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The off-spinner, 36, was banned in December 2015 after being reported during a Test against Sri Lanka.
Samuels' remodelled action was cleared after testing at Loughborough University showed his elbow extension was within the permitted 15 degrees.
He has taken 41 Test wickets and 85 in one-day internationals, as well as 19 in Twenty20 internationals.
Samuels was first banned from bowling in 2008 and continued in the West Indies side as a batsman, before being cleared to bowl again in 2011.
However, he was banned from bowling his quicker deliveries in 2013 after being reported in a Test against India.
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West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been cleared to bowl after serving a 12-month ban for an illegal action.
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The centres in the north - where the disease is most common - are to control the worst of the symptoms.
The disease's cause is unknown, but it affects only children - who suffer from seizures, stunted physical and mental growth and nodding of the head.
There have also been cases of the disease in South Sudan and Tanzania.
More than 200 sick children turned up on Monday for treatment in the centres in the districts of Kitgum, Pader and Lamwo, Uganda's Commissioner for Health Services Dr Anthony Mbonye told the BBC.
Health workers cannot offer definitive treatment - until doctors find out what lies at the root of the disease - but, Dr Mbonye says, they have been trained to help improve the lives of children by managing the neurological symptoms.
Anti-epileptic drugs have been effective in treating nodding disease patients, according to the World Health Organisation.
Nodding syndrome causes children to spasm uncontrollably - and eventually to waste away and die.
The BBC's Ignatius Bahizi in Kampala says a local MP, Beatrice Anywar, has spearheaded a campaign to press the government to deal more effectively with the disease, which, he says, has caused huge anxieties in rural communities.
Uganda's health ministry has recorded 3,000 cases and almost 200 deaths since 2010.
In a statement, it said that the judiciary at the time had abandoned its role as protector of basic rights.
"The time has come to ask for the forgiveness of victims... and of Chilean society," said the judges.
More than 3,000 people were killed under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet between 1973 and 1990.
The statement by the National Association of Magistrates of the Judiciary comes a week before the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought General Pinochet to power.
It said its members, and in particular the Supreme Court, had failed in its duty to protect victims of state abuse.
The magistrates' association acknowledged that the Chilean judiciary could and should have done much more to safeguard the rights of those persecuted by the dictatorship.
It said the judges had ignored the plight of victims who had demanded their intervention.
Chilean courts rejected about 5,000 cases seeking help on locating missing loved ones abducted or killed by the authorities.
Critics say their usual response was they had no information about their fate.
Chile's current centre-right government has said the country will officially recognise the anniversary of the coup.
President Sebastian Pinera said last month that the coup on 11 September 1973 was "a historical fact" and its 40th anniversary should be a time of "reflection."
The announcement came after the conservative senator and former president of the Independent Democratic Union, Hernan Larrain, apologised for his party's actions.
"I ask for forgiveness," he said. "This is my voice for reconciliation."
Mr Trump later stood by his claim in a televised debate in Miami, saying: "There is tremendous hatred, and I will stick with exactly what I said."
It led to an outcry, with Senator Marco Rubio launching an impassioned defence of Muslims.
There are clearly some radical Muslims who despise the US and other Western countries - including those who carried out the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
But what of Donald Trump's claim that Muslims in general hate the country?
No major polling agency has yet asked whether respondents "hate" America. However, several have measured broad sentiment among the world's 1.6 billion Muslims.
The Pew Research Centre, which surveys global attitudes, said anti-Americanism was strong around the word around the time of the US invasion of Iraq.
However, currently there is little evidence of profound anti-American sentiment except for in a handful of countries, it says.
Bruce Stokes, director of global economic attitudes at Pew, says sentiment towards the US varies widely between Muslim-majority countries.
"We tend to see more negative sentiment among Muslims in the Middle East, such as those from Egypt and Jordan," he says.
"But Muslims outside the Middle East generally have a more positive outlook," he adds.
In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, 62% of people hold a favourable opinion of the US, Pew's latest data suggests.
That figure rises to 80% in Senegal, a country which is over 90% Muslim. Mr Stokes points out that this is a stronger approval rate than Germany.
"Attitudes have also been changing over time. We've seen a gradual rise in positive sentiment since President Barack Obama came to power," Mr Stokes says.
"Even in the Palestinian Territories, where sentiment is 70% unfavourable, that's an improvement on 82% in Barack Obama's first year."
The BBC World Service commissioned its own poll of global attitudes in 24 countries in 2014.
Among other things, it asked respondents if they thought the US "had a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world".
Pakistanis generally held the worst view of the US, with 61% saying the US had a negative influence.
But both China and Germany were not far behind, scoring 59% and 57% respectively.
Turkey, almost 98% Muslim, was split between 36% positive, 36% negative and 28% neutral.
Dalia Mogahed, co-author of Who Speaks for Islam?, say religion is not the key driver of anti-American sentiment in Muslim-majority countries.
"It's nothing to do with religion and everything to do with policy," she says.
In Pakistan, for example, anti-US sentiment spiked by 7% in 2011, the Pew data shows - that was the year in which the US launched a raid to kill Osama Bin Laden, which many Pakistanis saw as an infringement of their national sovereignty.
"Also, compare Muslim sentiment towards America with sentiment towards Canada. Our neighbour to the north shares our dominant culture and religion but not our foreign policy. And global Muslim opinion towards Canada is generally very positive," Ms Mogahed says.
In the end then, it comes down to an old statistician's staple: Correlation does not imply causation.
Earlier this week, Paramount Pictures released a series of posters to promote upcoming sci-fi film Arrival.
One poster showed a UFO hovering above Hong Kong's iconic skyline - except the skyline also included Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower.
The blunder enraged many Hong Kong social media users, who flooded the film's Facebook page with the hashtag #HongKongisnotChina.
Hong Kong, a former British colony, was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
But it is deeply divided over its relationship with China, and many in the territory have a strong sense of Hong Kong identity.
Hong Kong's democracy debate
One comment on the film's Facebook page said: "Please improve on the accuracy of your posters, the Shanghai tower does not belong to Hong Kong, remove that please. Please don't mix up Shanghai and Hong Kong. They are totally different, it's very offensive to a lot of people from Hong Kong."
"Hong Kongers are now feeling insulted and offended," said another.
Some went as far as to call for a ban on the film, which stars Amy Adams and is set for release in November.
The poster was later removed from the Facebook page and a statement was posted saying: "An error in one in a series of posters for 'Arrival' was made by a third party vendor."
"We are disappointed to have not caught the error."
Later a similar poster with the actual Shanghai skyline appeared.
Not everyone was pleased, though, with the fact Hong Kong's skyline had now been replaced with Shanghai's.
"The appearance of the Oriental Pearl Tower in HK was wrong, so you rectified it by keep the tower and replacing the city of HK with Shanghai? So HK's the "WRONG" part here?" Facebook user Jonathan Ip wrote.
Meanwhile, some people have made fun of the commenters, accusing them of overreacting, or having "glass hearts" - a Chinese phrase referring to fragile egos.
What are Hong Kong's localists angry about?
Hong Kong was handed over to China by Britain in 1997, under an agreement that certain rights and freedoms would be guaranteed for 50 years.
As a result, Hong Kong has its own legal system, and enjoys rights including freedom of assembly and free speech, which are restricted in mainland China.
However, there are growing concerns over what is seen as interference by Beijing into Hong Kong affairs.
In 2014 there were mass demonstrations demanding full democracy in Hong Kong, after the Chinese government said it would allow the territory to elect its leader - but only from a pool of Beijing approved candidates.
After that movement failed to win any concessions from Beijing, there has been an increase in localist sentiment, with some people demanding greater autonomy for Hong Kong, and protection against what they see as the dilution of the city's identity.
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John Radford, 70, was left in a coma after the dispute near Holmfirth in 2013. He died 16 months later.
Michael Gledhill, 24, of Bramble Bank, Holmfirth, was found guilty of dangerous driving in 2014.
He later admitted causing death by dangerous driving after Mr Radford died, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Gledhill, a former soldier, was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison, with judge Christopher Batty telling him he had deliberately driven his car towards his victim in a fit of temper - an act motivated by "rage".
The court previously heard how words were exchanged between Mr Radford and Gledhill through the driver's side window as they travelled on the A616 Huddersfield Road in New Mill on 31 July 2013.
When Gledhill's car collided with the bike, Mr Radford fell into the road and sustained brain damage.
Mr Radford was the chairman of Huddersfield and District Cyclists and had been promoting a campaign calling for better investigation of road accidents.
In a statement, his family said: "Dad's death was unnecessary and today's outcome doesn't change anything for us as a family.
"As a family we have had to watch dad struggle and suffer on a journey that ended with the worst possible outcome."
The court heard Gledhill had served in Afghanistan and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder at the time of the collision.
The incinerator near Connah's Quay on Deeside aims to create enough energy to power 30,000 homes.
But before it is given a permit, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) wants to examine any potential impact and hear from residents and health bodies.
A drop-in session will be held on Wednesday.
US company Wheelabrator has said its Parc Adfer facility would process up to 200,000 tonnes of household waste a year.
If all goes to plan, building work could begin on the site on the Deeside Industrial Park later this year and the incinerator could start operating in 2018.
The drop-in session will be held at Deeside Leisure Centre from 13:00-20:00 GMT. The public will have a month to comment.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Public Health Wales will also be asked to look at any impact on people's health.
Sian Williams, NRW head of operations for North Wales, said: "We will only grant the permit if we are satisfied that the proposed facility can operate without harming the environment or the health of people nearby."
Waste would arrive by lorry from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Gwynedd. Any recyclable material would be weeded out.
Combined heat and power technology would then incinerate the waste, while at the same time generating steam, which would produce electricity through a turbine and generator.
Plans were submitted last October.
He said there were "real opportunities" for economic reform and new trade deals which meant Brexit could be a success.
He highlighted agricultural reform and a developing relationship with the Republic of Ireland as areas where the UK could be positive.
After Brexit, the Irish border will be the only EU-UK land border.
"I think the challenges we face mean it's not a bed of roses, no one should pretend that, but equally it is not the end of the world and there are some real opportunities that arise from the fact of Brexit we might take," he said in an interview with Radio 4's Today programme.
"There are many opportunities and I think we should look at it in a much more self-confident way than either side is approaching it at present.
"Being out of what is a pretty unsuccessful European Union - particularly in the economic sense - gives us opportunities as well as obviously great political difficulties."
Lord King suggested that Britain would be better off economically completely out of the EU single market and that there were "question marks" about staying in the customs union as that may constrain the government's ability to sign trade deals with countries outside the Union.
"I think it's more difficult to take advantage of those opportunities," Lord King said when asked about staying inside the customs union after leaving the EU - a position, for example, adopted by Turkey.
"I don't think it makes sense for us to pretend we should remain in the single market and I think there are real question marks about whether it makes sense to remain in the customs union.
"Clearly if we do that we cannot make our own trade deals with other countries."
The government has made it clear it wants to control immigration laws and be outside the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, two positions which appear to be incompatible with membership of the single market.
Lord King said the government should outline its policies on immigration "sooner rather than later" and that it would be a mistake to put the issue into the "basket" to be negotiated once Article 50 is triggered next year and the formal process of leaving the EU begins.
Lord King defended his successor, Mark Carney, who has faced criticism for being too "political" in warning about the possible economic consequences of leaving the EU.
The former governor said Mr Carney had been put in an "almost impossible position" because of the polarised nature of the debate and had remained well within the Bank of England's remit to outline the possible path of economic growth in the short term should Britain vote to leave the EU.
Lord King said it was too early to tell what the overall effect on the economy would be, despite data since the referendum result being more positive than many economists predicted.
In his first interview, Dominic Chappell told BBC Newsnight he apologised "sincerely and utterly" to the chain's 11,000 staff.
Mr Chappell bought BHS's 163 stores from retail tycoon Sir Philip Green for £1 in March 2015.
Mr Chappell said the plight of the staff "plays on" him deeply.
But, he said, had he not become involved the chain would have gone into liquidation far sooner. A spokesman for Sir Philip denied that claim.
Mr Chappell confirmed that he had received £2.6m in payments during his ownership, but defended that income as fair. "I took a big risk going in," he said.
"We live in a risk reward society - that's the way companies are built and fail. Did I take a lot of money out? Yes I did. But did the business fail because of the amount of money I took out? No it didn't.
"This was just a drip in the ocean compared to the money that was needed to turn around BHS."
His salary of more than £600,000 was, he said, established by an independent committee.
Mr Chappell blamed Sir Philip Green for the eventual demise of the business, saying the Arcadia owner had "tipped it over the edge", but he had heavy criticism, too, for Frank Field, the politician leading the inquiry into why BHS failed.
Mr Chappell branded the Labour MP "pathetic".
He also said that he came very near to completing a deal to pass BHS on to the Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley, at one point handing over the ownership certificate, only for the purchase to fail.
It is less than a year-and-a-half since BHS was bought for £1 by Retail Acquisitions, a company specially created for the deal and 90% owned by Mr Chappell.
Barely a year after that deal had gone through, BHS went into administration and the group is now in the final stages of being wound up.
The question of who should carry the blame for the collapse of the retailer is the subject of a number of different inquiries, including one led by MPs.
And much of the focus has fallen upon two men - the retail billionaire Sir Philip Green, who owned BHS for 15 years, and Mr Chappell.
Mr Chappell, who had no experience of retail when he bought the business, has been described as a "Sunday league retailer", "a chancer" and a "Walter Mitty" fantasist by politicians.
He told BBC Newsnight that he made no secret of his lack of retail experience, saying "Sunday League retailer" was a fair description, but said he was an expert in turnarounds, which made him a suitable owner.
"We took a chance on BHS. We were the only people to stick our heads above the parapet and give it a go. Otherwise Sir Philip would have liquidated the company and thousands of people would have lost their jobs straight away. We did everything we could to save the company.
"We were the only people who were prepared to take that risk to try to get it to break even, to try to make a profit. So if that makes me a chancer, well yes I am."
He laughed off suggestions that he had threatened to kill chief executive Darren Topp, saying he had merely said he would "sort him out", but confirmed he had intended to fire Mr Topp from his job.
Mr Topp has subsequently been very critical of Mr Chappell's ownership of the retailer saying "he had his fingers in the till".
Mr Chappell defended his decision to use company funds to pay for a £1.5m loan to his father, saying "it had no impact whatsoever on BHS - and yes, I needed to help my parents, which I did".
He also described as "absolute nonsense" claims that he tried to use company funds to pay for holiday flights.
As for Sir Philip, Mr Chappell told the BBC the pair's working relationship had started well but then deteriorated.
He told the BBC: "Philip has been in BHS for one thing only, and that was to extract as much money as possible, which he did within the first couple of years."
He said he was shocked by the dilapidated state of some of the BHS stores, blaming Sir Philip for failing to invest in the company.
"He put very little investment into BHS," said Mr Chappell. "You only need to go and look at some of the stores that were in terrible condition. I went with my team to 50 to 60 of the stores in the first year.
"Some of them didn't have air-conditioning or heating. Some had water pouring through the roof, some had two or three floors closed that had been closed for two or three years because they were hazardous, asbestos, God knows what else.
"He did not invest money back into the business as he should've done."
Mr Chappell said his own reputation had been "absolutely destroyed" by the failure of BHS.
"We had some very, very big problems all the way through and we had the tide against us all the way. There was not one day that went past when we had some luck on our side. But we didn't just walk in, rip the guts out, and walk out again."
As for his own future he says he's expecting "a very very difficult period".
"I think corporately it's going to be hard for me to slot back into another business although, believe it or not, I have been offered two or three other positions in major retailers over the last couple of weeks, so who knows?"
Dominic Chappell was speaking in an exclusive interview with BBC Newsnight - watch in full on the programme at 22:30 BST on BBC Two
21 September 2015 Last updated at 11:56 BST
The £750m refurbishment has seen a new concourse, large atrium which lets the light into the station for the first time in years and a new shopping centre, Grand Central, complex being built.
BBC Midlands Today Transport Correspondent Peter Plisner spoke to rail passengers.
Martin Tom, of Beccles, was sentenced to five years and four months in September after he admitted attacking a woman in her bed in May.
The 26-year-old's jail term was increased to seven-and-a-half-years at a Court of Appeal hearing in London.
Police said the initial sentence had not "fully recognised" that the offence happened during a burglary.
During the initial hearing, Ipswich Crown Court heard that Tom entered the victim's home in Beccles and initially intended to steal her mobile phone, but then forced himself on her.
When he was detained by police nearby, he tried to bite police officers, the court heard.
Tom admitted rape and resisting a police officer in the execution of their duty.
Det Con Darren Winchester, who began the process of appealing the sentence, said: "We are very pleased that his sentence has been increased today, as the justices acknowledged that the nature of this incident, commissioned during the act of burglary, had not been fully recognised in the initial sentencing.
"This is the correct and proper result."
Firefighters said the train was "well alight" when crews arrived at the bridge in Knaresborough, at 23:26 BST on Thursday.
No passengers were onboard the engineering train owned by Network Rail, and no one was injured.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
The 19th Century stone viaduct is on a stretch of line between Knaresborough and Harrogate.
Jim Shanks set up a specialist wildlife camera amid rumours that a large cat was on the loose near his home between Hawick and St Boswells.
After three weeks, he finally caught two photographs of an animal about the size of a dog, with a very long tail.
"I'm pretty certain it's a wallaby," said Mr Shanks.
The former cheesemaker, from Belses, said a neighbour had seen a similar-looking animal crossing the road close to their homes.
Before setting up the camera, he had been concerned the mysterious creature could pose a threat to farm animals.
However wallabies, which are primarily found in Australia, are herbivores - mainly eating grass and plants.
Mr Shanks, 68, said: "I got a lend of a camera from a friend and I had it going for three weeks and I had just about given up looking.
"Then I left it for five or six days and I had 100 or so pictures of rabbits, squirrels, badgers and deer.
"But then there were two pictures of this animal. It was quite a bit of fun to find."
A colony of wallabies live on Inchconnachan, an island in Loch Lomond, after Lady Arran Colquhoun introduced them in the 1920s.
The National Housing Federation (NHF) study said the increase was due to a big rise in the number of private tenants claiming housing benefit.
The NHF said this particular group of people had grown by 42% since 2008.
In 2006, some £4.6bn in housing benefit was paid to private landlords, a figure which had more than doubled by 2015.
NHF chief executive David Orr said: "It is madness to spend £9bn of taxpayers' money lining the pockets of private landlords rather than investing in affordable homes."
"The lack of affordable housing available means that a wider group of people need housing benefit," he added.
Had these housing benefit claimants been living in social housing instead of renting from private landlords, taxpayers would have saved huge sums of money over seven years, the NHF report estimated.
It said that taxpayers paid £1,000 more per year, per family renting in the private rented sector, than they did for those in social housing.
This amounted to an average of £2.2bn a year extra being handed over to private landlords, at a cumulative additional cost of £15.6bn over the past seven years, the NHF analysis says.
If this extra housing benefit bill for just one year had been spent on creating new affordable housing, the NHF added, then nearly 50,000 new homes could have been built.
The report also points out that a larger proportion of families claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector are now in work.
"Today, nearly half (47%) of all families claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector are in work - this is nearly double the proportion it was six years ago (26%)," the NHF said.
A government spokesman said it had been taking action to bring the housing benefit bill under control.
He said: "Since 2012 the amount going to private sector landlords has actually been falling - something which the National Housing Federation fails to recognise."
"We are also committed to building the homes this country needs and investing £8bn to build 400,000 more affordable homes."
Chris Norris, head of policy at the National Landlords Association, said the private rented sector was responding to the increasing demand for homes from a growing proportion of tenants who are being failed by the social housing sector and housing associations.
"The NHF is clearly still reeling from the news that its members have been ordered by government to reduce spending over the next four years, so it comes as no surprise that they are looking to shift the emphasis and point the finger elsewhere," he said.
"However, the private rented sector plays a pivotal role in providing much-needed homes for tenants so there seems no real purpose in the NHF taking a cheap shot at landlords for what is a failure on behalf of successive governments to adequately allocate its housing budget and to incentivise the building of new homes."
The Vale of Glamorgan and Ceredigion councils have been given £100,000 from the Welsh government.
The year long trial will also look at using council vehicles to help people access health and social care.
It comes as some of Wales' largest bus operators have cut services blaming a reduction in subsidies they receive.
Last month Wales' largest bus operator, Stagecoach, confirmed it was cutting services in five counties.
And Cardiff Bus has also blamed a cut in subsidy for reducing its services.
But the Welsh government has said it wants the pilot projects to help find new ways of delivering public transport.
The aim is to see how bus firms and councils can work together to cut costs, plan routes and coordinate timetables to meet users' demands.
Vale of Glamorgan council's remit will include looking at how to encourage more people to use rural bus routes, setting up an online booking system and reducing the costs of services.
And new public transport routes to communities around Tregaron will form part of Ceredigion council's scheme, as well as using its own vehicles to bolster bus services.
The work to identify best practice from local authorities will report to the Bus Policy Advisory Group.
Transport Minister Edwina Hart said: "I want to ensure everyone in Wales is able to access jobs and services via reliable public transport.
"We must start looking at new and innovative ways of delivering these services, particularly in rural areas, by means of a sustainable and efficient network."
Ms Hart announced councils will have £25m in 2014-15 toward socially-necessary bus and community transport services, the same amount as in 2013-14.
But bus operators, including Stagecoach and Cardiff Bus, have blamed the Welsh government slashing its three-year funding package from £213.3m to £189m for the cutbacks they have made.
Stagecoach announced last week that it was cutting 14 bus services, putting 77 jobs at risk.
Last autumn Arriva announced the closure of its Aberystwyth depot as well as a number of route losses blaming cuts in public transport funding and rising fuel costs for the decision.
In February, BBC Wales revealed nearly 100 subsidised bus routes have been scrapped by councils in Wales in the past three years, with further cuts expected as authorities make savings.
The Welsh government has said the new reimbursement rate for bus operators was set following an independent review to ensure operators were "no better and no worse off" by taking part.
The 26-year-old, who has made 133 appearances for the Magpies, wants to leave following relegation from the Premier League last season.
Sissoko was involved in France's run to the Euro 2016 final this summer.
"I hope Real will come for me, I'm still waiting," Sissoko told World Football.
"If Real Madrid are interested in you then of course you will be happy, but right now I am still a Newcastle player."
Sissoko, who has claimed he has been training alone since returning to the club after Euro 2016, said supporters "need to understand" why he wants to leave.
"I spent three and a half years here. I gave everything for this club and I want to play some big games. For that I need to go somewhere else," he added.
"I want to play in the Premier League, I want to play for a big club who can get into the Champions League. That's why I said I want to leave this year.
"I've spent a lot of time here and now it's time to look forward. The fans need to understand my situation, I hope they will and that everything will be OK."
It said clean-up costs and compensation claims for those affected by leaks at the plant may exceed initial estimates.
Radiation leaks at the plant after last year's quake and tsunami saw thousands of people evacuated from the area.
The firm has already received 1tn yen ($12.5bn; £7.8bn) in government aid.
The utility was, in effect, nationalised after the government took a 50.11% stake in the group in exchange for the capital injection.
The total clean-up costs and claims were initially estimated to be around 5tn yen.
When contacted by the BBC, the company did not disclose how much it expected the costs to increase. However, according to some reports they are projected to double to 10tn yen.
Along with compensation claims, the firm has also seen its operational costs rise in recent times.
This was after the leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant resulted in other nuclear plants being shut, forcing it to rely on traditional thermal power stations to produce electricity.
These power stations require fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas to operate which are relatively more expensive.
The company, which provides power to some of Japan's most important economic areas, has already raised electricity prices in an attempt to offset the rising costs.
Tepco said it was putting in place further cost cutting measures to save an additional 100bn yen a year.
It had previously set a target of reducing its costs by 336.5bn yen a year for the next 10 years as part of its restructuring plan.
Some 5,000 people were stuck on the border and another 4,000 arrived at Piraeus port, as Macedonia said only Syrians and Iraqis would be let in.
Greece has protested at the decision, but Macedonia said Afghans were not being let in by other countries.
Last week Austria imposed a daily limit of 80 asylum claims.
Although EU officials said the Austrian decision was incompatible with human rights conventions, Balkan states along the migrant route from Greece have responded by implementing their own restrictions.
In the past year, the vast majority of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe have taken the route through Greece, in the hope of claiming asylum in Germany or other EU countries. More than 1.1 million people arrived in Germany alone in 2015.
After Syrians, Afghans made up the second largest number of people seeking asylum in the EU in 2015, according to official figures.
Last November, Slovenia and other Balkan countries announced they would only allow in refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, where armed conflicts were taking place.
Macedonia tries to stop the influx of migrants
Razor-wire fence fails to deter migrants in Hungary
Migrants feel chill as borders are tightened
Migrant crisis in maps and graphics
Macedonia said it was now halting access to Afghans as well, because Serbia had itself imposed restrictions, although that was disputed by the Belgrade government.
Police from Austria and the Balkan states agreed new guidelines for letting in migrants last week, which reportedly include a photo-document issued by the authorities on the Macedonian border with Greece.
The Athens government fears the new restrictions will prompt a build-up of migrants and refugees on its territory. The UN has already counted more than 94,000 arrivals from Turkey on Greece's Aegean islands since the start of this year.
Greece's junior immigration minister said he was hopeful the issue would soon be resolved with Macedonia but there were fears the number of stranded migrants could increase.
The first indication of that came with the arrival on Monday of four ships in the port of Piraeus carrying some 4,000 migrants from the Greek islands. They were intending to continue their journey to the Macedonian border at Idomeni.
Almost 5,000 people were already waiting either at Idomeni or on buses a short distance from the border.
German politicians have reacted with dismay to the change in Austrian policy, which includes a 3,200 daily limit on the number of migrants and refugees being allowed transit through the country.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere complained the number was far too high and sent the wrong signal.
"If others think that they will dump a greater burden on Germany, we won't accept that in the long term," he said.
His opposite number in Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, complained that Germany was sending mixed signals.
Germany could not promise Greece that it would continue pursuing its open-border policy while also demanding that Austria stop everyone coming through, she argued.
Germans have been shocked in recent days by two anti-refugee protests in the eastern state of Saxony.
Dozens of protesters blocked a bus carrying families to a shelter in the town of Clausnitz on Thursday night, hurling abuse and chanting "we are the people".
Two nights later, a shelter for asylum-seekers was set alight in Bautzen as onlookers were filmed applauding the action.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert condemned the Clausnitz attack as cold-hearted and deeply shameful.
German police justify actions after bus attack in Clausnitz
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
Mohammed Khalid Jamil, 34, from Luton, hired people at an Indian call centre to falsely tell victims their computers had a serious problem.
The targets would be charged between £35 and £150 for software Microsoft made available for free.
As well as the suspended sentence, Jamil was ordered to pay a £5,000 fine.
He must also pay £5,665 compensation and £13,929 in prosecution costs.
The decision has been hailed as a "landmark" case by Trading Standards.
"We believe it may be the first ever successful prosecution of someone involved in the Microsoft scam in the UK," said Lord Harris, chairman of the National Trading Standards Board, which oversees the work of the National Trading Standards e-crime team.
"It's an important turning point for UK consumers who have been plagued by this scam, or variants of it, for several years.
"Many have succumbed to it, parting with significant sums of money, their computers have been compromised and their personal details have been put at risk.
"Now that one of the many individuals who've been operating this scam has been brought to justice, it's a stark warning to anyone else still doing it that they can be caught and will be prosecuted."
Jamil had set up Luton-based company Smart Support Guys, which employed people based in India to cold-call Britons and claim to be working for Microsoft.
The victims, unaware of the scam, would offer remote access to the fraudsters - meaning their computers could be controlled from a different location.
Once given this access, targets' computers would be made less secure, at which point the scammers would offer, in return for a fee, to install software to fix the problem.
The software installed was available for free on Microsoft's website.
In court, Jamil admitted to unfair trading by allowing his staff to make false claims regarding computer support services.
He claimed he had tried but failed to control call centre staff and not adequately supervised them.
His jail term is suspended for 12 months.
The Glaswegian seventh seed won 21-15 21-13 against Pawar, the two-time former Scottish Open champion, but lost 19-21 21-18 21-17 against Schaefer.
Fellow Scots Alexander Dunn and Adam Hall reached the last eight of the men's doubles without playing a match.
They won by walkover against Bulgaria's Peyo Boichinov and Ivan Panev.
That followed a first-round bye.
Their team-mates Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh were not so fortunate, though, as they went down 21-13 21-10 against Japan's Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi.
In the first round of the women's doubles, Scottish champions Julie MacPherson and Eleanor O'Donnell lost to England's Chloe Birch and Jess Pugh 21-15 21-18.
The Spaniard, 23, lost 6-1 3-6 6-3 on a packed Suzanne Lenglen Court which gave its full backing to Mladenovic.
Seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams' defeat by Swiss Timea Bacsinszky means a new major champion will be crowned in Paris on Saturday.
"It's a very painful defeat here in the French Open," said a tearful Muguruza.
"The crowd was really tough today. I can't really understand. I don't know how to explain.
"If you had been in my shoes on the court, I think you would have understood.
"I don't know what people were expecting. I'd rather not say anything more."
Mladenovic, 24, served 16 double faults but came through amid a raucous atmosphere on the second show court at Roland Garros.
"I don't think that they crossed the line," she said of the crowd.
"I mean, I noticed once - and I think it was bad - when they kind of screamed between her first and second serve, but that's because they thought it's a double fault because the first serve was a let or something.
"But that's the only thing that happened. Otherwise, they were quite fair."
No Frenchwoman has won the title at Roland Garros since Mary Pierce in 2000.
Thirteenth seed Mladenovic joins Bacsinszky, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in the last eight, with only three of the top 10 seeds still in the draw.
Muguruza, 23, left her media conference briefly because she was so upset, before returning to reveal she was glad to relieve the pressure of being French Open champion.
"I love this tournament no matter what happens," said Muguruza, who claimed not to have been distracted by Mladenovic's cries of "Forza!" after the Spaniard's errors.
"I'm going to be super happy to come back.
"Everybody is going to stop bothering me asking me about this tournament, so it's going to be a little bit like, 'Whew, let's keep going.'"
Second seed Karolina Pliskova, third seed Simona Halep and fifth seed Elina Svitolina will aim to reach the quarter-finals when they play their fourth-round matches on Monday.
Pliskova and Svitolina won their rain-delayed third-round matches on Sunday, while former world number one Wozniacki reached the last eight.
Williams, the 10th seed, fought back from 5-1 down to take the opening set against Bacsinszky.
But 27-year-old Bacsinszky broke Williams' serve in the first game of the second set as she won 12 of the last 15 games in the match.
Wozniacki, 26, reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros for the first time since 2010 with a 6-1 4-6 6-2 win over Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, the eighth seed and 2009 champion.
Pliskova, the Czech, beat Carina Witthoft of Germany 7-5 6-1, while Svitolina of Ukraine overcame Poland's Magda Linette 6-4 7-5.
Writing in the journal Nature, scientists say the decline appears to be linked to rising water temperatures.
They made their finding by looking at records of the transparency of sea water, which is affected by the plants.
The decline - about 1% per year - could be ecologically significant as plankton sit at the base of marine food chains.
This is the first study to attempt a comprehensive global look at plankton changes over such a long time scale.
"What we think is happening is that the oceans are becoming more stratified as the water warms," said research leader Daniel Boyce from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
"The plants need sunlight from above and nutrients from below; and as it becomes more stratified, that limits the availability of nutrients," he told BBC News.
Phytoplankton are typically eaten by zooplankton - tiny marine animals - which themselves are prey for small fish and other animals.
The first reliable system for measuring the transparency of sea water was developed by astronomer and Jesuit priest Pietro Angelo Secchi.
Asked by the Pope in 1865 to measure the clarity of water in the Mediterranean Sea for the Papal navy, he conceived and developed the "Secchi disk", which must be one of the simplest instruments ever deployed; it is simply lowered into the sea until its white colour disappears from view.
Various substances in the water can affect its transparency; but one of the main ones is the concentration of chlorophyll, the green pigment that is key to photosynthesis in plants at sea and on land.
The long-term but patchy record provided by Secchi disk measurements around the world has been augmented by shipboard analysis of water samples, and more recently by satellite measurements of ocean colour.
The final tally included 445,237 data points from Secchi disks spanning the period 1899-2008.
"This study took three years, and we spent lots of time going through the data checking that there wasn't any 'garbage' in there," said Mr Boyce.
"The data is good in the northern hemisphere and it gets better in recent times, but it's more patchy in the southern hemisphere - the Southern Ocean, the southern Indian Ocean, and so on."
The higher quality data available since 1950 has allowed the team to calculate that since that time, the world has seen a phytoplankton decline of about 40%.
The decline is seen in most parts of the world, one marked exception being the Indian Ocean. There are also phytoplankton increases in coastal zones where fertiliser run-off from agricultural land is increasing nutrient supplies.
However, the pattern is far from steady. As well as the long-term downward trend, there are strong variations spanning a few years or a few decades.
Many of these variations are correlated with natural cycles of temperature seen in the oceans, including the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation.
The warmer ends of these cycles co-incide with a reduction in plankton growth, while abundance is higher in the colder phase.
Carl-Gustaf Lundin, head of the marine programme at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), suggested there could be other factors involved - notably the huge expansion in open-ocean fishing that has taken place over the century.
"Logically you would expect that as fishing has gone up, the amount of zooplankton would have risen - and that should have led to a decline in phytoplankton," he told BBC News.
"So there's something about fishing that hasn't been factored into this analysis."
The method of dividing oceans into grids that the Dalhousie researchers used, he said, did not permit scrutiny of areas where this might be particularly important, such as the upwelling in the Eastern Pacific that supports the Peruvian anchovy fishery - the biggest fishery on the planet.
If the trend is real, it could also act to accelerate warming, the team noted.
Photosynthesis by phytoplankton removes carbon dioxide from the air and produces oxygen.
In several parts of the world, notably the Southern Ocean, scientists have already noted that the waters appear to be absorbing less CO2 - although this is principally thought to be because of changes to wind patterns - and leaving more CO2 in the air should logically lead to greater warming.
"Phytoplankton... produce half of the oxygen we breathe, draw down surface CO2, and ultimately support all of our fisheries," said Boris Worm, another member of the Dalhousie team.
"An ocean with less phytoplankton will function differently."
The question is: how differently?
If the planet continues to warm in line with projections of computer models of climate, the overall decline in phytoplankton might be expected to continue.
But, said, Daniel Boyce, that was not certain.
"It's tempting to say there will be further declines, but on the other hand there could be other drivers of change, so I don't think that saying 'temperature rise brings a phytoplankton decline' is the end of the picture," he said.
The implications, noted Dr Lundin, could be significant.
"If in fact productivity is going down so much, the implication would be that less carbon capture and storage is happening in the open ocean," he said.
"So that's a service that humanity is getting for free that it will lose; and there would also be an impact on fish, with less fish in the oceans over time."
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The Meaningful Chocolate Company redesigned its purple advent box after a warning from its lawyers.
The advice followed Cadbury's victory in a dispute with rival Nestle over its rights to purple packaging.
But Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell said the confectionary giant should not be "so precious over purple".
Cadbury said it was protecting its trademark from other chocolate firms.
Bishop Stephen spoke out out after the Warrington-based Fairtrade chocolate company designed chocolate Christmas tree decorations with stickers telling the story of Christmas.
The decorations were to come in an advent purple box bearing a picture of Mary and Jesus on the front.
Bishop Stephen urged Cadbury to "relax", adding: "Cadbury should reflect that before they even existed, the colour purple was around and - perish the thought - after they have gone, it will still be here.
"Fighting some battles, even ones you win, can actually be demeaning. Far better to be generous, then no one loses," said Bishop Stephen.
David Marshall, of the Meaningful Chocolate Company, said: "We have been legally advised that we were on dodgy ground this year because we were using 'advent purple' for our Christmas products and 'advent purple' now belongs to Cadbury.
"For this reason we have changed the packaging of our religious Christmas Tree Decorations. This year advent is a warm red," said Mr Marshall.
Cadbury said its dispute with Nestle was to protect the Cadbury purple associated with its milk chocolate.
"We are not seeking to trademark 50 shades of purple, it is about making sure that the consumer is not confused into thinking this is a Cadbury product - that is the nature of a trademark," a spokesman for Cadbury said.
"We are not seeking to be precious about the colour purple," he said.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said it was investigating "an international syndicate which is believed to be attempting to corrupt the PSL".
The pair play for Islamabad United who won their opening PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai on Thursday.
Both batsmen have now been sent home.
Three more players - fast bowler Mohammad Irfan (Islamabad United), left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar (Quetta Gladiators) and opening batsman Shazaib Hassan (Karachi Kings) - were also questioned by the PCB's anti-corruption unit.
PSL chairman Najam Sethi said on Saturday that the trio would continue to play for their respective franchises.
Sharjeel, 27, has played one Test match, 25 one-day internationals and 15 Twenty20 internationals for Pakistan while Latif, 31, has made five ODI and 13 T20 appearances.
The pair put on 107 for Pakistan in their nine-wicket T20 victory over England at Old Trafford in September.
Sharjeel is due to play for Leicestershire in the 2017 T20 Blast but the club have declined to comment.
The very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey will lead the Canons of St Anne's Cathedral on to Donegall Street for the annual event.
Dean McKelvey said, "It is probably going to be the toughest sit-out yet both economically and weather-wise."
The appeal raises money for various charities in Northern Ireland as well as Christian Aid.
This will be the last black santa sit-out for the Church of Ireland dean of Belfast, Rev Houston McKelvey, who announced he is to retire in April 2011.
Dean McKelvey said: "We will be in the street as usual each day from Thursday to Christmas Eve from nine in the morning to five in the evening.
"Relying as always on the tremendous generosity of the people, schools and businesses in our community.
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"I extend an invitation to everyone to come and see us or 'our day off' on Sunday 19 December, when we will present "Carols for the City" and celebrate the Christmas message of God's generosity.
"I would like to sincerely thank those who have already responded to our Postal appeal.
"It helps going on to the street knowing that £90,000 has already been given to this year's appeal."
Dean McKelvey plans to sit outside St Anne's Cathedral until Christmas Eve, continuing a tradition begun by his predecessors 30 years ago.
The charity vigil has raised millions since it began. Dean Sammy Crooks first started the collection in 1976.
Dean McKelvey first sat out for Christmas five years ago, following in the footsteps of his predecessor Dean Jack Shearer, who died in January 2001.
Dean Shearer was initially dubbed Black Santa by the media because of his distinctive clothing and the name caught on among the public.
The appeal raises money for various charities in Northern Ireland as well as Christian Aid.
Speaking at equality charity Stonewall's Rainbow Laces summit, Clarke said he had been working on the issue since starting his role at the FA in late August.
"We're trying to engage with them, to talk to them," Clarke told an audience at Manchester United's Old Trafford.
"But, to be perfectly frank, they are reticent to engage with me."
Clarke was on a panel discussing the problems faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in football.
"Despite nine months of going round and seeing people from athletics, from cricket, from rugby and many other sports, I've yet to meet one professional footballer who felt comfortable enough to have a private meeting at a venue and time of their choosing," he said.
"I said: 'I will come to you, I will travel, I will meet anywhere.'
"You can talk to people from the women's game, which is inclusive, which is safe. But something about the men's game is not right. If it was right, we could have those conversations."
Justin Fashanu, in 1990, was the first professional footballer in England to come out as gay. He took his own life in 1998, aged 37. No male professional player has since come out while playing in England.
Clarke told a Commons Select Committee in October that Premier League players may suffer "significant abuse" if they said they were gay.
More recently, he suggested gay male footballers should come out collectively rather than on their own.
Clarke says football will have "succeeded" when men's finals and competitions have the "same feel" as Saturday's Women's FA Cup final.
"It's not about how many training courses we run, how many processes we do, how much retraining we do for the people who got caught doing bad things. It's about when the men's game starts to feel as inclusive as the women's game, we're there," he said.
Clarke believes that point was still "a couple of decades" away.
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"People of 18, 19, 20 have different attitudes to people who are 58, 59, 60 and what will happen is as society transforms, the bad behaviour in football will become less and less acceptable," said Clarke. "Football leads society, but it also follows society.
"What we need to do is make sure we penalise bad behaviour, reward good behaviour, train people, work with people behind the scenes, make sure inclusion happens, make sure people who want to come out feel safe.
"But that is not going to be cracked in six months."
Premier League executive director Bill Bush believes football is more prepared for players to come out than is perceived outside of the game.
However, he feels social media and the potential reaction of some people online provides a barrier.
"These stories take a life of their own; they will live on social media in their billions of comments, some of which will be abusive," said Bush.
"The lack of restraint on social media, the lack of any kind of legal intervention... in fact one of the problems we're concerned about is that because of the normalisation of abusive language online, almost the clock is being turned back.
"Grounds have become much more tolerant places historically, but you can just feel that the abusive elements of the online world normalise the vocabulary in people's minds and they begin to think they can repeat it in real life."
The public inquiry will be "top priority" of the Liberal government, the newly elected leader said.
He called for a "total renewal" of the relationship between Canada and First Nations peoples.
Mr Trudeau promised increased funding for programming and a review of laws on indigenous peoples.
Calls for an inquiry have grown since a review found 1,181 indigenous women had been murdered or gone missing since 1980.
"We have made this inquiry a priority for our government because those touched by this national tragedy have waited long enough," he said at an assembly of First Nations chiefs in Gatineau, Quebec. "The victims deserve justice; their families an opportunity to heal and to be heard."
After Mr Trudeau's speech, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and Minister of Status of Women Patricia Hajdu outlined the first steps of the inquiry.
"We will meet with the families in the national capital region with the goal of hearing their views on the design of the inquiry and what it needs to achieve," Ms Wilson-Raybould said. "And over the next two months, we will hear from more families, other indigenous peoples, national aboriginal organizations and a range of front-line services workers and others."
Ms Bennett said they would "apply what budget it will take to do it right".
Mr Trudeau said the Liberal government will provide more funding for First Nations education.
Every child and young person living in Canada deserves a chance for a good education, he said, and First Nations students are "no less deserving".
The 2% cap on funding for First Nations programs previously upheld by the Canadian government will be lifted, he said.
He said he is committed to implementing suggestions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including an implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
A report released this summer by commission, which was created in 2006 as part of a $5bn (£3.3bn) class action settlement between the government, churches and 90,000 First Nation students, found that First Nation children were often physically and sexually abused in state-funded church schools.
The Canadian government forced more than 150,000 First Nation children to attend these schools from the 19th Century until the mid-1990s. The schools sought to integrate the children into mainstream Canadian society, but in doing so rid them of their native culture.
"Working together as partners, I am confident that we can make meaningful and immediate progress on the issues that matter most to First Nations communities," Mr Trudeau said.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau won a parliamentary majority in a general election on 19 October.
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Roger John Leece from Union Mills suffered fatal injuries when he fell in the area of the Chasms in Port St Mary on 7 January.
His body was found after a search by the police, Coastguard and RNLI.
A constabulary spokesman said: "At this time there are are no suspicious circumstances. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends."
Seven carriages including the engine of the Amtrak train bound for New York went off the track on Tuesday evening.
Over 200 people have been treated in area hospitals, says Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter.
Investigators are searching the wreckage in order to confirm that all on board have been accounted for.
Part of the US's most travelled stretch of passenger rail between Philadelphia and New York is closed as officials continue to try to determine the cause.
US media report that the train was travelling over 100mph (160km/h) as it entered a sharp curve in the track - twice the local speed limit.
President Obama called the section of rail, "a way of life for many" and that he was "shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the derailment".
Only two victims have so far been publically identified so far:
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team to the crash site on Wednesday, but they stress the priority is to confirm that all passengers are accounted for before the investigation into the cause of the crash begins.
The train recorder has been found and the information, including train speed, video of the accident, and the engineers steering attempts, is being downloaded. More than 240 people were on board Train 188, officials said.
NTSB representative Robert Sumwalt says that recorder will be "key to the investigation".
The train engineer was also injured in the crash, and is giving a statement to city police, says Mayor Nutter.
The train derailed where the tracks curve in the city's Port Richmond section, shortly after leaving the city's main station.
At least eight of the victims were listed as being in a critical condition at local hospitals.
Most of the injured sustained fractures, said Dr Herbert Cushing of Temple University Hospital, where many of the victims were treated.
"It is a devastating scene," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told reporters. "Never seen anything like this in my life.
"We walked the entire length of the train area. The engine [is] completely separated from the rest of the train and one of the cars is perpendicular to the rest of the cars. It's unbelievable."
Daniel Wetrin was among more than a dozen people taken to a nearby elementary school afterwards.
"I think the fact that I walked off (the train) kind of made it even more surreal because a lot of people didn't walk off," he said. "I walked off as if, like, I was in a movie. There were people standing around, people with bloody faces. There were people, chairs, tables mangled about in the compartment ... power cables all buckled down as you stepped off the train."
The crash took place close to the scene of one of the worst rail accidents in US history. In 1943, 79 people were killed when a train travelling from Washington to New York derailed.
Amtrak is a national publicly funded rail service, serving tens of millions of people every year.
The coastguard co-ordinated a search and rescue operation when she disappeared after surfacing at 11:00 BST near the Farne Islands.
She was located at 14:30 BST and given medical treatment but she died a short time later, a coastguard spokesman said.
The rescue helicopter, lifeboats and rescue teams from Holy Island and Seahouses took part in the search.
The agent, named by the media as Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, is alleged to have been involved in more than 50 murders.
He denies the allegations.
Jon Boutcher, the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, was appointed to lead the investigation, in June.
The investigation, codenamed Operation Kenova, is also examining the activities of current and former police officers, members of the army and MI5, and former members of the IRA.
In an interview for the BBC, Mr Boutcher was asked if he believed it would result in criminal prosecutions.
"I wouldn't be doing this investigation if I didn't believe that I could get the evidence to present a case to a public prosecutor to see a trial of those who are responsible for this," he said.
"I am determined to do everything I can to achieve that. Whether I do or not, time will tell.
"Everything that can be done to achieve justice for those victims, which is long overdue, we are going to do."
Mr Boutcher has assembled a team of 48 detectives, who will all be in place by 7 November.
As well as investigating the alleged activities of Stakeknife, the team will also examine the activities of police officers, military personnel and MI5 staff who have had direct dealings with him.
"We will be investigating the people who were hands on responsible," he said.
"We will be investigating any state actors, the security service, the military, the police, who may have been responsible for directing, tasking, receiving information about what happened to those victims to understand what they did or did not do."
He added that "if there is any evidence of criminal offences we will capture that evidence and will present that evidence with regard to any prosecutions that may be required".
However, the investigation's terms of reference do not stop there.
Freddie Scappaticci is alleged to have been a member of the IRA's internal security unit.
Nicknamed "the nutting squad", it was responsible for identifying and killing informers.
Mr Boutcher stressed that the investigation will include allegations about members of that IRA unit.
"Those murders were sanctioned, they were authorised, they were directed by senior members of the IRA, so we will follow that evidence," he added.
The head of Operation Kenova said he had been given "very clear assurances" by the police, the Ministry of Defence, the Army and MI5 that they will not do anything to obstruct his investigation, and will "co-operate fully".
He has also written to the agencies instructing them to retain any documents and information that could be relevant to his investigation.
Asked if he would have to seek permission from the security services to question or arrest the agent codenamed Stakeknife because he is in a witness protection programme, Mr Boutcher said that is not the case.
"If somebody is in a witness protection scheme, that scheme is there for their physical welfare, it's to make sure they can't come to harm because there might be a threat against them," he said.
"What it does not afford that individual is any immunity from any acts that they've committed in the past.
"What that doesn't afford that individual is any protection from any of the investigative leads, strands, opportunities that I or any other investigators in Operation Kenova may seek to take.
"To be very clear, that scheme and the fact that somebody may be on a witness protection scheme doesn't protect them from this investigation."
Mr Boutcher met relatives of some of the people alleged to have been killed by Stakeknife in Belfast this week and said significant new evidence has already been uncovered from those conversations.
He also expressed surprise that the killings and allegations against the Army agent Stakeknife had not been properly investigated much sooner.
"I won't criticise what's gone before, a lot of these offences occurred many, many years ago, at a very difficult time, a time that I probably can't properly comprehend because I wasn't here," he said.
"But those families, when I've asked them questions about any investigation that may have taken place, they've told me they've never spoken to any police officers about the deaths of their loved ones.
"I will say we've listened to what I would describe as very significant evidence with regards to the activities of people responsible for these murders that probably has never been heard before."
Mr Boutcher has established a panel of six international policing experts to act as "critical friends" and provide advice to the investigation team.
A second team of six victims' representatives has been appointed to address the needs of Stakenife's alleged victims and their families.
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones said he feared counter-terrorism policing could be focused on ports in south-east England.
He warned it could leave ports such as Holyhead on Anglesey - the UK's second busiest passenger port - understaffed.
The commissioner added more security resources are needed, not less.
"I think we all know that criminals and terrorists are going to find the easiest way to get into the country, and they won't worry much if it's from Dublin or Heathrow," he said.
"If we cut down on the numbers of police officers in Holyhead, in Pembrokeshire, Lancashire and Scotland, it's going to make it easier for criminals and terrorists to come in."
Holyhead port carries 2.1 million passengers and 400,000 lorries between Anglesey and Dublin every year.
Mr Jones, who was elected to the post standing for Plaid Cymru last year, said he had quizzed the UK's security minister Ben Wallace recently, and was "told the Government were aware of vulnerabilities at the ports".
The Warwickshire force said the officer had completed 15 years service with the police, most recently based in the north of the county.
It said he was not named as this "may risk identifying vulnerable witnesses involved with the investigation".
The sergeant was dismissed "with immediate effect for gross misconduct". There will be no criminal charges.
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It said the hearing, chaired by deputy chief constable Karen Manners, was heard in private due to the vulnerability of witnesses.
The hearing followed a professional standards investigation that started after "concerns were raised around how the officer had engaged with a number of women whilst on duty," police said.
The force said following the hearing, which ended on Monday, the police sergeant was dismissed "with immediate effect for gross misconduct".
Det Supt Gary Watson, head of professional standards, said: "The Misconduct Hearing found that the behaviour of the former Sergeant fell below the standards we expect from our officers and staff and amounted to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour.
"This fell outside the expectations made clear in our Code of Ethics and it is for this reason he was dismissed."
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Belfast's Black Santa is expected to begin his annual Christmas sit-out for charity on Thursday.
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Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says his attempts to hold talks with gay footballers are failing.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in an appeal to First Nations chiefs.
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A 51-year-old man who died after falling from cliffs in the Isle of Man has been named by police.
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Officials are working to determine the cause of a train derailment which killed at least seven people and injured more than 200 others.
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A diver who had gone missing off the Northumberland coast has died.
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The man leading the investigation into the activities of the Army's alleged top agent in the IRA, Stakeknife, has said he believes it will result in prosecutions.
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Assurances have been sought over long-term port security and post-Brexit travel arrangements between the UK and Ireland.
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A police sergeant has been sacked after concerns were raised around how he engaged with women whilst on duty.
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The Lebanese army says the US-bound missiles were for training purposes and did not contain explosives.
Serbian officials, quoted by Reuters, said they were trying to establish whether the missiles were live or not.
They said sniffer-dogs had found the missiles on an Air Serbia flight at Belgrade airport on Saturday.
Air Serbia said it was helping with the investigation.
A source at the Serbian prosecutor's office told Reuters: "Experts are determining whether the missiles were equipped with live or training warheads.
"They were packed in proper transportation crates and supplied with paperwork."
The missiles were due to be transferred to another flight to Portland, Oregon, the source added.
In a statement, the Lebanese military said: "They [the missiles] belonged to the Lebanese army, which decided to send them back to the American company that manufactured them upon agreement with it, in accordance with legal and administrative procedures and after training with them had been completed."
The AGM-114 Hellfire is a laser-guided missile that can be deployed from an attack helicopter or an unmanned drone.
Last month, Cuba returned to the US an inert Hellfire missile that had been wrongly shipped to Havana in June 2014.
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It is not clear exactly who any possible charges would target.
All 150 people on board, mostly from Spain and Germany, died in the crash in March.
Marseilles prosecutor Brice Robin said there was "no doubt" that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the Airbus A320 in the French Alps.
Both Germanwings and Lufthansa have previously said that Lubitz, 27, had passed all fitness to fly tests.
Lufthansa has also acknowledged that it knew the co-pilot had suffered from severe depression in 2009 while training for his pilot's licence.
Mr Robin said some doctors treating Lubitz felt he was unfit to fly but did not tell his employers because of German laws on patient confidentiality.
He said a preliminary investigation by three magistrates would focus on whether the gap between what the pilot's doctors knew, and what his employers knew, points to manslaughter charges.
Mr Robin said that Lubitz had seen seven separate doctors in the month before the crash - one GP, three psychologists and three eye specialists.
Lubitz was troubled about problems with his eyesight and just over a week before the crash, he told one doctor he was only sleeping two hours a night and feared he was going blind.
But doctors could find no "organic cause" for his failing sight, with one doctor suggesting that it might have been due to psychosis.
Mr Robin was speaking after meeting some of the relatives of those who died in the crash.
Germanwings: The unanswered questions
Who were the victims?
On Wednesday the coffins of 16 German schoolchildren and two teachers killed in the crash arrived in the town of Haltern.
Residents holding white roses lined the route as a convoy of white hearses passed the children's school.
The victims' remains were the first to be repatriated following delays over errors on the death certificates.
The remains of the rest of the victims will be repatriated over the coming weeks. The passengers were from 18 countries, including Australia, Argentina and Japan, but most of those on board were either Spanish or German.
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Forward Ajose, 24, is Swindon's top scorer with 22 goals in 36 league games this season, having arrived following his release by Leeds in September.
Iraq midfielder Kasim, 24, has also been linked with a move to other clubs.
Asked if he was planning for life without Ajose and Kasim, Williams admitted: "Yes, I think that's a sensible way to think."
He added: "Nick has scored so many goals, I think any club would be interested in a man who can put the ball in the back of the net that many times.
"It's beyond me that Yaser is still playing League One football. I can't find the reason. I'm struggling to find (flaws) in his game.
"It's highly likely that Yaser will play either Premier League football or Championship football next season.
"All the boys are ambitious and they should want to play at the next step. To try too hard to try to persuade them to stay is probably the wrong way to do things.
"I don't like to try to stand in the way of a player's progression, once a player has got that in their mind that they're desperate to go and play elsewhere."
Swindon's survival in the third tier was secured on Saturday as they beat Chesterfield, and they now face Rochdale and Shrewsbury in their final two games of the season.
"We've got a chance to look at some players who we're maybe not 100% sure what level they're at, but we can allow them to show us," Williams told BBC Wiltshire.
"We will try to work on a few different things in training and see if there could be an interesting angle for us to experiment with next season.
"There are very few occasions in football when you have the luxury to try something."
Meanwhile, midfielder Jake Evans, 18, has signed a professional contract with the club.
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The 26-year-old follows in the footsteps of compatriot Marcus Willis in meeting the Swiss on Centre Court.
British qualifier Willis, ranked 772 in the world, lost 6-0 6-3 6-4 to Federer on Wednesday.
World number one Serena Williams is second on Centre Court as the defending champion faces fellow American Christina McHale.
In the men's draw, Novak Djokovic will be on Court One as the Serb continues his bid to defend his Wimbledon title against American Sam Querrey.
Evans has enjoyed a remarkable run in the past year, climbing more than 650 places up the world rankings since dropping to 772nd in May 2015.
Questions were raised about the Birmingham player's commitment to the sport when he did not turn up to a Futures event, while he has also struggled with a knee injury.
But he has rediscovered his fitness and form in the past 12 months, helping Great Britain win the Davis Cup and claiming three ATP Challenger titles.
He was rewarded with his first Wimbledon win against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, before setting up the meeting with Federer by beating 30th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov on Thursday.
"(Federer's) not a normal guy obviously, but he's another tennis player," said Evans.
"I just have to prepare myself and try and put that to the back of my head - that it's Roger I'm playing - go out and give it my best."
"Dan will go out there and try to make life as difficult as possible for Roger," said British former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tim Henman.
"He needs to serve well, use that good sliced backhand and try and dictate when he gets the chance. Obviously that's not easy against Federer."
Venus Williams makes a swift return to action as the former world number one plays Russian Daria Kasatkina on Court One.
Williams overcame Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the second round on Thursday.
However, the five-times Wimbledon champion appeared to be disappointed at having to play on Court 18 - the smallest show court at the All England Club.
"I think if players have to play outside (on the outside courts), all players should have to play outside," said Williams.
"There shouldn't be exceptions or any inequality to it."
Rain on Wednesday resulted in a hefty backlog of matches, meaning the remaining second-round encounters will be completed on Friday.
Two of the game's entertainers, Nick Kyrgios and Dustin Brown, meet in a battle for a place in the third round.
The pair are close friends, having played together for the Singapore Slammers in last year's International Premier Tennis League.
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Also playing their second-round match are Stan Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro.
Former US Open champion Del Potro is making his return to Grand Slam action at Wimbledon after battling back from three wrist operations that almost led to him retiring from tennis.
"I was close to quitting at the end of last year but now is completely different," said the Argentine.
"I'm expecting to be better in the future, but for this year my biggest challenge is to finish healthy and make a good preparation for next year."
Setting interest rates is not the only thing the Bank of England focuses on anymore. But what does the newly expanded powers of the central bank mean for rates?
To answer that question (and pretty much everything about post-crisis monetary policy), the Bank of England organised a conference with a live webcast to discuss how to make its research suit its new policymaking tools.
It is one of the central banks that now has the task of ensuring financial stability in addition to targeting inflation.
In other words, the Bank sets what is called macroprudential policy, which aims to prevent another banking crisis. It also oversees individual banks, under what is called the Prudential Regulatory Authority.
So, the Bank of England has these new tools, but how to make them work well together? You might think it should have figured that out beforehand.
Well, governor Mark Carney said that the Bank is trying to get "theory to catch up with practice".
I can hear the jokes about economists being trotted out.
Here's a classic: An economist is someone who finds something works in practice and wonders whether it works in theory.
There's the former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's version: "The problem with QE is that it works in practice, but it doesn't work in theory."
Or, in the words of former US Congressman Dick Armey: "Economics: the science of telling you things that you have known your whole life, but in a language that you can't understand."
Now, for the important question - how does what the Bank of England is doing affect interest rates?
It is clear that inflation is not the only concern anymore.
Although it is unclear what the target is when it comes to financial stability (that's hardly reassuring), managing it is a goal.
The instruments are not interest rates, but macroprudential tools, such as countercyclical capital requirements (essentially an insurance policy against unemployment, or other bad economic conditions) or leverage ratios (the amount of debt a bank can have in relation to its holdings).
Still, it is all connected. For instance, if banks are lending too much or too little, then the cost of borrowing - the commercial interest rate - will be affected by the supply and demand for credit.
In other words, the interest rate we pay on our mortgages and business loans is not directly set by the Bank of England.
It is commercial banks and other financial institutions that base the cost of our loans on the rate of the Bank.
Even how much they lend can be affected by the Bank, since it can ask for more or less capital to be set aside by banks.
But, for the businesses frustrated by the low amount of bank lending since the crash, regulation does not seem to be the main issue.
One way to think about the new system is that the central bank sets the interest rate, which remains focused on the 2% inflation target.
The Bank also now directly influences more of the monetary transmission mechanism that transmits that base rate through the financial system. By regulating banks and the financial sector, the central bank has more sway over the operations of the lending system.
The Bank officials themselves asked where the boundaries of macroprudential policies end and those that govern monetary policy that targets interest rates start.
It is not very reassuring, but the answer was that no one knows.
One chart that seemed to sum up the day was presented by the Bank's chief economist, Andy Haldane.
He showed a word count of the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee, the body that sets rates. It showed that the word "banks" rarely appeared in discussions before the collapse of Northern Rock that led to the first bank run in a century a few years ago. Now, it appears frequently.
What that means for how the MPC operates alongside other parts of the Bank with these new mandates will evidently require more research in the years to come.
But, one thing that struck me throughout the conference was that there was little discussion about how interest rates should be set to meet the inflation target. There will be changes in the future, but for now, we will still be mainly watching inflation.
They say senior intelligence officials will be interviewed about whether Mr Trump tried to end an inquiry into his sacked national security adviser.
Mr Trump's legal team said the latest leak to the media was "outrageous".
Mr Mueller is overseeing an FBI inquiry into Russia's alleged meddling the 2016 US election and any Trump links to it.
President Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion with Russia, describing the ongoing inquiry as a "witch hunt".
The latest development was first carried in the Washington Post. Later the New York Times and Wall St Journal reported the story, citing their own sources.
The Washington Post said the decision by Mr Mueller to investigate President Trump's own conduct is a major turning point in the investigation, which until recently focused on the Russian angle.
The latest media reports say the obstruction of justice investigation began just days after President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey on 9 May.
Mr Comey, who had been leading one of several Russia inquiries, testified to Congress last week that Mr Trump had pressured him to drop the inquiry into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Mr Flynn was sacked in February for failing to reveal the extent of his contacts with Sergei Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to Washington.
Mr Comey testified under oath that Mr Trump had told him during a private meeting: "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."
The White House has said the president "has never asked Mr Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn".
Mr Comey said he was "sure" Mr Mueller was looking at whether Mr Trump had obstructed justice.
But Mr Comey also testified that to his knowledge the president had not tried to stop the Russia investigation.
The three names being mentioned in US media are Daniel Coats, the director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, and Richard Ledgett, until recently Mr Rogers' deputy.
At a Senate panel last week, Mr Coats and Admiral Rogers declined to answer questions about conversations with the president, but said that they had never felt pressured to interfere in investigations.
The Washington Post says the three have agreed to be interviewed by investigators and the questioning could happen as early as this week.
The three were not involved in the Trump campaign but may be asked whether Mr Trump sought their help to end the Flynn inquiry.
A separate Washington Post report has said that Mr Coats told associates in March that the president had asked him to try to get the FBI to back off.
However, the Times points out that the latest questioning does not mean a criminal case is being built against the president, simply that information is being gathered by the FBI. It will be passed to prosecutors who will then have to decide.
Not personally. Yet.
But his legal team responded angrily.
Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Mr Trump's lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, said: "The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal."
Mr Trump has repeatedly railed against leaks from the FBI, saying this is the important story, not alleged collusion with Russia, which he has dismissed as "fake news".
The New York Times reports that Mr Trump has considered firing Mr Mueller in recent days but has been talked out of it by aides.
James Comey hinted at it. Washington insiders suspected it. Now US media are reporting it (through anonymous sources, of course).
Donald Trump himself is under direct investigation for obstruction of justice by the special counsel's office.
Take all those previous assertions by the president that he's not the target of law enforcement efforts, and throw them out the window.
Mr Trump will surely insist that the inquiry into whether his campaign had ties to Russia is still a hoax perpetrated by Democrats and a hostile media, and that the obstruction allegations are built on that empty foundation.
That may not matter. "It's not the crime; it's the cover-up," may be a hackneyed political saying, but that doesn't mean it lacks a kernel of truth.
There's still an open question as to what, exactly, could happen if Mr Mueller does find the president violated the law in acting to disrupt an ongoing investigation.
Could charges be filed? Would it fall on the House of Representatives to act?
It's all uncharted legal terrain.
If the latest media reports are correct, however, Mr Mueller may be charting a course for the darkness.
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The 46-year-old will arrive at Stamford Bridge after taking a week off to ease the disappointment of the defeat by Germany on penalties in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals in Bordeaux.
Conte's tactical approach and animated demeanour has made him one of the significant figures of the tournament in France - so what can Chelsea and the Premier League expect next season?
Conte joins a stellar coaching cast list that has been assembled in the Premier League for the start of the new campaign, with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Jose Mourinho at Manchester United and Jurgen Klopp embarking on his first full season at Liverpool.
And Conte will certainly add to the cult of personality, as well as coaching acumen, when he starts his competitive Chelsea reign at home to West Ham United on 13 August.
Conte is a ball of fire in his technical area, a blur of perpetual motion mirroring his team's style.
Not only does he provide flamboyant goal celebrations, like when he jumped on top of the dugout when Italy scored against Spain in their last-16 victory, he also delivers a highly watchable body language commentary on the game.
He was even caught on camera lashing the ball away when it landed at his feet after Italy had lost possession.
At one point during the loss to Germany, Conte marched along the length of his technical area in perfect time and tempo to Italy's play. He sets himself up exactly in line with his back four - a job he may find more difficult in Stamford Bridge's enclosed spaces.
Conte will be as involved in the game as his players. He gave an unsuspecting member of his support team a hefty shove during one exchange, planted a kiss on goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon before the penalty shootout and took his team to the dugout for a brief bonding session before they started that disappointing final phase.
There is a touch of vanity too, not just in what will become a familiar touchline strut, but also in his lavishly re-upholstered hairline.
In his final news conference there was only the slightest hint of the combustible personality the Premier League has been told to expect, but he did deliver a defiant admonishment to his critics in Italy as he prepared to take his leave for England.
"I have never felt supported by anyone," he told the Italian media - not that he appears to need much support or comfort.
It will be an interesting, perhaps bumpy, ride ahead.
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Conte has come a long way since being sacked as coach of Italian Serie B side Arezzo in October 2006.
He had already won five Serie A titles, the Champions League and the Uefa Cup as a combative midfield player with Juventus.
And he was able to rehabilitate his managerial career with Bari, Atalanta and Siena to such an extent he returned to Juve and won three successive Serie A titles.
Conte is admired and respected by figures at the very highest level, with former Italy defender Alessandro Costacurta saying: "The most important thing for me is the coach and for me he is the best coach in the world."
He added: "He is a great guy, very passionate, he knows every quality of the players and of the team.
"For me he is the best motivator we have - I played with him in a lot of games in the national team; he is very meticulous but has great heart."
And Italian Football Federation president Carlo Tavecchio, who Conte said was by his side throughout any criticism of his work, said: "Conte is a great man, a great coach who keeps his word.
"Unfortunately he is leaving, but this is an investment that has paid off in every sense."
Conte's dedication to fierce discipline and his determination to control every aspect of his players' lives may come as a culture shock at Chelsea - especially the late-night phone calls.
Fabio Riva, a Turin-based journalist with Tuttosport, told BBC Sport before Saturday's quarter-final: "We say that he is a hammer with the players. In Italy he produced a document to say what kind of food the players could eat and what they could not.
"He would sometimes call the players at 11pm at night to tell them that 'tomorrow we are training in the morning not in the evening' - so the players can't organise things. He wants them 100% committed and focused at all times.
"This will be very interesting because he has a particular approach to the work of the club. I am very curious to know if this maniacal approach will work. I am very curious to know if this will have a strong impact in the Premier League."
Former Italy international and Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli, who was captain when Conte was at Juventus, said: "He's the right guy in the right place. He's a perfect fit for the club. The players are on the back of a disappointing season so they will have to shut up and listen to the manager."
He added: "He is very passionate. Football is his life and therefore he wears his heart on his sleeve. He doesn't try to be someone else. After the game he is a very pleasant, quiet guy - but during the 90 minutes he wants to win."
Conte himself even said: "There are situations in which you are the hammer and in which you are the anvil. We have to understand that the role of the technical staff is of the anvil."
In other words - Conte is in charge.
Italy's players freely admit Conte is a demanding but inspirational taskmaster, with journalist Riva saying: "He wants hard work and he wants to be involved in the whole life of the players. This means on the pitch, with a lot of work on the tactics, but also out of the pitch with his psychological approach."
Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard is convinced the fans at Stamford Bridge will love their new leader.
"I'm looking at Conte and the way the Italians played and the passion he had," said Lampard.
"He was almost like a player, directing his team and animated on the line. I enjoyed watching that and I'm not Italian - but if I was an Italian fan I'd be going 'that man's leading our country' and I'd love to see a bit of that in the future for England."
And that is exactly what Chelsea fans will see next season.
Conte's expertise has been demonstrated by the manner in which he has taken a squad derided as the worst to leave Italy for a major tournament in 50 years to quarter-finalists, conquering Belgium and Spain along the way.
Italy have employed a three at the back system to ruthless effect. Will he employ it at Chelsea and base it around John Terry, who has signed a new one-year deal at the club, alongside Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma?
In France he has used the Juventus trio, who he trusts implicitly, of Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci in front of their great team-mate for club and country, Gianluigi Buffon.
The success of Conte's system is aided by the familiarity of that foursome.
Conte uses his wing-backs to control the flanks and has even used Southampton's Graziano Pelle as an old-fashioned centre-forward, holding up play to bring team-mates in as well as scoring against Belgium and Spain.
It is all created around the fearsome work ethic Conte demands and is fluid based around having, and not having, the ball.
He created what he called his "War Machine" behind closed doors at Montpellier's Roland Gasset training ground, with heavy security, staff accompanied by guard dogs to keep his plans under wraps.
Chelsea will not fail through lack of attention to detail.
Costacurta explained: "The team was not so organised before, at the end of the year they were not a unit, but after two or three training sessions the team improved.
"He has great determination and charisma. He always improves his knowledge about the team, about the players, he is always looking for something new, a tactical solution."
Vialli is also confident Conte will adapt to his change of circumstances, saying: "He needs to adapt to a different culture. What works in Italy may not work in England but he's a clever guy and he will change something to adapt to the English mentality if he needs to."
Conte will be in with the master of the art in Jose Mourinho at Manchester United but those who know him say he is not above using the media to make his point.
Riva, who observed Conte at close quarters for seven years, says: "The relationship with the media could be difficult because - and he was right of course - he wanted to concentrate totally on the work of the club so he sometimes thought they were a disturbance or a distraction.
"He also used the media to sometimes put pressure on the other team and take it off his own players. He might say the other team were favourites and then we know he would go into a room with his players and tell them they thought they could win because they were so strong.
"It is known as the mind games in England."
One man who knows about success is Italy's 1982 World Cup winner and iconic defender Giuseppe Bergomi.
He was at Italy's defeat by Germany as a TV pundit and he told BBC Sport in Bordeaux: "It's a great choice by Chelsea. He will bring his mentality to be well-organised and to fight - and you can be sure the team will play good football.
"If Chelsea can add a few of the players he wants then I am certain the team will play in a good way. The Premier League and England will enjoy him and his team."
And Bergomi believes Conte will fit straight into the elite group of coaches now working in the Premier League.
"It is very exciting for him to because he will be coming up against the greatest coaches in the world like Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and all the great trainers in the Premier League. It will be very important for him," said Bergomi.
He added: "Mourinho and Guardiola have won championships in different leagues so that is another step for Antonio and Klopp. They still have to win different championships but they are both outstanding and are very close.
"Antonio will need to be given some time at Chelsea to organise the team and use his collaborators in the right way but I am sure if he has time he will do a great job."
The pools at La Valette were badly damaged by large granite boulders thrown up to 40ft (12m) by huge waves which battered the coast last February.
Deputy Mike O'Hara said it was unclear where the funds would come from and when the pools would reopen.
He said the cost of maintaining the pools would also be substantial.
The pools are used all year round by swimmers and were built after the loss of beachfront due to the extensive development of St Peter Port Harbour.
The ladies' and children's pools reopened last year but the men's and the horseshoe pools still remain closed.
Trains between Folkestone and Calais were suspended overnight after an "organised" group of 200 migrants broke through security fencing.
One Eurotunnel employee and two police officers were injured in the incident.
At 21:00 BST Eurotunnel said there were no delays from the UK, but some disruption to services from Calais.
Eurostar advised customers to check in as normal but to expect delays of up to 60 minutes.
There had been delays of up to three hours during Saturday morning while all services ran just one of the two tunnels.
The disruption affected both Eurotunnel, which runs freight and car services, and Eurostar, which runs passenger trains using St Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Ashford stations.
Eurotunnel said it was concerned there may be another attempt at a breach.
Staff were "being very careful because it was such a different tactic, a different approach last night", it added.
Trains were stopped from 23:30 BST on Friday after security staff were overwhelmed by the "number and aggression" of the group, Eurotunnel spokesman John Keefe said.
People had gone to the end of new security fencing, installed during the summer months, and broken through older fences. Police were waiting at the tunnel to round up those who reached it, he added.
He said staff were shoved and stones thrown as security fences were breached.
"Services were suspended because of the very large, determined and organised group of migrants who burst through the fence and made their way to the terminal," he said.
French police and British authorities removed people from the area.
The situation in Calais is part of a wider migrant crisis across Europe, with huge numbers of people heading north from the Mediterranean.
Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, started to be put in place in the summer. It is aimed at making it harder for migrants to get onto the platforms and trains heading into the Channel Tunnel.
A man died on Wednesday near the tunnel entrance in Calais - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June and the fourth to have died in September.
Read more: Why is there a crisis in Calais?
Chauhan, the India international goalkeeper, made her debut for West Ham United in the opening game of the season against Coventry City on Sunday.
West Ham play in the Women's Premier League Southern Division - the third tier of women's football.
Chauhan's debut has created widespread interest in Indian newspapers and on social media.
Scores of people have begun congratulating her on Twitter, including the Indian football team and her former club FC Goa.
Meanwhile West Ham jokingly asked what percentage of the Indian population it needed to reach 20,000 followers before admitting it "lost count". It also won over Indians by tweeting in Hindi.
It had earlier announced Chauhan's selection on Twitter as a "proud moment for Indian football".
Chauhan's debut could have gone better as West Ham lost 5-0 to Coventry.
"I'm not happy about the result. I could have played better. But of course I have watched the West Ham men's team on television and it was like a dream come true when I donned their jersey with the same logo", she told the Times of India newspaper.
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Amir, 24, and Asif, 33, shared 31 England wickets in the 2010 Test series before they were caught spot-fixing at Lord's, leading to bans and jail terms.
While Amir prepares to return to Lord's on Thursday, Asif is playing in Norway and targeting a recall of his own.
"Amir can do again what he did before," Asif told Stumped. "English conditions are very useful for him. I miss them."
He added: "I would love to play in English conditions. I can swing it both ways. You get a hundred partnership, then suddenly the clouds come over, the ball starts moving and you can get a quick five or six wickets."
With 106 wickets from 23 Tests, Asif was ranked the second best bowler in the world before his five-year ban for bowling deliberate no-balls for cash.
That ban expired last year and he is currently playing club cricket among Norway's Asian ex-pat community to gain fitness for the Pakistani domestic season in September.
He hopes to be back in contention for Pakistan's tours of New Zealand and Australia from November.
"I have a couple of good friends here," he said. "In Pakistan at the moment, it's quite hot, but here it's good for cricket, lots of greenery and nice weather.
"The next season is very important for me. I want to come back and play a good standard, international standard, so I need to work hard and train hard.
"There are a few hurdles. I need to get fit, perform well and then my aim is to go with the team on the Australia and New Zealand tour."
The return of Amir, Asif and captain Salman Butt has divided cricket.
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja and ex-England spinner Graeme Swann are among those who believe they should have been banned for life.
Asif argues that everyone deserves a second chance.
"Every human being has made a mistake," he said. "We made a mistake, we apologised and, after a mistake, everyone has the right to come back on track.
"It was a hard time, I went to jail and was banned and things got worse and worse. But, in the last year, things are getting better and better.
"I am very happy and I am back in cricket with the ball in my hand. I can't talk, my ball will talk."
Asif says he took inspiration from Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali during his six-month prison term in the UK as he focused on rebuilding his life and career.
Now he is helping young cricketers avoid making the same mistakes as him.
"I have helped a lot with the Pakistan Cricket Board, visiting schools and regional teams to educate them to do right," he said.
"I told them not to go wrong. Cricket is a gentleman's game, so play like a gentleman.
"I have told the ICC that whenever they need my help to educate young people or awareness against corruption, call me, I am available any time."
The stinky discovery was made when the team were exploring the wreck of the Kronan, a warship that sank 340 years ago.
They didn't know it was cheese until the journey to the surface caused some of the contents to leak, releasing a very strong smell.
But in matters as important as the potential discovery of 340-year-old cheese, you can't just trust your nose.
So the team have sent their discovery to a laboratory so that they can know for sure what they have found.
So-called skin betting websites let players gamble with virtual items as currency, but items won can often be sold and turned back in to real money.
The sites are not operated by Valve, but incorporate items from its games.
The gambling commission has sent Valve a cease and desist letter in an attempt to stamp out the sites.
Skins are collectable, virtual items in video games that change the appearance of a weapons - for example, turning a pistol into a golden gun.
Sometimes skins can be earned within a game, but they can also be bought with real money.
Some games also let players trade and sell skins, with rarer examples attracting high prices.
A number of websites let players gamble with their skins for the chance to win more valuable ones.
Since skins won on such a website could theoretically be sold and turned back into real-world money, critics say betting with skins is unlicensed gambling.
Many skin betting websites are connected to Valve game Counter Strike: Global Offensive, although similar operations exist for a number of other titles including EA's Fifa.
In July, Washington-based Valve said it would use "all available remedies" to end skin betting and ordered 23 unofficial websites to cease operations.
It has now asked 40 unofficial websites to end their betting operations connected to its games.
But the WSGC said Valve needed to "stop allowing the transfer of virtual weapons known as 'skins' for gambling activities".
It said Valve's Steam software platform facilitated the activity.
"All third-party gambling sites have Steam accounts and use the Steam platform to conduct their gambling transactions," the WSGC said in a statement.
It has been estimated that the global market in betting on video games is worth as much as £4bn.
In September, the UK gambling commission charged two men with offences under the Gambling Act, in what is believed to be the first prosecution involving betting on video games.
After a cagey start, Alfie Mawson's thumping volley and an incisive team goal finished by Martin Olsson gave the hosts a commanding 2-0 half-time lead.
Leicester offered more resistance in the second half - substitute Islam Slimani was denied by a fine save by Lukasz Fabianski - but fell to a fifth successive defeat, increasing the pressure on manager Claudio Ranieri.
The Foxes, who are just one point above the relegation zone, are the only side in the top four English divisions without a league goal in 2017.
They are also the first reigning champions to lose five consecutive top flight matches since Chelsea in March 1956 and now find themselves embroiled in a congested relegation battle in which the bottom six teams are separated by just five points.
Reaction from the Liberty Stadium
Winless in the Premier League in 2017 and without a goal in their previous five league outings, Leicester entered this fixture in apparent freefall.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel described their faltering title defence as "embarrassing" after last Sunday's 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United, while Wednesday's FA Cup replay win over Derby was preceded by a dreaded vote of confidence from the club's board for manager Ranieri.
The Italian cut a forlorn figure on the touchline at the Liberty Stadium, standing motionless as he watched his side surrender two goals in a potentially defining eight-minute spell at the end of the first half.
There was little Schmeichel could do to stop Mawson's brilliant swerving volley, but the goalkeeper was at fault for Swansea's second.
Attempting to launch a counter-attack, the Dane's throw landed at the feet of Swans midfielder Tom Carroll, who started a slick one-touch passing move which involved Fernando Llorente and Gylfi Sigurdsson and ended with Olsson, whose firm strike Schmeichel should have saved.
As impressive as the goal was from a Swansea perspective, it was indicative of Leicester's porous defence - a far cry from the solid backline which formed the foundation for their improbable title success last season.
Despite starting the day a place below their opponents, Swansea's resurgence under new head coach Paul Clement was in striking contrast to Leicester's decline.
The Swans had won three of their five league games since Clement's appointment on 2 January, lifting them off the foot of the table and out of the bottom three to earn the former Derby boss the Premier League manager of the month award.
That accolade is meant to carry something of a curse - with managers often losing their next game after receiving the award - but Clement avoided such a jinx as he oversaw a polished performance.
Swansea are far more organised defensively than they were under predecessor Bob Bradley, with the defence and midfield now structured and disciplined with and without the ball.
The home side's energetic pressing gave Leicester no time to settle, and their two brilliant goals gave them a firm foothold in the game they never looked like losing.
A fourth win from six league games under Clement means Swansea climb up to 15th place, four points clear of the bottom three and with renewed hope of avoiding relegation.
Match ends, Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0.
Second Half ends, Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0.
Attempt missed. Leroy Fer (Swansea City) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Islam Slimani (Leicester City).
Tom Carroll (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Swansea City. Luciano Narsingh replaces Wayne Routledge.
Hand ball by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Foul by Islam Slimani (Leicester City).
Jack Cork (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Ayew (Swansea City).
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Kyle Naughton.
Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Martin Olsson with a cross.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Robert Huth.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
Leroy Fer (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Islam Slimani.
Foul by Kyle Naughton (Swansea City).
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Leroy Fer (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
Substitution, Swansea City. Jordan Ayew replaces Fernando Llorente.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Danny Simpson.
Attempt missed. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Islam Slimani (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.
Foul by Leroy Fer (Swansea City).
Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Danny Simpson.
Ben Chilwell (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Chilwell (Leicester City).
Wayne Routledge (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Chilwell (Leicester City).
Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Leroy Fer.
Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Naughton with a cross.
Second Half begins Swansea City 2, Leicester City 0.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ben Chilwell replaces Christian Fuchs.
Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Marc Albrighton.
Temperatures dropped to -11.6C in Kinbrace in Sutherland where it was -12.4C at 09:00 on Tuesday.
Milder air has been forecast to arrive from the Atlantic, but bringing with it wet and windy weather.
The Met Office has issued yellow "be aware" warnings for rain falling on frozen surfaces on Thursday and heavy rain on Friday.
Thursday's warning covers large parts of southern, central and western Scotland and Friday's applies to central and southern Scotland.
BBC Scotland weather presenter Kawser Quamer said heavy rain on Friday and snow-melt could increase the risk of flooding in Dumfries and Galloway.
She said: "Last night saw the last widespread cold night for this particular wintry spell.
"There is still a frost in central and eastern areas tonight but in the west milder air seeps in from the Atlantic with some rain and strengthening southerly winds.
"This rain then spreads eastwards during the day on Thursday, with some widespread mist and hill fog - making for quite a dreich day."
She added: "But it's overnight into Friday when more significant wet and windy weather arrives from the Atlantic with much milder conditions, as daytime temperatures widely climb to double figures.
"Friday's rain could enhance flood concerns in Dumfries and Galloway."
BT Sport has the competition rights and, in addition to its TV channel, will show both games free-to-air in the UK on the video-sharing website.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool face defending champions Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday, 18 May.
La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid then meet in the Champions League final on Saturday, 28 May.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid won 4-1 the last time the sides met in the final in 2014.
Liverpool have agreed to screen the Europa League final at the city's Echo Arena, with 9,000 seats available to fans unable to attend Basel's St Jakob-Park.
The winner of this year's Europa League final will earn a spot in the Champions League for next season.
In 2013, BT Sport announced a £897m three-year deal to show all 350 fixtures across both competitions each season from 2015.
As part of that deal, BT said it would show at least one match involving each participating British team for free every season.
Researchers, writing in Nature, found UK ash trees seemed to have more tolerance than Danish trees, which were devastated by the fungal pathogen.
The disease reached the UK's wider environment in October 2012.
However, the scientists warned that the species faced another serious threat - the emerald ash borer insect.
"We sequenced an ash genome for the first time and... compared it to other plant genomes and we found that a quarter of the genes were unique," explained co-author Richard Buggs from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the Queen Mary University of London.
"This really underlined why we needed to do the project, because there is so much of the ash that seems to be unique to the [species]."
Dr Buggs, the head of plant health at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, told BBC News that fellow members of the team from the University of York used the data to compare UK specimens with ones from Denmark, where the disease had been present for two decades and had decimated the country's population of ash trees.
"[They] found evidence that ash trees in the UK could harbour lower levels of susceptibility to ash dieback than trees in Denmark," he said.
After being first reported in Poland, a large number of trees in northern Europe have become infected with the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.
Symptoms on infected trees include leaf loss, lesions in the wood and on the bark and ultimately the dieback of the crown of the tree. Young trees can succumb to the pathogen in just one growing season, while older trees take several years to die.
In October 2012, the fungal pathogen arrived in natural woodland on the East Anglian coast. It prompted widespread concern among scientists and politicians.
Following the arrival of ash dieback on these shores and the acceptance that the disease will not be eradicated, the government listed bio-security as one of its environmental priorities in order to prevent future accidental invasions of alien pathogens.
Dr Buggs observed: "If it turns out that there's more trees in the UK that have low susceptibility to ash dieback then that's really quite good news for us... because, ultimately, we would like to breed trees that are completely resistant to ash dieback."
"If we already have native trees with low susceptibility then it's quite promising."
Dr Buggs said he did not think that ash dieback posed a threat to UK ash trees on a scale similar to the devastating impact that Dutch elm disease had upon the UK's elm population as the genetic diversity among the nation's ash trees was greater than the one in the elm trees.
However, the team warned that the species faced another serious threat. The emerald ash borer, a small beetle, was first discovered in the Moscow area in 2007 and is a pathogen that is cause for serious concern among experts.
Since the turn of the century, the beetle has killed tens of millions of trees in North America and is expected to have cost the US economy $10 billion by 2020.
Research from the universities of Exeter and Warwick, also published in Nature, found that trees that had a higher degree of resistance to ash dieback had lower levels of a chemical compound that are known to deter insects.
"Our research highlights the danger of selecting trees for resilience to ash dieback at the expense of resistance to insects that threaten this iconic UK tree species," explained co-author Dr Christine Sambles from the University of Exeter.
Dr Buggs added: "I think that's why we need really tight bio-security going forward."
Following the arrival of ash dieback in the UK, the Environment Secretary at the time, Owen Paterson, listed bio-security as one of his department's priorities.
It was a position that was restated by his successor, Liz Truss.
Dr Buggs said that it was important that UK bio-security remained high on the agenda during Brexit negotiations and that the issue did not get trumped by trade deals.
"We do need to have increased plant bio-security measures in a post-Brexit Britain rather than decreased security," he warned.
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The ruling is a victory for the Asian-American rock band The Slants, which sued after the government rejected its registration to trademark its name.
Band members said they were reclaiming the term, which was viewed as derogatory to Asians.
Band leader Simon Tam said they were "humbled and thrilled" by the ruling.
"This journey has always been much bigger than our band - it's been about the rights of all marginalized communities to determine what's best for ourselves," he wrote on Facebook.
The US Patent and Trademark office had denied the application, pointing to a portion of the law that prohibits federal registration of a trademark if it disparages persons, beliefs, or institutions.
In a unanimous 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court said that clause was unconstitutional.
"It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle: Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the decision.
The US government had said its decision to refuse the band trademark registration was not a violation of free speech because the band could still use the name.
But federal registration is important because it makes trademarks more secure, said Ronald Coleman of the Archer law firm, one of the lawyers who argued the case for the band.
The decision has implications for a case that is already pending over the name of the US football team, the Washington Redskins.
The US Patent and Trademark office cancelled the team's trademark registrations in 2014, after five Native Americans said the name was offensive.
Paul Fucito, a spokesman for the trademark office, said it is reviewing the decision and expects to issue new guidance for employees.
The discovery of Homo floresiensis in 2003 caused a sensation because it seemed the creature could have been alive in the quite recent past.
But a new analysis indicates the little hominin probably went extinct at least 50,000 years ago - not the 12,000 years ago initially thought to be the case.
Researchers report their revised assessment in the journal Nature.
Prof Bert Roberts, from the University of Wollongong, Australia, says the new dating actually resolves what had always been a head-scratcher: how it was possible for floresiensis to survive for 30,000 to 40,000 years after modern humans are believed to have passed through Indonesia.
"Well, it now seems we weren't living alongside this little species for very long, if at all. And once again it smells of modern humans having a role in the downfall of yet another pieces," he told BBC News.
"Every time modern humans arrived somewhere new, it tended to be bad news for the endemic fauna. Things would go pear-shaped pretty quickly."
H. floresiensis - A sensational finding on Flores Island
This does not mean we necessarily killed the Hobbits; it may just have been that we made life miserable for them.
Modern humans could have outcompeted the little people for the best food resources and land, for example.
The Liang Bua cave on the island of Flores where the Hobbit fossils were unearthed continues to be investigated.
The intervening years have seen researchers dig down through new areas, to get a better picture of how the sediments are structured.
It now transpires that the first floresiensis specimens were lodged just below an unconformity - a missing, eroded layer of material.
The absence of this sediment made the context of the 2003 finds appear younger than they actually were.
Various dating technologies have subsequently been applied to the contents of the cave - charcoal, sediments, flowstones, volcanic ash and even the H. floresiensis bones themselves - to help build a new timeline.
This points to the skeletal remains of floresiensis being between about 100,000 and 60,000 years old.
"But then we have some stone tools that were 50,000 years old and these were very likely made by Hobbits," explained Prof Roberts.
"We say 'very likely', not because they were small stone tools able to fit in their hands, but because they were made from a volcanic rock called silicified tuff, which they seemed to prefer.
"When modern humans came through that region, we used stone tools made of chert, for example.
"So, 50,000 years ago is when the Hobbits disappear, as far as we can determine. But then we haven't excavated the whole cave yet."
One of the key implications of the new dating is that it fells one of the early counter-theories about the origin of the Hobbits - that they might not have been a separate species but merely a diseased form of modern human.
But if the Hobbits were living on Flores 100,000 years ago, this view is no longer tenable: no modern humans have been recorded in south-east Asia so far back in time.
Prof Chris Stringer, from the Natural History Museum in London, UK, is an expert on ancient humans.
He agrees that the new research helps straighten out the story of the Hobbits, and makes it much more likely that we were involved in their extinction somehow.
"The other fascinating and tricky thing to think about is the possibility of interbreeding. We know modern humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans (other archaic human species), so could they have got together with floresiensis? Are there people on Earth today who have a little bit of Hobbit DNA in them? You couldn't rule it out."
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The women, aged 66 and 33, were pronounced dead at a property in Golders Green, north London, on Friday night.
The victims' next-of-kin have been informed.
The Met said it had arrested a 27-year-old man shortly before 14:00 BST after he was spotted in Golders Hill Park.
Det Insp Ian Lott said: "This was a devastating attack on two women in their home."
Emergency services were called to the house in Golders Green Crescent at 20:50 BST on Friday.
Ministers have lent their support to 14 planned developments which will each deliver between 1,500 and 10,000 properties and establish new villages.
The new garden villages could provide 48,000 homes, the government says.
Larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire, Somerset and the Essex-Hertfordshire border were also approved.
Proposals include building a 1,000-home garden village on the site of a former airfield in Deenthorpe, Northamptonshire, and a garden town on green belt land on the Essex-Hertfordshire border.
The developments will be distinct new places, with their own community facilities, rather than extensions to existing urban areas, the government said.
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Housing Minister Gavin Barwell said: "Locally-led garden towns and villages have enormous potential to deliver the homes that communities need.
"New communities not only deliver homes, they also bring new jobs and facilities and a big boost to local economies."
The new villages will receive about £6m in government funding over two years to help deliver the projects, with a further £1.4m of funding being provided for the delivery of the new towns.
The latest plans are in addition to seven garden towns and cities that have already been announced in Aylesbury, Taunton, Bicester, Didcot, Basingstoke, Ebbsfleet, and north Northamptonshire.
Dame Kate Barker. who carried out an independent review of UK housing supply in 2004, said it was a "step in the right direction" towards easing Britain's housing shortage.
But she told the Today programme the plans would make up only one year's worth of the backlog of homes that should have been built since the financial crisis.
She added that the money on offer was not very large, "so we will certainly have to see infrastructure money, as well, going in to help make these places successful".
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said garden villages and towns could help tackle the housing crisis if "done well with genuine local consent".
Chief executive Shaun Spiers added: "Some of these proposals may meet these criteria, but others are greatly opposed by local people.
"We will look closely at these specific proposals to ensure that they really are locally led, that they respect the green belt and other planning designations, and that they meet real local housing need."
It said proposals for a garden town on green belt land on the Essex-Hertfordshire border would "swallow" the existing village of Gilston and neighbouring hamlet of Eastwick which had a parish population of 228.
Kevin FitzGerald, honorary director of CPRE Hertfordshire, said: "These plans herald the death knell of the rural character of whole swathes of Hertfordshire.
"Beautiful villages, supposedly protected by green belt, look set to be swallowed up by the urban sprawl of neighbouring towns."
But Mary Parsons, group director of developer Places for People - which has put forward the plans - said the green town would "bring the infrastructure, jobs and much-needed homes" to the area.
Another of the proposed garden villages, on greenfield land in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, is set to provide around 2,200 new homes and science park, six miles from the centre of the city of Oxford.
The leader of West Oxfordshire District Council, James Mills, said the government's approval was an exciting development and "gives us the opportunity to put in place much-needed homes."
The CPRE questioned whether the new village would be free-standing and said it would be "disappointing" if it turned out to be "just a dormitory for Oxford".
Government support for a garden village at Dunton Hills in Essex, which would include new schools and health and shopping facilities, were welcomed by Louise McKinlay, leader of Brentwood Borough Council.
She said: "Young people grow up and then simply can't afford to continue to live here, so the expansion of the housing supply is to be welcomed very much for those people,"
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Christopher Collier, 53, admitted the manslaughter of his wife Julie at their flat in Charter Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire in September 2015.
Bristol Crown Court heard both were "long-term alcoholics" and drinking had damaged Mrs Collier's health to the extent she had to use a wheelchair .
Collier was sentenced to four years but is likely to serve two.
On the night of Mrs Collier's death, the court heard, something happened which caused Collier to lose his temper and strike his "frail" 7-stone wife, who would have "posed no real threat" to him.
Collier told police his wife had hit him and threatened him with a screwdriver. He had punched her and they had fallen to the floor but she was still conscious when he left the flat to buy more drink.
When he returned, he thought she was asleep. But when he could not wake her the next morning he called 999. She had died from a subdural haemorrhage.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Teare told Collier: "This was not a case of a fight involving just one punch. There was a struggle in which you punched her more than once, you ended up on the floor and she banged her head on the floor."
But, he said, there was "no intent to cause her really serious bodily harm".
Collier had shown "enormous promise" as a young man, Adrian Waterman QC, defending said. He was "educated at one of the country's leading schools" - Downside - and had gone on to study at Oxford University.
He had expressed concerns before that he might lose his temper one day "in the face of what he described as Julie's vile attitude" when drunk, Mr Waterman QC said.
"She had been violent before and he knew that he might snap and obviously, that night, he did."
In a letter read out in court, Collier said his actions were "unforgiveable". "I have caused the death of the person I loved," he wrote.
Mrs Collier's family said in a statement they were "completely devastated to have lost a loving mum, daughter, sister and friend in such a sudden and tragic way".
Organisers Together Against Grooming (TAG) said imams at hundreds of mosques had pledged to read the sermon to congregations during Friday prayers.
The sermon highlighted how the Koran emphasised that Muslims must protect children and the vulnerable.
The policing minister Damian Green said it was a "very important" move.
"It reminds people that the vast majority, the overwhelming majority, of British Muslims, condemn child sexual abuse as strongly as any other group in modern Britain," he said.
Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra, an imam at Abu Bakr Mosque in Leicester, said: "People were troubled by us reading the sermon and one man asked me how he could stop it being read.
"He said 'it was not our fault this had happened, our religion does not teach us to do these things and we are condemning it'.
"But as I said to him our only option is to speak out about it."
Mr Mogra added the sermon's message was very clear "this is an evil against humanity" and he was "absolutely delighted with the response".
On Thursday, seven men who abused girls as part of a sadistic sex grooming ring based in Oxford were jailed for life at the Old Bailey. Two of the men were of east African origin and five of Pakistani origin.
By Ed ThomasNorth of England Correspondent, BBC News
In the Lister Hill area of Bradford the Friday call to prayer was the same as usual.
What was different at the Islam Bradford Centre was the sermon, or Khutbah, delivered by the imam.
Aylas Karmani had a message to deliver about the street grooming of young vulnerable girls.
It followed the jailing of men in Oxford and similar cases in Telford, Rochdale and Rotherham.
Many of those involved were British Pakistanis.
Today's sermon talked about Islam being a religion that protects women and children. Those who abused young girls were called evil.
Nobody here said grooming is just a British-Pakistani or Muslim problem.
The majority of child sex offenders are white but what organisers hoped was today would show a united front from Muslim communities around the country.
Hundreds of mosques were asked to read out the sermon.
Many will have done so, but what we don't know is if those who groom will listen.
The Muslim Council of Britain, the Mosque and Imams National Advisory Board and the Islamic Society of Britain all pledged to devote sermons to the issue of sexual grooming, said TAG, a not-for-profit organisation set up to tackle sexual grooming in the UK.
However, Monawar Hussain, founder of The Oxford Foundation, which runs educational programmes to promote religious and social harmony, said the sermon was a "fundamental error of judgement" that would play into the hands of far-right groups.
Mr Hussain, imam at Eton College, said: "Our view is that there is no Muslim on the face of this earth that does not already know that child sexual abuse is evil and wicked: this is normal standard teaching in most mosques.
"There is a terrible danger that far-right groups will point to this and say 'I told you so'."
The sermon, written by Alyas Karmani, an imam and youth worker in Keighley, West Yorkshire, opened with a quotation from the Koran forbidding "sexual indecency, wickedness and oppression of others".
These "disgraceful actions" must be wholeheartedly condemned, it added.
It finished with a call for action and reminds Muslims to speak out if they see any "evil action".
Mr Karmani said: "There's a profound disrespect culture when it comes to treating women. One of the reasons we feel this is the case is poor role models.
"Access to pornography, which also objectifies women, is creating a culture where men are now ambiguous when it comes to the issue of violence against women."
Speaking before the sermon was read out at Friday prayers, Mr Karmani said it had been circulated in an effort to counter what he claimed was a taboo in mosques about talking about sex.
The sermon is the first phase of a "hard-hitting" campaign following a number of high-profile child grooming cases involving Asian men in Bradford, Oxford, Rochdale and Telford, said TAG spokesman Ansar Ali.
"We have been horrified by the details that have emerged from recent court cases and, as Muslims, we feel a natural responsibility to condemn and tackle this crime," said Mr Ali.
We wholeheartedly condemn the disgraceful actions of those involved in these cases and welcome the convictions in the cases that have been through the courts.
We wish to show our support for the victims of this terrible crime, many of whom are innocent children and we wish to affirm that Islam as a religion of mercy and compassion places a strong obligation on safeguarding and protecting the weak and vulnerable from oppression and abuse particularly of women and children.
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"Potentially on a Friday you've got hundreds of thousands of people walking into a mosque and you have their undivided attention, so what better medium to try and send a powerful message and raise awareness?"
While sexual grooming and child abuse affected all sections of society and was perpetrated by people of all ethnic groups, the Koran exhorted Muslims to "act against evil and injustice and create just societies", he added.
"We are united in our stand against sexual grooming and, as Muslims, we are leading the effort to rid society of this crime."
The Muslim Council of Britain said that, in conjunction with TAG, it had circulated a Khutbah (Friday sermon) to all affiliated mosques and Islamic centres addressing the issue of grooming.
In a statement it said: "The sermon... raises awareness about what has recently been revealed of the horrific cases of abuse, condemns the behaviour and highlights teachings from the Koran, which obligates the safeguarding and protection of women and children."
Former Labour MP for Keighley Ann Cryer said she was "delighted" by the move, which she said showed the issue was being taken more seriously than in the past.
Ms Cryer said she was approached by mothers worried about grooming in 2002, and was frustrated when police, social services and mosque elders took no action.
"I just hope this message gets beyond the mosque to the non-attenders, because by and large the people who behave like this don't go to the mosque," she said.
A member of the public discovered the body at Upperby Cemetery, next to St John The Baptist Church on Manor Road shortly before 08:00 BST.
Det Ch Insp Lesley Hanson said: "We have a team of detectives working hard to find out the identity of the man and establish what exactly has happened."
Cumbria Police have closed the cemetery while investigations continue.
There is not believed to be a danger to the wider public, the force added, and appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Jay Potter, 22, from Glasgow, and 25-year-old Steven Wylie, from Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, broke into the home in August last year.
A sheriff described their actions as "appalling" and "terrifying".
The pair had previously admitted breaking into the house in Straiton, Midlothian.
Sitting in Edinburgh, Sheriff Michael O'Grady QC told Potter and Wylie: "In a premeditated attack, you descended on someone's home in the dead of night with faces masked, forced entry in a violent and terrifying fashion and proceeded to ransack the place.
"Whatever you may or may not have known, you must, at some stage, have become aware that the house was occupied by an elderly, and by now terrified, lone woman, and nonetheless you continued with the enterprise".
The court had heard that Ruth McVey had lived in the house, which is located at a caravan park, for 12 years.
Fiscal Depute Aidan Higgins said the two men had been involved in a dispute with others in the Midlothian area over controlled drugs.
They had been told that the drugs at the centre of the disagreement had been hidden in a bread bin in Mrs McVey's home without her knowledge.
Mrs McVey was woken up at about 02:00 by thumping noises outside and her dog barking, the court was told.
She got up to check her house and saw a hooded figure walking past the gate. About 20 minutes later she heard further noises and saw two people near her home.
"A few seconds later, one of the accused used a glass bottle to break one of the living room windows, after which a plant pot was thrown through a glass door leading into the living room," Mr Higgins said.
"As the window and door smashed, Mrs McVey ran into the kitchen. The two accused entered her home, wearing hooded tops with the hoods pulled tight across their faces and were shouting".
The men began searching the house and Mrs McVey escaped with her dog, shouting to her neighbours for help.
When she returned to her house later, the breadbin and a mobile phone had been taken.
Solicitors appearing for the men said their clients were "remorseful" for their actions and had pled guilty at an early stage to avoid the need for a trial. They said that the pair were already serving sentences.
Potter was sentenced to two years and three months. Wylie was jailed for three years and two months.
The sentences will run consecutively with their present sentences.
David Lightfoot, 72, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, told Mold Crown Court he had never heard of the main complainant in the trial until police arrested him.
The former cabaret singer and six other men are charged with abusing boys as young as 10, girls, and young adults.
The case is part of the Operation Pallial investigation into child abuse.
The court heard Mr Lightfoot, who has been married twice, came out as gay in the 1980s and ran Snowy's bar in Wrexham until 1986.
He said the venue was not a gay bar and 99% of his clientele were heterosexual.
He denied allowing children into the bar or serving underage people alcohol, and said he only knew a couple of his co-defendants because they drank in the bar. He denied ever meeting three of the others.
He also said he had never taken the complainant home and given him alcohol, adding he did not drink alcohol at home himself.
Asked by his defence barrister John Philpotts if he had ever taken one of the complainants to his home at the time in Brynteg for sex, he said "No".
The court also heard one of the defendants, Gary Cooke, now known as Grainger, from Leicester, would not be giving evidence in his own defence.
The trial has previously heard prosecution claims that Mr Grainger abused children at parties in his former home at Brymbo, which the court had been told was at the centre of the abuse ring, and at a flat above a sex shop which he ran.
His barrister Michael Ivers said evidence may be called on his behalf later in the trial.
The case continues.
The 62-year-old Chilean was keen on the move but the club are looking at other options to replace Ronald Koeman.
Frenchman Claude Puel, 54, is reportedly the favourite to take over after leaving French Ligue 1 side Nice at the end of last season.
Dutchman Koeman left to join Everton earlier this month after two campaigns at St Mary's.
United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is also not being considered despite being linked with the job.
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, former Manchester United manager David Moyes and ex-Ajax head coach Frank de Boer are all out of the running too.
Southampton are looking to appoint their new boss by the time players report for pre-season training next week.
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Local politicians hope to have more say on how the region's budget of more than £22bn is spent each year.
The plans would mean one of the leaders of the 10 councils stepping up to run the Combined Authority full-time.
The ideas are set out in a memo sent to councillors and seen by BBC News.
It reads: "Greater Manchester is a single economy bigger than Wales or Northern Ireland, yet has considerably less freedom over its strategic priorities.
"The platform we have created through the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, providing clear leadership and a track record of delivery, means we are ideally placed to be a trailblazer for city devolution."
The document also sets out a list of changes council leaders would pursue under the new structure, if it is approved by Westminster.
This includes the re-regulation of Greater Manchester's bus services, potentially bringing routes and fares under council control, rather than commercial operators.
Council leaders also want control over funding for business and trade and investment, alongside "significant influence if not control" over £500m which the government currently spends on skills and training schemes.
Discussions on the devolution of spending powers have been ongoing for years with local leaders believing they are better placed than civil servants in Westminster to decide how billions of pounds of funding should be spent in Greater Manchester.
David Cameron's promise of more powers for Scotland during the recent referendum campaign led the region's leaders to push their case further and Chancellor George Osborne has indicated he's ready to make some form of an announcement on devolution in the Autumn statement.
Mr Osborne has made it clear he wants Greater Manchester to have an elected mayor but the region's council leaders don't think that would work. Instead, they're offering to appoint an "11th leader" who would oversee the Combined Authority and be a full-time figurehead for the region.
It's not yet clear how this "11th leader" would be selected. Greater Manchester's 700 councillors are currently discussing options but at this stage it appears it could be Wigan council that needs a new leader if, as expected, Lord Peter Smith takes on the role.
The deputy leader of Stockport Council, Iain Roberts, said the system would be preferable to having an elected mayor.
He said: "The reason we're proposing the 11th leader model is simply because we think the single-tier model of the 10 authorities working together, without a mayor over the top, has been shown to work.
"We can do this so if you've got a model that works, go with that rather than trying something that is frankly, unproven."
A Treasury spokesman said: "In June the chancellor put on the table and started the conversation about serious devolution of powers and budgets for any city that wants to move to a new model of city government - and have an elected mayor.
"We are currently working with cities and developing proposals and will provide more details shortly."
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The blaze erupted in a restaurant at Fleet services on the M3 at 22:30 GMT on 14 December. No-one was injured but the rear of the building was destroyed.
An investigation subsequently confirmed the blaze started in a coffee machine.
Operators Welcome Break said toilets and the forecourt were open, with food available from the Fleet North site.
It said a temporary Starbucks outlet and a Harry Ramsden truck would also open later this month.
A temporary building will be erected in the truck park in spring to provide full facilities while the new building is built.
The entrance which survived the fire is being used to allow customers access over the bridge on the northbound site which was unaffected by the fire.
About 100 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze and part of the M3 was closed for a time before it was brought under control in the early hours.
The footbridge which runs over Fleet services on the M3, named after BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills, was also closed due to smoke logging.
Peter Francis, 68, was found dead in a field at Llanfynydd, near Mold, Flintshire, by his son Ian on 17 August.
An inquest opened in Ruthin on Monday and heard he left his farm at Burton, Wrexham, to tend to a cow that was about to calve.
It was adjourned until after the Health and Safety Executive has investigated.
A post mortem examination revealed Mr Francis died of major trauma injuries.
Jamie Proctor's first goal for the Wanderers put them ahead after he had earlier headed against the bar.
Kelvin Mellor and Brad Potts then scored twice in four minutes for the hosts, but Kaiyne Woolery levelled the score in injury-time for Bolton.
In an open extra-time period, Jim McAlister and John Herron sent the Seasiders past the League One team.
The win ends Blackpool's seven-year wait for a victory in the competition.
Match ends, Blackpool 4, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Blackpool 4, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers).
Brad Potts (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lawrie Wilson (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Eddie Nolan.
Goal! Blackpool 4, Bolton Wanderers 2. John Herron (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Brad Potts.
Foul by Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool).
Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Goal! Blackpool 3, Bolton Wanderers 2. Jim McAlister (Blackpool) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John Herron.
Foul by Henry Cameron (Blackpool).
Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half Extra Time begins Blackpool 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Substitution, Blackpool. John Herron replaces Mark Yeates.
First Half Extra Time ends, Blackpool 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Mark Yeates.
Foul by Henry Cameron (Blackpool).
Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Michael Cain (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Hand ball by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
First Half Extra Time begins Blackpool 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 2, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Goal! Blackpool 2, Bolton Wanderers 2. Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Blackpool. Henry Cameron replaces Mark Cullen.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Clark Robertson.
Clark Robertson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kaiyne Woolery (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Michael Cain (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt blocked. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by John Herron.
Will Aimson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
In total, 15 allegations were made, of which six were historical (from the 1980s or before).
Ten of the allegations were of sexual abuse, of which three also involved physical abuse.
The Catholic Church said it was publishing the audit to show that it was being transparent and open.
The Diocesan Safeguarding Audit for 2013 showed that the remainder of the allegations involved physical abuse alone, emotional abuse and verbal abuse.
Ten of the allegations were reported to the police.
A Catholic Church spokesman said the five which were not reported to the police related to shouting at a group of children, poor boundaries and an abuse of power.
None of these were regarded as illegal actions but required a response from the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor and Bishop.
As of November 2014, there were no prosecutions associated with 2013 allegations.
Two of the cases have been reported to the procurator fiscal, two of the alleged perpetrators have died, three have been removed from ministry, one is no longer a volunteer and two outcomes are unknown to the Church.
The Church spokesman said: "The Catholic Church in Scotland seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity with the Church and its organisations.
"The publication of this audit is an example of the commitment to transparency and openness made previously by Scotland's Catholic Bishops."
"The external Review of Safeguarding Protocols and Procedures being conducted by Dr. Andrew McLellan will report in 2015 and the Statistical Review of all Historic Cases of Abuse from 1947-2005 will be published at that time also."
