raid, and a plaque is to be erected in The Rushes, part-funded by a Heritage Lottery grant.
Another probably unintended target that night was Ilkeston, Derbyshire, where two ironworkers were killed.
One victim was Walter Wilson, who was on his way home from work.
"He ducked behind the church wall just as a bomb struck the parish room," said Stephen Flinders from the town's historical society.
"He was hit in the back by a fragment of shrapnel, conveyed to Ilkeston Hospital and died the following day.
"Wilson's name appears on the cenotaph on Ilkeston Market Place. Despite the fact he wasn't a serviceman, he was deemed to have died through enemy action."
A plaque is being unveiled in the town on Monday.
Temperatures are set to reach 30C at kick-off, with humidity at 80-90%.
"The players have coped very well when they have trained in these very hot conditions, so it won't be a problem whatsoever," Farrell said.
The immediate risk of playing sport in hot weather is dehydration, which can lead to heat cramps and heat exhaustion.
But even with adequate water intake, really hot and humid temperatures can still lead to problems.
The main concern is heat stress, where the body is not able to cool itself down through sweating. This can cause nausea, dizziness and confusion.
In the worst cases, an athlete can collapse and lose consciousness. This is known as heat stroke and should be treated as a medical emergency.
"Once they are in the middle of the game, they are thinking about rugby, not heat and exhaustion."
The players will be given water breaks every 15 minutes during the match on Saturday to help them to cope with the heat.
Farrell reported some players lost 3-4kg after their first training session on Wednesday, although this was reduced to around 1kg after Thursday's session.
The International Rugby Board's own player welfare guidelines recommend that, if practical, training and matches should take place when temperatures are below 30C and humidity is below 60%.
The Lions players undergo a 'wellness test' every morning, have to provide regular urine samples to ensure they are properly hydrated, and are weighed before and after training.
There will be giant water fans, which blow a cooling mist, on the side of the pitch for Saturday's game.
In addition, players will also be able to wrap themselves in ice vests and put ice towels over their head at half-time and full-time to help them cool down.
"It is good for the boys to do something different, get out in the sun and humidity and sweat a bit," Farrell said. "They have adapted fantastically well, and trained very intensely. They are all itching for a game now.
"This squad are in brilliant nick after the weeks we had in Wales and Ireland to get them up to match intensity.
"I wouldn't expect them to be fantastically in tune but I would expect an intensity that the Barbarians may struggle with."
The tourists' starting side contains 11 players making their Lions debuts, with 17 of the match-day squad pulling on the famous red shirt for the first time.
With effectively only five matches before the team for the first Test against Australia is decided, good early impressions are vital. But Farrell insists the players will swiftly banish any nerves against a strong Baa-Baas side containing a host of international stars.
"Everyone understands they may only get a couple of starts to show what they have got, and there will be a few nervous bodies around," he added.
"But these boys are the best of the best, they are all good Test-match arena players and they cope with the pressure really well.
"The rugby intelligence and togetherness in the squad is definitely there for all to see. When you have got that, those nerves go out the window. Everyone is keen to get the show on the road now."
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The striker, who has signed a one-year contract extension, sustained two head knocks which undermined his health for 18 months.
"There were days when I just wasn't in the room," Curran told BBC Scotland.
"I was struggling to hold conversations. I was sleeping ridiculous amounts and no matter how I lived, I was just spaced out."
Curran received a blow to the head in a game against Kilmarnock in August 2015, having suffered damage to his eye socket only weeks before. The injuries left the striker suffering from dizzy spells, disrupted sleep, headaches and illness.
The 27-year-old has been managing his symptoms, trying various forms of treatment, but now feels back to full health.
That has allowed him to continue his career, with his contract extension keeping him at Ross County until 2018.
"I kept going, I tried loads of things. Eventually I found something that worked for me," said Curran, who has scored seven goals in 34 appearances this season.
"I'm lucky in that respect because I probably would have been struggling to play again come next season. I would have had a serious decision to make. Luckily enough the persistence paid off.
"Some games me and the gaffer would decide it was best I didn't play. I was just getting burnt out. There was nothing we could do.
"We tried everything until January of this year. I was still pretty bad and then I sort of got to the bottom of the problem. From January to now I've recovered.
"It's nice to be over the health problems just to get sort of a normal life back instead of being in bed all the time."
Curran joined County from Conference outfit Nuneaton Town in January 2015 and his partnership with fellow striker Liam Boyce was pivotal in the team avoiding relegation with a run that included eight wins in nine league games.
Curran hopes that experience will help ease any threat of relegation, with County just three points clear of the play-off place ahead of Friday's visit of Highland rivals, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
County sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership, eight points clear of Caley Thistle at the bottom.
"We're honest enough to know we're out of nothing yet," he said.
"Are we too good to go down? Yeah definitely, but we've still got to prove that.
"We all know we've got far too much quality to be down there. Football's not that easy and there's not going to be any easy games.
"This year we could have done better, but we're going to finish strong and we can kick on next year.
"It's a huge game [on Friday]. If we beat them, that gap becomes really big, [and it will be] difficult for them to close that."
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The three belong to a criminal gang in the north-western state of Sinaloa, police said.
They confessed to killing the two tourists when the pair fought back during an attempted robbery.
Forensic experts are carrying out DNA tests to confirm the identity of the two charred bodies found in the Australians' burnt-out van.
Two other men who took part in the killings are still at large, prosecutors said.
The three men detained have been identified as Julio Cesar Muniz, accused of leading a local drug trafficking gang, Martin Rogelio Munoz and Sergio Simon Benitez.
They said they shot two foreign tourists and set fire to the bodies and the van.
Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas, both 33, were last seen alive in the night of 20 November in the town of Topolobampo.
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They were living in Edmonton, Canada and had driven down to Mexico for a surfing trip.
Sinaloa state has been plagued by violence in recent decades, much of it linked to drug cartels battling to control the illegal drugs trade from South America to the United States.
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In 2012, undercover reporters were sold Valium and opiates without prescription at seven London pharmacies. Now those responsible have been banned for between six months and life.
The BBC's evidence has been submitted to the government by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), which is calling for increased powers.
The GPhC says it has been told by the Home Office that legislative change will follow, giving it the right to use covert surveillance to investigate the sort of abuses documented during the investigation.
One of the pharmacists was Chawan Shaida of Bin Seena Pharmacy, Paddington. He sold the BBC Valium, later claiming the incidents were isolated and caused no harm.
But the chairman of the GPhC's fitness to practise hearing disagreed, saying: "He did it for personal gain. He neglected the interests of patients. The public will be shocked by Mr Shaida's behaviour."
He was removed from the register of licensed pharmacists and received a police caution.
Hussain Jamal Rasool, from Al Farabi pharmacy, Paddington, illegally supplied the BBC with a bottle of Oramorph, which contains morphine. He told the researcher he could consume as much as he wanted.
Dr Sarah Jarvis, a GP, told the BBC: "Opiates like Oramorph are extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. They can do untold damage and can kill."
The chairman of Mr Rasool's fitness to practice hearing, Patrick Milmo QC, said his behaviour was "shocking" and he "appeared oblivious to the enormity of what he was doing".
He was also banned from practice and failed in a legal bid to overturn the decision at the High Court.
Another pharmacist, Rafif Sarheed, who also worked for Al Farabi, was caught on CCTV falsifying documentation in an attempt to escape censure for illegally selling diazepam.
The GPhC described her actions as "premeditated" and "very serious".
It presented the BBC's investigation to the government as evidence that it needs greater powers to investigate rogue pharmacists.
As part of a crackdown on the illegal sale of drugs, the GPhC has taken numerous other pharmacists to fitness to practise hearings, and set out new standards and inspections.
The BBC's work has also been used as a tool to instruct all new pharmacists that the illegal sale of drugs will not be tolerated.
The council's chief executive Duncan Rudkin said: "The BBC has carried out an important public service in exposing the unlawful sales of prescription medicines through their investigation.
"We have thoroughly investigated all of the concerns raised by their investigation and have taken robust action to protect the public, including restricting the ability of pharmacists involved to practise in Great Britain.
"But it is important that we all remain vigilant and anyone with any concerns about pharmacies or pharmacy professionals should contact us immediately."
Ash Soni, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said of the hearings: "It demonstrates that where this is identified it will be dealt with.
"It's the biggest crackdown by the GPhC to date."
Many of the pharmacies were in the Edgware Road area, catering to a largely Arabic client base.
And a reputable pharmacist from the area, speaking to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said it was common knowledge that unlawful sales to foreign visitors continue to this day.
He said: "It's still happening, on a smaller scale than it used to be.
"They supply the medicines to their known customers."
He explained: "They are not used to having to get prescriptions in their own countries, and do not want the bother of seeing a doctor here.
"I often get people coming into my pharmacy expecting to be able to get these sort of drugs without a prescription. When they realise we follow the rules, they don't come back."
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Jack Adcock, who had Down's syndrome, died of a cardiac arrest at Leicester Royal Infirmary in February 2011.
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Agency nurse Isabel Amaro, 47, was found guilty of the same charge on Monday.
Jack, who had a heart condition, was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia but died 11 hours later from a cardiac arrest.
It was caused by sepsis triggered by a bacterial infection.
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Verdicts on Bawa-Garba and Ms Taylor were returned earlier.
Here, at her simple home decorated with conch shells and the national flag in the heart of the Antiguan countryside, gadgetry and robotics may seem unlikely subject matter but Rika hopes the theme will strike a chord with her calypso-loving compatriots.
It is not, like many 12-year-olds, pop stardom Rika dreams of however.
She hopes to one day become prime minister.
Calypso music was born hundreds of years ago in the sugar plantation fields of the Caribbean among slaves forbidden from speaking to each other as a means of communication and to mock their masters.
Characterised by satire, pun and innuendo, it evolved into a mode of stinging censure against the powers that be, using metaphor to bypass censors and speak out against corruption.
Today, calypso remains an integral part of Antiguan culture and a highlight of the summer carnival which this month will mark its 60th anniversary.
The children's competitions are every bit as fiercely contested as their grown-up counterparts, testimony to the genre's enduring popularity.
Under her alter ego Little Miss, Rika hopes to reclaim the crown she earned with last year's lamentation of slavery-era inequality.
Junior contestants are judged on use of language, clarity and stage performance, among others, and are discouraged from overly political lyrics.
"The older calypsonians say people might think we've been influenced by our parents who support a particular party," Rika explains.
Technology
It takes over the world
The good and the ugly
When you take a look and examine very closely
It's the greatest invention in history
It's changed the lives of every man and woman
But there's still so many things we don't understand"
Like much of the Caribbean, divisions along party lines can run deep.
"I want to be prime minister one day so I can clean up the pollution which makes people sick and find homes for all the homeless," Rika continues, adding: "To me, calypso is beautiful. It's all about rhyming; with a sweet melody and imagination, you can create anything you want."
The artistry reaps benefits in youngsters' schoolwork too, says Rika's grandmother, Goldene Lovell.
"The rhyming and verses take skill," she tells the BBC. "And having to learn all the words helps the little ones build their ability and they listen better in school."
African storytelling traditions are deeply ingrained in Caribbean culture. Among older folk, calypso evokes a certain nostalgia of days when life was simpler and is popularised by topical issues and catchy, singalong choruses.
"It's a part of our culture that people love," Ms Lovell adds. "Nobody should get offended by the lyrics or take them too seriously."
Speech may be freer these days in Antigua & Barbuda but calypso continues to stir up controversy.
One Carnival 2017 entry candidly accusing Prime Minister Gaston Browne of misappropriating public funds prompted threats from Mr Browne of a defamation lawsuit against both the artist and the radio stations that play it.
Calypso's creativity lies in its circumlocution, says one veteran Keithroy Morson, aka De Bear.
"I think the writer was maybe too direct with that song," he muses. "But calypso is an art form indigenous to the Caribbean and it's important to promote its continuity among our people; it's our voice."
Like some of his peers, Mr Morson fears calypso may eventually be replaced by its trendy little sister, soca, the rhythm on the road during Carnival's vibrant street parties and parades.
Fellow seasoned singer Trevor 'King Zacari' King remembers the backyard calypso competitions of his youth when censors' red pens were all the more prevalent.
"People tried to use their political influence to stifle me, but I have seen rats in water swimming and a rat only drowns when it stops paddling," he says with a grin.
Mr King believes calypso still has a vital role to play. "
Sensible politicians should listen closely to the lyrics because calypsonians live among the people; our ears are close to the ground while politicians' heads are above the clouds."
He explains: "Calypso plays an integral part in the movement and education of our people. It is very important to keep it so we can enlighten our nation and guide our children."
Dion Simmons, who helps organise the annual contests, says this year's lyrical controversy heightened interest in calypso with the song in question, and subsequent spin-offs by other singers, going viral.
"People were breaking down the doors to get into the quarter finals," he says.
And while calypso might attract an older crowd, Mr Simmons does not see its popularity waning any time soon.
"The songs always have some relevance to events taking place regionally or internationally," he adds. "People now in their forties who were first brought to calypso shows as babies with their parents are still coming along. And now they're bringing their own children with them."
The claims come after Monday's 3-1 win against Bradford City at Bramall Lane.
The FA will examine video evidence and speak to both clubs before deciding if any punishment is necessary.
Sheffield United, who sit eighth in League One, have also launched their own investigation into allegations of "inappropriate behaviour".
"The Blades will take every step to track down and deal with those responsible for any inappropriate actions," a club statement said.
"Sheffield United is an inclusive family and community orientated club where everyone is made to feel welcome and it endeavours to improve on this principle year on year.
"The club has received complaints about both sets of fans from the fixture - including a number of contradictory reports."
Anyone deemed to have taken part in the alleged chanting towards the away fans could face criminal proceedings.
Sheffield United striker Bill Sharp also claimed he had coins thrown at him during the game, saying 'Cheers Bradford for the coins' on Twitter after the match.
But fans of the royals will have noticed that they have never seen Prince George in a Spiderman T-shirt or Catherine in a tracksuit.
There are etiquette rules governing what members of the Royal Family wear to public engagements - from gloves, to military uniforms, and skirts instead of jeans.
Here we reveal the dress code the royals aim to follow.
The Queen has become known for her bright and bold hats which she is often pictured wearing while performing official engagements.
Dress code etiquette states that women wear hats for formal events, says Diana Mather, a senior tutor for The English Manner etiquette consultancy.
"Up until the 1950s ladies were very seldom seen without a hat as it was not considered 'the thing' for ladies to show their hair in public.
"But all that has changed and hats are now reserved for more formal occasions."
One of the Queen's hats became a hot topic on social media when she officially opened Parliament last month.
Using the hashtag #QueensSpeech, many users compared her floral blue hat to the EU flag.
Unlike many three-year-olds, Prince George has yet to be seen wearing a T-shirt of his favourite TV character or a even pair of trousers.
Experts say this is because it is royal tradition for young princes and princesses to be formally dressed when they are in public.
Instead, Prince George is much more likely to wear a pair of smart shorts and a shirt.
Etiquette expert Grant Harrold, known as The Royal Butler, says the tradition dates back to the times of breeching in the 16th Century.
He said: "This saw young boys wearing gowns or dresses until the age of eight, if not before.
"Thankfully in late 19th Century and early 20th Century this developed into shorts. This tradition is carried on by the Royal Family to this very day."
Prince George: The traditional clothes royal children are dressed in
No self-respecting lady would be seen without gloves, says Mr Harrold, who tweets etiquette tips via @TheRoyalButler.
Gloves were traditionally considered a fashion item but also had a practical purpose too - helping stop germs being spread from person to person.
With the Queen shaking hands with hundreds of people every year, they serve as a fashion statement but also protect her from bacteria.
"Let's not forget she doesn't always wear gloves when meeting people, therefore it depends on what she is wearing, where she is and what she is doing," Mr Harrold adds.
In private, who knows whether the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge lounge around in matching onesies.
But there is still a dress code to adhere to when dressing casually and being seen in public.
For ladies, a smart day dress or trousers teamed with a jacket or cardigan is considered acceptable while for gentlemen it is a blazer with a collared shirt and chinos.
Prince William and Catherine tend to follow these traditional rules but sometimes let their modern edge slip on a dress-down day - by wearing jeans.
"Many places will not allow jeans as they are still seen as very casual wear, so it is better to play safe for both sexes," says Ms Mather.
"But if the duchess is outside walking the dogs for example, then jeans are fine."
Fans of the Royal Family will not have failed to notice that the Queen's wardrobe encompasses all the colours of the rainbow.
She is reported to have once said: "If I wore beige, nobody would know who I am."
Mr Harrold credits the monarch's personal assistant Angela Kelly for the bold colours she often wears while on duty.
It is said that the Queen wears bright colours to ensure members of the public stand the chance of seeing her through the crowds.
"She loves colour and knows it will stand out - good for her I say," says Ms Mather.
Prince William and Prince Harry have both served in the armed forces and have been pictured wearing military uniforms.
The royals often wear their uniforms when they represent their regiments at occasions which are military affairs, such as the Trooping the Colour or services to honour British troops.
Prince William served in the RAF but also holds the title of Colonel of the Irish Guards - which has a striking red uniform.
He chose to represent the regiment by wearing its colours for his 2011 wedding to Catherine.
The Duchess of Cambridge is unlikely to have been seen in public wearing a tiara before her wedding.
This is because they are reserved for married women or members of the Royal Family.
Tiaras are traditionally worn at formal events, especially when the code is evening dress, says Ms Mather.
"The old rule is that hats are never worn indoors after 6pm, because that is when the ladies changed into evening dress, and tiaras and the family jewels would come out.
"Flashy diamonds and tiaras are not worn during the day, and only married ladies wear tiaras."
Mr Harrold adds: "For married ladies it was a sign of status and would show you were taken and not looking for a husband.
"For the gentleman it was a clear sign not to make advances toward the lady in question."
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governments led by the party that came second
1885 Conservatives 249 (Liberals 319)
1892 Liberals 272 (Conservatives 313)
1923 Labour 191 (Conservatives 258)
Perhaps a party that does not win the most seats could govern with the support of nationalists or liberals.
Well, if either of those scenarios plays out, it will not be the first time.
In 1885, the Conservatives won 249 seats, beaten by William Gladstone's Liberals who took 319 seats. But the Conservative Marquess of Salisbury ended up as prime minister, supported by the Irish Nationalists, who had 86 seats. The government did not last long though, with another election taking place the following year in which the Conservatives won an overall majority.
In 1892, the tables were turned, with the Liberals winning 272 seats to the Conservatives' (and Liberal Unionists) 313 seats. This time it was the Liberals who formed a minority government, supported by the Irish Nationalists. This government fared a little better, lasting until 1895.
Fast forward to 1923, when Stanley Baldwin's Conservatives won 258 seats, defeating Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party, which had 191 seats. But Ramsay MacDonald ended up forming the first Labour government, supported by Herbert Asquith's Liberals, who had won 158 seats.
The government lasted for 10 months.
So what do we learn from these historical examples? It is possible to govern despite winning fewer seats than a rival, but it doesn't tend to last the full term.
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Atul Shah, 47, was found dead in Crescent Road, Luton, on 6 January.
Luke West, 23, of Abbots Wood Road and Kyle Pitchford-Price, 23, of Dovehouse Hill in Luton, both denied his murder, although West admitted manslaughter.
Luton Crown Court heard the dumbbell was smashed into Mr Shah's mouth with such ferocity that three of his teeth were later found in his stomach.
A liquid chemical used to encourage plant growth was also poured over his face.
The court was told the men attacked Mr Shah after going to his flat to rob him of money and cannabis.
During the five-week trial, forensic pathologist Sir Alexander Kolar took the jury through a catalogue of injuries found on Mr Shah's body, including bruises and swelling to his face and head and cuts and lacerations.
The court heard the pair bound and beat Mr Shah, hit him with a broom handle and used a kitchen knife to inflict other injuries.