He added: "The Catholic Church would support an evidence-based inquiry into abuse in care in Scotland."
Four blasts hit vehicles in Gaza City just after 06:00 (03:00 GMT). Two people suffered minor injuries.
News agencies said the five cars belonged to members of Hamas and the rival Islamic Jihad militant group.
Supporters of the so-called Islamic State group have threatened Hamas' leadership in Gaza in recent weeks.
The Jerusalem Post quoted one Hamas commander, Abu Hamar, as saying IS was to blame for Sunday's explosions. He called for Hamas to respond.
A video posted online last month by IS supporters in Syria made direct threats against what they called "the tyrants of Hamas" and said they would take over Gaza.
In Gaza, some Salafist groups - who adhere to a strict lifestyle based on that of the earliest followers of Islam - have started to support IS.
They have been blamed by Hamas for a series of explosions in the area. Dozens of Salafists have been arrested in recent weeks.
The castle is already Scotland's top paid-for tourist attraction, with 755,001 visitors between April and July - an increase of 8% on last year.
Historic Scotland said it also recorded 1.96 million visits to their 77 attractions across Scotland during the same period, 9% more than last year.
Several other paid-for heritage sites also broke their records.
Stirling Castle was second most popular attraction between April and July, with 215,461 visitors, while Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness was third with a 9% visitor increase to 192,191.
The Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae in Orkney took fourth spot, recording 56,386 visitors.
Doune Castle's jump to fifth place was credited to its TV role as the fictional Castle Leoch in the Outlander series which helped attract 40,751 visitors, a 23% increase.
Other attractions in the top ten are Linlithgow Palace, Iona Abbey, St Andrews Castle, Fort George in Inverness and Melrose Abbey.
Stephen Duncan, commercial and tourism director at Historic Environment Scotland, said: "This season has brought with it a raft of impressive new records and achievements for a number of our Historic Scotland attractions.
"With just under two million people turning out at our castles, palaces, abbeys and other historic sites throughout the country over a four-month period - it's proving to be a season for the record books."
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He was attempting to cross the Abbey Slip in Penzance, Cornwall, when waves whipped up by 65mph winds on Sunday stopped him in his tracks.
Mobile phone footage showed the car being buffeted by the waves before it reached safety on the other side.
Video: Adam Lobb
Planned business rates increases could cripple parts of Scotland's hospitality industry, it has been claimed.
Some firms are facing rates rises of more than 100%, after new rateable values were given to their properties.
Mr Mackay made the commitment after meeting business leaders in Aberdeen.
It was to discuss their concerns about the new rates being introduced later this year.
He said: "I am looking at trying to provide a local solution."
Firms in the north east say they are being particularly badly hit as their property values were assessed while the region's economy was booming.
Mr Mackay announced a series of changes to business rates during his Scottish budget announcement in December.
In the changes due to come into effect from 1 April, business rates poundage will be reduced by 3.7% to 46.6p.
Goals either side of the break from Ian Henderson and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing clinched the win for the home side in what was at times a bad-tempered affair as Bury finished with nine men.
Neil Danns went close for Bury with a header towards Josh Lillis' near post but the Dale goalkeeper parried the effort.
The home side landed the first telling blow in the 38th minute with the award of a penalty as Matt Lund cleverly worked his way inside Jacob Mellis and went down, with Ian Henderson duly despatching the penalty to hand Dale the lead.
Bury striker James Vaughan had the ball in the net on the hour mark but was flagged offside and it was Rochdale who scored the second goal of the game when Mendez-Laing collected Andy Cannon's pass and fired beyond Williams on 75 minutes.
Kean Bryan was dismissed for a rash challenge on Cannon soon after, sparking a bout of pushing and shoving from both teams, and Mellis followed him off for a foul on Calvin Andrew.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Rochdale 2, Bury 0.
Second Half ends, Rochdale 2, Bury 0.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Joseph Rafferty.
Foul by Callum Camps (Rochdale).
Danny Mayor (Bury) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Vaughan (Bury).
Foul by Joe Bunney (Rochdale).
Hallam Hope (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Rochdale. Sanmi Odelusi replaces Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Second yellow card to Jacob Mellis (Bury) for a bad foul.
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jacob Mellis (Bury).
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Soares (Bury).
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niall Maher (Bury).
Attempt saved. Niall Canavan (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Jacob Mellis.
Antony Kay (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antony Kay (Bury).
Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card.
Joe Bunney (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card.
Ishmael Miller (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Kean Bryan (Bury) is shown the red card.
Matthew Lund (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kean Bryan (Bury).
Goal! Rochdale 2, Bury 0. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Cannon.
Attempt saved. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Antony Kay (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Keith Keane.
Kean Bryan (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale).
Substitution, Bury. Ishmael Miller replaces Neil Danns.
Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Steve Davies.
James Vaughan (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Joe Bunney (Rochdale).
Held on Friday and Saturday, the event was marking its 10th anniversary.
Revellers turned up in the Wester Ross town to see acts such as Utah Saints, Twin Atlantic, Shed Seven, The Undertones, Alabama 3, Public Service Broadcasting and Hunter and the Bear.
About 2,500 people attended the event on each of the days it was held.
This year's event was sold out before any of the acts were announced.
It agreed to transfer powers to the Welsh and Scottish parties over issues such as Westminster candidate selections, and that both should have a representative on the NEC.
Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones said he was "delighted" by the plans.
The changes are subject to approval at the UK party's conference in Liverpool.
Following a disappointing result for Labour at the 2015 general election, first minister Mr Jones said it was "time for change in the structure of our party to take account of the new politics".
Former Welsh Government minister Leighton Andrews also warned that Welsh Labour could separate from the rest of the UK party if Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as leader.
After several months of discussion, Welsh Labour's ruling body - the Welsh Executive Committee (WEC) - approved plans for greater autonomy at its own meeting earlier in September.
On Wednesday, Mr Jones said more Welsh Labour autonomy was "important progress reflecting the reality of devolution in Wales".
"As devolution matures across the UK it is right that our structures and politics should seek to match it," he said.
"I am delighted that these proposals have been agreed and look forward to them being passed by conference in Liverpool next week."
Labour AM Eluned Morgan said the "long overdue" changes would "correct the travesty where the Tory prime minister of the UK recognised Carwyn as the leader of Wales but the Labour Party did not".
The plans do not amount to a full separation - it is expected Welsh Labour will continue to share finances with the UK party.
If delegates at the Labour conference agree the plan, BBC Wales understands the WEC will consult party members on the details of the proposal, which include:
Darren Williams, a Cardiff councillor who sits on the NEC, told the BBC's Daily Politics he voted against the plan to have a Welsh Labour AM sit on the NEC.
He said it was "completely unworkable", as NEC meetings in London clashed with assembly plenary sessions on Tuesday.
"I am in favour of the principle, but I think those positions should be elected by ordinary members," he added.
The NEC also discussed proposals about the formation of the party's shadow cabinet in Westminster.
Having failed to reach an agreement after eight hours of talks, a decision was deferred for further discussion at the weekend.
Mark Hughes, 23, from Buckley, admitted to the possession of a sawn off shotgun and stun gun last summer, as well as drugs offences.
He said he found the weapons while digging in his grandparents' garden.
But that was dismissed as "utter nonsense" by Judge Rhys Rowlands at Mold Crown Court.
Hughes was found in possession of the double barrelled 60cm (24 inch) shot gun and the stun gun - which gives off an electrical charge - on 31 July 2016.
Both were in working order.
He told the court he had the weapons as he was considering taking his own life.
Judge Rowlands said it was a sad case and it was clear Hughes had suffered a very unpleasant injury.
But he dismissed his claim of finding the weapons in a garden.
He told Hughes: "You are addressing a very keen gardener. I don't come across weapons in my garden and I suspect no one else does either".
Judge Rowlands added that Hughes may well have considered harming himself, but if he persisted with his claims of how he came by the weapons, evidence would have to be called. He would then lose credit in sentencing.
Hughes will be sentenced next month.
The 23-year-old central midfielder joined the Mariners in 2012, scoring three goals in 62 appearances.
Mariners head coach Tony Walmsley said: "When I brought Caceres to the Mariners his potential was obvious. The move demonstrates how far he has progressed.
"We need to celebrate when players are sold to bigger clubs."
The Australian becomes City's first signing of the January transfer window.
For all the latest transfers check out our transfer deals page and for all the manager ins and outs, see the our list of current bosses.
Last week the World Health Organization called for a ban on their use in public places and workplaces. The group said it was concerned about the risk which use of the products presented and about their marketing via fruit and candy-style flavours.
Highly-respected bodies in the UK such as the British Medical Association and Faculty of Public Health have also sounded notes of caution.
But there is also a vociferous health lobby warning against over-regulation, arguing that getting smokers to switch to e-cigarettes could actually save lives.
Confused? You won't be the only one.
The arguments raging over the role and risks of e-cigarettes are typical of many that have been heard down the years in the field of health. That is to say it is all about balancing risk and benefit - and as evidence is still emerging it is natural to find a variety of opinion.
After all, e-cigarettes are a relatively new phenomenon. Since 2005, the e-cigarette industry has grown from one manufacturer in China to an estimated £1.8bn global business with 466 brands.
And it is worth noting, because of the unease it is causing health experts, it's an industry that tobacco firms are increasingly getting involved in.
But this debate is further complicated by the fact that it is not just the merits of e-cigarettes that is being discussed, but their impact on smoking tobacco products.
On their own, there is little to recommend the use of e-cigarettes. They contain some toxins and, therefore, in theory are potentially harmful.
But, of course, that cannot be seen in isolation. Smoking an e-cigarette - and this is about the only thing that is not disputed - is less harmful than tobacco products. Much less harmful, in fact.
This - according to those who are worried about the tough line being taken by some experts - should be the guiding principle while more research is carried out.
1. On some e-cigarettes, inhalation activates the battery-powered atomiser. Other types are manually switched on
2. A heating coil inside the atomiser heats liquid nicotine contained in a cartridge
3. Liquid nicotine becomes vapour and is inhaled. The 'smoke' produced is largely water vapour. Many e-cigarettes have an LED light as a cosmetic feature to simulate traditional cigarette glow.
But the problem for those who have been more circumspect is that there are a number of unknowns.
The major concerns about e-cigarettes is that they could act as a gateway to real cigarettes. The experts who are in the news today make a pretty strong case for that not being the case. But plenty of people are still not convinced.
However, there are other questions that need to be answered too.
Research has shown that while e-cigarettes can increase the chances of quitting, they are less effective than traditional "stop smoking" services.
If the availability of e-cigarettes is stopping people using official routes to quitting - and there is some evidence to suggest they may be - that could be a concern.
Another worry is that people who use e-cigarettes to quit could be more likely to relapse.
Meanwhile - and this is a point acknowledged by Prof Robert West who is one of the experts warning against an over-reaction to e-cigarettes - the presence of people "vaping" may encourage those who have quit successfully to take up the habit.
These are the sort of issues that are now being looked into by researchers across the world. While that is happening, it's a debate that still has a long way to run.
Members of the local government committee supported amendments to the Community Empowerment Bill to extend the right-to-buy to football fans.
Green MSP Alison Johnstone, who moved the amendments, told the committee that agreeing to the changes would turn the legislation into a landmark bill.
If passed by the full parliament, supporters' trusts would get "first refusal" when a club comes up for sale.
A supporters' trust with a registered interest in a football club would also have the right to buy shares in that club, including a controlling interest, at any point.
It is understood the Scottish FA and the Scottish Professional Football League are against the plans.
The bill was initially designed to allow community groups the right to purchase local land but could now be extended to football clubs.
Ms Johnstone said: "This is an extraordinary day for the future of Scottish football.
"We know how badly the game has been struggling, from Gretna to Hearts and Rangers, and we know fan ownership works.
"It's great that parliament has today united around the principle of a responsible fans' right to buy their clubs."
The Scottish Green MSP said that, if passed by the full Scottish Parliament, fans would have "nothing to fear from irresponsible owners like those who have undermined so many clubs".
She added: "We know there are plenty of good private owners of clubs, and this will not require fans to buy them out, but when they move on, fans will be in the right place to take over if they wish."
Ms Johnstone's amendments bring the principles of rural land reform laws, which help communities buy land, to supporters of football clubs.
The new legislation would mean that supporters' trusts would legally register an interest in a football club.
This would mean the owner of the club would be prohibited from "taking any action with a view to the transfer of ownership of that football club" until it had complied with the act.
The supporters' trust would then be given an opportunity to buy the club at a price assessed by an appointed valuer.
Local Government Minister Marco Biagi said the Scottish government wanted to give fans the right to buy their clubs using regulations which would be put in place after the bill was passed.
"Affirmative procedure for the development of the details, with the aim put in the bill, would allow consultation with the wider football community; it would allow consultation, as appropriate, with the parliament; and it would ensure that we don't just endorse the principle but we ensure that any legislation we introduce we get right," he said.
Scottish Labour's Ken Macintosh, who supported Ms Johnstone's amendments, said: "I believe it would be difficult for anyone in Scotland to stand up and defend the current state of Scottish football in terms of its accountability, its sustainability or simply its success.
"Football fans and local communities have not only lost out, they have been made to feel powerless, sometimes even taken advantage of or had their goodwill exploited."
"Fan ownership is not the only option but it should be one of the options open to all those who want to see Scottish football thrive."
Babolat, the French racquet manufacturer, began making strings for players in 1875, two years before the covers first came off at the All England Club in south-west London.
And now, 139 years later, no fewer than 170 entrants to this year's Wimbledon use at least one Babolat product.
Founded by Pierre Babolat in Lyon, Babolat originally made strings for musical instruments and sausage cases from animal intestines.
Its move into tennis came after one of the pioneers of the modern game, Walter Clopton Wingfield, approached Babolat to make natural gut strings for a new sport he called "sphairistrike" (Greek for ball game).
As tennis grew in popularity in the late 19th Century, and the rules were standardised, Babolat saw sales of its strings steadily increase.
In 1925 Rene Lacoste won the French Open using a racquet strung with Babolat strings. Since then Babolat strings have won at least one Grand Slam title every year.
Business of Tennis
Today Babolat remains a family-run business, and is led by 44-year-old Eric Babolat, the great-great-grandson of founder Pierre.
Under Eric's leadership, Babolat has been transformed from a company which until 1994 only made strings, to one of the biggest names in tennis racquets, clothing and footwear.
The decision to diversify the business away from just making strings was taken by Eric's father Pierre, who introduced the company's first tennis racquet in 1994.
But tragedy struck in 1998 when Pierre was killed when Swissair Flight 111 crashed off the coast of Canada while flying from New York to Geneva.
Eric, who was 28 at the time, was thrown abruptly into running the family business.
He had been working for the company for four years by then, and while he admits that he did not feel ready, he had no hesitations about taking up the top job.
"I had no pressure except from myself," he says. "I had people around me to help me, and I wanted to continue the story."
With the main aim being to increase sales of Babolat racquets, yet with little or no money to sign up established players to start using them, Eric instead decided to continue his father's policy of giving the racquets to players on the junior circuit.
And so unknown names such as Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters were given free Babolat racquets.
As those "unknowns" went on to win Grand Slam after Grand Slam using Babolat racquets, the company's sales skyrocketed.
Eric used the increased revenues to further diversify the business into making clothing, shoes and accessories.
This has been so successful that last year Babolat's turnover totalled 147m euros ($201m; £117m), compared with 23m euros when Eric took over at the helm of the company.
Despite the big growth in sales, Babolat remains 100% family-owned, and still even makes use of the original premises in Lyon where it was founded in 1875.
Eric indicates that not having to report to shareholders or worry about a share price greatly helps the firm's research and development.
"As a family-owned company we have the luxury of time," he says. "We don't say, 'OK if it's not a success in three months we'll just forget about it.' It takes time to make things better."
Now with 350 employees, Eric adds that he considers that Babolat remains a "human-sized business", where staff are considered to be one big family.
And to maintain close ties with the professional players that use Babolat products, they are all individually invited to its headquarters in Lyon, where Eric gives them a guided tour, and introduces them to all the workers.
It is not just players who will be using Babolat products at this year's Wimbledon, though - all the ballboys and girls have been kitted out with Babolat shoes.
Eric says it is "fantastic" to attend the Grand Slam events and watch all the players using his company's products, adding that the faith they have in Babolat "is pressure, but it is a good pressure".
On whether his young children will ultimately take over the running of the company, he simply says that he wants them "to do what they love".
He certainly loves doing what he does. "My wife knows my mistress - it is the company. I think I have got the best job I could have.
"Motivation is the key to everything, so loving what you do makes the difference."
Catalans led 14-0 through tries from Justin Horo, Jodie Broughton and Tony Gigot before Ben Jones-Bishop scored either side of half-time to reduce the deficit to two points.
Michael Sio then gave Trinity the lead before Vincent Duport and Broughton's second put Dragons back in control.
But Mickael Simon tied the game before Miller's winning 77-minute drop goal.
Having already squandered three of his five conversion attempts, Pat Richards could have won the game for Catalans just two minutes earlier, but his penalty hit the post.
The Wildcats came into the clash having won six of their last seven league games since Chris Chester took over in March, but they were without a win at Magic Weekend since 2012.
They faced a Catalans side who had not lost at Magic Weekend since 2011 and were also on an impressive run of eight wins in nine league matches.
Dragons, knowing a win would send them top, got off to a flying start, but they were pegged back by a resilient Wakefield side, who pulled level at 24-24 with eight minutes to play.
Following Richards' miss, Miller then lined up from 50 metres out and his stunning half-way line drop goal moved Wakefield up to sixth in the table, just four points off top spot.
Wakefield head coach Chris Chester:
"I thought, 'What are you doing?' I thought he had no chance but he got it through the posts and that just shows the confidence of Milky at the minute.
"He's playing with a lot of confidence, enjoying his rugby and he was very, very good again. On reflection, probably a draw was a fair result but I'll take the two points any day of the week.
"We've not just come back once, we've come back twice. That just shows the belief and spirit. We just found a way to win. We want to consolidate our place in the top eight. Nobody is getting carried away."
Catalans head coach Laurent Frayssinous:
"It happens to all goalkickers. I'm a former goalkicker and you get some days like that.
"I would never blame a goalkicker and I won't blame Pat. He hit the post at the end but we shouldn't have been in that situation.
"I've been really impressed with Wakefield. They work hard for each other and play good footy. Chris is doing a great job."
Wakefield: Jowitt; Jones-Bishop, Hall, Arundel, Johnstone; Miller, Finn; Scruton, Sio, Simon, Ashurst, Kirmond, A Tupou.
Replacements: B Tupou, Arona, Anderson, Annakin.
Catalans Dragons: Gigot, Broughton, Horo, Duport, Richards; Carney, Bosc; Taylor, Pelissier, Casty, Stewart, Anderson, Baitieri.
Replacements: Bousquet, Mounis, Mason, Da Costa.
Referee: Chris Campbell (RFL).
The Finch Farm training complex, owned by the council, is rented to the Premier League club.
The improvements include a recuperation suite for injured players, a new block for groundsmen and a 'show pitch' or mini-stadium.
The council's cabinet said it is a good investment, but critics have questioned the use of taxpayers' money.
Liberal Democrat opposition leader Richard Kemp said: "The further investment into Finch Farm is an investment shrouded in mystery.
"Why cannot the terms and conditions for this be made public?
"EFC now have a backer and more money - why cannot they finance it themselves?
"The Lib Dems have nothing against this development in principle, but these are the basic questions which are not mentioned in the report."
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson insisted the rent will increase by more than 3% because of the improvements.
He said: "It's a fantastic deal for us and the city of Liverpool.
"It is like when you buy a house and you rent it out. If you want to put an extra room on it, you'll make sure it brings you extra revenue."
The council has defended the investment despite Finch Farm being in Knowsley, outside the Liverpool city boundary.
A council spokesman said: "This is a commercial arrangement which is an exceptionally good deal for council tax payers as we can reinvest the profits in delivering front-line services.
"In the first two years, we have already made £400,000 that we would not otherwise have had.
"The new investment will be paid back through additional rental income over the remaining term of the lease."
This is one of the schemes which mayor Joe Anderson calls "invest to earn". It's one of his flagship policies and something he's very proud of.
The idea is that the council buys an asset - sometimes borrowing money at a very low interest rate - and then rents it to an organisation to make a profit in the long term.
Now, as we know, the council's funding from central government has reduced over the past six years so they've had to be creative when it comes to generating income.
The council bought Finch Farm in 2013 for about £13m and rented it to Everton on a long lease.
They're getting about £200,000 a year profit and the lease has nearly 37 years left to run.
Woakes, 27, picked up 5-31 on day three of the first Test against Pakistan after his first-innings 6-70.
He has the second-best England match figures of this decade, after Jimmy Anderson's 10-45 against Sri Lanka in May.
Vaughan said Woakes' transformation was "staggering", adding: "He's been told to bowl quicker and he's done that."
Speaking to BBC's Test Match Special, Vaughan added: "It just proves to anyone that you can go away, work hard, improve your game, improve your mentality, and it just looks to me like he's that bit stronger.
"He bends his back that bit harder. He's one of the first names on the sheet. He deserves it."
England face a significant run chase against Pakistan, with the visitors finishing day three on 214-8 with a lead of 281.
Woakes had a disappointing tour of South Africa at the turn of the year, picking just two wickets in as many games. However, he improved to gather eight wickets in two Tests against Sri Lanka more recently.
"He's come back a bit stronger," said Vaughan, who expects Woakes to be in the side even when Jimmy Anderson and Ben Stokes return from injury for the second Test at Old Trafford.
"I think he puts more energy into the action, power into the ball. And that's why he's bowling quicker.
"I'm sure the coaches have helped, but he's done it himself. he's worked it out and come back a fantastic cricketer."
Woakes' efforts with the ball were complemented by his batting, notably when he tackled Pakistan's leg-spinning star Yasir Shah.
Five England batsmen fell to Yasir on Friday, but Woakes faced 51 of his deliveries to score 17 of his 35 runs.
Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott said: "He had confidence. It's not about runs all the time, but about the way he played him. He was comfortable. The other batsmen were like a cat on a hot tin roof. They were fidgety all the time.
"He wasn't hurried and wasn't frightened of the leg-spinner. He's made himself a really good cricketer now."
Vaughan too was impressed with the demeanour of Woakes, especially with bat in hand, adding: "You can see he puts his chest out, his shoulders are back and he says to the bowlers: 'Yeah, I belong at Test level.'"
"It's my ninth test. I probably haven't shown people what I can do on this arena so far. It's nice to have a really good Test match. It's just my day that I managed to get the wickets.
"The guys have already stuck the tape on the Lord's honours board for it to be engraved [for taking 10 wickets in a Test]. There are some amazing names on that board - the legends of the game.
"The 10th was in the back of my mind particularly when I got my third wicket in this innings. To get that 10th and get on the board, it was a lovely moment. When you take that 10th, it is hard to explain, but I suppose the celebrations tell a story as well."
Mike Ball: Woakes is going to be a more important all-rounder to England than Stokes, but what a team we'll have with them both playing.
David Beckett: Woakes is exceptional. Stokes and Anderson should come in for Finn and Ball. Maybe even Rashid for Moeen.
Thomas Measures: Starting to worry less about Anderson retiring with every games Woakes plays. Just getting better and better.
Little villain: Does anyone else think Woakes is bowling like Anderson? The similarities are spooky.
The Shrimpers were undone by two set-plays in Tuesday's 2-0 Bradford loss.
"I think there's a little bit of confusion within the ranks about what style we play. I can't have that. My job now is to get clarity," said Brown.
"We've still got a great opportunity this year. But at the end of the day we're losing it with set-pieces, nothing else."
Brown's side, who also lost 1-0 to Scunthorpe on Saturday after a goal from a corner, are three points off the League One play-off places despite the defeat, having been promoted from League Two last year.
But Brown continued to BBC Essex: "When you're not playing so well you've still got to grind out results and that's what we didn't do on Saturday or Tuesday - that's what you've seen from Bradford and Scunthorpe.
"Has it been a good first 31 games for Southend United? Yeah, it's been OK. But the bottom line is we're losing the race for the play-offs and we've got to seriously think about arresting the situation and that comes against Burton on Monday.
"If we don't defend set-pieces properly, you can forget about all the good play, all the intricate passing, the systems, the personnel - we've got to have the right mentality when it comes down to corners, wide free-kicks and even free-kicks in front of goal.
"Whether we are a good football team or not doesn't matter to me, it's about winning.
"If you think you're a good footballer and you get dispossessed or pick the wrong pass out you're not a good footballer - we've got to get that clarity back into everyone in the ranks, not just the first 11."
The authorities said the interview contained offensive remarks towards women, and could cause a public outcry.
However, many thousands of Indians have managed to access the film online.
The story once again illustrates the difficulty of banning films in the internet era.
The Delhi court's ruling prevents "the media/internet from publishing/transmitting/telecasting/uploading the interview".
Most Indian papers and TV channels have respected the ban, even to the extent of not quoting from the rapist's interview.
But the BBC showed the film on a UK-based channel, BBC Four, and since then people around the world have been sharing and uploading the film.
YouTube issued a statement on Thursday confirming it had taken down one address that linked to the documentary.
Users trying to watch the film were told: "The content is not available on this country domain due to a court order."
But Indians were still able to see the film on YouTube because, as one account is blocked, another springs up.
YouTube only removes content if the material infringes the law, and it receives a request referring to a specific web address.
In addition to the court's ban, the production company that made the film also said it was attempting to get illegal uploads removed.
Some uploads of the video on YouTube were replaced with the message: "This video contains content from the BBC, who has blocked it on copyright grounds."
The video has not only been uploaded to YouTube, but also to many other websites, making it even harder for the authorities to enforce a ban.
One website openly addresses the issue, telling users: "We implore you to see it and decide for yourself how you feel about it. The government cannot take this decision for you."
The page, which has a YouTube version of the video embedded, was shared more than 40,000 times on Twitter and Facebook.
Although YouTube has successfully taken down a number of the uploads, including the ones that these sites pointed to, many thousands of Indians have already circumvented the ban.
Many have used the standard technology tool that circumvents country-specific bans: using a proxy server to disguise the location of their computers.
Others have also downloaded the film and shared with friends and family on USB sticks or CDs.
If you want to know how hard it is to stop people copying and sharing content online, ask the music and film industry, writes the BBC's Mark Ward.
For over a decade industry associations for both sectors have sought ways to stop music and movies being pirated online. They have spent millions on investigations, launched countless lawsuits and deployed all kinds of sophisticated copy-spotting technology. For example, at the end of last year Google was getting more than nine million requests a week from rights holders to remove links to supposedly infringing content. Despite this, pirated content is still easy to find online.
The problem facing rights holders is the mismatch between the time it takes to copy a file and how long is needed to make a website, social network or online forum take down a pirated track or stolen movie. Copying can be as quick as a mouse click but take-down notices can take hours, days or months to enforce. Small wonder then that copying is rampant and sites such as The Pirate Bay have defied all attempts to knock them offline.
The proliferation of smartphones, social media and instant messaging systems are only making it easier to share links to content at the same time as they make it harder to spot when copyright is being flouted and media shared.
Daily air strikes by Syria's government and its ally Russia claimed hundreds of lives, according to a new report.
Government forces also dropped chlorine bombs, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties, it alleges.
Rebels are meanwhile accused of firing shells indiscriminately at government-held areas and of using human shields.
The evacuation of the rebel enclave in eastern Aleppo in December, which brought the battle to an end, also amounted to forced displacement, the investigators say.
The investigators from the UN Human Rights Council's commission of inquiry on Syria interviewed hundreds of eyewitnesses, and examined satellite imagery and remnants of explosive devices.
They found civilians caught in the fighting during the last six months of the battle for Aleppo were left vulnerable to repeated violations of international law.
As part of a strategy to force those inside the city's rebel-held east to surrender, pro-government forces imposed a siege in late July, trapping civilians without adequate food or medical supplies, and stepped up an aerial campaign.
The investigators singled out the air strikes that destroyed or otherwise rendered all hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of service by December, noting that no military targets were identified as being present in or around the facilities, and that no warnings were given prior to any of the attacks.
The report does not, however, state explicitly that Russian air strikes violated international law. The Syrian and Russian air forces use the same planes and many of the same weapons, and UN investigators were unable to connect Russia to any particular incident.
At the time, both the Syrian and Russian governments denied targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure, and blamed rebel fighters for operating in residential areas.
The report also alleges that Syrian government forces carried out September's attack on a humanitarian convoy in a rebel-held town west of Aleppo, in which 15 aid workers died.
The attack was carefully planned, the report alleges. Bombs designed for soft targets were chosen, and when the aircraft ran out of bombs, they strafed survivors.
The Syrian government has denied responsibility for the convoy attack, which the US alleged at the time was carried out by Russian warplanes. Russia meanwhile suggested that a US drone was to blame.
The UN investigators said an "alarming number" of allegations of the use of chlorine were reported during the siege of eastern Aleppo. In at least two incidents, they found, chlorine bombs were dropped by government forces.
The use of chlorine as a weapon is prohibited by international law as well as the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Syria is a party.
The Syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons, although the UN has accused it of dropping chlorine bombs in three attacks in 2014 and 2015.
The investigators also found that throughout the siege, rebel groups continuously shelled western Aleppo using mostly unguided and imprecise weaponry, including so-called "hell cannons". Dozens of civilians were killed or injured.
The report says the attacks were launched without a clear military target and intentionally terrorised the civilian population, constituting a war crime.
As the situation deteriorated in eastern Aleppo, some armed groups withheld humanitarian aid from civilians, violently prevented them from trying to flee across the frontline and used them as human shields, according to the investigators.
The report says the fall of Aleppo was "characterised by reprisals, the most serious of which were executions by members of pro-government forces of hors de combat armed groups fighters and the murder of their civilian family members".
There were also reports of arbitrary arrests of persons suspected of belonging to rebel groups, including doctors, and of men and boys being subjected to forced conscription.
The government has rejected claims that it killed or detained non-combatants.
Southend looked comfortably cruising to victory against Uwe Rosler's promotion chasers after bossing the opening hour and going ahead towards the end of the first half through Anthony Wordsworth's opener.
In Marc-Antoine Fortune the visitors had a towering target inside the Fleetwood box. He could easily have given Southend the lead before the half hour, getting on the end of Simon Cox's diagonal ball before Alex Cairns put in a full-stretch save to palm the ball away.
Southend's pressure was made to count soon after as George Glendon's slip near the halfway line opened the door for Fortune and the big forward pulled it back for Wordsworth on the edge of the box, his effort striking the post and creeping under Cairns.
Fleetwood might have struck back before the hour as Ball went on a perfectly-timed run - kept the ball in play and cut it back - but Conor McLaughlin's close-range header failed to beat Ted Smith in the Shrimpers goal.
At the other end Jason Demetriou had claims for a penalty turned down when he appeared to be clipped by Cian Bolger.
Fortune then could have sealed it, finding the arms of Cairns from barely five yards out.
Southend boss Phil Brown made the decision to take his danger men out of the game and paid the price as a dramatic late twist handed the hosts a share of the spoils.
A break down the left looked to have fizzled out, substitute Markus Schwabl recycling it to Ball on the edge of the box and his blast into the top-left corner was too good for Smith.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Machynlleth Town Council banked £71,663 before handing it to charities and local causes, including the school April attended.
Auditor BDO said money offered by the public should have been refused.
Councillors defended their actions at a meeting on Wednesday, saying it was an "unusual" situation.
Y Plas, where the council is based in Machynlleth, became a hub for the search for April in October 2012, with people wanting to donate money.
The report said: "The council had no power to collect this money or to establish a bank account for its retention, but ultimately they did not intend to collect the money, they were just given it by the public.
"When people came into the office and gave them money they should not have accepted the money."
Gareth Jones, who was town mayor at the time of five-year-old April's murder, said the council accepted and would implement the auditor's recommendations - but asked what should have been done.
"What it (the report) doesn't say is what we should have done at the time and what should be done if it happened to any other town council.
"Surely the report should be telling us what we should have done when we had thousands of pounds in the bank upstairs. It would still be there now."
Mr Jones also claimed there were errors in the report.
After the meeting he told BBC Wales these included a statement that the money had been handed to a fund set up by April's family.
He said the council had in fact set up an independent board of trustees which had decided what to do with the donations.
Councillor Michael Williams told the meeting they were "trying and traumatic" times and he found it difficult to see what else the council could have done.
The disappearance of April in 2012 sparked the biggest search in UK police history.
In May 2013, Mark Bridger was convicted of her murder and was given a whole life sentence.
A judge branded him a "pathological liar" and "a paedophile"..
Sylvia Rowlands, the current mayor, apologised to the people of Machynlleth on behalf of the council.
"We have taken the recommendations, we have read the report and we will put our house in order. We apologise to the people of Machynlleth. It was not done intentionally."
The report also drew attention to "failures in governance arrangements and inadequacies in financial management and internal control" at the council.
It found the council failed to complete its annual accounting statements and submit its annual return on time for each of the past six years.
It said the former clerk's "failure to maintain proper records" resulted in the loss of £5,073 when VAT was not reclaimed - 2% of the council's total annual budget.
The report said the new clerk had "worked to improve internal controls and bring the accounts up to date".
The Betfred Super League leaders said the attack happened in Bridge Street, Castleford, early on Friday.
A statement from the club thanked emergency services, who it said were called to the scene and responded quickly.
A 58-year old man has been arrested and remains in police custody.
The Tigers wished Mr Gill, who is now recovering at home, a speedy recovery.
His association with his home-town club began when he operated the scoreboard.
He held the role of assistant coach before becoming head of youth in 2008 and four years ago took over from Steve Ferres as chief executive.
He has overseen a rise in fortunes of the Tigers, who gained a 66-10 win over Leeds on Thursday to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
West Yorkshire Police said: "A 58-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident and remains in custody at this time.
"The victim, a 57-year-old man, suffered an injury to his back which is not believed to be serious."
McGuigan has been chairman of the Shrimps for 16 years, and oversaw the club's relocation from Christie Stadium to the Globe Arena in 2010.
Morecambe are 18th in League Two, 11 points clear of the relegation zone.
"I feel the time is right for a new owner to take the club forward and build on a strong platform that exists today," McGuigan said in a statement.
"At present we are looking for expressions of interests from individuals who have the financial ability to take this club further."
Morecambe, who McGuigan confirmed were "virtually debt-free", have been in League Two ever since they beat Exeter City at Wembley nine years ago to win promotion to the Football League.
The fire in South Street, Braintree, began at about 22:30 GMT on Wednesday, trapping Alina Kordaszewska and her daughter Emilia, 11, inside.
Dozens of floral tributes have been left outside the property which is still being guarded by police.
More than 100 people gathered at the town's Catholic church on Thursday night for a special mass.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated by Essex Police and the fire service.
Neighbour Claire Deloubes told of screams and vain efforts to break through a window to rescue those inside.
She said: "We heard screaming so we came outside and a woman was distraught.
"People were trying to break the front window but they didn't manage to."
Mrs Kordaszewska's other daughter Milena, 18, is understood to have been one of two women who escaped the fire.
The teenager's friends have set up a fundraising website page aimed at raising £5,000 for the family.
One card left outside the house on South Street reads: "Dear Alina and Emilia, May you rest in Peace, 2 angels in heaven."
Another message reads: "Emilia, you were the greatest friend anyone could ever ask for and one of the kindest and bubbliest people I have ever met.
"You will always be in my heart, gone but never forgotten."
Rafa Bogonos, who worked with Mrs Kordaszewska at CommScope in the town, said the deaths had "really hit our Polish community".
Notley High School, where Emilia had been a pupil, expressed its "unutterable sadness" at news of her death.
Her tutor described her as a "delightful, friendly and positive student" who had "settled in well during her first term" at the school.
The teenager went missing from her Hanwell home on 28 August. Her body was found hidden in the River Brent on 30 September.
The family paid tribute to her in a ceremony which was "full of music".
A funeral procession also passed through Hanwell before the service.
In a statement, Alice's family said: "Alice was so spirited, so present, so vital and so full of promise.
"We find it almost impossible to understand what has happened and that we have to say goodbye to her.
"We want Alice's funeral to focus on the joy of Alice's life and the joy of having known her."
Scotland Yard said the hunt for Alice was its biggest search operation since the July 7 bombings. The prime suspect was found hanged on 4 October.
In Hanwell, candles and flowers have been placed around the clock tower in tribute to the schoolgirl.
Traffic came to a standstill and locals came out to pay their respects as the cortege went past.
The teenager's coffin was decorated with patterns, which depicted a meadow scene and Alice's three cats, painted by her grandmother and a family friend because Alice loved nature.
The family said the funeral service was a humanist ceremony and featured videos of Alice playing and singing songs she wrote herself.
There were tributes from her teachers, parents and sister and the congregation sang "You are my Sunshine".
The family also thanked members of the public for their support.
A public memorial ceremony will be held for Alice on 2 November at Greenford Town Hall.
A tribute page was also set up with money to be donated to the National Foundation for Youth Music in Alice's memory, as she was a keen musician.
The charity said it was "honoured and grateful" to be chosen by the Gross family.
Prime suspect Arnis Zalkalns' body was found in Boston Manor Park.
The Latvian national was reported missing from his Ealing home on 3 September.
It is believed Mr Zalkalns came to the UK in 2007, but authorities here are thought to have had no record of his murder conviction and seven-year prison sentence for bludgeoning and stabbing his wife.
A review of how the case was handled is being carried out by Scotland Yard.
Inquests into both deaths have been opened and adjourned, as investigations into the case continue.
China sees the island as a breakaway province, which it has threatened to take back by force if necessary.
If Tsai Ing-wen leads her opposition Democratic Progressive Party to power, it will be a victory for Taiwan's pro-independence camp.
Eric Chu will stand for the ruling KMT, which oversaw improved ties with China.
China is bound to be watching these presidential and parliamentary election results closely.
Saturday's polls come just months after a historic meeting between the leaders of the two sides, the first in more than 60 years when outgoing Kuomintang (KMT) President Ma Ying-jeou met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore in November for talks that were seen as largely symbolic.
But it is the flagging economy as well as Taiwan's relationship with China that are the key issues for voters.
Why does this election matter?
Who is running?
Is it all about the economy?
What's behind the China-Taiwan divide?
If Ms Tsai, 59, wins it would be only the second-ever victory for the DPP.
The first was by pro-independence advocate Chen Shui-bian - during his time as president between 2000 and 2008 tensions escalated with China.
Ms Tsai, however, has not made her stance clear. A former scholar, she has said she wants to "maintain [the] status quo" with China.
But opponents say relations will deteriorate as she does not recognise the "one China" policy. She became chairwoman of the DPP in 2008, after it saw a string of corruption scandals.
She lost a presidential bid in 2012 but has subsequently led the party to regional election victories. She has won increased support from the public partly because of widespread dissatisfaction over the KMT and Mr Ma's handling of the economy and widening wealth gap.
Eric Chu, 54, is the mayor of New Taipei City and stepped up to become chairman of the party in October. The KMT is at risk of losing its majority in the legislature for the first time in history.
The former accounting professor is popular with young people in the party, but has not been able to change public opinion that is increasingly unhappy with the party's friendly stance towards China and the island's economic travails.
In 2014, hundreds of students occupied the parliament in the largest show of anti-Chinese sentiment on the island for years. Labelled the Sunflower Movement, protesters demanded more transparency in trade pacts negotiated with China.
Analysis: Cindy Sui, BBC News, Taipei
The election results could mark a turning point in Taiwan's democracy and relationship with China.
If the DPP wins, it means the island is moving towards a political system in which voters prefer to transfer power from one party to another, ending decades of mostly KMT rule.
That could make relations with China uncertain, because unlike the KMT, the DPP favours Taiwan's independence and does not recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) and the People's Republic of China as part of "one China".
A defeat for the KMT will present a serious challenge for Beijing. It was the Communists' bitter enemy during the civil war, but is now China's best hope, and perhaps only hope, of peacefully reunifying with Taiwan. The KMT fled to Taiwan after losing the war and its charter and leaders still favour eventual unification.
Beijing is closely watching the elections to gauge Taiwanese people's sentiments and what those sentiments will mean for its goal of reunifying with the last inhabited territory - following Hong Kong and Macau - that it feels was unfairly snatched from it by Japan as a colony in 1895, and then ruled separately by the KMT after the civil war.
While both have since recovered, one was in intensive care, with police issuing a warning about the batch.
Following this, a warrant was issued and a quantity of the drug was seized in Penrhyndeudraeth.
Insp Dewi Jones said: "Two male youths have been arrested and are currently in custody."
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As the national side sees out what appears to be another failed attempt to reach a major championship, former international Andy McLaren feels the game has abandoned a once rich source of talent.
He's providing football sessions in some of the most deprived areas of Glasgow, to kids who can't afford to pay to play.
"Football, in my opinion, has become middle class," McLaren told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme in an interview to be broadcast on Monday evening.
"It's an absolute disgrace that kids are being priced out of football in this country.
"It's meant to be our national sport. It's meant to be all-inclusive. At the moment it's not.
"I would have been priced out of football just now.
"I grew up in Castlemilk, a housing estate on the south side of Glasgow. Up until I was 15, I thought that was the way everybody grew up.
"Crime, heroin, drink - football was my escape route from all of that. Football was important, took me away from an area that was hard growing up in. It gave me something to focus on."
McLaren is part of a charitable organisation trying to give young people opportunity, particularly through football but in other ways too, in order to tackle the stark disadvantage that simply being born into a certain postcode can bring.
He feels the game he loves, which did so much for him, is now leaving those kids behind.
"I've been working in these areas for seven, eight years and I think I've seen an SFA coach once," he said.
"Remember these are areas guys like Kenny Dalglish, Frank McAvennie, Bertie Auld (came from); really we could be missing out on the next Kenny Dalglish because he's not got a fiver a week.
"For me that's wrong; it's meant to be our national sport."
That's the nub of the problem as far as he sees it. Families in these areas simply can't afford to pay for their children to participate in football.
"I keep hearing that kids don't want to play football," he explained.
"Come up and see us on a Friday night or come to one of our camps and see 200-250 boys running about and tell me kids don't want to play football.
"People keep telling me that cost isn't an issue - 100% cost is an issue.
"We're not getting the same kids from the same areas. Growing up in Castlemilk I genuinely can't remember paying for football. Maybe it was 10 pence or you sold a football card now and again.
"People are struggling out there. We started eight years ago and very quickly we'd see young people with holes in their shoes and things like that.
"Some would turn up for camps with no packed lunch. Very quickly we learned we had to feed them because the coaches were having to give them their lunches.
"People will go to me, 'it's the parents' fault' but people out there are struggling with mental health issues or addiction issues.
"I think we're easy in this country to blame people. If you see someone struggling it's our job to help the less fortunate.
"As a society, I think we can do a lot more.
"Areas we work in are areas of high deprivation, the top 5% of every poverty chart you can get.
"If we charged £1 we wouldn't have the same success because the money is not there."
As a former professional with Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Reading and Morton, McLaren is keen not only to give children of a similar background to his a chance, he also wants them to learn from his mistakes.
Those mistakes took the form of a reliance on alcohol and drugs through much of his playing career. He did that as he couldn't cope with a harrowing experience as a child.
McLaren was abused at a young age by someone in his local community. Ultimately, it brought him to the point of almost taking his own life.
Shame, fear, embarrassment, blaming himself and the dressing room environment had all prevented him from unburdening himself for decades.
Football was his salvation rather than part of the problem.
"Some nights I'd be struggling," he admitted. "I didn't know how to deal with what I was dealing with.
"I wasn't taking them (drugs and alcohol) socially. I was taking them for effect.
"It wasn't as if anyone forced me to do anything. I was a willing participant. I enjoyed it."
McLaren believes a failed drug test while playing at Reading saved his life, as did the support of the English FA who paid for him to rehabilitate at the Priory clinic.
He was talented, won a Scottish Cup with Dundee United, and remarkably battled back after falling from grace to win a Scotland cap. He may have had more.
Thankfully, for all the negatives of his own experience, there's a positive outcome which is benefiting children growing up in areas like he did.
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The mine was used as a location for the BBC TV drama Poldark.
The National Trust said the fees would fund conservation and maintain the site, which has seen a 50% rise in visitors since the programme first broadcast.
But opponents claim the charges are "insensitive" to the memory of the 1919 Levant Mine disaster that occurred there.
Everyone is living longer but rich people's lives are extending faster, the City University London study says.
Better life expectancy narrowed the gap in the early 20th Century but this trend reversed for men in the 1990s.
Author Prof Les Mayhew from Cass Business School said the difference was mainly due to "lifestyle choices".
Based on figures from the Human Mortality Database, researchers measured the differences in age between the youngest 10% of adult deaths and the oldest 5%.
From 1870 to 1939 the gap steadily closed, the report said.
"Everyone benefited from improvements in clean drinking water, better housing, higher incomes and better health," said Prof Mayhew.
After 1950 there were further rises in life expectancy - though inequalities in lifespan persisted rather than narrowing further.
But in the 1990s lifespan inequalities actually worsened, particularly for men, for the first time since the late 1870s, say the researchers.
They found that for men who died in 2010 aged over 30:
For women who died aged over 30 in 2010:
Commenting on the data, Prof Mayhew said: "This is partly due to some men now living to exceptionally old ages and in many cases equalling women - but at the other end of the distribution there has been a lack of progress."
The researchers attributed the widening disparity to poor lifestyle choices.
"Many of the big gains from public health improvements are in the past and personal choices are now much more important," the report says.
"Men in lower socio-economic groups are the most likely to make damaging lifestyle choices.
"They put themselves in harm's way on average more than women do - they smoke more, drink more and there are periods in their lives when they partake in riskier activities," say the authors.
The authors suggest lack of wealth is not directly responsible for the difference, but the poorest groups are more likely to suffer the cumulative effects of decades of poor lifestyle choices and income inequality - while wealthier, more educated people may find it easier to adopt healthier habits.
The authors say the negative health outcomes of smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, poor diet and lack of exercise "are disproportionately associated with the poorest in society".
They say it is vital to encourage healthier lifestyles and to counter pressure on individuals from "exposure to advertising, their communities and peer groups".
Baroness Sally Greengross, chief executive of the International Longevity Centre, said the figures were "particularly worrying".
"Preventing inequalities in ill health and disability must be a priority for policy action," she said.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said everybody should have the opportunity to have a long and healthy life.
"The number of workless households is at a record low and we know that economic security can provide the foundation for better physical and mental health.
"We have shown that we are willing to take tough action to protect the public's health."
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The 33-year-old, who captained Germany to their 2014 World Cup victory, announced his decision after Bayern's German Cup last-16 win over Wolfsburg.
It was the defender's 501st game for the Bundesliga leaders.
"I can continue with my leadership style, giving my best every day, in every training, until the end of the season. I can keep doing it this season but not beyond," he said.
It means he will leave the German champions a year before his contract expires.
"I've been considering it for more than the past year," he added.
"You have to keep testing yourself, you have to keep asking yourself 'how is it', day by day, week by week on the training pitch, what's the feeling you have."
The Bayern youth product made his senior debut in 2002 and has won seven Bundesliga titles with the club, as well as the Champions League.
He retired from international football after Germany's triumph in Brazil in 2014.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield will host the arch segment, also known as "Wave", until January.
The installation in London last year marked 100 years since the start of World War One and drew more than five million visitors.
Each poppy represents a British and Commonwealth death during the war.
The Yorkshire Regiment raised 24 Battalions served by 65,000 men, of whom 9,000 died.
A US congressman made the claim last month after visiting Camp 7, saying it showed the inmates were "not exactly holy warriors".
Lawyer James Connell says guards this week gave a copy of the erotic novel to his client, possibly as a joke.
But 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi had no interest in the book, he said.
The 35-year-old, also known as Abd al-Aziz Ali, is a senior al-Qaeda member who has been charged with war crimes.
He is also a nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 2001 attacks.
Mr Baluchi turned up in court this week at Guantanamo for pre-trial hearings, with a copy of E L James' best-seller, according to his lawyer.
"He said, 'you'll never guess what I have,'" Mr Connell told the BBC.
Mr Baluchi handed the copy of Fifty Shades of Grey to his lawyer, and said the fairly worn paperback had been a gift.
A couple of guards at Camp 7, the secretive facility where he is confined, had given him the book, Mr Baluchi said.
Mr Connell said his client has not read the book. He is an avid reader of the Economist and Wired magazine - and the novel did not interest him, said the lawyer.
"He [Mr Baluchi] knew that it was some sort of a joke," said Mr Connell. "Or some sort of disinformation campaign."
The book was passed to Mr Baluchi after reports circulated of its alleged popularity among inmates, following a US congressman's visit in July to the prison.
Journalists are not allowed to visit Camp 7, a secretive facility that opened in 2006.
But Representative Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat, told the Huffington Post he had discovered that detainees in the facility were enjoying the trilogy of novels about sadomasochism.
"It demystifies them," Mr Moran also told the Miami Herald, following his 26 July tour of the base.
"It exposes them for who they actually are."
He said that their choice of reading material shows they are "not exactly holy warriors. Just the opposite. These people are phonies."
The claim surprised many as inmates' access to reading material is strictly controlled at Guantanamo Bay, and the racy book is not even thought to be in the prison's main library.
Commentators, including Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, were sceptical about Mr Moran's remarks. In her article, Rosenberg described the claim as "odd".
John Grisham, whose work is not nearly as steamy as Fifty Shades of Grey, wrote in a recent New York Times article that one of his books had been censored.
Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Todd Breasseale told the BBC: "I'm not going to dispute a detainee whose words are being relayed by his attorney. I'm not interested in disputing hearsay."
Mr Connell told the BBC his client has a sense of humour.
"He was more amused than offended," he said.
But Mr Connell said he plans to give the paperback to a top-level military lawyer with the Guantanamo Joint Task Force.
He is keeping the book, which he showed to a BBC journalist at a media-operations room, in a plain envelope.
"If this is a practical joke, it has gone too far," said Mr Connell.
He said that undocumented Irish immigrants wanted to remain and contribute in the US.
He was speaking in Philadelphia at the beginning of the taoiseach's annual St Patrick's Day trip.
Mr Kenny said their "plight" would be an "absolute priority" this week.
With global focus on President Trump's immigration policies, Mr Kenny's efforts to lobby the president will draw much interest in the coming week.
He told an Irish-American dinner event that he wanted to "renew the strong case on behalf of the hard-working, tax-paying Irish people in the United States who for too long now have been living in the shadows, and want nothing more than to continue making their contribution to this great country".
"We all understand that immigration reform is a politically sensitive issue," he added.
"However, I truly believe that a US immigration system that addresses the needs of the undocumented Irish, and provides for future legal flows, will be of huge benefit to America."
Mr Kenny also told the event that the Republic of Ireland was well-placed to absorb the risks posed by Brexit and that the economy had emerged from previous crises with "renewed strength and confidence".
The taoiseach has further engagements in Philadelphia on Sunday, including the city's annual St Patrick's parade.
He will visit Boston and Rhode Island before travelling to Washington for scheduled political meetings on Wednesday and Thursday.
His visit will conclude in New York on Friday.
Earlier this year, there had been calls in the Irish parliament for Mr Kenny to boycott the annual visit to the White House in the wake of President Trump's initial travel ban.
McNamara, 42, said he would resign if his side failed to achieve a "positive" result against Braintree following their 6-1 humiliation away at Guiseley.
"I'll have a chat with the chairman on the bus and make my decision based on that," the Scot told BBC Radio York.
"I have some thinking to do. I'd speak to the chairman first as obviously he's the most important person."
McNamara's side have won just three of their 15 National League games this season and are 19th after Lee Barnard's 88th-minute penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Braintree.
The former Celtic and Wolves defender was appointed manager by the Minstermen in November 2015 but was unable to save the club from relegation from the Football League.
"This has been about 90% of my life since last November," McNamara continued.
"People who know me know how hard I work here to try and change things and the club. That's why I've been here so long and the chairman has stood by me.
"The results on the pitch haven't been good enough but I've been humbled by the support from the chairman and the players."
The justice secretary said the UK could be part of Europe's free trade area to avoid trade tariffs, even if it was not a member of the EU single market.
The pro-Leave campaigner also said a UK exit would lead to the "democratic liberation of a whole continent".
The Remain camp said his statements "don't bear proper scrutiny" and would put British jobs at risk.
Mr Gove used a speech in London to set out his vision of what the country would look like in the event of a vote to leave the EU on 23 June.
On trading, he said the UK would be part of the European free trade zone with access to the European single market but "free from EU regulation which costs us billions of pounds a year".
He said the UK would also be able to arrange trade deals with countries including the US, China and India.
It follows Treasury forecasts that an exit from the EU could see the economy 6% smaller by 2030 - costing households the equivalent of 4,300 a year.
The Leave campaign has been branded "Project Fantasy" by its opponents for its alleged lack of economic clarity but Mr Gove hit back, and accused opponents of "wanting us to believe that Britain is broken and beaten".
He said the idea Britain outside the EU would "instantly become some sort of hermit kingdom" was a "fantasy" and treated voters "like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night".
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The justice secretary said a vote to leave would be a "galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal".
It would enable the UK to "take back control" - of its sovereignty, economy, borders and spending priorities, he said.
He said a number of analysts had said there would be "long term benefits" to the economy of leaving.
And he suggested a vote to stay in the EU would effectively maroon the UK within the EU, where it would have to accept further political and financial integration.
He likened a vote to stay in the EU as a vote "to be a hostage, locked in the boot of a car driven by others to a place and at a pace that we have no control over".
He also said the UK's rebate would be "whittled away" and more powers would have to be ceded to the EU in areas such as tax and asylum.
Mr Gove claimed the European Court of Justice had undermined the UK's security, saying it had control over the way the country applies asylum rules and monitors and deports terrorism suspects.
The approach taken by EU leaders "could not and will not survive" a UK vote to leave which would "strengthen and liberate" those across the EU fighting for powers to be returned, he said.
But former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve told the BBC's Radio 4 Today that Mr Gove's arguments were "unfounded and untenable".
He said the justice secretary was "labouring under a very serious misunderstanding" of the way the EU works, and had a track record in the referendum debate of "coming out with statements which simply don't bear proper scrutiny".
And Chancellor George Osborne told MPs that it was an "internationally accepted principle" that EU members cannot have access to the single market without accepting the free movement of people across the union.
However Mr Gove laughed off Conservative tensions when asked whether he was offended by Mr Osborne's description of the Leave campaign's arguments as "economically illiterate".
"No. George has called me much worse in private and in public," he replied.
Responding to Mr Gove's comments, MP Alan Johnson, chairman of Labour's In campaign, accused him of wanting to "wish away reality" but and leaving the EU "will hurt our economy".
"The fact is Britain is better off remaining in the EU and no amount of false promises and bluster from the Leave camp can change that," he added.
Analysis by the Treasury released on Monday warned that the UK economy could be 6% smaller by 2030 by leaving the EU rather than staying, and chancellor George Osborne said this would mean a £36bn hole in the public finances.
Giving evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said he thought the report's "broad approach, to me, makes sense" but that it was not an "economic forecast" like those provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
He said a vote to Leave "might result in an extended period of uncertainty about the economic outlook" which would be likely to affect demand in the short term and could affect the supply side economy.
But the Leave camp - whose backers also include Mayor of London Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage - say the Treasury report's projections are based on assumptions that net migration to Britain, currently more than 300,000 a year, would remain well above the 100,000 target in the coming years - levels which, they say, are unsustainable.
Meanwhile, the president of the European Commission has said the EU is "interfering" in too many aspects of its residents' private lives.
Jean-Claude Juncker told a meeting of the Council of Europe that the European project had "lost part of its attractiveness" but the EU's executive arm was taking steps to address it.
"I think one of the reasons why European citizens are stepping away from the European project is due to the fact that we are interfering in too many domains of their private lives and in too many domains where member states of the European Union are better placed to take action and to pass through legislation."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's boy was born at 16:24 BST weighing 8lbs 6oz and is third in line to the throne after Prince Charles and Prince William.
People have been sharing their good news of babies who were born on the same day.
Little Coco arrived rather quickly in the corridor near the foyer of the Alexandra hospital in Redditch.
It gave both my partner and I a fright as well as a couple of visitors who were fantastic at raising the alarm quickly, meaning both mum and baby had a great team around them.
Laura's waters broke at 4am and she relaxed at home with a bath.
But her contractions suddenly came very quickly and we rushed to the hospital in the car.
By 5.20am, the contractions were four minutes apart but we got to hospital just in time.
My wife Francesca's due date was 21st July and her labour started on that day around 5pm.
Her waters finally broke at 6.30pm on Monday and after a successful few pushes our baby boy was born at 21:14, weighing 8lbs 5 1/2oz.
Both mum and baby are fantastic and they are now returning to our local cottage hospital.
We have no name as yet.
His brothers Samuel aged six and Joseph aged three are so excited to meet their new brother.
Big thanks to staff at John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford.
And of course congratulations to both William and Kate.
Our baby 'Samuel Giles Bestwick' was born on 22/07/2013 at 12.55pm weighing 7lbs 5oz at Jessops hospital in Sheffield.
He was six days overdue and my labour started around midnight.
It all feels very surreal.
I worked out that Kate may be due on the same day as I was, so we were keeping an eye on her progress and wondering who was going to be first.
My family had been joking from the start that he would be born on the same day as the Royal baby, we were amazed when he was!
My daughter-in-law Kate Williams has given birth to Josh at Southmead Hospital in Bristol around 10.45am.
She had a planned caesarean and the baby weighed in at 8lbs 15oz. She also has a daughter, Maisie, who is two.
I thought it was a funny coincidence that she gave birth today because of her name - Kate Williams!
My daughter Georgina gave birth to her second daughter at 2.15pm in Portsmouth.
She is to be called Charlotte Elizabeth Rose, and she weighed just over 7lbs.
They're 100 miles away in Portsmouth but everyone is doing well.
I just hope Kate didn't have to sit around in the hospital for hours waiting for a bed with nothing more than paracetamol for pain relief!
Ida Ophelia Rose Sanders was born at 12:10 at Queen Charlottes Hospital London weighing in at 6lbs 4oz. What a day to have a baby!
Mother and baby are both doing well. It was a quick labour. Ida was six days early.
My wife Milly had a water birth with no pain relief. I was born the same year as Prince William.
It's great to have a daughter with the same birthday as the future King.
The 21-year-old defender came through Villa's academy and made his senior debut for the club in April 2016.
Toner, who is a Republic of Ireland Under-19 international, went on to make three Premier League starts prior to Villa's relegation.
He spent last season on loan to Walsall and Bradford, scoring his first senior goal for the Bantams at Scunthorpe.
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Ben Walker, 15, collapsed when playing for Thrapston Town Juniors on 28 April.
He supported Aston Villa and fellow fans called for applause in the 15th minute of the game against Brighton - to mark the time Ben collapsed.
Fans shared the appeal on social media and Villa welcomed the move with a retweeted message to 957,000 followers before the game which ended 1-1.
"The Aston Villa family have come together on numerous occasions this season to remember their own," a club spokesman said.
"We were all saddened to hear that Ben had tragically passed away and we would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this sad time."
Family friend, Aaron Clipston started the campaign and said: "I'm amazed and overwhelmed by the level of support it's had from Villa and Brighton fans.
"The family are fully behind it and I know Ben would have loved it."
Thrapston Town Juniors said he died doing the thing he loved. Flowers and football shirts have been left by friends at the club on Chancery Lane.
A fundraising page set up to raise money for a memorial to Ben and to support his family has raised more than £10,000.
Nick Price, from the club, who set it up said: "It was my way of supporting the family. Nobody plans for a child's funeral. This was something I could do to help.
"No firm decision has been made about a permanent memorial. It's something we're thinking about."
Ben also played cricket for Thrapston Cricket Club, which described him as a "promising wicket-keeper and batsman".
Scenes for The Gael King have already been shot in Airth, near Falkirk, and other locations in Scotland.
It is being made by Fellowship Film, which involves brothers Philip and Matthew Todd and their cousins John Walkinshaw and Tom Walkinshaw.
The feature's plot centres on a fictional king, Alpin Mac Eachdach.
Matthew Todd said: "Alpin, King of Dalriata, must overcome the impossible to save his brother, unite his kingdom and defeat the great evil that has arisen in Dorcha Forest.
"The film is set and being produced entirely in Scotland.
"We have one production office in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow. The primary location base is in Airth, but the film will include some of Scotland's finest countryside."
Family-run Fellowship Film are among independent film-makers who have been invited to pitch their productions to industry professionals at EIFF's Works in Progress event on Sunday.
Mr Todd said: "We are at a very interesting moment in the project where the director and producer have recently returned from the Cannes Film Market where we received a very positive response to the film.
"Even more exciting is that we were accepted into the Edinburgh International Film Festival Works in Progress event.
"We are holding out for an international distribution deal and have big plans for The Gael King."
The film-maker added: "Meanwhile, we have a film to finish.
"The last block of filming will be pick-ups and an epic prologue where we will digitally recreate the real and ancient fortress of Dunadd."
Dunadd was constructed 2,000 years ago on Moine Mhor, a large bog at the southern end of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll.
The fort was a power base for Gaelic kings in the 500s to 800s AD.
Candidates for La République en Marche came first in 10 of the 11 seats given to France's 1.3 million expatriates.
Opinion polls at home in France also give Mr Macron's movement a clear lead in elections beginning on Sunday.
Gaining a legislative majority would complete Mr Macron's ground-shaking realignment of French politics.
It would enable him to start work on his programme of reforming the French labour market, reviving the economy and pushing for reform of the European Union.
Currently Mr Macron's La République en Marche (LREM) has no parliamentary seats, and most of his candidates are political novices.
France's expatriates are divided among 11 constituencies created in legislative redistricting in 2010. Their geographical distance means they vote early - but critics have questioned the wisdom of announcing the results so early, saying it could affect the domestic vote.
Just weeks ago, Mr Macron thrust aside rivals from the established centre-left and centre-right parties, to claim the presidency.
His final challenger in the second round was far-right leader Marine Le Pen - leading some to attribute his victory to voters uniting for "anything but Le Pen".
But opinion polls suggest voters are willing to give LREM a chance, despite an investigation into the financial dealings of one of Mr Macron's cabinet ministers.
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The latest Ipsos Sopre-Steria poll on Tuesday putting LREM ahead with 29.5%, projecting that it could end up with 385-415 of the 577 seats in France's lower house of parliament after the second round of voting on 18 June.
The poll placed the centre-right Republicans second with 23%, the far-right National Front third with 17% and the far-left France Unbowed fourth with 12.5%.
The Americas are split into two constituencies, Europe into six, Africa into two, one of which also incorporates many Arab states. The 11th constituency is geographically the largest, spanning other Asian countries, Oceania, Belarus Moldova and Ukraine.
The LREM won many of these seats easily, with support of over 50% - though low turnout of 19.1% means several will be unable to claim the seat before submitting to a second round.
The only constituency not to back an LREM candidate was North-West Africa - though here the leading contender had had her association with LREM withdrawn over questions about her political links.
Both devices were non-explosive, said Devon and Cornwall Police.
A suitcase with protruding wires was found attached to St Sidwell's school railings at about 07:00 BST and another was found in a city centre car park.
Both devices were "made safe" by bomb disposal experts with a controlled explosion used on one package.
Police said they were not treating it as a terrorist incident.
Armed police, fire crews and sniffer dogs were called in and everyone within 100m of the packages was evacuated from the area.
A large section of the city centre was cordoned off and there has been significant disruption to public transport.
The first suitcase was found by St Sidwell's School caretaker, Brent Hibbs. A breakfast club was evacuated and the remainder of the 200 pupils and 42 nursery children arriving at the school were moved to safety.
Head teacher Kathryn Rowden said: "Our staff did an excellent job in evacuating the children quickly and efficiently. I cannot comment on the motive for this.
"But I would point out that St Sidwell's is a Church of England school and we have children of all faiths, and some with no faith, who learn together and play together very harmoniously."
A second suspect suitcase was found at the King William Street Car Park at about 09:15 BST.
That led to further road closures in the area and the evacuation of homes in and around the city centre.
Exeter, Mid and East Devon Commander Superintendent Keith Perkin said: "Today's events have caused considerable impact to residents and business across the city.
"We don't underestimate how difficult road closures and evacuations can be for local people, but safety of all our communities remains paramount."
Republican Clay Higgins said in the video that the horrors of the WW2 death camps were the reason why the US military should be "invincible".
At one point, he went inside a gas chamber and explained how the victims were killed.
Apologising, the Louisiana congressman said he had not intended to cause pain.
He said in a statement: "My intent was to offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz and to remind the world that evil exists, that free nations must remember, and stand strong.
"However, my message has caused pain to some whom I love and respect. For that, my own heart feels sorrow. Out of respect to any who may feel that my video posting was wrong or caused pain, I have retracted my video."
The five-minute video had shown Mr Higgins in different parts of the museum, talking about the atrocities in the death camp.
Responding to it, the Auschwitz memorial and museum tweeted that the gas chamber was "not a stage" but a place for mournful silence.
Later it posted a picture of the entrance to the building showing a plaque asking for silence.
Some 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, died at the camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
The Anti-Defamation League, an American-Jewish anti-discrimination organisation, said the video was "incredibly disrespectful to the hallowed ground" of the memorial and museum.
The 3,500 capacity venue was to have been built on derelict land in the city centre and was expected to open in 2018.
Hull City Council's planning committee rejected the proposal, despite council officers recommending approval.
The Labour leader of the authority, Councillor Stephen Brady said he was "incredibly disappointed" at the decision.
The council has not yet given a reason for rejecting the application.
Mr Brady said the planning application would be resubmitted in the new year, but acknowledged that the committee's decision would "at the very least, mean a delay in commencing the development."
"The plans for the Hull Venue have received considerable public support, are hugely important for the development of the city and will put us on the map as a location for major events," he said.
"The development is absolutely essential to making Hull a top visitor destination and is an integral component of our legacy planning following on from our year as UK City of Culture in 2017.
Documents supporting the planning application claimed the venue would attract 240,000 visitors a year and bring an extra £21m of tourist money into the local economy.
A 27-year-old man has been taken to hospital with a head injury and is in a serious condition.
The incident happened at Margaret Street in the Waterside area of the city.
Two men, aged 37 and 31, were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and are assisting police with their enquiries.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is examining if the advert is misleading by claiming it targets the source of headaches.
On Monday, Nurofen's maker Reckitt Benckiser defended their packaging, after an Australian court ordered certain products off shelves.
The court said it had misled consumers.
Australia's court said Nurofen's products marketed to treat specific pains, such as migraine, were identical to one another, and said that products must be taken off Australian shelves within three months.
On Monday, Nurofen defended itself by saying that the products had been "designed to help the consumer easily navigate our range", particularly in groceries where there was no pharmacy.
The advert in question claims that "most headaches are caused by strained head muscles", and that the painkiller targets these muscles.
The ASA received 12 complaints about the advert in February and launched its investigation in March.
It said: "Complainants have challenged whether the ad is misleading because it implies that the product directly targets muscles in the head. They've also challenged whether the claim 'gives you faster headache relief than standard paracetamol or ibuprofen' is misleading."
The ASA stressed that it investigates marketing of products, not the product itself.
"The products are regulated by health regulators such as the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)," the ASA added.
The two-year-old will go to the Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk from January.
A nursery spokesman said: "We are looking forward to welcoming George to our nursery."
The nursery, near King's Lynn, is close to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home, Anmer Hall.
The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt said the duke and duchess appreciate what they see as the care being shown by the British media around the privacy of their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, and are grateful for the public's support in respecting the privacy of their young family.
He said the couple would be pleased George's new nursery was sited in a private road, not a public one.
The nursery said Prince George would "get the same special experience as all of our children".
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Prince George is continuing a royal tradition but not one that is long established.
The Queen was educated at home and relied on her nanny, Crawfie, to take her on educational trips - including a journey on the London Tube.
Prince Charles did go to school but his nursery was a palace room containing a blackboard, a desk and a governess.
It was at his mother's insistence that Prince William was exposed to children of his own age when he started at Mrs Mynors' School.
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The new picture shows the duke and duchess with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte in the garden at Kensington Palace. It was taken in late October by photographer Chris Jelf.
Mr Jelf said: "I thoroughly enjoyed photographing a very lovely family, although you have to be sharp as you don't have long when there are two young children involved!
"I hope everyone enjoys this photo and I am honoured that the duke and duchess have decided to share it with the public."
Kensington Palace said that the royal couple were "very much looking forward to their first Christmas as a family of four" and "hugely appreciative of all the warm messages they have received about their family this year".
The early learning at the Westacre Montessori School was rated good by Ofsted after an inspection in June 2015. It costs £5.50 an hour or £33 a day to attend the nursery.
The school follows the principles of an Italian doctor called Maria Montessori who developed a new approach to teaching in the early 20th Century, in which children take responsibility for their own learning.
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The Montessori teaching method was developed by Italy's first female professor in the slums of Rome in the early 1900s.
Working with special needs children, Dr Maria Montessori developed a child-centred approach using the classroom as her laboratory.
Utilising children's natural instinct to learn through play, children are free to develop at their own pace.
They choose the activities they want to pursue, in effect being trusted as the masters of their own development.
Much Montessori philosophy has been incorporated as best practice in regular nurseries.
Staff may lead activities, such as identifying sand paper numbers, which children will be encouraged but not obliged to take part in.
Montessori nurseries can be quite different however, with some following the principles more closely than others.
To use the name, a nursery must have a Montessori-trained member of staff.
Prince William was the first senior royal to go to nursery and not start his education in a palace.
Richard Dalzell, 35, of Whinpark Road, Newtownards, was charged at Ballymena Magistrates Court.
He is accused of murdering 54-year-old Mark Lamont, who died after being attacked last month.
Mr Lamont was critically injured outside a house on the Ballycastle Road. He died in hospital on Tuesday.
There was a large police presence as the accused was brought to court.
A police officer told the court that Mr Dalzell has links to paramilitary organisations in Newtownards and has been involved in loan sharking, supplying controlled drugs and money laundering.
The judge, who described Mr Lamont's death as "tragic and difficult", denied the accused bail because of potential interference in the case.
A defence lawyer said Mr Dalzell did not deny that he had fought with Mr Lamont but that it was a case of self defence.
The court heard Mr Dalzell had been drinking in the Forge Bar in Coleraine with a woman on 26 September, when he had an altercation with three men.
He reportedly took his shirt off in the bar, was doing press ups and throwing fake punches.
Mr Dalzell then left the bar and went to the woman's house on Ballycastle Road.
En route, he was described as agitated and punched a shop shutter.
Later, three men, one of whom was Mr Lamont, entered the property with their faces hidden by hoodies.
The court heard that there was a minor altercation and the three men left.
Mr Lamont then returned to the property and there was a fight between him and Mr Dalzell.
A police officer told the court that Mr Dalzell "jumped up and down on Mr Lamont's head".
The victim suffered face and skull fractures.
Mr Dalzell left the scene in his car but later handed himself into police. The court heard that the accused told police "it was a fight, I won".
The defendant was initially charged with attempted murder and released on police bail, but was rearrested and charged with murder after Mr Lamont died.
The two other men who entered house have been charged with aggravated burglary.
The court was also told that a pair of shoes worn by Mr Dalzell on the night of the fight are also missing and need to be recovered.
Mr Dalzell's case will be heard again in Coleraine on 31 October.
Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali, who was 15, died in Basra in May 2003 after he was detained on suspicion of looting.
The British judge's report said Ahmed should never have been detained or made to enter the canal, and should have been rescued when he was "floundering".
The Ministry of Defence said it was "extremely sorry".
UK forces entered Basra City on the night of 6 April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq, and rapidly took control of the area, although they encountered widespread looting.
The incident took place after soldiers were called to a derelict industrial compound where they found 20 to 30 suspected looters.
After a chase, Ahmed was one of four suspected looters who were first made to roll around in a pool of stagnant water. They were then taken in a Warrior armed vehicle to the Shatt-Al Basra canal and forced to enter the water there.
According to one of the others detained, Ayad Salim Hanoon, the four were forced to enter the canal "at gunpoint".
He also gave evidence that the soldiers threw stones to force them into deeper water, although the report was unable to establish whether or not this claim was true.
The report does acknowledge that Mr Hanoon's evidence "has been subject to extensive criticism", including "mistakes or misunderstandings" or problems with translation.
The report by the Iraq Fatality Investigations, led by former High Court judge Sir George Newman, described the soldiers' actions as a "clumsy, ill-directed and bullying piece of conduct, engaged in without consideration of the risk of harm to which it could give rise".
It criticised their "manifest failure" to take action to save the boy's life.
"His death ensued because he was forced by the soldiers to enter the canal, where, in the presence of the soldiers, he was seen to be in difficulty, and to go under the water.
"Notwithstanding the unlawful treatment involved in getting him into the water, his death could have been avoided because he could and should have been rescued after it became clear that he was floundering."
The four soldiers involved, who were granted anonymity in the report, were acquitted of manslaughter at a court martial in 2006.
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The report raised "grave concerns" about their ability to have coped with the responsibilities imposed on them and about the adequacy of the resources available to British forces in Iraq.
It added there were also concerns about training and "the ability of the occupying force to take on the burden to act as both policemen and combatants simultaneously".
Basra at the time had "descended into a state of chaos" and there was no assistance from Iraqi police or legal processes in place to deal with the problem of looting, which had been "beyond the capabilities of the British Forces to reduce", it continued.
It said guidelines on how to deal with suspected looters, which involved short periods of detention before handing them over to a higher chain of command, were "totally unrealistic and impractical".
This had led to soldiers meting out "on-the-spot justice", with the punishment differing "according to the temperament and inclination of the soldier in command".
Of the Basra case, the report added: "[The four suspected looters] had been compelled to get into the Warrior by fully armed soldiers.
"They probably had no knowledge or understanding of what was going to happen. They are likely to have feared for their lives.
"None of the soldiers gave a satisfactory explanation for their actions in directing the looters into the canal."
Part two of the report, which will draw conclusions to be learned from the incident, will be released at a future date.
The Iraq War, in which President Saddam Hussein was overthrown by a US-led coalition including the UK, led to the deaths of at least 150,000 Iraqis, with more than one million citizens displaced. Violence has continued in the country since then, and so-called Islamic State has taken control of parts of it.
More than 200 British service personnel and civilians died during the conflict.
The Iraq Fatality Investigations were set up in 2013 to examine a small number of Iraqi deaths that involved British troops.
Similar to inquests, they do not consider issues of individual or collective culpability.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "This was a grave incident for which we are extremely sorry.
"We are committed to investigating allegations of wrongdoing by UK forces and will use Sir George's findings to learn lessons to help ensure nothing like this happens again."
Michelle Coleman did the Locked in for Autism challenge at Tesco in Long Eaton where she has worked for 11 years.
It was in support of Caudwell Children, a charity that supports disabled youngsters.
Ms Coleman said people with autism can often feel trapped, isolated and vulnerable.
The 48-year-old, who agreed to the challenge after an appeal to the store, said the response by people visiting the store had been overwhelming.
She said: "I've enjoyed it but I'm ready for my bed."
Ms Coleman said the idea of living in the glass box was to make people more aware of what autistic people can experience in their daily lives.
"Things like feeling you are being watched and finding it hard to communicate," she added.
While in the box, Ms Coleman changed costumes every two hours to keep herself occupied and entertain visitors.
Andy Bailey, from Caudwell Children, said: "Autism is the most prevalent disability in the country and 133,500 children have been diagnosed with the condition."
He said the challenge had allowed them to engage with visitors about the work of the charity.
The supermarket challenge raised about £2,500 for Caudwell Children.
Delhi police spokesman Deependra Pathak told the BBC Mr Verma was being questioned by the cyber police.
He said Mr Verma had claimed that the women in his video were actors.
Mr Verma apologised and deleted his "prank video" after a severe public backlash. A case was registered against him last week.
The video was posted at the same time as multiple reports of groping in the southern city of Bangalore on New Year's Eve were causing anger in India.
The YouTuber, who has more than 150,000 subscribers to his "Crazy Sumit" channel, said at the time that he had made the video "for entertainment and had no intention of hurting anybody".
Mr Varma has now told police that the women in the clip were paid actors, as he gave them a share of the money he made from posting the video to YouTube, Mr Pathak said.
"We will have to question the women in the video to see if what he is saying is true," he added.
No women have come forward to register a complaint against Mr Varma despite a police appeal. However police decided to register a case after watching the video.
News of Mr Varma's detention has caused some comment on Twitter, with many welcoming the news.
India has many popular YouTube channels and stars who make entertainment videos.
One such channel, TroubleSeekerTeam, severely criticised Mr Verma in a video, saying "harassing women or anybody can never be taken as entertainment".
"It's simply molestation," the channel said.
Nationally, numbers are currently lower than the same time last year, one of the worst on record.
But Equine Rehoming Officer Gareth Johnson said the charity had been "very lucky" with the weather and was preparing for the worst from January.
"We've got space, but very, very limited space to be perfectly honest," he said.
"We are at this moment above our quota of where we should be and the winter hasn't really started yet.
"But we are making in-roads as to where we can take in more, but it's very costly and we are struggling."
Reports of neglected horses tend to peak in the winter when animals that have managed to survive for the rest of the year start to struggle for grazing.
Where there is no shelter, cold weather and rain mean the condition of animals can also deteriorate quickly.
Gonsal Farm, in Shropshire, is one of three RSPCA horse rescue centres in England, with others at Felledge near Durham and Lockwood in Surrey.
Between them they can accommodate about 150 horses and ponies.
A network of up to 20 private boarding stables across the country provides extra space, but at a cost to the charity.
Mr Johnson said Gonsal Farm, with a working capacity of 50, was currently caring for about 40 horses, with another 20 known to be coming in January.
In November alone, 71 horses were abandoned across the country, taking the year's total to over 1,200.
Last year, more than 2,300 horses were reported to the charity, but Mr Johnson said that included one case in South Wales involving about 650 animals - thought to be one of the biggest rescues of its kind in the world.
Mr Johnson said horses were often difficult to rehome because of their size and specialist needs, although campaigns had proved "very successful".
"At Gonsal Farm alone we've rehomed something like 110 horses this year. On top of that we've got 33 horses and ponies out being fostered."
Hotspots for abandoned horses this year include Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Kent and Durham.
Many of them will go to Gonsal Farm, a 186-acre purpose-built site near Dorrington.
One resident, 16-year-old Yasmine, a Welsh-cross pony, was found in Anglesea in February.
"It was one of the worst cases I have ever seen as far as neglect goes," Mr Johnson said.
"She was complete skin and bones. We have a body score of between one and five and she didn't even register.
"There were horses dead in stables, dead in fields, a very harrowing situation.
"Yasmine was one of the lucky ones, but what this mare saw was unbelievable. She was literally walking on dead bodies and she's not going to forget that."
Source: RSPCA (figures up to end of November)
Another of the horses at Gonsal Farm waiting for a new home is Three-year-old Polo, rescued from a garden shed in a small yard at a home in Dudley.
"We found this poor animal emaciated," Mr Johnson said.
"It had no proper food, it had potato peelings and maybe a few apples, but no hay, no bedding. It was living with household rubbish in the shed and in a real state.
"Parts of the Black Country have a real problem. There are lots of really good owners in the area, but a few have horses on tethers, on wasteland, on council land, and it's a bit of bravado.
"They have a horse because it's the in-thing to do."
In the North East about 1,200 people are detained under the Mental Health Act each year.
But a two-year study found that the teams delivering street triage had cut this amount to about 600 a year.
Newcastle University researchers, publishing in the BMJ Open, said the project meant options other than arrest were considered.
Researchers also found it cost the NHS, local authorities, ambulance and police services a combined total of more than £1,600 to hold someone in custody for three to four hours.
Work on the Regatta Quay development started in 2007 but its developer went into administration.
The 20-storey building had been called an eyesore by local residents.
John Howard, from new owners Marina Developments Limited, said: "The completion of this project will breathe new life into the area."
Builders should be on site within the end of year, but the project will take "two or three years" to complete, the company said.
Work on the building will be completed "largely in accordance with the original planning consent", administrators Baker Tilly said.
It will include about 150 flats and will have commercial units on the ground floor.
Nigel Miller, from Baker Tilly, said: "There are still a few loose ends to tie up before the sale is able to complete."
David Ellesmere, leader of the Labour-run Ipswich Borough Council, said: "This is fantastic news for the town and hopefully will kick start the regeneration of the rest of the waterfront.
"It will also be good news for creating and securing local construction jobs."
Ipswich MP Ben Gummer, a Conservative, said completion of the building was "vital" for the town's regeneration.
"The building at present is not only an eyesore but is a waste of valuable space," he said.
The 26-year-old has signed a five-year contract with the Russian champions, who are managed by Luciano Spalletti.
Zenit have also completed the signing of midfielder Axel Witsel, 23, from Benfica for a similar fee.
Hulk said: "I was very happy in Portugal and I want to be happy in Russia too."
Backed by Russian energy giant Gazprom, Zenit St Petersburg boast a squad that also includes Portuguese duo Bruno Alves and Danny. They were also linked with a move for Manchester United's Nani.
Witsel, capped 30 times by Belgium, began his career at Standard Liege.
Like Hulk, he has also signed a five-year contract with Zenit.
Hulk, who can also play on the wing, had talks with Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea after Didier Drogba announced he was leaving Stamford Bridge in the wake of the club's Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich.
The Brazilian joined Porto from Japanese side Tokyo Verdy in 2008 and scored 54 goals for them in 103 league matches.
Hulk, who appeared for Brazil in this summer's Olympic football tournament, and Witsel have been brought in to help Zenit's Champions League campaign which begins on 18 September away to Malaga.
Zenit have also been drawn in the same group as AC Milan and Anderlecht.
"We were trying to sign them before the 3 September deadline for the Champions League so they can play for us in that competition as well as the Russian League," said Zenit St Petersburg spokesman Dmitry Tsimmerman.
Zenit are currently top of the Russian league with 16 points from seven matches.
Speaking to the Russian club's website, Hulk thanked Porto for introducing him to European football and described his move to Zenit as "another victory, another important step".
The former vice-president also defended not holding snap elections, saying parties were not ready for polls.
Mr Waheed's controversial ascent to power in February plunged the small island nation into crisis.
Former President Mohamed Nasheed claims Mr Waheed was part of a conspiracy to oust him.
Mr Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the country, says he was forced to quit under duress by revolting members of the police and the military, after opposition-led protests in the capital, Male.
Mr Waheed denies the accusation, saying he was sworn in in line with the constitution after the resignation of his former boss on live television.
In an interview, Mr Waheed said he would quit if there was evidence that he had been part of any coup, but said that, otherwise, his leadership remained legitimate.
"If they [the commission] find out that I have had a role in bringing about a coup, then I will definitely resign.
"But if I have no role - if somebody else has done it - it doesn't mean I have to resign, according to the law of the Maldives."
He refrained from commenting on what he would do in the latter case, saying he would seek "legal guidance" after the findings.
Asked about holding early elections - as called for by the former ruling party and the Commonwealth - Mr Waheed said the constitution did not allow polls until June 2013 at the earliest.
He said he did not believe there was a need for elections any sooner.
"We have to consider the political situation. We have other political parties - big political parties - who are not ready for an election. I have to exercise my judgement - as leader of the country - to make sure we don't get into a worse political turmoil."
Farah Faizal, the former High Commissioner for the Maldives, said that if the inquiry concludes that a coup took place, then Mr Waheed "owed it to the people of the Maldives" to quit, whether he was found to have had a role or not.
"It is shocking that the president does not understand that in a democracy, the presidency is a public trust and not a personal inheritance.
"If the elected president has been deposed unconstitutionally, then there is no rightful succession of the vice-president."
Mr Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party, which holds regular rallies in Male, says it is concerned that the government is stalling in order to manipulate polls.
An agreement on the make-up of an inquiry to investigate the transfer of power was finally reached earlier this week, after Mr Waheed accepted a nominee from Mr Nasheed's party.
The Commonwealth had previously criticised the government for the panel, describing it as neither "independent or impartial".
The body suspended the Maldives from its democracy watchdog, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, after the alleged coup.
The 24-year-old scored eight goals in 36 appearances for the O's but decided to leave following the club's relegation to the National League.
He has played 225 games across the Football League during spells at Colchester United, Yeovil Town and Watford.
"He adds great competition to the squad," said Wigan boss Paul Cook.
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Tapuai, 27, was due to stay with the Perth-based Super Rugby outfit for another year, but Western Force agreed to release him from his contract.
Welshman Allinson, 28, joined London Irish from Cardiff Blues in 2010.
"We're a bit light at scrum-half due to the autumn internationals and injury," director of rugby Todd Blackadder said.
London Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy added: "This is a great opportunity for Darren to get some game time in the Premiership, with Bath's injury situation in that position."
Discussing former Brisbane City and Queensland Reds player Tapuai, Bath boss Blackadder continued: "He's a really good all-rounder, which will be a great boost for us.
"His experience will bring a new way of looking at things, and will really help develop our young midfield players. "
Western Force head coach Dave Wessels told their website: "Bath made a fantastic offer to Ben. That provided an opportunity to free up some money in the salary cap for us to explore a few other options."
Long before the conflict began, many Syrians complained about high unemployment, widespread corruption, a lack of political freedom and state repression under President Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father, Hafez, in 2000.
In March 2011, pro-democracy demonstrations inspired by the Arab Spring erupted in the southern city of Deraa. The government's use of deadly force to crush the dissent soon triggered nationwide protests demanding the president's resignation.
As the unrest spread, the crackdown intensified. Opposition supporters began to take up arms, first to defend themselves and later to expel security forces from their local areas. Mr Assad vowed to crush "foreign-backed terrorism" and restore state control.
The violence rapidly escalated and the country descended into civil war as hundreds of rebel brigades were formed to battle government forces for control of the country.
In essence, it has become more than just a battle between those for or against Mr Assad.
A key factor has been the intervention of regional and world powers, including Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Their military, financial and political support for the government and opposition has contributed directly to the intensification and continuation of the fighting, and turned Syria into a proxy battleground.
External powers have also been accused of fostering sectarianism in what was a broadly secular state, pitching the country's Sunni majority against the president's Shia Alawite sect. Such divisions have encouraged both sides to commit atrocities that have not only caused loss of life but also torn apart communities, hardened positions and dimmed hopes for a political settlement.
Jihadist groups have also seized on the divisions, and their rise has added a further dimension to the war. Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, which was known as al-Nusra Front until it announced it was breaking off formal ties with al-Qaeda in July 2016, is part of a powerful rebel alliance that controls much of the north-western province of Idlib.
Meanwhile, so-called Islamic State (IS), which controls large swathes of northern and eastern Syria, is battling government forces, rebel brigades and Kurdish groups, as well as facing air strikes by Russia and a US-led multinational coalition.
Thousands of Shia militiamen from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen say they are fighting alongside the Syrian army to protect holy sites.
Russia, for whom President Assad's survival is critical to maintaining its interests in Syria, launched an air campaign in September 2015 with the aim of "stabilising" the government after a series of defeats. Moscow stressed that it would target only "terrorists", but activists said its strikes mainly hit Western-backed rebel groups.
Six months later, having turned the tide of the war in his ally's favour, President Vladimir Putin ordered the "main part" of Russia's forces to withdraw, saying their mission had "on the whole" been accomplished. However, intense Russian air and missile strikes went on to play a major role in the government's siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which fell in December 2016.
Shia power Iran is believed to be spending billions of dollars a year to bolster the Alawite-dominated government, providing military advisers and subsidised weapons, as well as lines of credit and oil transfers. It is also widely reported to have deployed hundreds of combat troops in Syria.
Mr Assad is Iran's closest Arab ally and Syria is the main transit point for Iranian weapons shipments to the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support government forces.
The US, which says President Assad is responsible for widespread atrocities and must step down, has provided only limited military assistance to "moderate" rebels, fearful that advanced weapons might end up in the hands of jihadists. Since September 2014, the US has conducted air strikes on IS in Syria, but it has not intentionally attacked government forces.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to counter the influence of its rival Iran, has been a major provider of military and financial assistance to the rebels, including those with Islamist ideologies.
Turkey is another staunch supporter of the rebels, but it has also sought to contain US-backed Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) fighters who are battling IS in northern Syria, accusing the YPG of being an extension of the banned Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
In August 2016, Turkish troops backed a rebel offensive to drive IS militants out of one of the last remaining stretches of the Syrian side of the border not controlled by the Kurds.
The UN says at least 250,000 people have been killed in the past five years. However, the organisation stopped updating its figures in August 2015. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, put the death toll at 310,000 in December 2016, while a think-tank estimated in February 2016 that the conflict had caused 470,000 deaths, either directly or indirectly.
More than 4.8 million people - most of them women and children - have fled Syria. Neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have struggled to cope with one of the largest refugee exoduses in recent history.
About 10% of Syrian refugees have sought safety in Europe, sowing political divisions as countries argue over sharing the burden. A further 6.3 million people are internally displaced inside Syria.
The UN estimates it will need $3.4bn (£2.7bn) to help the 13.5 million people who will require some form of humanitarian assistance inside Syria in 2017. More than 7 million people are affected by food insecurity and 1.75 million children are out of school.
The warring parties have compounded the problems by refusing humanitarian agencies access to many of those in need. Some 4.9 million people live in besieged or hard-to-reach areas.
With neither side able to inflict a decisive defeat on the other, the international community long ago concluded that only a political solution could end the conflict. The UN Security Council has called for the implementation of the 2012 Geneva Communique, which envisages a transitional governing body with full executive powers "formed on the basis of mutual consent".
Peace talks in early 2014, known as Geneva II, broke down after only two rounds, with the UN blaming the Syrian government's refusal to discuss opposition demands.
A year later, the conflict with IS lent fresh impetus to the search for a political solution in Syria. The US and Russia persuaded representatives of the warring parties to attend "proximity talks" in Geneva in January 2016 to discuss a Security Council-endorsed road map for peace, including a ceasefire and a transitional period ending with elections.
The first round broke down while still in the "preparatory" phase, as government forces launched an offensive around Aleppo. The talks resumed in March 2016, after the US and Russia brokered a nationwide "cessation of hostilities". But they collapsed the following month as fighting intensified.
The fall of Aleppo means the government now controls Syria's four biggest cities. But large parts of the country are still held by other armed groups.
Rebel fighters and allied jihadists are estimated to control about 15% of Syrian territory, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
US officials said in early December 2016 that there were 50,000 or more "moderate" rebels, concentrated in the north-western province of Idlib and the western Aleppo countryside.
Rebels also control smaller areas in the central province of Homs, the southern provinces of Deraa and Quneitra, and the eastern Ghouta agricultural belt outside Damascus.
Kurdish forces, who say they support neither the government nor the opposition, meanwhile control much of Syria's border with Turkey, as well as a large part of the country's north-east.
And although they have suffered extensive losses in the past two years, IS militants still hold large parts of central and northern Syria, including the city of Raqqa.
The impoverished country has been in turmoil for months since the rebels took over the capital, Sanaa, after bursting out of their northern stronghold.
With pressure on Aden increasing, ordinary Yemenis there are left worrying about the future, as they told the BBC's Jeannie Assad.
Sumaya Al-Mashgari, is 24 years old, and a university student. She is an intern at a local TV station, covering social and political issues
Awad Alhagan, from Abyan in the south of the country, is a displaced Yemeni living with his family in a deserted school in Aden
Abduallah Naggi, an elementary school principal in Aden, says the situation is very frightening
The prime minister also played down the chances of an early general election, saying the next one "should" take place as scheduled in 2020.
The government is appealing against the High Court's decision that MPs and peers should vote on triggering Brexit.
Mrs May said judges should "specify how" the vote might happen, if ministers are defeated again.
The High Court ruled last Thursday that Parliament should have a say before the UK invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - which triggers up to two years of formal EU withdrawal talks.
Labour has said it will not attempt to delay or scupper this process.
But the government argues that a parliamentary vote is not necessary as it already has powers to decide when negotiations with the EU should start. The Supreme Court is expected to hear its appeal early next month.
Speaking to BBC Business Editor Simon Jack on a trade visit to India, Mrs May said: "I'm clear that I expect to be able to trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year. That's what I've said consistently and I continue to work on that basis."
She added: "We believe the government has got strong legal arguments. We'll be putting those arguments to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court will make its judgement."
There is some debate about whether a vote at Westminster on invoking Article 50 would require a full Act of Parliament, or whether it could happen much more speedily by MPs and peers agreeing to a resolution - a written motion - instead.
Asked about this, Mrs May suggested that she would expect the court to set out which of the two options would be required.
She said: "If it were the case that the Supreme Court were to uphold the view of the High Court, then the judgement would set out what the details were."
In recent days, the idea of an early election has been raised, but Mrs May said: "I've been clear the next general election should be in 2020.
"The government is getting on with the job in delivering what people voted for on 23 June which was for Britain to leave the European Union. We're going to put that in to practice."
In June's UK-wide referendum, voters opted by 51.9% to 48.1% in favour of leaving the EU.
Earlier on Monday, Brexit Secretary David Davis gave the government's official response to the High Court's ruling, telling MPs the referendum result "must be respected and delivered".
He added: "There must be no attempt to remain inside the EU now, attempting it behind the back door or a second referendum."
For Labour, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said Parliament had to have a vote on the issue, as it was "sovereign" and, because of this, "that scrutiny matters". However, his party would not "frustrate" the process of invoking Article 50, he added.
He told MPs the government's approach was "unravelling" in an "ugly way", adding: "We saw a series of appalling personal attacks on the judges, including the suggestion that they were 'enemies of the people'." This was a reference to a headline used in the Daily Mail on Friday - the day after the High Court's decision.
Mr Davis insisted that "we believe in and value the independence of our judiciary", but defended the freedom of the press. "Both these things underpin our democracy," he said.
Suzanne Evans, one of the three candidates for the UKIP leadership contest, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that judges could be "subject to some kind of democratic control" following the High Court's decision.
She did not want to undermine "their judicial independence", but added: "I suppose that in this case, we have had a situation where we have judges committed to stay in the European Union...
"I'm questioning the legitimacy of this particular case. We know that the legal profession threw a collective hissy fit when we voted to leave."
Scotland's Brexit minister, the SNP's Michael Russell, said he could not imagine any circumstances in which his party's MPs would vote in favour of triggering Article 50.
Police believed the shooting deaths late on Thursday stemmed from a dispute about a family business.
The three male victims were brothers from Morocco and the fourth victim was their mother. The final victim was the wife of one of the men, police said.
Four other people fled the home during the standoff, police said.
Police used a megaphone to try to communicate with the occupants of the home, addressing the family in Arabic.
The Arizona Republic reported that one neighbour said the family owned a transportation service, but another referred to them as "invisible" until Thursday.
The standoff in the residential neighbourhood was shown live on TV with SWAT teams and other police agencies converging on the area.
"Our dispatcher could hear shots fired in the background while that call was coming in,'' police spokesman Sgt Trent Crump said. "A caller had been able to escape the home at that point, get out and start to give us information."
The 32-year-old was last at Championship side Rotherham, for whom he made 22 appearances.
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Dyfed-Powys Police has arrested a man on suspicion of murder following an incident at Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, in the early hours of Sunday.
The dead's man family has been informed.
Detectives want to speak to anybody in the area around Temple Street between 23:00 BST on Saturday and 04:15 on Sunday.
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The letter, recommending a gardener employed by her late mother at her home in Cumbria, is signed by H.B. Heelis, the Peter Rabbit author's married name.
Written on black-edged mourning paper, it is dated 25 March 1933.
It had been expected to go under the hammer for more than £1,000, but was sold for £750.
Simon Roberts, from Bonhams, said: "It sold for what I think was a relatively modest amount.
"We were hoping for perhaps excess of £1,000 for it so a bit disappointing on the day, but there were two bidders, and one dropped out relatively soon.
"Her letters do turn up, perhaps two or three a year might come on to the market.
"I thought this was a particularly nice one, but it didn't seem quite to grab the imagination in the way we'd hoped."
The letter was bought by a private collector from North America.
It describes gardener Benjamin Dawson as being in the service of the late Mrs Rupert Potter at Lindeth How, Storrs, Windermere, for nine years.
Mrs Heelis writes: "He has been accustomed to herbaceous border, some bedding out, green house, peach house, early vegetables, and the use of the motor lawn mower.
"Mrs Potter had a high opinion of Ben's usefulness, he is a thoroughly reliable man and strong in health."
A judge upheld RSPB Scotland's challenge to consent for turbines in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.
Brian Wilson said the charity now "hold all the cards" over the schemes, which were to include hundreds of turbines.
The Scottish government said it remained "committed" to renewable energy but wanted to study the ruling.
And Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said Mr Wilson's comments were "irresponsible, incorrect and ill-informed".
The four projects - Inch Cape, Neart na Gaoithe and Seagreen Alpha and Bravo - were approved by Scottish ministers in October 2014, and could power more than 1.4 million homes.
RSPB Scotland lodged a legal challenge, saying the turbines could have "serious implications" for wildlife, and argued that the government had breached legal requirements when making the original decision by not giving proper consideration to this.
Judge Lord Stewart ruled in favour of the charity, calling the consents "defective", meaning ministers will have to reconsider the planning decisions and address the points put forward by the RSPB's lawyers.
Former Labour MP and UK energy minister Mr Wilson, a longtime critic of the SNP's energy policy, said the legal challenge was an "extremely serious setback".
He said: "On the face of it, offshore wind in Scotland is pretty much dead. The RSPB now hold all the cards.
"They were forced into this comprehensive action because the Scottish government delayed consent and then clustered these four wind farms together, so the RSPB went to court on the basis of cumulative impact.
"What they have to decide is if they want to kill all four schemes or prepare to take a more balanced view, but the ball is in the RSPB's court without a doubt."
Mr Wilson said only the Neart na Gaoithe project had access to subsidies, and as such had been the only one likely to go ahead in the near future, and blamed the Scottish government for not dealing with the case more quickly.
He said: "They took five years to determine that application. They then delayed it further until after the independence referendum to avoid any controversy, and by that time three other applications had stacked up, and they consented all four together.
"If Neart na Gaoithe had been consented separately, then the RSPB probably would not have taken action against it. They could have lived with one, with a kind of balanced policy.
"But understandably once they were faced with four they were dealing with something entirely different, with a very large capacity."
Mr Wilson also said it was difficult to see how the "damning" ruling could be appealed, as it was "so comprehensively critical".
The Scottish government said ministers needed time to study Lord Stewart's extremely detailed ruling before commenting further.
Minister for business, innovation and energy Mr Wheelhouse said the government remained "strongly committed" to offshore wind energy in Scotland.
He added: "Brian Wilson's comments about the future of offshore wind are, in my view, irresponsible, incorrect and ill-informed. The offshore wind energy sector has a very bright future in Scotland - not least in terms of existing and new projects; most notably with the £2.6bn Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm which has reached financial close and is now being constructed using significant input from the Scottish supply chain.
"The Scottish government, the RSPB and renewables developers all recognise the importance of decarbonising our electricity supply and have all made very clear, following Lord Stewart's judgement, that we will work together to ensure delivery of more offshore wind energy projects."
RSPB Scotland has insisted that it is "very much supportive" of renewable energy projects in principle, but only in the right form and place.
Lloyd Austin, the society's head of conservation policy, told Good Morning Scotland that the group would expect "more effective environmental assessment to be done" if the government moves again for consent.
He said: "Renewable energy projects are absolutely needed to address climate change, and the key issue is to get them in the right place, of the right type, and managed in the right way, and to ensure that you have rigorous environmental assessment process to make sure that you do get them in the right place.
"It may be that some development in this area is possible, it may be that they need to be in other areas. The question is that the process of determining where developments take place needs to be rigorous and take into account the impact on wildlife."
Green MSP Andy Wightman said it was "so frustrating" that ministers had not made the decision in line with the rules.
He said: "The framework is in place to make these decisions, and they've failed to make the decision properly.
"The burden is on ministers to make these decisions appropriately and follow due process. Had they done so, the RSPB would not have been in a position to take judicial review - or if they had, they would have lost.
"It's important that ministers pay close attention to this document, identify where they have failed in their decision-making process and are absolutely clear that they're going to improve that process, and make sure that when they come to a judgement on whether to go ahead with these things that it's a competent one that can stand up in court."
Ryan Hopkins, from Cardiff, retained control of boattripscardiff.co.uk after he left Cardiff Bay Leisure Ltd in 2011.
The firm claimed his continued use of the domain infringed its rights.
An online dispute body has ruled Mr Hopkins's control of the site is "abusive" and told him to given it up.
Internet adjudicator, Nominet, resolved the tug of war in a judgment published on Monday.
Nominet expert Matthew Harris said Mr Hopkins registered the digital real estate while working for Cardiff Bay Leisure, which offers sea and coastal trips, in March, 2009.
The company insisted Mr Hopkins reneged on a promise to "return all company property and equipment" as part of his severance deal in 2011.
But Mr Hopkins claimed he was "the legal owner" of the domain.
He said he had bought it to "use in any company that he was working with at the time".
The Nominet expert said, however, he had "little difficulty" in preferring Cardiff Bay Leisure's claim to the web address.
He said the company, which is based in Penarth Quays Marina, Vale of Glamorgan, had "some form of legal rights in the term" the domain contained.
"In the circumstances," he concluded, "Cardiff Bay Leisure Ltd has shown that the domain, in the hands of Mr Hopkins, is an abusive registration."
The expert ordered that the web domain be transferred to the firm.
Lusea Warner married James Gale at Symondsbury on Wednesday but discovered her ring had been taken when her maid of honour's car was broken into.
It had been specially designed by Mrs Warner Gale to match her wedding ring.
She has appealed on social media for its return, describing herself as a "heartbroken bride".
Mrs Warner Gale, who lives in East Lulworth, said a handbag containing the white gold and simulated diamond ring had been put in the maid of honour's car parked outside the 14th Century church.
Two cars were thought to have been broken into sometime after 15:30 BST. The break-ins were reported to police.
Mrs Warner Gale said she "broke down in tears" later in the evening at her wedding breakfast when she realised the bag had been taken.
"Symondsbury is such an idyllic English country village, which is why we are all so shocked and confused."
She said the engagement ring had been "designed to go together" with her wedding ring as "they sit into one another and together they represent all that I love - the sea and James".
Tradition dictates that the wedding and engagement rings are both worn on the fourth finger of the left hand, with the wedding ring "closest to the heart". Some brides therefore decide to move their engagement ring to the right hand for the wedding service, while others chose not to wear it during the ceremony.
Which is why the organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2015 - which starts on Friday - are using the latest technology to make sure match officials can not only make the correct decisions, but can also do so speedily for the benefit of players and fans.
Rugby authorities believe the use of the Hawk-Eye system will ensure that rather than controversy, rugby followers and the 20 participating teams will instead be discussing only the action and excitement over the next six weeks of the tournament.
And, not only will the video system improve decision-making by the television match official (TMO) but it will also assist with player safety.
"There are multiple benefits from our point of view in using Hawk-Eye," Alan Gilpin, head of Rugby World Cup at international governing body World Rugby, tells the BBC.
"We started looking at technology about 18 months ago - at that point focusing on match officiating, and asking how could we enhance the match officials' decision making with technology."
He says that as they went through testing with Hawk-Eye, in Pro 12 Rugby (formerly the Celtic League), at the Under-20 World Championship, and in selected international matches, a lot of other benefits emerged, including player welfare.
"We quite quickly realised that actually this video replay technology - from an identification and management of concussion in particular - could be really significant.
"We are using it very significantly in the head injury assessment process, in the identification and management of concussion."
The system - delivered by Hawk-Eye "Smart Replay" technology - allows the TMO official monitoring the footage in a special video van, to have access to simultaneous and synchronised multiple-angle replays, in real-time and in slow motion.
It also allows the official to zoom digitally in on any camera shots they want to see in more detail.
Previously the TMO had to ask the TV producer of the host broadcaster to painstakingly rewind back through various camera shots.
World Rugby says that seeing an incident simultaneously from all broadcast angles makes for thorough and effective decision making. The Hawk-Eye content is made available immediately to match officials, coaches, as well as team and stadium medical staff.
Injured players can be shown footage to explain to them why they are not being allowed to return to the field of play.
"We are also using it in our disciplinary processes, with our citing commissioners, and ultimately throughout the Rugby World Cup we will be using it to provide teams with additional footage for team analysis, and for analysis of their opponents, so it is a really significant series of benefits for us," adds Mr Gilpin.
And Mr Gilpin says that given the fact that the World Cup is the sporting and financial showcase event for rugby union, then the cost involved, which World Rugby has not disclosed, is value for money.
"Working with the host broadcaster, working with technology like Hawk-Eye, can actually be quite cost-effective, it is not prohibitively expensive," he says. "And I think we will review that after the World Cup and look at how to find how the systems can be used in other tournaments.
"We will be looking at where it was effective, where things could have been improved, and then looking at how that technology be used - not just in a six week event."
Hawk-Eye is already a well-known name to the sporting public through its tennis line calling technology, and for helping cricket officials adjudicate on lbws as part of that sport's decision review system (DRS). The company has also developed goal-line technology for football.
The Basingstoke, UK, firm was acquired by Japanese electronics giant Sony in a multi-million pound deal in 2011.
"What we are doing now [in the Rugby World Cup] with video distribution, we have been doing for quite some time. We covered more than 20 sports at the Olympic Games in 2012," says Steve Carter, managing director of Hawk-Eye Innovations.
"Previously the TMO had to wait for the TV director to show him footage of various incidents, whereas now he is sitting directly next to our operator so we can give him footage live during the match."
He says different camera angles can be viewed simultaneously to show, for example, whether a player's foot went out of touch before the ball was grounded for a try.
"You need to capture all of the broadcast vision to make sure that it is synchronised in time," he says.
"And you need a very slick front end, and skilled operators to make sure the TMO gets the vision he needs to make a decision as quickly as possible, and that we minimise any interruptions to the flow of the game. "
He says Hawk-Eye won the World Rugby contract after showing them their work at the 2012 Olympics, and with AFL football in Australia, NHL ice hockey in the US, and also Major League baseball.
Former England winger David Rees won 11 caps between 1997 and 1999, and says Hawk-Eye could help protect players from themselves. He scored a famous try against New Zealand when he took a hard blow to the head which knocked out his front teeth.
"Sometimes the adrenalin is pumping, you are desperate to play, you don't want to let the team down, so you carry on - you put on a brave face," he says.
He played on, but says with the new technology he would probably not be allowed to continue, and "that is good for the safety and welfare of players".
Ian Ritchie, chief executive of English rugby union governing body the RFU, knows better than most the power of technology, having used Hawk-Eye at Wimbledon when he was boss of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
"I think it was a great success," he says. "It engaged all the people who were watching, to see whether the ball was in or out, created a great deal of interest, and of course accuracy in terms of then determining whether it was or it wasn't [in].
"Let's embrace technology, not forgetting that it is an add-on, it is an assistance, it should never overwhelm the game, or overwhelm the sport, but use it when it is judicious and can be helpful, and I think that is what is going to happen during this World Cup."
Workers were reportedly taken from a dormitory where they were staying on the outskirts of the town of Dumeir.
A factory administrator said no-one had been able to contact the workers since the assault on Monday.
The area around Dumeir has seen fierce fighting between government forces and IS in recent days.
The workers were employed at the Badiyah factory, just outside Dumeir, about 25 miles (40km) from the capital.
There are conflicting reports as to the number of those who are missing.
UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said "dozens" of staff were believed to have been taken by IS to an unknown location.
The factory administrator put the number at 250, while rebel sources said it did not exceed 200.
A local resident told AFP news agency: "We haven't been able to reach our family members since noon on Monday after an attack by Daesh [IS] on the factory.
"We have no information about where they are," they added.
Efforts are under way to secure the workers' release, with indirect contacts said to have been made.
Earlier this week IS said it had launched several attacks around north-east Damascus, including Tishrin power station and Dumeir military airport.
A Syrian military source told Reuters there had been attacks but all of the militants who took part in them had been killed.
It comes almost two weeks after Syrian and allied forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from IS, in what was seen as a significant loss to the militant group, which had held the city since last May.
The Argentina defender placed 29 bets on football matches between 22 January and 15 February earlier this year.
Rules introduced in the 2014-15 season prevent players and coaches from betting on any football activity.
Demichelis, 35, joined City in September 2013 from Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid.
Philip Winter, of Almondsbury Parish Council, is being investigated by UKIP over offensive language about black people in a tweet from an account that includes his political title.
Council chair Phil Hall said: "What he's done is tar the whole community with his own views by using the term councillor."
Mr Winter said his account was hacked and "words in that tweet were altered".
He said he had reported it to Twitter and had closed his account.
UKIP said Mr Winter's membership had been "suspended immediately" and added there would be an investigation and disciplinary hearing.
The 77km-long (48 mile) waterway has been called one of the seven wonders of the modern world but a century after its inauguration it is now too small to take the world's largest container ships.
A new lane is being built to allow ships which can carry more than double the current cargo to pass through the isthmus.
Work on the expansion began in September 2007 and was originally set to finish in 2014.