He was found naked from the waist down with his ankles tied.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Shah died as a result of multiple injuries.
Det Insp Justine Jenkins of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire major crime unit said: "This was an absolutely sickening and brutal case, with both Pitchford-Price and West inflicting unimaginable torture on their victim."
Speaking after his death, Mr Shah's family said they were "devastated and may probably never recover from this cruel horrific murder of Atul".
"We know those who are guilty of his death will serve their time in prison, however, we are truly saddened to say that the outcome of the trial has no bearing on the fact that we will never see Atul's smiling face again."
Both Pitchford-Price and West were also convicted of conspiring with others to rob Mr Shah.
Corrina Armstrong 21, of Dovehouse Hill, who was the girlfriend of Pitchford-Price, and Callum Holton, 19 were cleared of the robbery charge.
However, Armstrong was convicted of conspiracy to burgle. She admitted perverting the course of justice.
Brian Edge, 56, the step-father of West, was cleared of perverting the course of justice.
West and Pitchford-Price, together with Armstrong will be sentenced at a later date.
Affleck said the late actor, who died last week aged 88, had "exemplified heroism" and remembered him as "kind, funny and an all around great guy".
"Thank you for showing us all how it's done," said the star of last year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
"RIP Adam West," wrote Will Arnett on Twitter. "You will always be Batman".
Arnett voiced the Caped Crusader in 2014's The Lego Movie and this year's The Lego Batman Movie.
Kilmer, who played Batman in 1995 film Batman Forever, remembered West on Saturday as "a real gent".
"He was always so kind when we met," said the actor, referring to his predecessor as "dear Adam West".
Kevin Conroy, who voiced the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series, also paid homage to "the Batman of his childhood".
"He brought us so much entertainment and was a truly class act," he wrote on Twitter.
His sentiments were echoed by fellow voice actor Will Friedle, who voiced the Dark Knight in 2000 animation Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.
"Thank you Batman for keeping us all safe," he wrote on Twitter.
Others to have paid tribute include Mark Hamill, who voiced The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.
"#AdamWest was such a wonderful actor & so kind," wrote the Star Wars actor on Twitter.
"I'm so lucky to have worked w/ him & tell him how much he meant to me & millions of fans."
Burt Ward, who played West's Robin in the cult 1960s TV series, remembered him over the weekend as "a great father, a great family man [and] a wonderful human being".
"I'm going to miss him incredibly," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It's very difficult to really believe that the end has come."
West died on Friday after a "short but brave battle" with leukaemia, according to a family spokesperson.
Best known for his tongue-in-cheek portrayal of Batman and the superhero's alter ego Bruce Wayne, he also had a recurring role on animated series Family Guy.
In a message posted on the actor's Twitter feed, West's family said they were "so grateful for the outpouring of love from AW's fans, friends, colleagues and the media."
Affleck will again be seen as Batman later this year in Justice League, in which Gal Gadot will also appear as Wonder Woman.
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Three-year-old Molly was taken from the home in Stapleton Hall Road, Crouch End, at about 13:00 GMT on Friday.
Since then, presenter Jonathan Ross, actress Joanna Page and model Bianca Jagger have joined Twitter users appealing for help for her return.
Molly's owner Catriona Fox, 27, said: "She means the world to us. We're completely desperate to get her home."
Ross tweeted in return: "So sorry to hear that! You poor things."
Gavin and Stacey actress Page tweeted: "Anyone who lives in N4 area of London please look out for my friend's dog. Molly was stolen yesterday."
Bianca Jagger, who is also a human rights campaigner, and actress Sheridan Smith also tweeted appeals to find Molly.
Ms Fox said she and her boyfriend Justin Leibenburg had put up posters and handed out 200 leaflets in the area.
"She's like our child. Someone saw two young men carrying her out," Ms Fox said.
"Molly has a very sensitive stomach so if she is given the wrong food, she starts to vomit.
"They were either intending to steal her or it was opportunistic."
The Metropolitan Police said several other items were also stolen in the burglary and investigations were continuing.
No arrests have yet been made.
Its directors believe that investor confidence is returning to emerging markets, where it has focused its attention.
The company, which is preparing for merger with Standard Life, reported half-year profits up 15% to £115m, on revenue of £535m, up by 10%.
Its assets under management slipped to £308bn at the end of March.
That is down by £4bn since last September.
In the last three months of 2016, there was a net outflow of funds of £10.5bn. There was a stalling in the wake of the US presidential election.
In the first three months of 2017, that slowed to a net outflow of funds under management of £2.9bn.
Behind those figures was a shift in assets of £22.7bn of assets attracted into Aberdeen Asset Management, while £36.1bn flowed out.
Martin Gilbert, chief executive, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We have seen a big change in sentiment in the last three months towards the areas that we specialise in. We have seen outflows over the past four years in those areas, so it's a welcome return.
"People see values in emerging markets, especially India. Developed markets are probably higher than people would like them to be. So people are allocating assets to emerging markets and emerging market debt."
Asked about pension reforms being debated in the context of the Westminster election, the chief executive said: "Our plea is to stop tinkering with the pensions system and have a period of stability, so that people know what the rules are.
"The rules change so often people don't know how much they can put towards pensions, and therefore they don't save for their retirements".
The merger with Standard Life, based in Edinburgh, is due to see the prospectus published next week. "Everything is going to plan - in fact, slightly ahead of plan," Mr Gilbert said.
A large bonus pot, reported to be more than £30m, has been put aside by the two companies, as an incentive to keep the most valuable fund managers at their offices in Edinburgh, London and Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen boss explained: "The key criticism we get on mergers such as this are from the clients who ask: what is the benefit to us of doing a transaction such as this?
"Obviously, size gives us the ability to retain star fund managers. But one of the things that causes great uncertainty is what is going to happen to these managers during the merger. So it's very normal to put in a retention pool to make sure people stay during this period, and stay up to two years.
"Within an £11bn merger, where a large percentage of the asset is the people who manage the money, it's a very, very important component as far as our clients are concerned."
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Russian pilot Alexander Zubkov, 39, who won two-man gold last week, holds a 0.04-second lead over Latvia in second.
We have made massive strides but we will drop back if that support doesn't continue
GBR 1, driven by John Jackson, finished their first two runs in a combined time of one minute 50.53 seconds, 0.18 secs off Germany in third.
Lamin Deen's GBR 2 team are joint 18th before the final two runs on Sunday.
Starting positions were based on world rankings, meaning Jackson's team began in 12th position, something the pilot saw as a distinct disadvantage. However, he was pleased with how the crew responded.
"We've seen it in training all week - the first three sleds go down on the ice really quickly, but then it's damaged and everyone else is struggling to match those times," he said.
"We had a good second run today and hopefully that'll put us in a strong position tomorrow to be on better ice and move up the order a bit."
Great Britain have been set the target of a top-six finish at the Winter Olympics by UK Sport.
After the GB women failed to achieve their target of a top-eight result - coming 12th - there is pressure to produce a result that will secure the sport financing through to the 2018 Games in South Korea.
"Bobsleigh is moving on all the time and to keep up with that we need to keep developing, and that takes funding," Jackson told BBC Sport.
"We have made massive strides but we will drop back if that support doesn't continue."
GB performance director Gary Anderson added: "Our aim was to go into the second day with the leading group.
"Our start position of 12th in the first heat was always going to be tough, but our second run has put us back in the hunt and we will give everything tomorrow to move up the leaderboard."
While Jackson made an encouraging start, Deen endured a frustrating day.
Andy Matthews only joined the four-man team last week as a late replacement for injured Beijing Olympic sprinter Craig Pickering and the GBR 2 pilot admitted that had had an impact on his crew.
"Andy's come in and done really well, but he's 10kg lighter than Craig, so we've had to load the sled [with weight] and that has an impact on how the sled drives," he said.
The Canadian number three team suffered a dramatic crash on their second run, which pilot Justin Kripps blamed on his national federation.
They switched his three 'pushers' with those from the Canadian number one team on the eve of the competition in a bid to boost his prospects.
The penultimate third run will begin at 09:30 GMT on Sunday, with the final run scheduled for 11:00.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 3.7 million such households in the UK between April and June this year, or about 17.9% of all households.
That was down from 18.7% last year, about 3.85 million households.
In total, five million people aged 16 to 64 live in workless households.
The number of children living in workless households also fell to 1.8 million from 1.84 million.
Workless households are defined as those which include at least one person of working age (16-64) where no one is in work.
The fall is largely down to a reduction in households where people are inactive and a rise in mixed households - those containing some people in work and some who are not.
The ONS data is derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey, in which 53,000 households across the UK, containing more than 100,000 adults, are quizzed about their work or lack of it.
About 1.45 million, or a third, of workless people cited long-term sickness or disability as the main reason behind their inactivity.
The second most common reason given was being unemployed, accounting for 1.03 million people. After that, the next most common factors were looking after the family, retirement and study.
If fully retired and student households were removed, the number of households in the UK that were workless was 2.92 million, the ONS said.
The lowest percentage of workless households was in 2006, at the height of the global financial bubble, when the ratio stood at 17.3%.
However, there were sharp differences among regions as well as the financial profiles of households.
"There are some stark differences across the country. For example, in the north-east of the country, 24.5% of households are workless and in the south-east, just over 14%," the ONS's labour analyst Jamie Jenkins told the BBC.
In addition, just 4% of households that live in homes paid with mortgages were workless, compared with 45% of households living in social housing, he said.
At the same time, the ONS also issued statistics showing that people in the UK are now living in good health for longer.
Healthy life expectancy (HLE) increased by more than two years in the period 2008-10 compared with 2005-07.
The Dutchman, 44, used his phone for a live social media broadcast on his in-lap after qualifying in third place.
Race stewards said his actions ran "contrary to the image of the FIA".
Coronel later set up a crowdfunding page and claimed the fine was "too much for me as privateer".
He added that any money raised above the amount of the fine would go to the circuit marshals at the Nurburgring.
Driving while using a hand-held phone is banned in most countries in Europe - including Coronel's home country of the Netherlands - and promoting road safety is one of the primary objectives of the FIA Foundation.
Coronel's actions on the track and his decision to ask his fans for money met with a mixed response on social media.
One user, Andy DelGiudice, wrote: "He's asking fans to crowdfund his payment? Yikes."
Andreas, wrote: "I may be wrong but a professional driver should be a good example for people on public roads, thats a nogo what you did, sorry."
Twitter user @gknic suggested: "Using a phone whilst driving, whether on a track or on the road is stupidity at its best! So no sympathy from me."
And Mark Palmer on Facebook wrote: "Hang on, FIA is always promoting safety comes from racing, rightly so. So they're supposed to let it go? It's using a phone while driving exactly what's the current hot potato."
But there were plenty of messages in support of Coronel, with one by @JoeMafia86 stating his actions were "a great way to interact with the fans... FIA are clearly not with the times".
Facebook user Mark Arlidge added: "Oh Tom... that's really stupid of them... private road surely they cant make that stick.".
Pascal de Jong wrote: "They should pay you for promoting the FIA WTCC... They could learn a lot from you."
The 2017 Open winner - who secured the Masters and US Open titles in 2015 - has been placed in a group with two fellow major champions; Sergio Garcia won the Masters in April, and Brooks Koepka won the US Open in June.
Defending champion Jimmy Walker plays alongside Phil Mickelson and Jason Dufner at Quail Hollow.
World number one Dustin Johnson is joined by Australian Jason Day and Swede Henrik Stenson.
Rory McIlroy will be looking to maintain the glimpses of form shown during The Open at Royal Birkdale as he plays beside John Rahm and Rickie Fowler.
All times BST. US player unless stated.
*Indicates 10th tee start
12:20 D Muttitt, B Cauley, G DeLaet (Can)
12:25* L Glover, M Dobyns, H Tanihara (Jpn)
12:30 R Perry, Y Ikeda, E Grillo (Arg)
12:35* M Small, J Kokrak, S Kodaira
12:40 J Luiten (Ned), P Claxton, R Henley
12:45* T Bjorn (Den), B Grace (SA), P Perez
12:50 P Cantlay, T Jaidee (Tha) S Kjeldsen (Den)
12:55* A Scott (Aus), L Donald (Eng), W Simpson
13:00 O Uresti, YE Yang (Kor), S Micheel
13:05* B Horschel, M Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Kim (Kor)
13:10 D Lee (NZ), M Leishman (Aus), A Lahiri (Ind)
13:15* J Walker, P Mickelson, J Dufner
13:20 B An, K Chappell, M Hughes
13:25* R McIlroy (NI), J Rahm (Spa), R Fowler
13:30 J Blixt (Swe), S Stricker, B Harman
13:35* M Kuchar, J Rose (Eng), B Snedeker
13:40 DA Points, T Hatton (Eng), A Hadwin (Can)
13:45* D Berger, J Furyk, K Kisner
13:50 M Laird (Sco), B Haas, G McDowell (NI)
13:55* R Fisher (Eng), R Cabrera-Bello (Spa), R Moore
14:00 J Wang (Kor), A Levy (Fra), J Broce
14:05* J Vegas (Ven), B DeChambeau, J Smith (Eng)
14:10 JJ Wood, R Fox (NZ), H Li (Chn)
14:15* A Beach, S O'Hair, K Na
14:20 J Hansen, C Reavie, C Gribble
14:25* C Moody, L List, J Lovemark
17:30* G Murray, R Berberian Jr, P Uihlein
17:35 S Lowry (Ire), S Deane (Aus), P Larrazabal (Spa)
17:40* A Rainaud, T Finau, F Zanotti (Par)
17:45 A Noren (Swe), S Hebert, R Knox (Sco)
17:50* Y Song (Kor), D McNabb, C Howell III
17:55 H Matsuyama (Jpn), E Els, I Poulter (Eng)
18:00* S Kang (Kor), W Bryan, D Frittelli (SA)
18:05 D Summerhays, R Streb, C Wood (Eng)
18:10* W McGirt, F Molinari (Ita), J Herman
18:15 T Fleetwood (Eng), J Thomas, P Reed
18:20* G Woodland, A Sullivan (Eng), K Stanley
18:25 B Watson, C Schwartzel (SA), P Casey (Eng)
18:30* R Beem, V Singh (Fij), J Daly
18:35 S Garcia (Spa), B Koepka, J Spieth
18:40* L Oosthuizen (SA), D Willett (Eng), JB Holmes
18:45 J Day (Aus), D Johnson, H Stenson (Swe)
18:50* T Pieters (Bel), X Schauffele, R Pampling (Aus)
18:55 P Harrington (Ire), K Bradley, D Love III
19:00* T Olesen (Den), B Steele, H Swafford
19:05 Z Johnson, L Westwood (Eng), C Hoffman
19:10* C Smith (Aus), B Wiesberger (Aut), B Stone (SA)
19:15 D Lingmerth (Swe), S Brown, N Colsaerts (Bel)
19:20* KT Kim (Kor), G Gregory, J Hahn
19:25 S Hend (Aus), K Pigman, A Johnston (Eng) *retired injured
19:30* R Sterne (SA), R Vermeer, C Stroud
19:35 K Kraft, B Smock, P Rodgers
A consultation on reforming the Work Capability Assessment was announced on Monday.
Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green said he wanted a "personalised" way to help more people find jobs.
The charity Scope said it welcomed the planned changes.
Both Employment Support Allowance (ESA), which is paid to more than two million people, and the assessments, were originally introduced by Labour and then expanded by the coalition government.
The consultation follows the announcement that people with severe conditions will no longer face reassessments for their benefits.
It will examine how people receiving ESA can be helped back into employment without having their benefits put at risk while they search for a job.
Mr Green told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to change across the system so we will be changing so it's no longer just a binary assessment... much more personalised."
Saying he did not want to "categorise" people, he added that he wanted to change the "mindset" of businesses: "We want them to realise that there's a huge pool of talented people who are disabled and want to work and can contribute fully in the workplace."
Mr Green said: "We've got historically high employment levels. We want to spread that so everyone can enjoy the revolution that we have seen in job creation in the last few years."
The Department for Work and Pensions places claimants assessed eligible for ESA in either the "work-related activity group" or "support group".
The work-related activity group means officials have decided a claimant's disability or health condition currently means they are unable to have a job but are capable of making some effort to find employment.
They receive up to £102.15 a week in ESA payments while attending employment-focused interviews and training. From April 2017, payments will fall to £73.10 for new claimants, bringing the rate into line with Jobseeker's Allowance.
Those in the "support group", who have been deemed unable to work and are not required to do anything to improve their chances of finding a job, receive up to £109.30 a week.
Mr Green said it had been envisaged that "about 10%" of those assessed would end up in the support group, but it was actually "about 50%".
He added: "In the long run there's nothing more expensive than saying we are going to leave people on benefits for a lifetime. It's expensive and bad for the individual…
"The idea that sitting at home, living only on benefits, is in any way good for people is completely wrong."
Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who spearheaded the government's welfare reforms for six years before resigning in March, agreed ESA was "in real need of reform".
For Labour, shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams called for the assessments to be scrapped, saying they caused "needless misery and stress" for thousands of sick and disabled people.
She said the government's approach was "ideologically driven with the sole purpose of targeting the most vulnerable in our society to pay for their austerity plans, painting disabled people as scroungers and shirkers, whilst making no impact on the disability employment gap".
Scope chief executive Mark Atkinson said: "The current fit-for-work test doesn't accurately identify the barriers disabled people face in entering or staying in work.
"An assessment should be the first step to getting support and should be separate from determining benefits entitlement."
The Equality and Human Rights Commission's chief executive, Rebecca Hilsenrath, suggested apprenticeship schemes could use positive action to employ more disabled people.
Citizens Advice said it dealt with 25,000 issues around Work Capability Assessments last year, saying the reforms should make the test "fair, consistent and right first time".
The suspect entered a Subway store on Monday, and demanded money from the two employees who "did not respond", according to police.
"The suspect became agitated and mumbled something under his breath as he walked out of the business," police said.
Police said the man appears to be middle aged, and wore a plastic bag over his face and a white T-shirt on his head.
Police in Coventry, Rhode Island are seeking the public's help to identify the suspect.
Bristol City Council needs to save more than £100m over the next five years.
The authority has released details of £64m of cuts following a three-month consultation.
Other measures include closing library buildings, cutting bus subsidies, support for the vulnerable and funding for the city's parks.
Parking charges will also increase, with free Sunday parking set to be withdrawn.
Mayor Marvin Rees said government funding reductions, extra demand on services and weaknesses in the council's financial practices had put the council in a "tough position".
The Labour politician said: "We must focus on our top priorities and do fewer things ourselves, with partners, volunteers or community groups taking on other services they want to keep."
Cabinet member for finance, Craig Cheney, added: "Many other places made these hard decisions a long time ago.
"Bristol is being forced to catch up and if we don't do it now we will lose any chance of making savings in a planned, controlled way which can take account of local needs."
The council will start a new round of detailed consultation at the end of January about how to implement some of the savings if they are approved.
Projects such as the Bristol Arena and the Metrobus Scheme are unaffected as they are funded as capital project rather than from revenue.
Any decision is subject to final approval at a full council meeting in February.
A full list of the latest budget saving proposals is available on the council's website.
The savings initiative follows plans to cut 1,000 council jobs announced in August.
Under the deal Slovakia will reinstate a disused pipeline that will be capable of supplying 3 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year to Ukraine.
Ukraine has been looking for alternatives to Russian gas, which last year accounted for around a half of its 55bcm consumption.
In April, German energy firm RWE began deliveries of gas via Poland.
Under that deal RWE can supply up to 10bcm of gas a year.
Russia has almost doubled the price of gas for Ukraine, following the toppling of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich in February.
Also, Ukraine owes Russian gas firm, Gazprom $2.2bn (£1.3bn) for supplies of gas.
The two nations are in dispute over that debt and Ukrainian officials are concerned that Gazprom could just cut off the nation's supply of gas.