Following delays caused by construction workers' strikes and disputes over cost overruns, the date for completion was pushed back to April 2016.
Standing at the base of the upper chamber of one of the new locks peering up at the first gate you get to appreciate the vast scale of this $5.2bn-project (£3.2bn).
Executive Vice-President for Engineering Ilya Espino de Marotta rattles off the figures.
The chamber is 55m (180ft) wide.
Gate number one, the smallest, is 33m high and weighs a whopping 2,300 tonnes.
It can be operated by a single person and will only take four to five minutes to open, she says.
There is another key difference in the way the new locks will operate.
Currently tugboats help guide ships through the narrow waterway.
In the existing locks, ships are also tethered to electric locomotives, called mules, which run along the dock walls and help align the ships correctly.
A large vessel may have up to eight mules guiding it, with two on each side at the bow and stern.
In the new locks, there will be no mules.
The lack of mules is something which worries tugboat captains, says Ivan de la Guardia, General Secretary of the Union of Tugboat Captains and Deck Officers of the Panama Canal.
Capt de la Guardia fears the responsibility for guiding ships safely through the new locks will lie squarely with the tugboat captains.
He says that so far, the canal administration has not given them any guidance and has failed to include them in the relevant technical committee.
"We haven't had any training or any briefing by anyone from the canal administration on how they plan to do this," he says.
"This raises a big red flag because there are obvious safety concerns."
Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Luis Quijano says that the role of the tugboat captains will be different in the new locks, but denies that responsibility for steering the ships will lie solely with them.
He says that there will be a "combined responsibility" between the tugboat captains and the pilots who board the vessels and who will give instructions to the tugboats.
Mr Quijano is adamant that the canal administration is going to extraordinary lengths to provide training, even building a scaled model of the canal and two ships at a cost of $6m.
"We're building two little lakes and locks in the Culebra Cut so that they can try [the 1:25-scale ships] there."
Moreover, he says, there are two bridge simulators and a tugboat simulator for pilots and tugboat captains to practise on.
But Capt de la Guardia says scale models and simulators are not good enough.
"What we need is real hands-on training on how to manoeuvre real ships, to see how we are going to put the lines up, the speed at which we can do this, and how many ship lengths we need to stop the ship."
"Because if we can't stop the ship in the canal, we have a big problem."
Mr Quijano insists the models and simulators are just the first step and that he himself proposed that the Panama Canal Administration charter a full-sized container ship.
"We plan to have that vessel here by January and it's in the budget," he says.
He adds that this will give everyone involved in steering ships through the new locks three months to practise under real-life conditions.
"We have the plan and we will execute the plan," he says.
The Reverend Canon Dr Gavin Ashenden, Vicar of Gouray, was responding to the appointment of the Bishop of Grantham, who is gay and in a relationship.
Dr Ashenden said it was marriage between a man and a woman that held society together.
"Anglican Christians look to the bible and tradition and say 'we do what we do because God tells us to'," he said.
He said he found it hard to respect Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's decision to appoint Dr Chamberlain when he knew he was gay and said he thought his sexuality was "irrelevant".
The archbishop said Dr Chamberlain lived with the bishops' guidelines - which state gay clergy must remain celibate - and his appointment was made "on the basis of his skills and calling".
Bishop Chamberlain told BBC News he understood some people had concerns, but his sexuality was "part of who I am, rather than the whole of who I am".
"I very much understand and respect their feelings and convictions and I hope that we are all part of God's people together."
A number of clergy in same sex relationships have called for the church to be bold and allow gay people to celebrate "without fear".
But Dr Ashenden said they should not try to force the church to change its view.
"If there are clergy who don't want to do what the bible says and don't like Christian teaching, I think they're entirely free to pursue their own lifestyles, but I don't think they can put pressure on the church to be untrue to itself," he added.
The League One club have paid an undisclosed fee for the 20-year-old, who has agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Stadium MK.
Muirhead joined Hearts from Partick last summer and has scored twice in 19 appearances for the Edinburgh club.
The deal is subject to international clearance, but he could be in the squad against Northampton on Saturday.
"It's a new chapter in my career and hopefully I can kick on from now," said Muirhead.
"I worked with Robbie for the past six months and as soon as I heard he was interested, I knew I wanted to sign for him again."
Muirhead is Neilson's first signing since taking over as MK Dons boss in early December.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
Commuters were stuck in traffic for up to eight hours on Thursday night. Logjams continued on Friday.
Twitter users heavily criticised politicians for neglecting the city's infrastructure and drainage system.
Home to scores of top multinational firms, Gurgaon is popularly called India's Millennium City.
One commuter told the BBC that he took seven hours to drive 35km (21 miles) to reach his home in Delhi on Thursday, a commute that would usually take a little over 60 minutes.
Reports say traffic jams continued on several key roads even on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, the government said that officials were "working hard" to clear traffic jams and water logging in the city on Friday.
And with little else to do but sit, many commuters directed their creative energies toward Twitter instead.
Meanwhile, some Twitter users praised Gurgaon police for trying to clear the jam.
The age of anxiety is upon us: We may move across any metropolis in the 21st Century with that nagging feeling of doom, wondering where next a terror attack may come.
Africans are increasingly encountering this anxious age at home and abroad - what would Brussels and Paris be without their Africans?
Insane calculations have already concluded that small family hotels in Burkina Faso or beachfronts in Ivory Coast are legitimate terror targets because once upon a time, in the days of colonies, they were a part of France - and France, as we know, has found herself in the frontline recently.
It is not just Francophone Africa that is a target - the random violence has hit universities, buses, football bars, markets, churches and mosques West and East Africa - everyday social situations where human beings thrive and interact.
These recurring incidents in African cities are a ringing alarm that all African states simply have to up their security game.
In reality, every African capital may become a target, regardless of their religious affiliations.
Aeroplanes themselves, no matter how rigorous the security, can be hijacked by lone militants or pining lovers - as an Egyptian man so recently demonstrated when he took over a domestic flight to land in Cyprus.
And we know from recent history, that aeroplanes have been used as weapons of destruction.
There are several glittering new airports across Africa these days, and we long for the cost of inter-city connections to drop so we can holiday in Accra as easily as we fly to Atlanta.
But the airport tragedy in Brussels raises questions on security for Africa's aviation ports, not least for Nigeria and Kenya, where Islamist insurgents are a constant presence.
The Nigerian newspaper This Day reported very recently how travellers thought placing mugshots of Boko Haram militant suspects around local airports was ineffective and that the underlying problem for a secure airport was about stamping out corruption amongst airport security.
You know the story at some African airports: You are a traveller who likes to live on the edge of the clock; you are late for your flight; you get rid of the last of your change in any currency by handing it over to a man or a woman in uniform, who in turn promises to get your suitcase on the plane and to wave you through the VIP check-in with minimum fuss.
Farai Sevenzo:
"An official has seen fit to question the validity of your passport and simply disappeared with it, leaving the obvious implication that you must pay something in order to see it again"
You watch your luggage go through the carousel without hindrance from man or X-ray machine; you get to the departure lounge in time to purchase a duty-free single malt. You depart.
And for thousands of travellers who would not stoop so low as to bribe their way to a convenient and easy departure, the picture may be the same - with small but serious variations.
You are on time but cannot move past the throng of travellers caught up in a bottleneck in front of three or four security personnel, who, to supplement their meagre wages, are trying to extort the change you do not have.
You may have already made it to the check-in desk, but an official has seen fit to question the validity of your passport and simply disappeared with it, leaving the obvious implication that you must pay something in order to see it again.
You eventually see your luggage being carried through by a porter because the baggage carousel is not moving, nor is the X-ray machine blinking with its usual invasive intrusions because both machines are suffering from a lack of electricity in that part of the building.
You are afraid of dogs, but stand by as they sniff your case. Yet the sniffer dogs are trained for drugs, not explosives, and you may wonder which one of your fellow passengers knows this for a fact.
You hear a commotion behind you as a woman wails that her purse has been stolen and tell yourself that only a foolish thief would steal at an airport where close-circuit television catches your every move - and then notice that this particular airport is in the process of installing cameras and that the thief was lucky.
And so the anxiety rises.
Aviation security expert Adebayo Babatunde told This Day that the most potent weapon against terror was intelligence - and called for the sharing of intelligence across airports and across nations.
"We must follow international security procedures, there should be no compromises. If a bag is unattended, remove it and destroy it and governments should urgently acquire explosive detection systems," he added.
The world this year is already smaller than it was last year - we move around in greater numbers legally and illegally.
We must rely ever more on our instincts as travellers, and must embrace suspicion.
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The artist, who has worked with the likes of Roxy Music and David Bowie, said the arts were dismissed as a "luxury" and called for a rethink of culture at the event.
He called art "everything that you don't have to do".
Eno follows Pete Townsend, Iggy Pop and Charlotte Church who have delivered lectures in previous years.
Delivering the inaugural lecture in 2011, The Who guitarist Townsend accused iTunes of using its influence to "bleed" artists like a "digital vampire".
He also argued against unauthorised file-sharing, saying the internet was "destroying copyright as we know it".
Last year, Pop gave his backing to independent record labels involved in a royalties dispute with YouTube.
Church accused the music industry of sexism when she spoke in 2013.
Eno instead focused on the importance of art in society and how it helps humans to function and interact as individuals.
He said ideas of art and imagination began at childhood during playtime.
"Imagining is possibly the central human trick, that's what distinguishes us from all other creatures," he told an audience at the British Library.
"We can imagine worlds that don't exist, so we can play out whole scenarios in our head and that helps us experience empathy."
Eno, who has produced artists including U2, Talking Heads and Coldplay, also tackled education secretary Nicky Morgan, who claimed arts and humanities subjects did not offer job prospects as promising as the "Stem" subjects - science, technology, engineering and maths.
"There's an idea around that those are actually the important things," said Eno. "Even the acronym gives it away - the idea of 'stem', the thing that's at the centre, which everything else grows off from.
"So the idea is that those things are important. They're part of the economic mill, and they're part of what makes Britain great, and increases our GNP and what have you.
"And the arts, on the other hand, are sort of nice, they're a bit of a luxury actually, something you might do when you're relaxing after you come home from a hard day's work at a proper job."
"So I thought that attitude was part of what this comes from - this new idea of the arts as a kind of economic entity."
Eno said a rapidly changing world highlighted a clear need to find ways of "keeping in sync, of remaining coherent".
"And I think that this is what culture is doing for us," he added.
"She was full of mischief," she says, and admits that the house is quiet without her.
Liza was just shy of eight when she was taken hostage with her mother, sister and more than 1,000 people in the 2004 Beslan school siege.
Zhanna describes how they lived through three days of "hell". Then came two devastating explosions and when she regained consciousness, Liza was motionless behind her. Still, she tried to drag her daughter to safety.
Any anger Zhanna once felt at the Chechen militants who forced them into the school at gunpoint and packed the gym with explosives, has mixed with anger at the way Russian officials then handled the siege.
"They didn't prevent the terror attack, they didn't rescue us. They couldn't even do a deal to bring us water," Zhanna remembers bitterly. "For the sake of the children, they could have negotiated so that more were freed."
For years, she and other mothers in Beslan have been pushing for a full investigation into what happened, including why security at the school was so poor. There had been clear warnings that terrorists were planning some kind of mass hostage-scenario.
The women have also claimed troops used tanks and flamethrowers as the school was stormed, with hundreds of hostages still inside.
Tireless efforts to prove such points in the Russian courts have been rejected at every turn. Only one gunman was caught alive and no official has ever been held responsible for the huge loss of life.
So Thursday's strong ruling in their favour by the Human Rights court in Strasbourg has given the mothers new hope. They marked the moment together with a feast of Ossetian pies, as the court concluded Russia had committed serious failings in its duty to protect their relatives.
Anastasia Tuayeva survived the siege, but a staggering 28 children in her school year were killed. Almost 13 years on, writing music is one way for her to cope.
"We finished school without you... but we will carry your memory in our hearts forever," Anastasia sings over a video clip with images of her friends kidding around in class, and dancing together on stage.
"We all share the pain; one heart alone will not bear the burden," the song continues, then come photographs of the dead.
"Just after the terrorist attack, when we were still children, we felt like everyone had betrayed us," Anastasia admits, rubbing her hands nervously as she talks. "We blamed everyone around. How could they have abandoned us? We were so desperate for someone to save us."
But Anastasia says her fury has faded over time and she's stopped thinking about who's to blame. "We can't change what happened."
The children of Beslan were granted places at good Russian universities when they graduated and Anastasia headed for Moscow, like many. She studied tourism at management school but she's now teaching music back home. Friends have struggled to find work.
It's said there was a spike in the birth rate after the siege in Beslan; other bereaved mothers adopted babies from the local children's home.
Zhanna Tsirikhova's youngest girl is now 10.
"I didn't want my eldest to grow up alone, with no-one to play with," she explains.
Zhanna had to abandon Liza's body in the school sports hall as she and Zalina fled for their lives. The building was later engulfed by fire and she could only identify her child by her dental work.
The ruins of school number 1 are now encased in a gold-tinted shield. Beneath is a charred shrine to those killed, filled with flowers, candles and toys for the 186 child victims of the siege.
A short drive away, Beslan cemetery is now meticulously tended, with row after row of granite gravestones.
Emma Tagayeva often comes here just to sit. Her two young sons died when the school was stormed and her husband was executed for trying to persuade other hostages to stay quiet.
Emma hopes the European Court ruling means relatives of the siege victims can now demand a new investigation here in Russia, to learn the lessons from their tragedy.
"As a mother, it's not right to bury your child," Emma insists, beside the headstones of her two boys, Alan and Aslan.
"Having felt this pain, I can't let anyone else suffer the same way. We have to make sure something like this is never repeated."
Georges-Francois Leclerc, the prefect of the Haute-Savoie region, says initially 110 people were trapped, but 65 were airlifted out by helicopters.
The operation was suspended as night fell and will resume in the morning.
The cable cars are at "an altitude of about 3,800m (12,468ft)", officials said.
The problem was caused by cables that got crossed for "unknown reasons".
"We succeeded in evacuating, in very difficult conditions, 60 people in an hour-and-a-half," Mr Leclerc, told AFP news agency.
"We had to suspend the air transport rescue at nightfall," he added.
Local officials said the operation would resume at 06:30 local time (04:30 GMT) on Friday.
Mathieu Dechavanne, the head of the cable company, said earlier that the authorities were "in contact with the clients [in the cable cars]".
"They have water and some means of communication but are beginning to find it's taking a long time."
Italian and Swiss crews are taking part in rescue efforts. The operation involves three helicopters.
The cable cars offer tourists a panoramic view of Mont Blanc.
Jane Bell got into difficulty at the Dalmeny Hotel in St Annes, Lancashire, in August 2014.
The hotel's owners have been charged with failing in their duty to ensure the safety of guests and failing to make a risk assessment.
They will face trial at Preston Crown Court in August.
No plea was entered during a brief hearing before magistrates in Preston on Saturday.
The child, from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, had been on holiday with her parents and six-year-old sister.
She was swimming in the hotel's main pool when she got into difficulty in the 7ft (2m) deep end.
Ken Skates said unless a commitment was honoured now "we may never see it".
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the latest hybrid electric-diesel trains would run to Swansea from this autumn.
One leading transport expert warned there was a risk electrification would be costly to re-start again if the current programme stopped at Cardiff.
Network Rail has called the electrification of the line to south Wales "the biggest single investment in the Great Western railway since Brunel".
It is working to deliver electrification between London and Cardiff by December 2018, shaving 14 minutes off a typical journey.
To get the railway ready for the overhead posts and wires, some bridges - including Splott Road bridge in Cardiff - need to be reconstructed as they are currently too low to accommodate this new equipment.
It would not be before 2024 that the project reaches Swansea under existing projections.
WHY ELECTRIFICATION?
Improving the rail system for quicker, quieter trains is seen as important for the economy and to meet growing demand.
Passenger growth is forecast as increasing 142% over the next 25 years between London and Cardiff.
Up to 32m passengers are forecast to be using Cardiff Central Station by 2043.
Between Swansea and London, the number of passengers is forecast as more than doubling in 25 years.
The numbers commuting from local stations into Swansea is also anticipated to almost double in the same period.
Mr Skates said Wales had been "under-funded incredibly" in terms of railway infrastructure. He said Wales had about 6% of the network but only received about 1.5% of the funding in the current period.
"Undoubtedly we need to modernise the infrastructure and in fact we've stepped in as Welsh Government during that period and invested something like £200m," he said.
"Our call on UK Government is to honour commitments already given to modernise the railway network, including the main line in south Wales.
"It's crucially important to get people better connected between places of work, services and home. We need modernisation all the way through not just to Cardiff but to Swansea. So it's absolutely imperative the UK Government honours commitments.
"Now is the time to deliver. If we don't see modernisation delivered now, we may never see it. If they're not going to deliver it now, and on time, they should hand us the money and powers to deliver the upgrades that are required."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns on Monday took a look inside the new hybrid trains which will start operating on the Great Western service this autumn.
To start with, they will run on electric between London and Swindon and then switch to diesel for the rest of the journey. Each train will have an extra 159 seats.
Mr Cairns would not be drawn on further electrification west of Cardiff but said the new trains would bring benefits to Swansea passengers sooner than envisaged.
"Passengers won't know if they're running on diesel or electric," he said.
"When the original decision was made to electrify the Great Western main line there was only the view of running an electric-only train.
"We're now using the latest technology, it would've been foolish not to have a bi-modal train. So as a result of the change in government emphasis, we're focused on outcomes.
"Now they've electrified to Swindon, we're having the latest trains available this autumn, so Swansea will be benefiting from new trains much, much sooner from a government shift in policy."
Stuart Cole, emeritus professor of transport at the University of South Wales, said if electrification had to be re-started from Cardiff to Swansea at a later date rather than be part of a continuing project it could prove costly, whether it was the UK or Welsh governments paying for it.
"Any delay requiring a restart of construction will incur the set up costs of a new project," he said.
The set-up costs would include pulling together a new technical team with staff having gone to other projects. It would also need to procure materials and equipment, with the likes of Network Rail's £5m wiring erection unit having gone to other projects in England.
"At present these set up costs are included in CrossRail and electrification to Bristol Parkway. They would then be incurred again," added Prof Cole.
The brand has unveiled a traditional-looking watch that counts its wearer's steps, provides notification alerts and acts as a remote control for Bluetooth-connected smartphones.
Phase's launch follows the $260m (£212m) takeover of Misfit by the US watchmaker Fossil last year.
Companies that offer rival hybrid-timepieces include Garmin, Nokia's Withings unit, Mondaine and Alpina.
However, the bestselling wearable technology manufacturer, Fitbit, has opted instead to sell a touchscreen model.
"There's a palpable sense of apathy from consumers to full-touch smartwatches, with the Apple Watch being the only exception," said Ben Wood, from the consultancy CCS Insight.
"The benefits that smart analogue watches have are that there is no compromise over their look and styling, and there is not the inconvenience of having to recharge them every day.
"Furthermore, they are a good fit for traditional watch retailers - who can sell them without a lot of training - and consumers view those types of stores as a more logical place to buy wrist-wear than tech specialists."
The Misfit Phase uses a normal watch battery to offer up to six months of life, and is water resistant to depths of 50m (164ft).
It can alert users to the fact they have received a call, text or app alert, by vibrating and flashing a small colour window at the bottom of the watch face.
In addition, the bottom side button can be set to trigger a paired smartphone or tablet to take a photo, play music or advance a slide in a presentation.
A final benefit, is that the watch automatically adjusts its hands when a smartphone tells it that the wearer has changed time zone.
It will cost £165 when it goes on sale next month, making it slightly more expensive than Garmin's Vivomove and Withing's lower-end Activite models.
The functions are more limited than those offered by the Fitbit Blaze - which is a similar price - as well as more costly Android Wear and Apple Watch devices.
Because these devices feature touchscreens, they are able to display a greater amount of information and allow their owners to keep their phones in their pockets for basic tasks.
But one technology writer who has tested the Misfit Phase said it might be less likely to be dumped in a drawer after a brief period of use.
"It's not as good a fitness tracker as some of the dedicated wearable or more powerful smartwatches, which can track your heart rate and identify various activities intelligently," said Dan Seifert, senior editor at The Verge.
"But there are several things that make these types of products more approachable: their battery life, the fact that you don't have to really do anything to the watch to use it - you just put it on your wrist and it does its thing - and the fact it's always there telling you the time in a readable way, whether you are outdoors in bright sunlight or not.
"All those things act as friction-removers because they make it a lot easier to live with the product."
It was alleged they had attacked a woman, 20, after an end of term party at the Royal Agricultural University in Gloucestershire, in 2014.
The men, three of whom were students, denied the charges made against them.
A trial was due to start two weeks ago but prosecutors have now decided not to proceed with the case against the men.
All four made no comment as they left Gloucester Crown Court after not guilty verdicts were recorded.
Earlier, prosecutor Fiona Elder told the court a decision had been made not to offer any evidence against the four.
"The decision was made that there was no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction and therefore in the circumstances it was not for the Crown to pursue this case to trial," she said.
"The police were informed and discussed the decision with the head of the South West Rape and Serious Sexual Offences unit.
"The head of the South West Rape and Serious Sexual Offences unit consulted with the complainant and her family to ensure they knew and understood the decision, whatever their view of it."
Economic spokesman Patrick O'Flynn said the Nato target could be "comfortably met" by reducing the foreign aid budget, scrapping the HS2 rail link and reducing public funding for Scotland.
UKIP also promised more NHS cash and a personal tax allowance of £13,000.
The Conservatives said UKIP had already "spent" its foreign aid and HS2 savings in a number of different ways.
So far, both the Conservatives and Labour have refused to say they will ensure defence spending does not dip below the Nato target of 2% of economic output at some point during the next Parliament.
UKIP confirmed its defence spending pledge at a campaign event laying out its economic policies.
Party leader Nigel Farage said UKIP's plans would give "ordinary people a better chance in life".
He said his party would re-allocate money from the EU and foreign aid and a number of "vanity projects... to increasing spending on defence so that we actually can be a credible international country."
Mr Farage said: "We're the only party that can find extra money for our hard-pressed NHS without increasing borrowing."
On the state of the economy, the UKIP leader added: "This is a London-led and an asset-led recovery. If you own stocks and shares, if you own substantial property, I accept that this government's policies have not been bad for you.
"But the rest of Britain... is not feeling any particular bounce. And actually the truth of it is that most households are worse off than they were five years ago or 10 years ago, because of the massive, massive pressure on wages that has come directly as a result of uncontrolled mass migration and unskilled labour coming into this country."
Robin Brant, BBC political correspondent
Nigel Farage came to Middleton to remind the voters here - a supposedly safe Labour seat - of the by-election UKIP so nearly won last year.
He also wants to increase the pressure on the Tories with that spending commitment on defence - something David Cameron is yet to pledge.
UKIP was throwing a lot of numbers around - more for the military, more for the NHS, fewer people paying the higher rate of tax.
All achievable, it says, under a UKIP government that would save (a massive) £25bn by leaving the EU, ditching HS2 and taking an axe to the bulk of foreign aid.
It is all an attempt to make the party more credible on a raft of policies as the election approaches. All rubbish, though, say the Tories, who claim the foreign aid money alone has been 'spent' 16 different ways, so far.
Earlier, Mr O'Flynn told BBC Radio 4's Today that UKIP would spend £3bn a year more on defence than the Conservatives during the next Parliament, equivalent to about £16bn over five years.
David Cameron has come under intense pressure from some within his own party and an array of senior military figures who say the pledge is crucial to maintaining the country's defence capability.
Mr Cameron told MPs on Monday that the 2% target would be met "this year and next" and a future Conservative government would renew Trident on a like-for-like basis, protect the equipment budget and not allow regular army numbers to fall below 82,000 - pledges he described as "bankable assurances that will resonate on the doorstep".
The US government has made no secret of its disapproval if Britain continues to make significant cuts to defence spending.
Will Moy, director of the Full Fact organisation, told BBC Radio 4's The World at One he did not know where UKIP's figures on defence spending had come from, estimating that to increase spend from 1.9% to 2% would cost about £2bn a year.
He said the "sting in the tail" for parties offering to increase NHS spending was its effect on the social care budget, and described UKIP's planned savings from HS2 as "an awfully big ask" given that much of the cost will fall in future Parliaments.
Plans for the Specialist and Critical Care Centre near Cwmbran were put on hold in 2009, before being put back on the agenda a year later.
Monmouth MP David Davies called on Health Secretary Vaughan Gething for clarity but said he had "failed to provide answers".
A Welsh Government spokesperson said further work and advice was needed.
In his letter, Mr Gething said given the "size and the significance" of the investment, the proposal "needs to evidence a robust case" to meet the Welsh Government's investment criteria, which includes affordability and value for money.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "The final business case has been reviewed independently, however further work and advice is needed.
"We expect this work to be completed before the end of the calendar year."
Mr Davies said the plans were given the green light by then Health Minister Edwina Hart in "a blaze of publicity" just before the 2011 Welsh Assembly elections.
"Nothing much has happened since," he said.
"We are none the wiser as to whether the new hospital will ever be built.
"This ongoing secrecy and complete lack of transparency is a real cause for concern."
Mr Davies now plans to make a Freedom of Information request to find out what is delaying the approval of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board's final business case, which was submitted last October.
The train moved off from the platform at Landen, east of Brussels, and continued for another 12km (7.5 miles) before another driver jumped on board.
Although the train was moving slowly, services on the line were halted.
Officials cleared the next station of passengers and the train was brought under control.
"The train was going very slowly, the platform was clear and the station at Tirlemont (Tienen in Dutch) had been evacuated, so no passengers were ever put in danger," said Belgian rail operator SNCB (NMBS in Dutch).
The drama unfolded at around 21:00 (20:00 GMT) on Thursday.
When the driver saw the train driving off he alerted colleagues, who then switched signals on the westbound line towards Louvain.
"One of our drivers was able to jump in the driver's cabin around 21:30 to stop the train," said SNCB spokesman Bart Crols.
What is unclear is why the train was able to move away without its driver in the first place, which officials say is unprecedented.
The train's engine system is said to date back to the 1980s and SNCB has said it will conduct a thorough investigation.
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The 22-year-old was sent-off by referee Marius Mitrea for a tip tackle in their semi-final win over Leinster in Dublin.
A disciplinary panel decided, by a majority, that Evans "undertook a lawful tackle in a manner that was consistent with the laws of the game."
Uncapped Evans is available for Wales' June Tests against Tonga and Samoa.
The tackle on Leinster centre Gary Ringrose happened in the 38th-minute with Scarlets leading 21-10.
The Ireland international came down on his head as Evans and Scarlets prop Samson Lee stopped his progress.
The disciplinary panel, made up of Scotsmen Roddy Dunlop QC, Roddy MacLeod and Iain Leslie, decided the tackle "only became dangerous as a result of the intervention of Scarlets No 3 (Samson Lee)."
Alejandro Burzaco is among 14 people accused by US prosecutors of paying and receiving millions of dollars in bribes.
Mr Burzaco had been president of sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias.
He was freed on bail set at $20m (£12.7m), and is the third person to appear in court over the case.
Prosecutors allege the Argentine conspired to win and keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional football federations by paying up to $110m (£72m) in bribes.
Mr Burzaco faces charges of racketeering and wire fraud conspiracy.
He disappeared after the case was launched in May, turning himself in to Italian police before being extradited to the US.
Jeffrey Webb, a former Fifa vice-president, and Aaron Davidson, another former sports marketing executive, who were both also among the 14 indicted in the US have also pleaded not guilty.
Evans, 26, led 4-2 in the first-set tie-break but eventually lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller.
However, he is already guaranteed to climb to a new career-high ranking just outside the top 50.
Murray and Brazilian Soares were beaten 6-3 7-5 by Dutch duo Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop.
World number 34 Muller was the highest-ranked player on the tour to have never won a singles title, and the 33-year-old was visibly emotional after beating Evans and ending his 16-year wait for a trophy.
"It just means so much to win for the first time in front of my boys and my wife," he said. "It's been a great ride so far. What a night."
Elsewhere, American world number 23 Jack Sock won the Auckland Classic with a 6-3 5-7 6-3 victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa.
Sock's success comes after he was forced to retire because of illness in last year's final against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.
Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens beat Romanian third seed Monica Niculescu to win the Hobart International for her first WTA title.
The 21-year-old, ranked 127 in the world, lost nine of her first 10 points before taking control to beat world number 40 Niculescu 6-3 6-1.
The first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne, begins on Monday.
The highly regarded al-Jazeera correspondent, who was retried in absentia, watched the verdict unfold on Twitter at his lawyer's city centre office in his hometown of Sydney.
As he waited patiently for the judges' ruling to filter through online, Greste was again supported by his long-suffering family who'd linked up for this monumental decision via Skype from other parts of Australia.
There was a hush as his fate was revealed.
"It took a moment to sink in," the 49-year-old told the BBC in Sydney shortly after the verdict was handed down. "It was disbelief, I guess. To be sentenced to three years in prison is just devastating. It is outrageous. It is so wrong on so many levels."
Within minutes of receiving the shattering news from a courtroom half a world away in North Africa, Greste spoke to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who promised to use the government's diplomatic muscle to have the conviction overturned.
"We have always said we will do everything it takes to clear our names because it is not just the prison sentence, it is not just the convictions, it is the principle that matters here," Greste added. "We will pursue every legal, diplomatic and public measure that we can to make sure we get this right."
The Australian's legal avenues appear limited. Unlike his co-defendants, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste can't appeal against the judges' decision. To do so, he'd have to return to Egypt, which deported him earlier this year.
"It makes me sick to my stomach to know that innocent men are going to endure that kind of suffering (in prison). It makes me furious to see this," Greste said of the treatment meted out to his al-Jazeera colleagues.
The three journalists were detained in December 2013, charged with "spreading false news" and collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is now outlawed as a terrorist group by Egyptian authorities.
Peter Greste's lawyer has told BBC News that he will ask for a presidential pardon.
"There was an opportunity that has been lost today for Egypt to correct a string of injustices." said Chris Flynn, a specialist in international law at Gilbert and Tobin in Sydney.
"It is a complete travesty of justice. The eyes of the world are on Egypt and we will fight on to make sure Peter is exonerated."
Even for a seasoned professional with experience in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Somalia, Greste is uncomfortable in the spotlight. He is a calm and measured man, who would clearly prefer to be reporting the news than making it.
His conviction means he would be unwise to visit countries with extradition treaties with Egypt. Despite his jail sentence, Greste is a free man, but he remains burdened by a grievous sense of injustice.
"It is a limited type of freedom. I can move around Australia but my ability to travel internationally is severely curtailed and that, as a foreign correspondent, is really quite devastating," he explained.
Before the verdict, Greste had spoken in recent days of his hopes to return to a normal life by taking up a six-week position as a journalist-in-residence in Perth, Western Australia before moving back to Africa to write a book in Kenya.
Those plans may be put on hold as he fights to clear his name and win the release of his two co-workers. He remains employed by al-Jazeera but has indicated he may work part-time to pursue other projects.
The court's decision, he told the BBC News website, "radically changes my life, but that is a mere inconvenience compared to what it means for Fahmy and Baher."
A defence ministry spokesman said heavy fighting was continuing in the area and reinforcements had been summoned.
Thirteen soldiers were wounded in the overnight battle, the ministry said.
The Taliban say they are in control of the base in Khakrez district. It is the latest in a series of army defeats by the militants in recent months.
Afghan intelligence sources had earlier told the BBC more than 40 soldiers were killed.
One source said the bodies of 30 soldiers had been transferred to Kandahar. Ten soldiers managed to escape, the source said.
Local residents spoke of hundreds of militants attacking the base from all sides in an attack lasting hours, AFP news agency reported.
The Taliban say they killed more than 70 soldiers and captured seven in the fighting. The defence ministry statement, meanwhile, said Afghan troops "bravely resisted" the attack and killed or injured about 80 insurgents.
There is no independent confirmation of either side's claims.
Having captured most of neighbouring Helmand province in recent months, the Taliban have launched a number of offensives in Kandahar and other provinces including Kunduz in the north-east and Faryab in the north-west.
There have also been a string of deadly attacks claimed by the Taliban and Islamic State militants, many in the capital Kabul.
In May the Taliban overran an army outpost in Shah Wali Kot in Kandahar, the Taliban's seat of power in the 1990s.
In April about 170 soldiers are reported to have died in a Taliban attack on an army base outside Mazar-e Sharif in the north.
It was the deadliest single attack on a military installation since 2001 when US-led troops ousted the Taliban from power.
Afghan forces now control just under 60% of the country, according to the latest report by US watchdog Sigar.
The Taliban and other insurgents saw areas they control increase from about 10% to 11% and the rest of the country is contested, the report said.
Enda Kenny said the decision, in principle, was reached at a cabinet meeting.
He said the terms of reference had yet to be finalised.
Sgt Maurice McCabe said on Monday he strongly opposed an inquiry in private.
Mr Kenny said Gerry Adams was an "absolute hypocrite" after the Sinn Féin leader criticised the Irish government over its handling of the false smear of child sex abuse against Sgt McCabe.
"You're an absolute hypocrite, absolute hypocrite," Mr Kenny replied.
He mentioned how republicans treated Belfast woman Máiría Cahill and what happened to "young men abused in safe houses by members of your organisation".
Mr Adams replied that he was not going to rise to Mr Kenny's "bluster".
The Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, strongly criticised what he called the casual approach on the part of the authorities to the false allegation regarding Sgt McCabe.
Mr Kenny said on Tuesday he hoped that the terms of reference for the public inquiry would be concluded within the next 48 hours.
He added that the perception of the gardaí (police) at higher levels has not been what it should be and that it would take some time to change that culture.
"What is required here is an effective process to deal with the central issue, which is: Was there a deliberate smear campaign against Maurice McCabe by senior gardaí?
"I can confirm that we have agreed in principle that we are to set up a tribunal of inquiry under the 1921 Act."
He added that "the entire country has sympathy for Sgt McCabe and his family".
The controversy began more than three years ago when two whistleblowers - Sgt McCabe and the now retired John Wilson - alleged there was widespread corruption with the Republic of Ireland's driving licence penalty points system.
The Garda (Irish police) commissioner last week denied telling journalists that Sgt McCabe was facing sex crime allegations.
The claim against Nóirín O'Sullivan was made by Irish Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin in the Dáil (Irish parliament).
Ms O'Sullivan said she was surprised by and refuted Mr Howlin's claim.
The commissioner reiterated her position on Monday.
Previously, Mr Kenny has said he was not ruling out a criminal investigation into the matter but that there had to be evidence of criminality.
A commission has been established to examine whether there was a smear campaign against Sgt McCabe orchestrated by senior police officers.
Konta, the highest seed left in the Birmingham event, was beaten 6-1 6-3 in 64 minutes by the world number 30.
The world number seven won only 11 points in losing the first set in 24 minutes and became frustrated as Vandeweghe finished the match strongly.
The Briton will now play at Eastbourne where she will hope for a good run in the last event before Wimbledon starts.
Konta, 26, was unable to find the form that helped her reached the Nottingham Open final last weekend and was overpowered by her opponent.
"The match showed two ends of the spectrum. She played very well and was hitting a big ball," said the Briton.
"I didn't find my footing and once you go down as I did in the first set it's very difficult to get back in the match.
"I think I did a reasonable job of playing as well as I could after that but it was nowhere near enough."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller at Edgbaston Priory
This was a chastening experience for Konta so close to the start of Wimbledon. She was out-played and out-powered by a grass-court natural - who has just appointed Pat Cash as her coach.
Vandeweghe can be very inconsistent, but having reached the Australian Open semi-finals earlier in the year is one to watch very closely at Wimbledon.
Konta won only one point against Vandeweghe's first serve and appeared ill at ease throughout the match. She will hope her home town of Eastbourne gives greater cause for optimism next week.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash was courtside to watch Vandeweghe for the first time since becoming her coach.
"He finally showed up! I had to get him down from commentating from Queen's," joked the 25-year-old New Yorker.
"We're going to give it a try and see how it goes. Maybe I'll get one of those headbands at the end of the experience."
Vandeweghe will play Spain's Garbine Muguruza in the last eight after the Spaniard overcame Alison Riske 6-1 6-4.
World number five and second seed Elina Svitolina may miss Wimbledon because of a foot problem sustained in her 6-4 4-6 6-2 defeat by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi.
"I was really looking forward to this year at Wimbledon but today the court was slippery and it's so bad for my foot," said the 22-year-old Ukrainian.
"I will do my best. But for the moment it's very uncomfortable."
Giorgi, the world 102, faces Australian Ashleigh Barty in the last eight.
French fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic beat China's Zhang Shuai 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to set up a quarter-final with Czech Petra Kvitova.
Former world number one and two-time Grand Slam winner Victoria Azarenka's comeback ended in a second-round defeat against 19-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh at the Mallorca Open.
Belarusian Azarenka, 27 and playing her first event in over a year after giving birth to her first child, lost 6-1 6-3 in an hour and 15 minutes.
It was the same as the device found in the Bluebell Woods - the removal of which involved the evacuation of houses and air and sea exclusion zones.
The device was discovered off Salerie Corner on Sunday, during a particularly low tide, and recovered on Tuesday.
PC Simon Hamon, from the bomb disposal team, said no explosives were found.
He said: "We recovered the firing section from a MK-1 Type 4 ground mine, otherwise known as a parachute mine, which is identical to the weapon that was dropped and we discovered in the Bluebell Woods.
"This was minus the explosive element, clearly some work had taken place on it - it had the firing pistol removed and the remote pressure switch removed."
PC Hamon said: "The decision was taken to recover it so it didn't get reported again.
"Because it was in such a good state of preservation we're transporting it up to the German Occupation Museum and they are going to preserve it so the public can see what a section of the bluebell bomb would have looked like."
The mine was among 74 dropped by the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1944, aimed at St Peter Port Harbour in a bid to stop submarines using it as a base.
PC Hamon said: "We can only account for 16 or 17 of them so there are plenty more out there.
"It's in a wonderful state of preservation so there's nothing to say there won't be others out there with cases intact and therefore explosives intact, which is a potential danger to the public."
He urged anyone who saw something they were not sure about to get in touch.
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Labour MSP Monica Lennon says access to the products should be "a basic right".
She wants schools, colleges and universities to be required to provide free items in their female toilets.
In July, the Scottish government announced a six-month pilot project in Aberdeen aimed at women and girls from low-income households.
At least 1,000 people should receive free sanitary products during the trial, which ministers have supported with £42,500 of funding.
Ms Lennon is launching a consultation on a members' bill aimed at ending the problem Scotland-wide.
The legislation, if passed, would create a new duty on ministers to introduce a universal system of free provision of sanitary products.
Ms Lennon says this would operate in a similar way to the NHS C-Card scheme, which distributes free condoms to anyone who wants them, with no questions asked.
But while the free sanitary products would be available to everyone, she believes that most women would continue to buy their preferred brand from shops and supermarkets if they can afford to do so.
Ms Lennon's proposals would also require schools, colleges and universities to provide free sanitary products in their female toilets, which would not just be available to students.
Any students who wanted more free products to take home would be able to get them from the student union.
The duty could be extended to other organisations at a later date following a review.
Ms Lennon, Labour's inequalities spokeswoman at Holyrood, said access to sanitary products should be a basic right, but not everyone can currently afford or obtain what they need.
Speaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, the Labour MSP added: "We're hearing about women and girls using sanitary products for too long, longer than what is safe to do so, people improvising and using other items.
"We are hearing about young people who worry about having their period in class and they know that there is no products available in school toilets.
"There are a lot of stories there that people find hard to speak about, but as this campaign has evolved I feel like we and starting to see the stigma lift a bit and people are speaking out."
Communities Secretary Angela Constance said she agreed it was unacceptable for any girl or woman not to have access to sanitary products.
She said: "We are exploring how to make these products freely available.
"I welcome Monica Lennon's work on access to sanitary products and will be happy to engage further with her as we look at what more can be done to tackle the issue, within the current powers of the Scottish Parliament."
The arms and a quantity of ammunition were found at a house in Church Road, East Wall, at about 13:40 GMT.
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Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's controversial former bank chief, has achieved a life-long ambition.
It might have been a surprise to some that he was chosen as emir, a post which carries enormous weight among Muslims from Nigeria's Hausa-Fulani community, ahead of his predecessor's eldest son, Lamido Ado Bayero, but he has never hidden the fact that he wished to become the traditional leader of Kano, one of the most historic and colourful cities of West Africa.
His grandfather, Muhammad Sanusi, was on the throne until he was deposed in 1963, and the new ruler - now known as Muhammad Sanusi II - sees this as his calling. He appears to believe that the subtle power and influence of the position could be used for the public good.
In the mid-1990s he quit a well-paid job as banking risk manager to deepen his knowledge of Arabic and Islamic studies by going to study in Sudan.
But he is a man who never shies away from controversy and after the end of military rule in Nigeria in 1999 he opposed the adoption of Islamic law in some northern states.
He argued in newspaper articles that there were more pressing issues that needed to be dealt with.
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His opposition to Sharia put him on a collision course with many conservative Muslims in the north - and his modernising approach is anathema to Boko Haram, which says it is fighting to create a strict Islamic state and opposes all Western values.
The militants had already tried to assassinate his predecessor, Al Haji Ado Bayero, who died last month at the age of 83 after a long illness. Many are waiting to see what the new emir's line on the insurgency will be.
One of the hurdles Mr Sanusi, 53, now faces in speaking his mind is literally the robes that he wears.
When the royal court of Kano is in session, part of the emir's elaborate turban covers his mouth so that courtiers speak on his behalf.
On the few occasions the emir speaks, it is expected to be in measured tones and bereft of controversy - two qualities the former banker is not famous for.
The emir's role
However, unlike his predecessor, he has started giving the weekly Friday sermon at the main mosque in Kano - which may be a way he will make his views known.
It is unclear though if that will be enough to capitalise on his reforming zeal and forthright nature in his new role.
As someone who does not shy away from pointing to the elephant in the room, Emir Sanusi is more likely to use his influence to address challenges like Boko Haram's insurgency, unemployment and poor school enrolment by leveraging his position with Nigeria's political leaders and ordinary people who are sometimes suspicious of the government's intentions.
The role of the emir is that of peacemaker and politics is something that he traditionally stays clear of.
The governing People's Democratic Party (PDP), however, has been affronted by his appointment and in what seemed like a comedy of errors tried to congratulate another candidate on the appointment before the Kano state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, announced his choice.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who suspended Mr Sanusi in February as bank governor, has yet to congratulate him.
The former bank chief's whistle-blowing over $20bn (£12bn) allegedly missing from the state oil company still rankles and Mr Sanusi is currently challenging his suspension in court.
There are indications that in order to smooth relations with the federal authorities he may discontinue his legal challenge.
But with the calculation that no politician can win a presidential election without achieving a certain number of votes in Kano, one of Nigeria's two most populous states, Mr Jonathan may well have to doff his hat before long to his foe at the palace in order to show voters he respects their ways and traditions.
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The Creative City project hopes to create 100,000 jobs in the region and add £8bn to the local economy.
The new galleries would be part of the new Curzon Square Museum Quarter.
Launching the scheme, Culture Secretary Ed Vaisey urged West Midlands business leaders to invest in creative industries.
The three new galleries would be Ikon 2, built on Curzon Street as a sister gallery to the current Ikon.
A museum of contemporary art will be launched with works from leading modern artists.
And the Curzon Street railway station buildings could house a museum of photography.
Martin Mullaney, cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture at Birmingham City Council, said the building earmarked for the photography museum was currently empty and needed a new use.
He said: "We have probably one of the largest photographic collections in Britain, showing photographs throughout the whole history of Birmingham and it's there in cardboard boxes."
The museum of contemporary art would house works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Henry Moore and David Hockney.
A feasibility study is currently being carried out and will reveal the expected cost of the three museums.
Mr Mullaney said the council was in the process of bidding for a collection of national importance which would bring tourists to the city.
He added the new galleries could be paid for by money from the private sector, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Arts Council and the government.
"We want to show that we have got a vision for Birmingham and an ambition to put Birmingham on the international stage so that we are up there with the likes of Barcelona and Berlin," he said.
Labour leader Ed Miliband again ruled out a formal coalition with the SNP, saying he would "never compromise" on the issues apparently dividing them.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said people would not forgive him if he turned down the chance to "lock the Tories out".
The Conservatives say a Labour/SNP alliance would be "a ragbag of chaos".
Meanwhile, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he did not lose his temper during the debate when he criticised the audience for what he perceived as their left-wing bias.
The political parties were back on the campaign trail on Friday after the previous night's debate, which was hosted by the BBC.
Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the last unemployment figures before polling day on 7 May, which showed the jobless total fall by 76,000 to 1.84 million in the three months to February, as a "jobs miracle".
The Conservatives have also seized on remarks by International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde praising the strength of the UK recovery compared with the rest of the European Union.
Mr Miliband has challenged Mr Cameron to a one-on-one debate in the remaining three weeks of the campaign in the aftermath of Thursday's second and final scheduled multi-party debate, in which the prime minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg did not take part.
"He won't come and debate me. He wants to duck, weave and dive his way back into Downing Street. And if he had guts, he'd come out and he'd accept my challenge to debate me one-on-one, head to head," he said at Labour's youth manifesto launch.
But David Cameron said: "We've had 146 debates at Prime Minister's Questions, and I think people have seen a lot of those, to get the measure of us. But the key thing people saw last night is that Labour can only get into Downing Street with the support of the SNP."
During Thursday's 90-minute encounter - which figures suggest was watched by an audience of about 4.3 million - Mr Miliband, Ms Sturgeon, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, Mr Farage and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood clashed over cuts, the NHS, immigration and defence.
A snap poll taken immediately after the debate suggested that the Labour leader had come out on top.
You can watch the full debate here
Analysis, BBC political correspondent Iain Watson
With polls suggesting a hung parliament - and potentially heavy Labour losses to the SNP in Scotland - it was inevitable that Ed Miliband would face questions about any deal he might strike with Nicola Sturgeon's party to keep the Conservatives out of power.
He has for some time ruled out a formal coalition. So has she. So speculation has moved on to whether they could reach an informal arrangement, where the SNP would guarantee a Labour budget in return for concessions.
For a time, Labour used relatively emollient language towards the SNP as it tried to woo former supporters who had voted "yes" in the referendum.
The rhetoric is now more robust, as the polls refuse to budge. But the underlying thinking is much the same.
But the trickier question is what happens if the Conservatives have more seats than Labour - but not a majority - and Ed Miliband could still become prime minister with tacit SNP support?
Constitutionally it would be possible, but politically it could damage Labour's future prospects in England.
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During Thursday's debate, Mr Miliband dismissed overtures from SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon to "work together" to keep the Conservatives out of power in the event of one party not winning enough seats to form a government on their own.
Opinion polls have suggested the SNP is on course to win a swathe of seats in Scotland and to be in a powerful position in the event of an inconclusive result.
The SNP has ruled out any deal with the Conservatives but said they would be prepared to support Labour on a vote-by-vote basis, with Ms Sturgeon suggesting they could "work together to lock David Cameron out of Downing Street".
At Labour's youth manifesto launch in Lincolnshire on Friday, Mr Miliband - who has previously ruled out a formal Labour-SNP coalition - was asked about the prospect of nationalist votes propping up a minority Labour government.
"It's not going to happen," he said, adding: "I will never compromise our national security, I will never compromise our commitment to fiscal responsibility, I will never compromise on the nature of our United Kingdom."
However, Mr Miliband did not explicitly ruled out a looser agreement, known as a confidence and supply agreement, where the SNP could potentially support a Labour government in key parliamentary votes.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith predicted that any deal between the two parties would lead to "a ragbag of chaos" with "a weak leader being hauled all over the place by the Scottish nationalists, who ultimately want to break up the United Kingdom."
David Cameron's absence gave Mr Miliband the chance to taunt the absent prime minister for his lack of political courage.
It also allowed him to focus his fire on the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon, trying to create a distance which he has, so far, struggled to create.
On the other hand... the images of the night, the video clips and the memorable soundbites are all of Ed v Nicola.
Conservative HQ and the Tory press will take delight in using them to conjure up the spectre of a weak minority Labour government being forced to deal with and placate a rampant SNP.
Read more from Nick here.
Both Mr Clegg and UKIP's Nigel Farage have also warned about the danger of the SNP holding the balance of power after the next election but Ms Sturgeon has said her party would use its influence to protect the NHS and other "progressive" ideals.
"Ed Miliband knows if there's an anti-Tory majority in the House of Commons after the May election, the only way David Cameron gets back in to Downing Street is if Ed Miliband stands back and lets him back in," Ms Sturgeon said on a campaign visit to Irvine, Ayrshire, on Friday.
"Now if Ed Miliband does that, Labour in Scotland and I suspect in other parts of the UK will never be forgiven," she said.
At one point in Thursday's TV debate, UKIP leader Mr Farage was booed when he complained of what he said was "a remarkable audience even by the left-wing standards of the BBC".
Asked whether he had lost his temper, Mr Farage said he had not, telling the BBC News Channel: "I was very calm about it. I didn't lose my rag."
Play our coalition-building game
Mr Farage said his protest had been sparked by the hostile audience reaction to his argument that high levels of immigration were increasing pressure on the housing market, something he said would be accepted by "most rational people".
He said it was a "mistake" for the BBC to give the job of audience selection to polling company ICM, but he stopped short of saying he would lodge a complaint, saying: "I've got an election to fight."
Reacting to Thursday's debate, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she was "very pleased", as it provided an opportunity to set out her party's policies.
Asked about her performance, she said some Twitter polls suggested she did "particularly well", adding: "I think what matters is obviously the poll on polling day, and that people heard the Green Party message."
Plaid Cymru's leader, Leanne Wood, said she had achieved her aims in the debate: " I managed to speak for Wales, speak against austerity and convey the set of values that Plaid Cymru holds dear."
On a campaign trip to Aberdeenshire, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said he had not watched the debate, but maintained that he would have liked to have taken part, because it lacked "a sensible centre-ground voice - spelling out some of the realities of what we face as a country, and setting out a hopeful vision about how we can finish the job of balancing the books and doing so fairly".
Amelia Helen, Mollie Rose, Lucas James and Lily Grace were born at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin on 26 May.
They weighed between 2.15 lbs and 4.3 lbs.
Their parents, Grace and James Slattery, were given a police escort to the hospital after Mrs Slattery went into labour. She had been due to give birth by C-section.
Joe Storey, 27, was last week found guilty of murdering Kerri McAuley and will serve a minimum of 24 years.
Judge Stephen Holt revealed Storey had 11 previous convictions, eight of those for offences against four women, and had been subject to restraining orders.
He described Ms McAuley's death as one of the worst cases of domestic violence Norwich Crown Court had seen.
Ms McAuley was found dead at her flat in Southalls Way, Norwich, on 8 January 2017.
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Storey initially managed to delay his sentencing after convincing prison staff he did not need to return to court for a hearing.
Simon Spence, prosecuting, said Storey had a "history of violence towards Kerri" and a restraining order had been made in October 2016.
Judge Stephen Holt, jailing Storey for life with a minimum term of 24 years, said it was "one of the worst cases of domestic violence" the court had seen.
He told Storey: "You preyed on a warm-hearted and kind woman.
"She was posting pictures of her injured face on Facebook for all to see but you pressed your way back into her life," said Judge Holt. "It's a deeply sad feature of this case."
My heart bears the deepest break from which it will never heal.
I can no longer look at a photo of Kerri or even think about her in happy times as all my mind sees is that image of my beautiful girl lying on the floor, hair matted with blood, face distorted and swollen.
I can't imagine the fear and pain that my daughter endured that night at the hands of that monster, the man who claimed to love her.
I don't know how to accept that this nightmare I am now living will never end.
There have been times when all I want is to be with Kerri and when I look at the faces of Kerri's sons I see her face looking back at me and my heart breaks all over again.
She had so much to live for, so much unfulfilled promise.
Storey had been in a relationship with Ms McAuley for eight weeks before the violence began, and each time she tried to leave him he "plagued her and pestered her" with texts to keep the relationship going.
The court heard Storey had also been made subject to restraining orders in respect of four other former partners, and had been convicted for violence, including punching a pregnant ex-girlfriend in the stomach.
Andrew Oliver, mitigating, said the murder of Ms McAuley was not premeditated and that Storey had admitted manslaughter before he was found guilty of murder.
Storey, formerly of Murrells Court, Norwich, nodded to the judge as the sentence was read out, and there was a shout of "bye" from the public gallery.
The reigning Premier League champions are in real danger of relegation as they sit just one place and one point above the bottom three after a run of five successive defeats.
The Foxes issued a statement last week backing their Italian manager.
"I don't see how Ranieri can keep his job," Sutton told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Had they finished 12th last season and they were on this run of form everyone would be saying he has to go. Football is a ruthless business. The players are not playing for him.
"I think they are in absolutely enormous trouble."
If Leicester go down, they would be the first defending top-flight champions to be relegated since Manchester City in 1938.
They have not won a Premier League game in 2017 or scored a league goal.
Listen to Sutton on Leicester, Manchester City and Liverpool on the BBC Radio 5 live podcast
Ted Marshall, landlord of the Cap 'n' Gown, said five political parties were to take part in debates on issues such as the NHS, education and immigration.
Conservative MP Robin Walker, three parliamentary candidates and a local councillor will discuss Europe later.
Mr Marshall believes the series of debates was very unusual for a pub.
He said hosting such political debates was not allowed in pubs before 2005 under the Licensing Act.
"I think this is quite a unique event and I don't think anybody has had 10 weeks of debate on all the big issues in the run up to the general election," he said.
The Worcester seat, won by Mr Walker with a majority of 2,982 in 2010, is expected to be closely fought.
Mr Marshall, who became landlord at the pub in Upper Tything nine months ago, said the idea came out of his plan to hold a regular discussion group.
He said the debates would give politicians a platform to reach the local electorate.
"There's a lot of talk that politicians are remote and so on, but it actually does bring politics to the people and it's about bringing democracy to people as well."
He said the parties had pledged to send their candidates or alternatives to the debate, including Joy Squires, the parliamentary candidate for Labour, Louis Stephen for the Green Party, James Goad for UKIP and local councillor Liz Smith for the Liberal Democrats, who have still to choose their election candidate.
Mr Marshall said everyone was welcome to the event from 19:00 GMT as he hoped to have a "good cross-section" of opinions.
Ryan McInally, 30, of Monikie in Angus, committed the offence at a house in the Borders between December 2013 and January 2014.
At Selkirk Sheriff Court, he was ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.
He also had his name put on the sex offenders register for three years.
He was supported in court by his partner who is the mother of his two children.
Defence lawyer Robert More said: "His partner deserves enormous credit for the way she has stuck with him in difficult circumstances.
"The offence was admitted to her shortly after he was arrested.
"They have rebuilt their relationship."
He added: "He is a man of high intelligence but was extremely foolish on this particular occasion."
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The former world number one, who would have regained top spot by winning the title, was down 7-6 (7-2) 2-0 when he withdrew with an elbow injury.
Djokovic, 30, had treatment on a right shoulder injury during his last-16 win over Adrian Mannarino and needed further attention against Berdych.
The Serb said he would consider whether surgery was needed to fix the injury.
"I haven't felt this much pain since I've had this injury," said Djokovic.
"It's not the shoulder, it's the elbow that has kept bothering me for over a year and a half.
"I was able, for 30 minutes, to play with some pain that was bearable, but the serve and forehand were shots where I could feel it the most. After that, there was really no sense [in continuing]."
Czech world number 15 Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up, will face Roger Federer in the semi-final.
Djokovic had been set to play his last-16 match against Mannarino on Monday but it was delayed as Rafael Nadal's match against Gilles Muller went to five sets and tournament officials decided to not move the Serb on to the available Centre Court.
He beat Mannarino 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in Tuesday's opening match but was the only men's quarter-finalist not to have a day's rest between rounds.
Against Berdych, Djokovic called a medical time-out after losing the first-set tie-break and received attention on his right arm before he withdrew.
"It is unfortunate I had to finish Wimbledon in this way. If someone feels bad, it is me," added Djokovic.
"I spent about two hours, two and a half hours, on the table today in between the warm-up and match, trying to do everything I could to make me fit.
"I'm going to talk with specialists, as I have done in the last year, to try to figure out what's the best way to treat it and find a long-term solution.
"The level of pain was not decreasing, it was only increasing as the days went by. Unfortunately, today was the worst day. Probably the fact I played yesterday, days adding up, it wasn't helping at all."
John Lloyd, former GB Davis Cup captain on BBC Two
We called it pretty quickly - he couldn't serve above 115 mph from the start. Once Berdych hung in there and won the first set, Novak knew that there was no chance.
Boris Becker, three-time Wimbledon champion on BBC Two
Most players have niggles and pains; nobody in the second week is 100% healthy. But only Djokovic can say how his body is. He knows whether he can play on or not.
It is the right decision. Murray and Djokovic were dominant last year but they are nowhere near that level now. It is a gruelling schedule and everybody else will put in that extra 10% to beat you.
Five police officers were shot dead while seven others and two civilians were injured in the shooting.
The gunman, identified as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson, told negotiators he wanted to kill whites, especially white police officers,
He was killed by an explosive device detonated by a police robot.
Johnson's victims were a mix of veterans, parents, grandparents, spouses and community leaders.
DART Officer Brent Thompson, 43
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) authority confirmed that Mr Thompson was one of the fallen officers.
Mr Thompson, who joined the department in 2009, is the first officer to be killed in the line of duty since DART began its police force in 1989, said spokesman Morgan Lyons,
Mr Lyons said three other DART officers were wounded in the attack, but they are expected to recover.
Thompson was also recently married and served in the military as a Marine, according to his Facebook account.
He had trained police in Iraq and Afghanistan while working for a private military contractor, according to his interview with the New York Times in 2006.
Officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32
Mr Zamarripa, a Navy veteran and father of two, was one of the four police officers who was killed in the crossfire.
He served three tours in Iraq, his father Rick Zamarripa told the Washington Post.
"He comes [back] to the United States to protect people here", his father said. "And they take his life."
He would have turned 33 next month. He joined the Dallas Police Department after leaving the Navy. Most recently, he was assigned to downtown bicycle patrols. His father wanted him to quit the force because it was dangerous, but he told him he wanted to stay because he liked the action.
"Patrick would bend over backward to help anybody. He'd give you his last dollar if he had it. He was always trying to help people, protect people,'' his father The Associated Press news agency. "As tough as he was, he was patient, very giving."
Officer Michael Krol, 40
Michigan native Michael Krol joined Dallas' police department in 2007.
Mr Krol was a former employee of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office in Michigan from 2003 to 2007.
Krol's mother, Susan Ehlke, told local television station WXYZ her son was a very "caring person".
"He was living a dream of being a police officer. [He] Just turned 40 in April. He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty as a police officer", she said.
Officer Michael J. Smith, 55
Sergeant Michael Smith was a father of two, according to local media outlets and the Dallas Morning News. He was a former Army ranger and attended the Lamar Institute of Technology.
He served with the Dallas police department for nearly three decades, and was known to be conscientious and professional, even paying for his training if needed.
He received a "Cops' Cop" award from the Dallas Police Association.
Officer Lorne Ahrens, 48
Senior Corporal Lorne Ahrens was a member of the Dallas Police Department for 14 years, according to Dallas Morning News.
"He was always one of the happy ones, with a smile on his face," one of his fellow officers told the newspaper.
The father of two died in hospital from his injuries.
The White House shocked Washington by announcing that James Comey "has been terminated and removed from office".
But Democrats said he was fired because the FBI was investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The move came as it emerged Mr Comey gave inaccurate information about Mrs Clinton's emails to Congress last week.
Reaction as it happened
James Comey: From 'brave' to fired
Decoding Comey's testimony
President Trump wrote in a letter to Mr Comey that he agreed with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recommendation that "you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau".
Mr Sessions said the Department of Justice was "committed to a high level of discipline, integrity, and the rule of law", and "a fresh start is needed".
The White House said the search for a successor would begin immediately.
Mr Comey was addressing FBI agents in Los Angeles when he was handed a note by one of his team informing him he had just been fired.
The 56-year-old - who was four years into his 10-year term as FBI director - reportedly laughed, thinking it was a prank.
Many have expressed surprise that Mr Comey should be fired for his handling of the Clinton emails investigation, given that Mr Trump formerly praised the FBI director's conduct in the matter.
In the final days of the presidential campaign, Mr Trump told a rally it "took guts" for Mr Comey to reopen the inquiry. "What he did brought back his reputation," Mr Trump said.
But on Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said he "cannot defend the Director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails, and I do not understand his refusal to accept the nearly universal judgement that he was mistaken".
"Almost everyone agrees the Director made serious mistakes; it is one of the few issues that unites people of diverse perspectives".
He said Mr Comey had been wrong to "usurp" the previous attorney general in July 2016 to announce the Clinton emails inquiry should be closed without prosecution.
The deputy attorney general said Mr Comey compounded his error by "gratuitously" releasing "derogatory information" about Mrs Clinton.
Democrats swiftly suggested that Mr Trump had fired Mr Comey to influence the FBI inquiry into Russian whether members of the Trump election campaign colluded with the Kremlin.
The House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees are investigating the same allegations.
"Were these investigations getting too close to home for the president?" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked a Tuesday evening press conference.
"This does not seem to be a coincidence," he added.
And it is not just Democrats who expressed concern.
Richard Burr, the Republican head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said: "I am troubled by the timing and reasoning of Jim Comey's termination."
The development is drawing comparisons with the so-called Saturday Night Massacre of 1973, when President Richard Nixon fired an independent special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal.
But President Trump has repeatedly insisted the Russia allegations are "fake news".
Donald Trump and senior Justice Department officials are framing the firing of James Comey as a result of his botched investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server. They do so using language that even Clinton backers would probably support.
Democrats, to put it bluntly, aren't buying it, however - not from this White House. They are dismissing this Clinton explanation as a smokescreen, and view the suddenness of the move as an attempt to subvert the ongoing FBI investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.
At the very least, their calls for an independent investigation into the matter will become deafening - and some Republicans may now be inclined to agree. The president didn't help his cause by specifically asserting that he was "not under investigation" in his letter to Mr Comey.
Already Democrats are clamouring for the ex-director to testify before Congress about the state of the FBI's Russia investigation at the time of his dismissal.
Just days after becoming president, Mr Trump shook Mr Comey's hand at a White House event and said "he's become more famous than me". That may have been an exaggeration at the time.
It seems less like one now.
Read Anthony's full take
Mr Comey has been criticised by Democrats for the handling of his investigation into whether Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server when secretary of state compromised national security.
The now-former FBI director made two interventions during the 2016 election campaign to make pronouncements about the investigation.
He said in July the case should be closed without prosecution, but then declared - 11 days before November's election - that he had reopened the inquiry because of a discovery of a new trove of Clinton-related emails.
He told the Senate last week it made him "mildly nauseous" to think his intervention could have affected the election, but insisted he would make the same decision again.
Mrs Clinton blames Mr Comey for her shock election defeat last November to Donald Trump.
What was Clinton FBI probe about?
Mr Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3 May that Mrs Clinton's top aide, Huma Abedin, had forwarded "hundreds and thousands" of emails, "some of which contain classified information", to her then-husband.
But the FBI conceded on Tuesday that Ms Abedin had only sent two email chains containing classified information to her husband, Anthony Weiner, for printing.
The clarification was made in a letter from the FBI's assistant director of congressional affairs, Gregory Brower, to the congressional committee.
The majority of the 49,000 emails investigators uncovered on Mr Weiner's laptop were transferred via automatic backup of her work Blackberry device, Mr Brower wrote.
Ultimately, all 12 classified email chains found on Mr Weiner's device were duplicates that had already been reviewed by investigators.
The rhaphium pectinatum was last recorded in Britain 147 years ago in 1868 but was rediscovered in Old Sludge Beds on the outskirts of Exeter.
The fly is from the Dolichopidiae family, a group known as long-legged flies, and is usually found in tropical parts of the world.
Devon Fly Group member Rob Wolton said he was surprised by the find.
The last recorded sighting was on 19 July 1868 when the Victorian entomologist George Verrall caught a male and female at Richmond in south-west London.
Mr Wolton, who is also a member of Dipterists Forum, which specialises in the study of flies, said: "Imagine my surprise when I examined my catch that evening to find it included a fly that was presumed extinct in Britain.
"Nothing is known about its biology, but it seems that it may like brackish conditions like those found at the Old Sludge Beds."
The five hectare site is situated between the River Exe and the Exeter Canal and has been managed by Devon Wildlife Trust since 1979.
Steve Hussey from the trust said: "So often we have to break the news of species that are disappearing, so it's good to be able to announce the discovery of an animal that was thought to be extinct."
The Seagulls were eight points clear of third place in early January but, after winning just three of their last seven, that gap has been cut to four points.
"By our standards of the season, it is a difficult period," Hughton said.
"You have got to go through these periods and it is about how you come through them."
Brighton have been in the top two since October, and were top of the table after beating Fulham on 2 January.
However, defeats at Preston and Huddersfield since then have seen the chasing pack close in on Albion, who still have a far superior goal difference to the sides below them.
Hughton's side were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Ipswich on Tuesday, but the four sides in the play-off places were all victorious.
They have three tricky fixtures remaining in February - a visit to Barnsley on Saturday before hosting fourth-placed Reading and leaders Newcastle.
"We have to remember we are second in the division," the 58-year-old added to BBC Sussex.
"There are too many good sides that are pushing really hard at the top end, but we have to look after our own results.
"We mustn't get too carried away, and have to work hard to make sure we stay there."
Albion fell short of winning promotion to the Premier League last season, finishing third in the table on goal difference and then being beaten in the play-off semi-finals by Sheffield Wednesday.
Midfielder Steve Sidwell has called for his team-mates to retain their composure during the run-in.
"Other teams can pick up points but as long as we do as well, that's fine," the 34-year-old said.
"When you are under pressure you have got to deliver. If you want to go up you need to deal with the pressure."
Sidwell is one of four Albion players to have won automatic promotion to the Premier League, winning the title with Reading in 2005-06, while Hughton led Newcastle to the Championship title in 2009-10.
"I've been there and done it and if I have to pass the experience on then that's what I'll do, but there is a time and place for that," Sidwell said.
"Nothing is given on a plate for you. These are the defining moments that matter and to be a part of it is what we are all here for.
"We have a group of players that can do it and it is just about making sure it happens."
Cardiff University is the only one of Wales' eight universities with the status of a living wage employer.
Accredited firms and organisations pay a higher minimum wage than the statutory level - at least £8.45 an hour.
The body that represents higher education, Universities Wales, said many institutions "do have pay rates that match the voluntary living wage".
Mrs Williams also called for "much greater constraint" in setting the pay of universities' highest earners.
All vice-chancellors in Wales are paid more than £200,000 a year, in line with salaries across the UK.
"I would hope that universities would see their civic mission as being one that ensures all their staff are paid a proper wage," Mrs Williams told BBC Wales' Sunday Politics programme.
She added: "We need those universities to recognise the power that they have within our nation of Wales to do good.
"Yes, to educate people, but to use their power, their resources and their facilities to contribute to the nation as a whole and paying the living wage to all staff is an important way of doing that."
The Living Wage Foundation said an hourly wage of £8.45 was needed to meet the cost of living - higher than the UK government's National Living Wage for people aged over 25 which rose to £7.50 this month.
In an annual letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Hefcw), Mrs Williams calls for "rapid progress" in ensuring all staff receive at least the living wage.
She also says universities should "exercise much greater constraint than has been evident in recent years" in setting pay for senior staff.
Last November Mrs Williams announced a new funding regime for students that will help them with living costs, instead of subsidising tuition fees.
Universities warmly welcomed the changes at the time.
The most generous student finance package will be just over £9,000 a year - equivalent to an income on the National Living Wage.
A spokeswoman for Universities Wales said: "Many Welsh universities do have pay rates that match the voluntary living wage.
"Governing bodies will feel it is important to maintain their own decisions over pay cost increases, alongside the excellent benefits and conditions they provide, meaning they are often the employer of choice in their locality," she said.
A Hefcw report last year found top salaries at universities were "broadly comparable" with the rest of the UK.
In a statement Hefcw said: "We have confirmed with the cabinet secretary that we will be working with the universities with a view to securing the rapid progress which she seeks in this area."
Sunday Politics Wales, BBC One Wales, 2 April, 11:00 BST
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McIlroy, 26, posted five bogeys in his first nine holes and dropped a further four shots in his second nine.
The world number one has missed the cut at the last two Irish Open tournaments.
Ireland's Padraig Harrington, the 2007 winner, shares the lead with Maximilian Kieffer of Germany on four under par with Soren Hansen one shot behind.
England's Danny Willett, Argentinian Emiliano Grillo and Dane Soren Kjeldsen are two off the pace after carding rounds of 69 at the Newcastle links course.
English trio Luke Donald, Matt Ford and Chris Wood are among seven players nicely placed on one under.
Starting at the 10th, world number one McIlroy, who pledged to donate his prize money this week to his charitable foundation, the official tournament host, strayed occasionally off the tee, was repeatedly erratic with his iron play and struggled with the putter throughout.
The Northern Irishman has won two of his last four tournaments, the WGC-Cadillac Match Play and Wells Fargo tournament at Quail Hollow, but missed the cut at last week's PGA Championship at Wentworth.
"I was caught between trying to play two ways. My poor iron play led to missed greens and I left myself a lot of eight to 12 foot putts for par, pretty much all of which I missed," said McIlroy after his round.
McIlroy's playing partner, American world number nine Rickie Fowler, is in contention near the top of the leaderboard on level par, but the third member of the illustrious group, Germany's Martin Kaymer, has a lot of ground to make up on eight over.
Fowler was making his first appearance since securing the second PGA Tour win of his career in The Players Championship earlier this month.
Graeme McDowell was two under after 15 holes but the former US Open winner bogeyed the final three holes of his round, the seventh, eighth and ninth, to drop back to one over.
The third of the host nation's recent major winners, European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, lies well back on four over, but his compatriot Michael Hoey fared better on level par.
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez is one over, while Lee Westwood registered a three-over-74 in the windy conditions in front of a sell-out 20,000 crowd at the seaside links.
Ernie Els, playing in the Irish Open for the first time since 1998, had a level-par round, but 1999 tournament winner Sergio Garcia is down the pack on four over.
A first prize of £294,000 is on offer for the winner on Sunday.
Midfielder Park Jong-woo brandished a banner referring to islands claimed by both South Korea and Japan.
The IOC barred him from taking part in Saturday's medal ceremony.
It has asked football's governing body Fifa to discipline Park, and says it may decide on further sanctions later.
The committee said it would withhold the bronze medal until the case is reviewed by Fifa.
IOC president Jacques Rogge told reporters: "We will take a possible decision of what will happen with the medal later."
After South Korea beat Japan 2-0 on Friday, Park held up a sign with the national flag and a slogan supporting his country's claim over the islands - known as Dokdo in South Korea and as Takeshima in Japan.
The South Korea Olympic Committee later said that Park had seized the sign from a fan, stressing that the incident had not been pre-planned.
The statutes of both the IOC and Fifa prohibit political statements by athletes and players.
Friday's match came hours after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited the islands.
The move prompted Japan to recall its ambassador in Seoul.
The uninhabited islands, which are roughly equidistant from the two countries, are small but lie in fishing grounds which could also contain large gas deposits.
Melinda Rose Woodward - known as Linda - died earlier this month after suffering from cancer.
The couple, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, were married for 59 years.
Sir Tom said: "So many beautiful and meaningful things were said and reading these genuine and lovely messages has lifted us all."
The couple started dating at 15 and used to meet at a phone box at the end of Sir Tom's street in Treforest.
They married when they were 16 in 1957 and later had the phone box moved to their home in Los Angeles.
Lady Woodward died in Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on 10 April.
Their son, Mark, is Sir Tom's manager.
Under the heading "A little note from Tom," on his website, Sir Tom said: "A heartfelt thank you to all who sent notes of their sympathy and support to me and my family over the last couple of weeks.
"So many beautiful and meaningful things were said and reading these genuine and lovely messages has lifted us all. See you soon."
The singer, who had his first number one hit in 1965 with It's Not Unusual, cancelled a series of concerts when his wife fell ill.
According to his website, his next scheduled tour date is at the Hampton Court Palace Festival in London on 8 June, followed by a number of performances in the UK, Norway and Spain.
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Murray, seeded second, saw off the 22-year-old world number 235 from Stockport 6-2 6-3 6-4 on Centre Court.
It was the first all-British meeting at the All England Club since Tim Henman beat Martin Lee in 2001.
Murray, 29, goes on to face Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the second round on Thursday.
The Scot needed just one hour and 43 minutes to end Broady's Centre Court debut, the 2013 champion and world number two not surprisingly outclassing a player with just one tour-level win to his name.
Murray might have been playing a familiar face but he was in aggressive mood, dropping just six points on his first serve and winning 18 of 19 at the net.
Having gone 10 years without playing a fellow Briton, he has now beaten three this month following wins over Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund at Queen's Club.
"When we start the match we are both trying to win, but it does not make it any easier," Murray told BBC Sport.
"Liam played better as the match went on and fought through to the end and played some good stuff.
"The crowd is always very fair here, getting behind both players and knowing what a good shot is. Liam got a good ovation when he left court and I'm sure he will have enjoyed that."
Murray, watched by recently returned coach Ivan Lendl at a Grand Slam for the first time in three years, began his 11th Wimbledon campaign with a comfortable win.
Broady, 22, had experienced the Murray game first-hand during practice sessions earlier this year but could not bridge the gulf in class once their first competitive meeting got under way.
Within five minutes he was a break of serve down, and moments later he was literally playing a shot off his knees as Murray ran him ragged.
There was a sense of relief from the Centre Court crowd when Broady got on the scoreboard at 3-1 down but he could make no impression on the Murray serve.
A wayward Broady forehand into the tram lines gave up the first set and a double fault handed Murray a 3-1 lead in the second.
There was little reason for Murray to get fired up but a trademark cross-court backhand brought a shout of "come on" en route to a two-set lead, and it was now a case of closing it out as clinically as possible.
Murray suffered physically in the recent French Open final after getting dragged into two five-set matches earlier in the tournament, and he was determined to avoid a repeat at Wimbledon.
Broady - and the crowd - enjoyed one running forehand pass early in the third set, and the wildcard earned his first break points in game six, but Murray fired down a serve and steered away a volley to snuff out the danger.
A delicate drop shot clinched victory on match point and the value of a quick win was immediately apparent when the rain began to fall as the players walked off court.
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Matthew Eteson is on trial at Preston Crown Court for the manslaughter by gross negligence of Kelly Webster, 36, and Lauren Thornton.
The pair died in their sleep aboard a boat on Windermere in April 2013.
Mr Eteson, 42, from Hale in Greater Manchester, denies the charge.
The family had gone to the Lake District for the Easter bank holiday weekend to celebrate a friend's birthday.
But on the afternoon of 1 April, Mr Eteson removed the generator from the deck and used it to power a 1kW fan heater to heat the sleeping quarter, prosecutor Mr Graham Reeds QC said.
The court was told that there had been no warning to the build-up of the toxic gas because the carbon monoxide sensors had previously been disabled.
Mr Reeds said the mother and daughter, both from Leyland in Lancashire, were found dead in their sleeping positions aboard the the second-hand Bayliner 285 motor cruiser Arniston, with fatal levels of carbon monoxide in their bodies.
Mr Eteson, who had been sleeping in a separate compartment further away from the generator also succumbed to the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning but did awake to find the bodies.
The court also heard Mr Eteson, a qualified gas fitter, had made some amendments to the generator and its exhaust, which experts subsequently deemed to be "dangerous".
Ms Webster's mother, Nia Webster, had previously asked Mr Eteson about carbon monoxide sensors.
He told her they were not working and his partner would unplug a portable detector whenever she was cooking.
The trial continues.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil announced on Saturday evening that they will meet early next week for talks.
It follows failed attempts by Fine Gael's Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil counterpart Micheál Martin to be elected taoiseach on Wednesday.
It was their second attempt since February's General Election.
On Saturday evening, acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny left government buildings and a brief statement from both parties followed.
The statements said that negotiating teams from the parties would begin talks early next week.
The focus will be on how a viable minority government would work. Enda Kenny's preferred option has been for an equal partnership government.
Independent TDs were not involved in the talks. Each party will continue separate parallel talks with the Independents.
On Wednesday, Enda Kenny was defeated by 80 votes to 51, while Micheál Martin was defeated by 95 votes to 43.
Mr Kenny insisted at a party meeting on Tuesday he would not consider a short-term deal.
The Dáil last met on 10 March, when TDs failed to elect a taoiseach to form a government.
Following the February election to the Dáil, Fine Gael has 50 seats, Fianna Fáil 44, Sinn Féin 23 and the Labour Party got seven.
The Israeli-born actress, who is a mother to a four year-old-girl, made her on-screen debut as Wonder Woman in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this year.
The part "has given me a chance to think about what kind of role models my daughter, and all of this coming generation of girls - and boys - will be exposed to. Wonder Woman is iconic, and she does bring responsibility," she says.
Gadot is expected to be part of the celebrations on Friday 21 October when Wonder Woman is named an honorary UN Ambassador for Women and Girls, exactly 75 years after the female superhero was first published by DC Comics.
Since her part in the Fast and the Furious franchise, the former model and Miss Israel beauty queen has risen to prominence in Hollywood, and is currently starring in spy comedy Keeping Up With the Joneses opposite Mad Men's Jon Hamm, along with Isla Fisher. She will launch her first solo film outing as Wonder Woman in the summer of 2017.
Gadot says Wonder Woman, made by Patty Jenkins, the director of 2003's Oscar winner Monster, is a statement that "finally, we are in an interesting era when women can be whoever we really are".
"We truly are as strong as men - perhaps not physically, but in other ways we are as strong and that's now okay. We can be ourselves.
"Wonder Woman's strength is not masculinised in any way."
Gadot has also commented that the character "can be bisexual", after a long-standing Wonder Woman writer, Greg Rucka, recently said he thought the superhero must have had gay relationships as she came from a female-only island. But Gadot points out there are no bi-sexual relationships in the new Wonder Woman film.
Gadot's current movie, Keeping Up With the Joneses, directed by Superbad's Greg Mottola, marks her first foray into comedy, as she and Hamm play a seemingly perfect suburban couple, who fascinate their ordinary neighbours - until they are drawn into a world of espionage.
However, Gadot's character Natalie is regarded as far more fearsome than her husband Tim. The actress says: "As a former Mossad agent, Natalie may even be a bit intimidating to her husband. She's always dominant and wants things to happen according to her agenda."
In reality Gadot says she deplores the idea of competition between the sexes, and insists that shouldn't be the purpose of an on-screen female superhero either.
"It's not about women versus men any longer, and who is better or stronger than who. There's enough room for all of us - and boys and girls, women and men should remember that.
"Wonder Woman has a very simple agenda - she believes in good and that people should be happy."
Jon Hamm, best-known for his Emmy-award winning portrayal of advertising executive Don Draper in the less female-friendly environment of 1960s Manhattan, says he's glad to see movies "moving away from this binary idea girls will do one thing and men do another".
"I personally find it nice to see a female superhero whose power isn't about being a homemaker. It's nice to move that conversation forward, and take gender politics out of the equation."
The rest of the cast of Keeping Up With the Joneses admit to feeling intimidated originally of working with the Israeli actress, because of her extensive stunt training on previous films.
Shopaholic star Isla Fisher, who plays a next-door neighbour, highlights that Gadot is a "former Miss Israel, and there's about four feet in height between us - so yes, there was a certain reluctance on my part about our fight scenes".
But Gadot says her biggest challenge was learning "how to be funny".
"This is funny, right in the middle of stunts and action, in a way that I have never experienced before. It's sharp comedy.
"Isla and I have to fight in this film, and it was the dead of night, filming in sub-zero temperatures, and yet I had to try and remember to have fun. That was something I had to learn, to enjoy the moment.
"I have no problem with actually trying to intimidate people on screen at all, so we were both there trying to outdo each other. On camera, I can be very intimidating. Off camera, you'd probably find me playing backgammon."
Keeping Up With the Joneses is released in the UK on 21 October.
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McManus was hurt in City's 5-1 win over Notts County when landing awkwardly on her ankle.
The England Under-23 international had started 12 of City's 14 matches so far this season.
City sit top of Women's Super League One and are bidding for their first ever league title.
Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Weiguang Li, killed 22-year-old Tim McLean after hearing what he thought was "the voice of God".
He was deemed not criminally responsible and received mental health treatment.
A review board in Manitoba ordered his discharge - without monitoring - saying he did not pose a significant threat.
Mr McLean's mother, who had opposed granting Mr Baker freedom, said she had "no words" following the decision on Friday.
"I have no comment today," Carol de Delley wrote on Facebook.
The attack took place in front of horrified passengers as the inter-city Greyhound bus travelled past Portage la Prairie, about 70km (40 miles) west of Winnipeg.
Mr Baker, a former church custodian and computer programmer who emigrated from China to Canada in 2001, repeatedly stabbed Mr McLean, who was sitting next to him, before cutting off his head and removing internal organs.
The attack began without warning. Alerted by screams from the victim, the driver stopped the bus and fled with the passengers as Mr Baker continued his attack.
In 2009, Mr Baker was found not criminally responsible for the killing. He then spent seven years in treatment in a secure wing of a psychiatric hospital.
In an interview with a schizophrenia society in 2012, he said he heard what he believed was "the voice of God".
"The voice told me that I was the third story of the Bible, that I was like the second coming of Jesus [and that] I was to save people from a space alien attack."
He also said he was "really sorry" for what he had done.
Mr Baker was allowed last year to live on his own apartment in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but was still subject to monitoring to ensure he took his medication.
But his doctors told Manitoba's Criminal Code Review Board that he understood that he needed to take the medication and that he would continue with his treatment if released.
"The review board is of the opinion that the weight of evidence does not substantiate that Mr Baker poses a significant threat to the safety of the public," the review board said in a written decision.
The Ballymena & Antrim athlete clocked 56.06 - 0.14 seconds inside the Rio mark - at a meeting in the Belgian city of Heusden on Saturday night.
However, the IAAF's deadline for entries was last Monday so McMahon, 24, appears likely to miss out.
McMahon's time cut 0.36 off her previous personal best set last month.
The Northern Irishwoman finished second at the meeting behind Australia's Lauren Wells who won in 55.69.
You wanted to know how the A500 in Stoke-on-Trent got its nickname the "D Road".
You also asked whether Shropshire was the most "loosely populated" county in England.
And we looked into what was going to happen to a landmark Coventry tower block. Here's a look at how we got on with answering your questions.
The A500 is the main A-road through Stoke-on-Trent, connected to the M6 at both ends and, as this BBC article from a few years ago says, it's known locally as the "D Road".
City historian, Fred Hughes, said it was known by that nickname "virtually from when it was opened".
He said the name came from the shape of the road which, when you take into account the M6, is like the letter "D".
The short answer is "no", at least based on estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - the last census was carried out in 2011.
The ONS last published population density estimates in 2015. Its figures (which are for 2014) are broken down by local authority area, rather than by ceremonial counties.
According to these estimates, the most loosely populated local authority area is Eden in Cumbria, with just 25 people per square kilometre. The data records Cumbria as a whole as having a population density of 74 people per square km.
Under the estimates, the Shropshire Council area, by comparison, has 97 people per square km, while the Telford and Wrekin area has a population density of 584 people.
Based on the 2013 figures, the government produced this interactive map.
Civic Centre 4 - as it's officially known - has been sold by the council to Coventry University, although they are still leasing the building.
The plan is to develop the site, along with three other civic centres - creating a new facilities complex.
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Dudamel said the cancellation, which came just days after President Nicolás Maduro publicly criticised him, was "heartbreaking".
In May, the conductor spoke out against the government.
"May God forgive you for letting yourself be fooled," Mr Maduro replied.
Dudamel, 36, is the music director of both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.
He gained further fame by becoming the youngest musician to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic's annual new year's concert in 2017.
He had stayed silent on the politics of his homeland until the beginning of May, when after a month of anti-government protests, he called on the government "to listen to the people".
As the political crisis in Venezuela worsened, he spoke out again in July, this time in opinion pieces published in the New York Times and Spanish daily El País criticising the constituent assembly the president had convened.
On Friday, President Maduro responded.
"Welcome to politics, Gustavo Dudamel, but act with ethics, and don't let yourself be deceived into attacking the architects of this beautiful movement of young boys and girls," the president said, referring to the young musicians which form part of Venezuela's praised musical education programme, El Sistema.
He also had a dig at the conductor for living abroad: "I don't live abroad, true. None of us lives abroad, in Madrid or in Los Angeles.
"Where do we live? In Venezuela and we have to work for the Venezuelans."
On Monday, three days after that public criticism, Venezuelan media reported that the US tour of Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel had been cancelled by the president's office.
On Tuesday, Dudamel confirmed the reports on Twitter.
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No reason for the cancellation of the tour has been given so far.
Some Venezuelan media speculated that it was cancelled "in revenge" for the conductor speaking out against the government but others pointed out the high cost of transporting the young musicians to the US at a time when the Venezuelan government is running low on foreign currency reserves.
President Maduro is also an outspoken critic of "the imperialist US", which he blames for many of Venezuela's problems.
Tensions between the two countries have risen further this month after President Trump said he did not rule out a military option in dealing with Venezuela's crisis.
One hundred and eighty young musicians had been rehearsing for three months for the four-city US tour scheduled for September.
In June 2013, Shrewsbury Town's Community Trust programme reformed the Shrewsbury Town Ladies team and it has been a growing success story since.
Managed by lifelong Shrewsbury fan Sean Evans, the club achieved their first promotion last season to the West Midlands Division One league.
The club are now in the sixth tier and are four potential promotions away from the Women's Super League - the pinnacle of women's football in England.
"I've got my own ideas where I want to be in five years," Evans told BBC Sport. "I'm a believer in a good work ethic, and if everyone works hard then I firmly believe we can get to Women's Super League standard."
The manager is very aware that work must be done with the side before they can achieve those lofty ambitions, with teams looking to enter the Women's Super League needing to first meet sufficient licensing requirements.
"We feel lucky that we have use of the badge and club colours," he said. "We want to become self-sufficient and self-funded, and over time it will improve. I'm just proud to be involved with the club."
Evans, 27, works full-time in I.T. for the National Health Service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. He and his staff - composed of Tom Leather, Penny Owen, Alun Owen, Chris Bradshaw and others - all work for free in their spare time for Shrewsbury's community programme.
"I absolutely love what I do," he said. "I don't get paid, but I don't expect to or want to at the moment.
"Winning promotion was probably one of the best moments of my life. With Shrewsbury Town winning promotion and me being manager of the ladies team, it was brilliant."
Shrewsbury Town chief executive Matt Williams says he has been delighted by the progress made by the ladies team.
"I'm grateful to Sean, the coaches and the community team for delivering these projects, in their own time for no money," he said.
"We will support Shrewsbury Ladies in the sense of letting them tap into the kit deals, and we give them free advertising in the programme and on the website.
"But we can't afford to subsidise a ladies team. Every penny we generate goes into the first team - it must be likewise with the women's team.
"In the short-term, they have to be a standalone business. From an accounting point of view and a committee point of view, they need to be kept separate. We will apply the same principles that are used running the first team to the running of the women's team."
Following England's third-place finish at the Women's World Cup in Canada last month, attendances in the WSL have increased, with the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Notts County played out in front of a record crowd of 30,710 at Wembley.
"The women's game is growing," said Williams. "The days of it being all women are gone, and the fact that England did so well in Canada speaks volumes for how much the game is growing.
"I believe it will result in male ex-players with UEFA B licences running women's teams."
Tania Prior, a former Portugal international, who now plays for Shrewsbury Ladies after spells with Portuguese sides Sequeirense and Fonte Boa, says that women's football has greater status in England than in her homeland.
"It's definitely more appreciated in England than in Portugal," she said. "Portugal doesn't appreciate women's football that much. There's more developing teams now, but nothing compared to England."
Despite Prior's positive assessment, Evans believes the perception of women's football in England still needs to alter.
"The mindset needs to be changed," he said. "Some haven't watched a game of women's football and there needs to be a 'have a go' attitude. It's enjoyable and we will be grateful for any support we get.
"I really believe every professional football club should have a women's team. It baffles me that so many clubs such as Manchester United do not."
Shrewsbury Town Ladies' are now set to begin their first-ever campaign in the sixth tier, with their first league game of the season away to Stone Dominoes on 20 September.
"To represent the town is really good," said midfielder Daisy Bradshaw, sister of Walsall striker Tom Bradshaw. "My brother made it a big deal because he played for Shrewsbury and it made me realise how big the club is.
"This season we will take it bit by bit. We have better players and we have grown as a team. It's definitely possible that we can get higher up the leagues."
When asked about his hopes the ladies team, Williams added: "I want the number of girls and ladies playing football under the Shrewsbury Town banner to have increased.
"We want our players to enjoy the experience of playing and being involved in football. We want them to become better people because they have been involved with Shrewsbury Town.
"It really is a growth area that we can tap into. Yes, our aspiration is to play at the top level, but let's be realistic - we are at the very bottom of the ladder."
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Vaughan Dodds, 45, who used to work for Durham Police, claimed he was housebound but spent the money on holidays and his children's private school fees.
Dodds, of Spennymoor, had denied a string of dishonesty charges when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court.
But he was convicted of nine charges and jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Dodds was a PC with Durham Police from 1993 until 2007 when he was dismissed for conduct reasons, a force spokeswoman said.
From February to November 1998 he was a member of the armed protection team based at Mirabella, the constituency home of the then Prime Minister and Sedgefield MP Tony Blair.
The hearing heard how Dodds claimed he could not walk more than 10 metres because he had myalgic encephalopathy (ME), and that his wife Mandy was also ill and hypersensitive to sound.
But a jury heard that the couple had gym membership and enjoyed a number of family foreign holidays.
The father-of-two was accused of fraudulently claiming income support, council tax relief and disability living allowance between 2005 and 2009.
Filling out forms to claim money, Dodds said that even the sound of toilet tissue being ripped was distressing for his wife, the hearing heard.
He claimed he had difficulty making main meals for himself and needed help getting out of bed.
But the court saw film footage of the pair at the gym and pictures of them on holiday riding a camel.
Graham O'Sullivan, prosecuting, said: "The prosecution make no bones about it. We say this money was dishonestly obtained.
"We say it was used by Mr Dodds and his wife to fund a comfortable lifestyle - a lifestyle this couple could not otherwise have afforded."
Judge Graham Cook said that the case was made worse because Dodds was a serving officer who should have known the difference between right and wrong.
Nigel Soppitt, defending, said prison would be "bleak and stark" for the former officer.
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An ex-police protection officer for Tony Blair has been jailed after he swindled more than £50,000 in benefits.
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Thousands of the bugs were released at six undisclosed sites last month with more over the summer with the aim of establishing a permanent population.
Scientists hope the insects, brought from Japan, will stunt the super weed, allowing native species to flourish.
Japanese knotweed was first found in the wild in Wales in the 1880s.
It was introduced by the Victorians for horticulture. Its 3-4m (10-13ft) stems, ornamental leaves and clusters of white flowers made it an attractive option for gardens.
But now the plant is prevalent throughout the UK and not only causes great damage to plant biodiversity, it is also causing problems for hard structures, including buildings and flood defences.
In 2015 UK ministers accepted a national eradication programme would be "prohibitively expensive" at £1.5bn.
Scientists at the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, a not-for-profit agricultural research organisation, have been licensed to test the insects, a psyllid or plant louse called Aphalara itadori, since 2010.
Dr Dick Shaw is leading the project with the sap-sucking bugs.
He told Radio Wales' current affairs programme Eye on Wales: "We're trialling different techniques of getting establishment. It's quite challenging to get these things established.
"I'm reassured that it took six attempts to get the grey squirrel established in Britain and that seems to have done fairly well for itself.
"We're now allowed to work near rivers so we've chosen riparian sites with high humidity and the chance of success is much higher."
He said the aim is for the insects to suppress Japanese knotweed's vigour so it "won't be the aggressive invader it is now".
Robin Waistell, 69, is locked in a legal dispute with Network Rail about the Japanese knotweed looming over his bungalow in Maesteg in Bridgend county.
Mr Waistell moved from Spain four years ago after his wife died but his dream of returning to the sun is on hold until he can sell the property.
He said: "The minute you mention Japanese knotweed, people don't want to know."
His legal team are waiting for a new court date at which they will claim Japanese knotweed on Network Rail's land has knocked up to £60,000 off the value of his property.
A Network Rail spokesperson said: "It wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment on an ongoing legal case."
The trials are the first time that a bio-control - the use of a "natural predator" to control a pest - has been used in the EU to fight a weed.
Wales was one of the first sponsors of the project with the then Welsh Development Agency part-funding a survey in 2000 to find a possible bio-control for the plant.
Swansea University researcher Dr Dan Jones uses a seven-and-a-half acre field at Taffs Well, near Cardiff, to evaluate control treatments for Japanese knotweed.
His PhD paper aims to show that there is no "one-hit wonder" for treating Japanese knotweed with herbicide and that persistence in the key.
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The controlled release of insects which feed on Japanese knotweed is being stepped up at locations across south Wales.
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"If you have a spare room in your home, please accommodate tourists," they were told.
The request was made on behalf of the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department, reeling under an unprecedented surge of tourists. Officials say that the region has had up to 600,000 tourists this year.
They expect an equal number - if not more - to visit the picturesque Kashmir Valley before the year is out. But just last summer there were angry protests across the valley.
As calm has returned so have the tourists and they are eager to soak up the famed tranquility of Srinagar.
Harish Agarwal and wife Santosh are part of a 60-member group who are visiting from Gujarat.
On a warm July evening, they sit in the beautiful gardens of Srinagar's Nishat Bagh, eating ripe delicious peaches and watching the sun set over the placid waters of the Dal Lake.
"A month ago, two people from our area visited Kashmir. On their return, they told us that it was all safe and secure here and that gave us the confidence to come for a visit," Mrs Agarwal says.
But as plane-loads and bus-loads of tourists continue to arrive in Srinagar, many without even booking any accommodation, there have been reports that many tourists were forced to spend nights in their vehicles.
"One morning, as I stepped out, I saw an astonishing sight - there were lots of cars parked by the roadside and people were sleeping in them. Some people were sleeping on the pavements too," says John Mohammad Guru who lives in the Kohan Khan area of Srinagar city.
Next to their living quarters, the Guru family has built a new building where they intend to take in tourists for a "homestay" option.
The six-room home is still awaiting license, but the tourism department asked them to take in visitors this season.
Mr Guru says he did record business - his guest house was packed the entire month of May and June when schools across India are closed for summer.
On some days, he says, there were tourists staying even in the four rooms of his family's personal quarters.
His neighbours have similar tales to tell.
"When the tourist rush started, the hotels, houseboats and guesthouses were all full, so we helped out," says Ghulam Mohammad.
"Our entire families, with children, slept in one room so that we could take in guests in our second room. There were tourists driving up to the nearby roadside restaurant at midnight and asking for food. We had never seen anything like this before," he says.
Azim Tuman, 77, is the president of Houseboat Owners' Association and represents 800 plus houseboats berthed in Srinagar's famous Dal Lake and Nageen Lake.
He says "2012 is the best summer I have seen since World War II" when a large number of soldiers, on their way to the battlefield, came to relax and enjoy the scenic beauty of the valley.
"In those days, all our 3,500 houseboats and two hotels were always full," he says.
An armed insurgency against the Indian rule which began in 1989 has kept tourists away from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley for the better part of the last two decades.
But as the situation has eased in the last few years, things have begun to look up. Last year saw a record tourist turnout of 1.1m. This year, tourism director Talat Pervez expects it to be at least 10% more.
At any given time, Srinagar can accommodate 35,000 tourists. But as the numbers in season have far exceeded that, the tourism department a few years ago announced the concept of homestay in Srinagar and other popular tourists spots.
"Nearly 600 homes have been identified across the state for homestay and at least 300 are operational. We are offering 200,000 rupees ($3,620; £2,314) as incentive to families who want to renovate their homes to introduce homestay," Mr Pervez said.
Tourism has long been the mainstay of Kashmir's economy, but after the armed uprising began, tourists started staying away fearing trouble.
"After the disturbance started in the late 1980s, our troubles began," says Vivek Wazir whose family owns the Green Acre guest house, one of the oldest and best homestay options in Srinagar.
"There's no industry in Kashmir, everything is connected to tourism here. The last 22 years have been challenging for all of us involved in the tourism industry," he says.
But this year, he says, has been different.
"Many tourists said they were told by their travel agents that 'Kashmir is open now, this could be your only chance to visit the region. You never know what will happen tomorrow'," he said.
The travel agents were perhaps speaking from experience.
The summer of 2008 was particularly good when arrivals crossed the 400,000 mark, until a controversial decision by the Kashmir government to transfer land to a Hindu shrine board in June led to angry protests and days of strike. It also scared off the tourists.
The valley remained on the boil for the next two summers with regular clashes between the stone-throwing youths and the Indian security forces.
Tourism officials say adverse travel advisories by the US and most European countries have meant dollar-paying foreign tourists are yet to return, but that has not deterred Indian tourists from flocking to Kashmir in large numbers.
The boulevard near the scenic Dal Lake is the scene of regular traffic jams and the well laid out parks and gardens of Srinagar are overrun with visitors.
Meeta Sharma of Patna, who is visiting with her mother and daughter, says: "We were a bit afraid, we had heard about militants, but we are not feeling afraid here any more.
"Srinagar is a beautiful city, full of flowers. It was my childhood dream to come here and it's been fulfilled now," she says.
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The University and College Union questioned more than 2,500 of its members on casual employment contracts in further and higher education.
Of these, 42% said they had problems with household bills, 35% with rent or mortgage and 21% struggled to buy food.
But a university employers' body said the study was flawed as not all the contracts would count as casual.
The union's study, Making ends meet: The human cost of casualisation in education, was carried out between January and April this year.
About 2,550 staff on casual contracts at UK universities and colleges responded - 71% were from the higher education sector, the rest from further education.
About a quarter said they were on zero-hours contracts, 45% were on fixed-term contracts and 32% were paid by the hour.
They included lecturers, tutors, trainers, researchers and postgraduate teachers.
The figures varied between sectors, with 55% of the higher education staff on fixed-term contracts and 32% of the further education staff on zero-hours contracts.
Overall, 47% worked up to 30 hours a week and 33% earned less than £1,000 a month, the survey found. .
About one in 10 could not say how many hours they worked in a week because their employment was so irregular, says the report.
Many said they worked long hours because of worries about where their next job was coming from or because they knew they would not be paid over the holidays.
Some said their hours were being cut to make way for cheaper staff.
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt described some of the employment contracts in the study as "exploitative" and leaving people "unable to plan their lives month by month or even week by week".
"Ministers and employers must stop trying to defend these practices as flexible. People who want security and a proper contract should be able to get one.
"The high levels of casualisation in further and higher education would shock many students and parents and expose the harsh reality of life in modern universities and colleges."
The union says the most recent official figures show more than a third (36%) of academics in higher education were on fixed-term or temporary contracts in 2013.
But the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) disputed the union's definition of fixed-term employment as casual work, pointing out that fixed-term contracts were primarily used for researchers on externally funded projects, lasting three or four years.
A spokesman said numbers of permanent contracts had risen in recent years and, once research contracts were excluded, the proportion of work done by casual staff was more like 3%.
"Higher education institutions cannot simply provide full-time or open-ended employment to everyone who wants it. Like all employers they will always have variable and temporary needs."
The spokesman said specialist lecturers, who combined teaching with other employment in their profession, often preferred flexible contracts.
The Association of Colleges (AoC) said further education had always needed a flexible workforce and employed people on different types of contracts according to need.
"These needs include the levels of demand for some courses, covering staff absences and delivering short courses," said Marc Whitworth, the AoC's employment and policy director.
Mr Whitworth said the UCU's conclusions were "concerning" but "not representative of the discussions we have had with our college members".
A report on casual and hourly paid staff in higher education is due to be published next month after an eight-month inquiry by a joint working group of unions and employers.
The Nigerian, 28, who was brought to Parkhead by Hibs boss Neil Lennon, has not featured for Celtic since July.
A loan move to Blackburn Rovers fell through on Monday due to issues in obtaining a work permit.
Hibs have also signed ex-Motherwell, Falkirk, Dundee United and Ross County defender Brian McLean, 32, on loan with three senior centre-backs injured.
Paul Hanlon, Liam Fontaine and Jordon Forster are all currently sidelined, while their only fit centre-back, Darren McGregor, is suspended for Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final against Ayr United.
McLean, who will also be at Easter Road until the end of the season, arrives after a brief spell with Brunei DPMM in Singapore's S.League.
Both are eligible to play in Wednesday's Scottish Championship match against St Mirren in Paisley, with Hibs looking to extend their seven-point lead at the top.
Head coach Lennon said: "We were a little bit light on bodies in the central defensive position at the minute and bringing in Efe and Brian will fill that void.
"Both have fantastic experience in domestic football here in Scotland, as well as abroad. I know what qualities each of them possess and they will help to bolster the squad as we strive to achieve our goals this campaign."
Fontaine became the most recent casualty when he limped off with an ankle problem during Hibs' 2-2 draw with Dunfermline Athletic last weekend.
Holding midfielder Marvin Bartley took his place at the back, alongside McGregor.
Lennon told BBC Scotland after the match that both Hanlon and Forster, who are nursing pelvic and hamstring injuries respectively, are "not far away" from a return to action.
5 November 2013 Last updated at 00:03 GMT
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The athletes include British cyclists Sir Bradley Wiggins, the country's most-decorated Olympian, and three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome.
There is no suggestion the athletes are involved in any wrongdoing.
Wada says the cyber attack is an attempt to undermine the global anti-doping system.
The records released by the group calling itself "Fancy Bears" mostly detail "Therapeutic Use Exemptions" (TUEs) allowing banned substances to be taken for athletes' verified medical needs.
The group says the TUEs are "licenses for doping" and that Wada is "corrupt and deceitful".
Wada Director General Olivier Niggli, strongly criticised the leak.
"Wada is very mindful that this criminal attack, which to date has recklessly exposed personal data of 29 athletes, will be very distressing for the athletes that have been targeted; and, cause apprehension for all athletes that were involved in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games," he said.
Mr Niggli said there was "no doubt" that the hack was retaliation against Wada for its report into Russian state-sponsored cheating and appealed to the Russian government to help stop it. The Russian authorities have denied any involvement.
Dan Roan, BBC sports editor
They may have been braced for it, but this second leak will dismay the anti-doping authorities.
None of the athletes named has broken any rules, and several of the medical exemptions detailed were already known.
But these leaks will intensify the debate around TUEs and force sport to ask itself some uncomfortable questions about the legal use of certain banned substances.
Is the system being exploited by some athletes? Should TUEs be allowed at all, especially in competition? And given the lack of trust in sport now, is it time to make all TUEs public, even if it means athletes' private medical details are revealed?
The documents relate to 10 American, five British and five German athletes as well as one athlete each from Denmark, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Among the names is the Czech Republic's two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and London 2012 discus gold medallist Robert Harting of Germany.
The list also names 11 medallists from Rio, including American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who won tennis gold in the mixed doubles.
It follows an earlier leak of documents relating to US athletes including multiple gold-winning US gymnast Simone Biles.
The records show that Wiggins was given permission to take two banned substances on several occasions between 2008 and 2013 during competitions including the 2011 Tour de France and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
One of the substances, triamcinolone acetonide, was taken for an allergy to pollen, according to the certificates.
Froome was granted permission to take the banned steroid prednisolone on occasions between 2013 and 2014, including during the 2014 Tour de Romandie race.
In 2014 French newspaper Le Journal de Dimanche reported that Froome had been given permission to take the steroid-based drug because he was suffering from a chill. The International Cycling Union said at the time that the TUE complied with Wada guidelines.
In a statement, Froome said: "I've openly discussed my TUEs with the media and have no issues with the leak, which only confirms my statements. In nine years as a professional I've twice required a TUE for exacerbated asthma, the last time was in 2014."
A spokesperson for Froome's Team Sky added: "Applications made by Team Sky for TUEs have all been managed and recorded in line with the processes put in place by the governing bodies."
A spokesperson for Wiggins said: "There's nothing new here. Everyone knows Brad suffers from asthma; his medical treatment is British Cycling and UCI [cycling's governing body] approved and like all Team GB athletes he follows Wada regulations to the letter.
"The leak of these records is an attempt to undermine the credibility of Wada."
British Cycling said it was "proud" of its anti-doping culture. A spokesperson added: "We condemn the publication of any individual's medical information without their permission."
The other British athletes whose records have been leaked are golfer Charley Hull, rugby sevens player Heather Fisher and rower Sam Townsend.
Russia's track and field team were banned from the Rio Olympics over an alleged state-backed doping programme. All of its athletes are barred from the ongoing Paralympics.
The Russian authorities have denied running a doping programme and maintain Russia is being made a scapegoat for a much larger problem.
On Wednesday, Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "out of the question" that the Kremlin or secret services were involved in the hacking, while the country's sports minister Vitaly Mutko asked: "How can you prove that the hackers are Russian? You blame Russia for everything. It is very 'in' now.''
However, Peskov later said there was "no question" that Russia would be prepared to help Wada if asked.
"Russia consistently backs fighting cybercrime, consistently invites all states and international organisations to co-operate in this area, and this position of Russia is well known," he added.
BBC Radio Nottingham reported on Tuesday that the 28-year-old, who was a free agent after leaving German club Wolfsburg, was discussing terms and he has now agreed a two-year contract.
The Denmark international told BBC Nottingham Sport: "My main goal was to come back to England.
"What happened in Wolfsburg was a sad situation. I have made mistakes in the past, but I am looking to the future."
Bendtner had an unhappy spell in Germany and left the club after several disciplinary issues.
He said the move to a club with a "big history", and the chance to work with Forest manager Philippe Montanier, was the ideal way to make a "new start".
"It is important to prove myself and get back to scoring goals," said Bendtner.
"The coach has given me a great impression of the club and how he wants to do things.
"He cares a lot about football. He wants to play football, he is a nice man and I look forward to working with him."
Forest face Aston Villa on Sunday and Bendtner, who has scored 29 goals in 72 appearances for his country, said he was not quite ready to play.
"I need a little bit of time to settle and adjust but it won't be long," he added.
Bendtner scored 45 goals for Arsenal in 171 games between 2005 and 2014 and also had loan spells at Sunderland, Birmingham and Juventus during that period.
BBC Radio Nottingham's Nottingham Forest correspondent Colin Fray
"Nicklas Bendtner is certainly a controversial figure and has his detractors, but Forest will be hoping that their marquee signing can combine with Britt Assombalonga up front and fire the club into top-six contention.
"He's a player who's proved he's capable of scoring goals in his career - including in the Championship during his loan spell with Birmingham, when he was only 18 and was sent out by Arsenal to gain first-team experience. That spell apart, his entire career has been spent in the top flights in England, Italy and Germany, and he has a wealth of international experience with Denmark, too.
"So, as a free agent, you can see why Forest would be prepared to offer him a deal. At 6ft 4ins tall, he's likely to be handful for Championship defenders, and is the highest-profile signing of 12 this summer."
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But they said the opportunity to review many of the regulations that govern farming should not be lost.
The leaders of the UK's farming unions have been meeting in Northern Ireland.
In a statement, they said the job of transposing existing EU laws is one of the "biggest legislative challenges" ever faced.
The government has announced plans to bring EU laws into domestic legislation at the point of exit.
The details are in a white paper published on Thursday for a proposed Great Repeal Bill.
The UK government will then have the power to amend the legislation.
Ulster Farmer's Union president Barclay Bell said farmers wanted an "efficient and streamlined" regulatory system through a future agriculture bill.
He said "too often" farmers had been burdened by rules that stifled the ability to farm "for no discernible reason".
He said the farm unions recognised the value of good regulation which could promote productivity while protecting human health and the environment.
"But bad regulation often achieves none of these," he said.
Farmers have said they recognise the need for continuity and stability to provide businesses with certainty and to keep standards aligned as a new trading arrangement with Europe is hammered out.
Mr Bell said there were a "huge number" of EU regulations governing the day-to-day running of UK farms.
The white paper says the government will want to set a UK-wide legislative framework for things like farming.
But devolved ministers will also have some powers to amend legislation for which they have responsibility.
The giant, annual Victory Day parade for the first time included missiles adapted for Arctic warfare.
Russia is developing new Arctic bases.
"No force will be able to dominate our people," Mr Putin said, deploring the havoc that Nazi Germany wreaked in the war. The USSR lost more than 20 million people - more than any other country.
The Soviet Union (USSR) ceased to exist in 1991.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko took part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Kiev. He told Ukrainian soldiers that Russia was trying to use the victory anniversary "to satisfy its own revanchist, imperialist and expansionist needs".
"The Kremlin is still trying to command Ukraine as if it commanded the four Ukrainian fronts in the 1940s."
Russia has often been accused of downplaying the role of other nations in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Western sanctions were imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in 2014. They were ratcheted up - targeting many close associates of Mr Putin - when the Russian military bolstered pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The Kremlin denies helping the rebels militarily, but admits that Russian "volunteers" have joined their ranks.
The military hardware on show in Red Square on Tuesday included Pantsir-SA air defence missiles in grey-white Arctic camouflage.
Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles, which can deliver nuclear warheads, also trundled past the assembled military top brass, government officials and bemedalled war veterans.
Members of a new "military-patriotic" youth movement, called Yunarmiya, participated in the parade for the first time.
In depth: Soviet-German war, 1941-1945
The main event was in Moscow, but parades also took place in cities across Russia, many of which were devastated in the 1941-1945 bloodbath that Russians call the "Great Patriotic War".
"To fight terrorism, extremism and neo-Nazism we need the co-operation of the entire world community," Mr Putin said in his short speech.
Russia has deployed many of its latest weapons in the Syrian war, backing President Bashar al-Assad's forces, who are also heavily assisted by Iran.
The two girls were "touched inappropriately" during a visit to the attraction, in Windsor, on Thursday.
Detectives have urged others who visited the resort to check their photos to see if the man is in the background.
He is described as white, under 5ft 8in-tall, wearing dark slim-fitting trousers, a dark t-shirt and trainers.
The assaults happened between 12:15 BST and 12:30 at Castaway Camp in the Pirate Shores area of the attraction.
Det Insp Penny Mackenzie of the Thames Valley Police child abuse investigation unit said: "We really need the public's help to find the offender and I would urge anyone who recognises the man in the e-fit to contact police.
"If you went to Legoland on Thursday please check any photographs you may have taken to see if you can spot anyone who looks like the man in this e-fit. If you have any photographs you want to share with us please email them.
"I would like to reiterate that such offences are extremely rare. We are conducting a detailed investigation and working closely with Legoland in order to find the offender."
Positive news on a technical agreement in Greece's bailout deal failed to make an impression.
The FTSE 100 index dropped 71.68 points to 6,664.54.
Four of the top five fallers on the FTSE 100 were mining companies for which China is a key market.
Glencore was the biggest casualty, falling 7.3%. BHP Billiton fell 5% .
The surprise devaluation will make imports into China more expensive, hitting retail companies such as Burberry.
Burberry, which has some 14% of its sales in China, saw its shares fall 4.4%.
On the upside, Prudential reversed an early fall to climb 4.7% after releasing a 17% rise in first-half operating profit.
And the gold price rose almost 2% as investors looked for safe haven investments away from volatile currencies and equities.
Miners of precious metals saw their shares rise. Randgold Resources and Fresnillo were both some 0.5% higher.
Base metal miners were also the biggest losers in the midcap FTSE 250. Vedanta fell 7.6%. Kaz Minerals was down 6.75%.
Shares in Serco reversed earlier gains to end down 1.2%, after the outsourcing group said revenues in the first six months of the year fell to £1.8bn from £2bn a year earlier.
Serco is attempting to revive its fortunes following problems with a number of failed contracts, including a scandal over tagging criminals.
Shares in Just Retirement Group rose in early trading but then fell back to stand 5.5% lower after the company announced it had agreed to buy rival Partnership Assurance for £669m.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.2% against the dollar to $1.5560, and was down 0.2% against the euro at €1.4130.
Throughout the 1800s it hovered around the 40 years of age mark in the UK, but since the start of the 20th Century it has almost doubled.
This can be put down to a number of factors including improved health care, sanitation, immunisations, access to clean running water and better nutrition.
It means about a third of babies born today can expect to celebrate their 100th birthday.
But are we thinking about the issue in the right way?
Ministers have responded to the challenge of the ageing population by increasing the age at which people qualify for the state pension to 68 in future years.
This has been done to maintain the ratio of working-age adults to pensioners.
At the moment there are 3.7 20 to 64-year-olds for every person over 65.
If the current trend in life expectancy continues, by 2050 it will be down to 2 to 1.
It will come as no surprise that increasing working lives to 68 almost completely counteracts this.
But it is not quite as simple as that.
People can only work if they remain in good health - and currently the average "healthy life expectancy" is 63.5 years of age, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The problem is that a rise in life expectancy does not automatically lead to a similar rise in years spent in reasonable health.
Over the last 20 years the gap has been getting wider. Life expectancy has risen by 4.6%, but healthy life by only 3%.
So what can be done about it?
It is an issue that is being explored by the International Longevity Centre - UK, a think tank led by Baroness Sally Greengross, who recently chaired a House of Lords committee.
Prof Les Mayhew, of the Cass Business School, who acts as an adviser for the centre, believes the answer lies not in improving health care, but in investing in prevention and early intervention.
"That means addressing lifestyles, but also giving people the right support to stay healthy and independent. Social care will be critical.
"If we are not careful we will just end up in a situation where instead of people retiring there will just be more on incapacity benefit."
To stress his point, Prof Mayhew has carried out modelling, which shows the importance of healthy life expectancy.
He looked at various scenarios to see what effect they would have on GDP.
It shows that by far the most important factor in terms of encouraging economic growth is expanding healthy working lives by a year.
If that could be achieved, GDP would grow by 2.7% compared with 1.6% for increasing the numbers working by 1% and the 1% boost gained from a 1% increase in productivity.
Understandably, the government maintains it is taking improving the health of the nation and supporting older people seriously.
Just last week ministers in England announced more details about how the cap on elderly care costs will work.
Meanwhile, a national organisation - Public Health England - has been created to encourage lifestyle changes and councils have been given ring-fenced budgets to spend on public health schemes.
Nonetheless, in light of the recent apparent U-turns on plain packaging for cigarettes and the minimum pricing for alcohol, the suspicion persists that not enough is being done.
Prof Michael Murphy, an expert in demography from the London School of Economics, says: "Although healthy ageing and well-being are on the political agenda, actions so far have been limited."
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) "opened suspension proceedings" last month following the publication of another damaging report.
That report, compiled by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, claimed Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011 to 2015.
The Paralympics begin on 7 September.
The IPC is set to announce whether it will suspend the National Paralympic Committee of Russia at a news conference in Rio.
Should the NPC be suspended it will have 21 days to appeal against the decision.
Reacting to the McLaren report, IPC president Sir Philip Craven said: "McLaren's findings are of serious concern for everyone committed to clean and honest sport.
"The additional information we have been provided with by Richard McLaren includes the names of the Para athletes associated with the 35 'disappearing positive samples' from the Moscow laboratory highlighted in the report.
"We are also urgently following up on McLaren's recommendation for 19 samples from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games to be sent for further analysis, having been identified as part of the sample-swapping regime in place during the Games."
Craven said Russia's NPC would be given the chance to make its case before a decision is made.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) originally said individual sports' governing bodies should decide if Russian competitors were clean to compete at the Olympics, which begin on 5 August.
But it now says a newly convened three-person panel "will decide whether to accept or reject that final proposal".
More than 250 Russian athletes have so far been cleared to compete.
The IOC says it plans to re-test all Russians who competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Russia topped the medal tables at both the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the Russian city of Sochi, winning 113 in total, 43 of them gold.
Commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, it looked into claims by Grigory Rodchenkov, the ex-head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory.
He alleged he doped dozens of athletes in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Games with the help of the Russian government, which exploited its host status to subvert the drug-testing programme.
Rodchenkov, now in hiding in the United States, also alleged that he doped athletes before the 2012 Games in London, the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow and the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan.
The 'Spy Booth' artwork, which depicts three spies "snooping" on a telephone box, appeared in Hewlett Road in April.
It was badly damaged with spray paint earlier this month.
Robin Barton, from London's Bankrobber gallery, who asked Tom Organ to assess the damage, said the six-week project would return it "to its former glory".
Mr Barton said it had been "established beyond doubt" that the mural could be successfully restored whilst keeping the structural integrity of the Grade II* listed building intact.
Mr Barton added that Roger Wilson, the man who claims to own the house, had "agreed to cover the costs of the restoration in full".
In a letter to Mr Barton, professional art restorer Mr Organ said he aimed to recover the original image, under the recent graffiti, and to carry out "essential stabilisation and work" in order to improve its long-term conservation.
Mr Organ, who also warned the cost of any restoration project could rise, added he would need "proof of ownership of the piece" before any work could be carried out.
The artwork was daubed with white paint just days after it appeared in April but it was saved by drinkers who rushed from a nearby pub to wash off the paint before it dried.
In August, silver and red graffiti was sprayed over the mural and, less than two weeks later, protective hoardings were removed and holes made at the four corners.
After the holes appeared, businessman Hekmat Kaveh - who has offered funds to buy the house to ensure the mural stays in the town - said he thought an attempt was being made to remove it.
And on Wednesday, photos emerged of the inside of the house on which the Banksy is painted after "substantial work" was carried out on the listed building.
Islamic State (formerly known as Isis) militants are reported to have taken over the town of Sinjar near Syria.
It follows the IS takeover of the town of Zumar and two nearby oilfields from Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Saturday.
IS seized large parts northern Iraq from government control in a major offensive in June.
The UN special envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said that a "humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Sinjar".
"The United Nations has grave concerns for the physical safety of these civilians" he said.
"The humanitarian situation of these civilians is reported as dire, and they are in urgent need of basic items including food, water and medicine" he added.
The UN said many of those who fled are in exposed areas in mountains near the town.
Many of those in Sinjar are believed to have fled from earlier IS advances in northern Iraq.
The town is home to a large community of Kurdish Yazidis, whom IS consider heretical.
Two Yazidi shrines have reportedly been destroyed in the town.
Kurdish military forces, known as the Peshmerga, were also forced to retreat from the nearby town of Zumar on Saturday after a militant offensive.
Kurdish forces had held the town since the Iraqi army retreated from the are in June.
Eyewitnesses said militants also seized control of two small oilfields near Zumar.
IS already controls several other oil installations in northern Iraq, which are believed to fund its activities.
Iraqi state television reported that the militants also took control of Mosul Dam on Sunday after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces.
The dam is the largest in Iraq and provides much of Mosul's electricity.
Further south, clashes between the Iraqi army and sunni militants continued near the town of Jufr al-Sakhar, military officials said.
The Iraqi army said it conducted several airstrikes on militants in the centre of the town, which lies about 60 km south-west of Baghdad.
The town was captured by the militants last week.
The fighting this summer has been one of the worst crises to hit Iraq since the withdrawal of US forces in 2011.
The currently untitled film will be set in the 1960s and focus on Dahl's marriage to actress Patricia Neal.
"I can't imagine anyone better to give the ambivalent nature of Roald Dahl's life," the film's producer Elliot Jenkins said.
"He was such a man of wounded parts below his polished veneer of self-confidence."
The 1960s were a time when Dahl struggled to write some of his most famous works, such as Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The same decade saw Neal starring in Hud, a role which saw her win an Oscar for best actress.
The biopic has been described as being in the same vein as the Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson film Saving Mr Banks - the story of Walt Disney trying to persuade PL Travers to let him make a film out of her novel Mary Poppins.
The role of Neal has yet to be cast.
In other Bonneville casting news, it has also been announced he will star in the new Thomas & Friends film Journey Beyond Sodor.
The actor will voice a new engine called Merlin who believes he has the power of invisibility.
He follows in the footsteps of Ringo Starr, Eddie Redmayne, Alec Baldwin and Olivia Colman who have also previously featured in Thomas & Friends.
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The incident happened at Hoa Binh Province General Hospital, west of the capital, Hanoi, on Monday.
Eighteen people were being treated when some felt sick and breathless. Six patients died on Monday afternoon and another later that night.
Vietnamese authorities have launched a criminal investigation.
"I would like to apologise to families and the whole community; we are very surprised at this rare incident," hospital director Truong Quy Duong told state media.
The 18 patients were receiving routine dialysis, a process that cleans the blood and removes waste products - often by passing blood through a machine - for those whose kidneys have stopped working properly.
Le Tien Dung, whose wife is in intensive care, told AFP news agency that his wife had fallen ill during the treatment.
"She became itchy all over her body, she had a stomach ache and vomited," he said. "My biggest hope is that my wife will overcome this."
The remaining 10 patients have been transferred to another hospital in Hanoi and are reported to be in stable condition.
This is one of the worst medical incidents in Vietnam in recent years. Health authorities are trying to identify the cause and police in Hoa Binh have opened their own criminal investigation into suspected misuse of medicines.
On social media, many people have been shocked and disturbed. But in an apparent attempt to curb speculation, some early posts on Facebook were removed.
Patient safety in Vietnam's health care system - a mixture of government-funded and private facilities - has been in the spotlight in recent years.
In December, two people died at a Hanoi hospital due to anaesthesia procedures ahead of surgery. In 2013, three children died in Quang Tri after being given the wrong vaccinations.
State media said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam had visited the Hoa Binh hospital and called for "all available resources" to help the surviving patients.
Health ministry officials were at the hospital and must report findings by the end of Tuesday, it said.
Addressing the company's annual reception in London on Wednesday, Ben van Beurden said he valued the "continuity and stability" of the UK.
He said the company had reached this view for the same reasons it supported the UK staying "inside the EU".
The Scottish government said an EU referendum was the "real risk" facing the oil and gas sector.
Last week, Shell hosted the UK cabinet at its headquarters in Aberdeen.
At the time, the chairman of Shell UK, Ed Daniels, said the independence debate was "a matter for Scottish people" and that "it would be wrong" for Shell to intervene.
Mr van Beurden's view on independence came on the day Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays both cited the Scottish independence referendum as a potential risk to their businesses.
In their annual reports, the banks listed the referendum alongside a raft of other perceived risks from the UK, Europe and across the world.
In his speech, Mr van Beurden said one of the "many things" the company valued about the UK was the "continuity and stability" it offered.
He added: "Yes, we're used to operating in uncertain political and economic environments. But, given a choice, we want to know as accurately as possible what investment conditions will look like 10 or 20 years from now.
"That's the chief reason we're in favour of the UK maintaining its long-established place at the heart of the European Union: it provides greater investment stability and certainty.
By Douglas FraserBusiness and economy editor, Scotland
So why are businesses speaking up now?
Partly, it's because this is a busy time of year for reporting financial results, and publication of annual reports, which require those risk registers to be made public.
But there's another factor. Several of the concerns raised about Scottish independence are within the context of greater concerns that UK voters could take the opportunity of a referendum to pull out from the European Union.
Three years out from that possible date with constitutional destiny, business is serving notice that it would make its presence felt in that fight.
And it may be wary that this May's European Parliament elections could build the momentum towards a referendum on the issue.
"But, as a global business with feet planted firmly on both sides of the Channel, we also believe that the UK's national interests are best served by a close relationship with Europe.
"The continent faces medium-term challenges - not least relating to its economic competitiveness. But we believe those challenges are best tackled - to the benefit of all - with the UK's voice loudly expressed and loudly heard inside the EU.
"It's for similar reasons that we'd like to see Scotland remain part of the United Kingdom.
"Shell has a long history of involvement in the North Sea - and therefore in Scotland - and we continue to invest more than a billion pounds there every year."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "The Scottish government agree with Shell that the real risk facing the oil and gas sector is the proposed in-out referendum on EU membership, which risks taking Scotland out of Europe with all the consequences for jobs, investment and prosperity that would entail.
"We would be happy to meet with Shell to discuss the future of the oil and gas industry in an independent Scotland.
"As Ed Daniels, chairman of Shell UK has acknowledged, the independence debate is a matter for the Scottish people. A recent Oil and Gas People poll showed that in fact, 70% of oil workers planned to vote for independence.
"Industry has significant confidence in the opportunities presented in the North Sea. Combined, operators, including Shell, have around £100bn worth of investment planned for the North Sea. And with more than half of oil and gas reserves by value still to be extracted, that investment will continue after independence.
"Shell is a company which already operates in more than 40 independent countries around the globe, and an independent Scotland with full control of its economy and huge resources will offer an attractive and stable environment for businesses in the offshore and other sectors."
Mr van Beurden's comments come after BP's chief executive, Bob Dudley, said he personally believed Britain "ought to stay together".
Speaking in response to Mr Dudley's remarks, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said he was "entitled to his personal opinion" but added that many other chief executives were firmly in favour of independence.
Interviewed on BBC Breakfast last month, BA group chief executive Willie Walsh said he thought Scottish independence would be a "positive development" for the company as he believed a Scottish government would abolish air passenger duty.
A spokesman for the pro-Union campaign Better Together said the latest big business interventions in the referendum debate showed independence would "cost jobs".
He added: "Shell is now the second key North Sea investor in a few weeks to call for Scotland to stay in the UK, following the intervention from BP's chief executive Bob Dudley.
"The best way to preserve jobs and to make the most of depleting North Sea oil and gas reserves, without allowing the volatility of the tax we get risking public services, is to take advantage of the broad shoulders of the larger UK economy.
"What we have seen in recent days is some of the largest employers and investors in Scotland outline big problems with Alex Salmond's independence obsession."
James Cook, BBC Scotland correspondent: "There is the battle of Britain and then there is the battle of Brussels.
"One is nearly upon us but the other may not be that far off, and both are exercising business.
"Scotland will vote on leaving the United Kingdom on September 18 and, if the Conservatives win the 2015 general election, David Cameron says Britain will vote on leaving the European Union before the end of 2017.
"Campaigners for independence say too little attention has been paid to the latter possibility.
"They point to comments from the chief executive of the engineering giant, GKN, Nigel Stein, who said this week that Scottish independence would make no difference to his company while the prospect of leaving the EU would be "deeply harmful".
"But opponents of independence point to a string of companies which appear less relaxed about the prospect of Scottish secession. Bosses from Standard Life, BP, RBS and Lloyds have all raised concerns in recent weeks.
"In the boardrooms, both battles are getting into full swing.
"Their outcome will shape the future of Scotland, Britain and Europe."
Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland political correspondent: "When Shell hosted David Cameron's cabinet in Aberdeen last week, the company's UK chairman, Ed Daniels, stressed that the decision on independence was for Scottish voters and that it would be "wrong" for Shell to intervene in the debate.
"It seems that the chief executive of the global company takes a different view.
"In scripted remarks to those attending Shell's annual reception in London, Ben van Beurden made clear that he would prefer Scotland to "remain part of the UK" and for the UK to stay in the European Union.
"Most of his comments addressed the EU dimension ahead of elections to the European Parliament in May and a possible in/out referendum on UK membership in 2017.
"The Scottish government said this was the "real risk" to jobs , investment and prosperity in the North Sea and offered to meet Shell to discuss its plans for Scottish independence within the EU.
"It has set up an expert commission to review the tax and regulation options for the oil and gas sector in the event of a "yes" vote in September's independence referendum.
"The chief executive of BP, Bob Dudley, previously said he personally thought Britain "ought to stay together". Shell's boss appears to have expressed a corporate view.
"While Mr van Beurden made Shell's constitutional preferences clear, he also pointed out that the company works in far less stable political and economic environments around the world and said it continues to invest around a billion pounds a year in North Sea oil and gas operations."
The European Parliament says the trial "is a violation of international and national laws and clearly shows the malfunctioning of the Russian criminal justice system".
The Russian interior ministry has accused Mr Magnitsky and the UK-based fund manager who employed him, Bill Browder, of tax evasion. Mr Browder will also be tried - but in absentia, because he believes his life would be in danger were he to return to Russia.
According to a ministry official, Boris Kibis, the Magnitsky case remains open because there has been no request from his relatives to halt it.
Legal experts contacted by the BBC said they could find no parallels for the Magnitsky trial - whether in Russia or internationally. They say there are dubious legal grounds for such a case.
There is a grisly medieval precedent for putting a dead man on trial - in 897 the then Pope, Stephen VII, held a trial of his predecessor, Formosus, whose body was dug up and propped up on a chair in the papal court.
US law professor Donald Wilkes, of the University of Georgia, has written that Stephen VII "screamed and raved, hurling insults at and mocking the rotting corpse" at what was dubbed "the Cadaver Synod".
Formosus was found guilty of violating Church law, but the macabre trial caused widespread anger in Rome and within months Pope Stephen VII was overthrown.
Under Russian law the death of the accused means the investigation ought to be stopped, retired Russian judge Tamara Morshchakova told the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow. She formerly served in Russia's Constitutional Court.
Mr Magnitsky's death in prison while on remand in 2009 has become a cause celebre among critics of abuse in the Russian justice system.
Acting on behalf of Hermitage Capital Management, he had exposed an alleged fraud in which government officials had stolen $230m (£150m) of tax revenue.
But instead of prosecuting any of the alleged embezzlers, the police arrested Mr Magnitsky.
In prison his pancreatitis went untreated and an investigation by the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council concluded that he was a victim of criminal negligence. There is evidence that a beating by prison guards may have killed the chronically ill prisoner, the council reported. His relatives said his body was bruised and finger bones had been broken.
The council also condemned the fact that the same interior ministry officials whom Mr Magnitsky had accused of tax fraud were the ones who handled his arrest and prosecution.
The Magnitsky case has soured Russian-US relations and the European Parliament has urged EU governments to emulate the US Magnitsky Act, which bars entry for Russian officials suspected of human rights violations. Officials on the blacklist can also have their foreign assets frozen under the act.
Nobody has been convicted over the lawyer's death or the alleged theft from state coffers. A prison doctor was acquitted in December, after being accused of negligence.
Ms Morshchakova said the posthumous trial of Mr Magnitsky was "very strange" and "dangerous".
"If such trials were possible then in Russian judicial practice there would be a lot of 'dead souls' in the role of the accused," she said.
The exploitation of dead people for personal profit is the theme of Dead Souls, a 19th-Century Russian classic by Nikolai Gogol. The grotesque comedy features a social climber who buys dead serfs from the nobles who owned them.
"The authorities must halt this travesty," Amnesty International said in January.
"The trial of a deceased person and the forcible involvement of his relatives is a dangerous precedent that would open a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record," Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia Director John Dalhuisen said.
Mr Magnitsky's widow and mother oppose the trial - but the state has appointed defence lawyers anyway to represent Mr Magnitsky and Mr Browder.
Prof Mike Redmayne, a criminal law expert at the London School of Economics (LSE), told BBC News that "trying a dead person would make as much sense as trying a horse".
He said there was usually no point trying dead people because trials are about punishment and involve a process of interaction with the accused, including the accused's ability to defend him- or herself. "It is possible to have a trial in absentia if the defendant disappears, but we rarely do this," he said.
Ella Paneyakh, a sociologist and legal expert at Russia's European University in St Petersburg, said the case illustrated how in President Vladimir Putin's Russia "they are getting very creative, interpreting the law very literally, in a way which does not correspond to the spirit of the law".
"One thing this case says is that there is no real rule of law in Russia, at least in such political issues," she told BBC News.
The "unprecedented" trial of a dead man, she said, shows that "so much political capital is already invested in this case, and they need some legal back-up".
"Many lawyers are looking at this case now, and if someone knew of a similar case [previously] it would appear on social networks - but it hasn't," she said.
Russian law does allow relatives to get a dead person rehabilitated, to restore their reputation - a practice that was common in the post-Stalin thaw under Nikita Khrushchev, to clear the names of people executed or exiled by the Communist Party as "traitors" or "saboteurs".
The posthumous rehabilitation process allowed old cases to be re-examined, but did not lead to new prosecutions, Ms Paneyakh said. That was frustrating for some Soviet-era dissidents who wanted punishment for those who had sentenced them.
The UK has also reopened some historic cases involving dead people, where there are suspected miscarriages of justice - but that did not mean putting a dead person on trial.
It happened at Creggan Road shortly before 05:00 GMT on Wednesday morning.
The woman was taken to Altnagelvin hospital for wounds to her abdomen and bruising to her face. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
A 36-year-old man who was arrested by police has been bailed pending further enquiries.
The Turner Prize is named after landscape painter JMW Turner, who was inspired by the Thanet coast and gave his name to the Kent gallery.
The winner of the prize is revealed at a venue outside London every other year, with Margate to host in 2019.
Gallery director Victoria Pomery said it was "a truly transformative opportunity" for the seaside town.
She added: "It seems even more fitting to host the prize here in Margate on the site where JMW Turner was so inspired."
The unmade bed of artist Tracey Emin, who grew up in the seaside town, was controversially shortlisted for the prize in 1999.
In 1998, winner, Chris Ofili used elephant dung in his painting, and Damien Hirst won the prize in 1995 for displaying the severed halves of a cow and calf in formaldehyde.
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JMW Turner first came to Margate at the age of 11, returned to sketch there at 21 and became a regular visitor to paint the sea and skies.
More than 100 examples of his work, including some of his most famous seascapes, were inspired by the east Kent coast.
The Turner Prize has previously been shown in Liverpool, Gateshead, Derry and Glasgow.
This year it will be held at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, with the £25,000 winner announced on 5 December.
Council finance convenor Willie Young claimed pulling out could have cost the authority £100m in cancellation fees.
The council later said there would be no financial penalty.
SNP Aberdeen Central MSP Kevin Stewart said he had written to council chief executive Angela Scott calling for an investigation.
Mr Young said earlier this week of his original comments: "It's unfortunate when I said that I wasn't in possession of all of the facts. As far as I'm concerned, having spoken to our officers, that was exactly the position that I was advised."
Planning permission for the development was granted in October.
Developer Muse has said it would be a "world-class development", but protesters fear it will block the view of the historic Marischal College and Provost Skene House.
The Loons led early on when David Cox nodded in Milne's centre before setting up Thomas O'Brien for the second.
Danny Denholm fired the third high past goalkeeper Blair Currie.
Milne got his head to a Jamie Bain cross to make it four after the break, Aidan Smith pulled one back, but Milne restored Forfar's advantage.
As Forfar, who have a game in hand over second-top Elgin City, consolidated their place at the top, Annan were left five points adrift of Clyde in fifth.
Match ends, Forfar Athletic 5, Annan Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Forfar Athletic 5, Annan Athletic 1.
Foul by Matthew Aitken (Forfar Athletic).
Ryan Sinnamon (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Peters (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tony Ribeiro (Annan Athletic).
Substitution, Annan Athletic. Tony Ribeiro replaces David McKenna.
Allan Smith (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Watson (Annan Athletic).
Attempt missed. Ryan Sinnamon (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Josh Peters (Forfar Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Forfar Athletic. Matthew Aitken replaces Lewis Milne.
Goal! Forfar Athletic 5, Annan Athletic 1. Lewis Milne (Forfar Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marc Scott.
Foul by Jamie Bain (Forfar Athletic).
Max Wright (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match Grant Adam (Forfar Athletic) because of an injury.
Martyn Fotheringham (Forfar Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Martyn Fotheringham (Forfar Athletic).
Nathan Flanagan (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Darren Ramsay (Annan Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Forfar Athletic. Marc Scott replaces Danny Denholm.
Substitution, Forfar Athletic. Allan Smith replaces David Cox.
Substitution, Annan Athletic. Nathan Flanagan replaces Adam Asghar.
Jamie Bain (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David McKenna (Annan Athletic).
Peter Watson (Annan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Josh Peters (Forfar Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Stuart Malcolm (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Steven Swinglehurst (Annan Athletic).
Corner, Annan Athletic. Conceded by Stuart Malcolm.
Corner, Annan Athletic. Conceded by Stuart Malcolm.
Attempt missed. Jamie Bain (Forfar Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Forfar Athletic. Conceded by Jean-Guy Lucas.
Goal! Forfar Athletic 4, Annan Athletic 1. Aidan Smith (Annan Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David McKenna.
Attempt missed. Josh Peters (Forfar Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Corner, Forfar Athletic. Conceded by Steven Swinglehurst.
Attempt missed. Max Wright (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Stuart Malcolm (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aidan Smith (Annan Athletic).
Thomas O'Brien (Forfar Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
The prime minister said Mr Hunt had been "rather unfairly misinterpreted".
Mr Hunt faced criticism from unions and charities after saying the controversial reforms would send out a "cultural signal" to low paid workers.
He has said his comments were "wilfully misinterpreted" by the media.
The government is facing calls to mitigate the effect of the tax credit reforms, which include lowering the threshold at which the full amounts are paid.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned it is "arithmetically impossible" for nobody to lose out under the changes, which come into effect at the end of the year.
Another think tank, The Resolution Foundation, which is headed by former Conservative minister David Willetts, said more than one million households would lose an average of £1,350 a year.
Mr Hunt's comments came at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.
"We have to proceed with these tax credit changes because they are a very important cultural signal," he said.
"My wife is Chinese and if we want this to be one of the most successful countries in the world in 20, 30, 40 years time there is a pretty difficult question that we have to answer which is, essentially, are we going to be a country which is prepared to work hard in a way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard, in a way that Americans are prepared to work hard?
"And that is about creating a culture where work is at the heart of our success."
Single-parent charity Gingerbread accused him of "demonising" low-income families, while Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey described the comments as "a disgraceful insult" from the "richest member of the Cabinet".
But speaking on BBC Radio 5 Mr Cameron said Mr Hunt had been saying he wanted the UK to be "one of the great success stories of the 21st century".
The PM said the UK was "very hard-working as a country", with more people in work than ever before.
He added: "So I think he has been rather unfairly misinterpreted, but these things happen."
Mr Cameron also denied that the tax credit changes would be penalising people - saying that they were part of a package of changes - with a higher minimum wage and a higher starting point for paying tax - which would change the UK into a place with higher pay and lower welfare and lower tax.
The Brazilian team Chapecoense was due to compete in the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday.
It is believed their plane ran out of fuel, and suffered an electrical fault.
Speaking to Bolivian channel Gigavision before take-off, one crew member praised the team for climbing to the top of the contest and reaching the final, saying "I think we'll return with good results."
Everton dos Santos Goncalves, striker for Chapecoense, is seen on the footage happily approaching him, saying "everything is fine because he is in charge".
The Bolivian TV interviewer is thought to be the sister of the co-pilot, Sisy Arias.
Interviewed by the channel, Ms Arias spoke of the importance of having a Bolivian company transporting a Brazilian team to Medellin. Many photos of the co-pilot, who is the daughter of journalist, Jorge Arias, have been posted on social media:
Only six of the 77 people on board the plane survived the crash. Three players were among the survivors, while 19 players and the coaching staff died.
Compiled by Sherie Ryder, BBC News and Social Media team
In a joint statement, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) alleged Sinn Féin is waging an aggressive "cultural war".
They called on unionists to attend a "cultural convention" in the autumn to promote future Twelfth of July events.
The statement was issued by DUP and PUP group leaders on Belfast City Council.
Bonfires are traditionally lit in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland on the eve of the annual 12 July celebrations.
The tradition commemorates the victory of William III - also known as William of Orange or King Billy - over the Catholic forces of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
However, some bonfires have been controversial, as they have presented a risk to health and safety or caused damage to homes and property.
The four bonfire sites named in the injunction are:
The DUP-PUP statement was released days after the council was granted a High Court injunction that bans any more material being added to four east Belfast bonfires.
Sinn Féin has told the BBC that all political parties on the council, including the unionist parties, had supported filing for the injunction.
A Sinn Féin spokesperson said: "It is clear from this statement that both the DUP and PUP have provided no answer to the public for their support for the court injunction on four council sites.
"What is needed now is leadership from unionist parties instead of attempting to divert from their support for these injunctions with a baseless and inflammatory attack on Sinn Féin.
"This injunction was supported by all political parties on Belfast City Council including the DUP, UUP and PUP."
Alliance Party Leader Naomi Long has said the move was proposed by council staff and had the support of unionist councillors.
Pointing out that the joint PUP-DUP letter did not defend nor deny that support, she tweeted: "They hope by keeping quiet they can off-load responsibility onto Alliance for taking [a] decision.
"They haven't a spine between them, frankly."
She also said that the "vast majority of residents would be grateful for leadership to break climate of fear" but added that "locals [are] afraid to speak" as the fear a "backlash".
On Monday, a council spokesperson said the injunction was "obtained in the context of preserving public safety and avoiding and minimising damage to property".
"In particular its purpose was to prevent more materials from reaching the sites in question."
The council added that the injunction "does not make any specific reference to the lighting of the bonfire".
In relation to the assertion that the injunction had the support of all parties, a council spokesperson said: "A meeting was conducted with the caveat of confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of the issues to be discussed, and the presence of external agencies."
In later statement, the PUP welcomed what it described as "clarification" from Belfast City Council.
It said: "We believe that this clarification clearly defines the original intention of preventing the bonfires from growing to an unmanageable size that may endanger property, and, in some cases, life.
"We also believe that it does not prevent the lighting of any materials that are already on site and that no person doing so should face any legal action.
"This injunction should not be allowed to be used as a blanket authorisation to criminalise our community.
"Where this happens, we will be there to oppose and stand strong against any street agitation from Republicans," it added.
In their joint statement, DUP councillor Lee Reynolds and PUP councillor Billy Hutchinson said parades and bonfires were about "celebrating a momentous victory and a key part of the narrative around our contribution to our national history".
"In recent weeks there has been a clear strategy to rewrite this narrative and to discredit the celebrations surrounding it," they added.
"Republicans wish to undo all positive progress such as the growth of Orangefest and the successes of the Bonfire programme.
"We must not let our unity of purpose be disrupted or harmed by the actions of those who want to devalue and demean us."
Sinn Féin councillor Jim McVeigh was among those who welcomed the injunction, saying it would stop large bonfires threatening the safety of people, homes and property.
Speaking on the BBC's Nolan Show on Monday, Mr McVeigh said he hoped the council would ask a contractor to clear all the material already gathered at the four bonfire sites.
However, the DUP and PUP statement claimed Mr McVeigh was being used as a "glorified message boy" to hide Sinn Féin's "strategic failures".
They accused Sinn Féin of an "attempt at cultural dictation" and called on unionists to "work together for a cultural renewal that includes input from the parading organisations, bands, community organisations and bonfire groups".
The DUP and PUP issued an invitation to "those who want the Twelfth celebrations to succeed to come together this autumn for a cultural convention".
"The aim of this will be to ensure that the unionist community can go forward with one voice in promoting our culture, heritage and tradition, as well as to ensure that our celebrations continue to be bigger, better and more successful than ever before."
Meanwhile, Belfast City Council has said the decision-making process which led to the bonfire injunction will remain confidential.
So far, it is not clear if any steps to stop bonfire-building at any of the four site have been taken.
The council said it will "review any information received - either directly or via the police - relating to any persons allegedly breaching the injunction, and will consider what further action is appropriate".
Raymond Panton, 54, was earlier convicted of possessing two improvised shotguns, without authority at Parkhill Stores, Greens, New Deer.
Ian Robertson, 40, also of New Deer, was acquitted following a trial.
The minimum sentence for possessing prohibited firearms is five years unless there are exceptional circumstances.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Panton's defence counsel David Moggach argued that this was such a case where it was open to the judge to make such a finding.
Lord Bannatyne said the case was "incredibly odd" and that he found exceptional circumstances were established.
The offences were committed between April 4 and August 15 in 2014.
He claimed to police that he had discovered two metal tubes in a bedroom at the farm and after looking at them realised that if slotted together shotgun cartridges could be fired.
Mr Moggach said Panton had phoned the police and co-operated as to where they might find a second weapon.
The defence counsel said: "This is a case where there are most unusual and exceptional circumstances pertaining to the facts and circumstances of the case."
He said there was no evidence of the firearm being used or intended to be used in "a criminal context".
"There were two improvised, home-made firearms found in the property that he owned, although he did not always stay there," he said.
Mr Moggach said Panton had struggled with "mental health issues" but had been assessed as currently posing a low risk.
Lord Bannatyne said: "This all resulted from him bringing the police to his house and showing them the gun. If, for no other reason, the case was incredibly odd."
Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Dave Phillips, 50, from Cwmbran, south Wales, had been signed off work sick.
He was given early retirement from Tata Steel later that year, and was left depressed and feeling cut off from the world.
So his wife Angie suggested he return to archery in 2013 and now he is in Rio to compete for Paralympics GB. He begins his bid for gold on Sunday.
He competed in archery in his late teens, but had to stop because of work and family commitments.
"I was ranked fifth in Britain, but I gave it up for 30 years," said Mr Phillips.
"I was still working when the 2012 Olympics were taking place, but wasn't very well at that time, so I was ending my career. At 46 I retired.
"I was suffering from a little bit of mild depression. I had lost all contacts on a day to day basis and Angie was still out of the house on a daily basis as she was in full-time employment.
"In the end she suggested I try going back to archery. I did it because I wanted to be healthy, I didn't want to be in a wheelchair, and also for the social aspects."
Mr Phillips managed to borrow some equipment from a friend he still knew from Llantarnam Archery Club in Cwmbran.
But his return to the sport was almost stopped early on.
"All the equipment was stolen from my car," said Mr Phillips.
"My wife, Angie, worked with the police to catch the culprit who they found trying to sell the kit.
"Thankfully, I got it back two days before my selection to shoot in the Czech Republic in 2013."
Mr Phillips went on to win that competition.
"If they hadn't recovered the equipment that would have ended my career as an archer, as I wouldn't have been able to replace the £2,000 worth of equipment that I had borrowed," he said.
The former team leader, who fosters two teenage girls with his wife, was singled out for an intensive training programme by GB Archery.
He spent three days a week at their base in Lilleshall, Shropshire, but in 2015 had to drop out because of his condition.
"I couldn't commit to the programme any longer as they wanted me to be training in Shropshire every week, and my condition was fatiguing me," said Mr Phillips.
"I would be there from Tuesday to Thursday and then wiped out for the rest of the week and weekend.
"For me to be able to perform it was all about being able to manage my fatigue."
Paralympic archer Pippa Britton, who trains at the same archery club, offered to help him.
"Having Pippa helping me was great, being disabled herself and suffering from a similar kind of fatigue she understands what I need and might not need.
"It was important to have someone with that understanding for me to move forward. Sometimes able-bodied people don't grasp what is going on with a condition like mine."
He said: "Disability Sport Wales took me under their wing and gave me access to a psychologist and physiotherapist, and it led to my training being more athlete-led, which worked for me."
"I am now really fit. I have lost a lot of weight and am feeling fantastic."
With the extra support, Mr Phillips is now back on the GB Archery training programme and is also on a mixed team with fellow archer Tania Nadarajah. He is currently number one in the Welsh archery rankings.
After winning European gold in 2014, he was bought equipment by charity the Fletchers Society, and was recently given a bespoke shooting stool by Disability Sports Wales.
He said: "The stool could make the difference to me winning a gold medal or not. It is a bespoke stool which is a fantastic bit of kit."
Having been selected for Paralympics GB in the recurve event, Mr Phillips is looking forward to competing in Rio.
He said: "I have got a very good chance of medalling. I am ranked 10th in the Paralympic world rankings, but I just want to keep calm and enjoy it.
"Being my first games the atmosphere will be intense. It has been a hell of a journey.
"I never ever went back to archery to be this good, I came back for my health and well-being but it has taken me on a new road.
"It is only thanks to the support of family and volunteers that I have made it to the archery field, as they do everything for me like carrying my kit and helping me physically get there."
The video, which has since been removed, shows a pregnant Muslim woman being verbally abused and threatened.
A 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence at her home in Willesden Green on Friday, the Met said.
She was taken into custody at a north London police station, the force said.
The incident happened on 13 October at about 10:30 BST as the bus was travelling along Knatchbull Road, according to police.
Enquiries are ongoing, said the Met, and they appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Arc21, the organisation that wanted to build the £240m facility, is asking for the decision to be reviewed.
Environment minister Mark H Durkan refused permission last month, despite a planners' recommendation to approve.
He said he believed it would hinder efforts to increase recycling rates.
Mr Durkan also raised questions about the impact of the proposed project on human health.
The proposal was controversial from the start, more than 3,500 objections were lodged with planners.
Supporters said the facility was needed to deal with black bin waste from six super council areas.
They said it would help Northern Ireland to meet its targets on diverting waste from landfill and prevent hefty EU fines.
A spokesperson for Arc21 said: "Arc21 can confirm that it has requested the Department of the Environment to refer the recent planning notification regarding new waste infrastructure at Hightown Quarry to the Northern Ireland Planning Appeals Commission."
The decision to lodge the appeal was taken by a committee which includes three councillors from each of the six super councils.
However it's understood a final decision to proceed with the appeal will require the full approval of all six councils.
It's also believed that if the appeal goes ahead, the decision of the Planning Appeals Commission would not be binding on any future environment minister.
The furore came after Microsoft announced that developers would get the new release at the same time as everyone else.
That marked a change from established practice which saw certified developers get early access to new versions.
Microsoft has now given coders access to 8.1 so they can start testing and developing before the public release.
Programmers who subscribed to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN developer services historically got early access so they could ensure code for their own applications was not broken by the new versions of Windows.
Microsoft's strong developer community were unhappy with the change Microsoft made with 8.1, particularly as the new version made changes to its appearance and the way programs can work with it.
Windows 8.1 is due to be released to the public on 18 October. The version that will ship to customers has been ready since late August.
One of the more visible changes in Windows 8.1 will be to make the start button more obvious.
As Windows 8 was largely created to serve touchscreen devices such as tablets, the start button was far less prominent in the original release of the software.
Windows 8.1 will see the button partially restored and allow users to choose whether to stick with a touchscreen display or revert to the more familiar control system seen in desktop and laptop computers. A mouse click on the lower left corner of the screen will let them switch between the two interface styles.
In addition, the start button will always be visible when working with the desktop version of Windows 8.1.
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For many in Kiev, to be patriotic is to be cool.
White-and-black T-shirts with the Ukrainian trident, a national symbol, are commonplace in hipster bars and shopping malls.
Vyshyvankas, a usually white shirt or dress with a traditional floral pattern, are also in fashion.
Ukrainian blue-and-yellow flags are commonplace on the dashboards of vehicles.
And all of the above are particularly easy to spot now, as the country marks a quarter of a century of independence from the Soviet Union.
But what does it mean to be Ukrainian in 2016?
Journalist and civil rights activist Maxim Eristavi believes what Ukraine calls its "Maidan Revolution" sparked an "unprecedented quest" among many Ukrainians as they tried to fathom an answer to that question.
For Mr Eristavi, it is not about language or ethnicity.
He hopes Ukraine can forge an identity based on common "values", embracing the diversity of nationalities and ethnicities that live in the country.
Inevitably, Ukrainian attitudes have, to a large extent, been shaped by recent events in the country's history:
And at a Ukrainian scout summer camp for teenagers on a Sun-soaked tiny island surrounded either side by two prongs of the vast Dnipro river, north of Kiev, what it means to be Ukrainian is predominantly about the "I-word": independence.
Ukraine might have declared its independence on the 24 August 1991, but in the face of a resurgent Russia on the world stage, under President Vladimir Putin, many Ukrainians believe the country is again fighting to defend its sovereignty today.
Population 44.9 million
Area 603,700 sq km (233,090 sq miles)
Major languages Ukrainian (official), Russian
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 64 years (men), 75 years (women)
Currency hryvnya
Olla, 21, says when she travels abroad she is happy to tell people that "Ukraine is not Russia".
"It is a country with its [own] history and mentality," she says with a wide smile.
For the captain of the scout camp, Ludmilla Dobrynina, being Ukrainian is "being proud" of her friends who have been killed in the war in the east of the country.
Several young Ukrainian scouts spoke of their sense of duty in the face of adversity, and of belonging to a wider cause.
While Ukraine's political class has been criticised at home and abroad over the depth and speed of its programme for change, Ukraine's civil society has been a beacon of hope for those who hope to truly change the country.
For Marina Shlyonska, the finance manager at a top Kiev hotel, the energy and drive of volunteer movements mean Ukraine has a bright future.
"To be Ukrainian is [to be] independent, self-confident and free," she says.
But for all the optimism of younger generations, some believe Ukraine is not on the right path.
Mikhail Pogrebinskiy, a political analyst and ex-adviser to former President Leonid Kuchma (in office from 1994-2005), says Ukraine's current elite has an unhealthy obsession with distancing the country from Russia.
"The main foundation [of Ukrainian identity]," he says, is "I'm not Russian".
He says this mentality has damaged the economy, and serves to create tension within areas of the country where people still have a strong affinity with Russia.
A recent poll, carried out by Mr Pogrebinskiy's organisation, the Kiev Centre of Political Research and Conflict Studies, found 25% of respondents favoured a union with Russia and Belarus.
The survey of 1,802 people was carried out across Ukraine but - crucially - not in Crimea or the eastern Donbass region, which borders Russia.
Here lies Ukraine's most intractable problem: reconciling its long-standing cultural and economic relationship with Russia after Moscow seized Crimea and - according to plenty of credible evidence - has been directly involved in the war in Ukraine's east. Although, Russia denies direct involvement.
Mr Eristavi says the "biggest danger" when it comes to shaping Ukraine's post-2014 national identity, is if Ukrainians simply paint themselves "as some anti-version of Russians".
He believes that Ukraine has to search for "more positive definitions" of what it means to be Ukrainian.
Twenty five years after independence, the process of shaping and defining Ukrainian identity goes on.
The Moroccan international full-back made 23 appearances and scored once since joining Hearts last summer.
His last match for the club was in a 2-0 defeat by Partick Thistle in February.
Rherras played for Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations but was an unused substitute in their three Group C matches and in their quarter-final defeat by Egypt.
Anglesey council's executive committee decided to close Llangefni Golf Course in January citing annual losses.
But on Tuesday the council agreed in principle to transfer the management to a local social enterprise group.
The council said it would now enter into "detailed negotiations" for Partneriaeth Llangefni to manage the facility until April 2017.
The 23-year-old world number 69 will now play 20th seed Sloane Stephens of the United States.
In the men's event, British number three Kyle Edmund will face world number one Novak Djokovic after beating Czech Jiri Vesely 6-4 5-7 7-6 (8-6).
Watson won her third WTA Tour title in Monterrey earlier this month.
"I'm very happy with today," she told BBC Sport. "I don't think my opponent was at her best.
"It will definitely be a tough next round against Sloane. We've known each other a very long time and she's a great player, a great all-round athlete."
Edmund, 21, held his nerve in a gruelling two-and-a-half hour contest, eventually sealing victory on his fourth match point.
"I knew I needed to hit out, don't go within myself," he said. "It was important not to get down on myself, otherwise it would have cost me."
The world number 82 will now take on top seed Djokovic for the first time, although he did practice with the Serb at Wimbledon a few years ago.
"I'm very excited," said Edmund. "It will be a tough match, he's obviously the guy to beat at the moment. It will be a great experience just to see where my game is at."
The Daily Telegraph described a "culture of bullying", with workers subjected to abuse and harassment.
The GMB described the trust managers as "unaccountable" and called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to step in.
Secamb said the news report covered "historic allegations", most of which had been dealt with.
The news report, based on a dossier of documents, claims two 999 call handlers attempted suicide and a third considered crashing her car to escape abuse.
Several workers claimed they were under such pressure they could not concentrate on emergency calls at the operations centre in Coxheath, Kent.
GMB Southern region secretary Paul Maloney said he welcomed the newspaper's investigation but called for it to be followed up with a "clear-out" of the alleged culprits.
Regional organiser Gary Palmer said: "Workplace bullying is bad enough at any time, but the scale and intensity of the bullying endured by staff at Coxheath is shocking."
A spokesman for Secamb said: "The article in The Telegraph covers a range of historic allegations, most of which have been investigated and dealt with.
"Others are unsubstantiated, with no evidence to support them.
"We take the issue of bullying and harassment very seriously and have been working hard to address this area of concern."
He said the issue had been highlighted by the Care Quality Commission and work included "improving internal avenues for serious concerns to be raised" and structured support for staff.
Mayweather, 40, has won all 49 of his professional bouts, but has not boxed since September 2015 and came out of retirement to fight the Irishman.
The 29-year-old mixed martial arts fighter has not boxed professionally.
"He's looking forward to ending the fight early, I'm looking forward to ending the fight early - it won't go the distance," said Mayweather.
The American, whose last fight was a points victory over Andre Berto, said he will be doing his "homework" on McGregor, a two-weight world champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
"It's not really watching fight tapes, it's about knowing the person you're facing across the ring from you," added Mayweather.
"You want to know what they like to eat, what they're doing when they're not in camp."
Britain's Nathan Cleverly will feature on the undercard of the Mayweather-McGregor bout, as the 30-year-old Welshman will aim to make the first defence of his WBA light-heavyweight title against Sweden's Badou Jack.
"Helder's my boy," said Shi. "I don't want to let him go.
"Especially this season, he cannot go, as he is so important to the squad.
"There is strong interest from other clubs but my job is to keep him. It's very important for him to go to the Premier League, but together with us."
Costa was Wolves' first signing following their takeover by Chinese group Fosun when he signed from Benfica last summer, initially on loan.
He then became their record signing when he joined on a more permanent basis in January, completing a £13m move and signing a four-and-a-half-year deal.
"The first job was for him to come here," added Shi. "If I want to have a good career with Wolves, then that is bound up with Helder very tightly. Why should he go? I have to keep him."
On the back of the club's best season-ticket sales since relegation from the Premier League in 2012, fuelled by three new signings - Ryan Bennett, Roderick Miranda and Phil Ofosu-Ayeh - Shi promises further investment in new players for new head coach Nuno to work with.
"Money is not a problem," he added. "The only tricky thing is Financial Fair Play. I am not a supporter of that, but we have to think about it.
"The important thing is getting the quality. We need strong players. The goal for the season is only about promotion. We will focus only on this season. We will not think too much about the long-term future."
Interview with Jeff Shi recorded for BBC Sport by Wolves TV.
The Arches board said there was "no other choice" after Glasgow Licensing Board's decision hit revenue by over 50%, making the business "untenable".
The licensing board imposed a midnight closing time after police complaints about drug and alcohol incidents.
The move was opposed by almost 40,000 people in an online petition and 400 arts figures in a letter of protest.
A statement from the Arches said: "Following a meeting of The Arches board of directors, and having taken due legal advice, the decision was taken today to start the process of appointing administrators for both Arches Theatre and Arches Retail Company Limited.
"This follows last month's decision by the Glasgow Licensing Board to curtail the licensed hours of the leading multi-arts venue, effectively preventing the organisation from continuing its very successful and popular programme of club nights.
"Without the income generated by this strand of activity, which generated over 50% of the companies' annual turnover, The Arches' business model is untenable."
The nightclub's licence was restricted to midnight by the licensing board. It had previously been allowed to stay open until 03:00.
Gordon Kennedy, chairman of the board of directors, said the decision was taken with "deep regret", but said they had been left with "no other choice".
Mr Kennedy also thanked those who had supported the campaign to reinstate the venue's licence, and said he had been "humbled by the hundreds of artists and industry professionals from all disciplines who have lent their signature and their voice to the cause".
He continued: "Our hope is that the administrators, working with partners and stakeholders, can salvage some of the activities for which The Arches is renowned."
The company's executive director Mark Anderson added: "We would like to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by all staff, board, artists and partners over the years.
"We offer heartfelt thanks to our loyal customers who supported us throughout the years and were instrumental in making The Arches the iconic venue that it will always remain."
A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: "We have been working with the Arches and other funders for some time to develop a sustainable model to provide a long term financial solution for the Arches to continue to operate.
"We remain committed to trying to identify opportunities for their work to go on."
Meanwhile a spokesman for Glasgow City Council's licensing board said the decision had come following evidence of "over 200 drug-related incidents detailed at the most recent hearing, as well as numerous call-outs to the ambulance service, which often related to people in life threatening situations".
A statement from the board said: "The continued operation of the Arches' late-hours licence threatened public safety, created a risk of crime and endangered the health of individuals.
"Unfortunately the conditions the Arches agreed to following the death of one of their customers did not curtail problems at the venue and the board had no option but to take further action.
"The financial situation of a premises can never be a factor in the decision making process of the board."
Chief Supt Andy Bates, Police Scotland's divisional commander for Greater Glasgow, said: "Our primary role was to protect and ensure public safety and in our view the frequency and volume of incidents that were occurring at the Arches nightclub would have resulted in fatal consequences had we not acted.
"We remain committed to supporting and working with the licensing industry across Glasgow and Scotland to ensure a safe environment for the public."
On its website, the company said that all events scheduled at the Arches from Wednesday onwards would now be cancelled.
Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the loss of the venue was "entirely avoidable".
"I'm disappointed that the city council decided to force The Arches into this position, and I'm surprised that despite the wave of public support not one other Glasgow MSP saw fit to support my call for a rethink.
"It remains open to Glasgow, to the Scottish government, and to the arts community to try and find a new life for this important venue."
Last month, more than 400 cultural figures - including Makar Liz Lochhead, novelist Irvine Welsh and members of Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand - signed a letter criticising the licensing board's decision.
The letter stated: "The Arches' importance to the future of the cultural life of Scotland cannot be overstated, and yet this latest decision leaves it in an extremely compromised situation, the cultural ramifications of which are huge."
The online petition, which reached 39,239 signatures, claimed the loss of the nightclub licence would endanger the city's arts scene and economy. It also accused the police of "harassment".
Shortly after the news was announced "The Arches" began trending on twitter.
The Arches thanked Glasgow City Council for their support over the years tweeting: "THANK YOU @CreativeScots @GlasgowCC, all our staff & artists, and all of YOU for 25 years of support. #TeamArches"
Underground house DJ Bontan, who had previously headlined at the Arches, tweeted: "Absolutely gutted about The Arches. Ran by some of the soundest people you're likely to meet & an amazing venue."
The giant Menorah in St Andrew Square is one of more than 20,000 to light up city centres around the world.
Organisers said the Menorah symbolises a universal message of religious freedom.
It will be lit at 18:30 in Edinburgh. It will be followed by a reception at the Royal bank of Scotland with the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
There will be live music, dancing, doughnuts, latkes, and traditional Hanukkah foods.
Rabbi Pinny Weinman, of Chabad Lubavitch of Edinburgh, said: "The eternal message of the Menorah lights has attained particular significance in light of current world events where the forces of oppression and darkness are ever-present.
"As we experience additional countries and entire regions being freed of their oppressors, we relive the experience of Hanukkah in our very own times.
"It is the story of a little light pushing away an empire of darkness, human sensibility defying terror and brute force, life and growth overcoming destruction."
The Robin CEA DR400 suffered propeller damage during the crash 14 miles (23km) from Gloucestershire Airport just before 16:00 BST on 15 April.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report said there was insufficient fuel despite initial checks suggesting otherwise.
It said it was in the air about 10 minutes when the engine stopped.
None of the three people on board was injured.
Hundreds of fans packed out Islington's Grade I-listed Union Chapel to pay homage to the 69-year-old musician who died of cancer on 10 January.
The service saw an eclectic mix of artists, including the Magic Numbers and ex-Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, perform the star's music.
Bowie's death was confirmed two days after he released his album Blackstar.
Since then, tribute concerts have taken place around the globe and scores of his hits have re-entered the UK charts.
Fans filled the small north London chapel as Bowie's best-known tunes, played by an organ, echoed around the hall.
A huge screen showed images of the star in his many guises, before the part gig, part remembrance service kicked off with a rousing mass sing-along of Starman.
Maggi Ronson, sister of late Bowie guitarist and collaborator Mick Ronson, was joined by The Featherz to sing Ziggy Stardust, paying tribute to Bowie's "massive influence".
Guy Pratt, a former bass player for Pink Floyd and Roxy Music, told the audience that Bowie was the "greatest artist I've known in my lifetime", before performing Life on Mars with members of The Feeling.
The gig, streamed live on YouTube, saw a marathon five hours of Bowie's hits performed, interspersed with clips of the star's interviews and music videos, and readings and tributes by journalists, authors and those who worked with him.
There were Bowie-esque quirky moments too, as Where Are We Now? was performed on a saw and Wild Is the Wind was strummed on the harp.
Flowers and candles adorned the dimly-lit, smoky hall, which is a working church and music and comedy venue.
At the back, a wall of remembrance saw fans, many sporting Bowie's trademark Aladdin Sane lightning bolt, post personal tributes and messages.
One said: "Thank you for giving my son the freedom to be himself." Another: "RIP David, the soundtrack to my life."
One read: "You left amazing music with us forever and you will always be remembered."
Comedian David Baddiel told the audience: "I assumed Bowie was immortal. I thought he was a space god who had come to live amongst us. And I couldn't process that he had died...
"He is, was, the greatest tunesmith we have."
Organisers said the event was a chance for those who were "inspired, influenced or touched" by Bowie's work to pay tribute.
One, Neil Lindsay, said it was "for fans by fans".
"He's been around all our lives but he's still as relevant and interesting now. You can't say that about all artists who become legends," said Mr Lindsay.
"He was still innovating even in the way he said goodbye."
Tickets had been priced at £4 to cover the show's costs, organisers said, while a collection for MacMillan Cancer Support raised more than £2,000.
The most expensive incoming transfer was Southampton's £14m signing of Italy striker Manolo Gabbiadini from Napoli, while Crystal Palace agreed a loan deal for Liverpool and France defender Mamadou Sakho very late on.
Elsewhere, Burnley broke their transfer record to sign Republic of Ireland winger Robbie Brady from Norwich, while Odion Ighalo was the major exit, joining Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for £20m from Watford.
See below for a full list of the deadline-day deals and see every Premier League move on the transfer wall here.
Signings announced in December, some of which only went through once the window opened, can be found here.
For all the latest rumours check out the gossip page and, for all the manager ins and outs, see our list of current bosses.
01:06: Mamadou Sakho [Liverpool - Crystal Palace] Loan
00:34: Kamil Grosicki [Rennes - Hull] Undisclosed
00:09: Ross McCormack [Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest] Loan
00:05: Jack Byrne [Manchester City - Wigan] Undisclosed
23:58: Zach Clough [Bolton - Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed
23:57: Tope Obadeyi [Dundee United - Oldham] Loan
23:49: Josh Clackstone [Hull - Notts County] Loan
23:49: Omar Bogle [Grimsby - Wigan] Undisclosed
23:30: Mark Kitching [Middlesbrough - Rochdale] Undisclosed
23:30: Leonardo Fasan [Celtic - Port Vale] Loan
23:30: Danny Pugh [Blackpool - Port Vale] Loan
23:30: Louis Rooney [Plymouth - Hartlepool] Loan
23:30: Michael Kightly [Burnley - Burton] Loan
23:30: Scott Hogan [Brentford - Aston Villa] £12m
23:20: Theo Robinson [Lincoln - Southend] Undisclosed
23:13: Michael Folivi [Watford - Coventry] Loan
23:07: Tin Plavotic [Bristol City - Cheltenham] Loan
23:00: Marc Wilson [Bournemouth - West Brom] Loan
23:00: Calum Dyson [Everton - Grimsby] Loan
23:00: Yanic Wildschut [Wigan - Norwich] Undisclosed
22:47: Matthew Kennedy [Cardiff - Plymouth] Loan
22:45: Owain Jones [Swansea - Yeovil] Loan
22:45: Krystian Bielik [Arsenal - Birmingham] Loan
22:38: Jorge Grant [Nottingham Forest - Notts County] Loan
22:35: Stuart O'Keefe [Cardiff - MK Dons] Loan
22:30: Matt Macey [Arsenal - Luton] Loan
22:30: Sam Jones [Gateshead - Grimsby] Undisclosed
22:30: Marc Bola [Arsenal - Notts County] Loan
22:30: Ryan Yates [Nottingham Forest - Shrewsbury] Loan
22:30: David Cotterill [Birmingham - Bristol City] Loan
22:30: Ben Marshall [Blackburn - Wolves] Undisclosed
22:29: Jesse Starkey [Brighton - Swindon] Undisclosed
22:14: Alfred N'Diaye [Villarreal - Hull] Loan
22:09: Emyr Huws [Cardiff - Ipswich] Loan
22:08: Sylvain Deslandes [Wolves - Bury] Loan
22:02: Molla Wague [Udinese - Leicester] Loan
22:01: Manolo Gabbiadini [Napoli - Southampton] £14m
22:00: Ryan Hedges [Swansea - Barnsley] Undisclosed
22:00: Harry Cornick [Bournemouth - Gillingham] Loan
22:00: Joe Quigley [Bournemouth - Gillingham] Loan
21:58: Jordan Green [Bournemouth - Leyton Orient] Loan
21:55: Lewis Grabban [Bournemouth - Reading] Loan
21:54: Luka Milivojevic [Olympiakos - Crystal Palace] Undisclosed
21:40: Jordan Ayew [Aston Villa - Swansea] Undisclosed
21:40: Neil Taylor [Swansea - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
21:40: Aaron Simpson [Wolves - Portsmouth] Loan
21:33: Ravel Morrison [Lazio - QPR] Loan
21:29: Conor McAleny [Everton - Oxford] Loan
21:24: Josh Laurent [Hartlepool - Wigan] Undisclosed
21:15: Michael Smith [Portsmouth - Northampton] Loan
21:00: Tim Krul [Newcastle - AZ Alkmaar] Loan
20:43: Modou Barrow [Swansea - Leeds] Loan
20:39: Kevin Toner [Aston Villa - Bradford] Loan
20:37: Tom Beadling [Sunderland - Bury] Loan
20:33: Robbie Brady [Norwich City - Burnley] Undisclosed
20:30: Alfie Potter [Northampton - Mansfield] Free
20:20: Callum Cooke [Middlesbrough - Crewe] Loan
20:14: Mitchell Dijks [Ajax - Norwich] Loan
20:08: Gabriel Obertan [Unattached - Wigan]
20:00: Dominic Samuel [Reading - Ipswich] Loan
19:59: Jamie Proctor [Bolton - Carlisle] Loan
19:59: Chris Taylor [Bolton - Oldham] Loan
19:54: Anthony Grant [Port Vale - Peterborough] Undisclosed
19:48: Charlie Wyke [Carlisle - Bradford] Undisclosed
19:46: Gohi Cyriac [KV Oostende - Fulham] Loan
19:35: Pawel Wszolek [Hellas Verona - QPR] Undisclosed
19:34: Viv Solomon-Otabor [Birmingham - Bolton] Loan
19:29: Jonny Margetts [Scunthorpe - Crewe] Loan
19:11: Odion Ighalo [Watford - Changchun Yatai] £20m
19:05: Andrew Nelson [Sunderland - Hartlepool] Loan
19:00 Jason Banton [Crawley Town - Partick Thistle] Loan
19:00: David Faupala [Manchester City - Chesterfield] Loan
19:00: Liam Grimshaw [Preston - Chesterfield] Loan
19:00: Sergi Canos [Norwich - Brentford] Undisclosed
18:35: Matthew Penney [Sheffield Wednesday - Bradford] Loan
18:35: Jacob Hanson [Huddersfield - Bradford] Loan
18:15: Mikael Mandron [Eastleigh - Wigan] Undisclosed
18:15: Reece Oxford [West Ham - Reading] Loan
18:00: Tahvon Campbell [West Brom - Notts County] Loan
18:00: Eoin Doyle [Preston - Portsmouth] Loan
18:00: Adam Le Fondre [Wigan - Bolton] Loan
17:45: Neil Danns [Bury - Blackpool] Loan
17:33: Marc Klok [Oldham - Dundee] Free
17:30: Liam O'Neil [Chesterfield - Cambridge] Undisclosed
17:30: Carlton Morris [Norwich - Rotherham] Loan
17:30: Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro [Barnet - Yeovil] Loan
17:29: Rohan Ince [Brighton - Swindon] Loan
17:23: Michael Duckworth [Fleetwood - Morecambe] Loan
17:17: Conor Sammon [Hearts - Kilmarnock] Loan
17:01: Stephy Mavididi [Arsenal - Charlton] Loan
17:00: George Waring [Stoke - Carlisle] Loan
16:47: Ashley Westwood [Aston Villa - Burnley] Undisclosed
16:46: Henrik Ojamaa [Go Ahead Eagles - Dundee] Loan
16:34: James Weir [Hull - Wigan] Loan
16:32: Alex Bruce [Hull - Wigan] Loan
16:30: Jerome Sinclair [Watford - Birmingham] Loan
16:05: Kaylen Hinds [Arsenal - Stevenage] Loan
16:02: Rhys Murphy [Forest Green - Crawley] Loan
16:00: Alfonso Pedraza [Villarreal - Leeds] Loan
16:00: Matty Taylor [Bristol Rovers - Bristol City] Undisclosed
16:00: Nicky Ajose [Charlton - Swindon] Loan
15:49: Jacob Bedeau [Bury - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
15:45: Sean Murray [Swindon - Colchester] Free
15:31: Raul Correia [Radcliffe - Blackpool] Undisclosed
15:31: Tom Soares [Bury - AFC Wimbledon] Undisclosed
15:30: Ollie Palmer [Leyton Orient - Luton] Loan
15:15: Rowan Liburd [Stevenage - Leyton Orient] Loan
15:00: Stuart Moore [Reading - Luton] Loan
15:00: Kabongo Tshimanga [MK Dons - Yeovil] Loan
14:30: Jordon Mutch [Crystal Palace - Reading] Loan
14:29: Jack King [Scunthorpe - Stevenage] Free
14:10: Matt Smith [Fulham - QPR] Undisclosed
14:00: Mouez Hassen [Nice - Southampton] Loan
14:00: Glenn Murray [Bournemouth - Brighton] Undisclosed
13:30: Will Randall [Wolves - Walsall] Loan
13:16: Eggert Jonsson [Fleetwood - Soenderjyske] Undisclosed
13:06: Ulrich Nnomo [Leyton Orient - Paris FC] Loan
13:00: Dean Brill [Motherwell - Colchester] Free
13:00: Billy Mckay [Wigan - Inverness] Loan
12:46: Callum Elder [Leicester - Barnsley] Loan
12:32: Alex MacDonald [Oxford - Mansfield] Free
11:27: Craig Mackail-Smith [Luton - Peterborough] Loan
11:19: Andrea Ranocchia [Inter Milan - Hull] Loan
11:16: Matt Gilks [Rangers - Wigan] Undisclosed
11:00: Osman Kakay [QPR - Chesterfield] Loan
10:40: Arnel Jakupovic [Middlesbrough - Empoli] Undisclosed
10:31: Jordi Gomez [Wigan - Rayo Vallecano] Undisclosed
10:30: Reece Brown [Birmingham - Chesterfield] Loan
10:00: Axel Prohouly [QPR - Port Vale] Loan
09:45: Modou Sougou [Sheffield Wednesday - Moreirense] Loan
09:30: Emmanuel Adebayor [Unattached - Istanbul Basaksehir]
08:10: Marvin Emnes [Swansea - Blackburn] Loan
Premier League
Darron Gibson [Everton - Sunderland] Undisclosed
Bryan Oviedo [Everton - Sunderland] Undisclosed
English Football League
Semi Ajayi [Cardiff - Rotherham] Loan
Chuba Akpom [Arsenal - Brighton] Loan
Tyias Browning [Everton - Preston] Loan
Helder Costa [Benfica - Wolves] £13m
Liam Davis [Unattached - Cheltenham]
Jordan Flores [Wigan - Blackpool] Loan
Luke Freeman [Bristol City - QPR] Undisclosed
Alex Jakubiak [Watford - Wycombe] Loan
Lucas Joao [Sheffield Wednesday - Blackburn] Loan
Chris Long [Burnley - Bolton] Loan
Joe Murphy [Huddersfield - Bury] Loan
Maecky Ngombo [Fortuna Dusseldorf - MK Dons] Loan
John O'Sullivan [Blackburn - Carlisle] Free
Stefan Payne [Barnsley - Shrewsbury] Loan
Adrian Popa [Steaua Bucharest - Reading] Undisclosed
Ben Purrington [Plymouth - Rotherham] Undisclosed
Rekeil Pyke [Huddersfield - Colchester] Loan
Olamide Shodipo [QPR - Port Vale] Loan
Ryan Taylor [Oxford - Plymouth] Free
Aaron Tshibola [Aston Villa - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Ben Wilson [Cardiff - Rochdale] Loan
Mark Yeates [Blackpool - Notts County] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Jak Alnwick [Port Vale - Rangers] Undisclosed
Anastasios Avlonitis [Unattached - Hearts] Free
Esmael Goncalves [Anorthosis Famagusta - Hearts] £170,000
Giannis Skondras [PAOK Salonica - Hamilton] Free
Alexandros Tziolis [Unattached - Hearts] Free
International
Ivan Lucic [Bristol City - Aalborg] Loan
Dimitri Payet [West Ham - Marseille] £25m
International
Mukhtar Ali [Chelsea - Vitesse Arnhem] Loan
Bojan [Stoke City - Mainz] Loan
English Football League
Sean Goss [Manchester United - QPR] £500,000
Josh Parker [Unattached - Gillingham]
Scottish Premiership
Moha El Ouriachi Choulay [Stoke - Hearts] Loan
Premier League
Robert Snodgrass [Hull - West Ham] £10.2m
English Football League
Luke Amos [Tottenham - Southend] Loan
Ruben Bover Izquierdo [Unattached - Barnet]
Cameron Brannagan [Liverpool - Fleetwood] Loan
Alex Bray [Swansea - Rotherham] Loan
Lasse Vigen Christensen [Fulham - Burton] Loan
Dion Conroy [Chelsea - Swindon] Undisclosed
Florian Jozefzoon [PSV Eindhoven - Brentford] Undisclosed
Mark Kitching [Middlesbrough - Rochdale] Loan
Kyle McAllister [St Mirren - Derby] Undisclosed
Luke Maxwell [Birmingham - Grimsby] Loan
Alex Mowatt [Leeds - Barnsley] Undisclosed
Danny Rowe [Macclesfield - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Scott Tanser [Rochdale - Port Vale] Free
Joao Teixeira [Benfica - Nottingham Forest] Loan
Luke Williams [Scunthorpe - Northampton] Loan
Cauley Woodrow [Fulham - Burton] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Blair Adams [Cambridge - Hamilton] Free
Dylan Bikey [Stirling Albion - Hearts] Free
Russell Griffiths [Everton - Motherwell] Loan
Premier League
M'Baye Niang [AC Milan - Watford] Loan
English Football League
Jonny Burn [Middlesbrough - Bristol Rovers] Undisclosed
Joe Fryer [Middlesbrough - Hartlepool] Loan
Conor Hourihane [Barnsley - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
Stephen Humphrys [Fulham - Shrewsbury] Loan
Rob Hunt [Brighton - Oldham] Loan
Josh Lelan [Unattached - Crawley]
Thanos Petsos [Werder Bremen - Fulham] Loan
Antoni Sarcevic [Unattached - Plymouth]
Steven Taylor [Unattached - Ipswich]
Scottish Premiership
Elliott Frear [Forest Green - Motherwell] Undisclosed
International
Ariel Borysiuk [QPR - Lechia Gdansk] Loan
Ziggy Gordon [Partick Thistle - Jagiellonia Bialystok] Free
English Football League
Birkir Bjarnason [FC Basel - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
James Bree [Barnsley - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
Jamie Hanson [Derby - Wigan] Loan
Matty James [Leicester - Barnsley] Loan
Joel Taylor [Stoke - Rochdale] Loan
Kyle Wootton [Scunthorpe - Cheltenham] Loan
Mauro Zarate [Fiorentina - Watford] Undisclosed
English Football League
James Hanson [Bradford - Sheffield United] Undisclosed
Ryan Lowe [Crewe - Bury] Free
Jay O'Shea [Chesterfield - Sheffield United] Loan
Connor Ogilvie [Tottenham - Stevenage] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Ryan Christie [Celtic - Aberdeen] Loan
Niall Keown [Reading - Partick Thistle] Loan
International
Tjaronn Chery [QPR - Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng] Undisclosed
Souleymane Coulibaly [Kilmarnock - Al Ahly] £800,000
Diego Fabbrini [Birmingham - Spezia Calcio] Loan
Luis Hernandez [Leicester - Malaga] Undisclosed
Jonathan Spector [Birmingham - Orlando City] Free
Igor Vetekele [Charlton - Sint-Truiden] Loan
Premier League
Lazar Markovic [Liverpool - Hull] Loan
Gerard Deulofeu [Everton - AC Milan] Loan
English Football League
Ryan Bird [Eastleigh - Newport] Undisclosed
Charlie Clough [Forest Green - Barnet] Undisclosed
Toumani Diagouraga [Leeds - Ipswich] Loan
Toni Martinez [West Ham - Oxford] Loan
Dan Scarr [Stourbridge - Birmingham] Undisclosed
Fikayo Tomori [Chelsea - Brighton] Loan
Charles Vernam [Derby - Coventry] Loan
International
Alexander Isak [AIK Solna - Borussia Dortmund] Undisclosed
Premier League
Nathan Holland [Everton - West Ham] Undisclosed
International
Brandon Adams [QPR - Persatuan Bola Sepak Perlis] Loan
English Football League
Nathan Delfouneso [Swindon - Blackpool] Free
Gerry McDonagh [Nottingham Forest - Cambridge] Loan
Premier League
Jose Fonte [Southampton - West Ham] £8m
Saido Berahino [West Brom - Stoke] £12m
Memphis Depay [Manchester United - Lyon] £16m rising to £21.7m
Omar Elabdellaoui [Olympiakos - Hull] Loan
Jake Livermore [Hull - West Brom] About £10m
English Football League
Aaron Amadi-Holloway [Fleetwood - Oldham] Undisclosed
Harvey Barnes [Leicester - MK Dons] Loan
Marcus Browne [West Ham - Wigan] Loan
Sean Clare [Sheffield Wednesday - Accrington] Loan
Kerim Frei [Besiktas - Birmingham] £2.2m
Anthony Gerrard [Unattached - Oldham]
Shayon Harrison [Tottenham - Yeovil] Loan
Tomas Holy [Sparta Prague - Gillingham] Undisclosed
Henri Lansbury [Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa] £2.75m
Bryn Morris [Middlesbrough - Shrewsbury] Free
Michael Ngoo [Bromley - Oldham] Free
Sanmi Odelusi [Wigan - Rochdale] Loan
Tommy O'Sullivan [Cardiff - Colchester] Undisclosed
Collin Quaner [Union Berlin - Huddersfield] Undisclosed
Jack Redshaw [Blackpool - Rochdale] Loan
Mitchell Rose [Mansfield - Newport County] Free
Sam Saunders [Brentford - Wycombe] Free
Markus Schwabl [VfR Aalen - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Ryan Sweeney [Stoke - Bristol Rovers] Loan
Ryan Tunnicliffe [Fulham - Wigan] Loan
Scott Wharton [Blackburn - Cambridge] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Kristoffer Ajer [Celtic - Kilmarnock] Loan
Oscar Gobern [Mansfield Town - Ross County] Free
Milan Lalkovic [Portsmouth - Ross County] Loan
English Football League
Wes Burns [Bristol City - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Chris Clements [Mansfield - Grimsby] Undisclosed
Jake Cooper [Reading - Millwall] Loan
Shaquile Coulthirst [Peterborough - Mansfield] Loan
Antony Evans [Everton - Morecambe] Loan
Fabian Giefer [Schalke - Bristol City] Loan
Cheick Keita [Virtus Entella - Birmingham] Undisclosed
Josh McQuoid [Luton - Stevenage] Loan
Robbie Muirhead [Hearts - MK Dons] Undisclosed
Richard O'Donnell [Bristol City - Rotherham] Undisclosed
Jermaine Pennant [Unattached - Bury]
Jed Wallace [Wolves - Millwall] Loan
Andreas Weimann [Derby - Wolves] Loan
Premier League
Patrick Bamford [Chelsea - Middlesbrough] About £5.5m
English Football League
Akwasi Asante [Solihull - Grimsby] Undisclosed
Gethin Jones [Everton - Barnsley] Loan
Nicke Kabamba [Hampton & Richmond - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
Joe Lumley [QPR - Bristol Rovers] Loan
Allan McGregor [Hull - Cardiff] Loan
Frank Nouble [Gillingham - Southend] Free
Emilio Nsue [Middlesbrough - Birmingham] Undisclosed
Jamey Osborne [Solihull - Grimsby] Undisclosed
Eli Phipps [Cardiff - Colchester] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Andraz Struna [PAS Giannina - Hearts] Free
Premier League
Tom Carroll [Tottenham - Swansea] £4.5m
Martin Olsson [Norwich - Swansea] £4m
English Football League
Keshi Anderson [Crystal Palace - Northampton] Loan
Jordan Bowery [Leyton Orient - Crewe] Loan
Luke Coulson [Eastleigh - Barnet] Undisclosed
Farrend Rawson [Derby - Coventry] Loan
Joe Riley [Manchester United - Sheffield United] Loan
Tyler Roberts [West Brom - Shrewsbury] Loan
Tyler Walker [Nottingham Forest - Port Vale] Loan
Andre Wright [West Brom - Yeovil] Loan
Scottish Premiership
Malaury Martin [Unattached - Hearts]
English Football League
Luke Gambin [Barnet - Luton] Undisclosed
Kieffer Moore [Forest Green - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Jordan Spence [Unattached - Ipswich]
Scottish Premiership
Henri Anier [Unattached - Inverness]
Karleigh Osborne [Plymouth - Kilmarnock] Free
Aly Cissokho [Aston Villa - Olympiakos] Loan
Prince Oniangue [Wolves - Bastia] Loan
International
Simone Zaza [Juventus - Valencia] Loan
English Football League
Callum Connolly [Everton - Wigan] Loan
International
Igor Rossi [Hearts - Al-Faisaly Harmah] Free
Premier League
Evandro [Porto - Hull] Undisclosed
Oumar Niasse [Everton - Hull] Loan
Jeffrey Schlupp [Leicester - Crystal Palace] Reported £12m
English Football League
Brandon Comley [QPR - Grimsby] Loan
Brandon Goodship [Bournemouth - Yeovil] Free
Tom James [Cardiff - Yeovil] Free
Daniel Lafferty [Burnley - Sheffield United] Undisclosed
Ian Lawlor [Manchester City - Doncaster] Undisclosed
Paul Lewis [Macclesfield - Cambridge] Undisclosed
Gary Liddle [Chesterfield - Carlisle] Undisclosed
Joe Maguire [Liverpool - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Joe Partington [Eastleigh - Bristol Rovers] Undisclosed
Marek Rodak [Fulham - Accrington] Loan
Alex Samuel [Swansea - Newport] Loan
Sam Winnall [Barnsley - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed
International
Pierluigi Gollini [Aston Villa - Atalanta] Loan
Ola John [Wolves - Deportivo La Coruna] Loan
Jozabed [Fulham - Celta Vigo] Loan
Premier League
Tom Cleverley [Everton - Watford] Loan
Luciano Narsingh [PSV Eindhoven - Swansea] Undisclosed
Morgan Schneiderlin [Manchester United - Everton] £20m rising to £24m
English Football League
Jake Carroll [Hartlepool - Cambridge] Undisclosed
Matt Crooks [Rangers - Scunthorpe] Loan
Neal Eardley [Hibernian - Northampton] Free
Alex Gilliead [Newcastle - Bradford] Loan
George Glendon [Manchester City - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Eoghan O'Connell [Celtic - Walsall] Loan
Alex Pike [West Ham - Cheltenham] Loan
Ivan Toney [Newcastle - Scunthorpe] Loan
Hayden White [Peterborough - Mansfield] Loan
Carl Winchester [Oldham - Cheltenham] Free
Scottish Premiership
Kouassi Eboue [FC Krasnodar - Celtic] Undisclosed
Jon Toral [Arsenal - Rangers] Loan
International
Sergiu Bus [Sheffield Wednesday - Astra Giurgiu] Free
Sebastian Polter [QPR - Union Berlin] Undisclosed
English Football League
Charlie Colkett [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan
Fankaty Dabo [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan
Chris Eagles [Accrington - Port Vale] Free
Islam Feruz [Chelsea - Swindon] Loan
Craig Gardner [West Brom - Birmingham] Loan
Callum Guy [Derby - Port Vale] Loan
International
Sandro [QPR - Antalyaspor] Undisclosed
Premier League
Cohen Bramall [Hednesford Town - Arsenal] £40,000
English Football League
Flo Bojaj [Huddersfield - Newport] Loan
Mickey Demetriou [Unattached - Newport]
Ben Gladwin [QPR - Swindon] Loan
Kazenga LuaLua [Brighton - QPR] Loan
Scottish Premiership
David Bates [Raith Rovers - Rangers] Undisclosed
International
Dan Crowley [Arsenal - Go Ahead Eagles] Loan
English Football League
Will Boyle [Huddersfield - Cheltenham] Free
Scott Brown [Wycombe - Cheltenham] Loan
Nathan Byrne [Wigan - Charlton] Loan
Pablo Hernandez [Al-Arabi - Leeds] Undisclosed
Tiago Ilori [Liverpool - Reading] Undisclosed
David Nugent [Middlesbrough - Derby] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Aaron Hughes [Unattached - Hearts]
Emerson Hyndman [Bournemouth - Rangers] Loan
Sean Longstaff [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan
Cal Roberts [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan
Lennard Sowah [Hamilton - Hearts]
Freddie Woodman [Newcastle - Kilmarnock] Loan
International
Jay Simpson [Leyton Orient - Philadelphia Union] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Alim Ozturk [Hearts - Boluspor] Free
English Football League
Craig Davies [Wigan - Scunthorpe] Undisclosed
Dominic Gape [Southampton - Wycombe] Free
Jakob Haugaard [Stoke - Wigan] Loan
Ryan Loft [Tottenham - Stevenage] Loan
Harry Toffolo [Norwich - Scunthorpe] Loan
Premier League
Markus Henriksen [AZ Alkmaar - Hull] Undisclosed
English Football League
Izzy Brown [Chelsea - Huddersfield] Loan
Reece Brown [Sheffield United - Bury] Free
Cameron Burgess [Fulham - Bury] Loan
Lawson D'Ath [Northampton - Luton] Undisclosed
Kevin Foley [Charlton - Coventry] Free
Morgan Fox [Charlton - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed
Greg Halford [Rotherham - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Ibrahim Meite [Harrow Borough - Cardiff] Undisclosed
Taylor Moore [Bristol City - Bury] Loan
Luke Murphy [Leeds - Burton] Loan
Lewis Page [West Ham - Charlton] Undisclosed
Craig Reid [Gloucester City - Newport] Undisclosed
Bailey Wright [Preston - Bristol City] Undisclosed
International
Pedro Chirivella [Liverpool - Go Ahead Eagles] Loan
John Mikel Obi [Chelsea - Tianjin TEDA] Undisclosed
Jhoao Rodriguez [Chelsea - Cortulua] Loan
Premier League
Ademola Lookman [Charlton - Everton] £11m
Wilfred Ndidi [Genk - Leicester] Reported £15m
English Football League
Nathan Blissett [Torquay - Plymouth] £15,000
Julien de Sart [Middlesbrough - Derby] Loan
Jake Forster-Caskey [Brighton - Charlton] Undisclosed
Gavin Gunning [Greenock Morton - Grimsby] Free
Sam Johnstone [Manchester United - Aston Villa] Loan
Alex Jones [Birmingham - Bradford] Undisclosed
Sean Kavanagh [Fulham - Hartlepool] Loan
Freddie Ladapo [Crystal Palace - Shrewsbury] Loan
David Pipe [Eastleigh - Newport] Loan
Alex Rodman [Notts County - Shrewsbury] Undisclosed
International
Tomas Mejias [Middlesbrough - Rayo Vallecano] Loan
Premier League
Rudy Gestede [Aston Villa - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed
Lee Grant [Derby - Stoke] £1.3m
English Football League
Milan Djuric [Cesena - Bristol City] Undisclosed
Jens Hegeler [Hertha Berlin - Bristol City] Undisclosed
Sid Nelson [Millwall - Newport] Loan
Mark O'Brien [Luton - Newport] Loan
Alex Reid [Rushall - Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Jakub Sokolik [Unattached - Plymouth]
Luke Varney [Ipswich - Burton] Free
Scottish Premiership
Dean Ebbe [Unattached - Inverness]
International
Adalberto Penaranda [Watford - Malaga] Loan
English Football League
Dominic Ball [Rotherham - Peterborough] Loan
Samir Carruthers [MK Dons - Sheffield United] Undisclosed
Keith Keane [Cambridge - Rochdale] Free
International
Julian Draxler [Wolfsburg - Paris St-Germain] Reported £35.5m
Tomas Rincon [Genoa - Juventus] £6.8m
Axel Witsel [Zenit St Petersburg - Tianjin Quanjian] Undisclosed
Premier League
Joey Barton [Unattached - Burnley]
English Football League
Ben Davies [Preston - Fleetwood] Loan
Conor Grant [Everton - Doncaster] Loan
International
Ryan Babel [Unattached - Besiktas]
English Football League
Stuart Beavon [Burton - Coventry] Free
Nathan Clarke [Bradford - Coventry] Free
Diego De Girolamo [Bristol City - Cheltenham] Loan
Jonathan Edwards [Hull - Accrington] Loan
Jaanai Gordon [West Ham - Newport] Loan
Jack Mackreth [Macclesfield - Bury] Undisclosed
Alfie May [Hythe - Doncaster] Undisclosed
Aristote Nsiala [Hartlepool - Shrewsbury] Undisclosed
Emmanuel Onariase [Brentford - Cheltenham] Loan
Callum Reilly [Burton - Coventry] Loan
Harvey Rodgers [Hull - Accrington] Loan
Martin Samuelsen [West Ham - Peterborough] Loan
Marvin Sordell [Coventry - Burton] Free
Aaron Williams [Peterborough - Newport] Undisclosed
The page covers signings by Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership clubs, along with selected deals from overseas and the Scottish Championship.
The £320m ILF currently provides support enabling nearly 19,000 severely disabled people in the UK to live independent lives in the community.
The High Court ruled in April that the closure decision was lawful, but this was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
The ILF will continue for now with ministers set to reconsider its future.
The fund provides a ring-fenced budget for the independent living needs of severely disabled people.
Last year the government decided to close it and devolve the funding to local authorities.
That meant the money would no longer be ring-fenced, would be subject to normal budget cuts, and many disabled people feared that they would lose it.
On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal quashed that decision, because it found that the government had not given proper consideration to issues raised by the Equality Act, which included the need to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people, and to encourage them to take part in a public life.
The government said it would not appeal, but, in light of guidance provided by the Court of Appeal, ministers would be invited to make a new decision on its future based on further advice.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the announcement meant that, for the time being, the fund remains intact and in business.
Campaigners are now urging the government to secure the fund's long-term future, he added.
A statement from anti-austerity group Disabled People Against Cuts, whose members took the case to court, said: "We all owe a great debt of gratitude to the five ILF users that took this to the courts and the solicitors and barristers who worked tirelessly.
"It has proved that disabled people can and will fight back. It has proved that disabled people can win."
The Department for Work and Pensions said: "This government is absolutely committed to supporting disabled people and we continue to spend around £50bn a year on disabled people and their services."
She rose to fame in the 1970s after founding the dance group Hot Gossip.
She went on to choreograph numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films and television shows and has been a judge on both Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance.
Here are her top 10 tips for being a choreographer.
It is absolutely vital to be determined from the start. You have to know that you want to dance as much as you have to breathe if you want to make a career of it.
You have to truly know that and you have to be prepared to give up everything to make that career happen. It really is tough and there is so much competition. You will face rejection all the time and you have to make yourself strong enough to deal with that and keep going.
I grew up in Manchester and I started dancing when I was only two years old. By the time I was eight, dancing was all I could think about and it was all I wanted to do. My parents couldn't afford all the ballet lessons that I wanted and it wasn't easy.
You could always hear ballet music in our house being played on scratchy records on an old gramophone.
My mother died when I was 15 and it was her love of dance and ballet that inspired me and in some way lives inside me. She was so proud, but I don't think she ever thought that my dancing would build into the career that I have had.
We lived in Didsbury and I'll always remember going to buy my first pair of ballet shoes with my mother. I can remember shelves and shelves of beautiful pink ballet shoes, but we just couldn't afford them.
And then on the bottom shelf, there was a pair of bright green ballet shoes. They were very cheap and they fitted me so I had to get them! That was fine with me, but I definitely wanted pink ones.
When I walked into my very first class, it was filled with little girls all in pink. The whole room stared at me in my green shoes, but I just held my head up and walked in. I sort of figured that if I could do that, then I truly did want to dance and nothing was going to stop me.
When I was 16 I wrote to Manchester council, to see if I could get a grant to study dance.
They only gave grants to girls who were going to the Royal Ballet School in London and I wanted to know why they wouldn't give a grant to someone who wanted to study in their home town.
I fought very hard and with the help of my aunt, I eventually did get my way. After four years of studying, I started to teach in Manchester. When I was 23 my boss sent me to London for a week to spend time at a new dance school.
On my last day, I saw a sign for a class up on the wall that I'd never seen before, it said 'Modern American Jazz, Molly Molloy, 8pm'. That class changed everything, and was the day my new life in London began.
When dance came on television it seemed that every dancer had a fixed smile glued on to their face. I was making my living by teaching American Jazz and Rock Jazz in London, and I decided to form my own dance group that would have the voice of the street, and the voice of the clubs, sexy, moody, and hot, hot, hot.
I took the best students from my class, turned them into what I thought was the hottest group in London, and for three years, despite having a cult following, could not break into TV, everyone thought they were far too sexy. It took one photograph falling into the hands of one director looking for something new, and everything changed overnight.
If I could go back in time and give my younger self some advice, it would be to be a little softer and kinder. I was so ambitious for many of the students I worked with and so determined for them to succeed, that I demanded everyone worked and pushed themselves in the same way I pushed myself.
Looking back I realise, it worked for some of them but not others, but I think my attitude in the way I deal with people has changed after having my children, and now I search to find another way to discover how to bring out the best in those around me.
The way that I discovered I was not continuing on Strictly was not the way I would like to have found out, however, I had far more important things to deal with as my manager was very ill and passed away the day before the news broke.
He wasn't just a manager of 30 years, but a close friend and someone I depended on so completely that it really put everything into perspective. Sometimes one has to close doors on things and not allow yourself to think about them.
I like to get the best out of people, and strive to use very different methods to do this, depending on how and what we are working towards.
I often find that people react in different ways to the same instruction, and if something isn't working I will often find outrageous or unusual ways to make it happen.
Dancing isn't just steps, it's using the body to tell a story with the movement. I like to develop characters and use any ingenious idea I can to bring them to life and get what I want.
I spend my life listening to music, and I've been very lucky in working with so many different stars from when music videos first began and one could invent and create extraordinary ideas.
I worked with Aretha Franklin in Detroit, Robbie Williams here at home, Whitney Houston in New York, Elton John all over the world, and with Queen in the strangest of places; one being with 350 dancers in Canary Wharf when it was a wasteland!
Music is so emotive, and I think the one video that always brings back the strongest memories and still takes my breath away today was working on Duran Duran's Wild Boys, trying to create a strange world of the future. Let music take you to where you want to be.
I'm passionate about working in musical theatre, and I've had some very tough task masters, but I'm always grateful to work with those I respect and can listen to and learn from. Andrew Lloyd Webber truly is a creative genius, working with him is like being on a roller coaster, but I love being on the ride.
As a choreographer, you have to be ready for anything, and I've been rollerskating for Starlight Express, head banging for We Will Rock You, jiving for Grease, pole dancing for Flashdance, disco dancing for Saturday Night Fever, ran down a mountain for The Sound of Music and danced down the yellow brick road for the Wizard of Oz, and that's to name a few! So my advice is, be ready for anything…!
The regulator has called for immediate improvements to be made after reviewing the performance of the country's 151 primary care trusts.
Its researchers found that patients often faced delays in being seen while some areas failed to provide services at all.
BBC News website readers have had a variety of experiences around their aftercare.
I had a full stroke three years ago which weakened my entire right side of my body.
I spent a week in an acute ward at Wansbeck Hospital and then six weeks at a stroke recovery unit in Morpeth. While I was an inpatient, they arranged for certain modifications to my house, but it was after I left hospital that I found everything changed.
Initially I had to have physiotherapy twice a week for three months, while I had just one visit from my local GP.
I got called in for stroke reviews - where they reviewed my condition twice a year and then once more a year after that but I have always thought that these were a bit of a "box-ticking exercise". I want to stress that I had no problems with the individuals as they were fantastic, but the system wasn't.
I also think part of the problem is that you are bombarded with too much information too early on in the treatment. Being told about benefits when you're in hospital isn't useful but would have been better when I was discharged.
I think there is also a problem with the rhetoric used for people like me. I don't like the term stroke survivor. I think once the word patient is removed from you, you become lost from the system.
Luckily I'm computer literate and so could still use my other arm to log on and see what resources were available to me. I was also a civil servant and had family and friends to help me, but I don't know how people who are alone cope.
Afterwards I volunteered to join a stroke panel - which is how I became involved in the Care Quality Commission survey. I wanted to give something back.
I am now the Mayor of Blyth - it's a role I took on after having my stroke - so it shows there is life afterwards.
I was 48 when I had a stroke in November 2006. I woke up in the middle of the night and was walking to the toilet when I fell over suddenly. My wife Diane realised it was a stroke as half my face had fallen, and so she called the ambulance.
Follow-up stroke care 'lacking'
I was in hospital for about seven weeks. First I was treated in hospital in Shrewsbury before I was moved to a community hospital closer to my home. My treatment was quite good there as it was local people treating local people. It felt very personal and they helped me walk again.
When I was discharged I had a physiotherapist and occupation health worker come and check how I was but in hindsight I realised my aftercare wasn't as intensive as perhaps it should have been. At the time I didn't know any better, so thought it was fine.
My employer kept me on for two years after my stroke and so, as part of my contract, I had access to private physiotherapy. I would use that to supplement the NHS care I was getting and it had a real benefit. I would get a set amount of physio sessions on the NHS but the private care meant I could top up, which obviously helped.
When I left my job and lost the private health care, I found it frustrating as I knew I could be doing a lot more but just didn't have access to the resources.
I do worry about the effect this has had on my wife - a stroke changes your life. One of the main problems we've found afterwards is that it's not just income you lose after having a stroke but your independence - so it's essential to have a strong support network in place.
My wife and I didn't get offered counselling for three years and that's something that needs to be considered more - it's a lot of stress for carers as well as those who have had the stroke.
I had a stroke two years ago which affected my right hand side of my body. My upper right arm is still very weak.
I was in hospital for five days and then, when I was discharged I stayed in bed at home for a further four weeks. I just couldn't do anything.
The care I had was quite good. It was professional and I had access to a lot of services. A specialist came and assessed my home and made sure it was suitable for me. I also had speech and language therapy.
Source: The Stroke Association
I also had to go to a specialist day unit where I was encouraged to talk and socialise.
But I have a real problem now with short-term memory loss. I can remember what happened two years ago but anything more recent is more difficult.
My primary care trust - Sutton and Merton - has been good at giving me the aftercare that I need. I've had reviews and help. But I know there is a battle here for people who have had strokes. There needs to be consistency all over the country. The standard of care I have received needs to be rolled out elsewhere.
I'm lucky as my wife is a community nurse and she has moved heaven and earth to support me.
I had a minor stroke to the rear of my brain in June last year and spent four days in hospital.
At the time I was also in remission from cancer I had at the base of my tongue but I found that the way I was treated as stroke patient differed to the way I was treated as a cancer patient.
When I was discharged from the hospital, there was no proper aftercare support for me. I kept having to call the hospital and after a few months - in October - I got a phone call one evening from a consultant. But the attitude was 'What do you expect us to do about it?'. I went to my GP as well, but it was no use.
My wife collected some pamphlets and we were given a package when I was discharged but no explanation about what to do with it. I was even given drugs but didn't know what they were for.
I just think I was passed through a system which involved boxes being ticked off.
After my cancer, the hospitals wrote to me but with my stroke there was nothing.
I am a supporter of the NHS but there was no backup in my case - no cohesive plans in place to help the patient.
7 January 2016 Last updated at 03:06 GMT
It predicts economic activity will grow by 2.9% in 2016 - a reduction from its June forecast of 3.3%.
In East Asia and the Pacific, growth is expected to slow to 6.3%, largely due to the sputtering Chinese economy.
But South Asia is a bright spot, expected to grow at 7.3% this year.
We spoke to one of the report's authors, who said falling commodity prices were one of the big drags on global growth.
Watch more reports on Asia Business Report's website
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Jones was found guilty of "directing insulting and directing abusive language" and "a lack of cooperation and respect" towards the official.
United were also fined £8,900, while defender Jones, 25, was fined £4,450.
His team-mate Daley Blind was also charged with an anti-doping rules violation, but was only fined £4,450.
It is understood Jones was angry because an anti-doping official refused to let him pose for a photo after the game in which the United players held up a banner in tribute to victims of the attack in Manchester on 22 May.
United's 2-0 win over Ajax in Stockholm came two days after 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber following a concert at Manchester Arena.
Jones, who was an unused substitute for the match, will be ineligible for the Uefa Super Cup match against Real Madrid on 8 August in Skopje.
He will also miss the first match of the Champions League group stage.
Blind, 27, played the whole match against Dutch club Ajax in Sweden.
He was charged for "violation and non-compliance" with a rule that states: "Every player designated to undergo as doping control is personally responsible for reporting immediately to the doping control station as notified."
Uefa said that the decisions are open to appeal.
It said there is nowhere else for them to go because of a lack of specialist facilities.
The Scottish government said it wants people to be treated in their own homes or as close to home as possible.
Minister Jamie Hepburn said it plans to invest £250m a year to "protect and grow" social care services.
Romana was placed in a care home for the elderly at the age of just 23, after suffering a severe brain haemorrhage when she was four months pregnant with her second child.
She couldn't see her children apart from short visits.
"It felt very strange because everyone around me was so much older; I was a very young girl at the time, and I felt I had lost my family," she said.
After two years, the Sue Ryder charity heard of her case and offered her a place at their neurological centre in Aberdeen.
With specialised rehabilitation, Romana learned to walk and live independently.
She is now looking forward to having her own flat, and sleeping under the same roof as her children for the first time in seven years.
Sue Ryder asked every local authority and health board in Scotland how many people with neurological conditions are being cared for in old people's care homes.
Neurological conditions include Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease and brain injuries.
Only a third of local authorities provided figures. They said 63 people under the age of 65 were being cared for in such an environment.
If those figures were replicated across the remaining health boards it would mean about 250 people are in an inappropriate environment.
They said a further 182 people aged over 65 with neurological conditions were in a care home for older people.
The charity said this meant a total of nearly 1,000 people could be missing out on specialist treatment, support and rehabilitation.
Sue Ryder's assistant director Scotland, Pamela Mackenzie, said: "Romana was quite a different lady when she first came. She was withdrawn and depressed and she really had been written off.
"Older people's care homes do a great job for people in their 80s and 90s, but people like Romana need a different environment. Their conditions are quite different.
"It is clear from our research that the needs of people with neurological conditions have largely been overlooked in recent years.
"We urge the Scottish government to take immediate action to address these inequalities so people with neurological conditions get the chance of a better quality of life."
The minister for health improvement, Jamie Hepburn, said: "Our 2016/17 budget sets out plans to invest a further £250m per year through health and social care partnerships, to protect and grow social care services, and invest £11.6m to implement self-directed support.
"We also recognise the vital role specialist nurses play in patient care. This is why we committed £2.5m of recurring funding for specialist nursing and care, including up to £700,000 to specifically target MND care.
"The health boards involved are currently recruiting additional nurses, or increasing the hours of existing nurses in order to fulfil our pledge to double the number of MND nurses in Scotland.
"Some posts have already been filled and the remaining posts are expected to be filled by spring 2016."
The militant Palestinian Islamist group, which dominates Gaza, says the mammal was equipped with spying devices, including cameras, according to the newspaper Al-Quds (in Arabic).
It was apparently discovered by a naval unit of Hamas's military wing and brought ashore.
No photographs of the alleged marine secret agent have been released.
Al-Quds said that the newest recruit was "stripped of its will" and turned into "a murderer" by the Israeli security services.
It shows the extent of Israel's "anger" and "indignation" at the formation of Hamas's naval combat unit, the paper reports.
Israeli authorities have not commented on the media reports.
It is not the first time that Israel has been accused of using animals - and birds - for spying purposes.
In 2010 Israel dismissed Egyptian claims that a series of shark attacks in the Red Sea could have been the result of a Mossad plot.
A few weeks later a vulture found in Saudi Arabia with a GPS transmitter was accused of being an unwitting Mossad operative.
And in 2012, villagers in Turkey feared a small migratory bird found dead with a ring on its leg had been an Israeli spy. Their fear proved unfounded.
James Jefferson, 37, admitted purchasing the illegal items which arrived in the UK in February 2013.
They were uncovered after packaging was x-rayed by UK Border Force officials at the Parcelforce hub in Coventry.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the items were addressed to Jefferson's partner at their then address in the Scotstounhill area of Glasgow.
Advocate depute Neil Beardmore, prosecuting, said: "The package was inspected and found to contain 10 stun guns, which looked like Nokia mobile phones.
"They are designed as self-defence weapons. They are not lethal, but deliver a high voltage pulse, sufficient to cause temporary incapacity. They were in working order."
The court heard that initially Jefferson denied ordering the items, but subsequently admitted his guilt.
Computers and paperwork, which were seized during a search of Jefferson's home, confirmed that he was using a Chinese website.
Judge Lord Bannatyne told Jefferson he would have been jailed for 21 months but for his guilty plea.
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Tim is going to spend six months on board the International Space Station next year carrying out scientific experiments.
He's currently in a training camp in Russia, but Nel managed to touch base with him and put some of the questions you sent in to Tim.
Check out what he had to say...
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South Wales Police said the chemicals at Y Pant Comprehensive, Talbot Green, were not suspicious and posed no risk to the public.
They were moved to a waste ground near to Ysgol Gynradd Gymunedol, Miskin, at about 12:45 GMT on Sunday.
A cordon has been put in place as a precautionary measure.
The Icelandics' 1-0 win at Mourneview Park on Friday leaves them unbeaten after seven games however.
They move into first position in the group, ahead of Macedonia on goal difference, and in a good position to qualify for the finals in Poland.
Northern Ireland are away to Macedonia in their next game on Tuesday.
Twelve months on from registering their previous point in the group against the same opposition thanks to Ryan Johnston's goal in Reykjavik, Jim Magilton's side had chances to record their first victory of the campaign.
Everton teenager Shayne Lavery, one of several new call-ups to the squad, came close with two first-half attempts and substitute Louis Rooney, another of the new additions, saw an attempt hacked away having beaten goalkeeper Runar Runarsson.
Northern Ireland's own stopper Conor Mitchell had made a terrific double save in the first half but he was eventually beaten near the death by Aegisson.
Northern Ireland remain bottom of Group C with just that solitary point, having drawn one and lost six of their seven games ahead of next week's trip to Skopje.
The 59-year-old played more than 100 games for the Reds during a three-year spell from 1984.
Metgod, who joined Forest from Real Madrid, moved into coaching in 1994 and worked under Nigel Clough as Derby County first-team coach from 2009-13.
"I have good memories of Nottingham. It feels like coming home," Metgod told the club website.
"In football, you get to know people and sometimes those contacts work out. I met with Mr Marinakis [new Forest owner] and spoke to him about what he wanted to do at the club and the project here and it was something that excited me.
"There are great football people at the club and I am really optimistic that we will be able to achieve something here.
"Being on the board is a first for me. It is a good challenge and I like the project here and that it is going to be step by step and not something that is done quickly."
Chairman Nicholas Randall added: "From the outset we wanted a former player with experience of both English and continental football to sit with us on the board to enhance our football knowledge."
Paul Nicholls said his staff had put in a "massive effort" overnight to rescue 15 animals.
Mr Nicholls, who trained National Hunt chaser See More Business and record-breaker Kauto Star, said water poured into the yard at Ditcheat, Somerset, reaching a depth of about 3ft.
A clear-up operation is ongoing at the yard following the flood.
Mr Nicholls said the water has now gone and the horses are being returned to their stables.
The official, Antonio Costa, complained that Funai was left powerless after its budget was cut by more than 40%.
He said he had been dismissed "for being honest" and for defending the rights of Brazil's indigenous peoples.
The assault in the northern state of Maranhao was carried out by farmers and landowners, the authorities said.
"I refused to employ [for jobs at Funai] 20 people who were recommended by the government's leader in Congress, Andre Moura, but who've never seen an indigenous person in their lives," Mr Costa wrote on WhatsApp.
He later told journalists that he "would never employ people at the agency who have no commitment to indigenous causes".
The government rejected Mr Costa's comments.
"Considering the high priority the government gives to indigenous matters, the agency requires a more agile and efficient management, which we didn't have," read a statement issued by Justice Minister Oscar Serraglio.
The crisis comes as human rights organisations warn of an alarming rise in assaults on indigenous groups in Brazil.
They say government cuts in the budgets of environmental enforcement agencies will worsen the situation.
Last week, members of indigenous groups clashed with riot police in the capital, Brasilia.
Thousands gathered in front of the Congress building to demand more land rights and protest against the encroachment of their land by loggers and farmers.
Campaigners say 13 indigenous people died in land conflicts last year.
The 88-year-old was awarded the BFI fellowship at a private event in London on Friday.
Brooks performs a solo show at London's Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday.
"When I was informed that I had been chosen, I was surprised and delighted," Brooks said.
"Not many Americans have been offered this prestigious award... and for good reason."
The fellowship is the highest accolade the BFI can bestow.
"His brilliant wit and satire have continued to surprise and delight and, sometimes, astonish, as he delights in flouting convention, taking comedy to areas once held taboo," said Greg Dyke, BFI chair.
"Mel's irrepressible energy and dazzling originality have made the world a much funnier place."
Mel Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic in the 1940s and went on to make his name as a writer, actor, producer and director.
In 1969, he won an Oscar for writing The Producers, a comedy about two schemers who figure out how to make money by producing a sure-fire Broadway flop - a musical about Adolf Hitler.
A stage musical version of The Producers, starring Jason Manford, began a UK tour this month.
Brooks's satirical films include Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), Space Balls (1987) Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).
Previous recipients of the BFI fellowship include Sir Christopher Lee, Dame Judi Dench, Martin Scorsese and Orson Welles. Since 1983, a total of 79 fellowships have been awarded.
Ramandeep Kaur Mann, 31, denies involvement in the killing of Sukhjit Singh, 34, who was found with his throat slit on 2 September in Banda, Uttar Pradesh.
Ms Kaur Mann is accused alongside her alleged lover, Mr Singh's childhood friend Gurpreet Singh.
Lawyers applied for her to be released while the investigation takes place.
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The judge did not specify a reason for turning down the application, her lawyer Benant Noor Singh said.
He said: "You can very well imagine the state of Indian prisons, they are already overcrowded.
"Obviously going into confinement does traumatise a person. She has been placed amongst 56 other females."
Sukhjit Singh, from Littleover, in Derby, was visiting his mother in Banda, about 450km (280 miles) south east of New Delhi with his wife, when he was killed.
Ms Kaur Mann's family have claimed she is being used as a scapegoat and the couple were happily married for 11 years.
Officials from the British High Commission have visited Ms Kaur Mann in prison to check on her welfare.
Neither of the suspects have been formally charged, but both are in custody while police decide whether to bring charges.
Spall plays the former DUP leader in The Journey, a drama about how Dr Paisley and Martin McGuinness forged a political deal and personal friendship.
The Irish actor Colm Meaney stars opposite him as Mr McGuinness.
Speaking to the BBC, Spall revealed that he met with Baroness Paisley and Ian Paisley Jnr in Belfast on Thursday.
"I was lucky enough to meet Baroness Paisley today, actually, and Ian Jnr, which was lovely," he said.
"It was always important that I was doing it but I didn't want in any way to do anything that would offend them.
"It appears that I didn't, so I was absolutely delighted to have met them."
He also said that had prepared for the role by listening to many of Dr Paisley's sermons.
"I'm of an age where I grew up when it was all going on, so I was very familiar with him," he said.
"But I also needed to find a lot of footage of him when he was not in his barnstorming style, which was so impressive.
"And then I found a lot of footage of him when he was quiet and older and more conciliatory."
The film is a fictional portrayal of how the two political foes became friends.
They are forced to share a car while trying to catch a flight back to Northern Ireland from Scotland during political negotiations there in 2006.
Meaney supported Mr McGuinness in his bid to become president of Ireland in 2011, and spoke at a rally in Dublin's Mansion House alongside the late Sinn Féin MLA.
He said that while the film is fiction it shows how much the two men are missed in reality.
"The assembly elections were very interesting," he said.
"But the fact that neither McGuinness nor Paisley is there to move things forward, it seems that the energy has gone out of it.
"The desire to reach a compromise, to get things done, isn't there with the same intensity as it was when these two guys were running things.
"Films don't change the world, but you hope that the film in some small way might be a nudge to the current leadership of both sides to go the extra mile to get agreement."
The Journey was written by County Down-based screenwriter Colin Bateman, who also said it was relevant to the current political stalemate at Stormont.
"It's so contemporary and the message of it is so important," he said.
"It shows what two people can achieve and that's a lesson for the politicians of today."
While the film will have heightened interest for a Northern Ireland audience, the director Nick Hamm said it also had a message for viewers elsewhere.
"We might know what this friendship is about and what the resolution of that friendship was, but other people around the world don't know that," he said.
"That's a secret that's slightly buried.
"Part of the movie's job is to say that if these two guys can do this anyone can do this.
"This is absolutely a message of hope and reconciliation."
The film received its world premiere in Venice in September 2016.
After its first Northern Ireland showing in Belfast, the film goes on general release from 5 May.
The BBC's John Sweeney, who led the search for five-year-old Azam, tweeted the news.