Ukraine was hoping that Slovakia would be able to open more capacity, by reversing the direction of gas in the main pipeline from Russia to the West.
But Slovakian authorities are concerned that would break the terms of its contract with Gazprom.
"I am convinced that this solution is the first possible and realistic one, and one which does not threaten the energy security of Slovakia and other EU countries," Slovak Economy Minister Tomas Malatinsky said in a statement, on Saturday.
The deal is due to be signed in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, later on Monday.
Smith, 22, had a spell with the Cherries on loan during the 2010/11 season and has now signed a three-and-a-half year contract at Dean Court.
The right-back has also had loan spells at Wycombe, Torquay, MK Dons, Leeds, Millwall and Derby.
"We are really pleased to bring him in permanently," said Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe told the club website.
"A year ago, he was England Under-21's regular right-back so that shows what a good player he is.
"He is a good lad, he works hard at his game and shows the right attitude every day in training."
"I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis," he wrote on his website.
His decision, he said, was not down to "dodgy reviews", "bad treatment in the press" or "because I don't feel loved".
Collins' announcement was in response to a series of "distorted" articles that had erroneously painted him as "a tormented weirdo", he added.
"There's no need for the straitjacket!" joked the 60-year-old, whose hits include In the Air Tonight and Another Day in Paradise.
A former member of rock band Genesis, Collins went on to achieve huge success as a solo performer, including hit albums as No Jacket Required and ...But Seriously.
The winner of seven Grammy awards was also the recipient of an Academy award for his soundtrack for the Disney animated film Tarzan.
Last year he topped the UK album chart with Going Back, a collection of Motown and soul covers.
The singer has two sons, Nicholas and Matthew, with his third wife Orianne Cevey, whom he divorced in 2008.
The game appeared to be heading for a draw until Hull captain Michael Dawson deflected in Daryl Janmaat's cross on 82 minutes.
Watford dominated the game with Younes Kaboul and Roberto Pereyra hitting the woodwork in the first-half, but they failed to muster a shot on target in the match.
Hull stay in 18th and are without a league win since 20 August, while Watford move up to seventh.
Watford are now above Manchester United and champions Leicester in the Premier League table after 10 games.
Hull meanwhile, are on their worst run in the top flight since January 2009, when they last lost six in a row.
Hull manager Mike Phelan said his players were "depressed" after the game, which he described as a "cruel defeat".
The Tigers had defended resolutely for 82 minutes until Dawson's own-goal and the devastation was plainly written on the former Tottenham defender's face at full-time.
In their past five games, Phelan's side have conceded 19 goals so a clean sheet and a draw would have been the perfect tonic.
For all Watford's dominance and their 22 shots, they failed to muster a single effort on target and Hull's defence worked hard with seven shots being blocked.
After being anonymous in attack in the first-half, Hull pressed forward after the break with Abel Hernández having their best effort, but his shot was straight at Heurelho Gomes.
Hull missed their injured attackers Adama Diomande, Dieumerci Mbokani and Robert Snodgrass, and with only three goals in their last six league games are clearly lacking an edge to their forward play.
Dawson's own goal was unfortunate - as Phelan said afterwards: "It could have gone anywhere."
Watford are the first team to win a Premier League game without directing a single shot on target since Sunderland beat West Brom in January 2006.
Not that Walter Mazzarri will care after his side moved up to seventh in the table.
His side have certainly impressed this season with wins over Manchester United and West Ham and they have only lost once in their last seven league games.
Speaking after the game Mazzarri said he was "happy" and felt his side's performances this season deserved two or three points more.
They looked comfortable against Hull and were unfortunate not to have scored through Kaboul and Pereyra, while captain Troy Deeney had a hatful of chances to score his 100th goal for the club and Odion Ighalo went close late on.
Hull boss Mike Phelan: "It's very hard to take. I've got a depressed dressing room after the efforts and the work they put into the game. It's cruel. If it is a worldy then you can hold hands up.
"We were competitive enough in the game, we created probably the best chances in the game, but were are on the end of another defeat. We have to react to that and I am sure we will do next week.
"When I think about it we could have done better at defending. It is a cruel one, it flashed across the box and hit someone on the leg and has gone in. It could have gone anywhere.
"To win a football match, you have to score goals and try and get that from forward play and forwards. Everyone has to weigh-in with goals and at the moment it is not happening. We have to keep positive, on the front foot and I'm sure it will change."
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Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: "We played well in the first half an hour. We deserved to lead. We had patience on the counter-attack and finally scored, the victory is deserved.
"They defended well, we knew they would defend. We were unlucky, we should have scored at the beginning.
"I am very happy with how the team is playing now, giving me satisfaction. With how they are playing on the pitch, we deserve two or three points more at this stage."
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Match ends, Watford 1, Hull City 0.
Second Half ends, Watford 1, Hull City 0.
Attempt missed. Curtis Davies (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Mason with a cross.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by José Holebas.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Hull City. Jarrod Bowen replaces Markus Henriksen.
Foul by Etienne Capoue (Watford).
Jake Livermore (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Christian Kabasele replaces Sebastian Prödl because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Odion Ighalo (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Zuñiga.
Substitution, Watford. Juan Zuñiga replaces Nordin Amrabat.
Own Goal by Michael Dawson, Hull City. Watford 1, Hull City 0.
Valon Behrami (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Livermore (Hull City).
Attempt blocked. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Hull City. David Meyler replaces Will Keane.
Foul by Nordin Amrabat (Watford).
Sam Clucas (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Valon Behrami (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Abel Hernández (Hull City).
Attempt blocked. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Substitution, Watford. Daryl Janmaat replaces Younes Kaboul.
Attempt missed. Younes Kaboul (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Valon Behrami.
Attempt missed. Odion Ighalo (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat with a cross.
Etienne Capoue (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Will Keane (Hull City).
Foul by Valon Behrami (Watford).
Ryan Mason (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abel Hernández.
Foul by José Holebas (Watford).
Markus Henriksen (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Etienne Capoue (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Livermore (Hull City).
Offside, Hull City. Ahmed Elmohamady tries a through ball, but Abel Hernández is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Etienne Capoue (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by José Holebas following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Curtis Davies.
Sam Clucas (Hull City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The woman and a 15-month-old girl were taken to hospital after the Volkswagen Golf she was driving collided with a Citroen Xsara on the A5 at Pentrefoelas on Thursday.
Emergency services initially thought both suffered minor injuries.
North Wales Police said the incident was being treated as a fatal crash.
Following the collision, both the woman and young girl were taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan.
A police spokeswoman said: "Following concern her unborn baby was in distress, the baby was delivered by emergency Caesarean section, but sadly could not be saved."
The girl was treated for minor injuries.
Sgt Gwyndaf Jones said: "Our sympathy goes out to the family involved."
Meanwhile, a man who died in a three-vehicle crash on the same road has been named as Ifor Edward Davies, 59, from Pentrefoelas.
Mr Davies died at the scene following the crash on Wednesday, which involved an agricultural vehicle, a Rover 25 and a Ford Focus.
Three goals in six first-half minutes swiftly overturned the 1-0 deficit from last week's shock first-leg result.
Mikael Lustig swivelled to notch the opener before Leigh Griffiths cut inside to lash home the second.
Patrick Roberts swept home a fine third but Moussa Dembele and Griffiths, twice, missed further good chances.
But that impressive first-half performance was enough to get the job done and settle any lingering nerves.
New Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers was desperate to exorcise the ghost of Gibraltar and almost 50,000 fans packed into Celtic Park expecting his side to do just that.
A repeat of the sensational shock on the Rock was simply unthinkable.
The evening started with the unfurling of the SPFL Premiership league title flag but as the cheers died down, last season was forgotten and attention turned to Champions League progression.
As expected, Celtic came out swinging from the start and looked very much in the mood, roared on by the home support.
The part-timers held out for 23 minutes, Stuart Armstrong seeing a shot saved and Callum McGregor's deflected effort hitting the bar.
But two quick-fire goals from Lustig and Griffiths settled nerves and put Celtic in command of the tie.
The Swedish international curled in a left-footed shot from around 10 yards before Griffiths - scorer of 40 goals last season - opened his account for this campaign with an impressive strike from the edge of the box after being played in by the impressive Roberts.
Minutes later, after sumptuous build-up play and a one-two with McGregor, the on-loan winger floated in from the right and fired in a fantastic third.
Lincoln's first-leg hero Lee Casciaro raised a few eyebrows early in the second half when he caught Erik Sviatchenko napping and stabbed the ball just past Craig Gordon's right-hand post.
The visitors were enjoying a little more of the ball, but rarely threatened to create further chances.
Celtic's first-half pace and drive gave way to a more considered approach after the interval, but the fans urged them on desperate for more goals.
Raul Navas in the Lincoln goal was determined to keep it respectable though and he twice denied Dembele from close range, while Griffiths headed over an inviting ball from Lustig.
Rodgers shuffled his pack, bringing on Kristoffer Ajer, Emillio Izaguirre and later Nadir Ciftci as the tempo slowed.
Navas was at it again with five minutes left, this time frustrating Griffiths, who should have scored from eight yards out when through on the keeper.
If victory was perhaps not enough to erase the painful memory of the first-leg defeat, it was sufficient to take them comfortably through.
And for Rodgers, that will do just fine.
Match ends, Celtic 3, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 3, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0.
Substitution, Lincoln Red Imps FC. George Cabrera replaces Lee Casciaro.
Substitution, Lincoln Red Imps FC. Anthony Bardon replaces Antonio Calderón.
Substitution, Lincoln Red Imps FC. Fernando Livramento replaces Liam Walker.
Substitution, Celtic. Nadir Ciftci replaces Moussa Dembele.
Substitution, Celtic. Emilio Izaguirre replaces James Forrest.
Substitution, Celtic. Kristoffer Ajer replaces Kieran Tierney.
Second Half begins Celtic 3, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0.
First Half ends, Celtic 3, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0.
Goal! Celtic 3, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Celtic 2, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Celtic 1, Lincoln Red Imps FC 0. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Joseph Chipolina (Lincoln Red Imps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Casciaro (Lincoln Red Imps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant is expected to go for extensive trials in 2016 before being inducted into the navy by 2018, reports say.
With this, India joins a select group of countries capable of building such a vessel.
Other countries capable of building a similar ship are the US, the UK, Russia and France.
Monday's launch of INS Vikrant marks the end of the first phase of its construction.
The ship will be then re-docked for outfitting and further construction.
The ship, which will have a length of 260m (850ft) and a breadth of 60m, has been built at the shipyard in Cochin.
It was designed and manufactured locally, using high grade steel made by a state-owned steel company.
Vice-Admiral RK Dhowan of India's navy has described the launch as the "crowning glory" of the navy's programme to produce vessels on home soil.
Eyewitnesses said a service bus with no driver on board crashed at about 15:45. Two other buses and a car were damaged.
Renfield Street was closed for around two hours in the vicinity of West George Street and St Vincent Street as officers investigated the crash.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said two men were taken to hospital.
She said: "Police are appealing for information following an incident involving a bus in Glasgow city centre on Monday 18 July 2016.
"Around 15:45 police received a report of a bus apparently travelling south on Renfield Street having collided with a stationary car at traffic lights at West George Street. The car moved forward and struck a pedestrian on Renfield Street.
"The bus continued to travel on Renfield Street before it collided with a stationary bus near to St Vincent Street, which then nudged into another stationary bus on Renfield Street.
"Two men have been taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment to injuries.
"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances of the incident, including reviewing CCTV footage, and anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101."
Paul McNamee, editor of the Big Issue in Scotland, was walking on Renfield Street when the crash happened.
He told the BBC: "There didn't appear to be anyone on the runaway bus.
"It then collided with a single decker.
"It hit four buses and then sent one into a fifth.
"I didn't see anyone jump off - it appears the emergency doors sprang open with the collision."
Muhammad Sultan, manager of Charcoals Indian Restaurant, adjacent to the scene of the crash, told the BBC: "Customers were sitting here and I was standing having a chat when I heard a noise, a bang.
"The bus came from behind. People were trying to run out, they were all shocked and didn't realise what had happened.
"They opened the fire exit doors to get out - the front doors wouldn't open.
"There were children crying, I went over to try and offer them some help."
A First Glasgow spokesman said: "We can confirm that a First Glasgow vehicle was involved in an incident on Renfield Street this afternoon.
"Its too early to speculate on the cause of the incident. However, we've launched an immediate investigation and will work closely with the emergency authorities to determine exactly what happened.
"Our thoughts at this time are with the two men who were injured as a result of the incident."
The vulnerabilities include a loophole that could have been used by hackers to gain control of a victim's phone.
Most of the issues were fixed after Google notified Samsung, but some have yet to be addressed.
One independent expert said the bugs "significantly weakened the security" of Google's operating system.
"There is definitely a tension between Google and the handset manufacturers because Google wants to protect its Android brand, and when it comes to security, Android has been quite tarnished," added Dr Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University College London.
"Some of that is down to the extra software that handset manufacturers add."
A statement from Samsung said the three remaining bugs would be fixed via a security update later this month.
"Maintaining the trust of our customers is a top priority", said the company.
Details of the bugs were disclosed by Google's Project Zero team, whose job is to hunt out previously unknown computer security flaws.
It said that several of the flaws would have been "trivial to exploit".
"Over the course of a week, we found a total of 11 issues with a serious security impact," the team blogged.
"The majority of these issues were fixed on the device we tested via an OTA [over the air] update within 90 days.
"It is promising that the highest severity issues were fixed and updated on-device in a reasonable timeframe."
Among the vulnerabilities was a weakness found in Samsung's email software that could have allowed hackers to forward a victim's messages to their own account.
Another allowed attackers to alter the settings of Samsung's photo-viewing app by sending the handset a specially encoded image.
But Google said the most interesting issue was the existence of a "directory traversal bug" in a wi-fi utility built in to the phone.
"If someone provided malicious data to the software, they could then change other files on the system and interfere with other functions, in particular security functions," said Dr Murdoch.
To do this, he said, a hacker would also need to convince their target to install a malicious app, which might appear to have very limited access to the phone's other functions.
But by exploiting the flaw, the malware could then escalate its privileges.
"This would only happen as part of a chain of events, but eventually it could allow someone to take over the entire phone," Dr Murdoch added.
"Android tries to have layers of protection, so even if you break past one level of protection there's another one.
"This removed some quite important layers of that protection."
Samsung confirmed it had addressed this particular issue in a security update released last month.
"Samsung encourages users to keep their software and apps updated at all times," added a spokesman.
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was jailed for six years in 2016 over an unpublished story in which the main character burns the Koran after watching a film about the stoning of a woman in Iran.
Her husband, Arash Sadeghi, had been on hunger strike for 71 days. His lawyer said he would be taken to a hospital.
The release came a day after a rare unauthorised protest in Tehran.
Hundreds of Iranians demonstrated outside Evin prison, where the couple were being held.
Ms Ebrahimi Iraee was detained on 24 October after officials raided her home to make her serve her sentence, human rights group Amnesty International said. She had previously been convicted of "insulting Islamic sanctities" and "spreading propaganda against the system".
Her story described the emotional reaction of a young woman who watches the film The Stoning of Soraya M, which tells the true story of a young woman stoned to death.
Iranian authorities found the piece, written in a private diary, on 6 September 2014, when the couple were initially arrested by men believed to be members of the Revolutionary Guard, Amnesty said. She was initially released after 21 days, while her husband was sent to Evin prison.
The human rights group added that she was later tried and found guilty in two brief sessions by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran with no legal representation.
Mr Sadeghi is serving a 19-year prison term on charges including "spreading propaganda against the system", "gathering and colluding against national security" and "insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic" for his work as a human rights activist, according to Amnesty.
His hunger strike began after his wife's arrest last year. Mr Sadeghi claims her sentence was handed to her to further punish him. His lawyer, Amir Raisian, said he had ended his protest, AP news agency reported.
As concerns over Mr Sadeghi's health grew last week, an international Twitter campaign to support him - under the hashtag #SaveArash - became a trending topic, even though Twitter is banned in Iran.
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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.
Dr Willie Stewart, of World Rugby's Independent Concussion Advisory Group, says the governing body's attempts to tackle the issues around brain injuries have had little effect.
In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Sport Scotland, Dr Stewart:
Back in January, in an attempt to lessen the incidence of concussion in their sport, World Rugby introduced heavier sanctions for high tackles. If the head area was hit, referees were mandated to dish out more penalties, more yellow cards and more red cards to the worst offenders.
A recent study of Premiership rugby in England concluded that rates of concussion have gone from 6.7 concussions per 1,000 player hours in 2012-13 to 15.8 concussions per 1,000 player hours in 2015-16 - or one brain injury in every couple of matches. The number of concussions has risen every year for the last four years. Of all match-day injuries, concussion now accounts for 25% of the total.
For a few weeks after the new sanctions were introduced in January referees flashed cards of both colours, then the Six Nations arrived and everything went quiet. An international rugby coach, who does not wish to be named, has said that rugby's "Wild West" has returned. What he meant was that the zero tolerance approach has been watered-down and that high tackles are going unpunished, or not sufficiently punished, in the way that World Rugby's sanctions demand.
Dr Stewart is a consultant neuropathologist at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University hospital. He is also an associate professor at the University of Glasgow and the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of World Rugby's concussion advisory group. He is a former amateur rugby player and has been working in the field of brain injury for more than 15 years.
"For the first few weekends after the new sanctions came in the cards were out of the pockets," said Dr Stewart. "A point was being made and it looked like we were going to get somewhere. You could see the tackles going lower, but we seem to have drifted back. Cards were being dished out for high tackles, but where is that now? It doesn't exist. You can say that players have adapted. No, they haven't. Referees have adapted because they've stopped enforcing it with the same vigour.
"It's back to the Wild West, that's correct. My sense is that there was a brief flurry of activity to demonstrate that things were happening and then the foot was taken off the gas and we've gone back to where we were before. So, effectively, nothing has happened. There's been no meaningful change."
World Rugby disagree with Dr Stewart's view. "This opinion is not supported by the data, which confirms that the new tackle law application guideline is being consistently and accurately applied across elite competitions and this was also the opinion of international coaches and referees attending a recent World Rugby workshop.
"The sanctioning of high tackles and dangerous charging has increased, with March representing the highest number to date of yellow cards and high tackles per match (punished), so it would be inaccurate to state that application may have eased off. Overall, when comparing January to March 2016 to the same period in 2017, there has been a two-fold increase in the number of high tackles and a 2.2-fold increase in the number of yellow cards issued for high tackles."
In their games against France and England in this season's Six Nations, Scotland suffered seven separate concussions. "That's crazy," said Dr Stewart. "That's unacceptably high." Dan Biggar, announced in Warren Gatland's Lions squad on Wednesday, is the latest high-profile player to be involved in such an incident.
Earlier this month, while playing for the Ospreys against Leinster in the Pro 12, Biggar took a bang to the head, left the field for examination, passed his Head Injury Assessment (HIA) and returned to play. Just after the game finished he admitted that he "couldn't remember much of the last 10 minutes, to be honest. I was a little bit dazed." It raises the argument about how effective the HIA system truly is if players are passing the test while being unable to remember what they were doing on the field subsequently.
"Whether it's concussion, or any other injury, the game of rugby is now becoming virtually unplayable," said Dr Stewart. "When I was playing rugby people ran into each other and accidents happened, but what we now have is people setting out to collide with each other, people who go into a ruck with a shoulder to clear people out, people who go into a tackle forearm first or high - all that stuff is going on which could be taken care of.
"You can't go on playing a game where there is a reasonable expectation that a player who steps out that day is going to get a brain injury - and that is what they are."
It's not just what he sees as a relaxation of January's high-tackle sanctions that is concerning Dr Stewart, it's the situation surrounding reviews into three on-field incidents in December and January.
George North appeared to be knocked out when playing for Northampton against Leicester on December 3. After a HIA North was allowed to play on.