Azam had travelled ahead of his parents with an uncle and was seriously injured during the journey.
His story sparked the social media campaign #FindAzam.
Azam was not the only member of the family to be injured while making the journey from Syria to Europe.
His reunion with his parents on Thursday took place in a German hospital, where his father is being treated for a broken leg that he sustained during the journey through Greece.
John Sweeney met Azam in Serbia in September while making a documentary about the refugee trail for the BBC's current affairs programme Panorama.
The boy was crying in pain because a car had run him over while he was asleep, breaking his jaw.
But before completing his treatment in Belgrade, Azam vanished with his uncle.
For the BBC Newsnight programme, Sweeney retraced the steps of the refugee trail that Azam and his uncle took, travelling from Serbia to Hamburg where the child was eventually found by a BBC team after a long search involving the crucial use of social media.
The uncle told the BBC that a splinter had entered Azam's eye during shelling in Damascus and he was asked by the child's parents to take him as speedily as possible to Germany for it to be treated.
He said that he was forced to take the child out of hospital in Serbia because the priority was to get him to Germany as quickly as possible.
Councillor Eryl Jones-Williams said it was "practically impossible for wheelchair-users to use a new gate" at Dyffryn Ardudwy station.
He said it was "heavy, did not open fully and, when traffic was crossing the railway, the open gate was totally blocking the entrance".
Network Rail said it was "a mistake".
Councillor Trevor Roberts, for Barmouth, who sits on several railway committees, said: "The new set up at the crossing seems to be a total farce.
"It could even concern all pedestrians as when the vehicle access gates are open, the gate for pedestrians wishing to gain access to and from the platform will find it impossible to do so."
A Network Rail spokesman said: "This package of work included additional safety measures on the platform, following concerns raised by the local level crossing keeper over passengers crossing in front of trains departing from the station.
"Although we delivered this work to make the railway safer, we were already aware that the new access gate may have made it more difficult for wheelchair users to access the platform and we are very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused passengers.
"We are currently exploring options to permanently solve this issue and improve access for all station users."
The works delivery team have now been asked to remove the access gate and associated fencepost to make access easier.
Merioneth Access Group chairman Councillor Delwyn Evans said members of the group would help them draw up plans.
It's the world's biggest experiment and scientists hope will lead to a deeper understanding of how the universe works.
For the last two years, physicists have been working on an upgrade to the giant machine.
The LHC is a 16-mile-long tunnel, which sits 100m below ground on the border between France and Switzerland.
It works by smashing tiny particles together at close to the speed of light.
Actual collisions will not begin for at least another month, but they will take place with nearly double the energy the LHC reached during its first run.
"It's fantastic to see it going so well after two years and such a major overhaul of the LHC," said Rolf Heuer, director general of Cern - the European Organisation for Nuclear Research which runs the LHC.
"I am delighted and so is everyone in the Cern control centre," he added.
In 2012, the LHC produced a major breakthrough - by finding the probable explanation for why things physically exist - something scientists have been struggling with for decades.
The group suggests women start yearly breast scans at age 45 instead of 40 and for healthy women to have scans every other year at ages 55-74.
Historically there has been much disagreement over the right time and frequency for mammograms.
New suggestions are more aligned with those of a US government panel.
Announced on Tuesday, the advice is aimed toward women at "average" risk for breast cancer, and doctors suggest more screening for women at higher risk.
Higher risk factors include certain genetic mutations and family history of cancer.
"The most important message of all is that a mammogram is the most effective thing that a woman can do to reduce her chance of dying from breast cancer," said Dr Richard Wender of the American Cancer Society.
Breast cancer is uncommon for women under 40 and starting mammograms too early may result in "false alarms", he said.
The group also advises doctors to stop doing routine physical breast exams, due to a lack of evidence of them being effective at saving lives.
The Susan G Komen foundation, a major US breast cancer research and advocacy organisation, disagrees with the guidelines and has said in a statement that women and their doctors should decide on the right time for screening based on individual risk.
"Ultimately, women must have better and more accurate information about their individual risk for breast cancer so that they and their providers can make informed decisions about the screening schedule that is right for them. Knowledge is power," said Dr Judy Salerno, president of the organisation.
About 40,000 women in the US die from breast cancer each year, with 200,000 being diagnosed per year.
The guidelines were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Details of what organisations are planning to commemorate the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme were revealed at an event in the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
2016 is arguably the biggest year in the 'decade of centenaries 1912-1922' in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
As well as the Rising and the Somme, the centenary of the most significant naval battle of World War One, the Battle of Jutland, falls on 31 May 2016.
HMS Caroline, the Belfast-based last surviving naval ship from the battle, will be formally reopened on that date.
A major commemoration of the role of the Irish sailor in the great war will also be held in the city.
Thursday's event was organised by the Nerve Centre's 'Creative Centenaries' project, which is planning a major exhibition in Belfast and Derry and a series of outreach events during 2016.
Exhibitions will also be held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and Belfast City Council, among others.
Other commemorations include:
While nationalists and republicans have begun to commemorate World War One, Jason Burke, from the 'East Belfast and the Great War Research Project' said that he hoped unionists could become interested in the Rising.
"It can be applicable to the unionist community, as I think there are many different interpretations of what the Easter Rising was about," he said.
"We may well have a shared history, but we have a different memory of that history."
"I think unionism can, if not embrace it, engage with it in a critical manner."
Politicians, including the Sinn Fein junior minister Jennifer McCann and the Republic of Ireland's Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan TD, were also at Thursday's event.
It is thought unlikely that any members of the royal family will be at Rising centenary events in the Republic, and Mr Flanagan would not be drawn on whether Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson would receive an invitation to the major commemoration in Dublin.
"I believe it's important that there is an opportunity for everyone to participate in what will be a series of events over 1916," he said.
"Our commemorations are inclusive, and we trust that there will be full participation."
"There will be an opportunity and an invitation for everybody to participate at that level."
Mr Flanagan also said that he wishes to attend the official event to commemorate the centenary of the Somme at the Thiepval Memorial in France on 1 July 2016.
The comedian made his name alongside Matt Lucas in the BBC sketch show Little Britain and is a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
But he has achieved phenomenal success with his nine novels, including The Boy in the Dress and Gangsta Granny.
"I should really give up comedy and just concentrate on children's books because it is so rewarding," he said.
Walliams's books have sold more than 14 million copies around the world and been translated into almost 50 languages.
Nonetheless, he admitted he felt under pressure venturing into the world of literature.
"It's actually rather a big responsibility that children are picking up your books," he told the BBC.
"They have got to be good. And then you've got this audience and you think, 'I've got to write more and more'.
"I get tweets the day the new book comes out saying, 'Yes I've read that one, when is the next one?'"
One of his picture books for very young children, The First Hippo on the Moon, is now being adapted for the stage by Les Petits Theatre Company.
It will receive its world premiere at The Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne in December before going on a nationwide tour.
It tells the tale of two big hippos with one big dream - to make it into space.
Walliams even makes a guest appearance in the stage production.
"My voice does appear in the show as an on-board computer," he explained.
The story is being brought to life using puppets, and Walliams has fond memories of his own childhood favourites, Sooty and Sweep, The Muppets and, especially, Basil Brush.
"I'd really like to work with Basil Brush," he revealed. "I just thought he was so funny. I feel Basil Brush should be back on television."
Walliams's best-known comedy partner is Matt Lucas - the pair became friends after meeting at the National Youth Theatre in 1990 and found fame on BBC Three's Pop Profiles and then Little Britain.
But they have not appeared together since 2011. Walliams said the pair were still in touch and had not fallen out. And he said he was "sure" they would collaborate again "at some stage".
"There's always an interesting thing about reunions isn't there?" he pondered. "Timing it right. If you get it exactly right, like Take That, you become a big thing. But if you do it too soon, it cannot make any impact.
"It's an interesting thing when you come back together. Are you doing something nostalgic for people who liked your shows from 10 years ago? Or are you trying to do something new?
"Its quite an intense thing working with someone for a very long time, and it's quite healthy to be able to do your own things and then come back together when you think the time is right."
Walliams returns to UK television screens on Friday in his first sketch show since Little Britain ended eight years ago.
Walliams and Friend sees him joined by a different celebrity each week.
He has also just been announced as the first guest host of ITV's new nightly entertainment show, which will launch in 2017.
But he is also hard at work on his next children's book, which will be published on World Book Day, 2 March, 2017.
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The man was arrested by police in Birmingham on Wednesday and was brought to Northern Ireland for questioning.
He faces a number of charges involving drug trafficking and money laundering and is to appear before Newtownards Magistrates' Court.
He was among 15 people arrested in the UK and Italy during the investigation.
Four men have already appeared in court charged with similar offences.
The charges follow the seizure of more than £800,000 of 'skunk' cannabis and cash during searches in multiple locations across Northern Ireland in recent days.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland have carried out searches in Belfast, Greenisland, Bangor, Newtownards and Ballywalter.
They have also been co-operating with police in Italy, where officers uncovered a cannabis factory.
It is believed the total value of the 'skunk' seized in Northern Ireland and Italy was £4.25m and was destined for Northern Ireland.
The four other men who have already been charged - Jian Wen Chen, 29, of Belfast, Jiazhu Cia, 30, of Ballywalter, Yong He, 33, from Belfast and Wei Zou, 32, from Bangor - all appeared in Newtownards Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
The men were among six people, including two women, arrested in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.
The women, aged 29 and 26, have since been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Eight people were also arrested in Italy and remain in custody.
South Parade Pier in Portsmouth has been closed since 2012 and is in a state of disrepair.
Owners Dawn Randall and Fred Nash say they have sold the structure, but are yet to reveal the buyer's identity.
The South Parade Trust welcomed the £10,000 grant, but admitted millions of pounds would be needed to restore the pier to its former glory.
The money will be used to gain professional fundraising expertise, increase supporter numbers and fund specialist training in community asset projects.
The award has been made by the Department of Communities and Local Government under its Community Ownership and Management of Assets fund.
Leon Reis, chairman of South Parade Trust, said: "Short of a profligate fairy godmother pouring her chest of gold into this pigeon-infested black hole, nobody else is going to buy the pier and certainly nobody else with the money will share our community commitments."
Earlier this week it was revealed the current owners of the pier are to be issued with a summons regarding work to make the structure safe.
The case is listed at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court for 31 March.
Ms Randall has insisted the "work is being organised now".
She has previously said she does not want to sell to the trust "because they never had the money".
The British number one moved up three places despite losing to German Julia Goerges in the French Open first round.
Durie, who won two WTA singles titles in 1983, achieved a career-high ranking of five a year later.
Konta, 25, faces American Victoria Duval in the first round of the Nottingham Open on Monday at 12:00 BST.
The Central European University in Budapest has become the centre of a symbolic, international stand-off.
The university says Hungary's government has been trying to force its closure and undermine academic freedom.
The university has accreditation in New York, and Mr Cuomo has been hosting negotiations.
"We look forward to a speedy resolution that safeguards the integrity of CEU and its vital educational mission," said a statement from Mr Cuomo after a meeting with Hungarian government representatives.
The fate of the university in Budapest has embroiled Hungary's prime minister, other European leaders, the European Parliament, international university heads and the US government.
It has been seen as a battle between Western, liberal values and more authoritarian, nationalist attitudes - and the threat to the university's future prompted street protests in Budapest.
University president Michael Ignatieff said that this was a "line in the sand" and would be the first time since World War Two that a European democracy had forced a university to close.
"That's what makes it unprecedented. That's what makes it shocking," Mr Ignatieff told the BBC last month.
"We're a free institution, and this is about a drive to control."
But Hungary's government has said that is being misrepresented and that the university is seeking privileges not available to other Hungarian universities.
Adding to the controversy is that the university was founded by the liberal philanthropist George Soros - who has been heavily criticised by Hungary's government.
The university is accredited in both Hungary and in New York state in the United States - and Mr Cuomo had said that he would hold talks with Hungary's government with the aim of keeping the university open.
Hungary's leader, Viktor Orban, had been a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump before he was elected.
But the US government has strongly backed the CEU university, accusing Hungary's government of imposing "discriminatory, onerous requirements on US-accredited institutions in Hungary", which, it says, "threatens academic freedom and independence".
The US has urged the Hungarian government to engage directly in talks with the CEU university.
The Hungarian government says that all institutions with overseas links will have to comply with university regulations - but it remained open to the talks with US authorities.
The university, responding to the talks in New York, said: "CEU is not a participant in the negotiations, but we hope they lead to a solution that enables CEU to remain in Budapest as a free institution."
The 40-year-old has spent years trying to discover her true identity and find the woman who gave birth to her.
Karen is one of thousands of people who were adopted under the Republic of Ireland's secretive adoption system, which has been in force since 1952.
This week, the government announced plans to end that secrecy, but not all the measures have been welcomed.
Karen was born in 1974 and was raised on a farm in County Cavan by a couple she believed were her parents.
But when she reached the age of about 10, she found out she was not who she thought she was, when she discovered her adoption certificate.
"Growing up, I always knew there was something different," she said.
"I always knew I didn't look like either of my parents or even my brother, I don't look like him, and I always knew I didn't fit in. There was something I felt was missing".
She had been issued with a false baptism certificate in the name Catherine Maguire, but her adopted family always referred to her as "Karen". Neither name was real.
Despite the revelation, she said she maintained a good relationship with her adoptive mother, who died when Karen was 18. Her adoptive father died last year.
The fake certificate was signed by a priest in Drogheda, County Louth, and around the time of her adoptive mother's death, Karen, then 18, wrote to him, asking for information.
The priest replied, saying he had passed her letter on to the Health Service Executive (HSE), the body that runs all public health services in the Republic of Ireland.
Karen decided not to pursue the matter with the HSE at that stage. She later got married, took her husband's surname and is now raising a family in Omagh, County Tyrone.
But having children of her own made the search for information about her birth family more important than ever. She started asking questions again in 1996, when she gave birth to a second son who was very ill.
"I pushed it then, to try to find some medical information but all they would tell me was that there was no history of any diseases in the family or any conditions that I should be concerned about."
She was also told, at that stage, her mother had got married and had other children.
At present, adopted people in the Republic of Ireland do not have an automatic right to information that would help them apply for their birth certificate, although the new law will go some way to redressing the balance in their favour.
Adoption authorities are, however, able to release basic facts known as "non-identifying" information about birth parents.
When I ask Karen what she knew for certain about the woman who gave birth to her, she replied: "She was in her early 20s, she was a catering assistant, and I just have (information on) height and colour of eyes, and things like that."
She had another breakthrough recently though, when the Catholic Church published Irish parish records online, including baptismal records.
By cross-referencing her date of birth with babies born to single mothers, a friend of Karen's tracked down what they now believe is her real baptism certificate.
She was named Jennifer and was born to a single woman in a Drogheda hospital in October 1974. She was adopted weeks later from a baby home outside the town.
She has since tried to make contact with her birth mother, through social workers in Drogheda.
Unfortunately, her mother's sister - Karen's biological aunt - replied on the family's behalf saying her mother did not want any contact.
The news was "devastating" for Karen, but she said she will not give up her search.
"I hope that at some stage I would be given the opportunity to send her a letter personally, and just to know that she is happy. If she doesn't want contact, I'm not going to turn up on somebody's doorstep and destroy somebody's family," said Karen.
"I assume, from what they had told me, that her husband and her family don't know. I would just like to know the truth of what happened to me and what happened to her."
Karen says she holds no bitterness towards the woman who gave her up for adoption but is angry with the system that denied her the right to know the truth.
"I feel bitter that I had such a struggle, that I had to go begging, nearly, to find information," she said.
"I don't feel bitter towards her because I can understand, back then in 1974 she was on her own, I assume, and she had no support from family probably.
"I can understand being a single parent because I've done it myself and it's not an easy job and back in those days it would have been a lot harder."
The new legislation should make it easier for someone like Karen to find the basic personal details that she had to spend years tracking down.
However, she said she was "insulted" by plans to make adoptees sign a statutory declaration, promising to respect the wishes of parents who do not want contact.
"To me personally, it's making us out like we're just going to turn up on somebody's doorstep, which is not what any adoptee I've ever spoken to wants to do.
"All we really want is to have the basic right, that everybody else has, to know who were are and where we come from and to know the stories around our birth.
"I think to be made to sign [declarations] sounds like it's going back years, to where the mothers were forced to sign their children away - we're going to be forced to sign our rights away."
Asked what she would say to her mother if she ever agreed to a meeting, Karen said: "I would just like to know how she is and whether she had a good life and what the story of my birth was, did she marry my father?
"I just want to know that she didn't suffer."
Swindon Borough Council said the sale of Thamesdown Transport to operator Go South Coast "offered the best value".
Councillor David Renard said it was in the "best interests" of bus users and Thamesdown Transport employees.
Go South Coast, said it would be "business as usual as far as our customers are concerned".
Conservative council leader Mr Renard said they were "one of the few local authorities in the country to still own a local bus company".
But "despite continued financial support from the council", Thamesdown Transport had "incurred losses over the over the past five years due to difficult trading conditions".
He said: "We have had to change the way we provide services across the council while balancing the ever increasing demand on adults' and children's services."
Andrew Wickham, from Go South Coast, said it was an "excellent opportunity" to develop services in Swindon and north Wiltshire.
He said: "Any tickets or passes they have will still be valid, and our 85 buses will continue to serve existing routes with no change to timings."
Claire Walters, from Bus Users UK, said: "This is a municipal bus company but that means most people would see Thamesdown as belonging to them and the fact that they have not been consulted seems a little bit strange."
Labour councillor Jim Grant said: "It's a very sad day in the history of Swindon that Thamesdown Transport had to be sold off."
The council said it would arrange a joint meeting with Go South Coast and bus user groups to discuss any concerns.
The Shenzhen-based company said it missed two interest payments, raising concerns that more of its creditors could demand their money back.
Kaisa has borrowed billions in order to pay for large land purchases in China.
But the firm ran into trouble after the government froze some of its projects as part of a local corruption probe.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spearheaded one of the country's most severe crackdowns on corruption, resulting in many companies and top public officials coming under scrutiny.
Investors have been closely watching Kaisa's troubles after its assets were frozen and senior management stepped down last year, raising concerns the company was going to collapse.
Its founder and chairman Kwok Ying Shing unexpectedly resigned on 31 December because of health reasons, but he returned to the company this month and has been reinstated.
The firm's Hong Kong-listed shares were also suspended in December after losing about half of their market value and ratings agencies downgraded the firm's credit outlook.
However, Kaisa recently regained permission to restart the projects that had been frozen.
Kaisa's troubles have unnerved the local stock and bond markets, particularly for investors who have bought into other Chinese real estate developers.
Any trouble in China's property market is closely-watched because the sector accounts for about a third of the country's gross domestic product.
The price of Kaisa's US dollar bonds fell on Tuesday after the default was officially announced on concerns the developer may not be able to fulfil its financial obligations.
However, the developer has been in talks with creditors over a restructuring that will allow them to have extended repayment deadlines and lower interest rates.
Rival developer Sunac is also bidding for a controlling 49.3% stake in the company.
The 24m (78ft) sculpture weighs 15 tonnes and is made of wood draped with swathes of brightly coloured fabric.
The sculpture, by the US artist Richard Tuttle, is suspended over the atrium and is intended to resemble aeroplane wings.
Tuttle said it was "the job of the artist is to try to find a reunion between the mechanical and the human".
The wooden shapes of the sculpture, he continued, were designed to resemble aeroplane parts in order to "raise the issue of genocide".
"I wanted to be a pilot and passed everything and then realised that they wanted me to fly over Vietnam at such a height and drop bombs on innocent children," he went on.
"I'm born in the 20th Century and my soul, if you will, is a 20th Century soul. Sometimes I call this the first piece of the 21st Century."
The Tate commission, which will remain on view until 6 April, ties in with a retrospective of the renowned sculptor and poet's work at the Whitechapel Gallery in east London.
According to Tate Modern, the work "brings together three specially-made fabrics, each of which combines natural and man-made fibres.
"These are suspended from the ceiling as a sculptural form... to create a huge volume of joyous colour and fluidity."
The last work to be seen in the Turbine Hall was Tino Sehgal's live performance piece These Associations two years ago.
That free-form, interactive piece saw visitors swept up in impromptu dances, races and conversations by choreographed performers.
There have been no art installations in the Turbine Hall since then due to building work.
Earlier this year, it was announced that Korean car manufacturer Hyundai would be the hall's new sponsor, beginning in 2015.
Work in the atrium was previously sponsored by Unilever, whose 12-year association saw large works by Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread and others occupy the space.
Traces of beeswax found on ancient pottery from Europe, the Near East and North Africa suggest the first farmers kept bees.
The research, published in Nature, shows our links with the honeybee date back to the dawn of agriculture.
Prehistoric people may have domesticated wild bees or gathered honey and wax for medicines and food.
Prof Richard Evershed of Bristol University, one of the lead scientists on the study, said: "We've got the earliest evidence for man's association with the honeybee.
"Man is collecting the beeswax and the honey and perhaps even domesticating them."
The honeybee has been part of human culture for centuries, appearing in cave paintings depicting honeycombs, swarms of bees and honey collecting.
However, there has been little direct evidence of when and where ancient people began harvesting honey and wax from the insects.
International scientists examined over 6,000 pottery vessels to piece together a map of the honeybee at a time when the world had just emerged from the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago.
Lifestyles were shifting from hunter-gathering towards growing the first crops and keeping animals for meat, milk and skin.
The oldest evidence for human links with the honeybee, dating back almost 9,000 years, was found in what is now Turkey.
By a few thousand years later, beeswax was detected across the Balkan peninsula, including Greece, Romania, Serbia, and then at sites occupied by early farmers in Central Europe.
The first evidence for the use of bees in North Africa was also found around the same time.
In the British Isles, the chemical fingerprint of bee products was found on broken pottery at Neolithic sites in southern England.
The northerly limit appears to be Denmark, above which conditions may have been too harsh for bees to thrive.
Ireland and Scotland also appeared to be off-limits to honeybees at the time.
Prof Alan Outram of the University of Exeter, another lead researcher on the study, said until now there had been a poor understanding of the distribution of the species due to a patchy fossil record.
He added: "Our study of the use of honey and beeswax seems to show there was a northern limit to where they were living during the Neolithic, with no evidence being found in thousands of pottery shards found in Ireland, Scotland, Norway or Sweden."
The beeswax may have been used by prehistoric people to glue together stone arrows and spears or to make pots waterproof.
Honey may have provided a rare source of sweetness in their diet.
Prof Outram explained:"The plentiful supply of sugary foods is a very recent phenomenon, but in the past sweet foods were very hard to find and it is clear from our study that the earliest farmers in Europe had a keen interest in exploiting the valuable products of the honeybee."
Recent DNA studies suggest that the honeybee originated in Asia around 300,000 years ago and rapidly spread across Europe and Africa.
The bee's range contracted in Europe during the last Ice Age, but expanded in Africa.
Modern bees face multiple threats from climate change, pesticides and diseases.
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This week Andy Murray leads his nation's attempt to win the sport's premier team competition for the first time since 1936.
The only occasion they have come close in the intervening 79 years was at a time of turmoil in Britain, with widespread public sector strikes and the Labour government of James Callaghan close to collapse.
A team of disparate and occasionally volatile characters - the brilliant but divisive Buster Mottram, chalk-and-cheese brothers John and David Lloyd, and veteran doubles specialist Mark Cox - came together to win five ties before losing to a John McEnroe-inspired United States.
The Lloyd brothers and team captain Paul Hutchins reveal the extraordinary highs and lows of that memorable campaign 37 years ago, which began with their best player exiled from the squad.
Despite being British number one, Mottram had not played Davis Cup for 18 months after falling out with Hutchins at Wimbledon in 1976, following criticism from the coach.
"Buster never used to like grass courts and I felt he didn't try or there was something he did at Wimbledon and I was particularly upset about it," Hutchins recalled. "He then got upset with me and refused to play with me or under me."
In January 1978, it was suggested Mottram wanted Hutchins replaced by three-time Wimbledon semi-finalist Roger Taylor. John Lloyd, then 23 and Britain's number two singles player, threatened to go on strike if Mottram had his way, suggesting "Britain will find herself with a one-man team".
"He has gone too far this time, even by his own standards," the younger Lloyd told the Daily Express. "He is a tragic tennis case... one of those players who thinks he's bigger than his country; bigger than everything.
"It's ridiculous. It's like Kevin Keegan saying he won't play for England under Ron Greenwood."
David Lloyd, then 30, described Mottram as "a hopeless team man".
But despite the ill-feeling, within a month Hutchins and Mottram had settled their differences and Britain's best player agreed to return to the squad.
The son of tennis players Tony Mottram and Joy Gannon, Christopher 'Buster' Mottram attracted much controversy off the court. He was only 22 but not shy in expressing his political views, and was linked to the far-right National Front, then a growing force within British politics with race a tinderbox issue.
It alienated him from sections of the British public and Hutchins attempted, unsuccessfully, to persuade Mottram to distance himself from the party.
"What I felt then and what I still feel is it was just silly of Buster to have got involved but, equally, the political side used Buster for all that they could get from him. What he thought was a small thing suddenly became a big thing," Hutchins said.
John Lloyd said Mottram enjoyed provoking reactions. "One year Buster sent a telegram to support [Conservative Prime Minister] Margaret Thatcher over something to do with the unions. It was sent on behalf of the British Davis Cup team. It got out into the press and the LTA had to apologise for it.
"He would make comments with a smile on his face and I don't think he really meant them. He was just a bit quirky and a bit nuts."
His brother David added: "Buster was the Geoff Boycott of tennis, very individual and he wanted to win for himself. When Boycott batted he wanted to bat all day and the things around him didn't matter. That's difficult when you're in a team event but we had to support Buster because he was so good.
"Once he was in the team environment on the court, he changed. I think he came around more to us, which was great. He did perform well and we had some laughs. He was a nutcase but a great player."
Britain's first Davis Cup tie in 1978 was in Monaco in March. Mottram travelled with the squad but a back injury prevented him from playing, so current All England Club chief executive Richard Lewis filled the second singles berth alongside John Lloyd.
A 5-0 victory brought a perfect start, while David Lloyd enjoyed a big win in a Monte Carlo casino, which he considered a sign that Britain would go on to win the competition. His team-mates chuckled at his optimism.
A week before GB faced Austria in Bristol in June, the Lloyd brothers played Mottram and Australian Phil Dent in a doubles match at Beckenham that descended into rancour as David Lloyd and Mottram argued on court.
Mottram had been warned by the umpire for taking too long between points, and following another delay, David Lloyd urged him to get on with the game. But Mottram approached the net and told the elder Lloyd: "Stop complaining. You can't tell me what to do. You're not really good enough to be in this Davis Cup team."
A furious Lloyd said he would not play against Austria unless Mottram stayed in a different hotel. An unrepentant Mottram retorted: "I won't apologise because I haven't done anything wrong. David is sensitive because he knows I am speaking the truth. He started the verbals, not me."
Hutchins, who was "trying to keep the ship together", acted as peacemaker between his players and the rift was healed as Mottram prepared to play his first Davis Cup tie in two years. But not everyone was pleased to see him representing Britain again.
Demonstrators descended on the Bristol Tennis and Squash Centre carrying banners saying 'Heil Adolf Mottram', 'Facist pig' and 'Buster Mottram is a Nazi'. A man with a loudhailer urged spectators to barrack Mottram on the court.
John Lloyd said the players had to travel to the venue via different routes to try to avoid the protests, while David Lloyd recalled "we were bombarded by flour bombs".
Mottram did not flinch, winning his first singles rubber for the loss of just six games before teaming up with David Lloyd to win the doubles in five sets and secure victory for Britain. Just a week after their bitter row, the pair were hugging each other on court.
"It was typical Buster," noted David Lloyd. "He was a bit like me - when things were against him, he attacked rather than defended so he had a bit of a war against the flour-bombers."
Mottram was unusual among British players in preferring to play on clay rather than grass. His prowess on the slower surface helped Britain beat France at Roland Garros shortly after Wimbledon, beating future French Open champion Yannick Noah while the Paris crowd tried to unsettle him.
David Lloyd recalled: "There was a guy in the stands who had beer and cola cans tied to a string. Every time Buster served, he dragged the cans down the steps.
"Instead of getting cross, Buster went to the guy, pretended he was a conductor and encouraged him to do it more. On purpose, he got the full Roland Garros against him. That's what Buster was like - he wanted that. He played unbelievable tennis and he won."
John Lloyd then beat Eric Deblicker in five sets with elder brother David offering his own brand of encouragement. "Unfortunately John would get cramp, sometimes in his head. He got it in the fifth set and looked like he was going to tank it and lose," David said.
"We had to go the side of the court and shout and scream at him. As luck had it, Deblicker got real cramp, John's cramp miraculously went away and he went on and won."
After a doubles defeat for the Lloyds, Mottram beat Deblicker in straight sets to take Britain through to the European Zone A final against what was then Czechoslovakia, at Eastbourne in September.
The Czechs gave a debut to an 18-year-old Ivan Lendl, who would go on to win eight Grand Slam titles and coach Andy Murray to his greatest triumphs. Three of the rubbers went to deciding sets but Britain won the tie 5-0 to set up a home semi-final against Australia.
Australia, who have won the Davis Cup on 28 occasions, second only to the United States, were reigning champions and favourites when they faced Britain at Crystal Palace in October.
The hosts' preparations for a tie staged in an intimate 2,700-capacity venue - the LTA had not envisaged Britain would get that far and had failed to reserve a bigger arena - were not helped by a love-struck John Lloyd arriving three days late after beginning a romance with women's number one and his future wife, Chris Evert.
"I was in Boston with Chris and instead of meeting the team on the Saturday in England I didn't show up until Monday night or Tuesday," he recalls. "Everyone in the team, including my brother, was not happy, quite rightly.
"It was a question of being professional and being with three ugly guys, or being with Chris, and I picked Chris."
Lloyd practised poorly, which he said was normal, and then lost the first 10 points of his match against John Alexander before suddenly striking form and "playing one of the best matches I've ever played, considering the pressure situation".
Lloyd won 7-5 6-2 6-2, while an inspired Mottram beat Tony Roche 8-6 3-6 7-5 6-4 in "the best match I've ever played".
David Lloyd and Mark Cox were underdogs against the 1977 Wimbledon doubles champions Ross Case and Geoff Masters but a four-set win took Britain through to their first Davis Cup final in 41 years amid scenes of wild celebration. Mottram poured champagne over Cox and David Lloyd, who ran around the arena with the Union Jack.
The euphoria was dampened by the United States beating Sweden in the other semi-final. A Swedish victory would have meant the final was played in Britain, but a five-set doubles defeat for Bjorn Borg and Ove Bengtson was decisive as the US took it 3-2.
"We were hoping and praying that Sweden would beat America," said David Lloyd. "Playing America in America and those guys was a much, much harder match."
"Those guys" included a precocious 19-year-old John McEnroe, already nicknamed 'Superbrat' in the press for his on-court antics, making his Davis Cup singles debut.
The British squad hoped the New Yorker might be afflicted by nerves when the final was played at Mission Hills Country Club in the desert city of Palm Springs, California, in December.
But on a specially-prepared, ultra-fast court "which meant it was like playing on glass", McEnroe beat John Lloyd and Mottram in singles, losing only five games to each of them.
"It was almost a privilege to be on court against him," said the younger Lloyd. "Some of the tennis he played was on a different planet to what I was used to. It was an annihilation."
"McEnroe was a different league, even at 19 years of age," Hutchins said. "Here was this young punk of a guy who was not really fearful of playing the Davis Cup final at all. You could only admire how good he was."
Britain's sole point came on day one via the indefatigable Mottram, who, despite being hampered by a back injury, came from two sets and match point down to beat Brian Gottfried in five. He started his comeback as the sun disappeared behind the Coachella Valley mountains and the temperature plunged from nearly 30C to freezing, slowing the conditions. "It was bone-chilling," John Lloyd said.
Late into the night, only 300 shivering spectators were left but Mottram was greeted with a chorus of 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow' by the British fans when he finally prevailed. But GB did not win another set in the three remaining rubbers as the United States sealed an emphatic 4-1 win.
Although the final ultimately ended in disappointment, Hutchins and the Lloyds look back on Britain's Davis Cup run of 1978 with immense fondness.
"You had a vast mix of characters: Mark Cox from Cambridge University; David Lloyd - the never-say-die guy; the playboy of the late '70s in John Lloyd being such fun and then you had Buster, who was the straight Englishman right out of a novel," Hutchins reflected. "We didn't necessarily love each other but we all got on."
David Lloyd became a hugely successful businessman, founding the chain of leisure clubs that bears his name, but says nothing compares to representing your country.
"It meant everything - to me anyway," he said. "At the beginning of the tie they say 'David Lloyd, Great Britain' and your name was never mentioned again. It was 'Game, Great Britain'. There is nothing in life that can give you that same feeling."
According to John Lloyd: "Sometimes it got a bit niggly and a bit volatile but, overall, the memories were damn good ones. It was a big highlight of my career, probably the number one."
As for Mottram, who declined to be interviewed for this article, he remains a largely reclusive figure, occasionally making headlines over his strident opinions and political views, such as when he tried to broker an electoral pact between UKIP and the British National Party in 2008.
His achievements as a tennis player - reaching 15 in the world rankings and amassing a 31-10 winning record in the Davis Cup - are often overlooked.
"Because Buster was extremely quirky, to put it mildly, and didn't want any kind of publicity, after he stopped playing he very quickly disappeared off the radar of British tennis," said John Lloyd, who will be part of the BBC's coverage of this week's final in Belgium. "That is sad."
Hutchins, formerly head of men's tennis in Britain and now tournament director of the ATP Nottingham Open, believes Mottram was almost as important to his squad as world number two Andy Murray is to the current team, led by Leon Smith, who will attempt to go one better on the Ghent clay.
"Andy is the talisman of our team now and I was very fortunate that I had Buster Mottram as the talisman of our team," he added.
"Buster was quite an enigma of tennis but he had these traits in him that you can see in Andy - doggedness, cussedness, never wanting to lose. All the opponents hated playing him. He used to hate losing a point. He was very intense and hard on himself.
"Once we got him back, he was the most amusing guy. Great Britain has a lot to be thankful to him for."
Watch the Davis Cup final live on BBC One and Two and listen to live commentary on BBC 5 live and 5 live sports extra on Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November.
The facility is expected to open later this year at Dunscore Church in the village where Jane Haining was born.
It will feature photographs, documents and other personal effects.
The scheme is being part-funded by a £106,400 grant awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES).
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.
A copy of her handwritten last will and testament, which was found in the Church of Scotland offices in Edinburgh last year, is expected to go on display in the new centre.
The development has been welcomed by Rev Ian Alexander, secretary of the World Mission Council of the Church of Scotland.
He said: "This is an exciting development for the Dunscore congregation.
"The heritage centre will include information on the life of Jane Haining, a woman who was simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary, and will highlight how her life in the church, the village and the community shaped her, and prepared her for her future work.
"The life of faith weaves itself through the whole history of the village, and having a warm and welcoming church will offer opportunity for people to be transformed today and also go out and change the world."
The heritage centre will also focus on the history of Dunscore Church - the current building dates back to 1823 - and the village.
A memorial cairn for Ms Haining, who was the matron at the Scottish Mission School in Budapest before her death, already stands near Dunscore Church.
Luke Griffin, 20, of Cardiff, targeted seven girls and a boy, all under 10, biting, licking or tickling their feet.
He filmed some offences on his phone.
Griffin was handed six years in a young offenders' institution at the city's crown court, after admitting 13 sexual assaults and a count of false imprisonment.
The court heard the offences took place over a two-year period, as Griffin gave acrobatics and keep fit lessons.
Defence barrister Andrew Taylor said: "He has had a foot fetish since he was younger and has had sexual fantasies.
"Griffin said he's been stupid and abused his position of trust. He got sexual gratification from it."
Most of the assaults happened as he gave pupils lifts to and from the gym, the court heard.
In some cases he bound his victims' ankles, before licking or tickling their feet, while he tied one girl up and shut her in his car boot for a few minutes.
When he freed her he told her not to tell anyone or he would "get her mum in the night", while he bribed others to keep silent with 50p and £1 coins.
Prosecutor Caroline Rees said he "abused the trust" of parents, describing it as "deliberate and sophisticated targeting and grooming of children who were easily manipulated".
She described all his victims as from primary school and "vulnerable", with at least two upset that their parents had split up.
"He would arrange lifts to and from the club," she added.
"He was doing that for the purpose of gaining access to the children away from their parents."
In sentencing him, Judge Patrick Curran called it "the grossest breach of trust".
He added: "You adopted a method of selecting certain parents and certain children and targeted and groomed the children who were vulnerable "
Griffin was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order which bars him from having contact with anyone under the age of 18 and made to sign the sexual offenders' register.
Following the sentencing, the Crown Prosecution Service's Wendy Brady said: "I hope that today's sentencing will be of some comfort to his young victims as well as their families, who continue to support them in dealing with the effects of Griffin's actions."
Det Sgt Annalisa Bartley, of South Wales Police, described Griffin as "dangerous and manipulative".
She said his victims have been on "a harrowing journey", adding: "Despite being so young and often very frightened, they have shown remarkable bravery in coming forward."
The opening batsman, who has rejoined Middlesex for 2015, played nine Tests but has not been selected since the 2013 home series against New Zealand.
On being dropped by England, the 31-year-old told the Guardian: "It is like being dumped by a girlfriend and you don't think they have given you the real reasons. There is no closure.
"But I am not going to give up hope. I don't want to accept it."
Compton was called up by England in 2012 after amassing 1,494 first-class runs for Somerset the previous season at an average of 99.6.
He made 208 runs in eight innings during his first tour in India, before compiling his two Test centuries in New Zealand in March 2013.
Having made just 16, 15, one and seven in the return series two months later, the selectors decided to discard him for that summer's Ashes contest, which England went on to win 3-0.
South Africa-born Compton, grandson of England great Denis Compton, feels he can still make a contribution.
"I feel like I'm in the prime of my career now and I want to kick on again," he added.
"I thought I was going well and then suddenly you get dropped and spend nights in bed lying awake reflecting."
Asked if he thought sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen deserves a place in the side, Compton added: "I have always had the belief you must pick the best team and manage it. Every player should be available.
"You want winners and if KP has his pads on, is in form and hungry, then I would want to be watching. The game is about bums on seats and we are in danger of losing that."
Using plastic sheets, hay bales, water and washing-up liquid, the 90m (295ft) slide will be set up in Park Street.
Riders on lilos will be cheered on by a crowd bashing cow bells on either side.
Some 360 ticket holders, picked from nearly 100,000 applicants, will ride the slide from 11:00 BST on Sunday.
Luke Jerram, the man behind the slide, said he was told by the council on Thursday his "Park-and-Slide" could "definitely" go ahead.
The project was first announced in March by the Bristol-based artist.
With demand "far exceeding capacity", a ticket ballot was held to whittle down the 96,573 applicants.
Using 300 hay bales, tarpaulin and a "slide strip", Mr Jerram said it would take about three hours to set up the giant water chute.
"I'll be the first person down it. I'm the guinea pig," he said.
"We're using a mix of water and washing-up liquid, so I'll be getting it primed and checking it all works so that we can get it signed off for health and safety."
The slide is set to be in operation until 17:00, although the organisers say the event is still subject to an "on-the-day final health and safety sign-off" and they "reserve the right to cancel at any time".
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A Syrian boy whose disappearance from a hospital in Belgrade while on the European refugee trail sparked a huge social media campaign has been reunited with his parents in Germany.
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Network Rail has apologised for work at a Gwynedd railway station which made it difficult for the disabled and elderly to get to the platform.
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The restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is now under way for the first time since 2013.
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A new statue of James Connolly, the reopening of HMS Caroline, and a series of exhibitions and parades are among events planned to mark centenaries taking place in 2016.
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David Walliams has said writing children's books is "definitely the thing that gives me most pleasure".
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A 37-year-old man is due in court later over an international investigation into the supply of 'skunk' cannabis to Northern Ireland.
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A community group hoping to take over a Victorian seaside pier has been given nearly £10,000 in government cash.
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Johanna Konta has reached her highest career ranking of 18, the first British woman to break into the top 20 since Jo Durie in 1983.
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Karen Droogan has spent almost all of her life not knowing who she really is or where she came from.
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Kaisa Group has become the first Chinese property developer to default on its overseas debt, which is estimated to be about $2.5bn (£1.7bn).
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The Tate Modern gallery in London has unveiled the latest art commission to fill its vast Turbine Hall space.
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Thrill-seekers will have the chance to shoot down a giant water slide at speeds of 15mph in Bristol city centre this weekend after the scheme was backed by the council.
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Dyfed-Powys Police were called to Garnant Pharmacy on Cwmamman Road at about 12:40 GMT on Monday.
A force spokeswoman said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
The pharmacy has been cordoned off and is closed until further notice.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed they attended the pharmacy and took a man to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
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In the BBC interview, the first lady suggested that the Nigerian government had been hijacked, adding that it was time for Mr Buhari to shake things up.
Her comments, which have shocked the nation, were met with overwhelming support on Twitter.
Some praised Mrs Buhari for encouraging free speech in the country:
Others, however, accused Mrs Buhari's supporters of hypocrisy after she was criticised last year for appearing in public sporting expensive accessories:
President Buhari, who is currently visiting Germany, was quick to respond to his wife's criticism.
At a joint news conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel, he said: "I don't know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room."
His remarks have prompted sharp criticism on Twitter, with many also saying they are puzzled what "the other room" was.
In a series of tweets, President Buhari's spokesman Mallam Garba Shehu later tried to downplay the row, saying his boss "was obviously throwing a banter".
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Aisha Buhari's stark warning to her husband, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, that she may not back him at the next election, and his later response that she "belongs to my kitchen" have triggered an avalanche of comments on social media.
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About four million people are estimated to be heading abroad between 19 December and 3 January.
However trains were quieter than usual with fewer people commuting and the Highways Agency reported no major problems on England's main roads.
Major engineering works will affect the West Coast main line for several days starting from Christmas Eve night.
Britain's busiest airport, Heathrow, was expecting 87,782 departing and 77,719 arriving passengers - and they were treated to boiled sweets in turkey, sage and onion stuffing and Christmas pudding flavours.
Heathrow chief operating officer Normand Boivin said: "With a huge number of passengers set to fly from Heathrow this Christmas, we are giving merry travellers a festive send-off as they embark on their holidays."
Glasgow Airport dealt with 120,000 passengers between Thursday and Tuesday, up 10% on last year, but expected a slight drop-off on Christmas Eve.
A spokeswoman said: "It's been busy over the past three or four days, over the long weekend into yesterday. Obviously a lot of people are travelling to see family or friends, or to go on holiday to get away from the festivities here."
About 20,000 people will be flying out of Cardiff Airport over Christmas, heading to destinations including Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Spanish resorts.
The situation at Gatwick Airport was calm, in contrast to last year when flooding led to a power outage that caused delays and cancellations.
Fire engines were put on alert at Manchester Airport after a technical fault was found with an engine on an Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo from Dubai but were not needed.
The most popular destinations for Britons heading abroad include the Canary Islands, Tunisia and Morocco, as well as Dubai, Mexico, Cuba and Egypt further afield.
British Airways has 267 scheduled flights on Christmas Day, on which 37,000 turkey dinners will be served. The top destinations for BA passengers over Christmas are Dubai, Barbados, New York, Australia and Barcelona.
Ryanair is carrying 3.5 million passengers between 20 December and 6 January - an increase of 500,000 over a similar period last year.
Listen back to Radio 4's Christmas Eve programme Driving Home for Christmas reflecting the journeys made up and down the country at this time of year.
Eleven thousand staff will carry out engineering work, mostly on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, over the holiday period as part of a £200m programme on the national rail network.
The West Coast main line will be closed between Euston and Hemel Hempstead until December 29, and between Stafford and Crewe until December 28.
There will also be disruption to services using Paddington, London Bridge and King's Cross stations in London.
A serious accident led to the closure of the M57 northbound at junctions 2 and 3 near Prescot, Merseyside. There were also delays on the M25 clockwise in Surrey between junctions 10 and 11 because of an accident.
Many major sets of roadworks in England were finished before Christmas, or have been suspended for the festive period, although 63 remain in place for safety reasons.
The AA, which had 3,300 call-outs on Christmas Day last year, will have 350 patrols on duty this year.
Coach company National Express has reported record demand on its routes, with the busiest day being this Saturday. First Bus said it would carry a record 250,000 passengers on Boxing Day.
Christmas morning will be frosty across the UK, with average winter temperatures of about 7C (45F) on Christmas Day.
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Foster Christian, 53, of Dickens Avenue, Canterbury, appeared before Maidstone Crown Court via video link from Elmley Prison, Isle of Sheppey.
He is charged with the murder of Simon Gorecki, 47, and Natasha Sadler, 40, who were found at a property in the same street on 29 March.
Mr Christian was remanded in custody until 10 June.
He is also charged with two counts of causing grevious bodily harm.
Naomi Toro, 35, of Keyworth Mews in Canterbury, who is charged with assisting an offender, has also been remanded in custody to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 29 April.
Another woman, aged 18, who was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, has been released on bail until 3 May.
Police in southern Hyderabad city told BBC Hindi they want to know if Aradhana Samdariya was forced to fast.
Her parents have insisted she voluntarily fasted as prescribed in Jainism, one of the world's most ancient religions.
The case has sparked a debate about the practice of religious fasting in India.
Reports said Aradhana lived for 68 days on boiled water. Two days after she called off her fast last week, she was dead.
Experts believe it is possible for the human body to survive without food for up to two months.
A police spokesperson said a case had been registered against the parents after a child rights organisation filed a complaint.
"The parents - Laxmi Chand and Manshi Samdariya - have been booked under culpable homicide [causing death by negligence] and Juvenile Justice Act [cruelty against minors]," the spokesperson said.
The parents, wealthy jewellers based in Hyderabad, have denied that they forced their daughter to fast.
"She asked permission for upvaas [fast that involves renouncing food]. We asked her to stop after 51 days but she would not give up. Her fast was voluntary. No one forced her," Mr Samdariya said.
But social activists have rejected the family's claim.
"The entire nation should be ashamed that such a practice still exists. Her father's guru advised the family that if she fasted for 68 days, his business would be profitable," activist Achyut Rao told BBC Hindi.
"The girl was made to drink only water from sunrise to sunset. There was no salt or lemon or anything else."
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Mr Rao also criticised the family for taking out a funeral procession "to hail their daughter as a child saint".
"The shocking aspect is that the family is happy that she was the rare one to be taken away by God," he said.
Prolonged fasting is popular among Jains, who are a minority religious group in India.
Activists have often criticised another controversial practice called santhara, in which a Jain gives up food and water with the intention of preparing for death.
The death of the teenager has once again put the spotlight on such practices. Many people have taken to Twitter to express their outrage.
Fasting is not uncommon in other religions - Muslims go without food and water between sunrise and sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, Christians fast during Lent, Jews go without food during Yom Kippur and Hindus fast on various religious occasions. But none of these religions sanction fasting to starvation - and death.
However, Jain leaders have defended prolonged fasts.
"Pregnant women or those who are unwell should not fast. But there is no bar on children fasting. But how much they should fast ought to depend on their own individual capacity," Maharasa Ravinder Muniji, a Jain monk in Hyderabad, told the Firstpost website.
Yes, former Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese will make his full World Wrestling Entertainment debut on Thursday night in Munich.
The 34-year-old has been on a strict diet and training regime, packing on 40kg (88lb) of muscle.
"I was a big WWE fan when I was a boy," he told AFP. "I kept track of it during my football career but never thought of myself as a wrestler."
Wiese won six caps for Germany between 2008 and 2012, and was part of the squad for the 2010 World Cup.
He joined Hoffenheim from Werder Bremen in May 2012 but, after being fined by Hoffenheim in 2013 for being thrown out of a party, he was exiled from the first team.
It at least gave him plenty of time to lift weights.
"I didn't take it seriously as first, then things became more concrete," he said.
"It's been a long time since I worked as hard as I did in the last few weeks."
Having seen out his contract, which ended this year, Wiese increased his training regime and is now eating more than 1kg of meat every day.
"This is Champions League. WWE is the biggest thing in wrestling, so I'm fully focused and blending out everything else around me," he said.
"I think I'll be playing the role of the bad guy - I'm being pushed in that direction, but that's OK.
"In football, I was already the bad guy who opposition fans would insult. It doesn't bother me. They can all hate me."
At 1.93m (6ft 4in) and weighing about 130kg (20st 6lb), Weise says he is not afraid of injuries in the ring.
"I don't care. I will hurt them, they won't hurt me. Anyone can have a go: I'm going to be unbeatable."
A couple in their 20s from Northern Ireland drowned while on honeymoon in South Africa.
John and Lynette Rodgers, from Holywood in County Down, were found on a beach at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape.
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U2 frontman Bono says he fears that he may never play guitar again following a bike accident last November.
He made the comment in his A to Z of 2014, published on the band's website.
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A former senior IRA figure has been shot dead near Belfast city centre.
Gerard 'Jock' Davison, 47, was shot a number of times at Welsh Street in the Markets area at about 09:00 BST.
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Prince Charles has met Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at the start of his four-day visit to Ireland.
Mr Adams was among a number of politicians to greet the prince at a reception at National University of Ireland Galway.
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A judge has ruled that a Christian-run bakery discriminated against a gay customer by refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan.
Ashers Baking Company, based in County Antrim, was taken to court by gay rights activist Gareth Lee.
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A former soldier has been arrested by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry.
Thirteen people were killed when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march through the city in January 1972. A fourteenth died later.
He was later released on bail
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A bus driver from Northern Ireland has been killed in a coach crash in Belgium.
James 'Geordie' Chance was on a bus carrying 34 school children from an Essex school in the UK.
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Figures suggest the Republic of Ireland has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum.
More than 3.2m people were asked whether they wanted to amend the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
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Ten people, including five children, have died in a fire at a travellers' site in the Republic of Ireland.
Emergency services were called to the Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines, County Dublin, at about 04:00 local time on Saturday.
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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said.
Metropolitan Police said a house had been searched in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT.
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May, 26, who starts on the left wing as England host France in their Six Nations opener on Saturday (16:50 GMT), was out for nine months after tearing cruciate ligaments in December 2015.
"I think I'm getting quicker," the Gloucester player told BBC Sport.
"It's something I work on every week, and I'm finding new ways of getting better and physically improving."
May's rehab from what he acknowledges was a potentially career-threatening injury included a spell in Texas at the performance centre run by sprinter and multiple Olympic champion Michael Johnson.
He said: "As soon as I was running again at four months I knew I wanted to go to Texas.
"It's where all the NFL players and all the top track athletes go to get faster and more agile and get better acceleration. It definitely helped me improve.
"At this level it's about the small percentages, and they had some different equipment, some good coaches, a new environment.
"I did everything I could, whether it was standing on one leg brushing my teeth or making sure I hopped up the stairs on one leg. Simple things that I still do now, and it's paid off."
May returned to the England side in the autumn, scoring two tries in three matches to cement his place in one of the most competitive positions in the team.
And he is grateful to coach Eddie Jones, who regularly sent text messages of encouragement during his long injury hiatus, despite the pair never having met.
"He made a point of keeping in touch with me throughout, and that was brilliant for me," May said.
"It gave me motivation to think, 'Blimey, if I can get my knee right, I might have a chance of getting back in there.'
"He didn't need to [send messages]. It really lifted my spirits at a tough time."
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Scrum-half Ben Youngs says England must begin their defence of the Six Nations at flat-out pace against France.
England are unbeaten in 13 matches under coach Jones, but twice last year found themselves 10-0 down to Australia in the first 15 minutes of games.
"Traditionally Six Nations teams feel themselves into it a little bit, and we don't want to do that," Leicester's Youngs said.
"We want to set a precedent in how we play, and show an improvement from the autumn to now. We want to hit the ground running."
Should England win a second successive Grand Slam they will break the world record for the longest series of victories in international rugby.
But they are missing key players, such as former skipper Chris Robshaw, vice-captain Billy Vunipola and brother Mako, lock George Kruis and winger Anthony Watson.
"Over the last 12 months, guys who have come in have taken their chances, and that gives us confidence," Youngs, 27, added.
"The generals in the team are so good that if you do come in, you're up to speed so quickly. We've got great strength whoever drops out."
After the retirement of two partners at St Martin's practice in Knowle, the two remaining GPs said they were unable to manage the centre's 6,000 patients.
However, the practice will now be run by Concord Medical Centre in Little Stoke for an interim 12-month period.
NHS England said Concorde will take over services on 15 September.
Spokeswoman Linda Prosser said there would be "minimal impact on patients" when the change takes place.
"The practice has reassured NHS England that it has sufficient capacity to provide the temporary contract without any negative impact on its services for current patients," she said.
In July, the two remaining doctors at St Martin's, both of whom were working part-time told the NHS they were resigning.
One of those, Dr Holly Hardy, said they made a "difficult decision" to ensure "patient safety in the long term".
Of the takeover, Dr Hardy said the practice will "benefit from the support of a bigger organisation".
Arsenal are leading Liverpool in the chase for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka (Daily Express)
Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin is a summer target for Manchester City and Bayern Munich (El Confidencial)
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech is in line for a return after the international break (London Evening Standard)
Sean Boyle, 20, repeatedly knifed 25-year-old Sean Pierce on 13 August.
The men had been arguing about Boyle's absence from a job that Mr Pierce had secured for him.
During the assault, Boyle stripped to his waist and pursued his victim down a street before police arrived. He has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Boyle, who was jailed at the High Court in Aberdeen, had earlier admitted assaulting Mr Pierce to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.
He was on bail at the time of the offence and has a previous conviction for assault.
Trevor Timon hit Oliver Dearlove while he and his friends were talking to a group of women in Blackheath, south-east London, in August.
The court heard a series of WhatsApp messages sent by Mr Timon where he told a female friend he had "lost it all".
The 31 year old, from Plumstead, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
Mr Dearlove, who lived with his girlfriend Claire Wheatley in New Eltham, died within 24 hours of being attacked.
One of the four women who witnessed the punch told the Old Bailey she had known Mr Timon for 10 years and said he had been left in a "terrible state".
The woman, who cannot be identified, was asked to read a series of messages sent to her by Mr Timon over the days following the fatal attack in which he pleaded for forgiveness.
In one he said: "No words can say how sorry I am. I'm not running away from it."
In another, he wrote: "I'm so devastated about this. I'm in complete shock... All I can do is tell the truth... I'm scared."
"I never ever meant to do it... I'm sorry really from the bottom of my heart... I just wanted to live life and now I feel like I have lost it all," he said.
The woman also read messages she had sent to a female friend hours after the incident where she said "Trevor hit someone for no reason".
She told the jury she was "very upset" with Mr Timon after the attack but claimed she may have "exaggerated" because she was annoyed at him for "spoiling" the night.
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But this season, far too often that perfect day has ended in tragedy. In our last count, at least 24 people have died in avalanches in France and Switzerland since Christmas. A similar number have escaped, many of them with serious injuries.
In some of the most recent examples:
So why is it happening so often? Experts says that in some areas the fresh snow is not sticking to what is an unusually icy base layer. It is as if the new snow is sitting on ball bearings. So even the most benign slopes off-piste can slide under a skier's weight.
And of course it puts pressure on the search teams in the Alps. They are warning that this year skiers need to be extra vigilant, particularly on north-facing slopes.
Above the village of Montgenevre, on the Franco-Italian border, we teamed up with the mountain gendarmes who are training the new generation of rescue dogs.
General Alain Georgis, who oversees their training, said: "Last year we had snow in great quantities, but this year, the base layer before Christmas was thin and weak.
"Since then we have had a fresh dump of snow but it is not secure. Last week we were called out to find a 16-year-old snowboarder who was killed in an avalanche. There have been others.
"We estimate we have 30 minutes to find someone in these situations. To be honest, the chances of finding anyone alive after that are dramatically reduced."
Which is why a dog like Crixi, a six-year old Belgian shepherd, is vital. Yes, there is new technology to find those buried, such as the avalanche beacons that sensible skiers wear, but they are not as quick as Crixi.
He is light in weight but strong. And across this barren frozen landscape we are in, he can pick up even the faintest human scent, which will rise through packed snow.
For the purposes of the training exercise I was buried in the snow. I wriggled into a narrow hole prepared the night before - and waited.
Crixi darted from one pile to another while I sat below him, in the dark, reflecting what it must be like to be buried for real. The snow is like concrete. It is the most suffocating feeling you can imagine.
Two weeks ago in the resort of Karellis, in the Haute Savoie, a dog like Crixi saved a man from certain death.
Remi Mollaret works in Karellis, securing the piste. He is therefore an expert on snow.
On this particular day he was in the back country with a friend, when the gentle slope he was skiing suddenly gave way. He was unconscious when rescuers found him. He had been buried under a metre of snow for 40 minutes.
"I was completely covered - I couldn't hear anything or see anything," he said.
"It was completely dark. The snow was right up against my face. I didn't feel the cold, just focused on staying calm and controlling my breathing. After a while I passed out, all I could breathe was the carbon dioxide trapped in the small pocket in front of my mouth - that was my last memory.
"The next thing I knew I was waking up in the hospital in Grenoble."
Mr Mollaret is one of only 13 people the French gendarmes have ever pulled out of an avalanche alive. Does he feel lucky? Haunted might be a better word.
Craig Parkin, a Briton who moved to the area because he loves to ski, agrees the conditions are precarious but he also believes some of the deaths can be blamed on inexperience. He knows, because when he was less experienced, he nearly came a cropper too, in a slab avalanche.
"We dropped into the slope off a short little drop," he said.
"I felt it crack below me. It was probably the size of a decent-sized living room. It moved slowly but the slab was so big it anchored my snowboard. I was buried up to my waist and I was wedged tight against a tree, as it all slid past me."
Mr Parkin believes that off-piste skiing has become more accessible, for many more people.
"When I was young you didn't dream of off-piste skiing unless you were an expert," he said.
"[But now] it only takes a little powder track, heading somewhere off-piste, it can be very tempting, and before you know it you can find yourself in lots and lots of danger."
The dogs of course, see it all as a fun game of fetch. In each snow-hole, the trainers bury a favourite toy alongside the missing skier.
Yet the truth is that, in most cases, the rescue dog is just too late on to the scene of an avalanche to save life - and on most of their missions, they will be hunting bodies.
Moses, 26, joined the Blues from Wigan for £9m in 2012 but was sent out on loan to Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham by former boss Jose Mourinho.
But he played 34 times this term as Chelsea claimed the Premier League title with a record 30 wins.
"I am more focused now than ever. I am enjoying my football again," he said.
The Nigeria international played 43 games in his first season with the Blues, scoring 10 goals, and was part of the 2013 Europa League-winning squad under interim manager Rafael Benitez.
But he failed to play under Mourinho in the Portuguese manager's second spell at Stamford Bridge, being given temporary moves to three top-flight clubs.
This season, the forward was handed a new defensive role as he rejuvenated his Chelsea career and played an integral role in Italian boss Conte's first season in charge.
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"We have got a new manager here who is willing to give everyone an opportunity," said Moses. "He gave me that opportunity and I didn't look back after that.
"I am very pleased with that and I just want to keep improving in every game I play. It is a new role for me and I am still getting used to it."
Moses could add an FA Cup winners' medal on Saturday when Chelsea take on London rivals Arsenal in the final at Wembley.
He added: "That would be a great achievement for me. We don't feel any pressure, we are just taking this game as it comes.
"We have got the league title and they are going to want to win because they missed out on top four. We are going to try and stop them because we want the Double."
Konta, 25, won 7-5 5-7 6-2 in California to join Heather Watson as a British winner on the WTA Tour in 2016.
"It's quite an incredibly humbling experience," said the British number one. "It's a validation of all the hard work you've already put in."
Sue Barker was the only previous British winner in Stanford, beating Virginia Wade in the 1977 final.
Konta said: "I wanted to leave it all out there, but also absorb everything that I could possibly reinvest in my career moving forward.
"I've played her twice before and knew I'd be playing a magnitude of experience. Venus Williams doesn't need an introduction."
British number one Konta - ranked 147th last June - will rise from 18th to a career high 14th when the new world rankings are confirmed on Monday.
She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January, and again at Eastbourne in June.
Watson became the first Briton for 24 years to win a WTA title in Osaka four years ago, and has since added victories in Hobart (2015) and Monterrey (2016).
Konta's success comes at a higher level, however, with Stanford among the WTA's 'Premier' tournaments and boasting former winners that include Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams.
After overpowering world number 12 Dominika Cibulkova in Saturday's semi-finals, Konta looked on course for a similarly confident win at 7-5 4-1 up in the final.
Williams, 36, was wobbling when she double-faulted to fall two breaks down in the second set but the five-time Wimbledon champion came storming back.
With nerves gripping Konta, the American took six out of seven games to force a decider.
However, it was the Briton who proved the stronger on a fiercely hot afternoon and she again forged a commanding lead in the final set.
The tension was apparent as Konta tried to serve out the match and she had to fend off three break points in a dramatic game before converting her third match point.
"It was about keeping things in perspective, and understanding there'd be ebbs and flows in the match," said Konta. "Every single point was a battle, and I tried to win as many battles as possible.
"The simpler you keep things, the more clarity you have, and the less dumb you play!"
Williams, who has 49 WTA singles career titles and reached this year's Wimbledon semi-final, said: "She played at such a high level today. She saved her best tennis for the final, which is what you want to do.
"She plays really well against me, so maybe she comes out and doesn't feel any pressure and just swings for it. I tried to stay in there and fight. What can I say but give her credit."
The body has yet to be identified and a post mortem will be carried out to determine the cause of death.
The man's body was discovered by volunteers searching for missing Newtownabbey man Dean McIlwaine.
Mr McIlwaine was last seen in the Carnmoney Road area of Newtownabbey in County Antrim on Thursday 13 July.
PSNI Superintendent Emma Bond said: "Police have been working alongside community search teams and members of the public in an effort to find Dean McIlwaine.
"Although the PSNI were not part of the Cavehill search party, we were aware it was taking place and had spoken to the organiser.
"Today, as part of our ongoing investigation, we carried out a number of other searches in the area for Dean," she added.
The 22-year-old barber's parents made an emotional plea for him to come home on Thursday.
Police had carried out extensive searches for him and also released CCTV footage taken on the day he went missing as they appealed for information on his whereabouts.
The announcement came after an opposition party handed documents to the Hawks unit about the claims of bribery.
Ex-Fifa official Chuck Blazer has admitted in the US that he agreed to take bribes related to the bid.
South African officials have strongly denied that bribes were paid.
The US has launched a wide-ranging criminal case that has engulfed football's world governing body Fifa and led Sepp Blatter to announce his resignation as its president.
An indictment alleges that South Africa paid a $10m (£6.5m) bribe to Fifa officials to secure the 2010 bid, ahead of Morocco.
It also alleges that a senior South African official travelled to Paris to hand over cash in $10,000 stacks - in a hotel room, to an unnamed person working for Jack Warner, the former Fifa vice-president and head of the North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf).
Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwana Mulaudzi said the US had not asked the South African police to assist with investigations.
The Hawks had opened its preliminary investigation after being approached by the Freedom Front Plus opposition party, Mr Mulaudzi said, South Africa's Sport24 news site reports.
''The Freedom Front Plus came to us on Tuesday and dropped off some documents demanding that we look at them," he is quoted as saying.
The documents are believed to contain information that could implicate senior South African Football Association (Safa) officials, reports the BBC's Nomsa Maseko from Johannesburg.
Mr Mulaudzi said the documents would be studied and "if there is enough to open a case we will do it", Sport24 reports.
However, he was quoted by the South African government's news agency as saying that no formal investigation had been launched.
"The speculations that have been doing the rounds claiming that Hawks are investigating Safa president Danny Jordaan and other Safa officials are simply malicious, baseless and unfounded," Mr Mulaudzi said.
South Africa's Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Wednesday that payments related to the World Cup had been "above board", and no bribes had been paid.
South Africa was proud to have hosted Africa's first World Cup, and would not allow itself to be caught in a battle between the US and Fifa, he said.
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Later, the US released a transcript from a 2013 hearing in which Mr Blazer pleaded guilty to 10 charges.
In the transcript, prosecutors refer to Fifa "and its membership or constituent organisation" as a Rico enterprise - a Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organisation.
Mr Blazer says: "Beginning in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011, I and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."
Blazer said one of his co-conspirators received a bribe in Morocco for its bid to host the 1998 tournament, which was eventually awarded to France.
Last week US prosecutors indicted 14 people on charges of bribery, racketeering and money laundering. Four others had already been charged, including Mr Blazer.
The US justice department alleges they accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m over a 24-year period.
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In another development, Mr Warner, who is among those charged, said on Wednesday he had documents linking Fifa officials to the 2010 election in Trinidad and Tobago.
"I will no longer keep secrets for them who actively seek to destroy the country," he said in a paid political broadcast on Wednesday evening.
Mr Warner, who denies charges against him, said he feared for his life, but would reveal everything he knows about the alleged corruption.
The incident happed north of the Corran Ferry junction, near Fort William, at about 16:30 on Tuesday.
Police said a man parked his car behind the woman's Land Rover, got out and approached her vehicle while holding a map. He grabbed her bag and drove off.
Dashboard cameras inside other passing vehicles may have recorded the incident, Police Scotland said.
The man has been described as 18-20 years old, medium build and wearing a black baseball cap.
Translink has said it is a "major milestone" in its £12.2m NI railways upgrade programme.
New livery and interiors are being introduced, as well as a significant overhaul of the train's mechanical systems and a new electronic passenger reservation system.
The scheme is a joint project with Irish Rail.
It is financed through the European Union's INTERREG IVA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), with support from the department for regional development in Northern Ireland and the department of transport, tourism and sport (DTTAS) in the Republic of Ireland.
The case involved a man who had been convicted of using someone else's login to access his ex-workplace's database.
The decision has serious legal implications for the wider sharing of passwords, one dissenting judge said.
The US press has speculated it could even have a bearing on disputes about the sharing of Netflix passwords.
But one of the other judges suggested the precedent that had been set had more limited consequences.
In 2004, David Nosal reportedly used an ex-colleague's password to gain access to his former recruitment firm Korn/Ferry, in order to use the information in his new firm.
He was charged in 2008 with hacking under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and convicted in 2013.
The case found the company issuing the password must give authorisation, rather than the individual who may choose to share it.
While the ruling that password sharing violated federal law is limited to the specific case, it could set a precedent for future cases in the US.
Judge Reinhardt, who disagreed with the majority ruling, said the case was "about password sharing" rather than hacking and that in his view "the CFAA does not make the millions of people who engage in this ubiquitous, useful, and generally harmless conduct into unwitting federal criminals".
He added: "The majority does not provide, nor do I see, a workable line which separates the consensual password sharing in this case from the consensual password sharing of millions of legitimate account holders, which may also be contrary to the policies of system owners.
"There simply is no limiting principle in the majority's world of lawful and unlawful password sharing," he added.
He suggested that people could now be jailed as a consequence of the ruling.
But Judge M Margaret McKeown, who wrote the majority opinion, disagreed and said the specifics of the case bore "little resemblance to asking a spouse to log in to an email account to print a boarding pass".
A summary of the ruling said that nearly all access of a "protected computer" - effectively all computers with internet access - without authorisation could therefore be criminalised.
This could turn millions of Americans into potential federal criminals overnight, it reasoned.
Kuan Hon, consultant lawyer at Pinsent Masons, said that under UK law, there is no criminal offence unless the individual knows they are not authorised to access the company's program or data.
"You have to know that the access is unauthorised. If you give your password to your child, they might not necessarily realise that the ultimate service doesn't warrant it," she said.
"The question of what is unauthorised or unauthorised is different under the UK's Computer Misuse Act."
In January, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings suggested that sharing accounts within households was actually more likely to encourage others to sign up.
"As kids move on in their life, they like to have control of their life and as they have an income, we see them separately subscribe," he said. "It really hasn't been a problem."
However, Netflix's terms and conditions state the account owner who created the account and who pays for access "should not reveal the password associated with the account to anyone".
A third of Hampshire's on-duty fleet of 46 ambulances were queued at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on Monday.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust's Sophie Gough said the emergency department had been "exceptional busy".
Fareham MP Suella Fernandes said the situation was "really worrying" and "serious decisions" were needed.
Patient Dave Cole, 64, had to wait for three hours outside the hospital on Monday before being transferred to another ambulance.
"There was five other patients in there and they were all freezing cold," he said.
"In this day and age we shouldn't put up with that."
Ms Gough, clinical lead at the Queen Alexandra Emergency Department said: "No-one wants to see 16 ambulances outside. I've never seen it before and I don't want to see it again.
"I'd like to reassure the public that they are assessed on arrival by a senior nurse and a doctor will then go out and assess them in the back of an ambulance, if necessary, and to start care and treatment.
"We're working hard for this to never happen again," she said.
Patients were transferred to other hospitals, including Southampton General.
The Southampton hospital has asked NHS England to investigate the problem as it has taken about 70 emergency patients transferred from Portsmouth in the last three months.
Conservative MP Ms Fernandes said: "This is really worrying, elderly people need care urgently and they aren't getting the care they need."
"The fact we are seeing potentially negative effects on neighbouring hospitals means we have reached a point which is serious now and we need to take serious decisions on the strategies and management," she added.
It's been described as a 'perfect storm' for the hospital. The emergency department at the Queen Alexandra was besieged this week with very ill people.
The problem is many of those patients were waiting in ambulances, some of them for six or seven hours. At one point a third of all Hampshire ambulances were stuck outside the QA. They could barely fit in the parking spaces.
And if that wasn't bad enough, the Care Quality Commission chose this week to send inspectors into the hospital on a surprise visit, just to see how things are going. They are now considering their findings and deciding what action, if any, to take.
The pictures were shared online and the mystery began to unravel.
Six months on, some of the pictures have been paired with the relatives of those who sat for them.
Hilary Tompkins and her relatives travelled more than 5,000 miles from Seattle to Northern Ireland to find out more about their family tree.
But they were oblivious to their link to the now-famous Clifton House portraits.
Ms Tompkins had tracked her family's history from her home in Seattle to Belfast, where her father, Hamilton Hutchinson, had emigrated to Canada in the 1950s.
Just a few years earlier, Mr Hutchinson's 95-year-old great uncle, Tom Hutchinson, became a resident in Clifton House residential home on North Queen Street.
'Uncle' Tom became known as the home's oldest resident, living to be 110.
Along with some of the other residents, 'Uncle Tom' sat for a portrait with Belfast artist Tobias Everard Spence, the former president of the Belfast Charitable Society, which owned Clifton House, in the 1940s and 1950s.
Until recently the portraits were stored among black bags, suitcases and historical documents dating back about 300 years.
When Ms Tompkins and the genealogist she was working with contacted Clifton House, staff brought out their records.
They put two and two together and realised that Uncle Tom was the star of two of the mystery portraits.
The first portrait was from when Mr Hutchinson was 95 - and at 103 he sat for a second painting.
They told Ms Tompkins and her father to visit Clifton House, but kept tight-lipped about the paintings until the family could see them in person.
Both were presented to Ms Tompkins and Mr Hutchinson.
Ms Tompkins said: "We lost track of him in 1919 when his wife died, between then and when he came to Clifton House is a mystery to us. I'm sure there's a lot more still to find out in the archives."
Louise Canavan is archive manager at Clifton House. She has been involved in unearthing the portraits and helping to trace the subjects' families.
"We're delighted to be able to find one from so far away. We have reunited three of the portraits, to date, so this is number four and five," she said.
"The work that has gone into this from the Hutchinson side and from our own side has been immense, to match up dates and times and people.
"It's been great to be able to reunite Hilary and Hamilton with their portraits."
There are still more than 20 portraits outstanding, which staff at Clifton House are keen to send to their rightful homes.
Joe Corre, the son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, burnt the items on the 40th anniversary of the Sex Pistols debut single.
The 48-year-old told the crowd that "punk was never meant to be nostalgic".
The protest was aimed at official plans to celebrate the movement's 40th anniversary.
Mr Corre said his collection of clothes, posters and other music-related items was worth £5m.
Dummies of former Prime Minister David Cameron, ex-Chancellor George Osborne and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were among those engulfed in flames as part of the protest, on a boat near the Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London.
Mr Corre, who founded lingerie company Agent Provocateur, has been critical of Punk London's plans to mark 40 years of the sub-culture.
The plans, which include events, gigs and exhibitions, is supported by groups including the Mayor of London, British Library and British Film Institute (BFI).
"Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic - and you can't learn how to be one at a Museum of London workshop," said Mr Corre on Saturday.
"Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don't need.
"The illusion of an alternative choice. Conformity in another uniform."
The Sex Pistols' debut single "Anarchy in the UK" was released on November 26 1976 - exactly four decades ago.
Sex Pistols bass guitarist Glen Matlock told Sky News that Mr Corre's protest was "dopey".
"I want to paraphrase Monty Python - he's not the saviour, he's a naughty boy. I think that Joe is not the anti-Christ, I think he's a nincompoop," Mr Matlock said.
Dame Vivienne told the crowd to switch to green energy following her son's demonstration.
Leaning out of the back window on the top of a green double-decker bus, parked on the river bank, she said: "This is the first step towards a free world. It's the most important thing you could ever do in your life."
Several fire engines, a fire service boat and police cars attended the protest.
The American actress sings on The Hanging Tree by composer James Newton Howard.
It features on the soundtrack of her new film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.
Mid-week sales figures from the Official Charts Company show the song is at number 29.
The track was co-written by composer James Newton and the folk rock band The Lumineers.
Suzanne Collins, the author of the "Hunger Games" book series, wrote the song's lyrics.
The sales figures also show Band Aid 30's new version of Do They Know It's Christmas could be knocked off top spot after only a week.
The charity single, re-recorded with all the profits from it going towards the fight against Ebola, is currently just over 1,500 copies ahead of Take That's These Days - the group's first song released as a trio since Jason Orange quit.
The rest of the top five is made up of Olly Murs Wrapped Up featuring Travie McCoy at number three, with Labrinth and McBusted at four and five.
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The billionaire businessman has dominated headlines since descending on an escalator in Trump Tower, New York, to announce his candidacy in June.
Thursday's debate offered his rivals a chance to close the gap on the outspoken populist - but would they seize the opportunity?
First they were forced to stand around looking awkward while the Fox News presenters waited for the green light.
Once the beauty pageant was over, it was presenter Megyn Kelly who took aim at Mr Trump, asking him about derogatory comments he's made in the past about women.
Mr Trump was having none of it though, insisting he'd only taken issue with one woman - liberal actress Rosie O'Donnell - before rallying against political correctness. The crowd loved it.
Ms O'Donnell, presumably watching at home, was less enthused.
Each of the candidates eventually got a chance to speak, although some of them took a less obvious line than others - like neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Jeb Bush, the early frontrunner who has slipped behind Mr Trump in recent polls, was eager to point out he was more than just another Bush. Unfortunately, he chose slightly ambiguous language.
The audience were still scratching their heads when Ted Cruz popped up to say what America really needed was its own version of Egyptian strongman Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, which struck some as a bit odd.
Mr Trump then reappeared to clarify his relationship with Democrat rival Hillary Clinton. Sure, he'd spoken to her husband on the phone and given money to her in the past, he told the audience, but he had an explanation.
Around this point, a few of the candidates were finding it hard to get a word in. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker looked a little lost and Ben Carson seemed to have disappeared.
Chris Christie and Rand Paul, however, were determined to be heard and went into battle against each other over mass surveillance and fighting terrorism. It got pretty personal pretty quickly.
While the others caught their breath, Mr Trump returned to talk about building a wall along America's border with Mexico to tackle illegal immigrants.
This is a favoured topic for the businessman but it was the first time he'd mentioned including "a big beautiful door" on the wall to let legal immigrants through.
Earlier in the night, Rick Perry had been forced to deny saying "Ronald Raven" in the second-tier Republican debate - sending Twitter's meme-makers into meltdown.
So, did anyone manage to deliver a fatal blow? We'll have to wait for the next round of polls to find out.
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Brown will take on the position after Dennis was last week put on gardening leave by fellow shareholders pending the end of his contract in January.
The 45-year-old American rejected a senior position at F1's owners Liberty Media in order to accept the job.
"I'm immensely proud to be joining McLaren Technology Group," he said.
"I have the utmost respect and admiration for what the business has achieved to date, and I look forward to contributing to the next important phase in its development," Brown said in a statement.
"Having worked closely with McLaren for many years, I've been struck by the talent and ambition of the entire workforce, and I very much look forward to complementing the business' many existing strengths, and building on them to drive future success."
Dennis, 69, remains chairman and chief executive officer but following the collapse of his relationship with the other shareholders he is no longer actively engaged in running the company, although he remains a board member by virtue of his shareholding.
Dennis owns 25% of McLaren, with Bahrain's Mumtalakat sovereign investment fund having 50% and Saudi-born French businessman Mansour Ojjeh the remaining 25%.
Ojjeh and the Bahrainis forced Dennis out of the company last week after a breakdown in their relationship.
Dennis is reportedly considering whether to launch a legal action against his fellow shareholders but has already lost one bid in the High Court in which he attempted to prevent being placed on gardening leave.
Brown, who will be responsible for racing and marketing in his new position, was revealed as a major contender for a role running McLaren by BBC Sport last month and decided over the weekend to accept their offer.
He was of particular interest to McLaren because of his success in finding sponsors for a number of teams in his former role at Just Marketing International (JMI).
"As founder of JMI - now the world's largest motorsport marketing agency - I've often worked closely with McLaren and I've developed some excellent relationships across the company," he added.
"Together we've delivered some great sponsorship deals, including Johnnie Walker, GSK, Hilton, Lenovo, Chandon and NTT.
"In my new role I'll be able to combine my absolute passion with my unparalleled area of expertise - respectively motorsport and marketing - while ensuring the two stay totally aligned."
McLaren have not had a title sponsor since parting company with mobile phone company Vodafone at the end of 2013 and Dennis' failure in that respect was among the reasons for him being forced out.
He also fell out with Ojjeh, a former friend and business partner for more than three decades, some years ago and the pair have since failed to patch up their relationship.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicts house prices will rise 5.6% this year, higher than its previous forecast of 4.7%.
A lack of properties being put on the market was pushing up prices, it said.
This comes despite a 14% rise in mortgage approvals for house purchases, according to the major banks.
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said that the rise in September compared with a year earlier was partly due to first-time buyers being able to find a "good deal".
However, the 44,489 mortgage approvals for house purchases in September was down 4.5% on the previous month.
The CEBR said price gaps between different property types were widening, making it harder for people to climb up the property ladder.
In London, someone who wanted to move from a flat to a terraced home would need to find an extra £176,000, it said.
It called on the government to extend its current housebuilding programme, claiming that prices would continue to rise - by 3.5% in 2016, and by around 4% in the four years that followed.
Housing charity Shelter has warned that further house price rises will "push the goal posts even further away for those hoping to become homeowners".
Researchers at Brown University in the US have combined predictions of climate change with the geographic ranges of well-studied amphibians.
While the animals will try to migrate to areas with more suitable weather, short-term temperature fluctuations can cut them off.
The findings suggest more effort should be made to relocate vulnerable species.
It has been recognised for the past decade that the continuing future trend of global warming may drive species to permanently migrate in order to stay in an ideal habitat.
Amid concerns that this long-term migration may be disrupted by towns and cities, scientists at Brown University Dr Regan Early and Prof Dov Sax set out to predict the shifts in species' ranges over the next century.
Predictions of global climate change generally show warming trends, though both global annual oscillations and local climatic effects will play a role for given species.
The researchers combined these climate models with information on the ranges and tolerances of various species of frogs, toads and salamanders in the western US, with results that "really surprised", said Dr Early.
While they set out to find the disrupting effect of urban areas, they instead saw that the short-term climate fluctuations were enough to stop a species' migration in its tracks, cutting it off from ideal habitats and driving it to extinction.
They have published their results in the journal Ecology Letters.
Fifteen species of amphibians native to the western US were modelled in the study, as their ranges are well-known and their tolerances to physical extremes have been well-studied.
While none of these species is currently at risk, they predicted that over half of them would become extinct or endangered in the next 100 years due to these climate fluctuations.
Among the factors determining whether a species would survive were the speed at which it can migrate and its persistence, or robustness, in the face of climatic change.
For example, the models suggested that the Foothill Yellow-Legged frog would be able to make it into a new area, despite climate fluctuations, while the California newt would not fare so well in its migration across the Californian Central Valley.
Dr Early said: "This species isn't endangered now, and in the future there is more than enough suitable habitat for it to remain safe, but…the newt has a really hard time following its climate path to its future range because repeated climatic fluctuations cause it to retreat over and over again."
The tolerance of an animal to less-than-ideal climatic conditions will determine whether it can survive long enough to complete its migration.
"There is a lot of uncertainty in the ability of species to persist, and this is an under-appreciated factor," said Dr Early.
"For example, if an animal lives for a long time, it may fare better," she said. "If its eggs don't survive one year, being able to lay again the following year will increase the chances of survival."
While the study was carried out on only a few species in a limited geographic range, the researchers are confident that the global climate fluctuations will drive similar patterns all around the world.
Small mammals, insects and plants are expected to react in a way similar to the amphibians, as they have similar tolerances to climate change; larger mammals may be less affected as their habitats are less climate-specific, the researchers believe.
The findings from this research are expected to add some clarity to discussions on whether to actively relocate species at risk from climate change.
There is concern over this "managed relocation" from conservation groups and governmental organisations, as the reactions of an ecosystem to the sudden introduction of a non-native species are poorly understood.
But research published in the journal Nature in 2004, which suggested that climate change-driven habitat loss could result in the extinction of 15-37% of all species, lends support to the idea of managed relocation as a way of maintaining biodiversity.
This new study from Dr Early and Prof Sax highlights the specific risks to species from climate fluctuations cutting off their migration paths.
"There are a lot of species that won't be able to take care of themselves," Prof Sax said. "We may instead need to consider using managed relocation more frequently than has been previously considered."
There was a 10% rise in the number of mortgages approved for house purchases from March to April, the biggest month-on-month increase since 2009.
This took the total to 68,706 in April, the Bank of England said, far below a peak of 129,996 in November 2006.
Mortgage activity can feed through to prices, but other factors are in play.
Matthew Pointon, property economist at Capital Economics, said: "A strong labour market and record low mortgage rates are supporting the market. But with lending standards still tight, this pace of growth will not be sustained."
Potential buyers still have to pass strict affordability tests imposed by the regulator. These are designed to ensure mortgage borrowers can cope with a rise in interest rates and, consequently, a larger mortgage bill.
This means activity in the UK housing market is unlikely to reach the levels seen in 2006 and 2007.
However, there has been a notable pick-up in the spring compared with the later months of last year.
The increase in mortgage approvals in April confounded predictions that borrowers would be more cautious and delay purchases owing to the General Election.
Figures published by the Land Registry on Monday showed that house prices in England and Wales rose by 5.1% over the year to the end of April, and by 0.9% from March to April
This was driven, in part, by a 5.6% increase in the value of semi-detached homes over the year, ahead of flats (up 5.4%) and detached homes (up 5.1%).
It was also the result of some rapid rises in some areas of England. Prices rose the fastest in London over the year, up 10.9%, and in the South East of England, up 8.8%.
The slowest annual property price growth was in Wales, where they rose 0.3%.
Earlier this month, parliament said anyone visiting the building with their face covered would have to sit in a separate area of the public gallery.
The move was widely seen as being aimed at Muslim women in burkas or niqabs, prompting discrimination accusations.
Officials said visitors would now have to show their face briefly to security.
"Once this process has taken place, visitors are free to move about the public spaces of the building, including all chamber galleries, with facial coverings in place," the Department of Parliamentary Services said in a statement.
The plans would have affected Muslim women wearing niqabs, full-length garments where only the eyes are visible, and burkas, where no part of the face can be seen.
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Stephen Parry, president of the Senate, said the initial ruling had been made because of rumours that a group of people were planning to attend prime minister's questions on 2 October wearing veils and stage a protest in the public gallery.
He said the measure was intended to be temporary and, as it had come on the last day of the parliamentary session, had never been enforced.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott - who has previously described burkas as a "confronting" item of clothing which he wished people would not wear - had asked Speaker Bronwyn Bishop to "rethink that decision".
The rule had come amid growing concern about the threat of terror attacks in Australia and the involvement of Australian jihadists in the Islamic State (IS) militant group fighting in Iraq and Syria.
Australia has joined the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq, and domestically, police have conducted anti-terror raids in recent weeks.
But critics said that as everyone entering parliament was subject to security checks there was no reason for people with faces covered to be considered a specific threat.
Opposition Labor frontbencher and former immigration minister Tony Burke welcomed the reversal, saying the decision had been taking without proper security advice and for no good reason.
"In 2014 for two weeks, the official policy of the Australian parliament was to practice segregation and we need to ensure this does not happen again," he said in a statement.
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The fire broke out in Aberdeen Road, Huntly, just before 07:00.
Four engines from Huntly, Keith and Aberchirder attended, along with a height appliance from Aberdeen.
The fire has now been extinguished. There were no casualties.
The body of Colin Taylor was discovered by a member of the public at about 09:20 BST at the Marsh Lane site in Marston.
Thames Valley Police said his death was not thought to be suspicious and a file was being prepared for the coroner.
In a statement the club said: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Colin's family and friends at this time."
It said the directors of the club made the announcement with the "deepest sadness".
Chairman Brian Cox, who had been friends with Mr Taylor for more than 25 years, said he was "shocked" by the news.
A police spokeswoman said: "At this stage there appear to be no suspicious circumstances.
"The next of kin have been informed. The family have asked for privacy at this very difficult time."
Scott Davies, who plays for the National League South team, said he was in "absolute shock".
"Only knew him for a short period of time but what a lovely bloke he was," he added.
Further tributes have been paid to Mr Taylor, thought to be in his 60s, on Twitter.
Christian Lawrence said: "Sad sad news this morning, RIP to Colin Taylor. A great man who was the heart and soul of Oxford City FC. You will be missed."
Susan Gibbens tweeted: "Such awful news, a true gentleman. Thoughts are with his family at this sad time. RIP Colin"
Rob Tutton, said: "Unbelievable & shocking news. Saw him yesterday at the first team game... [he] gave so much to the club".
The new store will be based at the site of the former B&Q outlet at Faustina Retail Park on the Buncrana Road.
It will be the second Range store to open in Northern Ireland.
The company opened a branch in Ballymena in October last year. The retailer now has over 130 stores across the UK and Ireland.
In a lengthy introduction for the world's most expensive footballer, club president Florentino Perez outlined what he expected in return for the £86m his club handed over to Tottenham.
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He said: "We are the most demanding club in the world but we will always be by your side."
History tells us that this rule can be rather flexible at Real Madrid. Succeed and they will be by your side - fall short and plenty can produce evidence of how quickly they can cut you adrift.
And it was on nights such as this, as Madrid decamped to Lisbon for the first one-city final in Champions League history, when those demands are at their most intense, when moments can decide whether Real will stand at your side or you become another casualty of their ruthless pursuit of success.
Amid a tumultuous atmosphere in the Estadio da Luz, with Real confronted by arch-rivals Atletico mirroring the hunger, desire and intensity of their combustible Argentine coach Diego Simeone, Bale answered the call.
The list of demands Real made of Bale included helping end a 12-year sequence without the Champions League and finally deliver "La Decima" - their historic 10th win in the competition.
For long periods of an absorbing final, Bale trod the wrong side of the line that can define players of his calibre on occasions such as this. The chances came and went as Atletico fiercely protected the lead Diego Godin's first-half header had given them.
Sergio Ramos's equaliser deep into stoppage time floored Atletico, if not Simeone, and it was left to Bale to ensure his name will be remembered for ever whenever the story of Real Madrid is recounted.
Undaunted by his previous frustrations on a night when he was not at his best, Bale did what players of the greatest quality do. He still managed to exert influence on Europe's biggest club game when he was needed.
The moment that may just have been in the 24-year-old Wales star's mind's eye when he indulged in some showboating for his new fans in the Bernabeu sunshine last summer arrived with 10 minutes of extra time left.
Man of the match Angel Di Maria's shot was blocked by the legs of Atletico keeper Thibaut Courtois and Bale's natural instincts and optimism sustained him enough to follow up and direct an angled header into the net.
In that moment "La Decima" - the mission which has hung like a dark cloud over Real in the 12 years since they last won the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park - was finally secured.
It set up a moment of history for Real with their 10th triumph, history for coach Carlo Ancelotti as he joined Liverpool's Bob Paisley in winning the trophy for the third time and ensured Real will remain at Bale's side for many years to come.
Real and Bale may say it was the sort of history-shaping moment that sparked emotions money cannot buy - but in reality it was the contribution they envisaged when they concluded a summer of negotiation with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy by parting with £86m.
Further goals from Marcelo and a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty may have deprived Bale of the status of match-winner, but he hardly looked troubled as he danced in front of Real's fans draped in the Wales flag.
When examined in years to come, the emphatic 4-1 winning margin will go nowhere near telling the tale of this epic piece of local rivalry with Atletico, downtrodden by Real for so long, just moments away from securing a victory of the sweetest redemption before Ramos broke their resistance.
It will not illustrate the magnificent defence of Uruguay's Godin and the relentless approach of Atletico's Koke and Gabi, a symbol of their renaissance under Simeone.
It will not tell of the compulsive viewing provided by Simeone, slicked back hair and black shoes glinting in equal measure under the glare of the floodlights, of how the Argentine lives on the edge, racing on to the pitch to confront referee Bjorn Kuipers at the break in extra-time and how he appeared dangerously close to offering an old-fashioned "straightener" to Real's Raphael Varane for kicking the ball in his direction after a goal.
Simeone was applauded in and out of his press conference by Spanish journalists who admire his determination to fight Atletico's bigger and more powerful rivals, an approach he seems a little too willing to take literally at times.
And then there was Ancelotti, his own conference hijacked by a group of Real players led by Ramos, embracing the popular Italian while singing the club song.
Ancelotti is one of football's nice guys, with a neat line in dry humour and a sanguine approach that ensures he does not get too high in victory or too low in defeat.
He was dignified in defeat when Liverpool beat his AC Milan side in Istanbul in 2005 and here he was gracious in victory, qualities he shares with the late, great Paisley, who would have approved of Ancelotti's measured outlook.
This was an occasion to make Madrid proud. Real's fans revelled in their win but there was a faith-restoring moment after Marcelo's goal which ended any hopes of Atletico adding the Champions League to La Liga, won after an 18-year gap.
As one, the Atletico fans at one end of Estadio da Luz, to the left of Simeone, rose in spontaneous applause for the players who had given so much but who were now lying on the turf in despair. The noise levels increased in a wonderful show of support.
And at the final whistle there was Bale, beaming with delight as ticker tape rained around him, clutching his medal and acknowledging his homeland's proud heritage with his flag.
Perez had laid out his demands and Bale had met them on the biggest European club stage of all. He came through adversity in the first 110 minutes to do it - but that was the price Real were prepared to pay to sign him.
Mandy Dickson said she placed her 20-month-old son Devon on a slide at Green Grosvenor Park in Salford so she could discreetly photograph the men.
She said the play area was littered with cannabis joints and a drug pipe.
Salford Council said it had begun an investigation and was working with Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
The incident in Lower Broughton on Thursday at about 11:00 BST was first reported by the Manchester Evening News.
Ms Dickson told the BBC: "My son wanted to use the slide and I noticed the people on the ground, who I thought were homeless."
She said Devon then kicked over what she thought was a water bottle belonging to one of the men.
The 35-year-old said she then realised the bottle had been "turned into a drug pipe".
Ms Dickson said she had received criticism on social media for "letting my son play near drug addicts" but explained she had placed her son on the slide only "for a few seconds" in order to get some photographic evidence to warn other parents living nearby.
"I would absolutely not be able to live with myself if I'd done nothing and another kid had been harmed or died because of what they left behind," she said.
Insp Darren Whitehead of GMP said: "The Broughton Neighbourhood policing team regularly patrol this area and we have not had any previous reports of this nature.
"We will continue to conduct high visibility patrols and identify any individuals causing anti-social behaviour."
Salford City Councillor David Lancaster said the images were "very concerning".
"It would appear from the pictures I have seen that drugs are involved," he said. "For these young men to be seemingly unconscious in the middle of a family park - in the middle of the day - completely undermines the safe environment we need in which to let our children play."
The Celtic midfielder, 23, hopes the Tangerines, who are 13 points adrift at the foot of the Premiership, can avoid relegation.
United chairman Stephen Thompson has challenged his squad to preserve their top-flight status and "redeem" their professional reputations.
"It's very sad to see," Armstrong said. "Their future is not looking good in this league."
Armstrong was one of three players United sold in to Celtic in 2015. Since his departure - along with Nadir Ciftci and Gary Mackay-Steven - United's form has slumped.
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Mixu Paatelainen's side lost 3-0 to Motherwell at Tannadice on Tuesday and Thompson then apologised to the club's supporters for their "abysmal" display and position in the table.
"I was hoping they would get a result on Tuesday night," said Armstrong. "It was not to be.
"But you have to remain optimistic and hope they can finish the league strongly and then if they do come down they come back up as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright believes no-one should be writing off the Tangerines until it is arithmetically impossible for them to stay up.
"I would never say anything is done until it is done." Wright told BBC Scotland.
"They are not in a great position, that is an obvious thing for me to say.
"What they have got is a difficult position to get themselves out of. It shows the change in Scottish football."
Scotland's top flight has lost Rangers, Hearts and Hibernian in recent years, though Hearts have since returned to the Premiership and Rangers and Hibs are trying to get promoted to the top tier for next season.
Wright admits it would be "disappointing" for Saints to lose one of their Tayside rivals out of the league.
"We always enjoy the derby games with them," added Wright.
"Rangers or Hibs would probably be an automatic replacement but everybody wants to see the top clubs in the league on merit."
Dundee striker Greg Stewart would also miss local derby matches with United but concedes his own club's supporters may not feel the same way.
"Personally I enjoy playing in the derbies but I suppose Dundee fans won't agree with me," said the 25-year-old. "I'm sure they are wanting them down just to get the bragging rights in the city.
"The atmosphere in the games is brilliant for players and it makes you more determined and you want to win them.
"We have one more at least this season and hopefully we can make the most of it and get the win."
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But did you know there was a time when women, poor people and many others weren't allowed to have their say?
It took a long time for the right to vote to be opened up to most adults.
Martin's been finding out why being able to have a say is so important.
The Labour leader said he did not accept an Institute for Fiscal Studies assessment that debt would be £90bn higher in 2019-20 under his plans.
He also defended his decision to carve key Labour policies in a stone tablet.
Mr Miliband said his plans to abolish non-dom tax status would be non-negotiable in post-election talks.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale said this was the first time the Labour leader had acknowledged he might not win an outright victory in Thursday's general election.
Asked what were the issues he thought were most important ahead of polling day, Mr Miliband said: "We have our manifesto and I'm determined we implement our manifesto, but I'll give you one symbol - non-dom status. Any government I lead is going to get rid of non-dom status, people that live here, work here, permanently settled here and don't pay taxes here."
This issue includes the wider economy and deficit reduction but also employment and the role of business.
Policy guide: Where the parties stand
Labour has criticised the scale of spending cuts planned by the Conservatives and say they will balance the books "in a fairer way" than their rivals.
In his BBC interview, Mr Miliband said the Conservatives had failed to "deal with the deficit".
Asked whether Labour would "borrow a lot more" than the Conservatives, he replied: "No, I don't believe we would."
He said he did not agree with the IFS, which said last month the debt would be £90bn higher under Labour's plans than the Conservatives', adding that "the credibility of a deficit plan is does it add up, does it make sense and is it going to work".
The Labour leader was also asked about comments by Lucy Powell, the vice-chairwoman of Labour's general election campaign, about his decision to have party policies carved into a stone tablet.
Asked on BBC Radio 5 live if carving them in stone made them more believable, Ms Powell said: "I don't think anyone is suggesting that the fact that he's carved them into stone means that he is absolutely not going to break them or anything like that."
Mr Miliband said promises would not be broken, adding: "Carved in stone, delivered by a Labour government. Couldn't be clearer."
Asked whether Ms Powell had been wrong, he replied: "Well, I'm clear about it, yes."
In her interview, Ms Powell went on to say Mr Miliband "stands by his promises", adding: "It was just another way of highlighting that, which is that he's a guy of principle, of decency, a guy who is tough and he is going to deliver on his promises he set out, unlike some of this opponents."
Mr Miliband was also asked about Labour's approach to business, saying he had never claimed to have run a business and adding: "You can understand what it means without being a business person yourself".
He said his party had a "pro business" not a "pro business as usual" agenda, adding that "the future of this country will depend on millions more successful businesses".
The Labour leader said he was not nervous about the prospect of become prime minister if he wins the election: "I'm ready to change this country for working people and I see it as my duty to change this country for working people," he added.
A Conservative spokesman said Mr Miliband's comments on borrowing were "highly misleading".
He added: "As the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies makes clear, Ed Miliband will borrow more and rack up more debt.
"That will mean higher taxes, higher mortgage rates and lost jobs."
Fiona Barber, 71, was attending a routine appointment at Borders General Hospital in 2009 when she fell.
She struck her head on the ground and died at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh two weeks later.
Her son told a fatal accident inquiry that he believed her fall had been a "preventable accident".
Mrs Barber, of Lindean near Selkirk, never regained consciousness after her fall.
Her son, Jonathan, was giving evidence to an inquiry at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
Asked what outcome he was looking for from the hearing Mr Barber said: "We were only told there was not going to be a prosecution in June last year.
"The family have waited a very long time for this and want to see some effective recommendations.
"It is the family view this was a very preventable accident - it really devastated the whole family."
He said he wanted to find out what happened and see "effective recommendations" put in place to avoid any further falls.
The inquiry before Sheriff James Farrell continues.
On an annual basis, Scottish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.9%.
By comparison, UK GDP grew by 0.6% over the final quarter and by 2.1% on an annual basis.
Scotland's services sector grew by 0.3% during the latest period, while the production sector contracted by 0.1%. Construction output expanded by 0.1%.
The previous quarter's estimate was revised down by Scotland's chief statistician from +0.1% to -0.1%, ending a sequence of 11 straight quarters of growth north of the border.
Meanwhile, the growth rate for the first quarter of last year was revised up - from 0.6% to 0.7%.
Scotland's services sector - which accounted for three-quarters of the Scottish economy in 2012 - expanded slightly in the final quarter of 2015.
However, there was a contraction in Retail and Wholesale (-0.5%), Professional, Scientific, Administrative and Support Services (-0.5%) and Public Administration and Defence (-0.2%).
This was countered by growth in sectors such as Accommodation and Food Services (0.3%), Transport, Storage and Communication (1.5%) and Financial and Insurance Activities (1.4%).
The production sector saw growth in Manufacturing (0.3%) and Water Supply and Waste Management (1.9%), but there was a contraction in Mining and Quarrying Industries (-2.3%) and Electricity and Gas Supply (-0.8%).
Within manufacturing there were contractions in sectors such as Textiles, Clothing and Leather Products (-1.2%) and Computer, Electrical and Optical Products (-4%).
However, there was growth in Refined Petroleum, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Production (5.3%), Transport Equipment (1%), and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (1.6%).
Responding to the figures, Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale said: "Retail sales in Scotland have consistently been at a low ebb over recent years, with retailers having to work ever harder to maintain let alone grow sales at a time of profound structural, economic and regulatory change for the industry.
"Retailers are responding positively to these changes and becoming more productive by investing in new technology, a higher skilled workforce and revamped logistics capabilities.
"However that is all the more challenging when retail sales are weak, shop prices are falling and government-imposed tax and regulatory costs are mushrooming."
The 21-year-old from Milngavie, near Glasgow, returned from the European Championships in France last month with three golds - one in the team pursuit.
"I feel good about training and how I've been performing at races so I hope it's going to pay off," she said.
"Everything I ever do will be to try to win that team pursuit medal."
Having excelled in the Scottish cycling scene, Archibald moved to Manchester in 2013 when she became part of the British Cycling set-up.
She admits to missing home and her old Scotland team-mates but is happy in England's north-west and very pleased to be benefiting from "the fantastic riders here and a bigger well of expertise".
Archibald trains with Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell Shand and Ciara Horne at the city's velodrome and admits it took her a while to get used to the place.
"The first time I walked in here was for the Junior Nationals in 2012 and I remember the feeling in my stomach," she told BBC Scotland.
"I expected there to be dramatic music!
"It struck me the other day that I'm desensitised to the glory of it all. I guess I'm a bit sad that I've lost that sparkle but it's working me hard.
"It's a strange world because you know that it's nothing that you ever dreamed you'd be doing yet there are 20 people around you who are doing the same thing. There's a lot of pressure."
Having overcome any initial feelings of being overawed by her surroundings, Archibald is now an established part of the GB pursuit team that won the World Championships in 2014, clinched silver this year and are the current European champions.
In October's European Track Cycling Championships, she won gold in the individual pursuit and elimination race as well as gold in the team pursuit.
"We basically live in each other's pockets yet are still meant to be able to give relevant criticisms," she said of her relationship with her team-mates.
"You'd think that would be quite tricky but we get on ridiculously well.
"There are five of us and there are usually four spots, which seems like a recipe for disaster, but I think it just pushes you on.
"The ultimate target is against every other nation in the world, not against each other, so we're kind of held together by that.
"I'm more motivated by being in a team environment. This team has pushed me on to another level because there is that extra expectation. There are people to chase and people chasing you.
"It builds this really good ethos to get the best out of people."
While Rio and team pursuit goal is the ultimate target, Archibald is also competing in road races, though she says that is "more of a supplement" at the moment.
Her diverse training programme as an endurance rider includes track, road, gym and turbo trainer sessions.
In 2017 she expects to place greater emphasis on European road races than track competition.
And a longer-term goal might be to step up from her current position as reserve rider to Trott for the omnium in Rio to be first pick in that discipline at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
The midfielder, 29, has won 87 caps for Wales but is unsure whether to continue into the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.
"I am considering my future, I think it is something I am going to have to sit down and think about quite strongly," she told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"I have to sit down and decide whether to listen to my head or to my heart."
The Seattle Reign midfielder, who has scored 28 goals for her country, will again miss out on a major finals in 2017 as Wales' 2-0 defeat to Norway has ended their European Championship qualification hopes.
However, Fishlock admits it will be a huge wrench to quit international football, even though she does believe it would prolong her career.
"I turn 30 in January and we are going to have a year before qualification for the World Cup even starts," she explained.
"If I commit to it I want to commit to the whole campaign, which is another two-years on top, by then I will be 33 and that's quite old.
"The reality is, as I get older, my legs start to go. That's the way it is. The travelling is a factor as well. It takes its toll at times and that's the thing I really have to think about and manage.
"If I stop Wales and the travelling, does that prolong my club career, with less travelling? I believe it will.
"But I also know that for as long as I am playing for my club, I am going to want to play for my country, that's what is in my heart."
The former Melbourne Victory star, who has had spells playing in the Netherlands and Germany, feels Wales have the right leadership under manager Jayne Ludlow.
"The direction we are heading under Jayne, there is a big part of me that wants to be a part of things, whatever I can do," she said.
"Even if that means I'm an impact player, not a starter, I think I would be OK with that.
"I will want to commit 100% if I decide to carry on playing for Wales and that is another three years of big commitments.
"The more I think about it, the more I think I do want another campaign under Jayne."
Fishlock will continue playing for the remainder of this campaign and insists she would not have a problem with being in a similar situation to Wales striker Craig Bellamy.
The former Newcastle striker called time on a 15-year international career only to see Wales reach a major finals just a few years after his retirement.
"If Wales qualified for a tournament and I was not there, I think I would be ok with it," said Fishlock.
"Comparing myself to Craig Bellamy, when you call it quits - and it is such a big decision, it is because you know that it is the right thing to do.
"And when you do it, you are very supportive of the group, you don't think about yourself.
"When I come down to making the decision, it will very much be about 'will I be ok, with not playing for Wales'?"
Fishlock insists she will never pick and choose her the matches she plays for Wales, which complicates her decisions on her future.
"I have to make the tough decisions, because I can't and won't half-commit to the campaign." she said.
"I won't ever be someone who says 'Just call me in when we have home fixtures against the best teams, but I am not coming to Kazakhstan to play over there.'
"That's not who I am. If I am in it, I am in it for the qualifiers, the friendlies, the training and the travelling.
"It is a lot, takes a toll on my body and doing it for another three years is a big ask but equally, I don't know if I am ok with not playing for Wales anymore. It is something I need to figure out."
Tahir Ahmed suffered a fractured skull after being attacked during an attempted robbery at A&A Newsagents in South Trinity Road on Friday 12 August.
David Allan, 49, and Liam McMeechan, 22, are accused of attempted murder, attempted robbery and assault to severe injury.
Mr McMeechan faces a further charge of police assault.
Mr Allan was charged on Wednesday 31 August and appeared in court in private the following day.
Both men made no plea or declaration at their court appearances and were committed for further examination and remanded in custody.
Four key House of Commons committees wrote to Nicky Morgan last month, pressing for sex education to be made statutory in primaries and secondaries.
In response, Mrs Morgan now says the government "will continue" to keep the subject's status "under review".
But the National Aids Trust said it was "extremely disappointed".
The trust's chief executive Deborah Gold said the decision meant the subject "will continue to be delivered according to the whims of individual head teachers rather than the needs of young people".
Last month, the chairmen of the education, health, home affairs and business committees wrote to Mrs Morgan saying personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), which includes sex education, was a "crucial part of preparing young people for life".
"It can provide them with the knowledge and confidence to make decisions which affect their health, wellbeing and relationships, now and in the future," said the joint letter.
"It can... help protect young people from abuse in many forms."
But Mrs Morgan said while she agreed PSHE was crucial, making it statutory "would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject".
In a letter to Neil Carmichael, chairman of the Education Select Committee, she said these problems "are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40% of PSHE teaching is less than good".
"As such, while we will continue to keep the status PSHE in the curriculum under review, our immediate focus will be on improving the quality of PSHE teaching in our schools."
Under the national curriculum, sex-and-relationship education is compulsory from age 11 - but parents are allowed to withdraw their children from parts of it.
Mrs Morgan had previously failed to meet a deadline to respond to the Education Committee's call a year ago for the government to make a work plan for introducing age-appropriate PSHE and sex-and-relationships education (SRE) as statutory subjects in primary and secondary schools.
Lucy Emmerson, co-ordinator of the Sex Education Forum, described the subject as "every child's right".
"Yet the government has ignored the views of parents, teachers and pupils and failed to guarantee that all children, in all schools, get this vital learning for life," she said.
"SRE must begin in primary school and build year-on-year to enable young people to understand a wide spectrum of issues, including the difference between acceptable and abusive behaviour, consent and sexual health."
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said the decision was "short sighted".
"When report after report following the tragic sex abuse cases in Rotherham and Oxford point out that PSHE keeps children safe, how can Nicky Morgan refuse time and time again to make PSHE mandatory in all schools?" asked Dr Bousted.
The protoype consists of a soft pouch, containing aluminium for one electrode and a graphite foam for the other - all surrounded by a special liquid salt.
It can recharge in less than a minute and is very safe and durable compared to lithium-ion batteries, but currently only delivers about half the voltage.
The work appears in the journal Nature.
The researchers say it has advantages over lithium-ion batteries, common in electronic devices like smartphones, as well as traditional alkaline batteries.
Other scientists have said the work is exciting but still at a very early stage.
"We have developed a rechargeable aluminium battery that may replace existing storage devices, such as alkaline batteries, which are bad for the environment, and lithium-ion batteries, which occasionally burst into flames," said senior author Prof Hongjie Dai from Stanford University in California.
"Our new battery won't catch fire, even if you drill through it."
In fact, a video made by the research team shows that the battery even continues to work for a short period after being punished in this way.
We may not expect batteries to withstand such treatment routinely - but this demonstration certainly sets the new design apart from lithium-ion batteries, which have faced safety concerns including recent bans on air transport.
Because it is lightweight and inexpensive, aluminium has attracted interest from battery engineers for many years, but it has never yielded a viable product.
Key to the new discovery was the choice of material for the other, positive electrode (the cathode) to go with aluminium for the negative electrode (or anode). Graphite - a form of carbon in which the atoms form thin, flat sheets - turned out to deliver very good performance, while also being similarly lightweight, cheap and widely available.
To connect the two electrodes, the pouch is filled with liquid.
"The electrolyte is basically a salt that's liquid at room temperature, so it's very safe," said PhD student Ming Gong, another of the study's authors. This contrasts with the flammable electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries.
The battery performed particularly well when the team made the graphite cathode into a foam: a sponge-like pattern of tiny whiskers of the stuff, surrounding many empty pockets. This allows ions in the electrolyte solution very easy access to the graphite, helping the battery to work faster.
When the battery discharges, aluminium dissolves at the anode, while aluminium-containing ions slide into the spaces between atomic graphite layers at the cathode. When it charges again, the reverse occurs, depositing metallic aluminium metal back on the anode.
Crucially, this can take place through more than 7,500 complete cycles without the battery losing any capacity - several times more than most lithium-ion batteries, and hundreds of times better than any previous experimental designs that used aluminium.
Similarly, the device's two-volt output is the best seen from an aluminium battery. It is also better than common 1.5-volt alkaline batteries, but lags behind the output of the lithium-ion batteries we use in smartphones and laptops.
"Our battery produces about half the voltage of a typical lithium battery," Prof Dai said. "But improving the cathode material could eventually increase the voltage and energy density."
Nonetheless, his team has high hopes for their design. Already, just by strapping two of the pouch batteries together and plugging them into an adaptor, they managed to charge up a smartphone in a minute.
They also suggest it could be very useful in flexible displays, one of the proposals for the next generation of electronics.
Prof Dai clearly believes its voltage is the battery's single main limitation: "Our battery has everything else you'd dream that a battery should have: inexpensive electrodes, good safety, high-speed charging, flexibility and long cycle life.
"I see this as a new battery in its early days. It's quite exciting."
Clare Grey, a materials chemist at the University of Cambridge, said the work was "definitely a step-change" for aluminium batteries.
"Aluminium batteries are very difficult technology and I think their method of storing the charges inside the graphite is rather clever," Prof Grey told BBC News.
But she added that turning the prototype into a larger commercial product would be challenging. One problem is that the process of squeezing ions in between the graphite sheets can cause the material to expand and contract, which is "bad news for the battery", Prof Grey explained.
"And then also, the bigger the graphite sheets are, the further the ions have got to diffuse in - so the slower it gets. So part of reason it's got this high rate is that it's got very small platelets of graphite."
She was impressed by the concept and the demonstration of the new design, however.
"I think it's very exciting and it gives new pointers as to how one might get that type of chemistry to work," Prof Grey said.
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Steenson, 31, was capped at youth level by Ireland, but has spent most of his career in England and has been a key member of the Exeter team.
"There aren't that many good 10's in Ireland," said Whitten, who has two caps for Ireland.
"I have to say that Gareth Steenson's been very, very unlucky not to have been capped by Ireland."
Steenson moved to Exeter from Cornish Pirates in 2008 and kicked the winning penalty that saw the Chiefs beat Bristol in the inaugural Championship play-off final in 2010, leading to their promotion to the top flight for the first time.
Since then he has become Exeter's record Premiership points-scorer, with 953, and equalled the top flight record of nine penalties in a match in 2014.
"I was lucky enough to get capped before I came over here," added Whitten, who agreed a new contract at Sandy Park last week.
"But similar to the English, although they don't openly say it, they don't like to pick guys playing outside of Ireland.
"That's fair enough, I accept that stance, and I enjoy playing here. I don't consider going back home as I didn't want to leave (the club)."
The court ruled on Thursday that Greece had "failed in its obligations" to "protect the victims".
The state has been ordered to pay damages of €12,000-16,000 (£10,000-£14,000) each.
More than 20 Bangladeshi nationals were injured in the incident in 2013.
It happened after about 200 migrant workers gathered on the farm near the southern Greek town of Nea Manolada, 260km (160 miles) west of Athens, to request their unpaid salaries.
At least two farm supervisors opened fire on the workers.
The ECHR said that the Greek state had not done enough to "prevent the situation of human trafficking" in the country.
In a separate incident on Thursday, a 29-year old Syrian man is reported to have set himself on fire at a migrant camp on the Greek island of Chios.
Medical officials said the man suffered severe burns and was being transferred by air to an Athens hospital for further treatment, local media report.
The ECHR case involving the Bangladeshi nationals was launched after two members of staff convicted over the shooting in a Greek court were released pending their appeal.
"The Greek court's acquittal of the farmers for the crime of forced labour was a great disappointment to us," said Morsed Chowdury, a migrant worker and the lead applicant in the ECHR case.
"We hope that the Greek government will learn from our experiences and recognise our important role in the Greek economy," he added.
Nea Manolada in Greece has previously been in the spotlight over exploitation of migrants.
In 2008 workers staged a strike against inhumane conditions. There have also been reports of previous attacks.
The Korean-American lecturer taught at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) for several weeks prior to his arrest.
The investigation into Mr Kim was for matters "not connected in any way" to the university, PUST said in a statement to the BBC.
Mr Kim was arrested just as he was about to leave Pyongyang.
North Korean authorities have not yet disclosed the reason for the arrest.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, Mr Kim, who is in his late 50s, was involved in aid programmes and had been in North Korea to discuss relief activities.
He reportedly taught at Yanbian University of Science and Technology in China, which is affiliated to PUST. The BBC's calls to Yanbian were not answered.
PUST's chancellor, Park Chan-mo, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that Mr Kim "had been involved with some other activities outside PUST such as helping an orphanage".
The US State Department said it was aware of reports of the detention, but would not comment further because of "privacy considerations", US media reported.
The detention comes as tensions ratchet up in the Korean peninsula, with US warships steaming towards the region as Pyongyang threatens a "super-mighty pre-emptive strike".
Chinese state media reported that President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone again on Monday.
Mr Xi reiterated his call for calm saying he "hopes relevant parties exercise restraint, and avoid actions that would increase tensions", and both leaders promised to keep in touch regarding the Korean peninsula, reports said.
US officials have not yet confirmed the call.
The US has in the past accused North Korea of detaining its citizens to use them as pawns. Mr Kim is one of three US citizens currently being held by North Korea.
In April last year, Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalised US citizen born in South Korea, was sentenced to 10 years' hard labour for spying. He was arrested the previous October.
US student Otto Warmbier, 22, was arrested in January last year for trying to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel while visiting North Korea.
He was given 15 years' hard labour for crimes against the state in March 2016.
Adam Hill, 35, from Lincolnshire, was jailed for 15 months in July for causing the head-on collision which left Beth Tyson unable to walk unaided.
He was released after four months, subject to a home detention curfew.
Ms Tyson, 20, said she felt like the one who had been punished.
Hill, of Caistor, was on the wrong side of the A46 when he hit the vehicle Ms Tyson and her friend Kate Hunter were in, in December 2013.
He denied causing injury by dangerous driving but was convicted, jailed for 15 months and disqualified from driving for three years.
Ms Tyson, from Tealby, who was an avid horse rider, said she needed pain relief every day and had to give up on her dream to become a paramedic.
"Some days I just don't want to do anything," she said.
"The pain makes it harder to accept and get over the accident because I wasn't like that before.
"I feel like I'm the one who has been punished for something that I didn't do and had no control over."
Amy Aeron-Thomas, from the charity Road Peace, said it was usual to serve half the total jail term, but that should have been seven-and-a-half months.
"If he had pleaded guilty he would have got a sentence discount of 30% - that would reduce his total to 10 months and he then would have served half, five months.
"But he didn't do that, he put the families through so much more extended trauma."
The Ministry of Justice said it could not comment on individual cases but said only prisoners who passed a strict risk assessment can be released on a home detention curfew (HDC).
Prisoners who are serving sentences of between three months and four years will usually be considered for HDC unless they have committed certain violent or sexual offences.
If eligible they are released between two weeks and four-and-a-half months before their automatic release date.
The preparations follow a recent offensive which officials said on Wednesday had recaptured nearly all of the city's east.
Counter-terror chief Talib Shaghati said special forces had retaken all eastern districts assigned to them.
Some IS fighters remain holed up in north-eastern districts, he added.
Earlier reports suggested the army had retaken all of the city's east.
The jihadists remain in control of all of Mosul west of the Tigris river, including the warren-like streets of the old city, which present a challenge to government forces.
The army has made swift advances through eastern Mosul since re-launching its operation to retake the city last month.
The operation began in October, more than two years after the jihadists overran the city, but stalled amid heavy IS resistance.
It is the Iraqi military's largest operation in years, involving domestic security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, and assisted by US-led coalition warplanes and military advisers.
Last Friday the army launched an operation to capture the Mosul University complex, used by IS militants as a base and, Iraqi officials said, a chemical weapons production site.
More than 100,000 people have fled their homes in and around Mosul and UN officials have warned that the figure is likely to rise as pro-government forces press further into the city.
The 26-year-old was cycling in Earley on Monday. He turned into Church Road where he struck a 29-year-old man.
The cyclist suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but died on Wednesday.
The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses.
A moratorium on UOG, which includes hydraulic fracking, has been in place since January 2015.
Since then, the government has been examining the evidence before deciding whether or not a full ban should be put in place.
A final decision is expected to be made later this year.
The public consultation, which has seen the creation of a dedicated website, follows the publication in November of six reports examining the potential economic, health and environmental impact of fracking.
The Scottish Parliament had previously voted in favour of a ban - which saw Labour, the Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats back a ban, while the Conservatives opposed it and the SNP abstained.
Launching the consultation, which will run until 31 May, Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said the government had attempted to present "impartial, independent information on unconventional oil and gas in order to encourage informed dialogue and debate".
He said: "This consultation does not set out or advocate a preferred Scottish government position or policy. Instead, we want to create space for dialogue and allow different perspectives to come forward.
"As most of Scotland's unconventional oil and gas deposits occur in and around former coalfields and oil shale fields in Scotland's Central Belt, which contains some of the most densely-populated areas of the country, as well as in the area around Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, it is vitally important that communities, businesses and interest groups from across Scotland have an opportunity to put their views across."
Mr Wheelhouse said the responses would be independently analysed before the government makes its final recommendation.
He added: "In doing so, we will give careful consideration to the extraction methods for both shale oil and gas, and coal bed methane.
"We will then ask members of the Scottish Parliament to vote on our recommendation, and we will come to a final decision by the end of 2017 on whether or not unconventional oil and gas has a role in Scotland's energy mix."
Fracking allows drilling firms to access difficult-to-reach resources of oil and gas.
But anti-fracking campaigners argue it can cause environmental damage, and that it is distracting energy firms and governments from investing in renewable sources of energy by encouraging continued reliance on fossil fuels.
The Scottish government has previously said it "cannot support" underground coal gasification (UCG), a different technology which extracts gas from coal seams that are too deep underground to be mined using traditional methods.
Energy firm Cluff Natural Resources had planned to build the UK's first deep offshore UCG plant at Kincardine in Fife, which would have extracted gas from coal seams under the Firth of Forth.
Responding to the announcement, the Scottish Greens said they would be doing "everything possible" to ensure that there is a "shift away from gas and other fossil fuels".
Mark Ruskell MSP explained: "If necessary, we'll amend the forthcoming climate bill to make sure that it stays in the ground.
"The choice facing us now is to invest in the huge opportunities of renewable energy, offering more secure, high quality employment than will be lost as the fossil fuel age passes; or stick with the status quo in the face of more redundancies and financial instability."
Scottish Labour's environment spokeswoman, Claudia Beamish, believed the consultation was evidence that the SNP government was "once again" kicking a final decision on fracking into the long grass.
She said: "Voters going to the polls in May's important local elections still won't know the SNP's position on fracking. It's time for Nationalist ministers to get off the fence and back Labour's call for a ban on fracking in Scotland.
"I am calling for the government to make a full statement to parliament on this issue. It's essential that the public hears a full explanation from nationalist ministers."
Scottish Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Liam McArthur said he believed the government was on the "long and slow road" towards banning fracking, but was "drawing out their decision as long as possible."
Crews from Foyers, Inverness, Beauly and Dingwall have been sent to Boleskine House near Foyers.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said a large part of the property has been destroyed.
Boleskine House was owned by infamous occultist Aleister Crowley and later for a time by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
The alarm was raised at 13:40.
Flames from the fire were visible from the other side of the loch.
A fire appliance from Foyers and another from Inverness were first sent to the scene.
Pumps from Inverness and Beauly along with a water carrier from Inverness, a pump from Dingwall and an incident support unit from Inverness have also been sent.
SFRS said: "A large part of the property has already been destroyed by fire and crews are concentrating their efforts on the west wing of the building.
"Crews in breathing apparatus are using four main jets to tackle the blaze and the incident is ongoing."
Crowley, who died in 1947, lived at Boleskine House above Loch Ness from 1899 to 1913.
He was infamous in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century for his promotion of the occult.
During World War I, he wrote anti-British propaganda.
He was also an experienced climber and was part of an ill-fated attempt to scale K2, in modern day Pakistan, in 1902.
Musician Page bought Boleskine House in the 1970s because of the Crowley connection, before later selling it.
The video of the monk, now known by his pre-monk name, Wirapol Sukphol, went viral after being posted on YouTube in 2013.
A subsequent investigation by the Thai Department of Special Investigations (DSI) uncovered a lifestyle of what appeared to be mind-blowing decadence. They tracked down at least 200 million Thai baht ($6m; £4.6m) in ten bank accounts, and the purchase of 22 Mercedes Benz cars.
Wirapol had built a mansion in southern California, owned a large and gaudily-decorated house in his home town of Ubon Ratchathani, and had also constructed a giant replica of the famous Emerald Buddha statue in Bangkok's royal palace, which he claimed - falsely, as it turned out - contained nine tonnes of gold.
There was evidence, too, the DSI said, of sexual relationships with a number of women. One woman claimed he had fathered a child with her when she was only 15 years old, a claim the DSI says is supported by DNA analysis.
Wirapol fled to the US. It took four years for the Thai authorities to secure his extradition. He has denied criminal charges of fraud, money laundering and rape.
How had a monk acquired so much influence, even in his early twenties? How was he allowed to behave in ways which clearly violate the patimokkha (the 227 precepts by which monks are supposed to live)? Monks are not even supposed to touch money, and sex is strictly off-limits.
Monks behaving badly are nothing new in Thailand. The temptations of modern life have thrown up many examples of monks with unseemly wealth, monks taking drugs, dancing, enjoying sexual relations with men, women, girls and boys.
There are also temples which have attracted large and dedicated followings, through skilful promotion of charismatic monks and abbots, said to have supernatural powers.
These have capitalised on two aspects of modern Thai life; the yearning for spiritual succour among urban Thais, who no longer have a close relationship with a traditional village temple, and a belief that donating generously to powerful temples will bring success and more material wealth.
It appears Wirapol tapped into this trend. He arrived in the poor North Eastern province of Sisaket in the early 2000s, establishing a monastery on donated land in the village of Ban Yang. But according to the sub-district head, Ittipol Nontha, few local people went to his temple, because they were too poor to offer the kind of donations he expected.
The monk started holding elaborate ceremonies, he said, selling amulets, and built his replica of the Emerald Buddha, to attract wealthier devotees from other parts of the country.
These followers have described being beguiled by his soft, warm voice, and convinced by his claim to have powers - like the ability to walk on water and talk to deities. In turn, Wirapol gave generously to those with influence in the province; many of the cars he bought were gifts for important monks and officials.
Even today he still has supporters, who argue he is at heart a good man, entitled to enjoy donated luxuries.
After a succession of scandals, people are openly talking about a crisis of Buddhism in Thailand. Numbers of ordained monks have been falling steeply in recent years, and many smaller village temples are unable to support themselves financially.
The body which is supposed to govern the Buddhist clergy is the Supreme Sangha Council, but this comprises a group of very elderly monks, and until this year had not had a properly functioning Supreme Patriarch for more than a decade. It has proved ineffective.
The National Office of Buddhism is also supposed to regulate the religion, but it too has been plagued by leadership turmoil and allegations of financial irregularities.
The government has now introduced a law requiring temples, which collectively accumulate $3-4bn (£2-3bn) in donations every year, to publicise their financial records. It is also talking about introducing a new, digital ID card for monks to ensure those tainted by malpractice cannot be ordained again.
The faltering morality of monks, though, is partly rooted in the way Buddhism has evolved in Thailand.
For 150 years there have been two quite different forms of Buddhism; that of the more austere, Thammayut tradition, practised in the elite, palace-backed temples of Bangkok, which upholds the strict rules about monks detaching themselves from the material world; and the looser Mahanikai tradition of the provinces, where monks are part of the community, joining neighbourhood activities, sometimes in violation of the patimokkhai.
In the villages, temples have served as schools or traditional centres of medicine and venues for local celebrations. The advice of monks has been sought on a range of worldly issues; in this environment the line between what is and is not acceptable behaviour can become blurred.
The other source of the problem is the hold that superstition has over many Thais, and the way this has become commercialised.
Monks are these days often used more as deliverers of semi-religious rituals - like blessing new cars or houses for good luck - than practitioners of the 227 precepts. No-one in Thailand bats an eyelid at the sight of lottery tickets being sold inside temples.
This love of superstition extends to rich Thais, who are happy to donate generously in the belief this will ensure greater fortune in the future.
Phra Payom Kalayano, the abbot of a temple north of Bangkok well known for his criticism of the commercialisation of Buddhism, has appealed to Thais to be more thoughtful about donating.
"Nowadays people think good karma is about throwing money at temples - especially rich people. They have faith, but they don't think. That is not practising good karma, smartly. That is just blind faith.
"At the same time, some monks are stupid. They don't know how to manage the donations they receive. Instead of managing the money to build karma and prestige for the temple, the monks end up building criminal cases against themselves," he said.
In a simpler age, before the arrival of globalisation and its many consumer distractions, it was easier to advocate a monastic life that disavows all material pleasures. But it is harder today to insist that monks should forego technological conveniences like smartphones and air travel.
It is even harder to define what role monks should play in 21st Century Thailand, beyond the provision of services like amulets and good luck blessings, which can so easily turn into a money-making business.
BBC Wales understands the proposed Wales Bill will not be among the early laws to be debated by MPs.
During the general election campaign, Chancellor George Osborne promised Welsh legislation within 100 days of the Conservatives taking power.
On Tuesday, First Minister Carwyn Jones warned "it would be extraordinary if the promise were not kept".
In First Minister's Questions, he added "the people of Wales would find that difficult to accept".
David Cameron has told Mr Jones he expects a new law to give Wales more powers to be included in the Queen's Speech at the state opening of parliament later this month.
But this does not necessarily mean MPs will get to debate the new legislation as quickly as suggested during the general election campaign.
UK ministers have said they want to get the detail of any new law right, rather than meet an artificial deadline.
A pledge to ensure Welsh public spending remains higher per head than in England could be met without legislation.
The prime minister announced in February plans to give the Welsh assembly more powers over energy projects, its own elections and scope for borrowing on the financial markets.
On Tuesday, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said: "I think it's really important to show momentum. I think it's really important that we show to Wales that we're going to follow through on our promises and our commitments and right at the heart of that is a commitment to deliver fair funding for Wales.
"But it's also really important that we take time to get the detail right.
"Wales has suffered in the past by having devolution legislation that's been badly written or vaguely written.
"That's what's led to Welsh government and UK government fighting it out in the courts."
Responding, Mr Jones said there was "much talk of rowing back on the promise that was given".
"We have to wait and see, but it would be extraordinary if the promise to move forward with further devolution in Wales was not kept, and broken within a week of the government coming into power," he said.
"I think the people of Wales would find that very difficult to accept, to see a promise broken that quickly. But let's wait and see."
Later, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said the "dithering" over further Welsh powers was "shameful".
"This revelation, if true, just confirms what we already knew: the Liberal Democrats were the sole driving force behind devolution in the last government."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said people in Wales "voted overwhelmingly in favour of pro-devolution parties and opinion polls show that there is an appetite to take more responsibility over our own affairs".
"It is therefore wrong for the UK government to try to stifle this," she said.
Michael Lawrence Smith, 38, was last seen in the Belfast area at 12:30 GMT on Tuesday and has not returned to Maghaberry Prison.
The police said he had been "released erroneously" by the prison service and had failed to return.
Mr Smith, who is on remand for murder, had previously applied for bail, but been refused.
Det Supt Kevin Geddes said Mr Smith had "an extensive history of violence" and urged the public not to approach him.
"I would ask Mr Smith to hand himself in to the authorities without any further delay and ask anyone who knows of his current whereabouts or who has any information to contact police on 999," he said.
In a further video message released on social media, Det Supt Geddes addressed Mr Smith's family and friends, urging them to persuade him to give himself up or contact the police with his whereabouts.
He also warned the public that Mr Smith was "dangerous".
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Prison Service said Mr Smith's "erroneous release" was being investigated.
He is charged with the murder of Stephen Carson, who was shot dead in his Belfast home in front of his partner and nine-year-old son in February 2016.
Inter-party talks in Northern Ireland began last month in a bid to resolve the current political crisis at Stormont.
The two key issues being discussed are the impasse over welfare reform and paramilitary activity.
"We didn't make any real progress on the welfare issues we discussed this morning," Ms Villiers said.
"There is still a long way to go. It is crucial that the welfare and finance provisions of the Stormont House Agreement are implemented because if they are not, more and more money will continue to pour into an unreformed high cost welfare system in Northern Ireland, leaving less and less for crucial front line public services.
"That could threaten the whole future of the devolved institutions."
The current crisis at Stormont was triggered when police said they believed IRA members had been involved in the murder of a former IRA man in Belfast in August.
The parties have also been deadlocked over the issue of welfare. The Northern Ireland parties had agreed on a welfare reform deal in December but Sinn Féin withdrew its support in March.
Earlier, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said Prime Minister David Cameron was right to set an end of October deadline for an agreement in the talks.
Mr Nesbitt said it was time for decisions to be made.
"I have said consistently these talks were kill or cure for this round of devolution," he said.
"We have to come to a deal, because people's lives are at risk because of the health service being in crisis. That alone needs to focus us as responsible politicians."
Mr Nesbitt, who is attending the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, said his party was playing an "imaginative" role in the talks, but said he was concerned that Sinn Féin and the DUP would come up with an incomplete deal on their own.
"What I fear is there will be a sticking plaster solution carved out between Sinn Féin and the DUP. When we get to that point we'll make a decision," he said.
Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty, who is also at the conference, said his party was in contact with the DUP about finding a solution.
"There is some potential for progress there, but it remains to be seen if both of us can get across the line," he said.
"Deadlines are set and we should try to do that, but I don't think that's the crucial thing. I think the crucial thing is that we come to a resolution that all the parties can sign up to."
Mr Doherty also said there had to be more money for welfare in Northern Ireland.
"The key thing is that the British government seriously face up to the fact that we need collectively a workable budget and we do not have one," he said.
On Monday, Ms Villiers said there had been open and candid exchanges on the issue of paramilitaries during talks.
The early morning collision caused a fire at the St Andrews Memorial Hospital in Largo Road.
Police Scotland said the Audi car was found ablaze and "embedded" in the wall of the building at around 02:30.
Officers traced a 27-year-old man to a nearby property and he was taken into custody in relation to road traffic offences.
They said the incident could have had "much more serious consequences".
No-one was hurt but the building suffered "significant damage", according to NHS Fife.
The health board said a GP practice which operates from the building had to close but the hospital, which treats mainly older patients, was operating as normal.
Sgt Pat Turner, of Police Scotland, said: "It was extremely fortunate that the part of the building with which the vehicle collided was not being used at that time.
"But this incident had the potential for much more serious consequences.
"This was undoubtedly a frightening experience for hospital residents but staff and emergency services initiated established protocols which resulted in the safe evacuation of all patients and staff."
A spokesman for NHS Fife warned that the accident was likely to cause further disruption to GP appointments on Friday.
He said: "Whilst we are working hard to mitigate the impact of this incident, today's disruption is expected to continue into tomorrow and we will continue efforts to contact any outpatients who may be affected.
"Importantly, if there is a need for urgent GP assessment, please present to the minor injuries unit or contact NHS 24. Inpatient care remains unaffected and wards should be contacted in the usual manner.
"The car involved in the collision will remain on site ahead of a structural assessment tomorrow and security services will be present overnight. This situation continues to be under regular review and further information will be made available in due course."
It follows the controversial election of new president, Malia Bouattia, the NUS's first black female Muslim leader.
Ms Bouattia has been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks - including calling the University of Birmingham "something of a Zionist outpost".
She has insisted her argument was political rather than one of religion.
Harry Samuels, an NUS delegate from the University of Oxford, told BBC Newsnight the appointment of Ms Bouattia was undemocratic, as she was not elected under a system of "one member, one vote".
"It's not just about Malia in particular," he said.
"Obviously her election enshrines the fact that NUS no longer represents all students, but there are other grievances we have with the rest of the organisation, there are other reasons we think that the organisation is no longer reformable.
"It's the mixture of those reasons why we're campaigning to leave."
The National Union of Students is a "confederacy" of student unions from every affiliated further and higher education institution in the UK.
Individual students do not pay a membership fee but are automatically members of their student union.
They are asked to elect officers and conference delegates to attend the NUS annual conference - this year's took place in Brighton this week.
At the conference, delegates vote on motions and elect national officers, including a national president, who take up their posts in July for one year.
This year a University of York motion to reform the voting system to give a vote to every individual member was rejected by the conference.
A spokeswoman said the current voting system had been in place since the NUS was formed in 1922 - though the issue of one member, one vote had been discussed.
Universities where groups lobbying for disaffiliation referendums have already started campaigning include Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Birmingham, York, Exeter and Aberystwyth and Kings College London.
Ms Bouattia is the first black Muslim woman to be elected NUS president.
Former holders of the post include former Foreign and Home Secretary Jack Straw and his Labour cabinet colleague Charles Clarke, who succeeded him as home secretary.
Others include writers and broadcasters Trevor Phillips and David Aaronovitch, social campaigner Sue Slipman and politicians Stephen Twigg and Jim Murphy.
Malia Bouattia, now 28, arrived in the UK aged seven, not speaking a word of English.
In her election speech she told the NUS conference her family had been forced to flee their home in Algeria after "terrorists rained gunfire" on her school.
She said it was a desire for a good education for their children that brought her parents to the UK.
She attended the University of Birmingham from 2006 to 2014 and has held the post of NUS Black Students Officer since 2014.
In her speech she said reports that suggested any links with extremist groups were completely wrong: "I know too well the price of terrorism, the consequences of violence and oppression, I saw a country ripped apart by terror and was pushed into exile by its doing. I know too well the damage done by racism and persecution - I faced it every day."
Ms Bouattia's campaigns have included Why Is My Curriculum White? and she has opposed the government's Prevent counter-extremism strategy.
In 2011, she co-wrote a blog for a Friends of Palestine campaign group saying that "the University of Birmingham is something of a Zionist outpost in British Higher Education".
The group also publicised that it was "re-enacting an Israeli checkpoint outside the university's main library".
In a 2014 video from a Gaza and Palestinian Revolution event, she questioned the value of the Middle East peace talks and warned of the influence of "mainstream Zionist-led media outlets".
She has since said she is "extremely uncomfortable with insinuations of anti-Semitism", adding: "For me to take issue with Zionist politics is not me taking issue with being Jewish."
She said it was "a political argument, not one of faith".
She has also been accused of not supporting a motion condemning so-called Islamic State.
But the NUS says this was because she disputed the wording of the motion and not the principle.
"Some committee members felt that the wording of the motion being presented would unfairly demonise all Muslims rather than solely the group of people it set out to rightfully condemn," said an NUS spokeswoman about the vote in 2014.
The NUS says a subsequent motion condemned "the politics and methods of Isis" and that this reworded policy was supported by Ms Bouattia.
"NUS does not support Isis and has always condemned violent terrorism," said a union spokeswoman.
Twenty-eight paramilitary-style shootings were recorded in 2016/17.
Republicans were believed to be responsible for 25 of them and loyalists for the other three. Four of the victims were under 20.
A further 66 people were the victims of paramilitary-style assaults, police said.
Loyalists were responsible for 56 of those and republicans the remaining 10.
"I acknowledge the increase in the number of victims as a result of paramilitary style attacks and would reassure local communities that we are continuing to focus on these crimes," Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris said.
"The PSNI is working hard to bring those responsible for these types of crimes before the courts, however, we also need the support from the public in providing us with the information we need to bring the perpetrators to justice."
Overall, crime is at its lowest level in Northern Ireland for almost 20 years, according to the latest police crime statistics.
In 2016-17, just over 98,000 crimes were recorded by the police - a drop of 6.6% on the previous year.
Dep Ch Const Harris said that, although recorded crimes were falling, the demand on policing was increasing with "less-visible, more complex crimes such as public protection offending and cyber crime" coming to the fore.
Policing Board chair Anne Connolly said:
"While it is welcome that recorded crime is down in the majority of the crime classifications, and overall figures are now sitting at the lowest recorded level, there are some individual statistics that generate particular concern."
Ms Connolly said the figures would be subject to further analysis, and the board awaited a report from the chief constable.
The Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill gives a legal definition of bullying.
It requires schools to record all incidents and makes boards of governors responsible for policies.
Education Minister John O'Dowd wants it to become law before the assembly term ends in spring 2016.
In the 2014 Kids Life and Times survey, more than a fifth of Primary 7 pupils said that they had been physically bullied.
Earlier research carried out in 2011 found that four-in-10 Year 6 pupils and three-in-10 Year 9 pupils had been bullied in the previous two months.
In the same study, carried out for the Department of Education, around a fifth of children in both Year 6 and Year 9 admitted they had bullied someone else.
The committee's report on the bill calls for an amendment to its definition of bullying and new powers for school boards of governors to tackle cyber-bullying in certain circumstances.
They spent two months taking evidence on the bill from 16 organisations and school focus groups.
While all broadly welcomed the proposed legislation, many raised concerns about some aspects of it.
The legislation will apply to bullying between pupils only, and includes incidents of bullying:
As a result, the bill does not make provision for a school to get involved in allegations of cyber-bullying between pupils, if it does not take place in school.
However, school pupils who gave evidence to the committee "were particularly concerned about the extent of cyber-bullying, which they thought could be more damaging than other forms, due to the potential for a large number of witnesses and due to its permanence".
In their evidence, the Department of Education said cyber-bullying was a "particularly complex legal area" and that "placing specific cyber-bullying requirements on schools... will only serve to increase both the administrative burden on schools and their exposure to legal challenge".
As a result, a majority of the committee agreed that boards of governors should be given more powers to tackle cyber-bullying if it was affecting a pupil's education.
The bill also provides a legal definition of bullying as: "The repeated and intentional use of a verbal, written or electronic communication or a physical act," or a combination of those, "by a pupil or group of pupils, against another pupil or group of pupils, with the intention of causing physical or emotional harm to that pupil or group of pupils."
A number of organisations, including the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and the National Association of Head Teachers, said the definition should include "single acts" of bullying.
In their report, the committee said the definition should be amended, so that schools could choose to classify one-off incidents as bullying.
Some experts and teaching organisations also expressed concern that the new laws require schools to keep records of all bullying incidents.
They told the committee that this could create "league tables" of bullying incidents among schools.
However, the committee agreed with the Department of Education that this was unlikely, and that "reputational damage to schools was of secondary consideration, compared to the need to address bullying in schools robustly".
The bill now moves on to the consideration stage.
Prince's estate claims that Tidal is streaming more than a dozen of the star's albums without permission.
It is suing for damages, and demanding that unlicensed material be taken down.
In its own petition, Tidal claims it has licences, "both oral and written", for a wide range of material.
Prince pulled most of his back catalogue from streaming sites like Spotify, Google Play and Apple Music in July 2015. A month later, he released a new album, HitNRun: Phase One exclusively on Tidal.
In a statement at the time, the star praised Jay Z's artist-centric business model, saying it would allow him and his associated acts "to continue making art in the fashion we've grown accustomed 2 [sic]".
Albums like Purple Rain, 1999 and Diamonds and Pearls subsequently became available exclusively on Tidal. After his death this year, the service also began to stream rare and obscure albums such as Crystal Ball - which features unreleased songs from the star's prolific 1980s output.
However, in papers filed in Minnesota, Prince's estate and his NPG record label said Tidal and its parent company Roc Nation "have not provided any documentation substantiating Roc Nation's claim that it has rights to exploit any Prince Copyrighted Works in addition to the works that comprise the HitNRun: Phase 1 album".
If such a licence had existed, they continued, it should now be considered terminated.
Roc Nation countered that Tidal and Prince had entered into an Equity Term Sheet (essentially an agreement to agree) in 2015, which would give the service worldwide streaming rights to his next two albums, as well as one "previously unreleased full-length studio album" over a five-year period.
During that period, NPG records would also license the star's back catalogue - with some exceptions - to Tidal. A second agreement, signed in August 2015, appears to have formalised this deal.
Roc Nation is asking for those agreements be allowed to stand, and for access to the business dealings of Prince's estate, to ensure that it does not enter into competing agreements with Apple or Spotify.
The court filings come a month after the fate of Prince's back catalogue appeared to have been settled.
Universal Music Publishing Group won the rights to the artist's entire catalogue, both released and unreleased.
A deluxe edition of Purple Rain, featuring an entire disc of bonus material from Prince's breakthrough album, was announced simultaneously.
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Would you give up on the internet completely or happily stump up for good journalism and entertainment?
These are the choices we could be facing if ad blocking programs go mainstream.
This is because advertising revenue underpins about 90% of everything we see online - it's the internet's fundamental economic model.
Yet Apple's decision to allow its iPhone and iPad Safari browser to block ads through the use of third-party software extensions could seriously undermine this model, analysts believe.
"Ad blocking is a threat to the whole advertising industry," says David Frew, senior programmes manager for the Internet Advertising Bureau trade body.
"It's possibly heralding the end of online advertising in its current form," he says. "It's essential people understand that online content isn't free - there's a value exchange. Facebook is monetising you - your data is valuable."
Internet browsers have given users the ability to block pop-ups - and therefore pop-up ads - for years, and there are a number of ad blocking programmes already on the market, such as AdBlock, Adblock Plus, uBlock and Adguard, already used by tens of millions of people around the world.
But now that a global brand like Apple has weighed in, the practice could become much more popular, particularly on mobile, some in the publishing and advertising industries believe.
Brian O'Kelley, chief executive of AppNexus, a digital advertising technology firm, believes that websites only have themselves to blame for this ad backlash.
"A lot of websites have gotten greedy - on some home pages about 50% of the screen area is taken up with ads. A lot of junk is thrown on there," he says.
"Ads are supposed to be attention getting but they shouldn't be intrusive or annoying."
Daniel Knapp, senior director of advertising research at consultancy IHS, agrees, saying: "Consumers are fed up with interruptions and ads that affect the viewer experience. Ads also increase data usage and reduce battery life on mobile."
But there is a paradox in our feelings towards ads, believes Mark Pinsent, managing director of digital marketing agency Metia.
"People say they don't like ads and as soon as you give them the ability to avoid advertising, they will.
"But we often like to chat about our favourite ads. The problem is there's a lot of bad ads out there."
So if consumers begin blocking ads en masse, how will online publishers cope with the inevitable cut in revenue, and how will advertisers reach their audiences?
"There'll be fewer ad transactions and less money, but it's not going to zero. It just makes the pie smaller for everyone," says Mr O'Kelley.
In his view, publishers and content producers will have to have a "hard conversation" with consumers and persuade them not to use ad blockers.
"Consumers should have a choice over what kinds of ads they want to see, how fast they want them to load, and how much personal information they are happy to share," he says.
"When you visit a site with an ad blocker on there should be no option where you can get the content for free."
But how realistic is such an approach in a world where free internet content has been taken for granted and the subscription-based paywall model has succeeded only for specialist publications?
Darren Goldsby, chief technology officer for Hearst Magazines UK, publisher of well-known titles such as Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Esquire, admits that ad blocking is "as big a disruptor for us as the internet was when it came along".
Ad blocking is as big a disruptor for us as the internet was when it came along
"Ad blocking is a threat and the number of ad blockers is likely to increase. But that means we have to work harder to provide content in a commercially successful way that people want to read," he says.
This is likely to mean more so-called "native advertising" - sponsored content, advertorials, branded micro-sites, and so on - that can't be blocked by ad blockers, says Mr Goldsby.
And advertisers are already learning to use social media as a way of engaging with consumers, presenting content that is entertaining and shareable, says Mr Pinsent.
For example, Jaguar recently videoed its new F-Pace four-wheel drive car performing the world's biggest ever loop-the-loop. It made newspaper headlines.
"They then used targeted paid-for social media to get that video in front of people who would find it interesting," he says. "They did that without going through any traditional publisher.
"Brands will increasingly become their own content producers."
But as publishers resort to more of this native advertising and branded content to recoup lost digital ad revenue, what does this mean for independent journalism?
"As soon as you start blurring those lines between journalism and brand sponsored content it becomes very dangerous because consumers may be influenced without being aware of it," warns Mr Pinsent.
Once consumers understand that they may have to pay for an ad free online experience, ad blockers may wane in popularity, particularly if the other alternative is a website full of commercially biased editorial.
But some observers believe the rise of ad blockers provides an opportunity for consumers to strike a new deal with publishers and advertisers.
"A new model is to put users of the internet in control of their own data. Let them decide who they trade it with and for what reward," says StJohn Deakins, chief executive of CitizenMe, a group helping consumers take control of their own data and monetise it.
Others believe this shift in internet economics will simply put more power in the hands of Facebook, Google and, increasingly, Amazon.
"By 2020, 70% of European online advertising will be controlled by Facebook and Google," says IHS's Daniel Knapp.
"They're building closed ecosystems to lock in content and advertising. They control the audiences."
Is it time for those audiences to wrestle free from such control?
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But a survey for Newsround suggests many of you are feeling pressure to look a certain way.
We asked a big group of 10 to 12-year-olds who have social media accounts about the selfies they share.
Half of them do post selfies but they said that looking good is important to more than four in five of them.
On average they took four selfies before they found one they would share.
One in five agreed that when they look at photos of celebrities on social media it makes them worry about how they look.
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I think selfies are awesome because you can have fun editing them and making silly faces
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I think taking selfies are a massive waste of time. People should spend more time trying to enjoy their lives like doing sports and spending time with friends
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People can copy your accounts by stealing your photos and pretending to be you. This can be very dangerous
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Bu Aled Hughes yn trafod effaith Euro 2016 ar y Gymraeg ar Radio Cymru fore Gwener 8 Gorffennaf:
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The Stones came close to claiming an upset but Frannie Collin was denied by the feet of keeper Chris Day.
Boro almost won it late on with Roarie Deacon's strike from a narrow angle before Chris Beardsley's header came off the outside of the post.
The replay will now take place on a 3G pitch - just days after Football League clubs voted against their introduction.
The SNP launched its youth manifesto at an event in Cumbernauld, while Labour insisted that a vote for the nationalists will "put Scotland on the road to a second referendum".
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson focused on her party's "biggest ever doorstep campaign".
Deputy Lib Dem leader Sir Malcolm Bruce has been campaigning in the north east.
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy visited a school basketball court in Edinburgh and challenged Nicola Sturgeon to "come clean on her plans for a second referendum".
He said: "The priority for SNP MPs after this election won't be improving the economy, it will be planning the second referendum campaign.
"A vote for Scottish Labour will put Britain on the road to a fairer economy. With Scottish votes, Labour can get the Tories out of power, stop austerity, ban zero-hours contracts and end the need for food banks.
"Only Labour can stop the Tories being the largest party.
"The choice is simple - the road to a second referendum with the SNP or the road to a fairer economy with Labour."
Meanwhile Ms Sturgeon joined actor Martin Compston to commit her party to policies "to support and empower our young people".
The SNP youth manifesto states that 16 and 17-year-olds should be entitled to vote in all elections, as well as pledging to increase the minimum wage for under 18s by £1.20 an hour and create 30,000 modern apprenticeships each year.
The party said it would also continue to oppose the introduction of tuition fees for Scottish students at universities north of the border, and that its MPs would vote in favour of reducing tuition fees across the UK.
Ms Sturgeon said: "The biggest investment we can make in Scotland's future is in our young people - and as first minister I am determined to do everything I can to support and empower them.
"We are doing all we can to strengthen and grow our economy to provide more opportunities for young people close to home.
"In numbers at Westminster we go further - pushing for an increase in the minimum wage for under 18s by over £1.20 an hour to ensure more young people are better paid.
"A strong team of SNP MPs will stand up for the rights of young people at every turn and deliver the progressive action that is needed to support more of our young people into work, education or training."
Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Scottish Conservative leader Ms Davidson has been highlighting what she calls her party's "ground war".
She said: "This is the biggest doorstep campaign ever run by Tories in Scotland and the best planned, regimented, resourced and recruited campaign we've had since 1992."
Speaking on BBC Scotland's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Ms Davidson also commented on the issue of a second independence referendum.
She said: "I've been saying since January that Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon are half way down the aisle to a deal, what's this going to mean, is there going to be second referendum?
"And people in Scotland are genuinely worried about this. I have been doing street stalls all across the country and people have been walking up to me and saying they are genuinely scared about this."
For the Liberal Democrats, Sir Malcolm has been campaigning in Aberdeen.
He set out Lib Dem plans to build "a stronger, greener economy to create jobs and protect the environment". He said protecting the environment was "in Liberal Democrat DNA".
Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also appeared on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme. He accused the Conservatives of stirring up English nationalism.
He said: "I think it is despicable what the Conservatives are doing in this campaign.
"I think they way they are trying to use Alex Salmond and the SNP to represent Scotland, to demonise Scotland, is festering English nationalism."
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Cardiff-born Reynolds, 24, missed three consecutive darts at double top that would have given him a 3-0 whitewash.
Englishman Blackwell, 42, battled back to record a 3-2 first-round victory.
Meanwhile, last year's losing finalist Jeff Smith of Canada overcame England's Brian Dawson 3-2 to progress to the next round.
Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Michael Downey will serve a six-month notice period that will see him remain in place until after Wimbledon.
"I've been honoured to have led the LTA over the last three years," he said.
"I am hugely proud of the foundations the team at the LTA have laid in order to turn participation in Britain's beloved sport around. "
He added: "It's an exciting time for tennis in this country and I look forward to the next six months, maintaining the momentum we've built in our continued mission to get more people playing tennis, more often."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Three and a half years in a role such as this is often not long enough to leave much of a mark, but after an uncertain start, Michael Downey has left his imprint on British tennis.
The performance department was allowed to remain in a state of flux for far too long, but with Simon Timson now at the helm, the LTA has a man who in the same role at UK Sport oversaw Britain's stunningly successful Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games.
There has been a rise in the number of people playing tennis under Downey's watch and he certainly brought a phenomenal work ethic with him. Given the salary on offer and a potentially bright future for the sport, there is sure to be a lot of interest in succeeding him.
Ministers want to begin the process of reducing the 22 councils to eight or nine after May's assembly election.
The local government committee has urged the Welsh government to consider lending councils money for the mergers.
Ministers said options to pay for mergers include using reserves or other "borrowing approaches".
Merger plans have had a hostile reception from political opponents and some Labour council leaders.
An assessment for the Welsh government of how much local authorities would need to spend preparing for mergers in 2019-20, the year before new authorities would be established, puts the costs at between £54m and £90m.
The total cost of the merger process, from 2019-20 to 2023-24, is estimated to be between £97m and £246m.
The Welsh Local Government Association has warned it would be "impossible" for councils to meet the costs of mergers without significant cuts to services.
The committee's report, published on Wednesday, said: "While we recognise the potential for savings in the medium to long term, we consider it unrealistic to expect authorities to meet the upfront costs without any assistance from the Welsh government."
The report said the committee was "pleased to hear" Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews would "not rule out" giving councils repayable grants.
"While this may not be the preferred solution for local government, we believe it would be more acceptable than the current position and a positive step forward," the report said.
The Welsh government said: "The minister for public services has previously highlighted the net savings of up to £650m over 10 years which would arise from mergers.
"He has made it clear that there are a number of routes open to local authorities in paying for mergers including using reserves, invest-to-save and other borrowing approaches."
One user complained of receiving more than 90 marketing messages from Orange, one of EE's brands, in a four-day period.
The text messages were reminders that the customers were eligible to add to their plans numbers that they can call for free.
EE said it was the result of a technical error that it was still working to fix.
Customers complained on social media and on the firm's own website.
"What is going on here? Both my wife and myself have been bombarded with texts about adding a new magic number for several days now and I'm getting mighty sick of it," wrote one customer on EE's website on Saturday.
"Orange have now texted me 40 times in three days telling me I can add a magic number. Yeh, that's not annoying at all," wrote Laura Brannan on Twitter.
And another Twitter user Siobhan Ring wrote: "If I get one more text from @orange saying I can add a new magic number I may scream!! Receiving around 50 a day!"
The messages read: "Hi from Orange. Congratulations: you can now add another Magic Number." It included a link customers could follow to do so.
In response to the complaints on the website, a member of EE's community team named as Miles wrote on Sunday that the firm was "having an issue" with the text message service.
He wrote: "This reminder should only be sent once, but some customers are getting multiple reminders.
"If you've received any of these duplicate messages, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. Remember: you're not charged to receive magic number reminders."
He added that he expected to be able to give customers an update on Monday, but none has been issued so far.
An EE spokesman confirmed the details of Miles' post, but could not give any information on the number of people affected.
The central defender has joined the Scottish Premiership club untl the end of the season, subject to international clearance.
Keown, 21, joined Reading's academy in 2011, signing a new three-year contract at the club in 2015.
He has made two appearances for the Royals, and has been capped twice at under-21 level by Republic of Ireland.
Peter Clarke said it was "completely unjust" that offenders serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) terms were "languishing in jail".
He warned that IPP sentences, abolished in 2012, were having a serious effect on prisoners' mental health.
The Ministry of Justice said a new unit had been set up to tackle the problem.
More than 3,800 prisoners in England and Wales are serving indeterminate IPP sentences, designed to protect the public.
Of those, 500 should be let go, former Justice Secretary Michael Gove said, when he delivered the annual Longford lecture in memory of prison reformer Lord Longford.
Mr Gove said executive clemency should be granted to release prisoners who had served far longer than the tariff for their offence and had now - after multiple parole reviews - served even longer than the maximum determinate sentence for that offence.
Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Mr Clarke said Mr Gove was the latest in a line of secretaries of state who had pointed out flaws in the system.
The prisons inspectorate identified problems with IPP sentences eight years ago, yet little had been done since and progress was "painfully slow", Mr Clarke said.
He added: "This should be addressed as a matter of urgency, and it's not just a case of resources - there have been failings and blockages in the prison service, in the probation service and the parole board.
"And we suggest that the only person who's got the authority to get a grip on the way things happen - it may mean policy changes...is the secretary of state [Liz Truss]."
On prison visits, he said inmates - including one who was seven-and-a-half years over his tariff - told him they felt "trapped in the system" and unable to prove that they were no longer a risk to the public.
One IPP prisoner, James Ward, told the BBC he feared he would never get out. He is in his 11th year in prison after being given a 10-month sentence for arson.
Introduced in 2005, the sentences were designed for high-risk criminals responsible for serious violent or sexual offences.
If, at the end of their tariff, their danger had not been reduced sufficiently, they would continue to be detained until they had satisfied the Parole Board that they could be managed safely in the community.
But the punishments were abolished in 2012 after it emerged they were being used far more widely than intended - and in some instances for low-level crimes.
Some 3,200 prisoners have served more than the tariff or minimum sentence they were given, while 400 of them have served at least five times the minimum.
Mr Clarke was speaking as HM Inspectorate of Prisons released its report saying "significant failings" in the prison, probation and parole systems were contributing to the numbers still in custody years after the end of their tariff.
They have been denied the opportunity to demonstrate whether they present a continuing risk to the public, or to have this properly assessed, the study added.
Mr Clarke said it was widely accepted that the implementation of the sentence was "flawed".
He said that while some on IPP sentences remained dangerous, others presented a much lower risk to the public but "system failures have impeded their progress".
"The problems with the legacy of the IPP sentence are well understood and there is an openness in government to find new and innovative solutions to the problem," he said
James Ward was given a 10-month IPP for arson in 2006. Now in his 11th year in prison, he still has no release date.
He regularly self-harms, sets light to his cell, barricades himself in and has staged dirty protests.
With a low IQ, and mental health problems, he cannot cope with prison life.
In a letter he wrote to the BBC last week, he said he was struggling inside prison.
''I'm hoping they let me out with some support because I'm not getting none in here.
"Hopefully it will happen but I doubt it."
He has a parole board hearing in January, when his solicitor will be arguing for his release.
His sister, April Ward, says he has recently cut his wrist.
"We always worry about James," she said. "The biggest fear for my mum and dad is that they will never see James walk free and live a normal, happy life."
She said his prison had given him the job of cleaning out prisoners' cells, which meant wiping blood off the walls where other prisoners had self-harmed.
Prisoners asked him to pass drugs between the cells and when he refused, they threw things at him.
"He feels like he's been forgotten about, that nobody wants to help him. Nobody wants to take responsibility for the IPP sentence. It's madness," she added.
Prisoner ‘trapped’ in jail for 10 years
In July, the Parole Board chairman Nick Hardwick said Ms Truss "needed to consider" changing the release test to make it easier for IPP prisoners to be freed.
In Wednesday's lecture, Mr Gove called Mr Hardwick "superb" and said he should be given the resources and flexibility to ensure more IPP cases could be processed and more individuals released.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Public protection remains our key priority, however this report rightly highlights concerns around the management of IPP prisoners.
"That is why we have set up a new unit within the Ministry of Justice to tackle the backlog and are working with the Parole Board to improve the efficiency of the process."
The England captain became his country's all-time record century-maker and the youngest batsman of any nationality to pass 7,000 runs on Thursday.
On Friday, he looked set to record his third double century in Tests but was run out in bizarre fashion for 190 when he failed to ground his bat before swerving to avoid Virat Kohli's throw at the stumps.
It was the first time the 27-year-old opener had ever been run out in his first-class career.
Here are some of the amazing statistics from this match and his Test career so far.
• 547 runs in five innings, the highest aggregate by an England captain in a series in India, surpassing Ted Dexter's previous record of 409 runs in 1961
• Scored 41 and 176 in first Test, 122 and 18 in second and 190 in third
• Series average: 136.75
• Batted for total of 26 hours and one minute
• Faced 1,160 balls and hit 65 fours and one six
• Became leading Test century-maker for England with 23
• Youngest batsman to reach 7,000 Test runs at age of 27 years, 347 days
• Cook, who passed 7,000 runs in his 151st innings, is the third-fastest England batsman to reach the mark after Hammond (131 innings) and Pietersen (150 innings)
• He is one of only five overseas batsmen to score three or more centuries in a series in India - the others are Everton Weekes, Garry Sobers, Ken Barrington and Hashim Amla
• 60 & 104 not out - scores on his Test debut v India in March 2006
• 7,102 - His Test run tally placing him ninth on England's all-time list. Graham Gooch holds the record with 8,900.
• 294 - highest Test score, against India at Edgbaston in August 2011
• 29 - the number of Test half-centuries he has made, giving a conversion rate of 44% from fifties to hundreds
• 1,234 - Cook's run tally in 2012, second only to Australia captain Michael Clarke
• 766 - cumulative runs in the 2010-11 Ashes series
• 70.20 - Test batting average in 26 matches since the start of the 2010-11 Ashes series, with 10 centuries
• 5 - number of centuries in his first five Tests as England captain (including two v Bangladesh as stand-in in 2010)
• Joint-20th - in the all-time list of Test centurions. Sachin Tendulkar leads the way with 51
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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.
The 78-year-old, considered one of Africa's foremost artists, dedicated the honour to "all of Africa...and the great man Nelson Mandela" at a Paris ceremony on Wednesday.
A minute's silence for the anti-apartheid hero was also held.
Sow captured the world's attention in 1999 when his larger-than-life wrestler sculptures were exhibited in Paris.
His latest ongoing series of work, entitled Great Me, features historical figures including Charles de Gaulle as well as Mandela.
His sculpture of the former South African president - made out of a mixture of clay and rubber - features Mandela as a goalkeeper extending his hand "to keep corrupt African heads of state at bay".
Born in Dakar, the artist left for France in 1957 where he obtained a diploma in physiotherapy.
Apart from a three year break in his home country, he made France his home for some 20 years before returning to Senegal in 1984 to make sculpting his full-time profession.
His knowledge of anatomy would help define his works.
He began his series of muscular Nouba wrestlers in the late 1980s, before going on to create further series The Masai, The Zulus, The Peulh and The Egyptians.
The Battle of Little Big Horn, Sow's 35-piece series, was first exhibited in Dakar in 1999 as a preview to the Paris exhibition on the Pont des Arts.
Part of the series was also featured at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2003.
In June, Sow opened a retrospective of his work in Besancon, eastern France, which was to be his last exhibition in his adoptive country before moving all his works to a museum he is building in Senegal.
The artist said sculptures of Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and Gandhi would also be included in his gallery of men who helped him "not despair of mankind".
The Handle with Care display is at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in North Yorkshire.
It has been designed to help visitors to enjoy the beauty of their garden more safely, the show said.
There were more than 700 hospital admissions in England due to accidents involving plants and fungi in 2014 - 2015, according to organisers.
Nick Smith, the show's director, said: "Some of the UK's most dangerous plants, such as hemlock and giant hogweed, are also among the most invasive, spreading with ease from hedgerows to gardens and wildflower areas if unchecked.
"With the right information, people can identify those plants with the potential to cause harm and handle them accordingly.
"Laburnum seeds are renowned for toxicity and how many people know that deadly ricin comes from the common castor oil plant or that elderberries and elderflowers, are toxic when not ripe?"
Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Renowned for both its hallucinogenic and lethal properties, both the foliage and berries containing toxins such as atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine. The berries are said to have quite a pleasant, sweet taste and are therefore easy to mistake for edible fruit, such as bilberries, with tragic consequences.
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
One of the many foreign plants introduced to Britain in the 19th Century as ornamental plants, it is now widespread, especially along riverbanks. The plant contains furocoumarins, which reduce the skin's protection against the effects of UV radiation. Exposure to sunlight after contact causes severe skin rashes, blistering and burns, but the effects may not start for 24 hours after contact.
Monkshood (Aconitum napellus)
All of the plant is highly toxic and fatal if consumed. Gloves and long sleeves should also be worn when handling Monkshood to avoid skin contact with the sap. Aconite and aconitine are thought to be the key toxins. Ingestion of even a small amount results in severe stomach upset, but it is the effect on the heart, which is often the cause of death.
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Five alkaloids are said to be present in hemlock, coniine, conhydrine, pseudoconhydrine, methyl-coniine and ethyl-piperidine. It causes violent vomiting and causes paralysis of the nervous system. Death is usually the result of respiratory failure.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Foxgloves are a source of digitoxin, a glycoside in the drug digitalis, which has been used as a heart stimulant since 1785. It is also well-known for its toxicity in all parts of the plant. Consuming the leaves can cause oral and abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. In severe cases, symptoms can include visual disturbances, plus heart and kidney problems.
Winter cherry (Solanum Capsicastrum)
The berries are poisonous, containing solanocapsine, which is similar to the alkaloids found in the nightshade family. Their appealing appearance make the fruits particularly dangerous to young children and pets and, although they are rarely fatal if consumed, it is best to keep the plant well out of reach.
Source: Harrogate Flower Show
Profits from the Harrogate Flower Shows are handed back to the North East Horticultural Society to continue promoting horticulture.
The autumn show began in the 1970s as a companion to the regular Spring Flower Show which is held in Harrogate in April.
This year is its 41st show.
Four consultants from the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and one at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital resigned on Friday.
It is thought they were concerned at the "continuing uncertainty about the future of Redditch Hospital",
Campaigners want to replace the trust that runs the hospitals.
The future size and shape of the Alexandra Hospital has been uncertain for several years.
Neil Stote, from the Save the Alex campaign group, has described the resignations as a "damning indictment of the trust".
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs both hospitals, has confirmed all five consultants had been offered posts at Warwick Hospital.
None of the doctors would leave their current positions before May, and job adverts have been placed to recruit their replacements.
An urgent transition plan will be put in place and emergency care would continue as normal, a spokeswoman said.
Mr Hunt will meet campaigners, local MPs and senior health officials next week to discuss A&E services.
Felix "Joe" Tsotoovor, who is from West Africa, could now face being deported after he has served his sentence.
The attacks took place at a house in Edinburgh in 2010 and at a building site at Dalkeith, Midlothian, in 2012.
One woman in the public benches shouted "justice" as Tsotoovor, 40, was led to the cells at the High Court in Edinburgh.
A judge told him: "These are serious crimes which require me to impose a substantial custodial sentence."
Tsotoovor had denied raping the woman in Edinburgh and carrying out an assault with intent to rape the girl, but was found guilty after an earlier trial.
The trial heard he had ignored the woman's pleas to stop and pinned her down on a bed.
She said she was six or seven months pregnant at the time and was left crying after the assault.
The child victim told the court that Tsotoovor took her to his place of work in Dalkeith, Midlothian.
She said: "It was like a building site and he was guarding it."
The girl said Tsotoovor had pushed her to the ground and assaulted her but she eventually managed to push him off and run away.
Judge Lady Scott said the rape victim now suffers from depression and, as a result, had lost her employment. She added: "She has lost trust in others and confidence."
She said that Tsotoovor had robbed the 12-year-old victim of the innocence of childhood.
"You only stopped when your victim, with admirable bravery and spirit, fought you off," said the judge.
She said she had taken to account that he was a first offender and that he could be deported after serving his sentence.
Tsotoovor, formerly of Green Park, in Edinburgh, was told that he would be put on the sex offenders' register for an indefinite period.
A member of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, she wrote her first song - about falling into a black hole - when she was four.
But it was her dance instructor who unlocked her talent for smart, dark pop songs when he asked her to submit a song for class.
Along with her older brother Finneas, Billie came up with Ocean Eyes - an astonishingly assured ballad which compared falling in love to falling off a cliff under "napalm skies".
She posted it on Soundcloud so her teacher could hear it, went to bed, and woke up to a flurry of emails about her burgeoning music career.
Since then, she's been on a steep upswing, signed by Interscope Records and releasing one head-turning track after another. The highlight (so far) is Bellyache, in which she sings from the point of view of a conflicted psychopath.
"Where's my mind?" she trills as an acoustic guitar trades blows with a gut-punch drum loop. "Maybe it's in the gutter, where I left my lover."
It's the pop equivalent of a Tarantino movie - finding comic absurdity in the midst of eye-popping gore. The lyrics might keep it off the radio, but Billie isn't too worried.
"I don't need many people to care," says the singer. "Even if other people don't like it, I like it."
As she gears up to release her first EP, Eilish sat down for a frank chat with the BBC about her lyrical fantasies, getting to grips with the music industry and her very unusual middle name.
Hello Billie Eilish… Have I pronounced that right?
Yes! It's eye-lish, like eyelash with a lish.
Your family name is O'Connell, though, so is that a stage name?
It is my middle name. So I'm Bille Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.
Pirate! That's an amazing name.
Pretty weird, right? Pirate was going to be my middle name but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad. Then Baird is my mother's name.
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It's been a year since Ocean Eyes went onto Soundcloud. It was written for a dance class, right?
Oh yeah! My dance teacher knew that I sing, so he asked us to make a song and I thought that was the coolest thing ever.
My brother had written Ocean Eyes and we recorded it, basing all of the production around contemporary and lyrical dance. I think of most songs that way - if you can't dance to a song, it's not a song.
Anyway, we put it on Soundcloud, literally to send the link to my teacher and then it just grew from there.
It's been played more than nine million times now. When did you notice it was taking off?
It was really confusing. I didn't understand what was going on. I literally thought it was like my popular friend had reposted it. 'Wow, it's getting so many listens!'
What happened next?
A lot of meetings!
What are those meetings like? Do you go in super-confident, like, "I've got the goods, what are you going to offer me?" or is it totally nerve-wracking?
I was 13 when this started, so I didn't know anything about anything. I'd go into meetings and they'd say, "So Billie, what do you think?" and I'd just be like, "Am I supposed to know? Because I don't,".
But eventually I got the hang of it. And now the meetings I have are a bit more like, "OK, Billie, what exactly do you want?' and then I explain every single detail of every single thing that I'm thinking; and people do it!
It's insane. You have stuff floating around in your mind and you tell somebody and they go, "Oh yeah, we can make that happen". It's like, "What? WHY?".
So it's like Spider-Man. With great power comes great responsibility.
I am exactly like Spider-Man. I promise.
I get the impression from your lyrics, especially, that you have a very clear idea of the things you want to talk about. How do you approach writing?
Lyrics are so important but they're really underrated. So many lyrics right now are just the same thing - "Oh, I love you but I'm sad because you don't love me and... blah". You can say that in a more interesting way.
Me and my brother write a lot of fiction. Like in Bellyache, obviously. I don't kill people.
That's a relief.
Right? But you can put yourself in a character or a situation you would not normally be in. You don't have to be in love to write a love song. You don't have to kill somebody to write a song about killing somebody. It's like jumping into another world.
So do you consider it like acting? Or do you really want to murder someone, but haven't got round to it yet?
Yikes! Maybe...
But both of my parents are actors, and I was in plays when I was younger. Then I went to an audition and I came back going, "I hate this. I'm not doing this ever again."
What happened at that audition?
Some lame stuff, dude.
But it's just fun to get to tell a story [in a song]. If you just write about things you've been through, you might get to a point where you go, "I don't feel like this any more, so it's not worth pursuing".
No. No. It's especially worth it.
What's the lyric you're proudest of?
Well, I wrote Bellyache with my brother, and he wrote Ocean Eyes, and we have a ton of other songs on the EP that I'm really excited about.
Do you find you write better with him than anyone else?
We've had sessions with artists and writers and producers and not that those sessions were bad, but when we write, just us together, it's so much more raw, I guess. And straight from the heart.
Tell me how Bellyache came to be...
I wasn't like, "Let's write a song about killing someone!". We were sitting in my garage rehearsing for a show with my brother's friends. Finneas started riffing on the guitar, and one of them started playing on the piano, and I sang the first line - "Sitting all alone, with a mouthful of gum in the driveway".
Then my brother sang, "My friends aren't far, in the back of the car" and I was like "Lay their bodies," like I had killed them. And he just said, "Woah, that's so cool!".
It just grew from there. He came into my room a couple of days later and he was like, 'dude, I wrote the chorus for this'. And he sang it all, and the last line was, "And now I got a bellyache" and I was like, "That is genius".
It's such a childish line. No grown up says, "I have a bellyache, I gotta go". But it's kind of part of the song, because it's about someone whose really young and knows they're a psychopath. They're like, "Maybe I shouldn't steal this money and kill these people... but I'm going to anyway".
It's a very cinematic lyric. You can see the film opening on you in the car, then the camera cuts to the bodies in the boot.
Some people don't really realise what I'm saying until they've listened to it a couple of times. My friends would be like, "Dude I was listening to Bellyache the other day, actually listening to it, and what the hell were you writing about?".
And then you say, "I'm glad you've heard it. Now never cross me again".
Exactly. Don't wrong me.
Your new song is called Copycat. What's that about?
You'll understand when you hear it, but it's about people who feel justified in copying everything you do. It's not about someone particular, I just wrote it.
I had two sisters growing up - and that sort of thing seemed to happen quite frequently in their peer groups. Is it a girl thing?
It probably is, and it's tortuous. Especially if it's somebody close to you. It's like, "Be your own self - don't try to be me!".
You've just played your first headline show in the UK. Do you get nervous?
Not really. I don't get nerves, I just get excited.
Does your dance training help with confidence and stage presence?
Yeah. I mean, I was really a dancer. Then I got injured, so I haven't really danced since Ocean Eyes came out.
Oh no, what happened?
I strained my growth plate. My bone separated from my muscle in my hip. It was really bad.
It's so weird, because it can't happen to you if you're over 16 - but I was in a class with a bunch of seniors, because I was at that level. We were doing hip-hop and it just popped. So I haven't really danced since then, which was like a year-and-a-half ago, which has been horrible.
There is a dance video for Ocean Eyes, though, so are you on the mend?
I was injured for the dance video, actually. I had sprained my ankle in December,and I had also strained my groin and I have shoulder problems.
That's a sign to concentrate on the music.
I guess it is, but I'm trying to get back into dance slowly.
I love movement. I love moshing. I always heads right for the front and dig in there and mosh really hard with all the guys. None of the girls want to mosh, so I'm like the only girl getting punched in the face.
Billie Eilish releases her new song, Copycat, today. Her previous singles, Ocean Eyes, Bored, Bellyache and Watch are all available now.
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Although the home side claimed a first-innings lead of six, the Proteas moved to 145-3 by the close, 139 ahead.
Earlier, Jonny Bairstow fell five short of a maiden Test century for England, but a last-wicket stand of 32 between Graeme Swann, who made 37 not out, and Steven Finn earned them a slim first-innings advantage.
Swann removed Graeme Smith and Stuart Broad accounted for Alviro Petersen in quick succession, before Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis looked set to take South Africa to the close.
However, Finn nipped one down the slope to trap Kallis lbw for 31 late in the day, breaking a third-wicket stand of 81 and reviving England's fading hopes of securing the victory that will earn them a series draw.
With Amla - dropped on two by Matt Prior - unbeaten on 57, the hosts need further wickets on Sunday morning if they are to avoid being batted out of the match, the series and their place at the top of the rankings.
"South Africa still hold the upper hand. Unless they lose quick wickets on Sunday, these even matches usually favour the side batting third. England might hope to chase 250-260 - although it is still a decent pitch, you would not want to be chasing more than that."
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Under the burning London sun, the pitch played easier than over the two previous days, and England can expect little assistance in bowling out a South Africa side under no pressure to set a target.
Andrew Strauss's side began the day hoping to at least match the tourists' first-innings 309, with hopes of parity seeming to rest on the shoulders of not-out pair Bairstow and Prior.
They moved through the early exchanges without trouble, only for Prior to drive wildly at the first delivery with the second new ball, bowled by Vernon Philander, and present Kallis with a sharp chance at second slip.
Bairstow, who played an integral role in again looked fluent, leaving well and driving on both sides of the wicket.
After Broad popped a catch to short-leg off Dale Steyn, Bairstow found a willing ally in the aggressive Swann, but was stifled by some tight bowling, spending 43 minutes in the nineties.
Eventually, after facing 14 consecutive dot balls, he looked to force a straight delivery from Morne Morkel through the on side and was bowled middle and off stump.
Swann added 19 with James Anderson, who dealt well with a barrage of short bowling before eventually fending another Steyn bumper to gully.
Still England looked likely to concede a deficit, but with Finn - trusted by Swann to take the strike - dealing bravely with the short bowling and assured when defending the full, England inched onwards.
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When Steyn bowled around the wicket, Finn hooked for four, with the partisan crowd given further enjoyment when Smith dropped a regulation catch off the England number 11 at first slip.
Finn eventually shovelled Morkel to JP Duminy at point, but the tide, momentarily, was with England.
They would have hoped to capitalise with wickets before tea, but Smith and Petersen were able to blunt the new ball with few problems.
Yet England restricted the scoring rate to around two runs an over and were rewarded when both openers fell lbw playing across the line, Smith to Swann and Petersen to Broad.
Amla and Kallis repaired the damage, although Amla was reprieved by a diving Prior down the leg side and survived two huge lbw appeals from Swann.
The pair appeared to be batting South Africa into a position of control until Finn got one to seam back into Kallis's pads four overs from the close.
The veteran all-rounder immediately called for a review when umpire Simon Taufel's finger was raised. However, with Hawk-Eye suggesting the ball was clipping leg stump and no inside edge apparent, he left the field visibly unhappy with a decision for the second time in the match.
England had the late boost they needed, but Sunday morning promises to be crucial as they try to preserve their number one status.
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Raheem Sterling's move to Manchester City for an initial fee of £44m has been the highest so far.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has hinted at a "surprise" signing despite spending £83m already.
"A new record is likely as clubs look to benefit from the new TV deal," said football finance expert Rob Wilson.
The transfer window shuts at 18:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September.
Starting from 2016-17 the Premier League TV rights deal increases from £3.018bn to £5.136bn for three seasons.
The bottom club will pocket £99m per season with the champions earning more than £150m in prize money, even before extra money is paid for featuring in a TV match.
Financial analysts Deloitte said the £500m milestone had been reached last Friday.
In addition to Van Gaal's "surprise", Premier League champions Chelsea are reportedly interested in Everton's John Stones with a £26m bid turned down, while Manchester City have been linked with Wolfsburg's Kevin De Bruyne - all deals which could substantially increase the current figure.
Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson told BBC Radio 5 live: "I think Manchester United are going to go massive on someone again, they need a centre-forward."
The 2014-15 season saw £965m spent across the summer and January transfer windows - but Sheffield Hallam University lecturer Wilson believes there is potential for a record spend across the season.
He also thinks that the new BT Champions League deal worth £897m starting this season has been a factor behind the summer spending.
"What's driven clubs to spend, is not necessarily just Premier League money, but BT entering the Champions League market," added Wilson.
Reports put earnings at £9m for clubs reaching the group stages, with the winners receiving £70m.
Wilson says that although a new record looks set to be broken this summer, he thinks that clubs' net spend might be down as they seek to stay within Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
"Manchester United have spent £83m this summer, which is fairly reasonable after spending £59.7m on Angel Di Maria last season," said Wilson.
"If they recoup about £45m for selling Di Maria to Paris St-Germain, they could sign Pedro from Barcelona and their net transfer spend would still be pretty modest."
Liverpool have spent £32.5m on Christian Benteke, but waited until they received funds from Sterling's record-breaking sale.
"We are seeing clubs being sensible, partially because of FFP," Wilson added. "Fiscal responsibility is becoming routine, and although clubs were resistant before, now they are seeing the benefit of being more frugal.
"It's a good move for football in general."
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Along with his fans, many celebrities have backed him publicly on social media.
One of the most controversial comments was from singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya who said Khan was "not at fault at all" because roads were meant for "cars and dogs", not for people to sleep on.
He has since apologised for the remark.
The BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi asked people on the street for their view on the volley of support for Khan.
The 45-year-old officer had head, arm and leg injuries following the incident at about 18:00 BST on Wednesday in Hockley Road, Tamworth.
He was taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield after being treated by ambulance service paramedics.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and a motorcycle has been seized.
Malan struck 118 not out and put on an eighth-wicket stand of 77 with Toby Roland-Jones at Lord's as the hosts closed on 326-8 - a lead of 260.
Middlesex, who resumed on 47-0, lost three quick wickets after Sam Robson nicked Ashar Zaidi behind for 77.
Malan and Roland-Jones (36) batted for most of the evening session before Roland-Jones was out to the final ball.
Malan's 201-ball knock, his second Championship century of 2015, took his average for the summer to 104.40.
However, Roland-Jones' hour and a half at the crease could prove to be just as vital as he helped turn what looked like being a modest lead into a big one for Middlesex.
Ollie Robinson (3-86) gave Sussex a late boost by removing him lbw with what proved to be the last delivery of the day, but the visitors look set to face a target of around 300.
Labour held power at Lancashire County Council for 28 years until the Conservatives ended that streak in the 2009 elections.
Four years later, Labour were running the authority again, but without a majority. Instead, Jennifer Mein's Labour group have been reliant on Bill Winlow's Liberal Democrats for support.
Currently, the council breaks into 39 Labour councillors, 35 Tories, six Lib Dems, three independents and one Green.
Speaking to candidates from the two biggest parties, it seems neither are certain about winning a majority.
Both will be hoping for victories in the 4 May election in key battlegrounds like Pendle, but could the Liberal Democrats see a resurgence in an area where they've traditionally been highly successful?
One councillor told me Brexit could be a key issue for much of the county and Paula Keaveney, a lecturer in politics at Edge Hill University, agrees.
"People tend to use local elections as a proxy for national issues," she said.
"If there's dissatisfaction with a particular party at the time, they get punished at local elections. Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May have an effect on the result."
Brexit is one issue which UKIP will hope to capitalise on. They say they'll be fielding candidates in most parts of Lancashire and are hoping to gain their first ever county council representative.
There is also the longstanding debate over fracking, which could mean the Green Party can increase its presence at County Hall.
The party will no doubt be hoping for gains in north Lancashire, where they currently hold eight seats on Lancaster City Council.
Geoff Driver's Conservatives will argue the Labour group have made harsh cuts to services over the past four years, but Labour blame the Tory government for a reduction in their budget.
How these arguments will play out at the ballot box is hard to tell.
Ms Keaveney said the county has "this marginality which other areas don't have [so] it's definitely one of the top ones in the country to watch".
It seems, whatever the results, Lancashire politics will remain under a national microscope.
The hour-long programme, entitled Nuqanchik (We), airs on weekdays at 05:30 on radio and TV.
All journalists and producers working on the programme are native speakers.
Quechua was spoken by the indigenous people of Peru before the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th Century.
It was declared a national language alongside Spanish in the 1970s but Peruvians say there is still a strong social stigma attached to speaking it.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has backed the new programme and sent its producers and presenters a message in Quechua: "Allinta munay, allinta yachay, allinta ruway," (Wish well, learn well, do well.)
Mr Kuczynski, both of whose parents emigrated to Peru from Europe, said he hoped the programme would help end discrimination.
Presenter Marisol Mena said it would contribute to creating an awareness that Quechua was not a language of the poor or disadvantaged.
"There's resistance, but [Peruvians] have to understand that there are business executives and university professors who speak Quechua as a mother tongue," she told the Agence France Press news agency.
TV Peru said it was planning to launch similar programmes in other indigenous languages.
Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney.
When the edge of the dam gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar on the three-tonne excavator.
Mr Miller said he adopted a yoga pose - arching his back for air - until a neighbour 500m away heard him shouting.
"I was trapped and had to keep my head up above water using my arms, I guess it was the cobra position," he told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"I'm not a yogi but I guess you could say yoga saved my life. That and the will to live."
Rescue crews said the ordeal on Tuesday lasted two hours, but Mr Miller's wife, Saimaa, wrote on Facebook it was five hours.
Mr Miller said he spent "the whole time" thinking about returning to his wife and their two young children.
Police chief inspector Neil Stephens said only Mr Miller's nose and forehead were above the water.
"He's been extremely lucky to survive," he told Nine News.
Firefighters drained some mud and water before wading in to free Mr Miller.
"How he kept his back arched with his nose above the waterline was quite incredible for that amount of time," said Fire and Rescue New South Wales deputy captain Steve Howard.
Mr Miller was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the nearby city of Newcastle, where he was treated for hypothermia and minor back injuries.
"Dan is OK!" Ms Miller wrote online.
"He was trapped... with the weight of his excavator on his back, and with the boggy dam ground below him slowly slipping away.
"It was literally sheer mental strength and determination to survive that got him through. As well as being fit, strong and healthy. Nothing to do with luck.
"Legendary effort from a legendary man."
Jutkiewicz's first goal for Blues - and first since May 2014 - came moments after Adthe Nuhiu had headed against the crossbar for visitors Wednesday.
Gary Hooper had given them the lead going in to the closing stages from Steven Fletcher's clever back heel.
Clayton Donaldson then levelled soon after from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Keiren Westwood.
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The game at St Andrew's suddenly came to life in the closing 15 minutes after the main talking point had been Birmingham's appeals for a penalty in the first half.
Former Owls winger Jacques Maghoma appeared to have been tripped by Tom Lees on the edge of the area after he squared the ball.
Birmingham's protests went unanswered and their hopes of taking any points from the game appeared dashed when Wednesday led through substitute Hooper.
They were behind for just five minutes as Donaldson picked himself up to send Westwood the wrong way from 12 yards, having been clipped by the goalkeeper rushing off his line.
It was another substitute who had the final say as Jutkiewicz, on loan from Burnley, suddenly found space to loop his header over Westwood moments after Nuhiu headed Liam Palmer's cross against the bar at the other end.
Birmingham boss Gary Rowett:
"The way we worked hard when we were not playing well certainly gave us the opportunity to do what we did late in the game.
"The changes we made in terms of tactics gave us the chance to get back into the game. Against a team like Sheffield Wednesday you always have to ride out 15 to 20 minutes which I thought we did really well."
Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal:
"I am very happy with our form. We are playing fantastic but not scoring. We again had five good chances against Birmingham.
"If we were not playing well I would be concerned. We play to win but we need to improve our finishing."
Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Foul by William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday).
Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jacques Maghoma.
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Liam Palmer with a cross.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
Attempt blocked. William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. William Buckley replaces Ross Wallace.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Birmingham City. Clayton Donaldson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Stephen Gleeson.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Steven Fletcher.
Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Goal! Birmingham City 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Fletcher following a set piece situation.
Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Adam Legzdins.
Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Reece Brown (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Greg Stewart (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gyflwyno cynllun gweithredu ar gyfer ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid mae Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru ar ail ddiwrnod y Sioe Frenhinol yn Llanelwedd.
Dywedodd llywydd yr undeb, Glyn Roberts, wrth BBC Cymru y byddai angen cyflwyno ysgogiad ariannol yn ogystal â chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus allu ymddeol a rhyddhau tir.
Ond mae'r Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad, Lesley Griffiths, yn mynnu ei bod hi wedi blaenoriaethu ffermwyr ifanc ers dechrau yn ei swydd.
Bydd dadl yn cael ei chynnal ar faes y sioe yn ddiweddarach i drafod yr heriau sy'n wynebu'r genhedlaeth ifanc wrth geisio gyrfa ym myd amaeth.
Mae ystadegau diweddara' Llywodraeth Cymru yn awgrymu bod y gweithlu'n heneiddio. Ar gyfartaledd 60 yw oed perchennog fferm yng Nghymru erbyn hyn, gydag ond 3% dan 35.
Dywedodd Mr Roberts bod angen mynd i'r afael â "thair elfen bwysig".
"Mae angen tir, mae'n rhaid bod ffermydd ar gael i'w rhentu gan nad yw rhywun newydd sy'n dod i mewn i'r diwydiant yn mynd i fedru fforddio prynu," meddai.
"Felly mae'n hollbwysig bod daliadau cyngor sir yn cael eu cadw."
Gyda'u cyllidebau dan bwysau mae sawl awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru wedi bod yn gwerthu tir amaethyddol yn eu meddiant, cam sydd wedi cythruddo undebau ffermio.
Dywedodd: "Fe gefais i'r cyfle pan oeddwn i'n ifanc i ddechrau allan fel amaethwr drwy fod yn denant.
"Mae'n drist bod lot o ddaliadau'r cyngor sir yn cael eu gwerthu heddiw, dydy hynny ddim yn rhoi cyfle i bobl ifanc.
"Ac os 'na allwn ni ddod â phobl ifanc i mewn 'da chi'n colli agweddau gwahanol a syniadau ffres."
Dywedodd hefyd bod angen "ysgogiad ariannol" i helpu ffermwyr ifanc, a chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus sy'n "methu fforddio ymddeol".
"Maen nhw angen ysgogiad hefyd i fynd o'r ffermydd fel bod lle i bobl newydd ddod drwyddo."
Yn 26 oed, mae Caryl Hughes newydd ddechrau ffermio 300 erw ger Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrecsam.
Mae'n dod o gefndir amaethyddol ac roedd angen cymorth y busnes teuluol i fedru dechrau ffermio ar ei phen ei hun.
"Roedd rhaid i fi ddod yn bartner yn y busnes er mwyn i fi allu cael y pres tu cefn i fi oedd angen er mwyn siarad â banc," meddai.
"Dwi 'di bod yn lwcus iawn, iawn achos bod gen i'r fferm deuluol y tu nôl i mi a bod fy rhieni yn gefnogol.
"Ond i'r sawl sydd heb hynny mae'n anodd iawn. Mae rheolwyr banc yn gyndyn iawn o fenthyg arian i ffermydd newydd.
"Her arall hefyd yw gorfod ffeindio'r costau i brynu pethau ar y dechrau, prynu stoc a phethau syml fel ci a quad bike, maen nhw gyd yn hanfodol ond yn costio llawer iawn o arian ar y dechrau."
Dywedodd y byddai'n hoffi gweld Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei gwneud hi'n anoddach i dirfeddianwyr a busnesau mawr brynu tir amaeth allai gael ei gynnig i bobl ifanc.
Mae hefyd am weld cynllun 'match-making' yn cael ei gyflwyno ar gyfer ffermwyr hen ac ifanc, syniad sy'n cael ei dreialu gan Ffederasiwn Cenedlaethol Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Prydain.
"Ry'ch chi'n cymryd ffermwr sydd eisiau ymddeol ac yn ei lincio fo neu hi gyda ffermwr ifanc. Y syniad yw bod y ffermwr ifanc wedyn yn dysgu gan y ffermwr hŷn.
"Gobeithio bydd hyn yn rhywbeth y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei weld ac yn sylweddoli ei fod yn syniad da."
Dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad Lesley Griffiths wrth BBC Cymru fod y llywodraeth yn "gwneud darn o waith gydag awdurdodau lleol i geisio sicrhau bod daliadau amaethyddol cynghorau sir yn cael eu cadw fel ffermydd ac ar gyfer defnydd y sector amaeth".
"Ers i fi gael fy mhenodi dwi wedi gwneud ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid i'r diwydiant yn flaenoriaeth," meddai.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said all services would be suspended from 2 July. They are due to resume on 1 August.
A replacement bus service is being provided for passengers during the closure.
It will follow the subway route, with additional direct services to the city centre operating from key stations.
'Life-expired'
SPT said the work was essential to ensure a reliable service in the future, and comes ahead of the introduction of driverless trains in 2020.
Strategic project manager at SPT Stuart McMillan said: "We need to replace the concrete and the rails in this section in order to maintain the on-going reliability of the service.
"This part of the system was installed in the 1970s modernisation and it's now life-expired and we need to take this work in advance of us bringing new trains into the system."
Park and ride facilities will be available at Bridge Street, Kelvinbridge and Shields Road. Services will run every five minutes at peak times and every 10 minutes during off-peak.
All passengers will pay £1 for a single journey, £2 for a return and £2.50 for an all-day ticket. Child fares will be 50p for a single and £1 for a return.
The Glasgow subway is the third oldest underground system in the world and is 120 years old this year.
It is currently undergoing a £288m modernisation plan to upgrade or replace trains, signalling, platforms and stations.
All the information on the subway suspension and the replacement bus service is available on the SPT website.
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Medical Detection Dogs chief executive Dr Claire Guest was training dogs to detect other cancers, when she said one of them "started to warn her".
She was subsequently found to have an early stage breast tumour.
Now in remission, Dr Guest is training dogs to recognise the cancer from a breath sample, in the hope an electronic nose can be developed.
Medical Detection Dogs is a charity that works with researchers, NHS Trusts and universities to train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease.
The charity was started in 2004 after a letter from Dr John Church to medical journal The Lancet claimed dogs could detect bladder cancer.
Dr Guest said stories of dogs finding their owners' cancer had been reported for a while.
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"We started to wonder that if dogs were finding it by chance then perhaps we could actually train dogs to do this reliably," said Dr Guest.
The charity started to work with dogs, and they can now pick out cancer samples from control samples, but research has been mainly limited to bladder and prostate cancer.
Dogs are now being taught to detect breast cancer from a breath tube, after an animal Dr Guest was training to detect other cancers started to warn her.
"I was a bit bemused as to what she was doing, but I was subsequently found to have a very early stage breast tumour," she said.
"It was very deep and had my dog Daisy not warned me, I was told it could have been very serious and life-threatening because by the time I felt the lump it would have been very advanced."
Now in remission, the scientist has joined forces with her surgeon and other cancer specialists to search for the clinical proof that breast cancer can be "sniffed out".
In particular, they are looking to see if dogs can recognise it reliably from a breath test.
"There is a huge amount of potential for this work, not only in finding out where cancer is present but also in the development of an electronic nose in the future," said Dr Guest.
"A dog is in fact a very, very specialist pattern recognition bi-sensor - but he has got a waggy tail.
"He can tell us when something is there and when it's not and how quickly it disappears [when a sample is in contact with the air] and they can tell us how difficult it is to find.
"If we can find out how the dog is doing it then we can make machines in the future that could screen our breath and our urine for cancer volatiles."
This research is at a very early stage and the next step will be a clinical trial with samples from local hospitals.
"We need to find out how reliably dogs can indicate this and also if they can reliably indicate early grade and stage, because that would be the key for survival," said Dr Guest.
Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show nearly 50,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK and just under 12,000 die.
The hope is this research "has the potential to save thousands of lives".
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"Everybody has a personal story [about cancer] and we know that anything that can assist in our fight against cancer is worthwhile, we know we can make a difference."
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Information obtained by the BBC reveals almost 8,500 offences were recorded on the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich within a year.
A 60mph speed limit was introduced on the stretch of the A14 in April 2016 and the cameras went live in July.
In August last year, one driver averaged 113mph across the bridge.
Suffolk Police's response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request said one vehicle was caught speeding 12 times.
The minimum penalty for speeding is a £100 fine plus three points.
The average speed cameras on the Orwell Bridge have potentially generated fines of up to £850,000.
The cameras cover the A14 from Nacton to Wherstead.
A total of 8,498 vehicles were caught exceeding the speed limit, between 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2017.
About 80,000 vehicles cross the Orwell Bridge each day, according to Highways England data.
A Suffolk police spokeswoman said: "As the difference of a few miles per hour can mean the difference between life and death, we would urge all drivers to adhere to the limit on the road they are driving on."
Suffolk Police said 513 vehicles were caught exceeding the speed limit on the Orwell Bridge on more than one occasion.
In May, Vasile Cuica, 20, of Highfield Road, Felixstowe, was banned from driving for six months after it emerged he had exceeded the speed limit 11 times.
Average speed cameras on the M32 in Bristol caught 6,048 drivers in 15 days. Stretches of the M1, M25 and M6 catch more than 1,000 a week.
Two building foundations and dozens of pieces of pottery and weapons were unearthed in the excavation, which started in September.
The dig at the old factory site, near Great Central Street and Highcross Street, is open until Sunday afternoon.
One of the mosaics is considered to be the "finest" ever found in more than 150 years in the city.
The rooms in the houses contain mosaics with elaborate patterns and designs.
The mosaic in one reception room is considered "the largest and finest-quality mosaic found in over 150 years in Leicester", the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) said.
The dig also located pottery, coins, brooches, beads, hair pins, gaming pieces and manicure objects along with a decorated knife handle cast in copper alloy, which depicts a scene showing victims thrown to the lions in an amphitheatre.
Richard Buckley, co-director of ULAS, said: "The excavation has revealed evidence for the homes of some of [Roman Leicester's] wealthier citizens who lived just a short walk away from both the town's baths, now at Jewry Wall, and forum, beneath what is now Jubilee Square.
"Despite huge disturbance from modern buildings, evidence for Roman streets has survived together with fragments of some spectacular coloured mosaic pavements which the public will be able to see from a specially constructed platform."
Claire Lindsay, 40, was in bed when Jack Ferguson broke in to her home in Burnside, South Lanarkshire in December 2015.
During the raid, the 47 year old kicked a young boy and went on to steal £12,000 of goods, including jewellery.
Ferguson had denied involvement but he was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow and jailed for five years.
Ms Lindsay told a jury she was woken up by a light going on and initially thought her husband had returned home from a night shift early.
Instead she found it was Ferguson standing in her bedroom with a hat partly pulled down over his face.
She said: "He was shouting, swearing, telling me to get downstairs.
"He was saying: 'Give me everything'."
Ferguson then turned his attention to a nine year-boy who had also been sleeping in the room, kicking him and swearing at him.
When Ms Lindsay asked him to leave, he shouted at her to go downstairs.
She recalled Ferguson going downstairs giving her the chance to dial 999.
She then discovered he had gone, but that her house had been "ransacked".
A hammer and a screwdriver - thought to have been used during the raid - were outside the house.
Ms Lindsay told the court she was "100% sure" Ferguson was the burglar.
She said the ordeal had "constantly preyed" on her mind for months afterwards.
The court heard that Ferguson had criminal record dating back to 1986 for offences including violence.
Broad, 29, has played only two ODIs since the 2015 World Cup and was left out of the squad for the World T20.
"I've got a lot of hunger and desire to get back in that team consistently," he told the BBC's Stumped.
"A huge target is 2019. I've got a lot of experience, played 121 ODIs and I've got a pretty good record."
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Nottinghamshire bowler Broad was left out of the one-day squad for almost a year after England were knocked out of the World Cup in the first round.
While that was partly to look at new faces, it was also to manage his workload - Broad had knee surgery in 2014.
However, he was recalled for the one-day series in South Africa, playing the final two games of a series that England lost 3-2.
"I've played all three formats for eight or nine years and coped quite well with that," said Broad, who is set to miss a World T20 tournament for the first time after captaining England in 2012 and 2014.
Speaking in his role as an ambassador for The Belfry Golf Club, he added: "Part and parcel of being an international cricketer is staying fit and fresh for as much cricket as possible.
"We know it's a short career, so you have to try and be in the best possible shape."
After defeating South Africa 2-1 in the Test series, England can claim to have won their most recent series against seven of the nine other Test-playing sides.
The two trophies outstanding are for the contests with Sri Lanka and Pakistan, who both visit England this summer.
"With those two coming over this summer, we have a huge driving point," said Broad, who is third on the all-time list of England Test wicket-takers with 333.
"It's great to have, because it keeps you continually trying to improve."
Broad's tally of 56 Test wickets in 2015 was bettered only by India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, while his 6-15 in the third Test win over South Africa took him above Ashwin and Proteas pace bowler Dale Steyn to the top of the world bowling rankings.
Broad is the first England bowler since 2004 to top the list, while before that Sir Ian Botham led the way in 1980.
"I'm hugely proud to be number one, it shows that you take important wickets," said Broad. "To follow Beefy (Botham) and Harmy as the only other two to have been ranked number one for England, it brings it home how special that is.
"I'm not overnight going to think I'm a better bowler than Dale Steyn, I've just been fortunate that I've stayed on the park recently and taken some consistent wickets.
"Hopefully I can be there for a period of time. I'm not going to be one of those bowlers who just stays there for five weeks. It gives me huge hunger and a huge desire to improve."
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Wenger, in charge since 1996, said he will announce "very soon" whether he will remain with the Gunners, after reaching a decision on his future.
Arsenal are in danger of ending a second straight season without a major trophy, and Sutton said he should go.
"It's a dictatorship and he surrounds himself with yes men," Sutton added.
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Wenger's contract expires at the end of the season but he has been offered a new two-year deal.
The Frenchman, 67, has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks, with fans responding to defeats in the Premier League, and the 10-2 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, by calling for him to leave.
More anti-Wenger banners were held aloft by Gunners fans in the closing stages of last Saturday's 3-1 defeat at West Brom, while in the first half two planes towed banners over the ground - one criticising the manager and the other supporting him.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's The Monday Night Club, Sutton, a Premier League winner as a player with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, added: "He's been selfish. I'm surprised Steve Bould [Wenger's assistant] doesn't get hold of him and say this is the reality.
"He's taking the club backwards. They have just accepted mediocrity.
"His work in the transfer market has been a failure lately.
"Do the right thing and if you're not going to do the right thing then tell us."
Arsenal, sixth in the table, are 19 points behind leaders Chelsea in the Premier League and their last realistic chance of winning a trophy this season is the FA Cup.
They face Manchester City in the semi-final at Wembley on Sunday, 23 April (15:00 BST).
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud said the club's players supported Wenger and wanted him to stay and "continue his adventure".
"We hope we can win the cup and that Arsenal qualify for the Champions League," the France international told Canal Plus.
"We want Arsene Wenger to renew his contract, to continue his adventure, because we support him."
Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson said the move was aimed at helping workers and businesses.
Labour said the changes would not boost economic growth and the TUC said: "Making it easier to sack people is the last thing we need."
But many business groups welcomed the move.
The change, which would affect the whole of the UK, is planned to be introduced in April. It would affect redundancies of 100 or more workers.
Ms Swinson said a consultation process had produced strong support for the changes and added: "The process is usually completed well within the existing 90-day minimum period, which can cause unnecessary delays for restructuring, and make it difficult for those affected to get new jobs quickly.
"Our reforms will strike an appropriate balance between making sure employees are engaged in decisions about their future and allowing employers greater certainty and flexibility to take necessary steps to restructure."
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna described the announcement as a "watering down" of employee rights.
Mr Umunna tweeted: "Ministers think watering down people's rights at work is the big bazooka to get growth going and yet there is no evidence to support this."
Shadow employment relations minister Ian Murray said: "David Cameron should be making it easier to hire, not easier to fire. We need a real plan for jobs and growth, not an attack on people's rights at work."
Scotland's enterprise minister Fergus Ewing said the change "will make it more difficult to mobilise and plan the support that can minimise the devastating impact of large redundancies on communities".
He added that if employment law was the responsibility of the Scottish government, ministers would ensure a better balance between "the needs of employers, employees, local economies and communities".
A Welsh government spokesman said the 90 day consultation period is the "absolute minimum necessary" to ensure that "possible alternative solutions" to redundancy can be found.
The TUC's General Secretary Brendan Barber said: "The last thing we need is for the government to make it easier to sack people.
"These measures will not create a single extra job. The idea that an employer will change their mind about taking someone on because the statutory redundancy consultation period has been reduced from 90 to 45 days is close to absurd."
Unison's assistant general secretary, Bronwyn McKenna, said: "Any worker facing redundancy needs time to plan, to mitigate the impact on them and their family finances. Making arrangements to cover mortgages or rent, sort out bills, retrain and apply for new jobs all takes time and this cut will leave families facing financial hardship."
But Alexander Ehmann, of the Institute of Directors, said: "Companies facing problems have to be able to restructure swiftly, and a 45-day consultation period brings the UK closer to a number of EU competitors.
"We would have preferred a move to a 30-day consultation period - the same as for smaller-scale redundancies - which would have made the law less complex," he added.
Tim Thomas, head of employment and skills at the manufacturers' organisation EEF, said: "Today's announcement will send a strong signal to industry that the government is committed to creating the flexible labour market that it needs."
Dr Adam Marshall, director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "In the 21st century requiring a business to spend a quarter of a year consulting on how to restructure is unnecessary, frustrating and potentially disastrous."
Ms Swinson also announced plans to exclude fixed-term contracts from collective redundancy agreements when they reach the end of their "natural life".
Earlier this year the prime minister commissioned venture capitalist and Conservative Party donor Adrian Beecroft to write a report about how employment law could be reformed to cut red tape and boost UK businesses.
He reported in May but some of his recommendations were condemned by Business Secretary Vince Cable, a Liberal Democrat.
Later in the summer the coalition decided that, rather than introduce the recommendations in the Beecroft Report, they would consult with businesses about what changes they would like to see introduced and that consultation has led to Wednesday's announcement.
The announcement came on the last day of trading for electrical store chain Comet - which had employed more than 6,000 people - after it went into administration.
And cleaners and porters at Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust are to vote about taking industrial action after their employer, Sodexo, was accused by the GMB union of "deliberately avoiding" its statutory obligation to hold a 90-day consultation over redundancies by announcing just under 100 job losses.
European champion Toulson won mixed 10m synchronised silver on Saturday before finishing seventh with Tonia Couch in the women's 10m synchronised event.
But the 17-year-old could only finish 23rd in the individual. Team-mate Robyn Birch reached the semi-finals in 16th.
Birch later finished 13th in the team event alongside Dan Goodfellow.
France took gold in the team event, ahead of Mexico and the United States.
The team competition sees pairs complete three separate routines each, with one athlete performing two dives from 3m and one from 10m, with the other athlete performing the reverse.
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Goodfellow - who won Olympic bronze alongside Tom Daley at Rio 2016, but was fourth in the synchronised 10m final on Monday - admitted fatigue impacted their performance.
"I'm not going to lie, it has been tough," he told BBC Sport.
"I was so keen to get back into training after the Olympic success that I rushed things after my injury and that's set me back - I've learned a lot for next season."
Britain were the defending champions in the team event with Daley and Rebecca Gallantree claiming the title at Kazan 2015 in Russia.
Birch was delighted at achieving her individual ambition of reaching the world 10m platform semi-final in her major championship debut for Britain.
"I started the season with a back problem and didn't even think I'd make the British team," she told BBC Sport.
"To come here and reach the semi-final and sample this environment has been a great learning experience."
Wednesday's action will see the return of Olympic synchronised 3m springboard champion Jack Laugher for the individual 3m event.
The Leeds-based diver claimed silver in the event at Rio 2016 and will be aiming to progress through the preliminaries and semi-finals on Wednesday before an attempt at a world medal in the final on Thursday.
Diving and swimming commentator Bob Ballard:
It's not to everyone's taste, and has yet to be added to the Tokyo 2020 programme, but the current crop of divers seem to like the team synchro incorporating dives off the springboard and platform.
Great Britain won the inaugural competition in Kazan two years ago through Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree, but Robyn Birch, who had already had 10 dives off the platform today, looked a little weary and Dan Goodfellow wasn't able to execute his bread-and-butter dive: the forward four and a half somersaults.
That pairing will probably change by the next World Championships in 2019.
Oleg Kalashnikov, a former MP, and Oles Buzyna, a writer and former newspaper editor, were gunned down in separate attacks within hours of each other.
A group calling itself the Ukrainian Insurgent Army claimed it carried out the killings in an email to political expert Volodomyr Fesenko.
Both of the victims were known for their strong anti-government views.
Kiev officials immediately questioned the authenticity of the claim.
The email received by Mr Fesenko was addressed to members of the Opposition Bloc, the successors to former President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions. It fell apart after Mr Yanukovych fled the country last year.
In it, the group also said it was to blame for the deaths of several other politicians and officials linked to Mr Yanukovych, some of which were believed to be suicides.
The Insurgent Army, which is named after controversial Ukrainian nationalist partisans who fought during World War Two, said it was giving those it considered guilty of "anti-Ukrainian" activity until Monday to leave the country.
"We are unleashing a ruthless insurgency against the anti-Ukrainian regime of traitors and Moscow's lackeys. From now on, we will only speak to them using the language of weapons, all the way to their elimination," Mr Fesenko quoted the letter as saying.
Mr Kalashnikov, a former MP from Mr Yanukovych's party, was found dead from gunshot wounds in his apartment block on Wednesday evening.
Hours later two masked assailants gunned down Oles Buzyna in the courtyard of his building.
Olena Bondarenko, a former MP from the Party of Regions, said Ukraine's interior ministry had agreed to provide her with security guards, after she received anonymous threats.
But Markiyan Lubkivsky, a spokesman for the security services, said "the authenticity of the email and the author's intentions" were questionable.
He said the email was sent from an address in Germany and contained grammatical mistakes not typical for a native Ukrainian speaker. This could not be independently verified.
Mr Lubkivsky also claimed that the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) did not exist.
Others disagreed. Anton Shevkhovtsov, a Ukrainian expert in far-right groups, said on Facebook that although he could not say who killed Mr Buzyna and Mr Kalashnikov, a group calling itself the UPA did indeed exist back in January, 2014.
Mr Shekovtsov said it was a "small radical nationalist group" among a number of organisations that had occupied Kiev City Hall. He also claimed he had interviewed its representatives.
Ukrainian officials have promised an open and thorough investigation to track down the two men's killers.
But they also have already voiced a number of accusations, for which, they admit, at the moment they have no proof.
These include the prospect that Moscow was behind the murders, as a provocation. Russian officials deny the charge.
One scenario, in which they seem less interested, is the possibility that Mr Buzyna and Mr Kalashnikov were targeted after their personal information was published on a local website, just days before their shootings.
The site, called "The Peacekeeper" collects information on people who, it says, are "pro-Russian terrorists, separatists, mercenaries, war criminals, and murderers".
However, Anton Geraschenko, a top advisor to the Ukrainian interior ministry, played down the theory.
"I think it's a coincidence," he said, noting that the site gives information on thousands of people.
However, Gerashchenko is also a strong supporter of the site, having encouraged his Facebook followers to send information to it on suspected "terrorists and separatists".
Howard had made the claim in his autobiography, but Friedel, 43, denied the allegation, saying "it is complete garbage" and demanded an apology.
Howard, 35, said: "I have decided to take Brad at his word.
"I have directed my publisher to amend future copies of my book by striking reference to Brad's opposition."
Friedel tweeted in response: "Glad it's over, happy to move on."
Howard completed a £2.5m move from Major League Soccer side New York/New Jersey Metrostars to United 11 years ago, but needed a work permit.
In his book The Keeper, Howard said Friedel, then playing for Blackburn Rovers, refused to endorse his application with a letter of support.
"The legal team at Manchester United told me that Brad hadn't merely refused to sign a statement on my behalf, he had actively tried to block my transfer," Howard wrote in the book.
"He'd written to the appeals committee suggesting that I shouldn't be given a work permit at all."
Friedel, who remains contracted to Tottenham but is yet to make a first-team appearance this season, said that he was asked to sign a letter of support by then US coach Bruce Arena, but did not because he felt it was inaccurate.
And Howard now concedes: "Brad takes issue with my characterisation of his position and events.
"At the time, I was surprised that Brad would not automatically sign my letter of recommendation and I took this as an opposition to my application.
"Brad later explained that he had not in fact opposed my efforts to seek a work permit, either by writing to the Professional Footballers' Association or otherwise."
Friedel played for the US between 1992 and 2005, while Howard has played for the national team since 2002.
An object, believed to have been a container of flammable liquid, was set alight under a car at Larchwood Court, shortly before 03:00 BST.
The vehicle was damaged. A similar device was found below a second vehicle at the same property.
Sgt Billy Stewart said police are trying to establish a motive.
The family ran out of their house looking for help. Neighbours helped them douse the fire in the first car with a garden hose.
Sgt Stewart praised the bravery of those living in the area for their quick actions.
"It was very terrifying for the family and indeed the neighbours," he said.
"This is a very quiet residential area of Banbridge and it's not something that we're used to up here, so everybody concerned is extremely traumatised in relation to the incident.
"I have to say the actions of the family and indeed the residents has diverted what could have been a disaster last night."
Ulster Unionist MLA Jo-Anne Dobson has condemned those behind the attack.
"Sadly, this is not the first time we have seen a vehicle set alight close to someone's home in the town and I roundly condemn those responsible," she said.
"The people of Banbridge do not want this.
"This type of activity must stop immediately before we are dealing with a fatality."
SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly said: "Whether this attack was an attempt at intimidation, the expression of a misguided political agenda or an act of mindless destruction, it is completely unacceptable.
"Those behind this attack have put people's lives at risk and caused damage to multiple vehicles.
"Their actions have no place in our society."
Police said the scene would be examined on Friday and have appealed for information.
Gun battles started early on Thursday morning in Jalalabad after a "multi-pronged" attack by insurgents.
Police said they shot dead seven attackers, all of them wearing suicide bomb vests.
The attack comes after the Taliban vowed to disrupt the run-up to presidential elections in the country on 5 April.
"Ten policemen, including the district police chief, were killed and 14 police were wounded," deputy interior minister Mohammad Ayoub Salangi told AFP.
"One civilian was also killed, and all seven attackers."
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message sent to media.
The insurgents are believed to have stormed Jalalabad's key police station, close to government offices and the headquarters of the governor, shortly after a car bomb was detonated.
The gun battles continued for several hours after the bomb blast and Nato sent helicopter gunships to support Afghan security forces.
Interior ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said one or two attackers had holed up in a small room inside the police station before they were finally killed by security forces.
Witnesses in the city told the BBC that the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan was one of many buildings that were still on fire following the attack.
Mohammad Habib, an eyewitness, said the explosion shook the city.
"I woke up and my windows were broken. Then there were gun shots and explosions throughout the morning. Now almost half of the city remains closed," he said.
Local taxi driver Khan Jan told the BBC: "The sound of the explosion was deafening, there was a powerful explosion which broke windows of nearby shops and homes. It woke the city."
On Tuesday, a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan killed 17 civilians including women and children and injured more than 60.
The Taliban have threatened a campaign of violence to disrupt the election on 5 April.
The poll will choose a new Afghan president to lead the country as foreign troops prepare to end their combat mission by the end of the year.
A stunning Andy Murdoch strike and a Kris Boyd goal either side of half-time put Rangers in firm control.
Ryan Conroy's deflected effort gave Raith hope of drawing, but the visitors held on for the win which takes them above Hibernian in the table.
It also ends a run of three straight defeats in all competitions for Kenny McDowall's men.
Nicky Clark threatened first for Rangers, his strike from 25 yards out sailing high over the crossbar.
Lee Wallace and Haris Vuckic combined down the left, with the Scotland full-back crossing for Boyd, whose header beat Raith keeper David McGurn but came back off the bar.
An error from Marius Zaliukas allowed Mark Stewart a sight of the Rangers goal, but Sebastien Faure bailed out his defensive partner with an excellent challenge.
Clark headed a good chance wide from eight yards after he was picked out by Vuckic's free-kick, and Faure directed a similar chance wide moments later.
Boyd teed up Clark for another attempt on goal, but he dragged his shot from the edge of the box just wide of the post.
Rangers were well on top in the opening 35 minutes, and they got their reward in stunning fashion.
Murdoch took possession from Wallace 30 yards from goal, turned and fired a superb drive into the top corner to claim his first Rangers goal.
The 20-year-old was clearly full of confidence and his angled 30-yard pass early in the second half found Clark in the penalty area, but his volley on the turn flew just wide.
Rangers did not have long to wait to double their lead, however.
A Wallace shot was blocked, but the ball ricocheted around the box and eventually fell to Boyd, who prodded it home from close range for his 10th goal of the season.
Substitute Darren McGregor headed just over the crossbar from a Law corner as the visitors looked to put the result beyond any doubt.
Faure's dangerous cross was cleared only as far as Vuckic, whose volley was well struck but straight at McGurn.
The Raith keeper had to be alive just a minute later when the ball dropped at the feet of Faure from a corner. The defender looked like he would smash home the third from close range but McGurn reacted well to block.
The stopper could only parry Vuckic's strike from outside the box, but Clark nodded wide with the goal at his mercy.
Raith were hanging on, but they were given a lifeline 20 minutes from time.
Stewart held up play well in Rangers territory and found support in the shape of Conroy, his shot from 20 yards deflected off Wallace and looped up and over Robinson into the net.
Ross Callachan's well-struck volley brought Robinson into action as Raith sensed a point could be theirs for the taking, but Rangers regained control of the ball and the match in the closing stages to see out the victory.
Rangers coach Gordon Durie: "The performance was great last week, but we didn't get the result and I think we got both tonight.
"We probably made it a bit harder for ourselves in the last 15 minutes by switching off and giving them a goal.
"We probably should have been out of sight by that time, but we're delighted with the three points and I think the score flattered them.
"I've had Andy [Murdoch] with the Under-20s. He's got a great attitude and has goals like that in his locker.
"He's got his chance and he's come in and taken it.
"I'm delighted not just for him. I think the whole team showed a spirit that's what we need for the rest of the season.
"Great for Boydy as well. He's not scored many goals and he had chances before that, but that will hopefully put him on the road to a lot more."
Raith Rovers manager Grant Murray: "It didn't feel like we got high enough up the pitch to bother them.
"We did get a goal back, but it was not enough in the end.
"It seems we have come up against Rangers in the league three times and they have been bang on each time.
"It now makes it difficult for us for the play-offs regardless of what Falkirk and Queen of the South do tomorrow.
"We need to go on another run."
Bond star Harris collected the best supporting actress prize for her role in Moonlight, while Beckinsale won British/Irish actress of the year.
French actress Isabelle Huppert picked up two awards - actress of the year for her role in Things to Come and another for excellence in cinema.
La La Land was named film of the year.
Other acting awards went to Casey Affleck, who won actor of the year for Manchester by the Sea, and Andrew Garfield, star of Silence and Hacksaw Ridge, who was named British/Irish actor of the year.
Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake - about a man struggling to make ends meet through the UK benefits system - collected the prize for British/Irish film of the year, while Laszlo Nemes won director of the year for Son of Saul.
The awards ceremony came ahead of the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, where Harris, Huppert and Affleck are all expected to pick up acting nods.
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Winger Duane Holmes headed them ahead in the 35th minute with his third goal of the season.
He found himself in the box to meet a right wing cross from Josh Morris and tuck his header just inside the far post.
It came just after Oxford had threatened to snatch the lead when Chris Maguire fired a free-kick from the edge of the box over the defensive wall to force a flying save from goalkeeper Luke Daniels.
Swirling mist made it difficult for spectators to follow some of the play, but it was Oxford who made a storming start to the second half and were deservedly back on level terms in the 47th minute.
From a right wing corner the ball was played into a crowded box by Alex MacDonald and turned home from close range by defender Phil Edwards.
It was the first goal conceded by Scunthorpe in four games and suddenly they were under pressure.
There was relief in the home defence when Kane Hemmings failed to capitalise on a left wing cross in front of goal.
Twice though Scunthorpe did go close to snatching a winner, as first striker Kevin Van Veen glanced a header just wide of the far post from Morris' in-swinging free-kick.
Then substitute Jamie Ness let fly with a shot from the edge of the box that whistled just inches wide before Scunthorpe finally had to settle for a point to break that previous unbeaten home record which had stood for 65 years.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Scunthorpe United 1, Oxford United 1.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 1, Oxford United 1.
Foul by Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United).
Ryan Taylor (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Murray Wallace.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Scunthorpe United).
Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Jamie Ness (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Oxford United. Ryan Taylor replaces Alexander MacDonald.
Attempt missed. John Lundstram (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Hakeeb Adelakun replaces Duane Holmes.
Substitution, Oxford United. Tyler Roberts replaces Kane Hemmings.
Philip Edwards (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United).
Conor Townsend (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Skarz (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Curtis Nelson.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Jamie Ness replaces Richard Smallwood.
Attempt blocked. Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United).