A week later, TJ Ioane was permitted to continue playing for Sale against Harlequins despite showing concussive symptoms. In the Untoward Incident Review (UIR) of the Ioane case, it emerged that two independent match-day doctors, suggesting that the player should be removed for concussion assessment, were over-ruled by the player's own team medic after administering the Maddocks questions (to determine if the player knew where he was and what time of day it was).
On January 14, in a Champions Cup game between Glasgow and Munster at Scotstoun, there was another incident, this time involving Munster's Conor Murray.
The incident happened just after the hour-mark. Murray was tackled by Tim Swinson and hit the ground like a falling plank. A Munster team-mate, Andrew Conway, rapidly indicated that something was wrong with Murray. Glasgow's Ali Price looked at the ref to take some action. Luke Pearce, the referee, blew his whistle seven times to illustrate that there was a potentially serious situation unfolding. He promptly waved the medics on to the field.
With the player still on the field, the Munster medics then went through the Maddocks questions with Murray and cleared him to play on. Straight away, Murray took another hit, this time from Josh Strauss. He was slow to get back up. It was only then that Munster removed him from the field. He passed his immediate HIA, then another and then another.
Untoward Incident Reviews were conducted by Premiership Rugby in the North and Ioane cases and by European Professional Club Rugby in Murray's case. No action was taken against any of the clubs and no changes were brought to the HIA protocol.
Dr Stewart claims these reports suggest the review system is not fit for purpose, with the Murray example a "miserable, shocker" of a report.
"Look at the detail," he said. "It doesn't bother to speak to anybody who might have witnessed the incident, it just takes a statement from the player's team.
"If they had done this properly and taken all the statements, other than from the team, then they would have heard why the referee was so concerned that he blew the whistle so many times, they would have heard why the other players were so concerned, they might have taken a statement from the Glasgow medics who may have seen something different.
"The report should have taken a statement from everybody, not because we're trying to build a case against the medics - everybody makes mistakes - but because we're trying to find out where this system might have failed the player and how it could be prevented from happening again.
"In the Murray report, the (Munster) evidence quite clearly states, after checking for a neck injury 'he was further assessed for any possible head injury. He answered all his Maddocks questions correctly,……and was cleared to return to play'.
"As soon as you ask those questions you are asking is the brain functioning and you are at least thinking there's been an injury that may have led to concussion. And if you are thinking that then in rugby it's an HIA and he has to be off the park while that assessment is taking place. World Rugby is very clear about this. That should have been a red line in the report that said, 'No, no , no'. Instead, the report agrees with the on-field management.
World Rugby said it would be "inappropriate to comment on specific cases" but confirmed that Maddocks questions should not be asked on the field of play.
"While World Rugby might argue these competitions and reviews are run by various other organisations," says Dr Stewart, "for the wider public World Rugby is "rugby". The buck stops with World Rugby when it comes to the HIA and its perceived success or failures."
The sport's governing body commented: "Prior to the HIA's implementation in 2012, 56% of players assessed and cleared to play on were later determined to have sustained a concussion. With its combination of symptom recognition, video review and off-field screening, the HIA process has driven a significant improvement in the identification and removal of players with possible and confirmed concussions.
"The data are compelling, illustrating a move from 13% of concussed players mistakenly left on the field in 2013/14 to 4.5% at Rugby World Cup 2015 and an average of just 8% across 22 elite competitions worldwide in 2015/16."
The ultimate goal for Dr Stewart is simple - "to make sure that no concussed player stays on the field."
"Mistakes will happen, we all know that," he says. "There will be failings, but in each of these failings we must learn something - and I'm not sure I can see rugby learning the lessons."
The 21-year-old made two appearances for the Tykes this season in the Football League Trophy.
He went on loan to Kidderminster last month and scored three goals in seven games after making his debut against the Wood.
"Harry really impressed me with his work ethic, strength and commitment," manager Luke Garrard said.
"We all know we need goals, we all know our defence is not a problem and with the strike force I now have fit and at my disposal, I'm hoping that they will get the goals that will fire us too survival."
Boreham Wood are one place and one point above the National League relegation zone, having been promoted last season.
Birmingham City Council said it had received more than 200 reports in relation to its inquiry.
It has appointed former head teacher Ian Kershaw as its chief advisor.
Anonymous claims hard-line Muslims were trying to take over the running of some city schools were made in a letter sent to local authorities last year.
The 25 schools now being looked at include primaries, secondaries and academies.
By Phil MackieNews correspondent
Besides the announcement about Ian Kershaw, who'll oversee the Trojan Horse investigation on behalf of the city council, there have been two other important appointments.
Stephen Rimmer will chair a second group which will include faith groups and figures from the local communities affected by the allegations.
He was brought to the West Midlands last year to lead an investigation into the abuse and sexual exploitation of children, but was previously employed by the Home Office as director of its Prevent strategy, set up to counter radicalisation.
And the Department for Education has also announced the appointment of its first Commissioner for Schools in the West Midlands.
Pank Patel will decide which schools can become academies and will monitor performance.
There has been a lot of criticism during the Trojan Horse inquiry that governance at academies has been too opaque.
The 200-plus reports to the council include emails and calls from staff, parents and governors.
The leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore, said: "No, I don't believe there is a plot, but there are issues we need to look at and look at very carefully - issues perhaps around how a governing body behaves, perhaps what is said and done around the school."
He said he was concerned the situation could endanger community relations but called on parents and others to be patient while the investigation was concluded.
Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said an "urgent resolution" was needed, with parents looking for places for the new term.
The council's investigation, running in parallel to a separate inquiry by the Department for Education (DfE), is due to initially report back in May.
Mr Kershaw, who is managing director of Northern Education, will report to a newly-formed review group made up of MPs, councillors, national teaching and governors groups, the police and faith leaders.
The group will also oversee the work of the operational committee, which is co-ordinating the investigation of the allegations.
A follow-up report containing recommendations for schools locally, and for the DfE to look at nationally, is to be published by July.
Separately, Ofsted inspectors were sent in to 15 Birmingham schools in the weeks after the allegations came to light.
Concerns were raised last year when an undated and anonymous letter emerged outlining the alleged plot, dubbed "Operation Trojan Horse".
It claimed the plan aimed to make schools adhere to more Islamic principles and had already brought about leadership changes at four schools.
The letter was apparently penned by someone in Birmingham to a contact in Bradford.
Sir Albert said the city council had spoken to local authorities in both Manchester and Bradford.
"There are certainly issues in Bradford which have similarities with the issues being spoken about in Birmingham," he said.
By Sean CoughlanBBC News education correspondent
This investigation in Birmingham - which the council is now expanding further - is already "new territory" for the Ofsted education watchdog.
It's the first time there have been so many co-ordinated school inspections targeted on concerns of religious extremism.
And Ofsted will try to cast light on a murky tale of anonymous letters and disputed claims of an "Islamic takeover" - allegations which the Department for Education describe as "very serious".
So far Ofsted has carried out inspections in 18 schools. The Department for Education had instigated 15 of these inspections - in addition to three already carried out by Ofsted.
These are a particular type of unannounced inspection - called Section 8 inspections - which are not about the general standard of education, but are in response to a specific concern.
These inspection reports, looking for evidence of whether there really has been unacceptable behaviour, are expected to be published next month.
Schools, parents and the wider community will then hear whether action needs to be taken.
Sir Albert claimed he was frustrated with the two-tier schools system in which academies operate outside the local authority's control and report directly to the DfE.
"We do not have the relationship with academies as we do with the community schools," he said.
Brigid Jones, the council's cabinet member for children and family services, said children should be able to work "without fear of intimidation".
She denied claims from some Muslim parents that a freeze on the recruitment of school governors, while it investigated the claims, was effectively a message that Muslim governors were not welcome.
"We have put a freeze on appointing governors across the city until we can be sure that they're being appointed robustly and in the right possible way," she said.
Since the Trojan Horse letter surfaced a number of school staff have come forward to make various allegations.
These include claims of boys and girls being segregated in classrooms and assemblies, sex education being banned and non-Muslim staff bullied.
Park View Education Trust, which was implicated in the original document, has rejected claims of a takeover.
Its chairman Tahir Alam said it was facing a "witch hunt" based on "all sorts of false allegations" and an internal investigation had found no evidence to substantiate the claims.
Janice Smyth was speaking from the union's conference in Liverpool, where members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest".
She said nurses in Northern Ireland are paid "less than anywhere in the UK".
The RCN is calling on the next government to end years of below inflation pay rises.
A consultative ballot of members of the Royal College of Nursing showed that a majority were in favour of strike action - but the turnout was too low for a formal ballot to be held.
Janice Smyth said the pay issue needed to be addressed: "Nurses in Northern Ireland have had no decision this year, about even the 1%.
"It is devastating. Nurses feel nobody is listening to them, they don't have enough staff to look after their patients, that their own health and wellbeing is being affected and they can't pay their bills.
"It is a dire situation and they have had enough. They want something done about it."
The RCN has warned the government that it will launch a formal ballot on strike action this year unless the 1% pay cap is lifted. Janice Smyth told the BBC this was a red line for the union.
"It is the least that members will accept. If the governments across the four countries don't do something about nurses pay it is inevitable our members will be balloted later this year."
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Jones says his squad has a "small and good group", but need to develop more if they are to win the World Cup in 2019.
"We need to get eight or nine guys who are consistently leaders, and we don't have that at the moment," Jones said.
"We need eight or nine to be a World Cup-winning side, and that's what we are aiming to be."
He added to BBC Radio 5 live: "I think it's a reality of the way society is - every sport faces the same problems.
"Nowadays guys don't go to university, they don't go out and work, they are in more sheltered environments such as academies."
And Jones says the England coaches are working to try to develop more figures who could potentially lead the side.
"We have a number of players now who have started individual leadership plans," Jones added. "We will see those players develop over the next period of time."
Having skippered England to an unbeaten year in 2016, hooker Dylan Hartley will again captain the side in the Six Nations - fitness-permitting - with Jones highlighting playmaker Owen Farrell as a likely replacement should he be unavailable.
"Owen makes sure the standards are kept high, as does [fly-half] George Ford," Jones said. "Certainly if Dylan wasn't ready Owen could be a very strong candidate."
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The 29-year-old played in the Cranes' first two matches at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon but missed their last group game because of injury.
In January, Onyango was voted Africa-based Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football.
He is the only goalkeeper, and the first Ugandan, to achieve that feat.
Mahmudur Rohman, 46, and Kamal Rahman, 54, both from Peterborough, were convicted at Leicester Crown Court following a trial last month.
Their conspiracy to commit fraud was uncovered by trading standards.
As well as the prison sentence, the men were disqualified from being company directors for four years.
Leicestershire Food Safety team began testing produce more regularly in the wake of the horsemeat scandal in 2013.
The team found meat being supplied to businesses as lamb was in fact turkey, and traced the suppliers back to Peterborough-based Dutch Bangla Ltd, whose director was Mahmudar Rohman.
The meat was being sold to butchers, wholesalers and restaurants in and around Leicestershire and also as far as Middlesbrough and Portsmouth.
The meat in question was neither lamb, nor halal, the judge in the case said.
Trading standards officers also seized a forged certificate which said the meat had been certified as halal - meaning it had been slaughtered according to Islamic ritual and was suitable for consumption by Muslims.
They estimated Dutch Bangla Ltd made a profit of between £300,000 and £400,000 between January 2013 and October 2014.
The prosecution offered no evidence on all counts against Dutch Bangla Ltd.
Rohman, of Rothbart Way, Peterborough, and Rahman, of Derby Drive, Peterborough, were given 12-month concurrent sentences for selling food not of the nature, quality and substance demanded, and giving or displaying food exposed for sale but labelled wrongly.
They were also each ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge.
With more than 26 people still unaccounted for, the death toll is expected to rise.
Firefighters battling the blaze on Wednesday found no survivors after bringing it under control.
Most of the victims are thought to have suffocated in thick black smoke from burning rubber and chemicals.
The Mayor of the Valenzuela suburb Rex Gatchalian said the government was "still praying and hoping that the 26, some of them, must have gotten out earlier in the morning and had gone to relatives" without telling officials they were safe.
Some of the bodies were still inside the building on Thursday morning.
The fire was reportedly started when sparks from welding work ignited flammable chemicals near the building's entrance.
The fire spread quickly and a few people escaped, but many more were trapped on the second floor of the building.
Some of those trapped texted family members asking for help, local media reported.
The factory is operated by Kentex Manufacturing, and produces rubber flip flops and sandals.
The fire took more than five hours to bring under control, and recovery of bodies has been suspended while engineers make the building safe.
The Philippines has lax safety standards and large fires are relatively common, particularly in slum areas.
CA's chief executive James Sutherland says the organisation has not broken any anti-discrimination rules and the policy is a "health and safety issue".
He added: "We are fully aware of our obligations as an employer."
The England & Wales Cricket Board says it does not have a "notification of pregnancy" rule for women cricketers.
"As employees of the ECB, England women's centrally contracted players are supported by the full terms of maternity conditions, as per any other female non-playing ECB employee," an ECB statement read.
"They are not required to declare if they are pregnant before they sign their contract."
It is unlawful to ask a woman if she is pregnant before employing them, under Australia's Sex Discrimination Act.
Sutherland insists that the organisation has not breached any regulations, and says CA has a policy of paying out the whole contract should a centrally-contracted cricketer become pregnant.
"We are fully aware of our obligations as an employer and any anti-discrimination issues. This is not about a matter of us trying to take a higher ground on discrimination," he told ABC Grandstand.
Sutherland says cricketers are required to inform Cricket Australia if they are pregnant when they sign a central contract, so the organisation can then work with the player to ensure the health of both mother and baby.
"We are asking the lady to declare to the doctor on a confidential basis so the doctor who services the team that she plays for can be aware and if anything untoward happens on the cricket field or at training or whatever, the needs of health and safety can be serviced," he said.
The retailer was found to be charging £1.89 for a 750ml bottle of water at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield was available for £1 in Leeds city centre.
Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff said the approach was "fundamentally wrong".
WH Smith said longer opening hours and higher costs were behind the pricing.
But Labour MP Ms Sherriff, who worked in the NHS before becoming an MP and sits on the Health Select Committee, said patients and visitors were "effectively being exploited".
She said shops had "unfortunately got a captive audience" at hospitals and added that the matter could be raised at the select committee.
BBC Radio Leeds compared the prices of water and stationery items at WH Smith shops in Pontefract and Wakefield hospitals with the retailer's branch near Trinity shopping centre in Leeds.
It found the 750ml bottle of water cost £1.49 in Pontefract hospital.
Other items that were more expensive included a pad of A4 paper that was priced about 60% higher in both hospitals - £3.99 compared to £2.49 in Leeds city centre.
The radio station also compared the cost of three different sandwiches at Marks & Spencer in St James' Hospital, Leeds with the company's Briggate branch in the city.
The sandwiches were all about 15% more expensive. A ham and cheese sandwich that cost £2.50 on Briggate was £2.90 in the hospital branch.
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the independent charity the Patients Association, said the higher prices were "just morally wrong".
"I am shocked because they are targeting the wrong people; poorly paid staff and patients. It is wrong to take advantage of a captive audience."
The association would support the matter being raised before the Health Select Committee, she added.
WH Smith said: "Locations such as hospitals are more complex environments to operate in, with certain operational costs being significantly higher than on the high street, for example longer opening hours, more complicated delivery arrangements and often higher occupational costs."
Marks & Spencer said prices in hospital "could be a little higher due to the increased running costs necessary to cover longer opening hours and convenient location".
Clarkson left the BBC's popular Top Gear show under a cloud in 2015 after punching producer Oisin Tymon.
He said: "I was never sacked from the BBC, they just didn't renew my contract on Top Gear."
Speaking to the Radio Times, he added: "I haven't left. I've just done QI and Have I Got News for You."
But he said he was enjoying one aspect of working with Amazon on new show The Grand Tour that he didn't experience at the BBC.
"The really big difference between Amazon and the BBC is when we finish a film on The Grand Tour, Amazon ring us up and squeak, 'It's brilliant, we love it!'... You never got that from the BBC."
However, in a separate interview, Clarkson praised the BBC for the way it nurtured talent.
He said it is a "brilliant organisation for letting you grow".
"Everything I know about making television I learnt from the BBC," he said.
"How long were we bumbling around on BBC Two? Three or four years I suppose? Awful. (We made) terrible mistakes and nobody was really watching and then after Richard Hammond went upside down, everybody started to watch.
"By then the show had got quite good. So (the BBC) is very good at letting a show develop and grow, until it becomes the masterpiece that is Autumnwatch now."
He added: "The Beeb was tremendous. They were bloody good people."
He also defended the corporation over talent salaries.
He described the new Royal Charter as "disgusting" for demanding all BBC employees who earn more than £150,000 must reveal their salaries.
"Nobody talks about their earnings. You just don't do it," said Clarkson.
"I think if you're going to put somebody in a management position running the BBC, for example, Tony Hall, you would assume and hope he is capable of deciding who gets paid what, and he doesn't have to explain it to every single Tom, Dick and Harry in the country."
The Grand Tour reunites Clarkson with his ex-Top Gear colleagues James May, Richard Hammond and producer Andy Wilman.
It launches on 18 November on Amazon Prime.
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Russian MPs have backed a bill to ban "undesirable" foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or firms.
The draft leaves the definition of "undesirable" open to interpretation.
Under an existing 2012 law, foreign-funded Russian NGOs linked to politics must register as "foreign agents". The label has connotations of spying.
A party loyal to President Vladimir Putin drafted the new law. His supporters dominate both houses of parliament.
The text going through the Duma - Russia's lower house - says it will be up to Russian prosecutors and the foreign ministry to decide if a foreign organisation or firm is "undesirable".
A foreigner declared "undesirable" could face a fine of up to 500,000 roubles (£6,343; $10,000) and up to six years in jail.
The bill passed a second reading in the Duma on Friday. It still requires a third reading, then approval by the upper house (Federation Council) and President Putin to become law. In most cases that is a formality.
The legislation comes amid frosty relations between Russia and the West, characterised by sanctions and counter-sanctions over Russia's involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
The BBC's Yuri Vendik in Moscow says the legislation opens up foreign firms to potential prosecution, because it does not include the word "non-commercial" in the text.
The MP who drafted it, Alexander Tarnavsky of the party A Just Russia, said he wanted foreign businesses to be covered by the law.
"Unfortunately some foreign organisations for various reasons are working against Russia.
"They may be ideological reasons, or in the interests of shareholders, or economic interests, it's normal for them to say: 'Come on, let's push Russia down, so the value of Russian shares goes down, and then we'll buy them,'" he told the BBC.
'Pressure on foreigners' - Yuri Vendik, BBC Russian:
This law is a way of strengthening pressure on foreigners - it can be seen as a political step.
It doesn't give any criteria to define "undesirable", so it is not clear which organisations could be affected - the language is not precise.
In theory they can punish whoever they like - businesses, media organisations. Or it could be an oil firm, or someone in the financial sphere.
Non-governmental organisations are not clearly defined in Russian law.
The text has been finished - there won't be more amendments now. But there might be a procedural delay before the Duma's third and final reading.
Pavel Chikov, head of a human rights umbrella group called Agora, said: "Simply declaring someone 'undesirable, we don't want to see him on our territory' will be a violation of international law and general legal principles, and of the civil legal code."
He predicted "a mass of disputes over interpretation of the law".
In a commentary on the draft law, the popular Russian daily Moskovsky Komsomolets said the "undesirable" label could be applied to any foreign organisation, "commercial and non-profit alike".
It said NGOs such as Medecins Sans Frontieres, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Reporters Without Borders and Transparency International "are certainly under threat".
It described the new law as a "weapon" that could be used "next time relations with the West escalate, or under the influence of paranoid 'anti-Maidan' nightmares" - referring to Russian fears of a Ukraine-style popular revolt against the government.