Philip Edwards (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
Attempt saved. Kane Hemmings (Oxford United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Oxford United. Marvin Johnson replaces Robert Hall.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Paddy Madden replaces Tom Hopper.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Lundstram (Oxford United).
Attempt saved. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Robert Hall (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The Nasdaq Composite broke through to a new record high, up 26.5 points, or 0.4%, at 6,225 before falling back to 6,210.
The broader S&P 500 came within half a point of its all-time high of 2,418 before retreating slightly.
In the first hour the Dow Jones index was up 13 points at 21,021 points.
The ADP jobs report showed private payrolls increased by an unexpectedly high 253,000 in May.
The private sector jobs numbers are more volatile than the non-farm payroll figures out tomorrow, but the markets are seeing them as a positive indicator for the economy.
Stronger jobs numbers would increase the chances of an increase in interest rates at the next meeting of the Federal Reserve on 14 June.
Separately, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity ticked up to 54.9 last month from 54.8 in April.
West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil was steady after yesterday's falls, trading about $48.33 in early trade.
American Express shares were the second-best performer on the Dow, up 1.2% after it won a bid to become the exclusive credit card issuer for Hilton - the first new deal it has signed since 2015.
Shares in telecoms group Verizon were the worst performer on the Dow, down 0.5% after reports emerged that its $100bn bid for the cable TV giant Charter had been turned down.
Last week, the PSNI announced some of its own officers will march in uniform at the Belfast Pride parade, for the first time in the festival's history.
PSNI officers have taken part in the parade before, but never in uniform.
A Garda spokesman said its officers have also been given permission to wear their uniforms at the Belfast parade.
However, their attendance will be voluntary and unpaid, as they will be marching in a different jurisdiction.
The event is due to take place in Belfast city centre on Saturday, 5 August.
A Garda spokesman told BBC News NI: "Members of An Garda Síochána, their families and friends are all invited to take part and join members from the PSNI and their colleagues from Great Britain.
"Garda members may, with permission, take part in uniform.
"Attendance at the event is at the Garda member's own expense," he added.
The PSNI will also have vehicles and signs at this year's event to encourage the public to report homophobic hate crime.
The 'Policing with Pride' liveried PSNI vehicles will also be used at Pride events in Newry and Londonderry.
As editor of the magazine Medical Woman, Jyoti Shah said several female surgeons had spoken to her about sexism being a problem.
She has called for a cultural change.
Meanwhile, the first female president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Clare Marx, said there needs to be a focus on developing women's careers in surgery.
Ms Shah, a consultant urological surgeon at Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said women in her field faced sexism every day because it was engrained in surgery: "Surgery still remains very male dominated, and it does still appear as an old boys' club and you're very much an outsider as a woman.
"You're trying to break into their gang almost, and that culture is quite engrained in surgery."
There are approximately 800 female surgical consultants in England, and they represent only 11% of the total.
Even though the number of women has been increasing year on year, it has been a gradual process.
A 2013 survey of newly qualified UK doctors suggested that 68% of the female ones believed surgery was not a career that welcomed women.
According to research by Exeter University, women could be discouraged from entering surgery because there are fewer female role models, and a perception by some that they are less likely to succeed than their male counterparts.
Ms Shah believes the problem is partly down to a hierarchical structure, which she says is dominated by men in senior positions.
She told the BBC: "I know one woman who as she was operating, she leant over and the consultant whom she was operating with very gently brushed against her breast.
"More subtle forms are being referred to as 'the nurse', being in a meeting with men and being the only woman and you're asked to make the tea.
"There needs to be a cultural change so that women don't feel uncomfortable or inferior," she said.
The first female president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Clare Marx, said there was a gender inequality in surgery.
But she said the culture was already changing and that was reflected in the growing number of women going into medicine.
She said: "We can't tell people to change their culture, what we have to do is grow the numbers and show the way we can change the culture from within rather than dictating.
"Laying down rules doesn't work.
"We have started an emerging leaders programme, which is a pilot, and what we've done is put out applications to women who are interested in leadership, and from the applications we're trying to bring them into the college and talk to them about their futures - their leadership roles - and their various issues about their career."
Becoming a surgeon takes can take up to eight years after graduating from medical school. The RCS said the length of training could put some women off if they were keen to have children.
Some surgeons argue that Ms Shah's claims of sexism are hyperbolic and that humorous banter is being wrongly interpreted.
Ms Marx said there was fine line between a joke and sexist abuse.
"We have to be very careful that there isn't a confusion between a manner of speaking and something that is rightly offensive," she said.
But Ms Shah firmly believes there needs to be an overt cultural shift in surgery or the field will miss out on employing the brightest recruits.
She said: "This is about saving lives and recruiting the best talent possible, regardless of gender, we want to create an environment that is appealing to everybody - we owe that to patients.
"We need more discussion about it actually, maybe have discussion groups about it and say, 'Do you realise how the impact of that behaviour was on the rest of the team or on your colleague?'
"And the problem is a lot of this becomes the norm because it has always happened, and you know women start to accept it."
Ms Avia, 31, seen as a rising star in President Macron's LREM party, said "ill-wishers" had been spreading xenophobic comments about the incident.
Le Canard Enchaîné magazine quoted police as saying she bit the driver because she did not like his behaviour.
She told the magazine she did not bite him but grabbed him by the shoulder.
Ms Avia became an MP for La République en Marche (LREM) movement in last month's elections.
Wednesday's edition of Le Canard Enchaîné said police were called to an incident between a taxi-driver and a passenger on the evening of Friday 23 June in the eastern Paris suburb of Saint Mandé.
It quoted the police report as saying Ms Avia announced to them who she was "in a condescending tone".
The report then explained that apparently the driver's card terminal was not working and he proposed driving her to a cash machine.
This idea was "not to the taste" of Ms Avia, it added, saying she "bit the driver to make him stop" the car.
The MP told the magazine that she had grabbed the driver by the shoulder, denying that she had bitten him.
On Wednesday she posted a statement on Facebook (in French) saying that the driver had taken her bank card and put it out of reach.
She had been scared, had panicked and defended herself after the driver had tried to pull away without her consent or any explanation, she said.
"Certain ill-wishers have been spreading comments with xenophobic overtones," Ms Avia said.
"I do not wish for any woman to live through such a moment."
After 45 minutes of negotiations, police said, Ms Avia agreed to pay her fare.
She then filed a complaint against the driver for attempted theft and kidnapping.
Ms Avia, of Togolese origin, made her mark as a lawyer involved in corporate disputes and has been active in projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
French Prime Minister Eduard Philippe has praised her for her rapid rise to politics from a humble background.
Seven-month-old Amelia Crichton was found unresponsive at an address on Slater Lane, Leyland, in the early hours of 19 April, police said.
The baby suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to Manchester Children's Hospital where she died from head injuries two days later, officers said.
Jennifer Crichton, 34, from Leyland, is due to appear before magistrates in Preston later.
They have said some of their findings were based on "contaminated data".
Meanwhile, a study in Science claimed the virus could not be reliably detected in ME patients, even in the labs which originally made the link.
Understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome is poor. It may be many diseases and the causes are uncertain.
There was a sense of hope for many patients when a study published in Science in 2009 showed that DNA from a mouse virus, XMRV, was present in 67% of patients with the illness, but only 4% of the general population.
Yet other scientists around the world could not find evidence of the virus. Many researchers began to argue that the most likely explanation was contamination of the laboratory samples.
It led to Science asking the authors to withdraw their findings and it published an editorial "expression of concern" saying that the validity of the study was "seriously in question".
The authors have now issued a partial retraction after some of the scientists involved reported contamination, but this only calls into question the information in one table and two diagrams, not the rest of the paper and not the final conclusion.
One of the labs involved, the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Nevada, is standing by the conclusion. One of its lead researchers, Dr Vincent Lombardi, said it was "participating" in the retraction but: "We want to make it very clear that we are continuing the important work of studying retroviruses in association with ME/CFS and other similarly complex illnesses.
"WPI's more recent retroviral work, although still in the early stages of discovery, continues to warrant additional investigations."
Dr Jonathan Stoye, virologist at the Medical Research Council National Institute of Medical Research in the UK, said: "I don't think this partial retraction has any meaning, it would have been nice to have a complete rather than a partial retraction.
"They're saying the rest of the paper still stands, but that is becoming increasingly difficult for them to maintain."
A fresh study on XMRV published in Science, which the researchers behind the original study participated in, again questioned the link.
Samples of blood were collected from 15 patients who had previously tested positive for XMRV, 14 of whom also had chronic fatigue syndrome, and from 15 patients without XMRV.
These samples were sent to nine laboratories, including two which had found the link previously. No lab knew which samples were from which patients.
Only two laboratories, the two which initially proposed the link, detected any cases of XMRV. However, the virus was detected at "similar rates" in both groups of patients, the study said.
The results from the two laboratories were also "inconsistent" even when testing blood from the same patient.
Dr Charles Shepherd, medical adviser to the ME Association said: "These are very emphatic negative or inconsistent findings from the Blood Working Group study, along with the retraction of some of the original supporting data that was published in Science.
"So it is now looking extremely unlikely that XMRV is either linked to ME/CFS or that it has a disease-causing role.
"Having had their hopes raised that a treatable component to ME/CFS had been identified, it's not surprising that people are becoming increasingly disappointed at the way things are turning out.
But it's too early to send out the scientific jury to make a final definitive decision on XMRV and ME/CFS - we still need the results from the other major multi-centre study on XMRV and ME/CFS being carried out in America by Prof Ian Lipkin."
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael is considering a fast-track transfer of the powers from the UK to Scotland.
The Smith Commission on further devolution recommended the move in its report last week.
Mr Carmichael will discuss the issue with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when they meet on Thursday.
The secretary of state told the BBC civil servants were looking at the options, adding: "If we can find a way, then we'll work with the Scottish government to make sure that this happens.
"I see no reason why if Scotland's two governments work together with good will and determination that this could not be done in time for the next elections in 2016."
Sixteen and 17-year-olds were able to vote in the independence referendum.
'UK change'
Mr Carmichael described their participation as a "truly outstanding success" and said he was "determined" to keep younger voters involved.
"We want you to remain part of our political process," he said. "We don't want you just to be put back in your box."
All five political parties at Holyrood support extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds for Holyrood elections.
In the Smith Commission agreement they said: "The parties call on the UK Parliament to devolve the relevant powers in sufficient time to allow the Scottish Parliament to extend the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds for the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, should the Scottish Parliament wish to do so".
This age group will not be allowed to vote in the 2015 UK general election, but Mr Carmichael said change in the voting age in Scotland would inevitably lead to change across the UK.
It is not clear what mechanism would be used to give Holyrood the power to change the voting age for devolved elections.
It may be the UK government would use a so-called "section 30" order which avoids primary legislation.
This mechanism was used to lend Holyrood the unequivocal legal authority to hold the independence referendum.
Ms Sturgeon made clear her commitment to votes for 16 and 17-year-olds in the Scottish Parliament last week.
Delivering her programme for government speech, she said: "If the necessary powers are transferred in good time to this parliament, my government will bring forward legislation to extend the franchise and allow all 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the 2016 Scottish election."
Trying to save one of the giants of the Japanese tech sector has been challenging to say the least, but even harder if the defacto response in your industry to any foreign takeover deal is usually a no.
That's because Japan's technology sector is historically extremely insular, and has been reluctant to let outsiders in.
But when times are tough, business acumen trumps nationalistic tendencies.
Sharp, a major producer of display screens for smartphones, tablets and TVs, has struggled to turn a profit for some years now.
A takeover by Foxconn, which assembles smart phones and TV sets for the likes of Apple and Sony could help Sharp to sell its liquid crystal display panels elsewhere in the region, and inject fresh funds and ideas into the ailing electronics maker.
1915 TO 1919: The Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which is where the company got its name from, was one of Sharp's founder's first inventions
1925 TO 1930: First generation Japanese radio sets
1953 TO 1954: Japan's first commercially produced TV set
1960 TO 1961: Mass production of colour televisions.
1964 TO 1966: The world's first all transistor-diode electronic calculator.
1976 TO 1978: Sharp develops a TV employing an EL panel that is a mere 3 cm thick.
1992: LCD ViewCam, ushering in a new era in video cameras.
1999: Sharp announces the world's first 20-inch LCD TVs
2007: Sharp develops a 108V-inch LCD TV that it shows at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Although this deal is the biggest foreign takeover of a major Japanese tech firm it's not the first time we've seen a foreign company get involved with a Japanese one.
Remember Nissan back in 1999? It formed a strategic partnership with France's Renault, and the two firms are joined together through a cross-shareholding agreement. To be fair though, Renault owns 43.4% of Nissan, with full voting rights, whereas Nissan owns a 15% stake in Renault - and has no voting rights. So guess who controls that relationship?
That the Nissan-Renault deal was structured in such a way was likely to assuage concerns at the time of foreign interference in Japanese business. Almost two decades later it will be interesting to see what form the Foxconn-Sharp deal will take if it happens.
But Sharp has been burned by Foxconn before, so it may be more cautious this time round and push for more on the deal table.
In 2012 Sharp nearly entered bankruptcy struggling against the competition from cheaper South Korean and Chinese rivals. According to reports, Foxconn agreed to buy a 10% stake in Sharp for some $800m (£573.5m). But after Sharp's share price continued to fall the two companies failed to come to an agreement on the renegotiated share price both sides were willing to accept.
But turning Sharp around won't be easy. Even after two bailouts it has been unable to turn its fortunes around. Will Foxconn be able to succeed where others have failed?
Some analysts say that Foxconn's offer doesn't pass "the smell test." Atul Goyal, at Jefferies is a Sharp watcher, and points out "Given Foxconn's track record with earlier panel acquisitions..it doesn't bode well for shareholders of Sharp."
He adds that it isn't entirely clear "what Foxconn wants….It doesn't have experience in any of Sharp's businesses."
One of the reasons perhaps, why Sharp's shares were so volatile today.
Emerson Hyndman and Clint Hill scored first-half goals, with Martyn Waghorn and Lee Wallace on target after the interval in a one-sided contest.
"It was my first statement to the players today - I want you to enjoy," said Caixinha.
"I want our team to play like they are kids. Kids love to play football."
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Rangers remain eight points behind Aberdeen in the race for second place in the Premiership, with Caixinha making just one change to the side that started last weekend's 1-1 draw at leaders Celtic.
"We have had just four days to work," he said.
"But I need to be happy with the attitude, the pace, the quality of work as a team and of course I need to be happy to start with a win because if you want a winning culture and a winning mentality, the first step is always important.
"We still have a lot of work in front of us, still have a lot of things to keep working on.
"But I am very happy with the work the players did today on the pitch."
Accies, who also lost 6-0 at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup two weeks ago, dropped to the bottom of the table on goal difference behind Inverness CT, who picked up a point in the Highlands derby.
After playing the top four clubs in recent weeks, boss Martin Canning hopes an easing of the fixture list can see his side recover.
"It is never nice when you are bottom of the league," he said. "But to play the top four teams is a real difficult run.
"Now we have nine games against teams who are all going to be on a par with us and who we can go and beat.
"We need to dust ourselves down and go again. It is going to be a big nine games and all games I believe we can go and win."
Organisers said the smaller amount was because more transactions are being made privately due to the "changing nature of business deals".
There were 11 announced deals, with another 40 made at undisclosed values.
The airshow launched on Wednesday and opens to the public this weekend.
"As the industry becomes more sophisticated and competitive, a growing proportion of the announcements and deals included undisclosed values," organiser Experia Events said in a statement.
Experia's managing director Leck Chet Lam told the BBC earlier this week that they hoped to either exceed of achieve the same deal amount as 2014.
In a statement today, he said "we are committed to creating carefully curated programme elements and are looking forward to delivering a 2018 edition that will further contribute to growing industry capabilities."
The largest order was made by Philippines Airlines for 12 Airbus A350s worth $3.7bn, followed by a purchase by China's Okay Airways for a dozen Boeing 737s worth $1.3bn.
Earlier today, Papua New Guinea's Air Niugini announced an order for four Boeing 737 MAX planes worth $440m.
Japan's Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation also won a $940m order for 20 of its planes from US leasing company Aerolease.
The biggest orders in recent years have been by low cost carriers, which have rapidly expanded their fleet sizes.
In 2012, Indonesia's Lion Air ordered 380 Boeing planes in a deal worth more than $22bn while in 2014 Vietnam's VietJetAir ordered 100 Airbus aircrafts.
The modest orders made during the three-day trade period partly reflect a drop in demand for new planes due to the weak global economy.
But Rajiv Biswas, Asia Pacific Chief Economist at IHS Global Insight said the commercial aviation industry is actually "in a buoyant mood."
"Many Asian airlines placed large orders between 2011 and 2014, and now have a long pipeline of aircraft deliveries to absorb over the next four years," he said.
"Due to the existing capital expenditure commitments already made by many Asian airlines over the medium-term outlook, future new orders are expected to come in smaller sizes."
Rising wealth in the regional is expected to continue to fuel growth in Asia Pacific air travel demand. Last year, the total number of domestic air passengers rose by 10.5%.
Mr Biswas expects the aviation industry's profits to rise by about 9% each year because of the sharp fall in oil prices and strong regional growth in Asia Pacific passenger traffic.
The next airshow will be held in February 2018. Organisers said about 70% of exhibitors have already made reservations to participate.
The four-floor construction would replace the institution's engineering block which is set to be demolished.
It will house the health and life sciences department and become the new site of the Cole Museum of Zoology.
The building planned for the Whiteknights campus is expected to be completed by summer 2019 subject to planning permission.
The university released an image of the plan on Tuesday ahead of submitting a formal application to Wokingham Borough Council.
It said the "world class" facility would contain 24,793 sq ft (7,557 sq m) of laboratory and teaching space.
The project forms part of a wider £400m capital investment programme.
Steven Poole, who has since died, often fitted flue connections incorrectly and failed to supply and fit carbon monoxide detectors.
At Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court before his death, he admitted regularly breaching legal requirements.
The council said the burners should be checked as they could be dangerous.
The council said Poole, of Johnston, who traded as SM Poole, also falsely claimed he had correctly carried out the installation and that his work met Hetas (Heating Equipment Testing and Approval Scheme) safety requirements.
Cllr Huw George, cabinet member for environmental and regulatory services, said the council was "very concerned that there could be several hundred incorrectly fitted stoves in the county, which may very likely be unsafe".
Hetas said any stoves fitted by Mr Poole should be tested to ensure they are safe to use.
It has written to 500 people warning them to get their burners checked, but the council said it was not convinced many people had responded.
"We are concerned that a significant number of people may not have responded to the letters and we urge anyone affected to contact Hetas without delay," Mr George added.
The 33-year-old suffered the injury in February playing for Western Australia.
He aggravated it on the eve of a planned comeback in March and is likely to miss the start of the new season.
"It could be a couple of weeks, it could be longer," said Glamorgan's Toby Radford, coach of the County Championship Division Two side.
"As soon as we can get the proper scan done we'll know where we stand."
Glamorgan begin their Division Two campaign at Leicestershire on 12 April before facing Surrey at home a week later.
Hogan has been a crucial strike bowler for Glamorgan in the last two seasons, claiming 98 wickets in all competitions last season despite missing three weeks on paternity leave.
"He was running around [at Swalec Stadium] and looking in good shape in some ways, [but] we just don't know how bad the injury is," Radford told BBC Wales Sport.
"He only gets pain when he bowls so we'll have a scan next week, see where he's at and then we can make a real plan for when he returns."
Radford is keeping open the option of signing a loan player or going into the Leicestershire game with his current bowling resources, despite the inexperience of several players.
"It is [inexperienced], but Ruaidhri Smith didn't do himself any harm [against Cardiff MCCU], David Lloyd batted and bowled well, and Craig Meschede bowled very well."
Will Owen and Dewi Penrhyn-Jones are the other seam bowlers available to Radford.
Jack Murphy is also on the county's staff, but took two wickets playing against them for the Cardiff universities team, in Glamorgan's final warm-up match.
The match ended in a draw with Glamorgan scoring 434-7 and Cardiff MCCU 110-8.
Oliver Dearlove, 30, spoke about shoes and baby pictures after a night out in Blackheath, south London, on 28 August.
The 20-second exchange prompted Trevor Timon to launch an "unprovoked and senseless" attack, jurors heard.
Mr Dearlove was punched once in the head and died hours later. Mr Timon, 31, of Heavitree Road, Plumstead, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
Prosecutor Anthony Orchard QC told jurors at the Old Bailey the attack was "motivated by the defendant's perceived sense of grievance" that Mr Dearlove was talking to women who Mr Timon knew.
The victim lived with his long-term girlfriend in New Eltham and worked in the City as a banker, the court heard.
On the night of the attack he had been out with friends, leaving Zerodegrees bar just after midnight.
As he left he asked a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, if she was hurt after she took off her high heels on the street.
She replied: "You know what, my feet are killing me", jurors were told.
She went on to tell Mr Dearlove that it was her first night out since giving birth, and he commented to his friends: "Doesn't she look well?"
The woman produced pictures and Mr Dearlove was "very polite" as he complimented her on having a beautiful baby, jurors heard.
Mr Timon, who knew the group of women, allegedly stormed in and demanded to know what they were talking about.
Mr Orchard said: "The next thing that happened was the defendant hit Oliver Dearlove."
The trial continues.
Teesside steel firm SSI has suspended production at its Redcar blast furnace, blaming rising costs and a slump in demand.
Unite union branch secretary Kevin Cook said there was only enough coal to keep the coke ovens burning until Friday.
SSI has declined requests for comment and unions said they had not been told what a "pause" in production meant.
Community union chairman Paul Warren said it was "torture" for the almost 2,000 workers.
"We're getting no answers and no information," he said.
"We really, really need SSI Thailand to come forward to let us know what's going on."
He said that although the unions' relationship with the firm's UK board was good, from Thailand the "silence is just deafening".
Contractors have been seen withdrawing what they own from the site.
Redcar Labour MP Anna Turley said there was "serious risk that the site is in jeopardy".
"We've been desperately looking for an injection of cash, some support from government but, more than that, just the commitment from SSI in Thailand to say that they believe in the future of this site," she said.
Workers were looking to the government and its support for a Northern Powerhouse to see "if they put their money where their mouth is", she said.
Northern Powerhouse minister James Wharton said the situation was "incredibly serious" and the government had an "open dialogue" with SSI in the UK and Thailand.
"I don't want to sugar coat what is a very difficult period and difficult decisions that could still be to come," he said.
The Redcar plant can produce up to 400 slabs of steel a day, each weighing up to 33 tonnes.
About £1bn was invested in reopening the blast furnace.
Staffordshire Police said the officer was attacked after stopping a "suspicious" lorry on the A5 near Lichfield at 18:15 GMT on Tuesday.
The officer stepped into the road when attacked with the fallen branch by the lorry driver, who had tried to run off.
He was taken to hospital with serious leg and chest injuries. The suspect escaped after carjacking a Ford Fiesta.
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The silver car was later found abandoned near a social club in Pelsall, near Walsall, and officers are still trying to trace the suspect.
Jane Sawyers, chief constable of Staffordshire Police, called the incident a "cowardly attack" and described support from the public for the officer as "fantastic".
A Staffordshire Police spokeswoman said the officer, a father-of-two from Tamworth, was in a "stable and comfortable" condition.
He has been described as extremely popular and has been visited by family and colleagues.
The spokeswoman said the incident happened following a short pursuit along the A5 between Wall Island and Weeford Island.
After threatening the officer with the branch the suspect went to a Ford Fiesta that was stationary in traffic on the carriageway. He pulled the driver from the vehicle and drove off.
This vehicle was later found abandoned in Abbey Drive, Pelsall.
"Inquiries so far have established that the HGV involved was stolen and was on cloned plates," police said.
"The vehicles involved, including the Ford Fiesta stolen by the suspect to leave the scene, have been recovered and are undergoing a forensic examination."
The Ford Fiesta driver was uninjured in the incident.
The chart features eight songs from Bieber's new album Purpose, the first time a living artist has had so many simultaneous entries.
However the Canadian singer failed to keep One Direction from the top of the UK album chart with Made in the AM.
Their first record as a four piece is the fastest-selling album of the year.
Made in the AM sold 93,189 copies in its first week, beating the record previously held by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album Chasing Yesterday, and outselling Bieber by just over 3,000 copies.
However Adele is expected to outstrip them all over the next week, after her third album 25 was released today.
Adele's track Hello had kept Bieber from the top of the singles chart for three weeks, but he finally claimed the top spot with combined weekly sales of 104,000 - including 5.35 million streams.
He dominated the top five, with three tracks including Love Yourself at three and former number one What Do You Mean? at five.
His eight top 40 entries see him break a record set by Elvis Presley in 1957, when he had seven songs in the top 40 singles chart.
Fleur East's Sax was at number four, while former X Factor winner Ben Haenow's debut album debuted in the top 10 in the album chart.
One Direction's first album since the departure of Zayn Malik earlier this year is their fourth out of five albums to top the chart, following 2012's Take Me Home, 2013's Midnight Memories and 2014's Four.
The boyband recently performed their final tour date before they take an extended break.
Former UK number one album If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley was in third place this week, while Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne's ELO entered the chart at four.
Little Mix's third album Get Weird rounded out the top five while Kylie Minogue's festive release Kylie Christmas debuted at 12.
Despite a Facebook campaign to get US band Eagles of Death Metal into the singles chart, their cover of Duran Duran's Save A Prayer failed to make the top 40.
The band were performing at Le Bataclan concert hall in Paris last Friday when gunmen opened fire, killing 89 of the 130 people left dead during attacks across the city.
David McConaghie, a former aide to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP David Simpson, hid the camera at the office in Portadown, County Armagh.
He was also put on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
However, he was released on bail after his lawyers lodged an appeal against his conviction.
As he handed down the sentence, the judge told McConaghie his actions had caused a great deal of distress and harm and said he failed to understand how he had he still not offered an explanation for his actions.
McConaghie, from Cottage Hill, Dollingstown, County Down, was released on his own bail of £950 pending the appeal.
The event will be held in Dornoch in Sutherland from 27 to 29 November and involves distilleries in Ross-shire and also Old Pulteney in Wick.
The festival will feature tours of Glen Ord, Dalmore, Balblair, Glenmorangie and Clynelish distilleries and also tasting sessions in local hotels.
It will open with a pipe band parade and dance performance in Dornoch Square on 27 November.
Dornoch Area Community Interest Company has organised the festival.
Chairwoman Jenifer Cameron said: "The tourism sector is immensely challenging so we are working hard to show all we have to offer in Dornoch as well as in the surrounding areas.
"We have a tremendous richness of whisky production in this area and we are working with our neighbouring distilleries to celebrate it.
"Our whisky festival will be a real highlight of the year and we're sure will become a popular annual event."
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The three-deck boat sank near the Libyan coast three weeks ago, in what the UN has called the deadliest ever incident in the Mediterranean.
On Wednesday, the Italian navy said it had found a boat 375m (1,230 feet) below on the sea bed.
Sicilian prosecutors, who are investigating the tragedy, must now decide whether it will be raised.
Only 28 people survived after the boat crashed into a merchant ship - four were children. Rescuers found only 24 bodies at the scene.
Italian prosecutors say the migrants paid between $700 (£460) and $7,000 (£4,600) to be on board, having been forced to stay on a farm in Libya for up to a month before the journey.
While there, prosecutors say, the migrants were subject to abuse and there are reports of deaths due to violence and exhaustion.
On Thursday, the navy said it had found a blue, 25-metre (86 foot) boat on the sea bed that matched the description of the vessel that sank.
Two men - the boat's Tunisian captain and a crew member - are being investigated on a number of charges, including suspected culpable homicide and illegal confinement.
The UN says 60,000 people have tried to cross the Mediterranean so far this year. Close to 1,800 people have died trying to reach Europe.
In the most recent reported incident, 100 migrants were brought to Sicily on Wednesday evening following a rescue. They said their boat had been adrift near the island for 12 days, the last two of which without food and water.
The move is aimed at the 10 million customers currently paying too much for energy but who are reluctant to switch.
Both Npower and EDF Energy told MPs that they were considering starting reward programmes to help customers who stay with them.
Npower said that could include a free boiler service for such customers.
It follows pressure from the Business Secretary, Greg Clark, last month.
He told MPs on the Business and Energy Committee that customers who had been on standard variable tariffs for a long time should be rewarded, rather than necessarily being persuaded to switch supplier.
Simon Stacey, the managing director of domestic markets for Npower, told the same committee that his firm was now actively looking at the idea.
"For example, could we provide our standard customers with a free boiler service? We've done a trial of that, to see whether it resonated with customers," he said.
"We want to try and reward customers in a way they wouldn't expect."
Dan Hopcroft, the residential sales director of EDF energy, said it too was looking at a loyalty proposition.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that up to 10 million customers have been on expensive standard tariffs for at least three years.
Simeon Thornton, project director at the CMA, told the MPs that 56% of consumers have never switched supplier, or don't know if they have.
Earlier this week the regulator, Ofgem, announced that it was going to start trials to see whether there are more effective ways of persuading people to change supplier.
It follows recommendations from the CMA, who carried out a two year study into the market.
As part of the trial, suppliers will be asked to tell reluctant switchers that they could benefit from a cheaper deal from a rival supplier.
They will also experiment with different names for standard tariff, such as "emergency tariff" or "out-of-contract tariff".
The trials are likely to start later this year, and could involve as many as tens of thousands of consumers.
At the moment suppliers are obliged to show their own cheapest tariff on bills, but not the tariffs of rivals.
Since the augmented-reality app launched in July, Pokemon Go has swept up gamers in a craze of monster-catching across the world.
Just a week after its release in the US, Apple said the game had broken the App Store record for most downloads in a week. Gamers chasing down the likes of Pikachu and Snorlax have filled public spaces - such as New York's Central Park - with congregations of people wandering about with phones in hand.
But now, a month since Pokemon Go's release, independent analysis suggests its popularity has plummeted.
Some churn was only to be expected - the huge publicity it generated was always going to have attracted players who would briefly try it out and then set it aside.
However, the drop-off occurred during a period when the app was launching across much of Asia and Latin America as well as France.
No official figures on Pokemon Go's downloads have been made public, but according to data compiled by Axiom Capital Management, more than 10 million players have turned away since mid-July.
Pokemon Go's Daily Active Users (DAUs) - an industry metric that determines how many people switch on an app each day - suggested that the game edged close to 45 million users on 17 July. By 16 August, that figure fell to just above 30 million.
This would imply that Pokemon Go has lost more than 10 million daily active users in a month, which equates to nearly a quarter of its DAUs.
Crucially, this is during a phase where Pokemon Go was launching across Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines and dozens of other countries, meaning that the fall in popularity had significantly offset growth in new territories.
Pokemon Go's downloads, engagement, and time spent on the app per day are all in decline too, according to Axiom's data.
Nevertheless, in Apple's UK App Store charts, Pokemon Go is currently in seventh place in the "free" category, and still in first place on the "top-grossing" chart. The game is similarly popular on Google's Play store.
Nintendo, which owns about a third of The Pokemon Company, has seen its share price fall about 3% in the wake of Axiom's report.
In the context of the volatility of Nintendo's share price in the past month, that 3% drop isn't too drastic. The Kyoto-based firm's valuation surged upon Pokemon Go's release and subsequently plummeted when it warned investors that the game's popularity wouldn't make a significant change to its revenues.
Axiom senior analyst Victor Anthony said the decline should curb concerns that Pokemon Go would weaken the usage of other popular smartphone apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. In July, independent analysis of Android app usage showed that Pokemon Go had overtaken Twitter in the US.
"The declining trends should assuage investor concerns about the impact of Pokemon Go on time spent on [other apps]," Mr Anthony wrote.
Considering the finite capacity of Android and iOS owners, as well as the extraordinary speed with which Pokemon Go caught on, a decline in popularity of some kind was almost inevitable.
"It's rare for games to explode in popularity like Pokemon Go has, but a drop in users was always expected after a big launch," said Craig Chapple, editor of mobile games trade publication PocketGamer.Biz.
He told the BBC: "Players do typically churn from these free-to-play games. Another recent launch, Supercell's Clash Royale, is also being hit by a decline in active and paying users, but it's still making millions of dollars every day."
However, the sheer speed with which Pokemon Go appears to be losing players should raise concerns, Mr Chapple said.
"The numbers, if accurate, do raise some questions about long-term retention in Pokemon Go - whether or not players are finding enough variety and fun in the core experience right now to stick with it."
He added: "But it's important to note it continues to be a top-grossing game in most countries, so players are still spending and enjoying it."
It's difficult to say whether Pokemon Go's decline would have been so steep had its developer Niantic not removed a core feature from the game.
At the start of August, ardent players aired their grievances at Niantic after the developer reduced the functionality of the game's "nearby" feature. Before the game's update, players were able to look at a list of Pokemon creatures and estimate how close they were.
At the same time, Niantic also cracked down on third-party websites such as Pokevision that let players see where the creatures were located.
Axiom's data suggests the decline in Pokemon Go's popularity commenced mid-July - more than a week before the controversial removal of the nearby feature - but retention rates fell sharply following the update.
Niantic was, by its own admission, caught off-guard by the sheer popularity of Pokemon Go, but it has pledged to continue supporting the game with bi-weekly updates.
"Running a product like Pokemon Go at scale is challenging," the developer recently wrote on its blog.
For now, the game has yet to be released across many parts of Asia and Africa, which could improve its usage figures once the game arrives in those territories.
However, Mr Chapple believes that fewer people playing Pokemon Go in the West could diminish the game's social aspect, which in turn would make it a less attractive game for those who stick around.
"Pokemon Go is unique. At the moment it relies on people in your local area playing with you, not someone on the other side of the world. If the numbers continued to drop so dramatically, who will be left to play you in your small, local town?"
They are joined by less experienced players Nicky Smith, Rory Thornton, Dan Baker, Rhys Patchell and Jack Dixon in having their tournament hopes dashed.
Gatland has left 38 players to battle for a place in the 31-man final squad.
Wales face hosts England, Australia, Uruguay and Fiji in Pool A.
Scrum-half Phillips, capped 94 times, and fly-half Hook - who has played 78 times for Wales - may have played their last games for their country.
But it is hooker Hibbard's omission that is arguably the biggest surprise.
Cardiff Blues hooker Kristian Dacey won his first Wales cap off the bench in last weekend's 35-21 defeat by Ireland, a game that Hibbard started.
With 38 Wales caps and three Lions Tests under Gatland on the successful tour to Australia in 2013, leaving out 31-year-old Hibbard is Gatland's bravest call among the forwards.
Phillips also has five Lions Test appearances to his name, taking his overall tally in international rugby to 99.
The scrum-half spot will now be contested by Rhys Webb, Gareth Davies and Lloyd Williams, whose international prospects have been revitalised.
Hook has fallen in and out of favour since Gatland became Wales coach in 2007 and promptly won the 2008 Grand Slam.
He partnered Phillips at half-back during that tournament, but has seen Dan Biggar become the established fly-half.
Blues' Gareth Anscombe has overtaken team-mate Patchell as a utility back, but Rhys Priestland is Biggar's main back-up at 10.
Bristol's Matthew Morgan also remains a fly-half and full-back contender.
Gatland said: "It's been a difficult task reducing the squad down and deciding who will meet up with us again on Monday."
The New Zealander added: "There will be disappointment from the players but it's important to stress that the door is not closed.
"We name our final Rugby World Cup squad on 31 August and a lot can happen between now and then."
Wales play two remaining warm-up matches, against Ireland in Dublin on 29 August and Italy in Cardiff on 5 September.
Props: Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Rob Evans (Scarlets), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Paul James (Ospreys), Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Samson Lee (Scarlets).
Hookers: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues), Ken Owens (Scarlets).
Locks: Jake Ball (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Dominic Day (Bath), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys).
Back-rows: Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), James King (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt).
Scrum-halves: Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues).
Fly-halves: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Matthew Morgan (Bristol), Rhys Priestland (Bath).
Centres: Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues), Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Scott Williams (Scarlets).
Wings: Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), George North (Northampton Saints), Eli Walker (Ospreys).
Full-backs: Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon), Liam Williams (Scarlets).
Figures show 4,535 arrests were made for immigration offences after allegations by members of the public.
Of these, 1,585 people were removed from Britain, and only 15 cases prompted criminal prosecutions.
Labour said it showed the government "can't get a grip on illegal immigration".
Shadow immigration minister David Hanson, who obtained the figures in a written parliamentary answer from immigration minister James Brokenshire, described the figures as "a shocking record and one that the government should be ashamed of".
A Home Office spokesperson responded that the immigration system left in place by the previous Labour government "was shambolic and open to abuse".
"We are building a system that is fair to British citizens and legitimate migrants and tough on those who abuse the system and flout the law," the spokesperson added.
"We take all reports of illegal immigrants in the UK seriously, but not all the information we receive is accurate. When tip-offs do lead to arrests, there are many legal barriers that can prevent speedy deportation."
The government is trying to remove these "barriers" by making it easier to deport foreign criminals and migrants who are in the UK illegally, through the Immigration Bill currently before Parliament.
The new legislation replaces several different powers to make a removal decision with a single power to remove a person who requires leave to enter or remain in the UK but does not have it.
The bill also cuts the number of grounds for appeal against deportation from 17 to four and allows foreign criminals to be deported before the outcome of their appeal is known, as long as they do not face "serious irreversible harm" at home.
The proposed reforms have broad support from Labour and other parties, but the bill's final wording has yet to be agreed after peers demanded several changes as it passed through the House of Lords.
Among the plans the government will have to reconsider is its proposal to make foreign-born terror suspects "stateless".
MPs backed the move in January but peers were unhappy.
They defeated the government on this point, voting in favour of a parliamentary committee to consider whether the policy should go ahead.
That was despite assurances from the Home Office Minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach, who said any decision to strip someone of their citizenship would not be taken lightly and would only be used in a "limited and targeted way".
The bill has another outing in the Lords on 6 May before MPs get to review peers' changes.
They discussed the proposal to impose limits at a regional summit.
Togo and The Gambia, both with presidents who have been in power for more than two terms, opposed the idea, diplomats say.
The third-term issue has caused a lot of controversy in several African states in recent years.
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore was forced out of office last year after trying to change the constitution so he could run for a third term.
In East Africa, there have been weeks of protests and a failed coup after Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza announced plans to seek a third term in office.
The constitutions of most West African states already impose a two-term limit.
The proposal discussed at Tuesday's summit of the regional body Ecowas in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was supposed to formalise this across the region.
If a popular referendum on presidential term limits was held across the region, there is little doubt that people would vote in favour of it.
Since the president of Burkina Faso was overthrown last year for trying to change the constitution so he could seek re-election, this has become a big regional issue.
However, some West African leaders argue that each country has a different political context and there cannot be a blanket ruling.
Optimistic souls would say that it is already a step forward that presidential terms are being discussed at an Ecowas summit.
But imposing a two-term limit limit requires unanimity among West African leaders, and there is still a long way to go to achieve that.
The UN representative in West Africa Mohammed Ibn Chambas backed the plan and said it had been triggered by the failed attempt by President Compaore to change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term.
But the BBC's Sammy Darko in Accra says that it was not adopted as Togo and The Gambia had reservations.
"This dissenting view became the majority view at the end of the day," the Reuters news agency quotes Ghana's Foreign Minister Hanna Tetteh as saying.
The plan has now been deferred for further consultation.
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has been in power since 2005 and won a third term in office last month.
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is reaching the end of his fourth term in office after coming to power in a coup in 1994.
President Jammeh told the BBC in 2011 that presidents should be judged on what they do in power not by the length of time they have been in office.
"I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so," he said.
Andrew Marshall, of Heiton near Kelso, died at the Bowmont Forest Sawmill in June 2015.
An inquiry into the accident is scheduled to take place at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on 14 March.
A preliminary hearing will be held at the same court on Monday.
The Premier League champions are level on points with Swansea heading into Sunday's relegation battle at the Liberty Stadium.
Clement thinks Ranieri deserves better, even if he has received a vote of confidence this week.
"What he did last year was remarkable and for that he deserves time to try and put it right," Clement said.
Clement thinks speculation on Ranieri's future is unfair.
''How he is public enemy number one? I just don't understand that,'' said Clement.
"The talk of unrest and players speaking to the chairman and pundits talking about who might be next Leicester boss is not right," he said.
"He is a very good coach, tactically very good, did amazingly well with that group, got them so tough during that run-in when everyone thought they would fall away and they kept winning 1-0, 1-0, 1-0. He deserves a chance to turn it around."
Clement had mixed news for Swansea fans regarding team selection for the weekend.
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Ghana striker Jordan Ayew arrived has at Swansea this week after international duty at the African Cup of Nations.
And Clement has made it clear Ayew, signed from Aston Villa in January in a player plus cash deal which saw Wales full back Neil Taylor go the other way, is in contention for a debut.
He said: ''I can see him being very much involved on Sunday but I am not quite sure yet to what degree.''
However, Swansea are without midfielders Leon Britton and Ki Seung-yueng,
Clement says Ki (knee) is out for a few more weeks and admits Swansea are now light in midfield.
"It is possible he could be a couple more weeks away, he has had specialist opinion on his knee, he will have more advice and go from there," added Clement.
"It is not a long term injury, I am hoping it will be three to four weeks and we see him back again.
"But with Leon out, it does not leave us with a lot of depth in midfield and we need to keep the guys who have been doing well fit."
Clement also revealed that long-term injury victim Jefferson Montero will be out for three months with a torn hamstring.
The Royal College of General Practitioners, which analysed the data, says it expects the delays to worsen.
It says demand is growing due to a rising population, yet fewer trainee doctors are being directed to general practice to meet this need, rather than hospital medicine.
This will put more pressure on accident and emergency departments, it warns.
If people cannot see their GP promptly, some will visit the emergency department instead, says the RCGP.
According to NHS England's latest GP Patient Survey, the proportion of patients in England who are having to wait a week or more for an appointment has risen to 15%, compared to 14% a year ago.
Based on these findings, the RCGP estimates some 26.2m patients waited a week or more to see or speak to their GP, and 46.8m waited a week or more to see of speak to a GP or nurse at their practice.
But the GP Patient Survey data, involving nearly 1m respondents, also shows 92.2% of people find making a GP appointment convenient.
The RCGP says more investment is needed in general practice, which currently receives just over 8% of the total NHS budget.
And it wants more graduates to be trained as GPs.
In 2012 - the latest year for which figures are available - there were 31,700 GPs compared to 38,200 hospital doctors.
RCGP Chair Dr Maureen Baker said: "It is vital to ensure that patients are able to access their local GP quickly and effectively - just as it is important for hospitals to have adequate numbers of qualified consultants to look after patients who are in need of acute health care.
"We need to ensure that we have enough GPs to provide patients with good access to high-quality health care in local communities across the UK."
She warned: "If waiting times get longer, it will be more difficult for GPs to ensure that problems are caught early, and the pressure on A&E will intensify. This is bad news for patients and bad news for the whole of the NHS."
Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter said: "The recent GP survey showed that 86% of patients rate their overall experience of their GP practice as good.
"We have announced a £50 million fund to support innovative GP practices to improve access for their patients so that people who lead busy lives will have better access to GP services when it suits them."
He also said: "We have a commitment to increase the number of GP trainees to 50% of all medical students by 2020 and we expect GP numbers to continue to grow faster than the population."
Dr Mike Bewick, Deputy Medical Director for NHS England said: "We are aware of the challenges with recruitment, retention and inequity in the distribution of the general practice workforce, with planning in primary care not as strong as other specialties."
He said work was under way to develop general practice fit for the future.
Labour blamed the waits on the current government's decision in 2010 to scrap a target that guaranteed patients a GP appointment within 48 hours.
London Fire Brigade said up to 21 firefighters were called after an area of shrubbery caught fire at the All England Tennis Club at 12:33 BST.
It comes just weeks before the grand slam tournament is due to take place at the venue in SW19.
The fire, which broke out at the practice courts, close to Gate 1, has since been extinguished. The cause of it is currently unknown.
About a tonne of mixed building materials, up to 20m (65ft) of hedgerow and a small section of a temporary marquee were damaged in the blaze in Church Road, Wimbledon, the fire brigade said.
This year's championship takes place for two weeks from 3 July.
Britain's Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time when he beat Canadian Milos Raonic in last year's final.
Murray is the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since Fred Perry in 1935.
Johanna Konta will also be seeded - the British women's number one is currently sitting at number eight in the world rankings.
Woking Borough councillors voted to let New Vision Homes submit a planning application for 984 new properties in Sheerwater, Woking.
It includes plans for at least 460 new affordable homes, a health centre and leisure and retail facilities.
Residents are angry their houses will have to be bulldozed.
Ian Vousden, Sheerwater Residents' Association vice-chairman, said: "I'm a homeowner and I'm due to lose my home.
"I'll be fighting the cause as I am with 160 private-owned residents and hopefully with all the tenants who want to stay in their own homes."
Woking Borough Council said a planning application would "establish the scale and nature of the overall development" and once it was submitted they would be able to start a consultation with the community.
"It remains my belief, and that of the council, that the proposed regeneration of Sheerwater will make significant improvements to the housing stock, roads, community and leisure facilities and ensure the area is a sustainable and desirable place to live, work and play for years to come," said Conservative councillor David Bittleston.
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Liverpool striker Suarez appeared to bite Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini one minute before Diego Godin scored Uruguay's winner.
Earlier in the game, Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Egidio Arevalo.
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Uruguay will now play Colombia at the Maracana on Saturday in the last 16 of the World Cup, but controversy is likely to rumble on.
Italy left the field furious at the manner of their defeat and having to come to terms with a second World Cup in a row in which they have failed to get beyond the group stages - in 2010 they finished bottom of their group with only 2 points.
Italian coach Cesare Prandelli said before the game it was "the most important match of my professional career" and after the defeat offered his resignation.
This was a tense and turgid contest that was bad-tempered both on the field and the touchline.
On a number of occasions the officials had to step between the two benches, the referee's whistle interrupted play constantly and the players spent as much time on the turf as they did running with the ball at their feet.
That suited Italy, who only needed a draw to go through. The Azzuri, in a 3-5-2 formation, lacked cohesion, tempo and sustained threat. But if their system was designed to disrupt Uruguay's attacking flow, it was working.
Andrea Pirlo forced Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to push his swerving free-kick over the bar, while striker Ciro Immobile shot wildly over.
Edinson Cavani wanted a penalty after 50 minutes, having gone down under the challenge of Andrea Barzagli, but the referee waved his claims away.
The Mexican official would, however, change the game moments later when he showed Marchisio a red card after the Juve midfielder challenged Arevalo for a loose ball near the centre circle.
Marchisio's studs were raised and made contact with the Uruguay midfielder close to his knee, leaving the referee with no option but to show him the red card.
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Uruguay sensed their opportunity. Suarez almost broke the deadlock, striking a low shot with the outside of his boot that Buffon turned away with his upper arm.
More controversy was to come, however, as Suarez and Chiellini clashed in the penalty area with nine minutes remaining.
The Italy defender immediately complained to the referee that he had been bitten and attempted to show the official the mark.
With Italy's players still complaining to the referee, Uruguay won a corner. Suarez delivered a perfect cross and Godin rose highest, the ball going in off his back.
Italy threw everything at Uruguay to rescue the game, including keeper Buffon striding forward for a late corner, but Oscar Tabarez's side held firm.
This game is unlikely to be remembered for football, however. The spotlight will, once again, fall on Suarez.
Up the coast and visible from Streedagh's sands is Classiebawn Castle, the home of Lord Mountbatten before he was murdered by the IRA.
But out at sea are the wrecks of Spanish Armada ships, La Lavia, La Juliana and the Santa Maria de Vison.
All three were destroyed in fierce storms on 21 September 1588, while returning to Spain after their failed attempt to invade England.
In February, after another bout of stormy weather, local man Declan Bruen made a chance discovery.
"I was out walking on the beach as I do most days, when I spotted a piece of timber," he said.
"We brought it in and it turned out to be part of the rudder from The Juliana."
Declan's discovery re-sparked interest from the underwater archaeology unit and the National Museum in Dublin.
Because of the danger that the bad weather could force the wrecks further out to sea, divers immediately began to explore the area.
In all, nine cannon and other items in remarkable condition were discovered and brought ashore.
The artefacts were brought to the National Museum in Collin's Barracks in Dublin where other Armada cannon are on display.
It is hoped they will soon go on show to the public.
Lar Joye, the museum's curator of military history, believes the finds are a real treasure trove.
"What's great about the ones found recently is that there are so many of them," he said, "And they are in excellent condition.
"Once those involved in conservation in the National Museum start working on them all the fine details on the cannons will survive."
Not all those on board the Spanish ships perished in the fierce storms off the Sligo coast.
Franciso De Cuellar one of the survivors at Streedagh, wrote about his experiences.
He described the sea as reaching "the heavens", drowning more than 1,000 men over an hour-long period and leaving barely 300 survivors.
Eddie O'Gorman, a local historian and the chairman of the Grange and Armada Development Association, says De Cuellar landed at a time when local Irish clans, like the O'Rourkes, were daggers drawn with the the English who were based in the nearby Sligo town.
"What a swashbuckler that man was", he adds, "He entertained chieftains like McClancy and O'Rourke who wanted to recruit him to their side so that he could train up their soldiers in the art of continental warfare.
"But he was determined to get back to Spain and eventually he did through Scotland."
But before that return, he sought refuge in an abbey close to Streedagh, but found that the "Lutheran English" as he called them had got there before him.
The abbey was in ruins, the monks had fled and 12 Spaniards had been hanged.
The local community in Grange now want to establish an interpretive centre to tell De Cuellar's story and that of the Spanish wrecks.
But Donal Gilroy, a local campaigner, says there's more to north Sligo than the Armada.
"We want to make it a centre for the culturally-curious tourist", he said.
"We want to promote not just the Armada, but also Lisadell House, Ben Bulben, Mullaghmore and Lord Mountbatten and all the other places of interest in the area."
In September there will be an ecumenical event on Streedagh beach to remember the 1100 men who lost their lives far from home in stormy weather off the wild Irish coast.
It is the start of the replacement of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) by Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the current "ridiculous" system where people were given benefit with no further checks must end.
But charity Scope says the changes have been designed just to save money.
That charge has been denied by the government, which says spending will not be reduced, but more help will be given to those who need it most.
There are currently 3.3m people claiming DLA, compared to 1.1m when it was introduced in 1992.
PIPs will be introduced gradually for new claimants, starting in Merseyside, Cumbria, Cheshire and North East England.
Scope says 600,000 people will eventually lose their financial support.
The disability benefits changes are the latest in a round of welfare reforms introduced at the start of April.
Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that more than 70% of claimants get DLA for life.
But ministers believe the circumstances of some individuals can improve over time, so there is a case for more regular assessment.
Mr Duncan Smith told the Daily Mail: "Seventy per cent of people on it have lifetime awards which means no-one sees you ever again. It doesn't matter if you get better or your condition worsens - it's quite ridiculous."
"Taxpayers pay out £50bn in sickness and disability benefits - we're ahead of pretty much every other major country in the G20," he said.
"So this is not exactly what you would call harsh - this is quite reasonable to get it back under control and stop the unnecessary growth levels".
Minister for Disabled People Esther McVey said the PIP would give more targeted support than DLA.
"Disability Living Allowance is an outdated benefit... and needs reform to better reflect today's understanding of disability," she said.
By Emma TraceyBBC News, Ouch!
The DLA application form is universally dreaded and will be missed by few. Fifty-five pages long, it forces claimants to focus firmly on what they can't do. Simpler paperwork will be broadly welcomed.
But disabled people have concerns about the new face-to-face assessments for PIP, worrying that an assessor won't fully grasp the extent of their needs.
Many have also experienced - or heard - horror stories about controversial Employment Support Allowance assessments carried out by Atos, one of the companies contracted to do PIPs assessments on behalf of the government.
The government says it will continue to spend similar amounts on PIPs as it does on DLA. However, 600,000 people who get DLA now, won't be eligible for PIPs.
There's a general feeling of fear as current claimants try to establish whether they'll receive the new benefit.
"At the moment the vast majority of claimants get the benefit for life without any systematic reassessments and around 50% of decisions are made on the basis of the claim form alone".
"The Personal Independence Payment will include a new face-to-face assessment and regular reviews - something missing in the current system. This will ensure the billions we spend give more targeted support to those who need it most."
New claimants in the north of England will now begin face-to face assessments with Atos - one of two firms administering the process.
One of the new assessment criteria that has been heavily criticised is tougher rules to judge how far a person can walk.
Under the new regulations, claimants who are unable to walk more than 20m will qualify for the benefit, rather than the previous distance of 50m.
From June, new claims will be treated under the PIP system elsewhere - and in October some current DLA claimants will start moving to PIP if their circumstances change or an existing award ends.
But it will be two years before most existing claimants begin moving to PIP.
Even before the majority of the face-to-face re-assessments have taken place, the government claims the introduction of PIPs will reduce spending by a total of £2.2bn between now and May 2016 compared to spending projected under an unchanged system.
BBC reporter Emma Tracey said the 55-page DLA application form will not be missed, but that many disabled people have concerns that PIP assessors will not be able to fully grasp the extent of their needs.
One of those facing the changes is Margaret Allen, of Chadderton in Lancashire, who is registered blind with the hereditary eye disorder Retinitis pigmentosa and is unable to work.
She is worried the reforms will cause her to lose money for petrol, which she and her husband need to get around.
"My message to the government would be: 'Stop persecuting the entire sick and disabled population for a handful of people and listen.
"'People need it, they paid taxes.'"
Disability groups have argued that DLA is one of the most effectively targeted benefits, with an estimated fraud rate of just 0.5%.
Scope says DLA does need to be reformed but the new changes mean a "financial lifeline is being cut".
The charity's chief executive, Richard Hawkes, said: "Day-to-day life can be more expensive if people are disabled. These are tough times for everybody and times are even tougher if your everyday life experience is more expensive.
"The assessment itself has been designed to achieve a budget target of the reductions that the government talked about in the Comprehensive Spending Review. They said there was going to be a 20% reduction, then developed an assessment that will deliver that.
"The assessment looks at an individual's condition, the health or medical condition of an individual, it doesn't look at what the fuller picture is and what the additional cost might be of being a disabled person."
Ms McVey denied that the government had any targets to reduce spending.
"We will be spending more in 2015-16 than we are spending now, and it will remain at approximately £13bn every year, so what the difference is and what the big reduction is in is actually in the growth of the number of people getting the benefit, which had gone up 35% in 10 years," she said.
She added that the changes are "about the fact that we couldn't have, by 2018, one in 17 people in the public on the benefit".
The rock-bottom Lions held on until the break, although they needed some good fortunate to do so.
Goalkeeper Jonathan Maxted saved superbly from Tom Shaw, then Ryan Lloyd hit the post, and Kane Richards fired straight at the keeper during a goalmouth scramble as Guiseley rode their luck.
Jon McCarthy's hosts did find the breakthrough not long into the second period as Richards converted James Akintunde's cut-back with a smart chip.
Chester sealed matters from the penalty spot with Shaw slotting home after Johnny Hunt was fouled.
Will Hatfield completed Guiseley's miserable night as he was sent off after a foul on Craig Mahon with six minutes to go.
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Match ends, Chester FC 2, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Guiseley 0.
Michael Rankine (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces Craig Mahon.
Theo Vassell (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card.
Alex Purver (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces James Akintunde.
Second yellow card to Will Hatfield (Guiseley) for a bad foul.
Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Elliott Durrell.
Substitution, Guiseley. Michael Rankine replaces Jordan Preston.
Javan Vidal (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Chester FC 2, Guiseley 0. Tom Shaw (Chester FC) converts the penalty with a.
Substitution, Guiseley. Simon Walton replaces Jake Lawlor.
Substitution, Guiseley. Luke Porritt replaces Reece Webb-Foster.
Goal! Chester FC 1, Guiseley 0. Kane Richards (Chester FC).
Second Half begins Chester FC 0, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Chester FC 0, Guiseley 0.
Will Hatfield (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Lisabela Marschild is standing for Blaydon, in Tyne and Wear, (click on the link for full list of candidates) for the Space Navies, a party named in a nod to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
The party describes itself as an organisation "dedicated to the future of our beautiful world".
It is styled - in an ironic way born out of performance art - on military lines with ranks, medals, uniforms and so on - but its main honours are awarded for reasons such as "never having killed anybody".
But its main manifesto offerings, Marshal Marschild says, are introducing direct democracy and cutting MPs' pay.
A database would be set up to allow every registered voter to vote on an issue three days before a vote in Parliament.
The MP would then simply vote in Parliament the way the majority in the constituency had voted.
Conversely, constituents could also propose issues for debate, and the MP would then present them to Parliament as a private member's bill.
The Space Navies Party also supports a "basic income grant" of £19,000 a year.
Marshal Marschild says she would, as soon as she was elected, take an MP's salary of £19,000 plus the basic grant of £19,000 - and donate the rest of her £74,000 to a charity chosen by her constituents.
"We all need a new future without the self-serving, greedy, careerist politicians of today and of the past years," she says.
The Space Navies isn't the only party offering direct democracy ideas.
There is Keith Garrett's Rebooting Democracy, standing in Cambridge.
He had hoped the movement would fight all 650 seats in the election - but the snap election meant there was only time to get one.
It doesn't have a manifesto as such, because its primary goal is to move towards a "sortition-based government" - where lawmakers are chosen not in elections but as groups drawn at random (although weighted to be representative) from the population at large.
Each group would then seek advice on a particular issue and make decisions.
Sortition was the form of democracy in ancient Athens, Mr Garrett says, and is a much better form of democracy than our current one - which is a "really, really bad form of democracy".
Mr Garrett's main focus is climate change - and he says that under the present system it is difficult for politicians to make the hard, long-term decisions that need to be made.
Or, on a similar note, there is Something New, which is fielding candidates in Ross, Skye and Lochaber and Horsham.
James Smith, the Horsham candidate, describes Something New as a "progressive platform for the 21st Century", using the internet as a device for listening rather than just broadcasting.
The party has adopted the OpenPolitics Manifesto, which anyone can contribute to - to suggest a change, you just click a button on its website and write in what you think the manifesto should say.
It is then voted on by other members, in a system similar to that used by Wikipedia, and adopted if approved.
The manifesto ideas currently include a "right to health" and an aim to "stop the Brexit process".
"It is a filter bubble, and that's OK," says Mr Smith.
Or there's even the Money Free Party , which has a national manifesto of transition to a "money-free world" where resources are equally shared, plus local manifestos to create a system of local governance where locals are "supplied with ample food and energy security".
It is fighting the Bristol West constituency, and its local manifestos include:
The Young People's Party wants to rebalance the economy towards young people, who it says are the most productive in society. It has three candidates, in Epping Forest, the Cities of London & Westminster, and Durham.
Some of its manifesto suggestions are:
Leader Thomas Hall says the land value tax is the "least bad tax" and would make society a lot fairer.
The Animal Welfare Party has been around for about 10 years and is contesting four seats, including in Maidenhead against Prime Minister Theresa May, and London constituencies Hackney South and Shoreditch; Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and Lewisham Deptford.
It wants to create a "fairer, more equitable and sustainable society, in which the interests of the environment, people and animals are taken into account".
Some of its manifesto pledges include:
Leader Vanessa Hudson told the Daily Politics that as the world population was growing we could not carry on the way we had been.
All a bit heavy? Well, veteran candidate David Bishop, also known as Lord Biro, who first stood for a general election in 1997, had planned to retire from politics, but is giving it another shot for the Church of the Militant Elvis Party.
The retired painter and decorator's manifesto for Nottingham East includes:
Mr Bishop has had some electoral success - he beat the Liberal Democrats in a local council by-election in 2014, getting 67 votes to their 56.
The other famous electoral veterans, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, are standing in 12 different constituencies this year, including against Prime Minister Theresa May in Maidenhead, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North.
Their 2017 "manicfesto" offering is topped with the pledge: "We will stand on a platform of free woollen hats for all, so we can pull the wool over people's eyes."
Others include:
Leader Howling "Laud" Hope - fighting Maidenhead - told the Daily Politics some of their past and present manifesto pledges had been pinched by other parties and even put into practice - citing UKIP's one-in, one-out immigration policy, 24-hour drinking and pet passports.
Prefer to write some policies of your own?
"If you go to our Loonyparty.com... there's a piece on there you can send in your own policies," says Mr Hope.
"And at our party conference in Blackpool we then look through them, see which ones are good and see which ones we're going to use."
And finally, if you're a fan of fish-based puns, then you could have a look at Mr Fish Finger's "manifishto", which includes:
Mr Fish Finger is running against Lib Dem leader Tim Farron in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, and says he is "fully codmitted to making Brexit work for the codstituents".
The hosts went into the match on the back of a six-match winless run in the league which had seen them drop down to 13th in the standings, but bounced back in style from Tuesday's defeat at Boreham Wood.
Gary Waddock's visitors were reduced to 10 men when Jake Gallagher was shown a straight red card just before the break after going into a tackle with Bedsente Gomis, his opponent seeming to come off worse.
The U's took advantage after 58 minutes as Collins headed home the opener before netting his sixth goal this season as he picked up Kevin Amankwaah's cross from the left and fired past Mark Smith to seal the points with 10 minutes remaining.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Sutton United 2, Aldershot Town 0.
Second Half ends, Sutton United 2, Aldershot Town 0.
Substitution, Sutton United. Adam May replaces Nicky Bailey.
Goal! Sutton United 2, Aldershot Town 0. Jamie Collins (Sutton United).
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Iffy Allen replaces Bernard Mensah.
Jim Kellerman (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Sutton United. Dan Fitchett replaces Maxime Biamou.
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig McAllister replaces Chris Dickson.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Charlie Walker replaces Jack Saville.
Goal! Sutton United 1, Aldershot Town 0. Jamie Collins (Sutton United).
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Josh Wakefield replaces Matt McClure.
Second Half begins Sutton United 0, Aldershot Town 0.
First Half ends, Sutton United 0, Aldershot Town 0.
Gomis (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Idris Kanu (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jake Gallagher (Aldershot Town) is shown the red card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The 32-year-old managed to force the intruders out of the property in Willow Court, Toxteth, but was shot as they left, at about 21:45 GMT on Wednesday.
His partner and children, aged one and six weeks, were in the house during the attack, Merseyside Police said.
The men, wearing balaclavas, are believed to have escaped in a car and officers are appealing for information.
The victim was taken to hospital where he is being treated for shotgun wound to his arm. His condition is not believed to be life threatening.
Det Sgt Adam Smith said: "The fact that these people saw fit to threaten and attack a man at his own home, whilst his partner and two young children were in the house, shows the mentality of these people, who have a complete disregard for others.
"Our inquiries are clearly at a very early stage, although it does appear that this was a targeted incident."
First they gathered at an office near the airport where they were due to meet an official from Malaysian Airlines for one of their regular, two-monthly briefings.
After being denied permission to bring the media with them to that meeting, they marched on.
Next stop, the Malaysian Embassy, where there were a few scuffles and skirmishes with the police before they were eventually allowed to hold a protest at the gates.
And then, after that proved fruitless, they headed off shouting and chanting for truth and justice to the Malaysian ambassador's residence, where they set about punching and kicking the gates.
They were quickly hustled away by the police with the promise of a meeting with a Malaysian government representative, so in the end, perhaps, there was a victory of sorts.
But it is, you can't help but conclude, a very sorry sight.
Seventeen months after the loss of their close family members, they've been reduced to a small, despairing band of protesters.
Today, they at least managed to make their point in front of the foreign media although some muttered quietly of constant control and harassment by China's plain-clothed police.
It is a treatment normally reserved for those perceived as a political nuisance rather than the bereaved family members of the victims of an air disaster.
But then, that is, arguably what they have indeed become.
Around 30-strong, they do not, of course, represent all of the 153 Chinese passengers on board MH370.
But it is still a sizeable sample and they are united by that one, abiding belief; that they have not been given the truth by the Malaysian authorities.
Their biggest fear is that they are being duped.
The discovery of the wing part on the island of Reunion is, in their view, perhaps a convenient device to help draw a line under the whole affair without the plane, or the bodies, ever being produced.
On one level, you could argue, it is simply a refusal by the grief-stricken to accept the obvious.
The evidence after all is strong; the satellite data shows the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean and now that debris find - matching the sea current patterns - does indeed seem to add further corroboration.
But the unwillingness of many of the Chinese relatives to believe is not as illogical as it sounds.
There are indeed real question marks over the way the Malaysian authorities have handled both the search for the plane and the release of information - marred by delay, confusion and apparent self-interest.
And here in China too, the families feel there is no-one they can trust.
There are no independent media voices campaigning on their behalf or doggedly pursuing the truth.
Their own attempts to demand answers here in Beijing, as we saw today, are falling on deaf ears.
Bewildered and despairing, it is perhaps little wonder that some find comfort in the myriad conspiracy theories swirling online: that the plane might not be at the bottom of the ocean and that their loved ones might still be alive.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced the funds on the second day of a visit to Iraq.
She said the situation there was "deeply worrying", with thousands of people forced from their homes by the fighting and living in makeshift camps.
The UK has already given £13m, including 62 tonnes of food, 1,574 tents and 840 water filtration sets.
RAF planes have undertaken seven missions to deliver aid to thousands of Yazidi civilians trapped on Mount Sinjar while there have been eight flights by the Department for International Development to the northern city of Irbil.
The Iraqi authorities and Kurdish militia are battling militants from Islamic State and allied Sunni groups, which control large parts of the north and west of the country.
The United Nations Refugee Agency has estimated there are up to a million internally displaced people in Iraq, as well as up to 500,000 refugees from the civil war in Syria and 100,000 stateless people.
The UK had already given £13m in aid.
Of the new funds, £6.5m is being given to non-government organisations (NGOs) working on the ground while £2m is to ensure the rapid delivery of emergency supplies.
About £500,000 is going to the International Red Cross to help communities cut off from forms of outside help while £20,000 will go to setting up a camp for displaced people near Dahuk.
Other resources will go to supporting logistics and to facilitate a safety hub for humanitarian workers.
Speaking after meeting Kurdish President Masoud Barzani in Irbil and meeting displaced people at a camp in Bakhara, Ms Greening said the UK was "scaling up" its efforts to help the most vulnerable.
"Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes and thousands are surviving in makeshift camps as the fighting continues," she said.
"I am particularly concerned about increasing reports of human trafficking and violence against women, as well as children suffering terrible trauma.
"Britain has been quick to respond and I have seen for myself how lifesaving supplies of food, water and shelter are making a real difference to people who have been left with nothing.
"But we can do more, and will do more."
Mr McCausland said Sinn Féin was "stepping up its cultural war".
Sinn Féin's John O'Dowd, who is Stormont education minister, said Mr McCausland's claims were "nonsense".
Mr O'Dowd said he had no personal involvement with the letter.
"It was a routine departmental matter until Nelson released his rant," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback programme.
"Officials confirmed to me that as part of the normal day-to-day running of the Department of Education, and in engagement with the curriculum advisory body, they sent out a letter to all schools asking them would they be interested in this project.
"There is no John O'Dowd agenda, there is no Sinn Féin agenda, there is no other agenda."
Mr McCausland told the BBC he had issued his press statement after being contacted by a number of school principals who raised their concerns with him.
"Principals feel very nervous about dealing with something like this because at the end of the day, he who pays the piper calls the tune, and if you've got a bid in for development for your school, you're not going to go out of your way to offend the education minister," he said.
Mr O'Dowd said this was "complete rubbish", and said Mr McCausland had used "disturbing language" in his statement.
"He's attempting to intimidate schools in unionist communities away from this project, and that's his agenda," he said.
Mr McCausland, who is a former Stormont culture minister, defended the wording of his statement.
"We are familiar with their phrase about every word spoken in Irish being another bullet in the freedom struggle, and they also referred on one occasion to the terrorist war being the peak of the cultural revival," he told the BBC.
"I think the language that I used was simply borrowed from Sinn Féin's own language."
The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment said it had written on behalf of the Department of Education to non-Irish medium primary schools "to explore the feasibility of developing a programme of support for the teaching of Irish and aspects of a shared cultural heritage".
"This followed a previous survey which showed interest from a number of non-Irish medium primary schools in developing this area of their curriculum.
"The decision to engage in such a programme is a matter for individual schools, led by the support of governors and teachers, in line with their guiding ethos. Such a programme would only be taken forward by CCEA based on demand and available funding."
Lambeth Council said the wire was fed into the terraced house in Rectory Gardens, Clapham which had been illegally turned into flats.
It said the man acting as landlord was charging £100 per week for each of the eight rooms which shared one bathroom.
The council has repossessed the house.
The Clapham house had been licensed to a housing association on a "short-life" basis in the 1970s when the council was unable to pay for renovations.
But the agreement had continued for decades and it was unclear who should have been managing it.
Councillor Matthew Bennett, cabinet member for housing, said: "The conditions the people in this illegal HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) were living in were truly appalling, and represented a genuine danger to life and limb.
"It is shocking that someone can make money exploiting people by illegally renting out such dangerous accommodation with no regard for the safety of the people living there."
The council was alerted to the property as part of a programme to reclaim more than 40 buildings which remain operating under the short-life scheme and offer tenants homes with little or no rent.
Any resident displaced because of the action is being put at the top of the local authority's housing list for new accommodation in the borough.
The council said it had made about £58m through the sale of about 1,160 short-life properties.
It is considering whether to take legal action against the landlord.
"For years we have been eager to expand our entertainment expertise to the world of live stage," said Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos in a statement.
"But we wanted to do it right and, most importantly, with the right people."
Kevin McCollum, the producer behind Broadway hits Rent and Avenue Q, is among those co-financing the operation.
He has teamed up with film producer John Davis and entertainment mogul Tom McGrath to match Fox's 50% investment in the venture.
"Theatre is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage," McCollum told the New York Times.
"There are amazing Fox Searchlight titles and great films from the '70s that nobody today has heard of."
Some nine to 12 films will be developed into musicals, bound either for Broadway or US and international tours.
McCollum declined to say what films he saw as potential candidates for a musical makeover. However, Fox's back catalogue includes such successes as Star Wars, Home Alone and Avatar.
"Most important is not forcing anything," said Davis, whose big-screen hits include Doctor Dolittle, Predator and I, Robot.
"A big, popular movie doesn't always lend itself to a live experience."
Co-financer McGrath previously worked for Viacom, where he was involved in the musical adaptations of Paramount titles White Christmas, Footloose and Saturday Night Fever.
McCollum, who brought a version of High Fidelity to Broadway in 2006, is currently enjoying success with Motown: The Musical, which opened on Broadway in April and was nominated for four Tony awards.
McCollum told the New York Times he hoped Fox would become a partner in reverse by bringing his original stage shows to the big screen.
Fox's only prior experience of stage musicals has been as a licensee for productions such as 9 to 5 and Big.
Warner Brothers, MGM, Sony and Universal all have Broadway operations of varying sizes, where the losses are relatively small compared to the film business.
The profits can also be impressive, with Disney recently claiming the US tour of The Lion King has taken more than $1 billion.
"A lot of different companies have wanted to get in," said Thomas Schumacher, head of Disney's theatrical group, when asked about the new Fox alliance
"But to do this with someone like Kevin, a smart producer who knows everybody, is a great decision."
The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council said the footage, released by animal rights group Animals Australia, was "horrific".
Animals Australia said it had been filmed inside the two abattoirs approved to process Australian cattle.
Exports to Egypt were halted in 2006 for four years over similar concerns.
And in 2011, livestock exports to Indonesia were suspended after evidence of cruelty emerged there.
The Egyptian videos have not been made public, but Animals Australia said they showed cattle believed to have come from Australia being treated in a "vicious, cruel and clumsy" way.
The group is campaigning for a full ban on livestock exports.
"The way that these animals are treated are quite horrific," said spokeswoman Glenys Oogjes.
In one instance, a cow fell off the processing line and was chased through the abattoir before having its legs cut and being stabbed to death, she said.
"It is quite terrible and it shows systemic problems in these abattoirs for our animals. And how Australia ever sent animals back there after a suspension in 2006 is beyond us."
The chief executive of the Livestock Exporters' Council, Alison Penfold, said the acts shown in the footage were "exceptionally distressing" and "completely unacceptable to the industry and to Australians".
She told the BBC the trade was undertaken under a memorandum of understanding between the Australian and the Egyptian governments.
The industry was investigating, she said, and working with the Egyptian authorities to ensure the welfare of animals already at the facilities.
Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said in a statement it was "pleased with the level of co-operation" from the Egyptian authorities.
Australia exports more than 700,000 cattle each year, and the industry is worth about A$1bn ($1.03bn: £0.7bn) a year.
But pressure is growing for a total ban on live exports amid a series of cruelty scandals.
Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said he backed the industry's voluntary suspension.
He said the export industry had "bright future" but that it had to "maintain animal welfare outcomes", The Australian newspaper reports.
Staff at West Kent Neuro Rehab Unit were filmed cleaning Grant Clarke's feeding tube with a pen and giving him drinks when he was nil-by-mouth.
The unit in Sevenoaks, now renamed Knole Centre, will shut on 24 December.
The NHS trust which runs it said bad publicity had affected the unit's ability to recruit and retain staff.
Grant Clarke had a massive brain haemorrhage in 2012, at the age of 43 and after 12 weeks in hospital was transferred to Sevenoaks.
After raising concerns on a number of occasions about his treatment his partner Binny Moore installed a secret camera in his room.
Footage passed to BBC's Newsnight programme revealed:
Mr Clarke's family made 26 complaints to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), most of which were upheld.
KMPT originally intended to close Knole - an eight-bed unit for people with brain injuries or neurological illness - in April 2016.
The date has been brought forward because keeping it open over Christmas would be "clinically unsafe".
Patients will now receive care based on their individual needs from other local private and NHS providers in the community or acute settings.
A report being considered by Medway councillors on Thursday says adverse publicity has affected the unit's ability to recruit and retain staff.
Ms Moore said it was a "crying shame" the unit was closing because patients would have to go to London for care.
"It's the right decision that KMPT shouldn't be managing it because they have proved they are not up to the standard of what is needed by patients," she said.
"It should be handed over to a service provider with a proven track record of excellence in care."
KMPT said in a statement the high cost of providing a quality and safe service meant it was not sustainable.
"Our staff are highly valued and anyone currently working at the Knole Centre will be redeployed to other areas across the trust," it said in a statement.
A Freedom of Information request revealed the county council paid about £100,000 in compensation to motorists for pothole damage over two years.
For the second year running the B4526 came top for damage claims.
The council said "comprehensive repairs" to prevent potholes on the B4526 would cost £6.4m.
A total of £7,758.96 compensation was paid out for damage caused on the B4526, which runs between Goring and Cane End, from April 2014 to March 2015.
The A4074, which links Oxford and Reading, was the second worst with £5,605.22 in payouts.
Over the last two years, 192 defects relating to the condition of the carriageway were recorded on the B4526. Of these, 105 were potholes and 61 were clusters of potholes which resulted in £16,808 of compensation, the council said.
The biggest single compensation payment was £3,905.46 and related to damaged caused on the Goring to Cane End road.
Motorist Robin Adams, who lives near Goring, told BBC Radio Oxford he claimed £300 after damaging a wheel on a pothole.
Delivery driver Andy Benton, who lives near Chipping Norton, said he hit a deep pothole on the A40 in West Oxfordshire and bent the wheel on his car, but did not make a claim.
He said: "It's pretty bad everywhere. A lot of the side roads are absolutely awful."
In a statement Oxfordshire County Council said: "Reducing the number of potholes is a national problem, not a local problem.
"We are similar to most authorities and managing a road network without as much funding as we would like."
The council said it was working to develop more effective ways to make and fund repairs to highways.
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The craft, part of the European-Russian ExoMars programme, lifted off from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on board a Proton rocket at 9.31am (UK time), starting a seven-month journey through space.
It is carrying equipment to study gases around Mars, such as methane, which is a chemical that is strongly linked with life on Earth.
This is the first of two ExoMars missions, together costing £924 million, designed to uncover signs of past or present life on the Red Planet.
Watch Leah's report to find out more.
9 December 2015 Last updated at 08:48 GMT
After the first goal fans are asked to chuck stuffed toys onto the ice rink. And this year was a bumper year...
Jordy Stallard's second period marker triggered a record-setting avalanche of 28,815 teddy bears.
The annual Teddy Bear Toss has got bigger each year, and it's not just for fun - after the game all the toys get donated to charity.
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The £55m warehouse has opened near junction 2 of the M271.
The new Southampton warehouse is the 10th centre launched by the German retailer.
Last November the firm announced it planned to invest £1.5bn in the UK over three years in a bid to bolster the number of warehouses and stores.
The depot will service Lidl's outlets in an area from Brighton to Poole, Dorset and up to Newbury in Berkshire.
Marco Ivone, regional director at Lidl UK, said the company would continue to invest in the south of England as it rolls out its expansion plans.
Earlier this year, Lidl said it would relocate warehouses in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset and Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland, to Bristol and Scotland's Eurocentral respectively.
It is also opening two new warehouses in Wednesbury in the West Midlands and Exeter, in Devon, while expanding its regional distribution centres in Newton Aycliffe, in County Durham, and Runcorn, in Cheshire.
Lidl sales grew by 8.4% and its market share rose to 4.6%, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel figures published in October.
Members of the Fermanagh Super Cup team entered the water after training on Tullan Strand on Saturday morning.
Team Captain Jake Irvine said the players found it difficult to move after they had entered the water and "started to panic".
He paid tribute to the surfers who helped the team back to dry land.
Over 15 calls were made to the emergency services about the incident.
None of the players were seriously injured.
Owen Murphy, one of the surfers who helped rescue the footballers said: "I stripped down to my undies and hopped in with them in the water.
"When I swam around the corner I could see there were about nine of them.
"I then shouted at the cliff to get some surf boards thrown down in order to help and to use as rescue aids."
The Fermanagh Premier team's coach Francis Shaw said that without the surfer's help, things could have been very different.
"Thankfully this is one case where all's well, ends well, but we could have been looking at a very different scenario," he said.
"Due to the combination of cool heads, good fortune and bravery, thankfully we're not."
RNLI's Shane Smyth shared the following advice.
"If you get caught in a rip tide, try not to panic and try and stay calm.
"Don't swim against the rip - try and swim parallel to the short to try and get out of the rip
"Once you feel safe and comfortable enough that you've done that, raise your hand and shout for help."
Marley Watkins headed past Bradford goalkeeper Ben Williams after latching on to George Williams' perfect cross.
The midfielder also went close soon after but curled his shot wide after a mazy run, while Josh Morris fizzed his drive wide at the other end.
Bradford's best chance of the second half saw Jamie Proctor miss an open goal from distance.
Barnsley climb to 13th in the table and are two points behind 11th-placed Bradford, who are five points adrift of the play-offs.
He criticised the EU over free trade, agriculture and Greece but backed its financial transactions tax that the Conservative government has opposed.
Mr Corbyn was under growing pressure from MPs to clarify his position.
It comes after he told the BBC his EU policy was "developing".
In other developments:
Since being elected on Saturday, Mr Corbyn's position on the EU has come under increased scrutiny.
During the campaign he said he had "mixed feelings" on the union and suggested there were circumstances in which he would advocate a vote to leave.
He has also insisted Mr Cameron should not be given a "blank cheque" in negotiations about the UK's EU membership ahead of a future in-out referendum.
Shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer said he would quit if Mr Corbyn called for a UK exit.
On Thursday, Mr Corbyn, who told the BBC that Labour would not campaign to leave, wrote to the party's MPs confirming that it would be campaigning to stay in.
This led shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden to agree to stay in his role.
Mr Corbyn set out his policy in a Financial Times article, warning Mr Cameron against trying to "weaken workers' rights" as part of his renegotiations.
"Our shadow cabinet is also clear that the answer to any damaging changes that Mr Cameron brings back from his renegotiation is not to leave the EU but to pledge to reverse those changes with a Labour government elected in 2020," he said.
He criticised the planned trade deal with the United States, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and said many people were "appalled" at the EU's treatment of Greece.
And he said he would work with other EU nations to bring in a financial transactions tax, which is the subject of a legal challenge from the UK government over fears it would damage the City of London.
"Labour is clear that we should remain in the EU. But we too want to see reform," he wrote in the Financial Times.
He added: "If Mr Cameron fails to deliver a good package or one that reduces the social gains we have previously won in Europe, he needs to understand that Labour will renegotiate to restore our rights and promote a socially progressive Europe."
Breivik said his position was "entirely logical". There was "not the slightest possibility I will be judged insane".
Two reports came to opposing views on his sanity. The court's ruling on this will determine whether Breivik is sent to jail or into psychiatric care.
The court earlier heard more testimony from victims of the Oslo bombing.
Breivik, 33, admits to killing 77 people in Oslo and on Utoeya island last July but denies criminal responsibility.
The BBC's Lars Bevanger in Oslo says Wednesday's evidence is crucial from Breivik's point of view as it will determine the type of his detention.
The five-strong panel of judges will make the ruling on his sanity at the verdict in July.
Breivik is arguing against the first psychiatric report, which found him legally insane and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and in favour of the second, which concluded he was accountable for his actions.
He told the court that the psychiatrists compiling the first study had failed to understand he had deliberately suppressed his emotions to prepare for attacks.
By Richard GalpinBBC News, Oslo
It was probably Breivik's last chance to explain to the court why it should dismiss the report compiled by forensic psychiatrists last year, which had concluded he was insane.
The atmosphere in the courtroom was tense as Breivik tried to prove how the psychiatrists had misinterpreted almost everything he had said, having already reached their conclusion, he claimed, before they interviewed him.
But the prosecution put him on the spot by asking him to specify exactly what had been misinterpreted.
One of his first answers was bizarre. He was concerned they had omitted the pronoun "I" from all his quotes in the report. This, he claimed, made him seem "crazy and of little intelligence".
He also seemed caught out when asked what his sources were for claiming that since 1945 a number of Norwegians had been locked away in psychiatric wards for ideological reasons.
A psychologist watching proceedings told the BBC this came close to convincing him that Breivik was suffering from paranoiac delusion.
He said: "It is not me who is described in that report... Everything I presented was entirely logical. I don't see the slightest possibility I will be judged insane."
Breivik said those who compiled the report lacked the experience to analyse someone who had committed an "act of political violence", and that they were in shock because they had spoken to him soon after the attacks.
He also said they might have been pressured by Norway's government to keep his ideology from getting out.
Our correspondent says the issue of sanity is key for Breivik, who wants to show his actions were motivated by a political doctrine.
Breivik has said committal to a psychiatric ward would be a fate worse than death and he would do "anything to prevent" it.
Breivik himself has argued he should either be put to death or acquitted.
Our correspondent says most people in Norway who have been following the trial expect Breivik to be found sane, given the way he has conducted himself in court.
If so he could face 21 years in jail, which can be extended if he is thought a continuing danger to society. He would face compulsory psychiatric care if found insane.
Earlier, the court heard more testimony from those injured in the Oslo blast and more forensic evidence of the explosion.
Passer-by Eivind Dahl Thoresen described seeing flames out of the corner of his right eye, lifting his hands to his face and being thrown backwards.
Deafened, he said he tried to help another injured man before noticing he was himself bleeding heavily and lay down, shouting for help.
The prosecution also read a statement on behalf of another blast victim, who lost a limb.
Our correspondent says these are some of the first tales of the many victims of the July attacks and over the next eight and a half weeks of the trial, there are sure to be many more harrowing stories to come.
He says that in a few weeks time there will be 69 more coroner's reports - one for each of the deaths at the Labour Party youth camp on Utoeya island.
Relatives of victims sobbed during the evidence on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Breivik watched the witnesses without any visible emotion.
On Wednesday he said if anyone should apologise for the killings it should be the ruling Labour Party.
"But instead they continue in the same direction, so the grounds for struggle are unfortunately even more relevant now than before July 22."
Breivik spent the first week of the trial giving his own version of events, saying his plan was to kill as many people as possible.
He says he was defending Norway from multiculturalism.
A 32-year-old man remains in hospital after being injured at a property in Fabian Road, Eston, at about 23:00 BST on Thursday.
His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Two 19-year-old men, a man aged 20 and a 17-year-old girl will appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court in Middlesbrough later.
A girl aged 17 and an 18-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assault have been bailed.
A 31-year-old woman who suffered facial injuries was released from hospital after treatment.
Scientists report in the journal Nature the discovery of centimetre-sized fossils they suggest are the earliest known examples of multicellular life.
The specimens, from Gabon, are 2.1 billion years old - 200 million years older than for any previous claim.
Abderrazak El Albani and colleagues describe the fossils' distinctive appearance as resembling irregularly shaped "wrinkly cookies".
The step from single-celled to multicellular organisation was a key step in the evolution of life on Earth and set the scene for the eventual emergence of all complex organisms, including animals and plants.
The big question is whether the new West African specimens truly represent large organisms growing in a co-ordinated manner, or are merely a record of the remains of aggregations of unicellular bacteria.
The team tells Nature that its analysis of the fossils' three-dimensional structure using X-ray microtomography leans it towards the former explanation.
The fossils would have existed during a period in Earth history that came shortly after the so-called Great Oxidation Event, when free oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere rose rapidly.
Another oxygen surge that occurred about half a billion years ago co-incided with the Cambrian Explosion - the huge spurt in evolution that established all the major animal groupings.
"The evolution of the Gabon macrofossils, representing an early step toward large-sized multicellularity, may have become possible by the first boost in oxygen," Dr El Albani and colleagues said in a statement, "whereas the Cambrian Explosion could have been fuelled by the second.
"Why it took 1.5 billion years for the multicellular organisms to take over is currently one of the great unsolved mysteries in the history of the biosphere."
Laurence Golborne was speaking after engineers had drilled through to the underground chamber where the miners are sheltering.
Work has now begun to stabilise the top of the rescue shaft with steel casing, which will take about a day-and-a-half.
The miners have been trapped 700m (2,300ft) underground since 5 August.
The drilling breakthrough came shortly after 0800 local time (1200 GMT) on Saturday, sparking celebrations across Chile.
Speaking at a news conference outside the San Jose mine, Mr Golborne said the decision had been taken to reinforce 96m of the top part of the newly completed shaft.
He said that 16 steel tubes would be lowed into the shaft one by one.
The minister said that the rest of the shaft was exposed rock and did not need to be strengthened.
Once the casing is put together, officials expect it will take 48 hours to put the rescue capsule in place.
The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani who is at the mine says a winch-and-pulley system has to be set up before the capsule, named Phoenix, can be lowered into the shaft.
Such an operation has never been tried before, he says.
The miners will then be brought up one by one in three groups: the fitter ones first, then the weaker ones, and finally the strongest of the group.
But the evacuation will begin only after a doctor - who will be lowered to the chamber - has examined the miners.
Mr Golborne said the evacuation of the first miner was likely to start on Wednesday, although there was a chance that the rescuers would be able to proceed on Tuesday.
"The process of rescue should last for two days, or it will take in the range of 48 hours: the whole process from the first miners to the last one."
The minister added that "so far everything has gone smoothly", but admitted that the operation was not "without risk".
He also said that the miners were "in great spirits and relaxed".
They have been living in the shelter 700m underground since the collapse in August. However, the Plan B drill - the second of three which have been working simultaneously - penetrated 624m to a workshop which can be reached by the miners.
Mr Golborne said the rescuers were also continuing work on another, wider shaft, using the Plan C drill, as a back-up.
The miners' ordeal - now in its 66th day - is the longest suffered by a group of miners caught underground.
The film spin-off of the Irish comic's BBC sitcom had the largest opening day ever of an Irish film in Ireland.
It helped the film post first weekend takings of £4.3 million - just under the rest of the top five put together.
Teen drama The Fault in Our Stars fell one place to two, while comedy sequel 22 Jump Street went from two to three.
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, a vehicle for O'Carroll's female alter-ego, sees the indomitable Agnes Brown embark on a campaign to save her endangered market stall.
The Universal Pictures and BBC Films co-production opened at 522 sites across the UK and Ireland, achieving an impressive site average of £8,240.
Disney fantasy Maleficent dropped one place to four, its fifth weekend tally of £819,504 pushing its overall UK and Ireland haul up to £16.5m.
In contrast, Jon Favreau's comedy Chef failed to excite audiences' palates, taking an unappetising £605,976 after two days of previews and three days on general release.
Its lacklustre performance was further highlighted by animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2, which managed to take a comparable amount despite only opening in Scotland and Ireland.
The DreamWorks production does not open nationwide until 11 July, though widespread previews on Saturday and Sunday gave audiences plenty of opportunities to jump the gun.
British musical Walking on Sunshine had another weekend to forget, chalking up a far from sunny three-day total of £403,490 after opening in cinemas on Friday.
Singer Leona Lewis features in the film, which uses chart hits from the 1980s in the same way 2008 success Mamma Mia! utilised the songs of Swedish supergroup Abba.
The mistake was spotted by girls retaking the English exam in Plymouth.
Exam board GL Assessment said it was "down to human error" and said a further retest would not be necessary.
An investigation was launched last month amid allegations some children had already seen an 11-plus paper before sitting the exam.
More on the exam blunder, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
GL Assessment said at the time that "extensive security measures" were in place to prevent exam papers being leaked.
But students retaking the English resit on Saturday said they found a passage which had previously appeared in the mock exam held last summer.
One mother whose daughter retook the papers said: "The whole thing has been terrible from start to finish.
"We are fuming - it shows great unprofessionalism and as parents we feel that they don't give a damn."
Greg Watson, chief executive of GL Assessment, said the firm was "acutely aware" the re-test had to be taken "as soon as possible after the suspected fraud".
"It wasn't fair on children or their parents to delay," he said.
"All previous standard 11-plus exams were checked for duplication but unfortunately all ancillary practice papers were not. The passage had appeared on one of those.
"We take full responsibility for the passage duplication on the re-test paper, and we can only apologise to all parents and children affected."
He said that a further retest would not be necessary because "we have enough statistically robust data to be able to assess the children accurately and fairly".
The party is urging the UK and Scottish governments to consider implementing the policy.
The Scottish government said Labour would do better to reverse its view that the UK should leave the EU's single market and the customs union.
And the Scottish Conservatives said no one had the right to "dictate" how long people should work.
Scottish Labour's strategy argues that powers over employment and health-and-safety laws which are repatriated after Brexit could be used to reverse the UK's opt-out of the EU working time directive limiting the working week to 48 hours.
It argues that the move would help to boost productivity and benefit NHS workers in particular.
Speaking on a visit to Leonardo Airborne and Space Systems in Edinburgh, economy spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: "There are opportunities that come from Brexit, that is the return of certain regulations and powers to the UK.
"We would like to see, in the context of the economy changing anyway - automation is a thing, flexible working is increasing - we want to make sure that we get a good work-life balance for people but we also address the needs of the economy, and with automation the nature of work will change.
"We need to embrace that change, so we want to open a dialogue with businesses to talk about opportunities that Brexit will provide and the EU working time directive is one of them."
Labour said adopting the measures contained in the strategy could boost gross domestic product (GDP) by almost £45bn.
It's plan includes;
The strategy also calls for a commitment to full employment with a focus on the "jobs of the future" in industries such as decommissioning, renewables and financial technology.
Further measures include ensuring that public procurement does not reward companies and organisations that engage in practices such as blacklisting or zero-hours contracts, and an expansion of the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said it was important to "inspire a new generation of world-leading scientists and innovators to give our country the skills we all need to succeed".
Responding to Labour's plan, SNP MSP Ivan McKee pointed out that Scotland's economy "has just posted growth figures four times the UK level while unemployment is at record low levels".
He added: "The SNP will work with anyone to support growth in our economy, better jobs and new opportunities but on STEM, financial technology, a modern manufacturing sector and the importance of regional investment, Labour are simply playing catch up.
"The biggest contribution Labour could make would be to end their ridiculous support for the Tories' policy of dragging Scotland and the UK out of the single market and the customs union which would be disastrous for jobs, investment and living standards."
Dean Lockhart from the Scottish Tories said no one should be forced into a long working week "if they don't want to or simply can't".
He added: "However, many people - particularly those running their own businesses - do want to, and will be appalled at the idea of Labour trying to tell them what to do.
"In addition, others may need the cash working those hours brings, for a variety of reasons.
"Labour simply do not have the right to dictate to those people what hours they should and shouldn't be working. These restrictions have been tried elsewhere, and they've been shown to damage the economy."
The latest official figures show more than 104.6 million day trips were made between April 2016 and March 2017 - up 24.4% on the year before.
The average spend per visit was £42 - up £4 on the previous year and above the UK average.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said tourism to Wales remained positive in "a challenging global market".
The Great Britain Day survey showed the amount spent increased from £3.2m to £4.3m, a 34.9% increase compared to the same period beginning in 2015.
The most visits were made in May, partly due to the warm weather, with city or large towns being the most popular destination.
The Met Office said the weather was generally warmer than the year before.
Mr Skates said the Champions League finals in Cardiff last weekend gave Wales a platform to boost tourism.
He said: "Our overseas visitors also increased last year and we'll make the most of our chance to sell Wales to the world as the place where fans had a remarkable experience during the Champions League final and which saw Gareth Bale lifting the trophy in his home city."
Latest numbers from Film Edinburgh reveal the screen industry injected £7.7m into the local economy last year.
The figure was boosted by filming for T2 Trainspotting, which took place over three months in the capital in the spring and summer of 2016.
The follow-up to director Danny Boyle's 1996 classic is released on Friday.
Film Edinburgh manager Rosie Ellison described the overall total as "terrific" and said it represents the most successful year in the local film commission's 26-year history.
She said: "It's more than we've ever had. In 2015 it was £6.9m and that was the highest-ever. It's going up and up, and long may that last."
Filming for the Trainspotting sequel took place in more than 50 locations across Edinburgh and the Lothians, ranging from Arthur's Seat, the Forth Bridge and Princes Street to Leith and Craigmillar.
Boyle said: "The good will from local individuals and organisations towards the production made it an absolute pleasure to be back filming in the city."
The specific economic impact of individual shoots is confidential and has not been disclosed.
The overall figures mean 2016 is up by 11.5% when compared to the previous year, which saw filming across the city for time-travel drama Outlander.
The £7.7m is described as "direct spend" from film productions working in the city and the wider region, which includes East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.
It takes into account money spent on accommodation, crew fees, kit hire, catering, location fees, support services and permits.
Since it does not include additional spending that is not a core part of production - such as cash spent by crews in bars and restaurants - the total economic impact is thought to be greater than the total officially recorded.
About 83% of the economic impact came from around 10 high-value feature films and TV dramas.
Other productions that helped 2016 to a record-breaking year for the region included BBC Three's university drama Clique due to broadcast in spring, and feature film Churchill, starring Brian Cox and Miranda Richardson.
Overall, 321 productions - including factual programmes and commercials - were shot in the city in 2016 and added to the final total.
Ms Ellison said: "These are just as valuable to the city and we work just as hard to support that level of production as we do the high-end production, albeit over a much shorter period of time."
The Gunners went out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the sixth straight season after a 5-1 aggregate loss against Barcelona.
The La Liga side's front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were all on target.
"In the final third, Barcelona's passing accuracy and creativity is exceptional," said Wenger.
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Arsenal missed numerous chances in the game, with Danny Welbeck hitting the woodwork and Alexis Sanchez twice coming close.
Having also gone out of the FA Cup in a shock defeat against Watford last weekend, the Premier League is Arsenal's only hope of a trophy this season. They are currently 11 points behind leaders Leicester with a game in hand.
Wenger feels the result could have been different if they managed to add to Mohamed Elneny's crisp effort in the second half.
"I felt at 1-1 they were wobbling and insecure," said Wenger. "We could not take our chance to score the second goal to put ourselves in a good position.
"We created plenty of dangerous situations and the quality of our game was good.
"When we lost the second goal, we lost the edge. They are an exceptional side."
Messi's delightful dinked finish took his tally to 37 for the season in all competitions, while Neymar netted his 28th and Suarez's superb volley was his 46th goal this term.
"We played against a team who has the best strikers I have seen," added Wenger. "The three together are absolutely exceptional.
"From nothing, they can create a chance, especially Messi. He didn't miss a first touch, no matter where the ball came from.
"At some stage in our sport, we must admire art and they have two or three players who transform normal life into art. I respect that and I believe it is pleasure as well. For me, is it suffering."
Back in early January, Arsenal fans were dreaming of a trophy-laden season.
The Gunners were top of the Premier League, safely into the Champions League last 16 - albeit with Barcelona looming - and making progress into the FA Cup fourth round.
But conceding a late leveller at Liverpool on 13 January proved the catalyst for a dreadful run of form.
Wenger's men have managed to win just two of their nine Premier League matches since, leaving them well adrift of leaders Leicester.
If falling away in the title race is not hard enough for Gunners fans to take, their misery has been compounded by a double cup exit in the space of four days.
Failing to overcome a two-goal deficit against Barcelona may not have been a surprise. But, following Sunday's home quarter-final defeat against Watford, it has done little to ease mounting pressure on Wenger.
Dr Mary Murdoch, Hull's first female GP and her assistant Dr Louisa Martindale, lived together on Beverley Road.
The pair were campaigners in the women's movement, with Dr Murdoch founding the city's first branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Society in 1904.
The plaques are part of a new trail commemorating prominent Hull residents.
Former Lord Mayor, Labour councillor Mary Glew, said she was honoured to be unveiling the plaques.
"They were also influential in promoting the health and well-being of women and their children in dreadful times of infant mortality and extremely poor availability of medical attention, making a significant difference to families who experienced terrible health inequalities in this area," she said.
The suffrage movement began campaigning for women's votes at the start of the 20th Century.
The suffragettes were born out of the wider suffragist movement, but favoured more direct action, with those including Emmeline Pankhurst carrying out acts of civil disobedience to support their aims.
Women over 30 were eventually given voting rights in 1918, with full equality with men introduced in 1928.
But behind the routine promises of co-operation lie a tangle of relations, and hints at a tricky future. Our correspondents unpick some of the key international responses.
What she said: "[Macron] carries the hopes of millions of French people, and of many people in Germany and the whole of Europe.
"He ran a courageous pro-European campaign, stands for openness to the world and is committed decisively to a social market economy."
Behind the quote: For Angela Merkel a Macron presidency means a fresh start for the European Union. Not only because Mr Macron campaigned on an overtly pro-European platform - even walking out to the EU's anthem after his win last night - but also because he promises to reform the French economy.
The difficulty for Berlin is that Mr Macron also wants more mutual eurozone-wide support, which primarily means German taxpayers' money.
There is a growing awareness in Germany that helping the French economy will help stave off Marine Le Pen's anti-EU populism in France.
But Angela Merkel faces an election in September. So she needs to persuade German voters to pay out, without risking eurosceptic populism in Germany.
What she said through a Downing Street spokesman: "The Prime Minister warmly congratulates President-elect Macron on his election success."
The pair discussed Brexit, with Mrs May saying "the UK wants a strong partnership with a secure and prosperous EU once we leave".
Behind the quote: The election of the fiercely pro-European Emmanuel Macron may at first appear to be bad news for Theresa May.
He has described Brexit as a crime and made it clear he will offer Britain no favours in the negotiations to come. But his arrival at the Elysée may in fact be better news than some might imagine.
The prime minister will face a French leader whose position will be no tougher than his predecessor's. And she will not face the chaos that might have ensued if Marine Le Pen had won.
An EU that feels a little less threatened and a little more confident about itself might make a deal with the UK more likely.
Will Macron mean the blues or a boost for Brexit?
What he said: "Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him!"
Behind the quote: Donald Trump congratulated Emmanuel Macron in a very Trump-like way, praising his "big win". If there's one thing Mr Trump loves, it's big winners.
It's hard to believe that the president is thrilled with the results, however. Just a few weeks ago he had said French nationalist Marine Le Pen was the strongest candidate, who was tough on "radical Islamic terrorism".
A Le Pen victory would have been cited as evidence of a nativist movement sweeping the Western world, validating Mr Trump's election.
Instead the president and his supporters are shrugging off the French results and eying battles to come.
What he said: "The growth in threats of terrorism and militant extremism is accompanied by an escalation of local conflicts and the destabilisation of whole regions. In these conditions it is especially important to overcome mutual mistrust and unite efforts to ensure international stability and security."
Behind the quote: The Kremlin would have been delighted by a Marine Le Pen victory. President Putin went out of his way to show his support for her in a late-campaign intervention.
Ms Le Pen threatened to tear up the EU order that has, to a greater or lesser degree, stood up to President Putin's intervention in Ukraine and seizure of Crimea. President-elect Macron, with his full-throated support for a reinvigorated EU, is not the Kremlin's pick.
President Putin has been around a good while now and is used to reverses. He was quick to congratulate the president-elect and quick to name security as a joint concern. He will continue on his path of sowing dissent and division in Europe. The election of Emmanuel Macron is a setback, but President Putin plays a long game.
It follows a decision to place all Luas staff on immediate protective notice.
Owen Reidy of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (Siptu) told RTÉ that Luas operator Transdev would cripple the service by its actions.
Transdev has also warned of pay deductions to offset the cost of staff who continue industrial action.
In a letter to staff, Transdev said future employment will be on a day-to-day basis and it will impose an "appropriate financial deduction" for unacceptable part-performance of duties.
Mr Reidy said it was not "reasonable, sensible or logical" to issue an inferior set of proposals to staff following their rejection of a better deal.
He said it was a "provocative act" and that the dispute had entered a "new area".
Mr Reidy said a decision would be made on balloting for all-out strike action over the next couple of days.
Earlier this month, drivers on the Luas tram system served notice of further strike action later in April and May over a pay dispute.
Siptu said strikes would take place on 28 April, 4 May, 13 May, 20 May, 26 and 27 May.
A further two-day strike had already been scheduled for 23 and 24 April.
The drivers have been on strike for eight days so far this year.
The escalation of the strike came after a deal brokered by the Workplace Relations Commission in March was rejected by workers.
Transdev has said it does not want a full stoppage of the service and further strikes cannot be tolerated, but it cannot create money it does not have.
It has said Siptu is making demands that are unreasonable and that cannot be met.
The mistake related to a question on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in which the family background of a key character, Tybalt, was mixed up.
It suggested he is a Montague when in fact he is a Capulet.
The board apologised and said no candidates would lose out, but head teachers said the error was "serious".
Exams regulator, Ofqual, said the incident was unacceptable and that it would be "closely monitoring OCR's investigation of how this incident occurred".
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said when candidates see errors in a paper it can undermine their confidence.
He added: "Candidates have every right to expect that awarding bodies complete a full check on exam papers to ensure that they don't experience such problems.
"Similarly, schools and colleges have to pay thousands of pounds a year to examination boards and are entitled to better quality assurance than this.
"This appears to be a serious error and it will have caused stress and concern to candidates."
However, some students reacting to the exam on Twitter said that they had wasted time on the question, while teachers also spoke out.
One pupil, Sophie Elder, 16, from Derbyshire, said: "I got to the question, I read it, and read it again and thought that doesn't make sense.
"It really threw me off - it had been fine until then, and then this happened."
She added: "We had all tried so hard and made so much effort, and then for the board to mess it up, it's just terrible.
"It's so distracting - afterwards everybody was so worried and stressed that they had got it wrong. You don't expect something like that on your exam."
OCR said about 14,000 students out of around 700,000 took the exam, but it is not clear how many tackled the question, which asked students: "How does Shakespeare present the ways in which Tybalt's hatred of the Capulets influences the outcome of the play? Refer to this extract from Act 1 Scene 5 and elsewhere in the play."
In a statement, the exam board said: "We're aware of an error in today's OCR GCSE English Literature paper.
"We apologise and will put things right when the exam is marked and graded so no student need worry about being disadvantaged. We are investigating as a matter of urgency how this got through our assurance processes."
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: "After two years of study it's not acceptable for students to face such a basic error in their exam papers.
"OCR are rightly apologetic but just exactly how they propose to mark this particular paper will leave many students, their schools and their parents with an anxious wait for their results.
"OCR need to be particularly open to any requests for a re-mark if students feel that their efforts have not been properly graded."
Ofqual added: "We will be scrutinising how OCR intends to identify and minimise the impact on these students. We will be closely monitoring OCR's investigation of how this incident occurred and seeking reassurance regarding its other papers this summer."
Logan Murdoch suffered serious injuries in the crash and was not breathing when the Great North Air Ambulance team arrived.
Hayley Murdoch, 29, and Sheila Dixon, 71, both from Carlisle, died following the collision at Newby Cross in 2016.
Dr Laura Duffy called Logan, who made a full recovery, a "ray of sunshine".
Logan suffered an "internal decapitation", which is a separation of the spinal column from the base of the skull, as well as brain injuries, a punctured lung and a broken collar bone.
Dr Duffy said with the injuries he sustained, he was "unlikely to survive".
The young boy was resuscitated at the roadside before being put into a medically-induced coma at the scene.
He was also given blood en route to hospital and went on to make a full recovery.
John Murdoch, Logan's father, said: "The doctor said that Logan was a very rare case.
"He said in all his 25 years as a neurosurgeon, only two other people had been brought to him alive after being 'internally decapitated'.
"One of those died, and the other was severely paralysed. He is a very lucky boy. GNAAS saved Logan's life."
Logan, his father and grandmother Karen Rooney visited the ambulance's airbase to meet Dr Laura Duffy and paramedic Colin Clark who attended the crash.
Planners are considering whether to build 3,500 homes on the 'northern fringe' of the town and are looking at which new transport links are needed.
The Liberal Democrats and English Democrats standing in Central Suffolk are in favour of a bypass.
The Conservative candidate opposed the plan while other candidates called for more studies on the scheme.
Ipswich Borough Council is considering plans for the first phase of 815 homes, on land between north Ipswich and Westerfield.
Ipswich is already bypassed to the south, linking A14 from the west with the A12 and the Port of Felixstowe via the Orwell Bridge.
Six candidates are standing in the Central Suffolk & North Ipswich constituency which is being defended by Conservative health minister, Dan Poulter, who was elected in 2010 with a majority of 13,786.
Mr Poulter said: "I don't agree with a northern bypass because there is good evidence from elsewhere in the country that if we look at traffic flow issues over the Orwell Bridge and manage that better, we could improve flow.
"I will be looking at how we can perhaps get a tunnel under the Orwell to deliver the improvements we need to road infrastructure."
Jon Neal, Liberal Democrats, said: "We're in favour of a northern bypass but we need a vision for transport for the whole of Suffolk which doesn't just look at car use.
"Cycling infrastructure is very good on the Grange Farm development in Kesgrave but that's not the case everywhere."
Jack Abbott, Labour candidate, said: "We're facing huge development with housing that is desperately needed but we'd have to take on a huge amount of land [for a bypass] and the environmental cost would be huge.
"I'm in favour of it if it works but there are so many aspects to it, I can't give a yes or no answer."
Driving instructor Mark Cole, the UKIP candidate, said: "I spend all day in a car and my natural inclination is not to pave over swathes of northern Ipswich.
"But we've got a situation where traffic is almost at a standstill and we need look at all the various options - we can't just say yes or no because it's not that black and white."
Rhodri Griffiths, Green Party, said: "We are completely unequivocal in our opposition to a bypass.
"An awful lot more people in Ipswich could be cycling but we need to make it easier to do that and neither Labour, Conservative or the Lib Dems have done anything to address this really important issue."
Tony Holyoak, English Democrats, said: "The cost of a northern bypass is a drop in the ocean next to the amount of money being wasted on the HS2 rail link and that money would be better spent on our roads.
"East Anglia is poorly-served by roads and we would welcome it, subject to the correct route being chosen, to help bring growth to the region."
The general election takes place on 7 May.
Gabriela Zapata is a top manager at a Chinese building firm which recently won government contracts in Bolivia.
No details of possible charges were given and no comment from Ms Zapata was immediately available.
Opposition media have accused Mr Morales of peddling influence linked to the firm - a claim he denies.
This week he lost a referendum aimed at allowing him to run for another term.
Mr Morales - Bolivia's first indigenous president - accepted defeat in the ballot.
He also said a dirty war was now being waged against him, asking a parliamentary commission and state auditors to investigate the contracts with the CAMC Engineering company.
Official results of the referendum show that 51.3% of voters rejected the proposal to change the constitution to allow Mr Morales to run for another term.
He has been in power since 2006 and his current term runs out in 2020.
Harley Barnes opened a gate or climbed it to reach the pond on land at the stables owned by his grandparents in Wiltshire.
His mother Hannah Vaughan told the inquest Harley had loved throwing stones in the water.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the hearing in Salisbury.
He had been feeding a horse in a field at the stables in Gastard, near Corsham, when he disappeared on the morning of 28 July.
Ms Vaughan said she had given him some feed to take to the horse in the field and "that was the last time I saw him alive".
She said she never saw Harley open the gate to the pond but started calling and looking around for him before finding him in the pond.
Neighbour Jennifer Gibson, a midwife, heard her cries for help and rushed to her aid.
She told Ms Vaughan to go to her house and ring for an ambulance while she began resuscitation.
Harley was taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath, where he was later pronounced dead by doctors.
A post-mortem examination found Harley died from freshwater drowning.
Recording an verdict of accidental death, Coroner Claire Balysz expressed her "sincere condolences" to Harley's parents.