Ministers intervened over whether the Article 50 process to leave the EU can be triggered without MPs' approval.
The Welsh Conservatives have found just over £79,000 was spent on legal fees, plus travel and accommodation costs.
Monmouth Tory MP David Davies called it a waste of money, but the Welsh Government said it would not apologise for protecting Wales' interests.
A High Court ruling that MPs had to vote to trigger Article 50 led to a UK government appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Welsh Government took part in that hearing in December, with a ruling by the Supreme Court expected later in January.
The figures have been disclosed as a result of a Freedom of Information request made by the Welsh Conservatives.
They cover both the costs of attending the original High Court case and participating in the Supreme Court appeal.
At the Supreme Court, the Welsh Government argued that triggering Article 50 would "significantly change" the devolution settlement as it applies to Wales.
But the UK government dismissed that argument as "tortuous".
The disclosure shows:
Monmouth Conservative MP David Davies said: "What an absolute waste of taxpayers' cash, and all to pay for Mick Antoniw's tortuous bid to block Brexit.
"Ultimately, the weakness of the Welsh Government's case exposed this venture for what it was - a peacocking exercise, motivated by a combination of ego and an unwillingness to abide by the democratic process.
"It might not seem like a grand sum in the context of the Welsh Government's overall budget, but that kind of money could have paid for four full time Welsh NHS nurses which would have been a much better use of taxpayers' money."
The Welsh Government has denied that the case was a bid to block Brexit.
A spokesman said: "We do not apologise for intervening in what is one of the most significant constitutional legal cases in the UK's history.
"We did so to protect the interests of Wales and its devolved institutions.
"The people of the UK voted to leave the European Union, and we respect that decision.
"While Brexit will happen, the UK government cannot trigger it by overriding the British constitution.
"They need to act within the law.
"In the Supreme Court, we argued the process of leaving the EU must be carried out within the law, which includes respecting and adhering to the constitutional arrangements of the United Kingdom and the legal framework for devolution."
The plenary of the NSG ended on Friday without a decision on India's membership.
China said India should not become a member until it signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) - a key requirement for all NSG members.
The NSG sets global rules for international trade in nuclear energy technology.
In a statement following the end of the plenary session, the group confirmed that India's application had been discussed, reports India's PTI news agency.
"Participating governments reiterated their firm support for the full, complete and effective implementation of the NPT as the cornerstone of the international non-proliferation regime," the statement read.
India needed a unanimous vote in the 48-member group to become a member, but Beijing took the position that the rules should not be bent for India.
"Applicant countries must be signatories of the NPT. This is a pillar, not something that China set. It is universally recognised by the international community," the Reuters news agency quoted Wang Qun, the head of the arms control department in China's foreign ministry, as saying.
China was always the main opponent to India's US-backed bid to become an NSG member despite hectic diplomatic discussions between Delhi and Beijing.
US President Barack Obama had publicly endorsed India's candidacy during his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month and also urged other NSG members to consider it favourably.
Correspondents say that India's failure to secure a seat in the NSG will be seen as a setback to Mr Modi's foreign policy.
India's main opposition Congress party has referred to the development as an "embarrassment" to the country.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to realise that diplomacy needs depth and seriousness and not public tamasha [spectacle]," a party spokesman said.
RBS said a one-off dividend payment of £1.2bn to the UK government dragged down an otherwise profitable period.
Operating profits rose to £421m for the quarter, up from just £37m in 2015, but total revenue fell 13% to £3.06bn.
RBS is still 73% owned by taxpayers after its government bailout during the financial crisis.
The bank said that excluding the one-off payment to the government, which will allow RBS to resume paying dividends to private shareholders in due course, it would have posted a profit of £225m.
It said last month that dividend payments were not expected to resume for at least a year. The bank shares were trading down almost one percent on Friday morning at 243p per share.
Ross McEwan, chief executive, said: "This bank has great brands and great market positions and piece-by-piece we are building a solidly performing, profitable bank doing great things for customers and returning value for shareholders."
On Thursday, RBS said that spinning off its subsidiary Williams & Glyn, as demanded by the EU, was taking longer than expected.
Continuing efforts to restructure the business - including the Williams & Glyn separation - cost the bank £238m.
"Unfortunately the 'to do' list at RBS continues to grow," said Richard Hunter, head of research at Wilson King Investment Management, with the delays and costs associated with divesting Williams & Glyn "the latest fly in the ointment".
But day-to-day expense control provided a bright spot for the bank, as it tried to cut operating expenses by £800m a year by the end of 2016. So far this year, they are £189m lower.
RBS said there had been strong growth in both its mortgage and commercial businesses in the quarter.
However, challenging market conditions that have affected traders across the banking sector were a drag on revenues.
There were also sales of assets, such as Coutts private bank subsidiaries in Asia, the Middle East and Russia, that brought in less than had been expected.
Edwin Mee, 46, is accused of exploiting his position of trust and power to abuse or rape women while working at Army offices in Croydon, south London.
Mr Mee, of Tavistock Road, Croydon, denies the allegations.
A number of the women said he slapped their bottoms as they came into or left the room, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Prosecuting, Rosina Cottage asked the sergeant if he felt it gave him "power" over the women.
"It is a habit, isn't it - to slap them on their bottoms," she said.
He replied: "No ma'am, there is no habit to slap anyone on the bottom."
Mr Mee, who was a recruitment sergeant, said he could not have gotten any sexual pleasure from the acts as they "never" happened.
One of the alleged victims claimed the sergeant had told her he had caught his wife cheating before asking her out for coffee.
But Mr Mee told the court he had no recollection of the cadet.
He said he thought the girl had been lying about the incident, along with another where he allegedly asked to see her piercing.
Mr Mee denies 17 counts of sexual assault, three rapes and one count of assault by penetration.
The case continues.
It says more than 50 other soldiers were wounded on Saturday during the clashes with members of the Abu Sayyaf group on Basilan island.
Five militants including a Moroccan national were killed, the army said.
The army was reportedly targeting an Abu Sayyaf commander who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
The US government has offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.5m) for information leading to the capture of Isnilon Hapilon.
The Islamic State threat in South East Asia
At least four of the soldiers were beheaded in the clashes with about 100 Abu Sayyaf militants, AFP quoted a regional military spokesman as saying.
"Our group was heading to attack them. On the way, they were ambushed," Colonel Benedict Manquiquis, spokesman for the army unit involved in the battle, told radio station DZRH.
"The enemy had the high ground so no matter where our soldiers fled to seek cover, they could still be hit by the heavy firepower and improvised explosive devices," he said.
Among the five militants killed were a Moroccan, Mohammed Khattab, and one of Hapilon's sons, Ubaida, Reuters reported.
Government forces had moved against Abu Sayyaf after a series of abductions of foreigners, regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan said.
On Friday a retired Italian priest being held hostage by the group was released after six months in captivity.
Eighteen other foreign hostages including two Canadians and a Norwegian are being held in the Philippines.
Almost all are thought to be in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf group in encampments on Jolo island, near Basilan island.
The Abu Sayyaf group was set up in the early 1990s with money from al-Qaeda.
Eight restaurants in Annan, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie and Dumfries were targeted in the operation.
Home Office immigration enforcement officers and Police Scotland questioned staff between 26 February and 5 March.
Eight were detained pending their removal from the country while four were released on the condition they report to the Home Office regularly.
Among those arrested were people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
A spokesman for the Home Office said the businesses where the offenders were found could face a £20,000 fine for each illegal worker, unless they can provide proof that appropriate checks were carried out.
Assistant Director Adam Scarcliffe, from Home Office Immigration Enforcement, said: "Businesses in Scotland who employ illegal workers are defrauding the taxpayer, undercutting employers who ply an honest trade and cheating legitimate job seekers out of employment opportunities.
"We are happy to work with those who want to play by the rules but employers who break the law will face the consequences."
The restaurants targeted in the raids were the Jewel in the Crown, in Dumfries and Castle Douglas, Siemo Sieto in Dalbeattie and Dumfries, Jade Palace in Castle Douglas, Shilma Tandoori in Dumfries, Sitar in Annan and the Taj Mahal in Dalbeattie.
A letter sent to parents of pupils at Colley Lane Primary School in Halesowen said it was introducing a "zero tolerance" approach.
Staff have been criticised for thwarting attempts to keep the Black Country heritage alive.
Head teacher John White said the letter was only meant in the context of classroom teaching.
He added this was not "an attack on local culture".
He said: "The Black Country is a fantastic region with wonderful history and we're absolutely clear that this is not about damaging that in any way. It's about getting the best for our children.
"If children are using certain phrases, that can be confusing for them because when they come to spell that word, they are not saying it in standard English and that can hold them back."
The measure is accompanied by a guide explaining to parents the reasons for the ban.
The list of 10 banned words include prohibitions on saying 'you cor' rather than 'you can't'.
Mr White said literacy was the school's "biggest challenge" with 40% of the intake on free school meals - a measure of how many disadvantaged pupils there are in a school.
The head teacher said he was seeing an increasing number of pupils coming through nursery with little or no proper English, and put slipping standards of language down in part to "a reduction of conversations around the dinner table" at home.
He added teachers had spoken to colleagues at schools in Bradford and south London, where similar methods have been successfully employed.
Voice coach Sharyn Collins praised Mr White for the move: "I think the head master is brilliant and really brave."
But Stephen Pitts from Cradley Heath-based Black Country Tee Shirts, which produces clothing with Black Country phrases on them, said the rule was a setback to attempts to promote the dialect.
"It definitely does have a detrimental effect because it puts that stigmatism towards it," he said.
"You can't get rid of the Black Country dialect. It's bostin'. When people talk about heritage it is inherently wrapped up in the language."
He said "attitude, desire and work ethic" determined how successful people are - not accent.
A study shows that the magma chamber is about 2.5 times bigger than earlier estimates suggested.
A team found the cavern stretches for more than 90km (55 miles) and contains 200-600 cubic km of molten rock.
The findings are being presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
Prof Bob Smith, from the University of Utah, said: “We’ve been working there for a long time, and we’ve always thought it would be bigger... but this finding is astounding."
If the Yellowstone supervolcano were to blow today, the consequences would be catastrophic.
The last major eruption, which occurred 640,000 years ago, sent ash across the whole of North America, affecting the planet’s climate.
Now researchers believe they have a better idea of what lies beneath the ground.
The team used a network of seismometers that were situated around the park to map the magma chamber.
Dr Jamie Farrell, from the University of Utah, explained: “We record earthquakes in and around Yellowstone, and we measure the seismic waves as they travel through the ground.
“The waves travel slower through hot and partially molten material… with this, we can measure what’s beneath.”
The team found that the magma chamber was colossal. Reaching depths of between 2km and 15km (1 to 9 miles), the cavern was about 90km (55 miles) long and 30km (20 miles) wide.
It pushed further into the north east of the park than other studies had previously shown, holding a mixture of solid and molten rock.
“To our knowledge there has been nothing mapped of that size before,” added Dr Farrell.
The researchers are using the findings to better assess the threat that the volatile giant poses.
“Yes, it is a much larger system… but I don’t think it makes the Yellowstone hazard greater,” explained Prof Bob Smith.
“But what it does tell us is more about the area to the north east of the caldera.”
He added that researchers were unsure when the supervolcano would blow again.
Some believe a massive eruption is overdue, estimating that Yellowstone’s volcano goes off every 700,000 years or so.
But Prof Smith said more data was needed, because there had only been three major eruptions so far. These happened 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 640,000 years ago.
“You can only use the time between eruptions (to work out the frequency), so in a sense you only have two numbers to get to that 700,000 year figure,” he explained.
“How many people would buy something on the stock market on two days of stock data.”
In another study presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, researchers have been looking at other, more ancient volcanic eruptions that happened along the same stretch of continental plate that Yellowstone’s supervolcano sits on.
Dr Marc Reichow, from the University of Leicester, said: “We looked at a time window of between 12.5 to 8 million years ago. We wanted to know how to identify these eruptions and find out how frequently they happened.”
The team found there were fewer volcanic events during this period than had been estimated, but these eruptions were far larger than was previously thought.
Dr Reichow added: “If you look at older volcanoes, it helps to understand what Yellowstone is likely to do.”
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The £800,000 fund is aimed at Scots who are classed as physically inactive, meaning they do less than 30 minutes of exercise three or four times a week.
About 21% of people fit that category, according to the Scottish government, which has launched the scheme a year after the Glasgow 2014 Games.
Grants of up to £70,000 are available to local community projects.
Groups most at risk of being inactive include people with a disability or long-term health conditions, the elderly, teenage girls and some ethnic minority groups.
The scheme is being run by Spirit of 2012, an independent trust and Commonwealth Games legacy partner.
Sport Minister Jamie Hepburn said: "We have always been determined to ensure that the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will leave a lasting legacy.
"One of the key parts of that is putting in place long-term changes that will encourage Scotland to be more physically active. Today's announcement adds to the investment and programmes we have put in place.
"We need a culture change where more people understand that being physically active is one of the best things you can do to improve your health and can take action to be more active in their daily lives."
Debbie Lye, chief executive of Spirit of 2012, said: "Events are not a magic wand. Yet, with the right support and investment, they can be the spark to generate change.
"Once the lights go down on the closing ceremony the real work starts. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year were a momentous milestone in the history of a brilliant city, and now it's time to help the legacy live on.
"We were delighted to be asked to work in partnership with the Scottish government to increase levels of physical activity, promoting well-being across Scotland."
Kevin Heaney, 41, of Mourne View Park, Newry, faces charges of belonging to the IRA.
He is also charged with receiving training in bomb making.
Mr Heaney was refused bail as more details of an MI5 operation at a house in Newry were disclosed.
The property at Ardcarn Park had been bugged for three months before it was raided last November.
Prosecutors said bomb-making classes and discussions about setting up regional factories for explosives were also captured on tape.
A total of nine meetings were recorded, with issues allegedly under discussion including membership of an outlawed organisation, weapons procurement and training, terrorist funding, the construction of pipe bombs and plans to commit acts of terrorism.
Based on voice analysis Mr Heaney is alleged to have been present four times during September and October.
Prosecution counsel claimed the first of those occasions involved talks about the locations of Policing Board meetings in Newry and potential attacks on staff members.
Planning the shooting of businessmen whose premises hosted PSNI events was also covered, it was claimed.
"The applicant also identifies a local hotel as a location used by the Policing Board during community meetings, and there's a discussion on taking action against staff for letting police use these premises," the prosecutor said.
The court heard claims that Mr Heaney and co-accused Patrick 'Mooch' Blair, a 59-year-old from Villas Park in Dundalk, County Louth, were the only ones present at a second meeting.
On that occasion they allegedly talked about making bombs.
Mr Heaney allegedly returned to the house a third time where those gathered discussed purchasing a telescopic sight and silencer for £2,000, and the capabilities of a rifle and high-powered round of ammunition.
A defence barrister argued that the accused had an entitlement to bail, irrespective of the "heinous" charges against him.
He also argued that any risk of re-offending had been nullified by the number of suspects remanded in custody following the operation.
"With 10 people arrested and associated with this address this has, for all intents and purposes, if the prosecution case is correct, wiped out the organisational structure of what they claim to be this organisation," the lawyer contended.
But refusing bail, the judge held there was a risk of further crimes being committed.
The third hurdle on the road to Wembley - after the extra preliminary round and the preliminary round - will see another 116 eliminated over the next few days as clubs battle for a second qualifying round place.
There's a 43-year-old former Premier League striker and FA Cup semi-finalist taking part at this stage as well as the team whose joint managers are brothers.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the stories to feature in the first qualifying round.
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Waterlogged pitches, international call-ups, floodlight failure... all frequent reasons games have to be rearranged.
But when was the last time you heard a match had been been moved because of a cheese show?
Frome Town's tie with West Country rivals Chippenham Town has been brought forward from Saturday to Friday because it clashes with the town's biggest event of the year.
The Frome Agricultural and Cheese Show attracted 20,000 visitors last year and officials of the Southern League Premier Division club acted amid fears the attendance would be hit if the tie was not rescheduled.
"Chippenham are only a few miles down the road and we'd like to think we could expect a crowd of around 500 or 600," Frome secretary and managing director Ian Pearce told BBC Sport.
"But the cheese show is huge, the biggest event in the town's calendar.
"It would have had a big knock-on effect in terms of the attendance had we not re-arranged the date.
"A lot of our fans like going to the cheese show, including our chairman, Jeremy Alderman, who is one of the show's sponsors."
Frome, who play in the seventh tier, have former Hearts defender Jake Hutchings in their squad.
Barry Hayles will be 44 when the 2016 FA Cup final takes place on 21 May, but Chesham United's former Premier League striker has no plans to retire.
Hayles, who played three seasons in the top flight with Fulham, scoring 13 times in 75 appearances, is showing no sign of slowing down after joining the 13th club of his career in the summer.
"A few of the boys tell me I'll still be playing at 50," joked Hayles, ahead of Chesham's home tie with Aylesbury.
"Seriously, I will keep on playing until my phone stops ringing."
Hayles's enthusiasm for the game - he made his debut for Stevenage Borough, a non-League team at the time, in 1994 - is as strong as it was when he was scoring against Chelsea and Tottenham.
The 2002 FA Cup semi-finalist played for Truro City last season, making 550-mile round trips from his London home to the Cornwall-based club for games.
Hayles is player-coach at Buckinghamshire-based Chesham, who play in the Southern League Premier Division.
Having served under ex-England boss Kevin Keegan and Wales manager Chris Coleman during his professional playing days, Hayles is keen to embark on a managerial career.
"I started my playing career in non-league and worked my way up. I want to work my way up the coaching ladder too," he added.
Chesham manager Andy Leese said: "Barry is incredibly fit and his appetite for the game is phenomenal.
"He might be 43 but he can still out-run players a lot younger than him."
Alsager Town have already rewritten the club's record books this season by winning back-to-back FA Cup ties for the first time in their history.
The Bullets - nicknamed because of the Royal Ordnance Factory in the area, now BAE Systems - will compete in the second qualifying round for the first time if the North West Counties Premier Division's bottom side see off Burscough.
It will be a remarkable turn of events if ninth-tier Alsager do, four years after their future was threatened when fire ripped through the clubhouse and changing rooms at Wood Park Stadium.
"It was an asbestos building so it was condemned to be demolished," chairman Terry Greer said. "All that was left was a pitch.
"For about four months we played every game away from home."
The Cheshire-based club have risen from the ashes since the fire, caused by an electrical fault, in 2011.
New changing rooms and a clubhouse have been built while Alsager have earned £3,425 in prize money for advancing to the first qualifying round after defeating Barnsley-based Athersley Recreation and Shaw Lane Aquaforce this season.
Defeat eighth-tier Burscough and they will pocket a further £3,000.
"Until this season we had not won an FA Cup tie since 2006," added Greer.
Arlesey Town are banking on a brotherly double act to propel them on a money-spinning run in this season's competition.
Former Norwich City striker Zema Abbey and his younger brother Nathan, the ex-Luton Town goalkeeper, are in charge of the Southern League Division One Central team.
The eighth-tier Bedfordshire club, whose former players include ex-Brighton striker Craig Mackail-Smith and ex-Reading forward Dave Kitson, are away to Brentwood Town.
"Nathan and I both have our own opinion and it is not always the same. We agree to disagree," said Zema, 38, who is 15 months older than his sibling.
"We have our differences but we know how to speak to one another in the right way."
Zema scored seven goals in 59 league appearances during four years at Norwich between 2000-2004. Nathan's former clubs include Brentford and Chesterfield.
"We played together at Boston United and we also played against one another in a reserve game when Nathan was goalkeeper at Northampton and I was a striker for Norwich," added Zema.
"I remember he denied me with a lucky save."
It is not often a club from the ninth tier can boast a former Germany youth international who grew up playing alongside Philipp Lahm at Bayern Munich.
Former Nottingham Forest midfielder Eugen Bopp, 32, came out of retirement at the start of the season to sign for Midland League Premier Division Dunkirk, who are away to Belper Town.
Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger was a year below Bopp at Bayern's academy, but it is Germany's World Cup-winning captain Lahm whom the Ukraine-born player remembers fondly.
"We grew up side by side before we took our own paths," Bopp told BBC Sport. "I went to Nottingham Forest at the age of 17, Philipp stayed at Bayern Munich."
Nottinghamshire-based Dunkirk are managed by Nick Hawkins, a former team-mate of Bopp's at Forest.
Hawkins was part of the Chasetown team that went from the FA Cup preliminary round to the third round in 2008 - and is desperate to repeat the feat as manager of the Boatmen, whose ground is situated on the banks of the River Trent.
"We entered at the extra preliminary stage and have already won £3,425 in prize money for getting through two rounds," said Hawkins. "That's an awful lot of money when you are a club with a weekly budget of £200-£300."
Blyth Spartans enter the competition this weekend and will be looking to match last season's run to the third round, where they lost 3-2 to Championship side Birmingham after going 2-0 ahead.
That lucrative run earned them about £100,000 profit, and they were rewarded with an appearance by the FA Cup trophy at their club on Thursday.
"It was fantastic for the supporters to have the trophy here, a few hundred came down to take pictures with it," manager Tom Wade told BBC Sport. "To get so far in the competition last year was like winning the World Cup.
"The prize money was invested in various projects such as installing a water irrigation system for the pitch because the water pressure at the club is very poor.
"The pitch was reseeded and there was a general tidying up of the ground. The clubhouse was done up with a new toilet block put in and a total redecoration of it with new tables and chairs. It all costs money and soon disappears."
Blyth face a tricky tie at north-east rivals Spennymoor Town on Saturday.
The blast, which shook buildings in the Apapa area, happened during a transfer of fuel, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) said.
Firefighters have been at the scene and four people were wounded in the blast, AFP news agency reports.
Many tankers dock at jetties in the port in Lagos to load and unload petroleum products.
Willem Auret, who witnessed the blast from a ship on its way to Snake Island in Apapa, said he saw a tanker barge catch fire at about 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT).
"The fire started slowly and then expanded into chaos, exploding more than once," he told the BBC.
"After the initial explosion, which I caught on camera, there was a secondary explosion," he said.
It took about an hour and a half for the port authorities to arrive on the scene, he said.
"First one tugboat arrived... then several others joined it in an attempt to extinguish the fire. They seem to have the fire under control now."
Nema's Akande Iyiola told the BBC that the oil depot at Tin Can Island port where the explosion occurred was owned by the petroleum company MRS Oil.
"I felt the explosion from where we are," Charles Osagie, who works at an import-and-export office in the district, told AFP.
Nigeria is one of the world's biggest oil producers, but imports refined petrol.
Jama Ahmed, 26, is on trial alongside Asif Yousaf, 33, charged with the murder of Jordan Thomas, 22, in 2014.
Mr Thomas was shot twice in the chest as he sat in a car on Derek Dooley Way.
Mr Ahmed, from Sheffield, denies murdering Mr Thomas, saying there had "never been a problem" between them. Mr Yousaf, from Sheffield, denies murder.
Prosecutors say Mr Thomas was shot by a lone gunman at about 22:15 GMT on 21 December in an attack linked to the fatal stabbing of Mubarak Ali in 2011 by Mr Thomas's cousin James Knowles.
It is alleged the man got out of a burgundy Mitsubishi Shogun and fired two shots at Mr Thomas and a third at driver Neshaun Ferguson.
Mr Ahmed, however, told Sheffield Crown Court that on the day of the killing he had been watching DVDs at an address in Broomhall before going home.
Asked if he knew who had killed Mr Thomas he said: "I would love to know. I'm completely innocent."
Mr Ahmed and Mr Thomas were allegedly involved in an altercation between two groups outside a Sheffield nightclub two days before the attack.
Mr Ahmed told the court he had been at the nightclub to sell drugs but was not involved in the incident.
He said he and Mr Thomas had played for the same football team and there had "never been a problem", but was aware that some people he knew "did not like anyone related to James Knowles".
Co-defendant Mr Yousaf told the court on Tuesday he had bought the car used in the shooting in exchange for crack cocaine but said he was not in the vehicle when the shooting happened.
He said he had given the vehicle to Mr Ahmed in Philadelphia Gardens, Upperthorpe, however, Mr Ahmed told the court that he had not been to that address, saying Mr Yousaf was lying.
Mr Ahmed, of Broomhall Place, and Mr Yousaf, of Violet Bank Road, also deny the attempted murder of Mr Ferguson.
Yousaf's father, Mohammed Yousaf, 61, also of Violet Bank Road, denies attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The trial continues.
As reported in the Cambridge News, Ken Smith, who runs Buckingham Emergency Food from Histon, received many thousands more than his £2,380 order.
The charity sends the cards as Christmas presents for mothers and children living in women's shelters.
Tesco said it was an "operational error" and the correct number of cards were sent out the following day.
The mistake affected four other customers, the supermarket giant said, and £860,000-worth of gift cards were sent out in total, instead of the £16,000-worth ordered.
The company said it was "extremely grateful for [the customers'] honesty".
Mr Smith said he knew something was up when Tesco rang him on Tuesday morning, "sounding a little cagey" to say there was a problem with his order.
He said: "I was pacing up and down, waiting for the cards as I needed to get them posted off this week, when a large box was delivered.
"I thought, 'is this a case of wine or a large turkey order?', but when I cut it open I saw thousands of £100 gift cards."
He had been expecting 23 gift cards to arrive.
Tesco cancelled the cards and Mr Smith received the correct number on Wednesday, while a courier collected the wrong order on Thursday.
Buckingham Emergency Food was founded by Norfolk farmer Mike Buckingham 30 years ago.
Now run from Cambridgeshire, it supplies 210 charities in East Anglia and the north west of England with £200,000-worth of food for Christmas meals, much of which is donated by farmers.
The charities range from homeless hostels and women's refuges to churches running lunches for people who are alone on Christmas Day.
The £100 gift cards are intended as presents for women living in the shelters "to spend on whatever they wish, be it sausages or party hats", said Mr Smith.
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Broad took a career-best 8-15 as England - 2-1 leaders in the series - bowled out Australia for 60.
They then reached 274-4, with Joe Root scoring 124, by the close of a stunning opening day of the fourth Test.
"It was one of those days you dream of," he said. "It's been the perfect day but it starts again tomorrow.
"A 214-run lead after day one is probably as powerful a performance as I've ever seen or been involved in."
After England won the toss and put Australia in, Broad set the tone for an electrifying morning by taking two wickets in his first over to become the fifth Englishman to pass 300 in Tests.
In taking his first five wickets in 19 balls, he equalled the fastest five-wicket-haul in Test history before recording his career-best figures.
"My previous best-ever bowling was 7-12 against Kimbolton School under-15s so it was nice to get that against Australia I must admit," he added.
"I keep looking up at the scoreboard and it doesn't look real to me. It hasn't sunk in, but it's a bit of a freak day, the kind you work hard for, train for. You want those days when it all works for you and today was one of those days.
"It was probably the all-round perfect fielding and bowling performance backed up with some outstanding batting."
Every one of Broad's eight wickets were slip catches, including an astonishing one-handed effort by Ben Stokes to dismiss Adam Voges.
"He had no right to catch it," said Broad. "I think you could see Adam Lyth already setting off to third man to collect the ball.
"It was an incredible catch. He's got a really nasty broken finger from a few years ago. He can't straighten one of his fingers and he's claiming it was the claw that caught it."
Despite England's dominant position, Broad expects Australia to make them work hard to regain the urn over the remainder of the match.
"We've been conscious all week to not talk about winning the Ashes because I think that mentally takes you to a dangerous place," Broad added.
"We've been very focussed on making sure it's been all about us. Alastair Cook said let's enjoy the next hour in the changing room, but let's reset for tomorrow because Australia will fight back.
"That's the sort of characters they are and we want to try to bat them out of the game."
Nasa said that the walk will happen on 15 January and he will try and replace a broken piece of equipment on the outside of the International Space Station.
Tim Peake will be joined by fellow astronaut Tim Kopra to carry out the spacewalk.
Tim arrived for a six-month stay on the ISS in December.
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Huddersfield photographer Golcar Matt snapped the cloud in the East Midlands and submitted it to the BBC Weather Watchers website.
BBC Weather presenter Alina Jenkins said it was a common cumulus cloud, which can often be seen forming shapes in the sky.
"They're formed by the sun heating the air at the surface," she said.
"The air then rises and as it does it cools and condenses to create the "cotton wool" type clouds which often take on interesting shapes.
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"How many times have you thought one looks like an elephant or a train for example?"
She added: "It would have been quite a bit larger earlier in the afternoon but once we started to lose some of the daytime heating it began to break up and for a short time looked like a map of the UK."
Commenting on the photograph on Facebook, Andrew Yeung said: "This is how Hard Brexit will look," while Dru Lawson said: "Leaked pics of the UK doing a Brexit."
Christopher Broadbent said: "I know what it's meant to look like but all I can see is the ghost in the original Ghostbuster film in the opening library scene."
The photograph follows other recent interesting captures of our skies, including one of a cloud shaped like Concorde and a rare lunar rainbow, called a moonbow.
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The Playing Our Part appeal is fronted by BBC NI's Barra Best and BBC Radio Ulster's Kim Lenaghan.
It encourages as many people as possible to play their part and advises on some simple ways to help an older person.
They include calling or visiting them, helping out with some jobs around their house or just making some time for an older friend or relative.
The latest advert to go viral on social media is from a German supermarket chain.
In it an lonely man invites his far-flung family to his funeral at Christmas, only to surprise them with Christmas dinner.
Their father asks them "how else could I bring you all together?"
The advert tugs on the emotional heart strings over elderly people left alone at Christmas.
BBC News NI's Mervyn Jess talked to pensioners at an Age NI centre in east Belfast what they thought of the advert.
Among them was Robert, a stroke sufferer, who's been living alone for the last nine years.
"It brings tears to my eyes," he said.
"Watching it there I immediately thought back to my own family and the times we had at Christmas."
Siobhan Casey of Age NI said some people she had talked to about such adverts loved them, while some disliked them intensely.
"From an Age NI perspective we see these ads as important, in so far as they're shining a spotlight on what we know to be happening," she said.
"We know that one in three people are lonely, we know that 30,000 older people feel trapped in their own homes
"So these type of adverts just make that suggestion, which is what we're doing with Playing Our Part with the BBC.
"It's asking people to just reach out, nothing grand no big gestures - sharing a cup of tea, particularly the phone call, or conversation, because it might be the only conversation that older person might have that day.
"We're asking everybody to reach out to their older friends or neighbours."
Speaking about the campaign, Radio Ulster's Kim Lenaghan said that while loneliness and social isolation do not only affect older people, they are a problem for many in later life.
"As neighbours and family members there are lots of things we can do to help make a difference," she said.
"The message is simple - everyone can play their part - as individuals, organisations and communities - and it is the small things that can make a huge impact."
But League chairman Greg Clarke still hopes City can resolve the long-running row with their Ricoh Arena landlords for the sake of their fans.
"The board did not take this decision lightly," said Clarke.
"It remains a matter of deep regret that the two parties involved cannot come to an agreement."
After the long-running saga of their rent row with Arena Coventry Ltd (ACL), Coventry agreed the groundshare deal at Sixfields in the wake of last month's takeover of the club by the Otium Entertainment Group.
Of course Coventry should be playing in Coventry but the reason why they cannot for this temporary period is not down to us
A statement released by the League on Monday afternoon stated that their board of directors had "reluctantly approved an application by Otium Entertainment Group - the administrator's preferred bidder for Coventry City FC Limited - for Coventry City to play its home matches at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium for an initial period of three seasons."
"Of course Coventry should be playing in Coventry, but the reason why they cannot for this temporary period is not down to us," said Northampton chairman David Cardoza.
"There wasn't any plan for us to try and tempt another club away from their local community for our financial gain. We are simply helping a fellow football club, at their request.
"Had we not reached agreement, and had Coventry been forced to look somewhere else, it may have been at a stadium even further away than Sixfields and with a club who were less aware of the sensitivity and emotion felt by Coventry fans.
"All we can do is make the period when they are playing their home games at Sixfields as bearable as possible for Coventry and their supporters."
When home fixtures clash, Northampton's games will take priority.
"If both teams are at home on the same weekend, Coventry will play on the Sunday and, if there is a midweek clash, Coventry will play on the Wednesday," said Cardoza.
"No Northampton Town games will be moved as part of this arrangement, subject to any television requirements."
This occurs for 15 of Northampton's 23 scheduled home matches next season, the first clash coming on the opening day, 10 August, when the Cobblers face Newport, with Coventry now forced to host their 'home' game against Bristol City a day later.
against the club moving out of the city last week and Clarke said the Football League believed clubs should play in the towns or cities from which they take their names.
"Nonetheless, from time to time, the board is asked to consider temporary relocations as a means for securing a club's ongoing participation in our competition.
"With no prospect of an agreement being reached between Otium and ACL, the board was placed in an unenviable position - with the very real possibility of Coventry City being unable to fulfil its fixtures for next season," he added.
"This would inevitably call into question the club's continued membership of the Football League."
Coventry have been in administration since March, and despite being they to pay creditors.
Meanwhile, Otium are required to provide a performance bond of £1m for the League as an assurance of the club's commitment to return to the Coventry area.
Most of the attacks involved viruses, spyware or malware, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey says. A quarter of large firms experiencing a cyber breach did so at least once a month.
Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said it was "absolutely crucial businesses are secure and can protect data".
In some cases the internet-linked attacks cost millions of pounds.
The survey's results have been released alongside the government's Cyber Governance Health Check, launched following the TalkTalk cyber attack in October last year.
The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said some of their banking details and personal information could have been accessed in the breach.
In light of these surveys, businesses are now being urged to protect themselves better.
Mr Vaizey said: "The UK is a world-leading digital economy and this government has made cyber security a top priority.
"Too many firms are losing money, data and consumer confidence with the vast number of cyber attacks. It's absolutely crucial businesses are secure and can protect data."
The survey also suggested seven out of 10 attacks could have been prevented, and added that only a fifth of businesses understand the dangers of sharing information with third parties.
The government is investing £1.9bn over the next five years to tackle and prevent cyber crime, and a new National Cyber Security Centre will offer security support.
Also, a national cyber security strategy will be published later this year, setting out proposals to improve online security for the government, among businesses and for consumers.
He told Fox News a "wiretap covers a lot of different things" and hinted more could emerge in the coming weeks.
Mr Obama has denied the charge and former spy chiefs and several lawmakers have said they have seen no evidence.
The latest senior figure to cast doubt on the allegation was the Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee.
Devin Nunes said on Wednesday he doesn't believe "there was an actual tap of Trump Tower".
Earlier this month, Mr Trump tweeted that President Obama had wiretapped his phones during the presidential campaign.
In a series of tweets, he accused his predecessor directly, asking: "Is it legal for a sitting President to be 'wire tapping' a race for president?"
Talking to Fox News in an interview that will be broadcast in full on Wednesday night, the president made his first comments about the wiretap accusation he made two weeks ago.
He said: "Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks."
Despite repeated requests from reporters, the White House has not provided any evidence to support the president's claim.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said Mr Trump "used the word 'wiretap' in quotes to mean broadly surveillance and other activities".
And he was not accusing Mr Obama personally, Mr Spicer said.
Mr Trump asked Congress to examine the allegation as part of an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year's election.
Senator Lindsey Graham, who is leading the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation of allegations of Trump-Russia ties, has pressed the FBI to come forward with more details of its own probe into the issue.
Mr Graham said on Wednesday he would use a court order to force FBI Director James Comey to submit details on its Russian investigation and whether there was any evidence of Mr Trump's phones being wiretapped.
Mr Comey promised on Wednesday to provide answers in a classified briefing.
US intelligence agencies found that Russia conducted cyber-attacks against the Democratic Party as part of an effort to influence the election in Mr Trump's favour.
Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement.
Mr Trump has been dogged by claims that his advisers and staff had ties to Russian officials, but there has been no evidence of any collusion between his campaign and Moscow.
Meat sales were down by £300m in 2016, a report by The Grocer said, while pre-prepared fish sales were up by over £30m.
It said health warnings such as those linking processed meats to cancer had played a part.
Fruit and vegetable sales were also up, driven by the popularity of avocados, blueberries and raspberries.
The number of people buying fresh meat in supermarkets has dropped by 4.4% throughout the year, according to the report based on data from Nielsen, but no product has been hit as hard as pork.
Bacon sales dropped by over £122m during the 12 months, whilst sausage sales declined by £51m.
Richard Esau, marketing director of Tulip - a meat supply chain company - said a report by the World Health Organisation linking processed meats to cancer had played a part.
"People are trying to eat less but higher quality meat," he said. "The challenge for bacon is to emulate sausages, which have seen fantastic growth at the premium end."
Chicken managed to see a small rise in sales of 0.3% - equivalent to an extra £2.2m.
In meat's place, fresh fish sales have seen a rise, with pre-prepared products, up by over £30m and smoked salmon up by £6.9m.
'From the counter' fish did not fare as well, with a £26.6m drop, and frozen fish saw a 2.1% drop in sales, with seven of the top 10 sellers seeing a fall.
But producers said with a focus on more premium products, there was hope of recovery in the market.
Yvonne Adam, marketing director at Young's Seafood, said: "While there is some switching to chilled fish, frozen fish is outperforming frozen food in general.
"There is significant growth in some categories of frozen fish as more and more people look to frozen, or trade up, for value and quality."
Sales of avocados, blueberries and raspberries helped boost the fruit and vegetables market, with a £175.6m increase on 2015.
And whilst still behind its biggest rival, Pepsi saw a rise in sales of 7.1% (£29.6m), compared to a £48.2m fall for Coca Cola.
But there was some bad news for consumers.
A poor harvest in southern Europe, alongside currency fluctuations, means a predicted price rise in olive oil next year. Tomatoes have already seen a price hike of 10% and Prosecco prices are looking likely to rise in 2017.
The report added that several years of food deflation were at an end, with a return to inflation "inevitable" because of a drop in the value of Sterling.
Tesco still dominated the supermarket share, holding 27.6% of the market (down by 0.1% on 2015), but the budget supermarkets continued to improve.
Aldi's share rose by 15.7% to account for 7.1% of the market in 2016, whilst Lidl was up by 11.5% from last year to account for 4.6%.
Asda saw the biggest loss of market share for the year, down by 5.2% to 14.5%.
The 33-year-old, who has won seven Grand Tours, has spent the last six years with Tinkoff but they are folding at the end of this season.
Contador is one of only six riders to have won all three Grand Tours, although he has not won the Tour de France since 2009.
"The big objective is to try and win the most important races - first and foremost the Tour de France," he said.
"Trek-Segafredo is a very attractive and ambitious project that really inspires me. I am convinced that this team can provide me with the best structure and bring me in the best conditions to the races."
The US-registered team have also brought in Contador's long-term domestique, Jesus Hernandez, and Tinkoff directeur sportif Steven de Jongh.
Air France-KLM reported a better-than-expected improvement in third quarter earnings while Germany's Lufthansa raised its full year profit target as a result of strong demand and low fuel prices.
There have been strikes at both airlines as they tried to compete with lower-cost rivals.
Shares in both airlines have fallen.
"We cannot expect to fly for too long with a tailwind of low oil prices," said Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr.
While it raised its full year profit forecast, it stressed that "does not incorporate any strike-related costs which might be incurred between now and year-end".
For the first nine months of the year it reported a net profit of €1.75bn ($1.92bn; £1.26bn), up from €482m in the same period of 2014.
Meanwhile, Air France-KLM reported a net loss of €158m for the first nine months, compared with a loss of €533m for the corresponding period last year.
"This improvement is however not sufficient to bridge the competitiveness gap with our competitors or to generate the financial resources required to finance the group's growth," said chairman Alexandre de Juniac, inviting union representatives to resume negotiations.
Lufthansa shares fell 2.9% in Frankfurt, while Air France shares fell 1.5% in Paris.
Last month a German court ordered the end of a strike at Lufthansa, which affected 1,000 flights and was the 13th stoppage in 18 months.
Earlier this month, two Air France managers had their shirts torn as they were forced by angry workers to flee a meeting about job cuts .
The parliament too was in uproar with opposition MPs shouting slogans accusing PM Narendra Modi's government of failing to protect the Dalits.
The four Dalit men were assaulted while trying to skin a dead cow.
Many Hindus consider cows sacred and the slaughter of the animal is banned in many Indian states.
Last year, a Muslim man was lynched by a violent mob that attacked his house over allegations that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.
There have several other attacks across India where Muslim men have been accused of eating or smuggling beef.
A video of the four Dalit men, believed to be tannery workers, being stripped and beaten with sticks allegedly by the members of a Hindu hardline group last week in Gujarat's Una town has gone viral and sparked massive protests by Dalit groups.
On Wednesday, groups of protesters were seen walking around the streets of Ahmedabad city, armed with wooden sticks and shouting slogans.
Protests, which began on Monday, have now spread to several parts of the state.
Protesters have set government buses on fire, blocked a national highway and clashed with the police.
On Tuesday, police fired teargas shells and used sticks to control the stone-pelting mobs.
One senior officer was killed and several others were wounded in the clash.
Hundreds of people have been detained.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has said that her government was committed to protecting the Dalits and ordered an inquiry into the incident. Four policemen have been suspended.
One woman who wears an elaborate sequin dress taps out a beat on a drinks flask, as a man beside her grooves away to the rhythm in his head.
The other man turns to his companions and beams: "It's carnival time." His words imbued with a heavy Caribbean accent.
The quarter nod in expectant unison. Their is excitement is shared across the capital as the Notting Hill Carnival marks its 50th anniversary.
Anybody who departs Notting Hill Gate station is immediately hit by the distinctive sounds, smells and sights of carnival.
Whistles shriek, horns bellow and in the distance is the rumble of bass lines being emitted by hundreds of speakers.
The crowds pass beneath the empty grand houses of west London, their gates and windows sealed off by wooden boards, many of which have been utilised by graffiti artists - or those just wanting to leave their mark.
Further up the road a painter has set up an easel on the pavement to capture the event on canvas.
One teenager turns to his friends: "Well boys, we've finally made it", he says as they approach the parade route.
Thousands of people line the street waiting for the colours and dancing of the Mas bands.
In the distance a Brazilian drumming group pounds out samba rhythms in perfect unison.
They stop every so often, waving their drums and sticks in the air to the cheers of the crowd.
Raymond and Bee, who are on holiday from Australia, watch the parade as it passes.
Despite having previously lived in London, this is their first time at the carnival. "It's brilliant", they say as they sway with the music.
Another samba band follows, this one a kaleidoscope of sequins and feathers.
Dancers stacked high on decorated floats gyrate and sing as the crowds respond in turn.
A policeman waiting along the route bobs in time to the beat as another is grabbed for a selfie by a group of young girls.
As the day progresses, the streets within the parade route become busier and the smoke from the many roadside barbecues thickens, occasionally engulfing parts of the crowd.
A couple named Anne and JD wait by a wall for their friends to join them.
"I've been coming since I was 11, I used to be on the floats," Anne says.
They are here to celebrate their 30th anniversary: "We first met at the carnival."
Anne says the event has "changed a lot" over the years.
"JD doesn't really like it so much these days but it's been great so far today," she says.
On the streets the blaring rhythms of the sound systems create a sonic crossfire, competing for the attention of those who pass by.
A man holding a megaphone stalks outside a jerk chicken stall, urging passers by to join him for a dance.
Above a bar which commemorates the Empire Windrush, the famous ship used by Caribbean immigrants after World War Two, a ska band play to throngs of bouncing people.
Two friends, Sue and Bernardette, rest on a nearby pavement eating jerk chicken and salt fish.
They say they have travelled from Essex for their first carnival and have been impressed.
"It's been lovely. Really amazing", Sue says. "We hope to come back next year with more of our friends".
Judging by the atmosphere around the area, there will be plenty of others back in 2017 too.
It has been generating electricity on the island since 1971, employing thousands of workers since work began on construction in 1963.
"I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans. @GeorgeMichael #RIP"
"Me, his loved ones, his friends, the world of music, the world at large. 4ever loved. A xx"
"Another Great Artist leaves us."
"I am thinking of @GeorgeMichael's family, friends and fans right now.
"He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
"What a beautiful voice he had and his music will live on as a testament to his talent. I can't believe he is gone. I hope the Buddha will hold him in his arms."
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The Late Late Show host, whose regular Carpool Karaoke slot began when he did it with George Michael for Comic Relief in 2011, said: "I've loved George Michael for as long as I can remember. He was an absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time."
Singer Paul Young, who performed on the 1984 Band Aid hit Do They Know it's Christmas? with Michael, told BBC Radio 5 live that audiences "connected" with his voice.
He spoke about the time Michael joined him on stage for a Princes Trust Concert to do a duet on Young's hit Every Time You go Away.
"He was literally straight out of the car, a quick chat on stage, no warm-ups or anything, and he just sang like a bird. Unbelievable really."
"2016 - loss of another talented soul. All our love and sympathy to @GeorgeMichael's family."
Brit and Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Sam Smith wrote: "@GeorgeMichael. Words can't express how much you and your music meant and means to me.
"Please play his music as loud as you can today & celebrate one of the most magical, talented, bravest & important figures in music & life as I know it. Your music & message will live on."
Smith added: "I would not be the artist I am if it wasn't for you."
"We are incredibly sad at the passing of our dear friend George Michael. A brilliant artist & great songwriter."
McElderry, who performed Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me with Michael on his way to winning X Factor in 2009, said: "So sad to hear about George Michael!
"I was so lucky to have met him and even luckier to perform with him what a lovely man he was!"
"Absolutely devastated about George Michael."
"Sad to hear the news about George Michael , and so many great singers and songwriters we lost this year."
"Very sad to hear the news about George Michael. An incredible talent who brought joy to millions of us with his music."
"Sad to hear that George Michael has died. He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights."
"This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years."
"R.I.P. George Michael. You inspired many and your music will live on in the hearts of the community. You will be sorely missed x."
"This is a tough day in a brutal year. but i'm so grateful for what he left us"
The probe, first proposed in July, has now been confirmed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
It will investigate the difficulties customers face in switching banks, the lack of smaller competitors to the "big four" banks, and lending to businesses.
Some large banks said the probe was unnecessary.
Theoretically, the inquiry could conclude that a break-up of the biggest banks is required, although such a move is unlikely.
Other potential outcomes could include a demand for more transparency over fees, such as overdraft charges, branch networks being split up, and proposals that could affect the future of "free" banking.
In a submission to the CMA, Barclays said it felt the review was "not appropriate at this time".
"Various developments, innovations and stimuli are changing the competitive landscape in in relation to both [personal current accounts] and [small and medium enterprises] banking, and these must be given time to mature," it added.
Lloyds Banking Group, which is still partly owned by the taxpayer, said that although it would work with the CMA, it did "not consider that such a reference is necessary", while HSBC, in its submission, said it was concerned that the CMA had previously "taken a backward looking view" of both current accounts and small business lending.
But the BBA, which represents the banking sector, said the industry would "co-operate fully with any investigation".
"Banks are pro-competition - they compete for business every day," said BBA chief executive Anthony Browne.
Business group the British Chambers of Commerce said it welcomed the review.
"For many years Britain's dysfunctional banking sector has struggled to meet the needs of [small and medium enterprises], impeding the growth prospects of some of our most promising young companies."
Some of the smaller players have also called for the inquiry to highlight the dominance of the big four banking groups - Lloyds, RBS, Barclays and HSBC.
"No market where such a small number of players hold such a large percentage of the market share should be described as efficient or competitive," said Craig Donaldson, chief executive of Metro bank.
When the Competition and Markets Authority talks about lack of "transparency" in banking, they are highlighting one of the key anomalies of the banking market - that current accounts are ostensibly free.
A "free" upfront product raises all sorts of tensions in any market as commercial operators have to make their profits elsewhere. This is often in hidden charges and - in the case of banking - what is called forgone interest (that is interest not paid on deposits).
I am sure the issue of "free in-credit banking" will be part of this review. If customers paid up front for accounts would they demand a better service? Would they be more likely to switch if they were not satisfied with their bank? If customers are charged for bank accounts, what does that mean for people on lower incomes, would they be priced out of full service banking?
These are difficult issues, and ones which the CMA will be looking to answer.
After carrying out a consultation with members of the public, banks and other industry bodies, the CMA outlined four main concerns about banking services in the UK:
The submissions to CMA included views from bank customers. One suggests that the "switching task appears more massive and expensive than it probably is".
The latest figures show that since a new, quicker switching system was introduced a year ago, 1.2 million current accounts have been switched.
Current account holders can now move their bank account to another provider within seven working days instead of up to 30 days under the previous regime.
There are 65 million active personal current accounts in the UK, and 4.5 million current accounts used by small and medium sized businesses.
67m
transactions a week in bank branches
14.7m banking apps downloaded
£6.4bn online banking transfers a week
77% of customers use mobile or online banking at least once a month
The BBA suggested that branches were no longer the barrier to growth for challengers that they once were.
There are still millions of transactions in branches, but many banks are competing with other banks and internet giants over digital banking via tablets and smartphones.
The competition inquiry will take 18 months to complete. The CMA also said it would review the 2002 report by its predecessor, the Competition Commission, to see if its findings were still relevant.
This is the full statement to the inquests from his mother, Gloria Benson:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Gloria Benson, the mother of David John Benson, and this is my husband, Brian, David's dad, our son Paul, who is David's twin brother, David's daughter Kirsty, and Lesley, David's partner of 25 years ago.
David and his twin brother, Paul, were born six weeks early on 20 November, 1966. Paul was born first, weighing four and a half pounds, and David a little heavier at five pounds.
David started prep school at the age of three, and primary school at the age of five.
He did very well at school and excelled in sport and was praised for writing interesting essays, though that wasn't always a good thing, as at one parents' evening we were shown an essay in which he had written about the local farmer showing his dad how to poach salmon out of the local river.
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If anything went wrong in school or when they were playing out, it was always the twins who got the blame.
David and Paul got on very well together, but they were both very competitive.
We had a caravan in North Wales for 15 years and, when the boys were young, David joined in many of the activities, including crown green bowling. Very often the twins would end up in the children's final competition together and then it would be daggers drawn.
David played football for his junior school team, then he was chosen for Widnes Junior School team and he also played for the local village team where he was the leading goal scorer.
When he was 16, he moved into the Runcorn open-age league. To this day, this league still plays for the David Benson Memorial Trophy every year, and when we watch Paul's son, Jamie, who is 12 years old, play football for his local team, he so reminds us of David and the way he used to play.
David would have been so proud of his nephew.
David was, of course, a Liverpool Football Club supporter, something he took from his grandad and myself.
He went to most of the home matches, but didn't usually attend away games. Because he was so keen on playing himself, he often had to miss the Liverpool games.
One of David's greatest loves from junior school age right up into his teenage years was to breed budgerigars. He took this hobby up after rescuing a stray budgie from a tree.
He asked around the neighbours for a spare cage to keep it in and, eventually, with the help of his dad, he built a garden aviary and started to breed, ending up with about 40 birds.
In those days, the youngsters had CB radios and had code names. His was 'Budgie Breeder'. David's dad took over the aviary after we lost David.
David also loved to go fishing, so when we went to our caravan, right from the age of five, we would often find him with his fishing rod on the river.
We woke up one morning about eight o'clock to find his wellingtons missing and a note left in their place, 'Gone fishing, dad'.
He did have a problem, though, at one time when an adult, who was fly fishing close to David, caught David's ear with a fly fishing hook and it had to be cut out in hospital.
We went to the caravan most weekends and lived there during our last school holidays. We would often visit during the winter. Even though we couldn't stay, we would take the sledges to play in the snow and a big pan of hotpot to keep us warm.
When we visited in the summer, the boys would make themselves useful by helping out on the local farm. Those years with the boys at the caravan hold the most precious memories for Brian and myself.
When David left school, he started work as a commercial trainee in a timber company in Widnes. He did extremely well and, at the age of 21, he was promoted to a company representative.
Perhaps the best thing to come out of his job was to meet his partner Lesley there. When he was 21, he and Lesley had a daughter, Kirsty. She was just two years of age when her daddy died.
When Kirsty got married, she asked Uncle Paul to give her away and have the first dance with her. They danced to Luther Vandross, 'Dance with my father again'. This was very moving.
Kirsty is now 27 and has two children of her own, Cody, who is six, and Finn, who is 10 months old. David would have been so proud of his daughter and his grandchildren.
To this day, David is sorely missed by myself, his dad, his brother Paul, his daughter Kirsty, his partner Lesley and all his family.
Cody and Finn, his grandchildren, are being brought up to know all about Hillsborough and their grandad, David, who was so cruelly taken away before they even got a chance to meet and know him.
Steve Brookes, 55, who has broadcast for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, has been charged with seven counts of observing a person doing a private act.
Mr Brookes, who contributed gardening tips to a BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire programme, is due before Leamington magistrates in January.
Police said it follows reports of incidents between November 2015 and September 2016.
The website of Mr Brookes, of Loxley Road in Stratford upon Avon, states he has broadcast for several years, from Chelsea Flower Show and BBC Gardeners' World Live.
He was a presenter of ITV's Gardening Time and won a coveted Royal Television Society Award for his Channel 4 series Growing Plants.
The double Olympic gold medallist could use the event as part of his Rio Olympics build-up.
Organising committee member Matt Newman hopes Farah will feel a sense of duty to race in the Welsh capital.
"At the moment we're definitely not talking about financial inducements," said Newman.
"What we're talking about I guess are emotional and practical inducements to make sure the event does fit into his agenda in an Olympic year.
"It's for him really to an extent to give something back to the public of the UK as well."
Farah broke the two-mile indoor world record on Saturday at the Birmingham Grand Prix.
International Amateur Athletics Federation secretary Essar Gabriel has said the London 2012 star was pondering using the event as part of his build up for Rio de Janeiro.
Gabriel toured the route around the Welsh capital with the event hosts and has given it his seal of approval.
The race takes place in 26 March, 2016 and organisers are hoping 25,000 runners will take part.
Phillip Harkins, 33, is alleged to have killed 22-year-old Joshua Hayes during a failed robbery in Florida in 1999.
He returned to Scotland after being released on bail in 2002 and was jailed the following year for killing a woman in a road crash in Greenock.
Harkins fought extradition attempts and his final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights has been turned down.
The 33-year-old allegedly shot Mr Hayes with an assault rifle during an attempted robbery in Jacksonville, Florida.
He denies any involvement, and campaigners on his behalf say there is no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and the case rests on testimony provided by a co-accused as part of a plea agreement.
Harkins returned to Scotland after being released on bail in 2002 and was involved in a car crash in his native Greenock, which claimed the life of 62-year-old Jean O'Neill.
He was jailed for five years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2003 after he admitted causing death by dangerous driving.
While in custody, Harkins was transferred to Wandsworth Prison in London, while proceedings got under way to extradite him to the US.
After losing a succession of attempts to block his extradition, Harkins took his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The case focused on Harkins' complaint that if he was extradited, he was at risk of the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
In its unanimous ruling, the European Court said that "diplomatic assurances" from the United States that the death penalty would not be sought in Harkins' case "were clear and sufficient to remove any risk" that he could be sentenced to death if extradited.
The court also ruled that it would not be "grossly disproportionate" for Harkins to be given a mandatory life sentence.
It said that he had been over 18 years of age at the time of his alleged crime and had not been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.
The seven judges also found that the killing of Mr Hayes had been part of an attempted armed robbery and said this was "an aggravating factor".
The court also noted that Harkins had not yet been convicted and, even if he were, keeping him in prison might continue to be justified throughout his lifetime.
The judges said that even if that were the case, the Governor of Florida and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency could decide to reduce any sentence.
In a separate development, the European Court also turned down an appeal against extradition to the US from British national Joshua Edwards.
He is accused of having intentionally shot two people, killing one of them and injuring the other, who had allegedly made fun of his appearance.
As in the Harkins case, the European Court ruled that there would be no violation of Edwards' human rights if he was extradited to face trial.
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Air pollution there hit a new record high on Friday for the third day in a row - soaring way past hazardous levels.
The haze has been caused by illegal forest fires on the nearby island of Sumatra, part of Indonesia, started by farmers to clear land.
Singapore's prime minister has warned the smog could last for weeks.
The ONS is changing its headline rate of inflation for the first time since it moved from RPI to CPI in 2003.
The new headline rate is CPIH, a measure of how much prices are rising that, unlike CPI, takes into account owner-occupiers' housing costs and council tax.
The switch from CPI to CPIH is a result of a review of inflation measures by Paul Johnson from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He says that including such costs gives a better answer to what is going on with inflation.
Jonathan Athow, who is in charge of economic statistics at the ONS says that CPIH "is the most comprehensive measure of consumer inflation".
The ONS uses the amount that you would have to pay to rent a property as a proxy for owner-occupier housing costs.
The argument is that if mortgage costs go up or house insurance goes up, rent will also go up.
While the cost of renting is not the same as the cost of owning, you can see why you might argue that the changes would be the same (leaving out costs borne by people owning second homes for rental as opposed to first homes).
CPIH also includes council tax, which CPI does not.
Last month, CPIH was slightly higher than CPI (2.0% vs 1.8%) but on average over the last decade CPIH has actually been slightly below CPI.
It is not obvious so far that one will consistently be higher that the other in the long term.
But there is a problem.
The ONS gets a National Statistic kitemark from its regulator, the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) for indicators that meet its code of practice.
CPIH doesn't have a kitemark. It lost the designation in August 2014, just over a year after it started publishing the measure, as a result of concerns about the way it was calculating owner-occupiers' housing costs.
The ONS announced in November that CPIH would be its headline inflation figure starting with the bulletin to be published in March.
At the time it hoped that CPIH would have been redesignated as a National Statistic in time for the change.
But the UKSA announced earlier this month that it still wasn't happy with CPIH and will not consider redesignating it again until 25 April.
So we are left in the strange situation that for at least two inflation reports, the ONS will be headlining one of its highest-profile releases with a statistic that its regulator says is not good enough.
And it's not just the UKSA that is currently refusing to sign up for CPIH. The Treasury is one of the most important users of the CPI figures, using them to adjust some benefits, inflation-linked bonds, and crucially using it as the basis for the inflation targeting carried out by the Bank of England's interest rate-setters.
The Treasury says it is not adopting CPIH as its preferred measure and that it will not do so until it has regained its designation and then bedded in for a while as a National Statistic.
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The number of children visiting the young offenders institution near Falkirk has fallen by 20% since 2012.
Statistics suggest prisoners who are able to maintain good family bonds are far less likely to reoffend.
The interior and exterior of the renovated double-decker bus was designed by Polmont inmates.
The Church of Scotland is lead partner in the National Prison Visitor Centres Steering Group, and their support workers at Polmont drove forward the bus project.
The 16-year-old former rental vehicle has been customised to include a kitchen, toilet and baby changing area, with a wide-screen television and internet access for relatives.
Blackpool Design Company refurbished the bus and donated bean bags and games for visiting children.
Experts claim that prisoners who maintain their family bonds while incarcerated are almost six times less likely to re-offend.
Marie Cairns. manager of the family visitor centre at HMP Polmont, said visiting a relative in prison could be a frightening experience for children in particular.
She said: "The aim of the family hub and bus is to support families as they support their young family member in Polmont.
"We see first-hand the emotional upset which is caused to parents and family members when a young person is incarcerated.
"Families have to travel from all over Scotland to visit. They are often using public transport and bringing young children.
"We try and offer a warm welcome and provide a hand of friendship which will hopefully make their visit a little less stressful."
The number of young people aged 17 and under who visit prisons in Scotland has remained steady over the past three years, at about 50,000 visitors per year.
However, the number of juveniles visiting HMP Polmont has decreased by 20%, from 4,351 in 2012 to 3,481 in 2014.
* Data for 2014 runs from 1 January to 9 December
Crews from Lancashire Fire and Rescue service were called to the house in Warbreck Hill Road just before 08:40 BST on Saturday.
The victim, believed to be in his 40s, was treated by paramedics at the scene but died later in Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
A joint investigation into the cause of the blaze has been launched by the fire service and police.
The Welsh government set up the review over concerns that firms were not able to borrow the money they needed to grow and take on staff.
This is the third and final report by economist Professor Dylan Jones-Evans which will focus on whether a development bank is required.
Previous reports found a £500m gap between borrowing needs and lending.
The disparity between what businesses want to borrow and what banks are willing to lend came about following the economic crisis that began in 2007 and reached its height a year later.
The other reports by a panel of experts led by Professor Jones-Evans also raised questions about how well the arms-length body, Finance Wales, which is publicly funded, was performing in terms of getting money to businesses and meeting its job creation targets.
Finance Wales has helped many businesses with financial support, however it has been criticised for charging high interest rates.
The organisation says its loans are risk-based so it charges high rates where the risk is high.
If the report does call for a development bank, as expected, it will raise questions about whether Finance Wales has any future.
The development bank could bring together all loans and business advice in one place.
At the moment, companies can access loans through the UK government, the Welsh government and Finance Wales.
The development bank could also offer business advice.
How it interacts with high street banks would also need to be addressed in order to encourage them to lend to firms.
This is a major development in how the Welsh government supports businesses.
Critics of the proposed development bank raised concerns that it would be under the direct influence of the Welsh government as opposed to Finance Wales, which is an arms-length body.
But the Baby Blacks' win was not enough to keep contention for the title as Ireland U20 topped Pool A by beating Georgia 35-7 in Manchester.
Wales U20 and New Zealand U20 will meet again on Monday 20 June in a 5th-place semi-final.
Dan Jones kicked four Wales penalties and Joe Thomas scored an early try.
But Barrett struck after tries from Sam Nock and Shaun Stevenson.
Barrett is the younger brother of Beauden, who helped the All Blacks beat Wales in last weekend's first Test.
The defeat for Wales' junior team also came as Warren Gatland's senior team hope for redemption following Tuesday's 40-7 setback at Chiefs.
The 12 teams at the Junior World Championship will all battle for ranking positions in play-offs that follow the conclusion of the Pool stage.
The winners of the Wales U20 v New Zealand U20 will face either their Scottish or Australian counterparts in the battle for fifth spot.
Wales Under-20: Rhun Williams (Cardiff Blues); Tom Williams (Ospreys), Joe Thomas (Ospreys), Harri Millard (Cardiff Blues), Jared Rosser (Newport Gwent Dragons); Daniel Jones (Scarlets), Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys); Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Blues), Dafydd Hughes (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Shane Lewis-Hughes (Cardiff Blues), Seb Davies (Cardiff Blues), Tom Phillips (captain, Scarlets), Shaun Evans (Scarlets), Harrison Keddie (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Replacements: Liam Belcher (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Fawcett (Scarlets), Leon Brown (Newport Gwent Dragons), Josh Macleod (Scarlets), Morgan Sieniawski (Cardiff Blues), Declan Smith (Scarlets); Jarrod Evans (Cardiff Blues), Billy McBryde (Scarlets).
New Zealand Under-20: Shaun Stevenson; Caleb Makene, Patelesio Tomkinson, Jordie Barrett, Jonah Lowe, TJ Va'a, Sam Nock; Ayden Johnstone, Leni Apisai (captain), Sosefo Kautai, Quinten Strange, Hamish Dalzell, Fin Hoeata, Mitchell Jacobson, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u.
Replacements: Asafo Aumua, Sean Paranihi, Alex Fidow, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Luke Jacobson., Jonathan Taumateine, Stephen Perofeta, Malo Tuitama.
Law will take over as High Performance Coach at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence (COE) after his Bangladesh contract expires in June.
The ex-Australia batsman will help COE head coach Troy Cooley develop players on state and national programmes.
Law led Bangladesh to the final of the Asia Cup last month.
He will also take charge of a two-match tour of Pakistan later this month - the first international cricket to be staged there since March 2009 - before returning to his homeland.
"The opportunity to return home to be closer with family and work in Brisbane with Australia's established and emerging talent was too good to pass up," he said.
"I thank the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the Bangladesh players for their support and will be watching their progress with keen interest over the coming months and years."
Law played county cricket for Essex, Lancashire and Derbyshire before taking over as Sri Lanka assistant coach in 2009.
After the 2011 World Cup, Law briefly acted as Sri Lanka's interim coach before taking charge of Bangladesh.
"Stuart is a current international coach with recent demonstrable success and we're fortunate to have secured his services in the Australian cricket landscape," said COE Manager Belinda Clark.
"He has experienced success with two international teams, periods that included an ICC Cricket World Cup final appearance with Sri Lanka in 2011 and Bangladesh's first Asia Cup Final last month.
"His knowledge of the sub-continent and England, and his experience with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will bring a global perspective to the COE."
Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf state over accusations of supporting extremism in the region.
Air, land and sea links have been halted to the country from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.
Qatar denies backing militants, including so-called Islamic State (IS), and said the move was "unjustified".
The unprecedented move is seen as a major split between powerful Gulf countries, who are also close US allies. It comes amid heightened tensions between Gulf countries and their near-neighbour, Iran.
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE co-ordinated together to set the diplomatic withdrawal into motion, closing all transport ties to Qatar, a tiny gas-rich peninsula.
They have given all Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their territory. The three countries have also banned their citizens from travelling to Qatar.
The UAE and Egypt have given Qatari diplomats 48 hours to leave both countries.
Saudi Arabia took it one step further by closing down a local office of Qatar's influential Al Jazeera TV channel.
However, the country says it will still allow Qataris to take part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Egypt, Yemen, Libya's eastern-based government and the Maldives later followed suit in severing diplomatic ties.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authorities have banned Qatari planes from landing or stopping at its airports, as well as crossing Saudi airspace.
Egypt has also closed off its airspace to flights originating from Qatar, and said all flights between the two countries would be halted from 04:00 GMT on Tuesday and "continue until further notice".
Airlines from many of the affected countries, including Bahrain's Gulf Air, Etihad Airways and Emirates, say they plan to cancel flights to and from the Qatari capital Doha starting from Tuesday morning.
Budget carriers, such as Fly Dubai and Air Arabia, have also cancelled routes to Doha.
The national airline, Qatar Airways, meanwhile has suspended its flights to Saudi Arabia.
The BBC's Simon Atkinson says the suspension of flights may cause a major problem for the airline, forcing it to alter flight paths and inevitably add time to some flights.
There are reports of residents stockpiling food and water, as Qatar is heavily dependent on Saudi Arabia for its food imports.
About 40% of Qatar's food is believed to come by lorry from its Gulf neighbour.
An official with Iran's Union of Exporters of Agricultural Products was quoted by Fars news agency as saying Tehran could export food to Qatar by sea within 12 hours.
While the severing of ties was sudden, it has not come out of the blue, as tensions have been building for years, and particularly in recent weeks.
Two weeks ago, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE blocked Qatari news sites, including Al Jazeera. Comments purportedly by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani criticising Saudi Arabia had appeared on Qatari state media.
The government in Doha dismissed the comments as fake, attributing the report to a "shameful cybercrime".
Back in 2014, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar for several months in protest over alleged interference in their affairs.
More broadly, two key factors drove Monday's decision: Qatar's ties to Islamist groups, and the role of Iran, Saudi Arabia's regional rival.
While Qatar has joined the US coalition against IS, the Qatari government has repeatedly denied accusations from Iraq's Shia leaders that it provided financial support to IS.
Wealthy individuals in the country are believed to have made donations and the government has given money and weapons to hard line Islamist groups in Syria. Qatar is also accused of having links to a group formerly known as the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate.
The SPA statement accused Qatar of backing these groups, as well as the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood - banned in Gulf countries as a terrorist organisation - and that it "promotes the message and schemes of these groups through their media constantly".
Saudi Arabia itself is a key backer of Islamist rebels, including hard line jihadist groups, in Syria, and has even been accused of funding IS.
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While on a visit to Riyadh two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump urged Muslim countries to take the lead in combating radicalisation, and blamed Iran for instability in the Middle East.
Experts say this may have emboldened Gulf states to take action, knowing that they had the backing of the Trump administration.
Qatar, which is due to host the football World Cup in 2022, was critical of the decision. The foreign ministry said the decisions would "not affect the normal lives of citizens and residents".
Iran, Turkey and the US have called on all sides to resolve their differences, with US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, pressing for dialogue.
The White House said President Trump was committed to de-escalating tensions in the region.
Qatar's stock market closed down 7.27%.
In a country of about 2.5m, nearly 90% of Qatar's population are migrant workers - many of whom are working on the construction boom fuelled by the successful World Cup bid.
Col Moussa Tiegboro Camara is the most senior official to be charged over the massacre, one of the bloodiest events in the West African country's history.
At least 157 people died when the troops opened fire in a Conakry stadium and 100 women were raped.
The colonel was not taken into custody, the AFP news agency reports.
International rights groups welcomed the indictment of Col Tiegboro Camara, who is a minister in the presidency in charge of fighting drug-trafficking and organised crime.
"Ensuring justice for the 2009 victims and their families would help break the cycle of violence, fear, and impunity that has blighted the lives and hopes of so many Guineans for so many years," Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher for the US-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW), said on Thursday.
A HRW report has implicated Col Tiegboro Camara in the 28 September 2009 massacre - saying that he was in the stadium and in command of soldiers who descended on some 50,000 people protesting against the then-military junta of Moussa Dadis Camara.
Eyewitnesses say people were shot, stabbed, bludgeoned or trampled to death and women raped.
Capt Camara seized power in 2008 on the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte, but went into exile not long after the stadium massacre following an assassination attempt.
His deputy oversaw the handover to civilian rule, with veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde winning elections in 2010.
These days a young child in India, with the same condition, would be far more vulnerable because of the huge and rapid rise in antibiotic resistance in that part of the world.
The problem is not, of course, confined to India. It's estimated that antibiotic-resistant infections currently kill at least 700,000 people a year.
This is projected to rise to 10 million by 2050. What is particularly worrying is that as well as the emergence of antibiotic resistance and the threat it poses - there have been no new classes of antibiotics released in the past 30 years.
I wanted to make a documentary that explores the reasons behind the rise of the superbugs and what progress is being made to find new ways to counter them.
The producer of the documentary, Peter Gauvain, was keen to expose me to some of the more unpleasant superbugs around and then see if we could treat them.
Since this was clearly unwise, we compromised by creating life-size models of my head and body out of a nutrient-rich jelly called agar.
We used my body doubles - whom we dubbed "Microbial Michael" - to experiment on.
The results were fascinating and rather disturbing.
We started by swabbing my real body and then wiping these microbes on to my body double.
The right hand side of Microbial Michael had previously been saturated with a powerful, broad spectrum antibiotic.
How long would the antibiotic hold the bacteria at bay? Answer: not long at all.
Within days both sides of "my" body had become a battlefield of competing microbes, some of them quite nasty pathogens.
So what about novel treatments?
The encouraging thing is that we did come across a number of different approaches to fighting the threat of antibiotic resistance that were promising.
One of the oldest approaches, which in the West is only now coming back into fashion, is the use of viruses to attack bacteria.
Just as we are prone to viral infections, such as the common cold, so are bacteria.
The viruses that infect and kill bacteria are known as bacteriophages or phages.
It's been estimated there are more than 10 million trillion trillion phages around, which is more than every other organism on Earth, combined.
Phages were first discovered more than a century ago and have been used to treat bacterial infections in a number of specialised centres in Central and Eastern Europe ever since.
There's a clinic in Poland where they use phage therapy on patients who have infections that are resistant to every known antibiotic.
There, we met a woman called Boguslawo, who had developed an infection in her leg after stepping on a rusty nail, which neither antibiotics nor conventional therapy could heal.
Faced with the choice of trying phages or having her leg amputated, she put her faith in the phages and, so far, that faith seems to be justified.
Dr Alex Betts, of Oxford University, is one of a handful of scientists in the UK currently working with phages, and he kindly agreed to demonstrate their effectiveness by infecting my agar double with a superbug called pseudomonas.
This causes septicaemia (an infection of the blood) and pneumonia, both of which can be fatal. In short, it's nasty.
He swabbed my agar face with a multi-drug resistant strain of pseudomonas and then covered part of it with a small bandage, impregnated with phages.
Some time later, when we examined my infected face under ultraviolet light, it was clear that the phages had done their work.
All the rest of the face had been colonised by pseudomonas, apart from the small patch where he had put the phage bandage.
There have been no proper clinical trials of phage therapy in the UK yet, so they won't be seen outside of the lab any time soon.
But I'm convinced that these viruses are packed with potential.
As Dr Betts explained, one of the great advantages of phage therapy is there is less risk of bacteria developing resistance.
"Phages need to infect bacteria in order to survive," he said.
"And if antibiotic resistance evolves, they can co-evolve rapidly.
"They're not going to replace antibiotics, but there are certain roles that they can fill that will ease the pressure on our existing therapeutics, buy us time to develop new antimicrobials.
"And phages can certainly be used alongside antibiotics."
As well as phages, we also tried infecting and then treating my body double with a novel antibiotic derived from ants, discovered by Prof Matt Hutchings and his team at the University of East Anglia.
This time we infected "my" face with the superbug MRSA (methycyliin resistant staph aureus), which - I'm pleased to say - the ant antibiotic was able to fight off.
Prof Hutchings is cautiously excited about their discovery, as he is well aware that developing new drugs is hugely expensive and can take a great deal of time.
And with a potential antibiotic apocalypse approaching fast, time is not on our side.
Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs is on BBC Four on Wednesday, 17 May, at 21:00 BST.
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Police Scotland said only one car had been involved in the incident, which happened on Seaton Road, to the north-east of the town.
It is thought the man's car left the road and ended up on its side in a nearby field.
Seaton Road will remain closed during the crash investigation and diversions are in place, a police spokeswoman said.
No further details about the crash victim are being released, but the family has been informed.
Suzanne Goodall, from Beddau, Pontypridd, launched the hospice in Sully, near Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, in 1999, after 11 years of fund raising.
She was awarded an MBE in 2004 and officially retired in 2011, although remained in contact with the charity.
A spokesperson for Ty Hafan said Ms Goodall was a "true inspiration to staff and families".
"Her dedication and commitment meant that hundreds of families across Wales have been given a light in the dark while facing the realities of caring for a child with a life-limiting condition."
Ty Hafan provides specialist one-to-one care and outreach services to life-limited children and their families.
Ms Goodall came up with the idea for the charity after hearing about a friend's experiences volunteering in a children's hospice in Yorkshire and discovering that there were no such facilities in Wales.
The spokesperson added: "Suzanne's endless motivation to continue providing the best possible care and support to these families never wavered and she has remained a much-loved and highly respected figure throughout the charity.
"We are all deeply saddened by today's news and will greatly miss Suzanne's warmth and determination.
"Every one of us at the charity will honour her legacy by continuing to do all we can to support families who need us."
Incidents seem to be inspired by the "killer clown" craze in America which has started appearing across the UK.
Officers said there have been a "small number of reports locally" of people appearing in costumes to scare others.
There have also been reports a clown appearing on a roadside at night in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
Police in Scotland, Northumbria and Northern Ireland have also issued similar warnings.
A South Wales Police spokesperson said: "Dressing up as clowns or in costumes to frighten others intentionally will have consequences.
"We have received a small number of similar reports locally and would like to remind people that this behaviour can cause concern and worry, particularly to young children and the elderly, and they may end up committing an offence."
Lateral Property Group has announced plans to develop land near Junction 32 of the M62, at Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire.
The plans also include a retail centre and 50-acre country park.
Tigers chairman Jack Fulton said it was an "exciting opportunity" to get a home "fit for the 21st Century".
Lateral Property Group (LPG) said it was in talks with Wakefield Council about the proposal and, subject to planning approval, construction work could begin in 2015 with the new stadium ready for the 2017 season.
LPG managing director Philip Lunn said: "We estimate that around 2,000 jobs will be created at the site, along with another 680 during construction.
"Overall, the development will see around £135 million being invested into the local community."
He said details of a public consultation would be announced "shortly".
In 2010 Castleford Tigers secured land for a new stadium but in 2012 the supermarket firm which was set to buy its ground put the move on hold.
Mr Fulton said: "A new stadium will provide the foundations of a bright new future for the club and much needed facilities for the wider Castleford community."
Police said more than £600,000 worth of the drug had been recovered from business premises in a "large-scale" operation to tackle organised crime.
The operation targeting industrial units in Kirkton Campus, Livingston, and in nearby Polbeth.
Pawel Sliwinski, 33, and Grzegorz Korinth, 43, were both charged with drugs offences.
Police said about 800 cannabis plants had been seized.
Detectives also searched business premises in Ratho, near Edinburgh.
Both accused appeared on petition before sheriff Michael Fletcher at Livingston Sheriff Court on Thursday.
Neither made any plea or declaration and the case against them was continued for further inquiries.
Mr Korinth, from the West Midlands, who was charged with two counts of producing and supplying a controlled drug, was remanded in custody.
He is expected to make a second appearance in a week's time to be fully committed for trial.
Mr Sliwinski, from Livingston, who faces one charge under each section of the Misuse of Drugs Act, was released on bail. No date was set for a second appearance in his case.
The emergency services received a call about the animal stuck in a field at West Clyne just after 21:00 on Friday.
A spokeswoman said the crews had to use "straps and manpower" to pull out the horse, which was unhurt by its ordeal.
Chemicals giant Ineos wants to inspect part of the ancient Nottinghamshire forest to see if there is potential for fracking.
Protestors fear the surveys could lead to fracking in the forest or on on land in nearby Edwinstowe.
Thoresby Estate, which owns the site, had already said it will not agree to any shale gas well heads on its land.
What is fracking and why is it controversial?
The surveys came to light in Forestry Commission documents, which Friends of the Earth received under the Freedom of Information Act.
Pauline Meechan, from Frack Free Sherwood and Edwinstowe, said: "If there is enough awareness and understanding of the long term problems associated with this whole [shale gas] industry, then people may well start to put pressure on government to say 'we don't want you backing this'."
The government gave Ineos licences to explore for shale gas on a million acres of land across the UK.
As part of this, the company wants to carry out seismic imaging surveys at Sherwood Forest and other locations.
It said it was "exploring the viability" of shale gas across the country and its seismic imaging surveys "do not include fracking in any form".
The RSPB, which will manage the entire Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve from 2018, opposes fracking but does not object to seismic imaging surveys in principle.
The conservation charity said surveys must be done in a way that did not disturb breeding birds.
Source: Nottinghamshire County Council and Thoresby Estate
The country-bound (Dungannon to Ballygawley) lane of the road was closed at the Cabragh junction on Monday.
Emergency services attended the scene and police diverted traffic.
A motorist who was at the scene said it caused "massive tailbacks". The road has now re-opened.
The colourful event, held on Monday, featured a parade from Potternewton Park through Chapeltown and Harehills.
The carnival, believed to be the oldest event of its kind in Europe, was launched by Arthur France who developed the idea after becoming homesick.
Organiser Susan Pitter, said the event marked 46 years of "sharing a love of carnival and Caribbean culture".
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