And they also give big billing to the idea that a Scottish university education should continue to be free for students from Scotland.
For our survey, Ipsos MORI interviewed 1,002 people across Scotland between 18 and 29 March.
Respondents were asked to rank a range of policies from one up to 10, generating an average score.
A guarantee that NHS spending would be increased so that it at least keeps pace with health spending in England drew apparent support. It was rated 8.3, the highest response in our survey.
There was lower support for the Conservative idea of reintroducing prescription charges for those able to afford them. Roughly a third of respondents were reasonably happy with the idea but that was outweighed by those who were sceptical or hostile. The net rating was 5.3.
The second top spot in our survey - the silver medal, if you like - went to education. Or, more precisely, the idea that all students from Scotland should be able to attend Scottish universities for free.
That policy, implemented by the SNP, is now endorsed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Conservatives support a charge, paid back when students graduate and are earning a reasonable salary. In our poll, free university education rated 8.1.
Who? - 1,002 voters aged 16 and over
When? - Carried out between Friday 18 March and Tuesday 29 March
How? - On the telephone with data being weighted by gender, age, working status, housing tenure and region.
By? - Ipsos MORI Scotland
Still with education, there was a respectable rating of 6.7 for narrowing the attainment gap by giving more money to schools with a high proportion of kids from poorer backgrounds.
There was also substantial apparent support for the idea of subsidising the cost of developing new sources of energy that are less harmful to the environment. That rated a net 7.7.
Still with energy and the environment, there is the question of fracking, or unconventional drilling for shale gas. Most backed a ban - but many did not, generating a net score of 6.2 for the idea of prohibiting this practice in Scotland.
£68bn
Total expenditure
£11.5bn Health
£7.6bn Education and training
£2.8bn Policing
£2.7bn Transport
It is currently subject to a moratorium imposed by the Scottish government, with Nicola Sturgeon signalling she is deeply sceptical about fracking. Labour and the Greens favour a ban, as do the Liberal Democrats (after some internal machinations). The Conservatives say fracking could help the economy.
Among other issues;
Then there's the suggestion of scrapping the law which, among other things, seeks to restrict football supporters from singing songs that some people find offensive. Labour has led opposition to this SNP measure.
The idea of a ban rated 4.9, the lowest in our survey - although the idea is far from universally dismissed. Opinion tended to be fairly polarised.
Finally there is the constitution. Respondents were asked to give their view on whether there should be another referendum on Scottish independence in the event that Britain votes to leave the European Union.
The net rating for this question was 5.6, right down the centre of a range from one to 10. However, that does not tell the full story.
Roughly one third of respondents rated this issue 10, meaning it should get top priority. One third voted One, meaning it should never happen. And the final third? They were somewhere in the middle.
Eleven questions on health, education, fracking, independence and sectarianism (plus mean score)
All figures are mean scores based on answers provided between one and 10. One means the policy should never be put in place, and 10 means that it is very important and should be put in place quickly.
Its revenues fell by £42.7m due to a "difficult economic environment" and "structural pressures facing print media", the firm said.
The company's online offering saw strong growth, particularly for mobile content.
Average monthly unique users grew by 59% and average monthly page views grew by 66%.
"I am particularly pleased with our rapidly growing digital audience and with the benefits we are driving in harnessing the combined strength of our national and regional titles," said chief executive Simon Fox.
The group had a strong end to the year, enabling it to finish ahead of expectations, Mr Fox said.
Trinity Mirror publishes the Daily Mirror, Daily Record, Manchester Evening News and other titles.
Multinational media firm Thomson Reuters also had a challenging year in 2013.
The company posted an operating profit of $1.5bn (£900m) for 2013, down 41% from $2.6bn the year before.
It said it had achieved its 2013 outlook despite its two largest markets, legal and financial information, being a "challenging environment".
Revenues were down 3% to $12.3bn from $13.1bn in 2012.
In February 2014 the company said it expected its 2014 revenues to be comparable to 2013.
The 27-year-old has played in two Tests, 48 one-day internationals and 18 Twenty20 matches for Pakistan.
Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif have been suspended from the Pakistan Super League as part of the investigation.
Meanwhile, the National Crime Agency said two men were arrested in the UK on Monday in connection with the probe.
The men in their 30s have been bailed until April pending further inquiries in connection with the probe.
The PCB previously said it was investigating "an international syndicate which is believed to be attempting to corrupt the PSL".
The latest strikes will begin on Sunday 5 February.
BA cabin crew have so far staged two stoppages, resulting in the cancellation of flights.
Unite also criticised BA for spending money on chartering aircraft to cover for striking cabin crew rather than resolving the problem.
In a letter, sent to British Airways on Wednesday, Unite representatives urged BA to take a different route, saying: "Your reluctance to offer a reasonable pay deal to our members, yet spend what we believe is now reaching millions of pounds in trying to quash strike action, suggests money is available and this is a question of ideology."
The proposed strike will begin on 5 February and run until Saturday 11 February but will exclude Wednesday.
BA said in a statement: "We have flown all customers to their destinations during the previous strikes by Mixed Fleet Unite and we will ensure this happens again.
"We will publish more details on Tuesday [31 January] once we have finalised our contingency plans in relation to the strikes called for 5-7 February. On Thursday we will publish more details in relation to the second strike period, 9-11 February.
"Our pay offer for mixed fleet crew is consistent with deals agreed with Unite for other British Airways colleagues. It also reflects pay awards given by other companies in the UK and will ensure that rewards for mixed fleet remain in line with those for cabin crew at our airline competitors."
The claims relate to alleged use of European parliamentary funds for party political purposes, such as election campaigning.
The matter has been referred to North Wales Police after being reviewed by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.
Police have not contacted Mr Gill. He said he was not aware of the claims and would not comment at this stage.
A UKIP spokesman said: "These allegations are news to both UKIP and Mr Gill.
"He has not been spoken to by the police. It is impossible to make any comment when no facts are known."
UKIP's assembly group leader Neil Hamilton said: "We cannot know at this stage whether there is any truth in these allegations.
"The easiest way for Nathan Gill to put an end to speculation is for him to publish all details of his MEP emoluments and expenses claims since May 2014, together with full supporting documentation.
"All AMs' expenses claims are published in full when they are made. This is taxpayers' money. We have a right to know how it is spent."
A spokesman for North Wales Police said: "North Wales Police confirm they have recently received (11/8/2016) correspondence from Action Fraud [the UK's national fraud and cyber crime reporting centre] concerning allegations of fraud against an Anglesey man.
"That matter is now under investigation and therefore at this stage we are unable to add anything further."
A spokeswoman for City of London Police said: "Action Fraud received a complaint on 15 July 2016.
"The matter was reviewed by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau and referred to North Wales Police on 11 August 2016."
She was hit by a car on Rogers Quay shortly after 17:00 BST on Tuesday.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them.
The group held hands in a line for five minutes when Big Ben chimed at 16:00 BST.
Many of the women wore head scarves at the tribute and said they were wearing blue to represent hope.
Khalid Masood, 52, killed four people when he drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a police officer on Wednesday.
Fariha Khan, a GP from Surbiton who was at Sunday's event, said: "The feeling of what happened here on Wednesday was really strong.
"We thought of the ordinary people who were here and were mown down, standing here like this, it was very overwhelming."
The event was organised by Women's March On London group which took part in an international campaign to highlight women's rights on the first full day of Donald Trump's US presidency.
Another woman who was there, Sarah Waseem, said the Islam faith "totally condemns violence of any sort".
She said: "When an attack happens in London, it is an attack on me. It is an attack on all of us.
"This is abhorrent to us."
Londoner Mary Bennett, who is a retired healthcare worker, said she was there to make a "small gesture".
She said: "I am here to show that in a quiet way we continue to go where we like and do what we like in London.
"This is my city. It's a very small gesture but life is made up of small gestures."
On Facebook and Twitter, Women's March On London posted an image titled We Stand Together and outlined reasons for people coming together after the attack on Wednesday.
The post invited people to unite in grief for those who died, to support the injured, to defy what the group called "forces of fear and division", and to show solidarity for equality, justice and peace.
The group said: "It is important that we come together at this time when tensions intensify in our communities."
Women's rights activist, Akeela Ahmed, who helped organise Sunday's event said it had been "powerful and sent a clear message".
She said there had been no speeches and that those attending had been advised to stay for the five minutes then disperse because the group had wanted it to be low key and not disruptive.
Organisers urged people to talk about the event using the hashtag #WeStandTogether.
One Twitter user, Natasha Gooding, wrote: "United Kingdom we are, united we stand. Unity and love will always be more powerful than your hate."
Another, Eleanor Goodman, said it was "such a beautiful tribute". She tweeted: "It embodies peace, love and unity."
Roshana Mehdian wrote: "Darkness cannot defeat darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot defeat hate. Only love can do that."
Catriona Robertson called it "silent resistance against fear and division".
The Sun quotes anonymous sources, one of whom claims to have witnessed a "bust-up" between the Queen and pro-EU former Deputy PM Nick Clegg in 2011.
The palace insisted the Queen was "politically neutral" while Mr Clegg called the story "nonsense".
But the Sun said it stood by its story and would defend itself "vigorously".
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Under the headline, "Queen backs Brexit", the Sun said the Queen's exchange with Mr Clegg at a lunch in 2011 left "no room for doubt about her passionate feelings over Europe".
It said her "reprimand" of Mr Clegg "went on for some time and stunned other guests".
The paper says the Queen also revealed her feelings about Europe during a separate conversation with MPs at Buckingham Palace "a few years ago".
It claims the Queen told them: "I don't understand Europe" - words an unnamed parliamentary source says she spoke with "venom and emotion".
Following the complaint the newspaper said: "The Sun stands by its story, which was based upon two impeccable sources and presented in a robust, accessible fashion.
"The Sun will defend this complaint vigorously."
By Peter Hunt, BBC Royal correspondent
It is unusual for the Queen to take action against a newspaper.
It is a sign of the depth of regal displeasure.
It is the Sun headline, "Queen Backs Brexit" which is both toxic and very troubling to an institution which prides itself on remaining above the political fray.
But the course of action the palace has now embarked upon brings with it risks. It's a far cry from the "never complain, never explain" mantra once deployed by officials in the past.
The letter to the press watchdog ensures that the Sun story continues to be debated.
And there continues to be a focus on what the Queen chose very deliberately to do four days before the Scottish referendum.
When she told a well-wisher in 2014 "I hope people will think very carefully about the future", it was interpreted as support for Scotland remaining within the UK.
It was a planned remark the Queen and her senior advisers may come to regret.
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A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "We can confirm that we have this morning written to the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation to register a complaint about the front page story in today's Sun newspaper.
"The complaint relates to Clause One of the Editors' Code of Practice."
The Editors' Code of Practice is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Clause One refers to accuracy, saying "the Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not supported by the text".
It also states "while free to editorialise and campaign, the Press must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact".
The Sun's political editor Tom Newton Dunn wrote that the paper would not have reported the Queen's remarks "had they not come from two different and impeccably placed sources".
He says the Queen must remain "above the fray" of political issues, but added: "If she has a view on Brexit, don't voters have a right to know what it is?"
Professor Vernon Bogdanor, constitutional expert at Kings College London, told the Press Association it was "absurd" that the Queen would break from her tradition of political impartiality after decades as monarch.
"I'm very dubious. The Queen speaks and acts on the advice of ministers," Prof Bogdanor said. "What she said on the Scottish referendum was that people should think carefully before they vote - and that's a very sensible comment, I would have thought."
Former SNP leader, Alex Salmond, said his party had secured time on Thursday to question the government over issues raised by a Royal naval submariner.
William McNeilly went on the run after alleging the missile programme was a "disaster waiting to happen". He later handed himself in to police.
Mr Salmond said the Ministry of Defence must provide detailed answers.
An official investigation was launched after Able Seaman Mr McNeilly, 25, from Belfast, raised his safety concerns in an internet post.
His 18-page report, called The Secret Nuclear Threat, claimed to detail "serious security and safety breaches".
The Navy said the fleet, which is based at Faslane on the Clyde, operated "under the most stringent safety regime".
The MoD said Mr McNeilly was "apprehended" by Royal Navy Police at Edinburgh Airport on Monday night and was being held at a military establishment in Scotland.
The SNP's adjournment debate - called "Safety at HM Naval Base Clyde" - will take place next Thursday.
Mr Salmond, the party's foreign affairs spokesman at Westminster, said: "The SNP will continue to keep the pressure on the government until we are satisfied that not only have they have investigated Mr. McNeilly's claims thoroughly and have acted on the findings but that those findings are put into the public domain.
"Trident is a key issue for people in Scotland.
"It is bad enough that Scotland is forced to house these weapons of mass destruction but these alleged breaches of security are deeply worrying - there must be absolutely no complacency."
Earlier this week a Navy spokesman said: "The naval service operates its submarine fleet under the most stringent safety regime and submarines do not go to sea unless they are completely safe to do so."
He said the Navy "completely disagreed" with Mr McNeilly's report, claiming that it "contains a number of subjective and unsubstantiated personal views, made by a very junior sailor".
However, the spokesman added that it was "right" that the contents of the document were considered in detail.
It is difficult to imagine a more significant moment in the whole debate about the provision of health care in Britain.
A spokesman for Circle - the company running Hinchingbrooke - told me that it was difficult to see how any private operation looking for a commercial return could run an acute services hospital under the present model.
For those who object to private companies operating in the NHS, a response to the announcement this morning might well be "good riddance".
It is worth, though, considering why the previous Labour government decided to offer the contract to run Hinchingbrooke to private operators.
There is an argument that private companies bring a discipline to health service provision which can lead to better patient services, and staff relations, for lower costs.
Any returns the company makes can then be shared with the NHS. In Circle's case, if it had made profits above £2m, anything above that would be split with the public sector.
The NHS has, of course, always been a mixture of public, private and voluntary provision. GPs are not state employees, for example, but independent contractors to the NHS.
That mix is one many believe works when it comes to relatively predictable services such as elective operations.
But Hinchingbrooke is different and became a test for the public/private model at the most visible level - the running of an entire hospital.
It was certainly high risk.
Before Circle took over the contract, Hinchingbrooke was a struggling hospital. It was labouring under £40m of debts and in 2009 the then Labour government decided to launch a process to bring in private providers.
Circle, which is partly owned by its employees, won that bidding process. The fact it took three years (Circle did not take over Hinchingbrooke until 2012) reveals just how complicated the agreement was.
And the more complicated a contract, the greater the risks attached.
Circle pledged to increase levels of care offered to local people, turn around the hospital's finances and create better staff relations.
To an extent, and certainly at the beginning of the contract, there was some success. Waiting time targets were hit, patient feedback improved and efficiencies were made.
The hospital's deficit fell from £10m in February 2012 to £3.5m in March 2013 to £1.5m in March last year.
And Circle claims it saved the NHS £23m.
But healthcare does not operate by the usual laws of supply and demand.
Demand, as we have seen recently in accident and emergency services, can suddenly spike.
And that can happen at the same time as supply - payments for each patient treated - falls.
Circle said its payments had been cut by 10%.
The result? Losses for Circle which have now reached £5m, the trigger point at which it can say it no longer wants to run the hospital.
The business is also expected to be criticised by an imminent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on its standards of health care.
Circle may dispute the findings, but the CQC report would almost certainly have led to increased costs as new service levels were agreed.
Today's announcement has revealed that under the present model, many believe there is a pretty simple answer to the question can a private business run an acute hospital.
And it's no.
The study found that in the year after losing a spouse to a heart attack, partners were three times more likely to start taking anti-depressants.
Even if their partner survived, the use of anti-depressants still increased by 17%, compared with the year before.
The use of anxiety drugs also went up, the European Heart Journal reports.
There are about 340 heart attacks in the UK every day - approximately 13% are fatal.
Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "A heart attack can impact the whole family, and this study emphasises the importance of caring for the partners of heart attack sufferers.
Source: BBC Health
What is a heart attack?
"We know that people can feel anxious or helpless when a loved one has a heart attack. It is essential they receive the emotional and practical support they need during this often traumatic time."
This is the first study to look at the health of spouses after their partner survives a heart attack.
It also found men were more susceptible to the effect than women.
Report author Dr Emil Fosbol, from Duke University Medical Center, said: "This is a major public health issue for which there seems to be very little awareness among doctors and policy makers.
"The most important finding of this study is that the system needs to consider the care needs for the spouses too, not only when a patient dies from a [sudden heart attack], but also when the patient is 'just admitted' to hospital [after a sudden heart attack] and survives."
Using Danish registries, including the National Civil Status Registry that shows whether people are married or not, researchers studied 16,506 spouses of people who died from a sudden heart attack between 1997 and 2008 and 44,566 spouses of patients who survived a sudden heart attack.
They also looked at the use of anti-depressants and drugs to treat anxiety before and up to a year after the event, and medical records for depression and suicide.
The scientists also compared this data with the health of 49,518 people whose partners died from causes unrelated to a sudden heart attack, and 131, 563 spouses of people admitted to hospital for a non-fatal condition unrelated to a sudden heart attack.
If the partner had a heart attack, the spouse's health was more seriously affected than those whose partners died from or survived other medical conditions.
The researchers speculate that it is the sudden and unexpected nature of a sudden heart attack that causes the more extreme impact on the spouse.
Dr Fosbol said: "If your partner dies suddenly from a heart attack, you have no time to prepare psychologically for the death, whereas if someone is ill with, for example, cancer, there is more time to grow used to the idea.
"The larger psychological impact of a sudden loss is similar to post-traumatic stress disorder."
The girl, identified as Diana Kadribasic, died on Sunday after she was hit by an R train at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station.
Police said the train came into the station as the girl was trying to climb back on to the platform.
She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where she died, police said.
Commuter Stephen Topete told ABC New York that people were crying on the platform after the incident.
After the accident, New York City Transit released a statement urging customers to alert subway staff if they drop something on to the tracks rather than trying to recover it themselves.
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Mr Juncker, the most senior official in Brussels, said he did not like Brexit because he wanted "to be in the same boat as the British".
"The day will come when the British will re-enter the boat, I hope," he said following an EU summit.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: "The ship will have sunk by then."
The UK is expected to trigger the formal Brexit process this month, beginning a two-year negotiation process of withdrawal.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said if the UK invoked Article 50 next week, an extraordinary meeting of the other 27 EU states would be held on 6 April.
"We are well prepared and we shall wait with interest," she said.
Prime Minister Theresa May attended the Brussels meeting on Thursday, but left early as the remaining 27 members stayed on to discuss the future of the European Union.
She told reporters before leaving: "At this summit we've shown once again how Britain will continue to play a leading role in Europe long after we have left the EU" - citing the examples of security cooperation and hosting a summit for the Western Balkans.
European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU would be ready to respond within two days of Mrs May triggering Brexit: "We are well prepared for the whole procedure and I have no doubt that we will be ready in 48 hours."
Meanwhile the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt has said he would like a "special arrangement" for UK citizens who want to continue their relationship with the EU, so they can continue to keep some rights, such as freedom to travel.
The UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU in last year's referendum.
Brazil captain Neymar, 24, whose contract expires in 2018, has been linked with several moves away from the Nou Camp, including to Real Madrid.
But Fernandez said: "He will stay. He will be here for a long time. The club will make it public when the extension is to be made."
Neymar scored 31 goals this season as Barcelona won a league and cup double.
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Fernandez is also confident that defender Javier Mascherano will remain at the club.
The Argentine, who has two years remaining on his contract, has reportedly agreed a move to Italian champions Juventus.
"We will reach an agreement," said Fernandez. "He is a vital player for us and I don't have any doubts about whether he will stay."
Mascherano, 31, has been a regular for Barcelona since his arrival from Liverpool in 2010.
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The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth at 8:34am, with the little princess weighing 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg).
Both princes waved to the waiting crowds outside before entering the hospital.
The 21-year-old was found dead in his hotel room on 19 July, less than 24 hours after arriving on the island.
The funeral for Mr Drennan has taken place at St Dorothea's Parish Church in Gilnahirk, east Belfast.
Mr Drennan, a mechanic and doorman, had gone to Ibiza on holiday with 10 friends.
The circumstances of the Newtownabbey man's death are unclear, but friends claim he was beaten by police after an incident on the flight to the Mediterranean island.
A second post-mortem examination took place in Dublin on Wednesday.
In his funeral address, the Reverend Nigel Kirkpatrick told the mourners: "It is hard to imagine that just two weeks ago today, Alan was getting ready to set off on holiday with his friends and here we are today in the same church where he was baptised, saying our farewells and wondering about the nature of it all.
"I have listened to the very lovely tributes made in this service, and one thing speaks very clearly to me - Alan wasn't finished with life.
"He had done so much and been through a fair bit in this life, but he still had much more to do. He had plans and ambitions; he had energy and vitality and a great love for life."
He added: "We're here to celebrate the goodness and love Alan showed in his life. We're not here to say he was perfect, none of us are. Only God is perfect.
"But just as a little pond in the woods reflects some of the glory of the sky and brings down to earth a little bit of heaven for all to see, so a life full of love brings down to earth a little bit of heaven for all to see."
The council has warned of "significant traffic delays" during the September 4-5 event and has told head teachers closing their school is an option in what is the first week of term.
Newport has 48 primary schools and nine secondary schools.
Up to 60 world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, are expected at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort.
In a statement, Newport council said: "The decision for a school to close lies with the individual school, however, the council has outlined to schools the different options they could choose to take such as having no adjustment to their school day, utilising inset days or closings as well as adjusting the school hours and finishing earlier."
The last time Britain hosted the Nato summit was 24 years ago in London. The event in Wales will also mark the 65th anniversary of Nato.
The group of retired generals and admirals declared the Republican nominee "has the temperament to be commander-in-chief".
Mr Trump, who has highlighted veterans' issues during his campaign, called their support "a great honour".
He has meanwhile been dismissing claims of impropriety over a political donation to a Florida official.
The Washington Post reported on Monday that in 2013 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had been considering fraud charges against Trump University.
But she dropped the investigation after a $25,000 (£18,600) contribution to her political campaign from the Donald J Trump Foundation.
Mr Trump was fined because he did not disclose the contribution to the US tax authorities.
The letter released on Tuesday by his campaign was signed by four 4-star generals.
The former top brass stated they believe Mr Trump is "more trusted to be commander-in-chief than (Democratic nominee) Hillary Clinton".
"We believe that such a change can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for, the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world," they added.
Both Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton will take part back-to-back in a national security forum on Wednesday.
The forum, to be hosted by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will include questions from an audience of military service members.
Also on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton released a campaign ad featuring veterans who are critical of Mr Trump.
Her ad includes a clip of Mr Trump from July 2015 casting doubt on leading Republican John McCain's war hero credentials.
Arizona Senator McCain was tortured for more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese.
Despite making support for the military a signature issue in his campaign, Mr Trump has at various times drawn criticism from military members.
Most notably, he was involved in a recent spat with family members of a Muslim-American soldier killed during the Iraq War.
Mr Trump, who has not served in the military, also created a stir last month when he accepted a veteran's gift of a Purple Heart.
"I always wanted to get the Purple Heart," he said of the medal, which is awarded to soldiers wounded in war.
"This was much easier."
The SNP government will set the price of alcohol at 50p per unit, to tackle Scotland's historic alcohol abuse problems.
Under the plans, the cheapest bottle of wine would be £4.69 and a four-pack of lager would cost at least £3.52.
The move won broad political backing, although Labour refused to support the legislation at the Scottish Parliament.
The
Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill
, which aims to help tackle drink-fuelled violence and associated health problems, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle when MSPs backed it by 86 votes to one, with 32 abstentions.
Scottish government justice minister Roseanna Cunningham voted against the legislation by mistake.
Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said that, as drink had become cheaper, alcohol-related hospital admissions had quadrupled and half of prisoners said they were drunk when they committed offences.
Describing the vote as a "historic moment", she told parliament: "Tackling alcohol misuse is one of the most important public health challenges that we face in Scotland."
Labour said minimum pricing could generate profits of more than £125m for alcohol retailers, but the party failed in a bid to change the legislation to allow the government to claw back the "windfall".
Jackie Baillie, Labour's health spokeswoman, agreed there was a link between price and alcohol consumption, but added: "Labour believes there will be significant unintended consequences if the windfall remains with supermarkets that can actually undermine the very purpose of the bill itself."
A study into a 50p minimum alcohol price by Sheffield University said the policy would see a 5.5% cut in drinking - with harmful drinkers' consumption falling by more than 10%, compared with a 2.5% fall for moderate drinkers.
That would mean harmful drinkers having to spend more than £120 extra a year to keep up their habit, with an £8 increase for moderate drinkers, according to the research.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, who previously opposed minimum pricing, backed the move, along with Labour MSP Malcolm Chisholm, a former health minister.
Deputy Tory leader Jackson Carlaw said: "I hope very much that it will work. I fear it cannot achieve all that some have hoped for it, but I believe it will make a contribution and that is what parliament must hope in passing the legislation."
Willie Rennie, the Lib Dem leader, who said he had always supported minimum pricing but had to stay "relatively quiet" about it in the past, added: "The battle has just begun to deal with this problem and we need to make sure that it's absolutely effective to deal with the alcohol blight that we have in society."
Minimum pricing, which made its second passage through parliament after it was defeated in 2010 when the SNP was a minority government, will be ditched after six years if the policy fails, under a "sunset clause" in the legislation.
Scottish ministers said minimum pricing had won wide support across the medical profession, police and parts of the drinks and licensed trade industry.
But some groups, including the Scotch Whisky Association, have questioned the legality of the policy, under EU law.
On her voting mishap, Ms Cunningham later wrote on Twitter: "Ooooops! Discovered that I accidentally voted the wrong way on the minimum pricing bill :-( #roseannafail *shuffles feet in embarrassment*."
MSPs previously passed legislation banning "irresponsible" drink promotions at off licences, which also paved the way for the introduction, in future, of a "social responsibility fee" on retailers who sell alcohol.
The Scottish government also brought forward a public health levy on large retailers which sell tobacco and alcohol.
A 40p minimum alcohol price is planned for England and Wales.
Paralympic champion Cockroft, 23, beat team-mate Mel Nicholls into second with 14-year-old Kare Adenegan in third.
Fellow Britons Aled Davies and Richard Whitehead also won gold to make it 10 golds in total in Doha.
Davies beat his own F42 discus world record, while Whitehead equalled his world mark to retain the T42 200m title.
Dan Bramall and Toby Gold took silver and bronze respectively in the T33 100m, while Kyron Duke won bronze in the F41 javelin.
Cockroft has expressed fears about her T34 category, with only five athletes from three nations taking to the line for the 800m.
The event is being held at a Worlds for the first time since 1998 and is also scheduled to be part of the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme.
Yorkshire's Cockroft has urged the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to show faith in the category for the future.
"I believe we can fill heats and fill finals when it comes to Rio so please don't take our event away," she told BBC Sport after her victory.
"We were missing Rosemary Little from Australia, who was taken to hospital before the competition started, and there are other nations who aren't here because it isn't a Paralympic Games and they can't afford to send athletes.
"The IPC are doing a great job and our class is growing compared to when I started in 2011, so give us time and we will be there and will do well."
Cockroft, who won 100m gold on the opening day of the competition and will face Nicholls and Adenagen again in the 400m on Saturday, added: "We talked about the 1-2-3 but none of us thought it would happen.
"It is so exciting. We all had our separate plans and strengths so the fact it all pulled together we couldn't have asked for much more.
"I knew that if I went at 200m then I was pretty confident I was going to get it, but I've never been more nervous than I was out there."
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Davies, who had hernia surgery 10 weeks ago, won his second gold of the week following his shot put victory on the opening day.
He beat his discus world record of 48.87m with an effort of 49.38 in the third round and improved it to 49.59 in the fifth round - in the F42 event which will not be part of Rio 2016.
"I've delivered on that big stage again," the 24-year-old told BBC Sport.
"I wanted to get over 50m but this is probably the most consistent series of throws I have ever had in competition.
"The medical team have worked really hard to get me here and I have to thank them."
Whitehead won the 200m in 24.10 seconds, ahead of Russia's Anton Prokhorov (24.85) and Denmark's Daniel Jorgensen (25.37).
GB team-mate and Invictus Games captain Dave Henson finished seventh in 27.08 secs at his first World Championships.
"This means the world to me because I've put so much hard work in this year," said 39-year-old Whitehead, a London 2012 gold medallist.
"Today was about bringing back the gold and I did that.
"If you look back to when I made my debut in 2011 and told me then that I would be a three-time world champion, I'd have told you that was a world away."
The Spaniard led overnight after an opening 64, but a three-putt bogey on the 12th and a double-bogey seven on 13 means he is tied second on nine under par with Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee.
Bjerregaard's six-under-par 66 included seven birdies and one bogey.
Englishmen Ian Poulter and Paul Casey are tied fourth on eight under.
Poulter's score came after a second consecutive round of 68, finishing with four birdies in the last six holes after a mixed card until that point.
Casey dropped a shot on the 12th in an otherwise flawless 69, which included four birdies.
"It was a great round and obviously finished off with some good birdies coming in," said Bjerregaard, who covered the back nine in 35 after starting from the 10th and birdied five of his last eight holes to come home in 31.
"Nothing much really happened on the first nine, I just played really solid. But I thought it was a good bit tougher than [Thursday] with the wind up. Some of the holes were playing really long."
England's Ross Fisher, who lost out in a three-man play-off last year, was in contention to join the leaders after five birdies and a bogey on his first 13 holes.
But further dropped shots on 14, 15 and 18 meant he slipped to seven under, five shots off the lead.
Blades striker Che Adams nearly broke the deadlock early on, but his thunderous effort rattled the crossbar.
The visitors pressed for an opener and were unlucky not to find one as Rory Donnelly's overhead kick flew over.
Luke Norris went close toa winner for Gillingham, but his effort was blocked on the line by Jay McEveley.
The result meant Gillingham sit comfortably in the play-off places in fifth position, with United nine points outside the top six in 10th.
The former EastEnders star will play DCI Sacha Millard, the new boss of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS).
Outhwaite will appear in the final two episodes of the 10th series, following Redman's departure in episode eight.
The drama, which has been running since 2003, will return to BBC One later this year.
Outhwaite will appear alongside regular cast members Dennis Waterman and Denis Lawson in the popular crime series.
"I'm delighted to be joining the cast at such an exciting time," said the actress, who made a guest appearance in another role on the show's ninth series.
"I've been a huge fan of the show for years and can't wait to be working with the amazing cast and crew."
Only Fools and Horses star Nicholas Lyndhurst will also join the show when it begins its latest run.
According to Variety, the Ben Affleck crime drama is set to lose the Warner Bros studio $75m (£60m).
The film cost an estimated $65m (£52m) to make but has only made $16.5m (£13m) of it back.
Factor in the costs of marketing and distribution and the period gangster thriller looks like it's firing blanks.
It's a galling comedown for Affleck, whose last film as director was the Oscar-winning Argo.
It also came off the back of the stinging reviews he received for both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and another thriller calledThe Accountant.
Yet the 44-year-old should perhaps take heart from the fact that Live by Night will occupy a fairly lowly position on any rundown of expensive film flops.
Indeed, it would have had to lose more than twice as much to challenge 47 Ronin, a 2013 martial arts fantasy starring Keanu Reeves.
With worldwide grosses of $151m (£119.4m) set against an estimated budget of £225m (£179m), the film is believed to have left Universal with a $149m (£118m) hole in its coffers.
Variety called it "one of the costliest box office flops of 2013", citing rewrites, reshoots and a "novice" director as factors in its downfall.
Then there is Mars Needs Moms, a 2011 Disney fantasy that made use of the performance capture technology popularised by 2004's The Polar Express.
Estimated to have cost $150m (£119.3m) to make, Simon Wells's film took just $38.9m (£30.9m) at cinemas - landing the House of Mouse with an estimated write-down of $130.5m (£103.7m).
Other Disney offerings that had their bean-counters running for cover include 2012's John Carter - estimated to have lost the company $125m (£99.4m) - and 2013's The Lone Ranger, thought to have accrued losses of around $150m (£119.5m).
Yet even these may be dwarfed by The 13th Warrior, a 1999 action fantasy that is rumoured to be the biggest box office disaster ever.
We say "rumoured" because it has never been accurately ascertained exactly how much Antonio Banderas's Viking saga cost to produce.
Could it be as high as $160m (£127m)? If so, its adjusted for inflation losses can be calculated to be around $183m - an eye-watering £145m in UK currency.
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Planning permission was granted in 2009 and in February final approval was given for the £40m project to extend the runway by 400 metres.
Chief executive Paul Kehoe said the extension would allow Birmingham to compete with Manchester for flights to the US and the Far East.
By Peter PlisnerBBC Midlands Transport Correspondent
It has taken more than 20 years of planning but finally work has started on Birmingham's longer runway.
The airport says it is needed because it wants to offer routes further afield, but it can only do that if airlines decide to fly there.
Last week both British Airways and Virgin said they had no plans to use Birmingham.
So who would want to come?
The airport maintains that it is selling the benefits of flying into the West Midlands to airlines all over the world and not just those based here.
A connection to high speed rail is planned and if HS2 does get built, the airport would be just 39 minutes from London.
That's faster by rail than to Gatwick and Stansted airports.
Airport bosses remain confident that a combination of packed south-east airports and the economic vitality of this region will persuade airlines to come once the runway extension is complete.
The runway extension is also part of a wider plan to increase capacity.
Birmingham is currently England's second largest regional airport after Manchester, serving 9.6m passengers a year.
Airport bosses said an investment programme could allow it to double its capacity and increase the number of routes it serves.
They believe the runway extension could be in use by spring 2014.
The airport opened a new control tower in June, incorporating the latest technology, which managers hoped would help it attract airlines.
Paul Forrest, from the West Midlands Economic Forum, said having the runway extended would be "very significant" for the region's economy and could potentially boost regional growth by 3-4%.
He said: "Birmingham is much more competitive than many other airports.
"It's quicker to get from Birmingham International to Euston than it is to get from Heathrow to Euston on the Tube.
James Puxty, of the NEC Group whose base is next to the airport, said the runway extension was "really positive news" for the company.
However, he said work had to continue to improve the local transport infrastructure to make the airport development beneficial to the region.
British Airways and Virgin Airlines have said that even once the airport is able to take on the extra capacity, they will not consider moving any of their long-haul flights from Heathrow.
David Learmount, from Flight International Magazine, said that although Birmingham could "theoretically" - with its longer runway - become a "hub" airport and fly to destinations like China, it was "very unlikely to".
He said not enough passengers would fly into Birmingham wanting to go on to those sorts of destinations, unlike Heathrow.
Mr Learmount said the greatest benefit would be to local "pleasure passengers" who would be able to choose from more holiday destinations.
The States is charging £25,000 a year for the disused facility on the Castle Emplacement.
It says the building could be put to a variety of uses subject to planning permission.
The Arts and Islands Foundation pulled out of plans for a project in partnership with Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang earlier this year.
The slaughterhouse was closed in 2013 and has been replaced by a £2m modern version at Longue Hougue.
Eifion Gwynne, 41, died last month and it is hoped he can be buried in Plascrug Cemetery, Aberystwyth.
Friend Wayne Thomas, 43, said Mr Gwynne expressed a wish to be buried there.
The only plots left are for people with an exclusive right of burial so relatives hope someone will give up theirs to fulfil Mr Gwynne's wishes.
The funeral for the father-of-three and former Aberystwyth and Llandovery rugby player takes place on Saturday.
Mr Thomas, who has known Mr Gwynne for more than 20 years, said his friend discussed his wishes with his wife.
"He always said he wanted to be buried in this cemetery, it's close to the rugby club and it's close to his home.
"We're hoping someone will offer up a plot that's not needed. It would mean everything to them [his family] it's what Eifion wanted."
If family and friends are unable to secure a plot in Plascrug before the funeral, Mr Gwynne will be buried in Cefn Llan Cemetery, just under one mile away.
Llandovery RFC president Handel Davies described Mr Gwynne as "one of the nicest people" he knew.
A memorial fund set up in Mr Gwynne's memory has raised almost £12,000 in donations.
Letter combinations such as HJ or NS - denoting Hitler Youth and National Socialism - have long been prohibited on personalised plates in Austria.
Now transport officials have published a list of more than 30 more cryptic codes that have been banned.
They include number combinations such as 88, which represents "Heil Hitler".
New legislation, which came into force on Thursday, also outlaws the use of IS or ISIS on personalised number plates in a bid to stop people showing their support for the Islamic State group.
"It has been forbidden to have obvious Nazi number plates since personalised plates went on sale in 1989," a spokeswoman for Austria's transport ministry told the BBC.
"But then we learned that the far-right scene is moving away from the more obvious codes to more hidden ones.
"So we had to change the law. Civil servants deciding if someone can choose a certain number plate now know which codes are being used by the far-right scene."
Combinations no longer allowed include:
Only new number plates will be affected by the change in the law.
Abbreviations now outlawed include FG, which stands for "Fuehrer's Geburtstag", meaning "leader's birthday", and WP for "white power".
Number combinations have not previously been included, but now codes such as 18 - meaning 'Adolf Hitler' because of where A and H come in the alphabet - are also now prohibited.
The new list was compiled in co-operation with the Mauthausen Committee, an organisation representing former concentration camp prisoners. Officials say it is not exhaustive.
Austrian Transport Minister Alois Stoeger, who pushed for the law change, has said: "National Socialist ideology has no place in our society."
More than half a million Austrians have currently personalised licence plates, according to Austria's public broadcaster, ORF.
The move in Austria follows similar efforts in Germany to crack down on neo-Nazi symbols.
In Germany, the law says that number plates must not offend public morals. Each state has its own list of banned combinations, and some are stricter than others.
But attempts to introduce a federal solution, similar to that in Austria, have been unsuccessful so far.
The new cabin-completion factory for A330 jetliners is worth a reported €150m ($166.3m; £106.5m) and is aimed at attracting new orders for Airbus.
The plant will be built alongside an existing site in the city of Tianjin.
The signing on Thursday was witnessed by China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang at Airbus's headquarters in France.
Earlier this week, China signed a deal for 45 new Airbus planes worth more than $11bn.
"The signature of this [latest] framework agreement on the A330 completion and delivery centre will open a new chapter of strategic cooperation on wide-body aircraft with China," said Airbus' president Fabrice Brégier.
"Together, we will develop new facilities and capabilities, and attract new suppliers and businesses in China," he added.
A senior DUP source said the party could not be "taken for granted" - adding that if the PM could not reach a deal, "what does that mean for bigger negotiations she is involved in?"
No deal has been reached after 10 days of talks between the parties.
But sources told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg they believed a deal would still be done.
The Conservatives are hoping the DUP will sustain their minority government.
The warning from a senior DUP source to BBC Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport comes the day before the government's Queen's Speech is presented to Parliament.
Although they have not reached a final deal, DUP leader Arlene Foster has said it is "right and proper" that her MPs support the Conservative government's first Queen's Speech.
A Conservative source said it was important the party "gets on with its business" as talks continue by putting forward Wednesday's Queen's Speech.
Earlier cabinet minister Chris Grayling predicted a "sensible" deal would be reached.
The transport secretary said the talks were "going well", adding that the DUP, which has 10 MPs, did not want another election or Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.
Theresa May is seeking to negotiate a so-called "confidence and supply" arrangement whereby the DUP will throw their weight behind the government in key Commons votes, such as on the Queen's Speech and Budgets.
It is a week since DUP leader Arlene Foster visited Downing Street for talks with Theresa May, with reports that a final agreement is being held up by discussions over extra funding for Northern Ireland.
Should Mrs May lose any votes on the Queen's Speech, which are expected to take place next week, it would amount to a vote of no confidence in the government and put its future in doubt.
But Mr Grayling told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he did not expect this to happen.
"The talks are going on but one thing I am absolutely certain of is that the DUP do not want to see another election and Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street," he said. "We are having good, constructive discussions and I am confident we will reach a sensible agreement."
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has urged Theresa May to reconsider her approach, saying a deal with the DUP could threaten the Northern Ireland peace process and "carry baggage" for his party. He has said the Conservatives should be able to govern anyway with the DUP's tacit support.
Asked about the repercussions if there was no agreement, Mr Grayling replied: "I am not pessimistic about this. I think we will have a sensible arrangement.
"We have got some days until we have a vote on the Queen's Speech. It is not on Queen's Speech day. The vote happens many days later as we have an extended debate first and I am sure we will have a sensible arrangement between the parties when that time comes."
The DUP had made it clear, he added, that they did not want "an unstable government undermining our union" and wanted to see us "go ahead with the Brexit negotiations with a sensible government in place".
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a great chance for Gabon early on when he bundled the ball wide from two yards.
His team-mate Denis Bouanga brought saves from Fabrice Ondoa as Gabon poured forward in the early stages.
Bouanga was denied a last-gasp winner, that would have put Gabon through, when his shot crashed back off the post.
The rebound sat up perfectly for Didier N'Dong but his shot was pushed over the bar brilliantly by Cameroon goalkeeper Ondoa as he was picking himself up the floor.
Gabon went into the game knowing they had to win to guarantee their qualification from Group A but they go out of the competition after three draws.
Burkina Faso are the other quarter-finalists from the group after they beat debutants Guinea-Bissau 2-0, a result which put them top of the table above Cameroon by goal difference.
Borussia Dortmund star Aubameyang, one of the most prolific strikers in world football, will now have another painful memory from the Nations Cup to add to his crucial penalty miss in 2012 that cost his side a place in the semi-finals.
He will replay over and over the moment in this match when he somehow got his feet tangled and put the ball wide of a gaping goal when trying to convert Bouanga's low cross to the back post.
After their fast start did not bring a goal, Gabon's belief and confidence drained.
They lacked the guile and creativity to break Cameroon down and they created virtually nothing until that late drama.
The Indomitable Lions were little better in what was a poor match and were unable to put Gabon out of their misery earlier, coming closest through an Ambroise Oyongo shot that clipped the post and a first-half header from Adolphe Teikeu that went narrowly wide.
But Cameroon have a chance to improve, while Gabon must face up to their poor performances.
Match ends, Cameroon 0, Gabon 0.
Second Half ends, Cameroon 0, Gabon 0.
Corner, Gabon. Conceded by Fabrice Ondoa.
Attempt saved. Didier Ndong (Gabon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Denis Bouanga (Gabon) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Didier Ndong.
Foul by Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon).
Yoann Wachter (Gabon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Moukandjo with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Cameroon. Conceded by Yoann Wachter.
Corner, Cameroon. Conceded by Serge Junior Martinsson-Ngouali.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bruno Ecuele Manga (Gabon) because of an injury.
Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denis Bouanga (Gabon).
Hand ball by Samson Mbingui (Gabon).
Hand ball by Denis Bouanga (Gabon).
Substitution, Cameroon. Karl Toko Ekambi replaces Robert Ndip Tambe.
Substitution, Cameroon. Vincent Aboubakar replaces Christian Bassogog.
Corner, Cameroon. Conceded by Didier Ndong.
Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Didier Ndong (Gabon).
Foul by Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon).
Samson Mbingui (Gabon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) because of an injury.
Substitution, Gabon. Samson Mbingui replaces Malick Evouna.
Foul by Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon).
Malick Evouna (Gabon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cameroon. Jacques Zoua replaces Edgar Salli.
Attempt missed. Edgar Salli (Cameroon) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Bassogog with a cross.
Substitution, Gabon. Serge Kevyn Aboue Angoue replaces Lloyd Palun.
Collins Fai (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Andre Biyogo Poko (Gabon).
Offside, Gabon. Yoann Wachter tries a through ball, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is caught offside.
Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Denis Bouanga (Gabon).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Didier Ovono (Gabon) because of an injury.
Foul by Collins Fai (Cameroon).
Andre Biyogo Poko (Gabon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Two Matt Green headers, from free-kicks by Mal Benning and Chris Clements, put the Stags in control, but the game turned when the hosts had Jamie McGuire sent off in first-half injury-time.
Substitute Ricky Holmes scored from the penalty spot to make it 2-1 after James Collins went down in the box.
And a close-range John Marquis strike following a corner earned a point.
Northampton, who remain 13 points clear at the top of the table following Oxford's draw with Cambridge, could have won it late on but substitute Sam Hoskins shot over when well placed.
The Stags move up a place to 13th, but are eight points off the play-off spots with seven games to play.
Musa Qala, once a key Nato position, is the second town in northern Helmand to fall to the Taliban in recent weeks.
The group also captured Nawzad after intensifying attacks in the region.
Musa Qala saw some of the fiercest clashes between Western forces and the Taliban following the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
Three US air strikes on Saturday around Musa Qala reportedly killed up to 40 Taliban fighters but the militants regrouped to push Afghan ground forces back.
District governor Mohamad Sharif said he fled the district on Wednesday morning as the Taliban attacked.
"We left the district early in the morning because the Taliban were attacking from all sides," he told Reuters.
"We had asked for reinforcements for days but none arrived and this was what happened."
In southern Helmand, also on Wednesday, two Nato soldiers were killed when two men in Afghan military uniforms opened fire on a vehicle at a military base.
The nationalities of the victims are not known.
Musa Qala was once a Taliban stronghold and centre of the country's opium trade, but the defection of a local Taliban commander, Mullah Salaam, helped turn the tide in favour of Western forces.
The town was recaptured in December 2007 after fierce fighting between the Taliban and Nato and Afghan forces and became a vital strategic position.
UK forces led the counter-insurgency operations in Helmand during the protracted conflict with the Taliban and lost more than 400 soldiers there in the process.
Now the Taliban have recaptured the key parts of the province, in the first summer fighting season since foreign troops formally stepped back from combat roles in the country.
Violence has increased sharply across Afghanistan since most foreign forces withdrew in December, leaving only a small contingent of about 12,000 Nato troops to train Afghan forces.
The Taliban have extended their influence in Helmand into isolated towns in the north of the province, where Afghan security forces are vulnerable to attack.
An executive told CNN that the decision had "nothing to do with programming or editorial decisions".
Last August, producers were asked to use the slogan "Most watched, most trusted" instead but there has been no official announcement of the change.
Gabriel Sherman, the journalist, who broke the story tweeted that the slogan had been an "iconic tagline of the Roger Ailes era".
Mr Ailes, the founder and ex-chairman of Fox News, resigned last year after female employees made sexual harassment allegations against him, and died last month aged 77.
Fox News is arguably the most powerful voice in conservative media in the US.
President Donald Trump regularly quotes the channel in his frequent Twitter statements.
Multiple world champion Lampkin will need to navigate more than 200 corners on his back wheel and climb 1,385 ft (422 m) above sea level.
Lampkin and his team of engineers have spent six months developing a specially modified machine for the challenge.
The Skipton rider said it would not be possible on a standard trial bike.
Lampkin's engineering team led by Francesco Romani and Blackie Holden have based the machine on a Vertigo Combat Ice Hell - 300cc Fuel injected single cylinder two-stroke machine.
The team have made modifications to the brakes, suspension, fuel consumption and gear box.
The changes include the addition of a small electric motor fitted to the hub to keep the front wheel spinning throughout the challenge.
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The team said it is needed to allow the bike to be steered despite the front wheel being aloft for more that two hours.
They have also removed the front brake as it is not needed and the workings of the front forks to save weight.
Work has also been carried out to optimise fuel consumption and changes made to the gearbox which will mean that the majority of the TT course can be ridden in one gear.
Lampkin, who has won five consecutive World Indoor and seven consecutive World Outdoor Championships, said it will be one of his "toughest ever challenges."
The 40-year-old from North Yorkshire added that it will "push him and his machine to the absolute limit".
The Red Bull athlete hopes to complete the challenge in under two hours with an average speed of around 20 mph on 24 September.
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Murray, seeded third, came through 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-1 against the brilliant but unpredictable 20-year-old.
The Scot's experience told as he broke serve seven times to win in two hours and 43 minutes.
Murray, 28, goes on to face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in round two on Thursday.
"It was tough and I had to do a lot of running in very humid conditions," said Murray. "I'm getting old now - 28 years old. I need to get in the ice bath and cool off a bit."
Kyrgios was playing his first Grand Slam match since being fined and given a suspended ban for comments made about Stan Wawrinka's girlfriend during a recent match in Montreal.
He is scheduled to play mixed doubles with Eugenie Bouchard in New York, and will then travel to Glasgow for Australia's Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain - and a possible rematch with Murray.
The 2012 champion has not lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since 2008, and has his eyes firmly set on winning a third major title at the end of next week.
He has rarely drawn a tougher opening opponent but coped superbly, standing firm in the face of the expected fireworks across the net.
"He's unpredictable," said Murray. "He can play all of the shots, he serves extremely well, he's a fantastic athlete, a big guy, covers the court extremely well. It's tough to get the ball out of his strike zone.
"It was a very tricky match and I just fought hard, mixed it up and managed to get through."
Murray recovered an early break before taking the first set with a laser-like return, and then saw off seven break points on his way to the second set.
Kyrgios smashed his racquet early in the third when another three break points went begging until he finally made the breakthrough to lead 2-0 - only for Murray to break back to love.
A desperate service game from the Briton at 4-5 ended with a double fault to hand Kyrgios the third set, and apparently a lifeline.
However, Murray stepped up the intensity at the start of the fourth with a break to love and raced through it in under half an hour.
"The beginning of the fourth set was important because I finished it extremely well, and I managed to get the momentum back," added Murray.
While Kyrgios provided evidence of his extraordinary talent with some huge winners, several casual shots between his legs and one stroll up to a smash, Murray hit more aces and winners and made fewer errors.
The suspended ban hanging over world number 37 Kyrgios does not relate to Grand Slams, so he was free to vent his feelings - within the usual boundaries.
He had good reason to complain to the umpire as early as game four, when he was broken after a lengthy delay to allow incoming spectators to sit down. "Unreal" was his verdict.
There continued to be plenty of chatter to himself, the umpire and the crowd, while his racquet frame took a regular hammering. On one occasion it flew out of his hands to the side of the court, endangering the ball boys.
"To let go of your racquet, how is that even possible?" he wondered out loud.
A code violation followed when Kyrgios vented his frustration after dropping serve so swiftly at the start of the fourth set, but he got plenty of backing throughout from an enthralled New York crowd.
Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and an unnamed 15-year-old, pupils at Bethnal Green Academy, flew from Gatwick on Tuesday, during half-term.
Commander Richard Walton, of the Metropolitan Police, said he feared they were "extremely vulnerable".
The trio are friends with a fourth girl who travelled to Syria in December.
At the time the three girls were interviewed as her friends, police said.
Cdr Walton said the teenagers' families were "devastated" but there was a "good chance" the girls were still in Turkey.
He hoped a police appeal, via social media, would persuade them not to enter Syria.
The girls were last seen at their homes on Tuesday morning when they gave their families "plausible reasons" to be out for the day, police said.
They boarded a Turkish Airlines flight, which landed in Turkey on Tuesday evening.
The third girl is not being named at the request of her family.
Shamima is possibly travelling under the name of her 17-year-old sister Aklima Begum, police said.
Cdr Walton said he hoped the trio would "hear our concerns for their safety and have the courage to return now, back to their families who are so worried about them."
He said the force was becoming "increasingly concerned" about a growing trend of young girls showing an interest in joining Islamic State.
"The choice of returning home from Syria is often taken away from those under the control of Islamic State, leaving their families in the UK devastated and with very few options to secure their safe return," he said.
"If we are able to locate these girls whilst they are still in Turkey, we have a good possibility of being able to bring them home to their families."
Shamima and the unnamed 15-year-old were reported missing by their families on Tuesday evening, while Kadiza was reported missing on Wednesday morning.
Police have issued a description of the three girls:
Salman Farsi, a spokesman for the East London Mosque, said he thought the girls had been "misled".
A fellow pupil at Bethnal Green Academy, identified only as Sadek, said what happened was "really sad" and urged the trio to return.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said ambassador Thomas Krajeski, senior adviser for foreign fighters at the US state department, said that more than 20,000 people have gone to Iraq and Syria from more than 100 countries.
British officials have said that this includes at least 600 people from the UK.
Our correspondent added Turkey has long been the primary entry point for those heading to Iraq and Syria.
Dr Erin Saltman, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which offers independent expertise in counter-terrorism, said IS propaganda targets young women specifically with the promise of being part of a humanitarian movement.
She said: "They are the wives and mothers of the future jihadists so quite a lot of dedication and time has been put into trying to allure these younger women to come and join in these efforts.
"They are very much restricted to the house and home for the most part. There is strict sharia law in the region."
BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said it was "absolutely extraordinary" that four girls from the same year at the same school had travelled to Syria, with the apparent aim of joining IS.
He said "very difficult questions" were being asked about how friends, family and the police had not managed to dissuade the three girls from going to Syria when their best friend had travelled to the country in December.
Home Secretary Theresa May said it was important "to look at the whole question of the ideology that is driving these actions" and the government was working on extremism strategy.
But shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the idea of the schoolgirls travelling to Syria was "very disturbing" and showed more action was needed to counteract extremist recruitment messages.
A spokeswoman for Tower Hamlets Council said it fully supported the appeal issued by the police.
A Turkish Airlines official told the BBC the airline is only responsible for checking that visas are valid for passengers before check-in and boarding flights and that all other security issues before flight are "the responsibility of the official airport authorities".
Those with information can call the free Anti-Terrorist Hotline number on 0800 789 321.
Anger erupted in the maize producing town of Coligny, after residents learned that the two suspects had been freed on Monday.
Three houses were torched and white-owned shops looted.
The violence over the death highlights prevailing racial tensions in parts of post-apartheid South Africa.
Apartheid was a legal system of discrimination that existed in South Africa until the country's first democratic elections in 1994.
Pieter Doorewaad and Phillip Schutte allegedly assaulted Matlhomola Moshoeu and then threw him out of a moving car.
Local media report that the two farmers caught Mr Moshoeu stealing sunflowers on a farm near to the township where he lived, took him hostage and assaulted him.
They, however, say he jumped off a truck as they were taking him to the police.
Magistrate Magaola Foso told the court that he was aware that the case had led to increased tensions in the area, but said he could not have an emotional response, the AFP news agency reports.
"There is no link between the said witness evidence and the two [accused] persons at this stage," AFP quotes the magistrate as saying.
The teenager's cause of death is not yet known because the results of his autopsy report have not been handed over to the court.
Journalists who were covering the violence were allegedly attacked by the owners of properties targeted by the rioters. They were accused of inciting violence by covering the events.
Meanwhile farmers in the area are said to be on high alert, worried that they might become the next target as tensions continue. The police say they are monitoring the situation.
The two men are due back in court on 26 June.
The country's athletics federation was banned after a World Anti-Doping Agency independent commission alleged "state-sponsored doping".
Russia was due to host the World Race Walking Team Championships and the World Junior Championships in 2016.
Countries must register their interest in hosting the events by 7 December.
The IAAF will then vote on which city will host the events on 7 January.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will visit Iran at the weekend with a delegation of business leaders, a senior government source said.
The embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed by Iranian protesters during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain.
The visit comes weeks after Tehran reached a deal with six world powers aimed at curbing its nuclear programme.
After the closure of the British embassy in Tehran and the Iranian embassy in London in 2011, diplomatic relations were left at "the lowest possible level", BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus said.
Since then "ties have slowly been warming", our correspondent said, but he added that last month's nuclear deal had clearly been decisive in prompting the UK embassy to be reopened.
Timeline: UK and Iran relations
Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
The reopening of Britain's embassy in Tehran will consolidate the normalisation of relations after a very bumpy period.
Britain was deeply aggrieved at the storming and ransacking of its embassy compound in November 2011, clearly feeling that the Iranian authorities should have protected the building.
While relations were not broken off, they were reduced to the lowest level possible. Ties have slowly been warming but it is clearly the successful conclusion of the nuclear accord with Iran that has paved the way for the embassy reopening.
A number of other European countries have already sent ministers and trade delegations hotfoot to Tehran in the wake of the nuclear deal. Britain has to an extent lagged behind.
The hope though is that better diplomatic ties and stronger economic links might help to bolster more reform-minded elements in the Iranian leadership and open up Iranian society to new pressures for change.
In 2013, the UK and Iran both confirmed the appointment of non-resident charges d'affaires to act as heads of diplomatic affairs.
The reopening of the embassy was first publicly proposed by William Hague in June last year, but it has been held up by technical problems.
Iran's reluctance to relax import laws has slowed the replacement of communications and other equipment taken out when the post was abandoned.
The Home Office has also sought assurances over visa regulations amid fears that it would otherwise be unable to deal with Iranians who overstayed their right to be in the UK.
"While any visa service must operate within the framework of Iranian law, it must also meet broader UK immigration objectives," it said.
"A visa service is an important component of normal embassy business, but there are a number of outstanding issues that must be resolved."
The BBC's Kim Ghattas recently spent a week in Iran - the longest period a BBC correspondent has been granted permission to report there since 2009 - and interviewed the Vice-President Masumeh Ebtekar about the country's thawing relations with the West.
Ms Ebtekar said that Iran wanted to co-operate with neighbouring states to promote peace in the Middle East, and that while Iran had a right to defend itself it had no intention of dominating the region.
The ruling by the European Court of Justice lets people ask Google to remove some types of information about them from its search index.
Google opposes the ruling, which has led more than 90,000 people to apply for data about them to be scrubbed.
One privacy expert was sceptical about the meetings, saying they had more to do with PR than open discussion.
The first meeting takes place in Madrid on 9 September, with the other six due to be held in other European capitals before 4 November.
The meetings will be chaired and run by an advisory council Google set up in the wake of the ruling. The council includes Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales, former privacy officials and ex-judges.
Google is seeking input from experts to speak at the meetings, which it said were being held to discuss how "one person's right to be forgotten should be balanced with the public's right to information". The ruling only affects searches done in Europe.
It said the obligation to remove some information was a "new and difficult challenge" and it wanted help to guide its decisions about when to remove links to information and when to refuse.
Up to mid-July Google said it had received about 90,000 applications to remove data applicants considered to be "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant". The requests have involved criminal trials, embarrassing photographs, bullying and news articles that portray some people in a poor light. The search giant is believed to have acted on about half of these applications. Applicants can appeal if their request is refused.
The European Commission welcomed the meetings, spokesman Michele Cercone told Bloomberg, adding that exactly how the ruling should be enforced was the responsibility of national data protection regulators.
Google's meetings start just before a 15 September gathering at which European data protection regulators will hash out guidelines on the "right to be forgotten" for all search engines to ensure all requests to remove are treated consistently.
Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, head of CNIL - France's data protection body - said the debates were more about getting good PR for Google.
"They want to be seen as being open and virtuous, but they handpicked the members of the council, will control who is in the audience, and what comes out of the meetings," she told Reuters.
There has been a huge focus on the psychiatric history of the pilot and calls for greater screening for psychiatric disorders at work.
But what is screening, can psychiatric disorders be screened for, and is this the best response to the tragedy of Flight 9525?
Screening is the assessment for a disorder in an individual who has no symptoms and who does not know they are ill. For example, in the UK screening for certain types of cancer, such as breast or cervical cancer is now mainstream.
There are a number of well-established principles in medical screening, including that there should be a "latent" or hidden stage where the disorder is present but not apparent to the individual.
It is easy to see how the early stages of some cancers fulfil these criteria but what about psychiatric disorders like depression?
Mental health problems at work are certainly important - mental ill health at work costs the UK economy £70bn-£100bn per year and impacts negatively on the lives of patients, their families, their colleagues and employers.
However, just as patients with psychiatric disorders are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence, psychiatric illness at work impacts most on individual sufferers.
Nevertheless "something must be done" is an understandable response to the events of 24 March 2015 and there have been calls for greater levels of screening for mental health problems in certain professional groups.
Psychiatric disorders can't really be "screened" for. There is no recognised "latent" phase. Moreover, psychiatric diagnoses are based largely on symptoms, so the concept of "symptom-free" depression, for example, is difficult to sustain.
There are more practical problems too, impacting on wider public mental health.
Psychiatric disorders are among the most stigmatised of all, even in the 21st Century, and any large-scale efforts to "flush out" employees with mental disorders are likely to result in a reduced rather than a greater willingness to seek help.
There are no scans or blood tests for mental disorders, so making a diagnosis can be difficult, subjective and at times prone to error.
A screening programme will produce many "false-positives" - people labelled with a psychiatric disorder who do not in fact have one. This may have significant adverse impacts for them, and may cause greater harm than not identifying the small number of "true-positives".
It is not "screening" for mental ill health at work that is needed but earlier recognition and better access to treatment.
At present, many people with a mental disorder are never diagnosed as such, and very few of those with more common disorders such as depression and anxiety receive any treatment. This would be a scandal in any other area of medicine.
There is good evidence on what aspects of the workplace can lead to mental ill health.
High demands, low control over your work, an imbalance between what you feel you put in and what you feel you get out, low levels of support - these have all been shown to lead to higher levels of mental illness at work.
A range of approaches to creating mentally healthy workplaces has been suggested both in the UK and Australia.
These workplace issues are in addition to the well-recognised individual risk factors for psychiatric illness, such as a difficult early life, low educational attainment and chronic physical ill health.
We should also remind ourselves that the workless population, especially those recently made unemployed, are at greater risk of psychiatric illness than those in work - psychiatric disorders cluster with other social factors to keep people at the bottom of society.
Although the clamour for greater screening for mental illness at work is understandable, in my opinion it is unlikely that screening per se would have prevented the terrible loss of life on board Flight 9525.
There are better and more cost-effective ways to reduce the impact of mental illness at work.
Greater focus on using our current knowledge to make workplaces healthier, establishing clear confidential pathways for employees to be referred or self-refer if there are concerns about their mental health (such as the Practitioner Health Programme for doctors and dentists), and increasing the proportion of patients able to benefit from both antidepressant medication and talking therapies, all have the potential to improve mental health.
And it shouldn't really take an issue like Germanwings Flight 9525 to remind us how important mental health is for us all.
Dr Max Henderson is a senior lecturer and consultant psychiatrist at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
31 March 2016 Last updated at 13:15 BST
It could be seen soaring about 70m (230ft) above houses in Cartbridge Lane, Halewood, from about 12:00 BST.
The leak erupted close to the former Bridgefield Forum site, which is being developed for housing.
A spokesman for United Utilities said engineers had been sent to the scene to carry out a "controlled shut-off".
Video courtesy of Olly Harrison.
David Pyne, from Baguley, Manchester, was given a transplant of cells donated following births in France and the US.
The 60-year-old, who is in remission, was forced to consider alternative treatments after chemotherapy failed.
He said being told there was a chance that newborns could save his life was "incredible news".
The treatment for patients with cancers such as leukaemia uses donated blood stem cells, usually from adult donors, to replace damaged ones.
Blood stem cell transplantation is used to restore cells destroyed by some types of cancer and other blood diseases, such as sickle cell anaemia.
After being treated with radiation or high-dose drugs, the patient receives the harvested stem cells, which travel to the bone marrow and begin to produce new blood cells
No suitable matches were found for Mr Pyne through a search of his family and a database of other donors.
The grandfather, who underwent the transplant at Manchester's Christie Hospital, said he "had never heard of getting stem cells from umbilical cords".
"To hear that there was a chance that newborns could save my life was incredible news".
In the UK, pregnant mothers are given the option to donate and the use of stem cells to treat cancer is available on the NHS. The Christie has carried out six transplants over the past year.
The hospital's Dr Mike Dennis said the treatment was a "variant of a blood transfusion".
"The cord blood has been frozen anywhere in the world and it can be flown to where the patient is being treated," he said.
"It can then be given to them after the chemotherapy and radiotherapy as a life-saving procedure to regenerate their entire bone marrow."
Since the transplant, Mr Pyne has been treated as an outpatient at the hospital, attending weekly check-ups.
Mr Zakhilwal had been under pressure to name them after making general accusations earlier this year about corruption in parliament.
He did so in a heated session of the lower house.
Corruption is one of the key challenges faced by the country.
It has become an especially important issue as it tries to establish a functioning state before US-led troops leave next year.
One of the accused MPs, Naeem Lalai, shouted insults at Mr Zakhilwal as he delivered what correspondents say was an incendiary speech that shocked and delighted lawmakers.
Another accused MP, Samiullah Samim, told the BBC Mr Zakhilwal's accusations were "totally baseless and completely false". Other accused MPs refused to answer their telephones when contacted by the BBC.
The minister said Mr Lalai had tried illegally to import 1,970 cars and that he and other lawmakers often persuaded custom officers to allow their contraband shipments into the country.
"Any time he [Mr Lalai] comes back from abroad he brings a lot of alcoholic drinks," Mr Zakhilwal said. "Yesterday, he called one of my customs officers and threatened him with death."
The minister - seen as a pro-Western politician - also accused MP Zahir Qadir of being involved in smuggling flour from Pakistan worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"I was called by Mr Zahir asking me to release it," he said.
In another case, he said that MP Samiullah Samim had telephoned him from Germany to ask for the release of some fuel trucks that had been impounded.
When he responded that it would be illegal, the MP said that if it were legal he would not be phoning the minister.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says that Mr Zakhilwal easily shrugged off a vote of no confidence in the aftermath of his pronouncements and will have won public support for his stand against corruption.
But our correspondent says that he has made himself some powerful enemies.
Sources close to the UK foreign secretary said the two men had spoken at about 2100 GMT for ten minutes about building a strong UK/US relationship.
The BBC understands it was Mr Pence's first call to an overseas politician.
On Thursday Mr Johnson said critics of Mr Trump's victory should end the "collective whinge-o-rama" and be positive about the possibilities.
Mr Johnson, who last year suggested that Mr Trump had been "out of his mind" for suggesting a ban on Muslims entering the US, has insisted the UK should be optimistic about the future following Mr Trump's victory.
At a press conference on Thursday, before speaking to Mr Pence, he said it was time to be "overwhelmingly positive about the possibilities" of a Donald Trump presidency and described the US president-elect as a "deal maker".
"I believe that this is a great opportunity for us in the UK to build on that relationship with America that is of fundamental economic importance to us, but also, great importance for the stability and prosperity of the world," Mr Johnson said.
"I would respectfully say to my beloved European friends and colleagues that it's time that we snapped out of the general doom and gloom about the result of this election and collective 'whinge-o-rama' that seems to be going on in some places."
Meanwhile Downing Street has rejected claims that ministers will be forced to use UKIP leader Nigel Farage as a "go-between" with the new Trump administration.
The Daily Telegraph reported ministers would have to seek the advice of UKIP's interim leader because they have no links to the president-elect.
But sources close to the prime minister told the BBC that Mr Trump, who defeated Hillary Clinton in a huge upset, favoured a relationship with Theresa May as close as that of former UK and US leaders Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.
Mr Trump invited Mrs May to visit Washington during a phone call on Thursday in which both stressed the importance of UK/US relations.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says Downing Street has been "hugely irritated" with the claim ministers were seeking the services of Mr Farage in forging links with the Trump administration.
"The story is politically important because Mrs May does not want to give UKIP an opportunity to bask in the 'reflected glory' of a Trump victory," he adds.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has also insisted he has no intention of using Mr Farage as a go-between.
However, BBC Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt says Mr Fox has the best connections in Westminster with established Republicans but has never met Mr Trump.
He says it would not be a surprise if Mr Fox and Mr Farage had an informal conversation before the minister contacts Mr Trump's team.
A source close to Mr Farage made it clear that he had no intention of working with Conservative ministers.
Meanwhile, senior Conservatives have been swift to strike a more emollient tone towards Mr Trump since Tuesday's election.
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That has traditionally been the case as far as immigration is concerned, but ahead of the referendum, immigration from the European Union has come to the fore.
The right of 508 million citizens to move freely across the 28-member bloc is one of its fundamental principles.
Today, there are about three million people from other EU countries living in the UK, and an estimated 1.2 million British citizens living elsewhere in the EU.
Like it or not, immigration will be a part of some voters' decisions.
When I started going to different parts of the UK to explore the impact of immigration - and attitudes to it - I was struck by the care with which most people addressed the arguments.
Immigration's being talked about much more than usual in the run-up to the referendum, but I could see how concerned people were to come across in a balanced way.
Perhaps it's because they were talking to someone whose skin colour and name indicate a foreign heritage, but I think it also tells us something about the fundamental decency of British society.
But in the past decade, there has been profound change to the make-up of that society.
The EU referendum:
The key moment was the enlargement of the European Union, to bring in many eastern European countries in 2004. With wages there much lower than in Western Europe, there was an immediate and obvious incentive to move from the poorer parts of the expanded EU to the richer ones.
Last year, net migration from the EU - the difference between the numbers of people coming into and leaving Britain - reached 184,000.
For me, the stories of two women I met in the course of making a film illustrate the debate. They are both British, both mothers, both living in the east of England but will be voting opposite ways in the referendum.
In both cases the simple question they'll be asked on their polling card has a much greater significance - for one, linking into how she believes Britain should be providing better for its citizens - and for the other, how she sees the EU as a symbol of freedom.
The first view comes from the Leave voter - Sonia Chowles, 30, from Clacton, the one constituency to have returned a UKIP MP at the last election. From being a thriving Essex seaside resort in the 1960s, it has suffered over the years and unemployment is now above the national average.
Sonia is employed - in a local taxi firm - but life is far from easy. She has two young children and her husband is disabled. She hopes for a council house better-suited to his needs but tells me there is a 15-year wait.
Clacton is home to relatively few people born outside the UK, but Sonia feels its services cannot cope.
"I don't think it's a case of no more immigrants - it's a case of no more anybody. English, Scottish, Welsh, from the EU, from America - we just can't physically take any more people into this town."
The referendum has energised and galvanised Sonia to enter political debate - she's joining UKIP, with a view to standing for election. She's also done her research on the costs of the EU and carefully uses a net figure when talking about Britain's contribution, rather than the gross figure, which has been criticised as misleading.
On 23 June, Sonia and her husband will be voting to leave the EU, and she tells me nearly everyone else she knows will be doing the same.
If I brought her face-to-face with the other woman on my mind, Grazyna Lisowska-Troc, I know they would have a perfectly civilised debate and probably be able to see things from each other's perspective.
Grazyna is 43 and lives in Peterborough, having arrived from Warsaw with her husband Tomasz and newborn daughter Agata in 2004. All three are now British citizens.
Grazyna and Tomasz both work as auditors and their daughter, now 11, goes to a sought-after local school. Part of what they love about the UK is its diversity - Agata is exposed to different cultures and religions in a way that her parents, growing up in Poland, never were.
And for them, the EU also represents an ideal. Grazyna's own mother was deported by the Soviets from eastern Poland to Central Asia after World War Two, and she does not take life in a time of peace and stability for granted. On 23 June, she'll be voting Remain.
Grazyna is also keen to emphasise what migrants like her give back to the UK: "Just look at my P60," she tells me with a twinkle in her eye, a reference to her personal contribution to the Treasury's coffers.
HMRC tax figures for 2013-14 support her argument, showing that migrants put in £2.5bn more than they took out in benefits. But that does little to address the frustration of citizens in areas where public services are visibly under pressure.
In Grazyna's own city, Peterborough, local GP Dr Emma Tiffin told me of the health problems that arise from the conditions in which many low-paid migrants live.
"We have a large number in houses of multiple occupancy - several families in one house, sometimes a family in one room.
"There are houses that are very damp, and that causes a high risk of respiratory infections."
Dr Tiffin sees migration as an added pressure and a challenge to the service she can offer in her part of inner-city Peterborough.
But nationally the picture is more complex. Most migrants are young, so they use the NHS less than the average. For the same reason, they have more children, which impacts on maternity services. And both the NHS and the care sector have high numbers of migrants working within them.
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
With the UK's population projected to grow by more than four million in the next decade - half of the increase thanks to immigration - this is no longer a conversation politicians can dodge.
It may in the end be a question of competing priorities and trade-offs.
Take one of the most popular words in political discourse - "aspiration".
Every politician would agree that raising aspirations and improving social mobility is a good thing. But as countries get richer and their citizens more skilled, it's often immigrants who fill the gaps.
In what numbers, and to what extent, is the question Britain has to weigh up and, because of the EU's freedom of movement rules, the referendum will be an opportunity for some voters to do just that.
The choices both Grazyna and Sonia will make will be rooted in their own experience and in the belief that they are doing what is best for their children. And, on 24 June, we will know whether it was Leave or Remain that proved more persuasive for their fellow citizens.
Britain & Europe: The Immigration Question is on BBC Two at 21:00 BST on Tuesday 14 June, BBC World News at 04:00 GMT and 15:00 GMT on Saturday 18 June and 09:00 GMT and 21:00 GMT on Sunday 19 June and will be available later via BBC iPlayer.
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The study, which used official data, was carried out by the New Policy Institute.
It was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (Nicva).
It shows that in Northern Ireland the richest 10% of households have incomes 4.2 times higher than the poorest 10%. In Great Britain the ratio is 5.1.
The main reason for the difference is that Northern Ireland's highest earning households earn less than the highest earning households in Great Britain.
Incomes at the bottom in Northern Ireland are roughly the same as in Great Britain.
The research also looked at wealth which is measured by savings and property ownership.
It estimated that the total savings wealth held by Northern Ireland households amounts to £11bn, while property wealth is £44bn.
It concluded that in terms of savings there is a relatively high degree of wealth inequality, driven by the number of households who have no savings at all.
In Northern Ireland 45% of households have zero savings compared to 33% in Great Britain.
Savings of £20,000 puts a household in the top 10% of the Northern Ireland distribution but in Great Britain at least £70,000 is required to be in the top 10%.
The report said that more reliable statistics are required to give a better understanding of incomes and wealth in Northern Ireland.
The memo - obtained by The Times and seen by the BBC - warns Whitehall is working on 500 Brexit-related projects and could need 30,000 extra staff.
However, there is still no common exit strategy "because of divisions within the cabinet", the leaked document adds.
A government spokesman said it "didn't recognise" the claims made in the memo.
Prime Minister Theresa May hopes to invoke Article 50 - beginning the formal two-year process for leaving the EU - by the end of March next year.
However, BBC political correspondent Chris Mason - who has seen the memo - says the document shows how "complex, fraught and challenging delivering Brexit will be".
The leaked Cabinet Office memo - written by an un-named consultant and entitled "Brexit Update" of 7 November - suggests it will take another six months before the government decides precisely what it wants to achieve from Brexit or agrees on its priorities.
The report criticises Mrs May, who it says is "acquiring a reputation of drawing in decisions and details to settle matters herself" - an approach it describes as being "unlikely to be sustainable".
The Times says the document also identifies cabinet splits between Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit Secretary David Davis and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox on one side, and Chancellor Philip Hammond and Business Secretary Greg Clark on the other.
According to the newspaper, the memo said: "Every department has developed a 'bottom-up' plan of what the impact of Brexit could be - and its plan to cope with the 'worst case'.
"Although necessary, this falls considerably short of having a 'government plan for Brexit' because it has no prioritisation and no link to the overall negotiation strategy."
The memo also suggests the government does not have enough officials to implement Brexit quickly, while departments are developing individual plans resulting in "well over 500 projects".
It estimates an additional 30,000 extra civil servants could be required to meet the workload.
The document also says big businesses could soon "point a gun at the government's head" to secure what they need to maintain jobs and investment.
It comes after Japanese car manufacturer Nissan said it had been given "support and assurances" over trading conditions once Britain leaves the EU.
Asked to comment on the leaked document, a government spokesman said it was focused on "getting on with the job of delivering Brexit and making a success of it".
Meanwhile, shadow chancellor John McDonnell is due to say that the government's "shambolic" approach to Brexit is failing to equip the UK economy for leaving the EU.
In a speech later, he will say the chancellor is isolated from cabinet colleagues and "too weak" to make Brexit a success.
However, he will also say Labour will not attempt to block or delay the triggering of Article 50 in Parliament.
"To do so would put Labour against the majority will of the British people and on the side of certain corporate elites, who have always had the British people at the back of the queue," he will say.
The government is appealing against a High Court ruling that Parliament should have a say before the UK invokes Article 50.
The government's appeal is due to be heard at the Supreme Court from 5 December.
Mr Brown told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that the 2,000 surviving British child migrants who suffered abuse should be compensated.
He said the mass transportation of 130,000 British children overseas was "government-enforced trafficking".
Across 50 years, the children were sent to ex-colonies such as Australia.
The transportation programme began in the 1920s, partly to ease the population of the UK's orphanages in the years after the First World War, and to give "lost" children the chance of a new life in Britain's colonies.
But children continued to be be sent abroad until 1974.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales has already heard that many child migrants experienced "unacceptable depravity", with some having been sent abroad without the consent of parents and wrongly told they were orphans.
In 2009, the Australian government apologised for the cruelty shown to the child migrants and in 2010 Mr Brown, in his role as UK prime minister, issued an apology to victims on behalf of the UK.
The experiences of the children sent away from the UK is being looked at as part of the first phase of the wide-ranging inquiry into child abuse.
Mr Brown told the inquiry that the forced migration of British children was "probably the biggest national sex abuse scandal".
"Bigger than what people have alleged about Savile," he said.
"Bigger than what people have alleged about individual children's homes.
"Bigger in scale, bigger in geographical spread, and bigger in the length of time that went on undetected.
"I'm shocked about the information that I have seen."
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Mr Brown said a government minister should explain to the inquiry why nothing has been done over "sickening" new evidence of abuse which has come to light since his 2010 apology.
He said he had become aware of so many historical cases he described as "grave, horrifying and sickening" and said there had been a "violation of human rights".
"Children were denied a childhood, an identity, a family and any sense of belonging," he said.
"Many, some as young as three - and this was happening as recently as the 1970s - were sent abroad having been falsely told their parents were dead."
He said successive governments had failed in a duty of care.
"Because we failed in our duty of care it is now time to compensate the 2,000 child migrants still alive," he said.
Mr Brown added: "My apology seven years ago was for the gross inhumane violation of rights by forcibly removing children, depriving them of identity, family and any sense of belonging.
"An unknown but clearly large number of these children were subjected to horrific assaults sometimes before, sometimes during but in the main after they left the UK.
"Because successive governments failed in what I call their duty of care, these 2,000 surviving migrants all need and deserve redress."
Mr Brown told the inquiry that 1,000 families had been reunited since 2010.
Another former prime minister, Sir John Major, did not appear in person but provided a written statement to the inquiry which said his government took the approach that mistreatment of British children sent abroad was primarily a matter for the country concerned.
They have re-written the genetic code of bacteria to use only synthetic chemicals to grow.
The GM bacteria would die if they escaped into nature.
The research, published in Nature, is proof of concept for a new generation of GMOs, including plants, say Harvard and Yale university experts.
Genetically engineered micro-organisms are used in Europe, the US and China to produce drugs or fuels under contained industrial conditions.
Scientists want to build in safety measures so that their spread could be controlled if they were ever used in the outside world, perhaps to mop up oil spills or to improve human health.
"What we've done is engineered organisms so that they require synthetic amino acids for survival or for life," Prof Farren Isaacs of Yale University, who led one of two studies, told BBC News.
He said the future challenge was to re-engineer the code of other lifeforms.
"What we're seeing here is an important proof of concept that re-coding genomes and engineering dependence on synthetic amino acids is technically feasible in not just E coli but other micro-organisms and multicellular organisms such as plants."
GMOs have a number of potential practical uses, including the production of drugs and fuels, and removing pollutants from contaminated areas.
However, strict containment measures would be needed to use them in open spaces to stop them spreading in the wild.
The US researchers describe their research, published in Nature journal, as a "milestone" in synthetic biology.
Prof George Church of Harvard Medical School, who led the other study, said in order to protect natural ecosystems and address public concern the scientific community needed to develop robust biocontainment mechanisms for GMOs.
"This work provides a foundation for safer GMOs that are isolated from natural ecosystems by a reliance on synthetic metabolites."
In both studies, the organisms cannot use alternative nutrients when synthetic amino acids are unavailable. They are also less likely to pass on their genes to other micro-organisms.
Commenting on the study, Prof Huw Jones of Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, which carries out research on GM plants, said these were research-stage ideas to prevent the unintended spread of GM microbes from contained industrial units.
"I can see no need for this in crop plants that are anyway risk-assessed and approved for field cultivation, and use in food and feed," he said.
Prof Julian Savulescu, an ethicist at the University of Oxford, said the research would make GMOs and synthetic organisms safer as they would need to be fed special food (synthetic amino acids) to survive.
"But you can never remove all risk," he added. "There is still the very small chance of some natural event enabling them to change so as to be able to survive in the wild."
John Love, professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Exeter, said it raised a lot of issues for society.
"It's a great technological leap but peripheral issues would need to be addressed to allay potential public concerns."
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A total of 39 animals were seized during raids in Oldham in 2013 after concerns were raised to the RSPCA about sick dogs being offered online.
The charity said "glossy brochures and health check cards" were created by the group, but two-thirds of the seized dogs had congenital defects.
At Oldham Magistrates Court, six people were banned from owning dogs for life.
During the raids, officers found chihuahuas, pomeranians, spaniels, shih tzus and Yorkshire terriers kept in purpose-built pods.
Six of the seized puppies had to be put down due to their health.
A cockapoo puppy sold by the group, called Crumpet, was so sick that it died less than two weeks after the sale, said an RSPCA spokesman.
RSPCA staff also discovered about £3,500 in cash and a step-by-step guide to selling puppies.
The group is thought have made more than £8,000 a week with sellers gaining £50 commission on each sale.
Ch Insp Ian Briggs, from the RSPCA's special operations unit, called it "animal suffering on an almost industrial scale".
He said: "They rent houses and put a smattering of furniture in them to make it look like a family home, from which they peddle these sick puppies.
"On some occasions that we have been told about, adult dogs would be presented under the false pretence that they were the parents of the puppies being sold."
The RSPCA believe the dogs had been imported from across Europe and then sold as part of an organised business.
The archdiocese wants to sell the complex to Perry for $14.5m (£9.3m).
But the nuns who lived there agreed to sell it to a businesswoman instead.
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that the sale to entrepreneur Dana Hollister was invalid - but warned that it could take months or years to resolve the dispute.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge James Chalfant deferred a decision on whether Archbishop Jose H Gomez has the right to sell the secluded hilltop property to Perry.
"You're not selling to Katy Perry any time soon," the judge told lawyers for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary have owned the convent for more than four decades, but have not lived there for several years.
It was once home to more than 100 nuns, but only five sisters, aged between 77 and 88, are still alive.
At least two of the five have objected to selling the property to Perry, who is known for her raunchy image and hit songs like I Kissed A Girl.
Sister Rita Callanan recently told the Los Angeles Times she looked up the star online after meeting her. "I found her videos," she said. "I wasn't happy with any of it."
Instead, the nuns agreed to sell the complex to Ms Hollister, who wants to turn it into a boutique hotel.
However, the archdiocese challenged the sale, claiming it had the final say over the fate of the property and that Ms Hollister was taking advantage of the nuns.
On Thursday, the judge said: "There is no doubt in my mind the sale to defendant Hollister was improper and invalid."
But he stopped short of ruling that the archdiocese could sell it to Perry.
The star has reportedly told the nuns she hopes to live on the property with her mother and grandmother.
The judge indicated that the legal case could last for two years. The next hearing will take place on 15 September.
Current operator Govia, which owns London Midland, and West Midlands Trains Ltd, have been formally asked to tender for the network.
Standing room on some routes can be cut from about half a square metre to a quarter, bidding documents state.
Those overseeing the bids, said it would only affect short journeys.
The network covers the Midlands, south east, north west and services to London Euston and Liverpool Lime Street.
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To help with increased passenger capacity, bidders can reduce standing room on some routes to about a third of a metre and down to a quarter of a metre on Cross City journeys - between Lichfield in Staffordshire, Birmingham New Street and Redditch in Worcestershire.
Other requirements for the franchise include proposals for more Sunday and evening services, extra trains from Birmingham to Shrewsbury, direct services from Walsall to London and free wi-fi on all trains.
Malcolm Holmes, from West Midlands Rail, part of the new West Midlands Combine Authority which is co-ordinating the process with the Department of Transport (DfT), said the extra standing space makes sense.
"You have to remember this is for short journeys," he said.
"The majority of journeys on the Cross City line are less than 20 minutes.
"There will of course still be seats on the train. There'll be plenty of seats and this is just to allow much better standing capacity on the trains for the short journeys."
Anthony Smith, chief executive of the independent watchdog Transport Focus, said passengers who are travelling for more than 20 minutes should be able to have the option of a seat.
"It's important that bidders for the franchise consider the needs of all passengers when designing train interiors" he said.
"Where passengers do have to stand it is important they can do so in safety and in relative comfort with plenty of hand rails available."
The DfT has said the new operator is expected to be announced in June 2017 and take over the franchise in October.
The court had heard that a Surrey police officer was paid £10,000 for tips between 2002 and 2011.
The jury was not told during the trial that the officer, Simon Quinn, of Horsham, West Sussex, had pleaded guilty to the offence.
He was jailed for 18 months earlier this year.
Mr Pharo, 46, from London, and Mr Pyatt, 52, of Windsor, Berkshire, went on trial following an investigation as part of Operation Elveden, Scotland Yard's inquiry into corrupt payments to public officials.
Their retrial was the final trial of journalists relating to Operation Elveden at the Old Bailey, following a string of cases.
Both had denied actively encouraging the police officer to breach his professional duty.
Mr Pyatt, who was a district reporter for the paper, said the information he received was all in the "public interest" and there was "nothing in there so confidential and secret the public don't have a right to read it".
And Mr Pharo, the Sun's head of news and Mr Pyatt's boss, told the court his involvement was assessing some of Mr Pyatt's stories and passing the reporter's cash payment requests, for his Surrey police source, up the editorial chain for authorisation.
Outside court, the two defendants described the four-year case as a "nightmare".
Mr Pharo told reporters the case had "extended way beyond just us".
"It's damaged our families, our friends and the true human cost to everybody caught up in Operation Elveden is incalculable.
"I want to ask one simple question. How could anyone imagine spending more than £30m over four years prosecuting journalists for doing their job was remotely in the public interest?"
Mr Pyatt said: "It's four years of my life taken away.
"The head has finally been chopped off the Elveden dragon. It's gone. It should never have been there in the first place. It's disgraceful."
Defence counsel Nigel Rumfitt QC had told the court there had been a "monumental error of judgment in pursuing the case".
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said the case had been put before a jury "after careful consideration".
"The case was allowed by the judge to progress to a full trial and we respect the verdict of the jury today.
"This case in particular involved allegations of multiple payments to a corrupt public official in areas where the public should generally expect confidentiality."
Operation Elveden, the £20m Metropolitan Police investigation into newspapers' activities, has seen 29 cases against journalists brought to court.
Of those, only Sun crime reporter Anthony France has been successfully convicted by a jury. Another journalist, Dan Evans, received a suspended sentence after entering a guilty plea.
Over eight years, it claimed firms that transport gas and electricity - so-called energy networks - have made £7.5bn in "unjustified" profits.
It blamed the regulator, Ofgem, which sets industry price controls, for "errors in judgement".
Ofgem disputed the claim and said it had already helped to lower fuel bills.
Citizens Advice said that network firms had enjoyed a multi-billion pound windfall at the expense of consumers.
As an example, Citizens Advice said National Grid had made an operating profit of more than £4bn in 2015/16.
However the company's annual accounts show that around a quarter of that profit was made in the US or on other activities.
"Decisions made by Ofgem have allowed gas and electricity network companies to make sky-high profits that we've found are not justified by their performance," said Gillian Guy, head of Citizens Advice.
"Through their energy bills, it is consumers who have to pay the £7.5bn price for the regulator's errors of judgment. We think it is right that energy network companies return this money to consumers through a rebate."
Ofgem sets the charges that network companies like National Grid, SSE and Cadent - which distributes gas - can levy in any eight-year period.
That is because they are monopoly operators.
But in the current period, lasting from 2013 to 2021, Citizens Advice says Ofgem has been too favourable to the companies' interests.
It claims that Ofgem:
However, Ofgem said a number of the assumptions used by Citizens Advice were too high, and rejected the idea of a rebate.
"We do think they raise some valid points, but we don't agree with their modelling or their figures," said Jonathan Brearley, Ofgem's senior partner for networks.
On Wednesday Ofgem also announced a consultation on how it should set price controls after 2021.
"We will take some of the issues into account when we examine future price controls," Mr Brearley added.
He told the BBC that those controls are likely to be much tougher on the companies involved, providing downward pressure on bills.
At the moment, around a quarter of the average fuel bill is taken up by transmission charges.
The Energy Networks Association - which represents the operators - also said it did not agree with the modelling used by Citizens Advice.
It said a similar claim filed by British Gas had already been rejected by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Jewish Human Rights Watch wants a judicial review of the decision to stop using produce from the area in Israel.
The city council says it opposes "the continuing illegal occupation" of the Palestinian territory.
The campaign group said the move is a "boycott of Jews" and should be scrapped.
The boycott, one of the few by a local authority in the UK, was approved in November.
The Jewish group's director Jonathan Neumann said he "urged the council to change their decision to hear the concerns of the community" but was refused.
"The council had no interest in hearing the concerns of Jews. We were left with no option but to seek legal redress."
Councillor Mohammed Dawood, who introduced the motion, said: "We are very mindful that this was not an attack on a particular faith but is about a particular policy.
"We are talking about produce… and we are saying we won't be getting anything from the illegally-occupied territories in the future."
He said the West Bank was "under illegal occupation and this is recognised by the UN Convention on Human Rights".
The campaign group said it would argue the motion "gives encouragement to anti-Semitic sentiment and increases the likelihood of harassment of the Jewish community."
A council statement said: "The motion relates specifically to the council's procurement policy and produce originating from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank."
The Jewish group said it expected a decision on its request for a judicial review in September.
The thieves are able to bypass security using equipment intended only for mechanics, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.
Manufacturers are trying to stay ahead of the thieves by updating software.
It has been reported that some London-based owners of Range Rovers have been denied insurance over the issue.
The warnings echoed those made by the US National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), which earlier this year said it had seen a "spike" in car thefts involving equipment to spoof keyless entry.
Keyless entry and ignition typically works by the driver keeping a fob on their person which automatically opens the car and activates it so it can be driven.
As the popularity of keyless systems has increased, criminals have been buying equipment online that is able to re-programme keys.
"The criminal act of stealing vehicles through the re-programming of remote-entry keys is an on-going industry-wide problem," said Jaguar Land Rover.
"Our line-up continues to meet the insurance industry requirements as tested and agreed with relevant insurance bodies.
"Nevertheless we are taking this issue very seriously and our engineering teams are actively working in collaboration with insurance bodies and police forces to solve this continuously evolving problem."
The statement added: "This has already resulted in a number of prosecutions."
A specific case reported by The Times involved insurers AIG refusing insurance cover to a motorist. In a statement the company said it treated every case individually.
"We do not have a blanket policy to exclude certain vehicles from cover.
"Given the increasing likelihood that replacement vehicles may be a target for thieves we may ask for additional security measures such as secure off-road parking.
"This could be, for example, secure private garaging or the installation of mechanically moveable bollards. If this is not possible then, as a last resort, we may refuse to offer insurance cover but only after exhausting every avenue."
Thatcham Research, which collates data on behalf of UK insurers, acknowledged the problem was widespread.
"Whilst BMWs and Audis appeared to be the early targets, it's fair to say that this was largely associated with their desirability across Europe, rather than any specific security lapse.
"Recently we've seen evidence of a range of makes and models being affected, including the Ford Fiesta and Focus, Range Rover Evoque and also now including light commercial vehicles such as the volume-selling Ford Transit and Mercedes Sprinter."
It is becoming much harder to steal cars. According to the UK Office for National Statistics, car theft has fallen from 318,000 in 2002 to 77,500 last year.
But thefts involving computer equipment used to circumvent security are rising. The SMMT is pushing for stronger legislation to help reverse this.
"The challenge remains that the equipment being used to steal a vehicle in this way is legitimately used by workshops to carry out routine maintenance," a spokesman said.
"As part of the need for open access to technical information to enable a flourishing after-market, this equipment is available to independent technicians. However a minority of individuals are exploiting this to obtain the equipment to access vehicles fraudulently.
"We need better safeguards within the regulatory framework to make sure this equipment does not fall into unlawful hands and, if it does, that the law provides severe penalties to act as an effective deterrent."
But Ian Crowder, from motorists' group the AA, warned the risk should not be overstated.
"By far the most common way of a car being stolen is still from thieves breaking into homes and stealing keys," he said.
"The keys are still the weakest link in a car security chain. If someone has your keys, they have your car."
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RSPCA inspectors found 13 dead cats and an emaciated survivor when they raided the property in Adelaide, South Australia, in September 2015.
The 43-year-old woman was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond and banned from owning animals.
The surviving cat, since named Trooper, has recovered and found a new home.
RSPCA South Australia chief inspector Andrea Lewis said it was a "heartbreaking" case for staff.
"They see some pretty awful things," she told the BBC. "But this is something that will stay with them for a long time."
Video footage recorded by the RSPCA shows the house littered with mess, including animal faeces.
"Is that a dead cat that's been eaten by the other cats?" an inspector asks.
"Yeah, there's a couple," another replies.
The owner was convicted of animal cruelty in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court.
Ms Lewis urged people to contact family, neighbours or an animal shelter if they were no longer able to care for their pets.
"People should just never walk away and leave their animals," Ms Lewis said. "Everyone has a legal obligation to look after animals in their care."
Trooper has been adopted by a family in Adelaide.
"He has made a great recovery," Ms Lewis said. "He's a much loved member of their family."
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His last day as Mercedes team principal is on Friday after he decided to step down following management changes.
I want to clear my mind, take a rest and then decide if I want to return to F1, subject of course to any opportunities existing
Brawn told BBC Sport: "I am refusing to discuss any possible future positions until at least next summer.
"I want to clear my mind, take a rest and then decide if I want to return to F1, subject of course to any opportunities existing."
Brawn was the mastermind of all seven of Michael Schumacher's world titles at Benetton and Ferrari and also won the championship with Jenson Button with his own team in 2009.
The 59-year-old has been linked with potential future roles at McLaren, governing body the FIA and Honda, which is returning to F1 as McLaren's engine supplier in 2015.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis admitted that he had spoken to Brawn about the future.
Dennis told BBC Sport: "I did have a conversation with him but we were shooting together. We were having a chat and we're mature motor racing people so of course you're going to talk about life.
"But going beyond that, as you would expect, it's normal stuff. People probe around, the possible, the impossible. My understanding is he intends to take a year off. That's my understanding of his intention."
Brawn said: "It wouldn't be fair or appropriate to say if any parties have invited me for discussions.
"I am starting my fishing trips early next year and only time will tell if Formula 1 and me ever get together again."
McLaren emphasised that team principal Martin Whitmarsh and Brawn had a long-standing and friendly relationship.
A McLaren spokesman said: "Martin and Ross have known each other for more than 20 years, get on very well and speak frequently. Our understanding is that Ross intends to enjoy some well-earned rest next year."
Dennis owns 25% of McLaren but has non-executive status and no role on the F1 side of the business.
But sources say he is trying to engineer his way back in charge of the team and believes Brawn is a potential candidate to take over as Whitmarsh.
The balance of the shareholding in the F1 team is held by the Bahraini royal family's Mumtalakat investment fund, which owns 50%, and Dennis's long-time business partner Mansour Ojjeh, who owns 25%.
Ojjeh is in hospital following a double lung transplant and Dennis is said to be trying to raise money from Chinese investors to buy the Saudi businessman's shareholding.
Dennis refused to comment on specifics, but did not rule out a change of shareholding.
"Every year there is a specific window that is designed to be outside the racing season in which share transactions can be considered," he said.
"I don't think we have gone past that specific window in any specific year where people haven't looked at the situation.
"So what is coming into the media is the rumours that have no more value than the fact this is the time of the year that people look at equity, we set our budgets and business plans and you're just picking up the bits and pieces that stem out of that process."
The Zebras are up against South Africa's under-23 team, who are using the tournament to prepare for their appearance at the Olympic Games men's football tournament in August.
And they go into the match having caused a stir by eliminating guest team Democratic Republic of Congo in the semi-finals. However, they have managed only one goal in the tournament.
In contrast South Africa's youngsters came from a goal down at half-time to hand Swaziland a 5-1 pasting in their semi-final on Wednesday.
Botswana entered the competition at the quarter-final stage and caused immediate heartbreak for the host nation by eliminating Namibia on post-match penalties after a 1-1 draw.
It was again penalties that took the Zebras into their first final appearance, despite having their English coach Peter Butler banished to the stands after he was dismissed in the match against Namibia.
The Congolese had been favourites as they arrived in Namibia with a squad comprising mostly of the players who helped them to win the African Nations Championship in Rwanda at the start of the year.
But Botswana were better value, with Moshe Gaolaolwe putting the ball in the net but being flagged for offside and substitute Omaatla Kebatho having a ball cleared off the line.
South Africa also needed post-match penalties to get past Lesotho in their last-eight match but on Wednesday they laid down a marker in a rampant second-half performance with their young players looking to impress the coaches ahead of the selection of the squad for Brazil.
Now they say they are ready for Botswana.
"We are facing a very strong team that has over the years always wanted not to lose to South Africa - so from the onset we have a very difficult match because of that, but we are focussed and determined to do well," said South Africa forward Menzi Masuku.
"We had two tough matches but managed to pull through - although many will look at the scoreline against Swaziland and think we had it easy, but it was not.
"I believe we have now gathered some momentum and we will come out victorious.
"We are just one match away from lifting this trophy - which would be the second medal for some of us in the under 23 team following the win in Senegal, so that in itself is enough motivation to see us through.
"We have a very good group of players who also want to do well. I am confident we will return home with gold medals," added the Orlando Pirates player.
The final, on the artificial surface at the Sam Nujoma Stadium, kicks off on Saturday on 1730 BST.
It will be the 10th meeting between the two neighbours, with five wins for South Africa, three draws and two victories for Botswana which came after penalties in the Cosafa Cup in 2006 and last year.
Capital controls, such as those to restrict money flowing in and out of the country, were imposed in 2008 after the country's biggest banks collapsed.
The government thinks the economy has recovered sufficiently to end controls.
Controls were imposed after the collapse of the country's three biggest banks - Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing.
At the same time Iceland's national currency, the krona, fell in value.
The removal of the capital controls - which helped stabilise the currency and economy during the country's financial crash - represents the completion of Iceland's return to international financial markets.
Since the nation's financial collapse, the economy has seen a robust recovery, helped by a boom in tourism.
Last year around 1.8 million people visited the the nation, a 40% rise on 2015.
The UK accounted for 316,395 of last year's visitors, behind only US citizens in visitor numbers.
That tourism boom, coupled with strong investment by business and in the housing market, helped the economy grow 7.2% in 2016.
"Iceland's careful, measured approach to lift capital controls was developed and approved with domestic and international support," said Benedikt Johannesson, minister of finance and economic affairs.
"As a result of this structured plan, our diversified economy is larger than ever before and expected to continue to grow at a robust pace this year."
Capital controls were implemented in 2008, with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to shield the economy from severe depreciation.
For the past year, the government and Central Bank of Iceland have been lifting controls through what they say has been an "incremental, measured process that focused on protecting the currency, addressing a balance of payments problem and tempering shocks to the Icelandic economy".
The country has also updated rules on foreign exchange and made special reserve requirements for new foreign currency inflows.
The company bought an 11.5% stake in Iconix, which owns the Umbro and Lee Cooper brands, and 2.3% of Dick's Sporting Goods which has more than 500 stores in the US.
It said the deals were designed to "build relationships with key suppliers and brands".
Retail analyst Bryan Roberts said the move was a typical "speculative" move by the company to expand its reach.
However, he said it was too early to say whether it was part of a more general move into the US.
Sports Direct said: "The main rationale for these stakes is to allow Sports Direct to hopefully build a relationship and develop commercial partnerships with the relevant parties."
Sports Direct has a strategy of buying shares to "build influence or forge partnerships", said Mr Roberts, an analyst at TCC Global. He gave the examples of stakes taken by Sports Direct in Debenhams and House of Fraser.
The latest acquisition could be "a foot in the door" of the US market, but it was unclear if it was a precursor to more meaningful expansion in the US, Mr Roberts said.
Sports Direct has been through a turbulent period, having been criticised for its employment practices and last week issuing a profit warning.
Concerns over the shortfall at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital were raised by regulator Monitor, following a waiting times investigation.
Hospital finance director David Hobdey said steps would be taken to minimise the deficit for 2015/16 but it was "very unlikely" it will be eradicated.
However, he said the deficit might be paid through existing cash reserves.
In 2014/15, the hospital recorded a surplus of £66,000. But in this financial year, Mr Hobdey said it was anticipating a budget deficit of "around the £8m mark".
He said efforts to tackle government waiting time targets and a "significant increase" in its clinical negligence insurance had contributed to the deficit.
The hospital was investigated by the NHS watchdog after it failed to meet its 18-week waiting list targets.
"The primary reason is the extra activity that we need to undertake to help us get back on track with our waiting time targets," he said.
"Also, our premium has gone up from £6m to just over £9m for the current year - not because there was a significant underlying change in our risk profile but because of a change in methodology."
He said a recovery plan was being compiled that would focus "on better integration of the system".
"With a complex organisation like a hospital, there are always ways you can improve efficiency," he said.
"It's really important that we take as many actions as we can to make sure we minimise the deficit but from a cash point of view we are OK."
With the Foxes already through to the last 16, Ranieri made 10 changes.
Those he selected struggled to compete with Porto as Leicester suffered the heaviest defeat by an English side in Champions League history.
"I decided to change the team - the result is my fault," said Ranieri.
"My players lost a very great chance to show me their best.
"I have no regrets because I wanted to give an opportunity to all my players."
Leicester had sealed first place in Group G with a game to spare after winning four and drawing one of their previous five games.
It gave Ranieri the luxury of being able to give first-team regulars like Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez a rest, especially ahead of a tough game against Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Foxes are two points above the relegation zone and Ranieri said facing Pep Guardiola's side was on his mind when he chose his team to face Porto.
"If I needed to win or draw, I would bring all my first team to fight," he added.
"But when you know there is another difficult match Saturday against Manchester City and you are top of the group, why not give a chance to players who say 'why don't I play? We are losing in the Premier League, give me a chance'.
"For this reason, I give a chance to them. That's it. Then, the result is my fault but they missed a great chance."
Leicester will find out who they will face in the Champions League last 16 on Monday.
Striker Kane, 21, has scored eight goals this season, all in cup matches.
He is yet to score, or start, in the Premier League, but could get his chance against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Asked whether there is more pressure to play Kane, Pochettino said: "Always. He is English, he is young and from the Tottenham academy so it is normal."
The Argentine coach added: "If we were in Argentina, he was an Argentine player and playing with two foreign strikers, it would always be a sensitive situation.
"We understand he is a special player for Tottenham and for our supporters.
"My decision (on team selection) is always about my analysis on the training and after to give the balance to the team and our performance."
Kane, who previously had loan spells at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester, is challenging Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor for a place in the Tottenham starting line-up.
Soldado and Adebayor have managed just two goals between them, but Pochettino feels all three play an important part at the club.
He added: "Harry is young, Roberto and Ade have a lot of experience and I think the energy Harry brings to the squad is important.
"In every competition, we need to win. And sometimes you decide to pick different players in different competitions.
"But it's true that the competition in front with Adebayor, Soldado and Harry Kane is very tough but I am very happy with Harry, I am very happy with Roberto and Ade.
"They need to improve like their team-mates but I think we are in a good way."
The girl, who has not been named but is thought to be from Lowestoft, was at a pool party at the Waveney River Centre in Burgh St Peter on 1 May.
She was taken to hospital but later died. Her death is not being treated as suspicious.
Norfolk coroner's office said a date for an inquest was yet to be decided.
The campaign used the slogan "fresh in our memories" over photos of World War One soldiers, echoing Woolworth's slogan "The fresh food people".
Minister for Veterans' Affairs Michael Ronaldson said he had demanded the company take down the campaign.
Woolworths has said it regrets any offence caused.
The row comes as Australia and New Zealand prepare to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915.
The Woolworths website had encouraged visitors to change their social media profile pictures by uploading images of past and present servicemen and servicewomen.
The picture generator branded the images with its logo and the words: "Lest We Forget Anzac 1915-2015. Fresh in our memories."
Woolworths' slogan in Australia is "The Fresh Food People", but the company denied it was a marketing strategy.
Many visitors to its Facebook page disagreed though.
Other disgruntled consumers created their own versions of the generated images and uploaded them on to social media.
Analysis: Wendy Frew, Australia editor, BBC News Online
Anzac Day is arguably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One and commemorates all the conflicts that followed.
The problem is, for some time Woolworths has branded itself "the fresh food people".
The ensuing backlash on social media showed Australians don't want Gallipoli - which in recent years has been elevated to an almost spiritual plane - tainted by commercial considerations.
That reverence is backed by law. In 1921, regulations were put in place to protect the word "Anzac" from inappropriate use.
Why Australia protects 'Anzac'
Mr Ronaldson said in a statement: "The Australian community quite rightly expects that the word 'Anzac' is not trivialised or used inappropriately and as Minister for Veterans' Affairs, I am responsible for ensuring that any use of the word Anzac does not provide commercial benefit to an organisation.
"In this instance, permission was not sought by the campaign proponents, nor would it have been approved. Immediately upon having this campaign brought to my attention, I contacted Woolworths."
The company said in a statement: "The Fresh in Our Memories website has been taken down. The site was developed to give our staff and customers a place to put their stories to mark the centenary of Anzac.
"We regret that our branding on the picture generator has caused offence, this was clearly never our intention. Like many heritage Australian companies, we were marking our respect for Anzac and our veterans.
"We continue to be proud supporters of the RSL (Returned and Services League) and Camp Gallipoli in this important year and look forward to working with them into the future."
Since the offensive began on 9 June, a string of Twitter accounts claiming to represent Isis in Iraq and Syria have been active in providing live updates on the group's operations and images illustrating their advances.
Although the accounts have not been officially endorsed by Isis, they have been widely promoted as official regional Isis accounts by the group's many online supporters.
Isis has launched a social media campaign and is posting (mainly on Twitter) photos and statements to highlight its military strength and territorial advances in Iraq.
On 15 June, it posted images of what appears to be dozens of captured Iraqi security personnel along with threats and messages to surrounding towns warning residents of the group's approach. The photos included the apparent capture, transport, and ultimate killing of the soldiers.
The material went viral on the internet and was widely shared by Isis supporters.
According to a web-based data mining software, a large number of pro-Isis tweets originated in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf countries.
In its Twitter feed, Isis gives extensive details of its operations, including the number of bombings, suicide missions and assassinations it has carried out, and of checkpoints and towns it controls.
The top Twitter hashtags used by the group include: "#Baghdad_is_liberated" and "#Iraq_is_ liberated".
In addition to the hashtags, the group produces professional promotional videos and urges support for its "one billion campaign", which calls on Muslims to post messages, photos and videos on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube in support of Isis.
One video, posted on 17 June, shows an Isis member speaking in French and asking Muslims to support Isis's cause online. Many videos are also posted with English subtitles or translation.
Isis is launching a global online campaign on 20 June to support the group's operations in Iraq and Syria. The group is initiating a Twitter hashtag in Arabic which translates to #theFridayofsupportingISIS, asking supporters around the world to wave the Isis flag in public, film themselves and upload the clips on social media platforms.
In April 2014, the group developed a free internet application called The Dawn of Glad Tidings, which automatically posts tweets - approved by Isis media managers - to the accounts of the application's subscribed users.
The posts include hashtags, links, images, videos and other content. Almost 40,000 tweets were posted in a single day during the recent clashes in Iraq.
One post which went viral was of an image of an armed jihadist gazing at the Isis flag flying over Mosul with the inscription in Arabic: "We are coming, Baghdad."
The application is promoted by some of the organisation's leading figures.
Isis is following a well-planned strategy and the group is selective with what is posted.
It chooses photos that have the potential of having a strong impact, presumably to create fear among its enemies and win the admiration of other radical groups.
Unlike other jihadist groups, such as the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria the Nusra Front, Isis gives little consideration to the way it is perceived by the general public.
It rarely posts photos about its charity work or the services it provides in the towns it controls.
The Nusra Front, on the other hand, regularly posts statements and videos, showing the group's social services, including the distribution of food to the poor and traffic management.
The Nusra Front's approach has helped the group gain support at the grassroots level in Syria.
In an attempt to limit the impact of Isis's social media campaign, the Iraqi government has blocked Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.
Users in the country attempting to visit these sites are greeted by a message saying that the Ministry of Communications has barred access.
Isis supporters strongly protested against the closure of social media platforms, blaming Twitter's administrators for the unprecedented attack on the group's presence on the micro-blogging site.
This is not the first time that Twitter has taken such a step. In February 2014, Twitter suspended the account of an Isis member who tweeted images of an amputation.
However, blocking Isis's access to social media sites may not have a significant impact on the group's publicity activities.
This is because it attracts followers from across the Arab and Muslim worlds, so countermeasures taken in Iraq may not have only a limited effect.
It is important to highlight that the group's online presence does not necessarily equate to its popularity.
The fact that Isis is using internet and social media applications to promote its message may indicate that it does not have strong organic support.
Regardless of this, the way Isis is running its social media campaign could be a sign of a shift in approach from being an insular group to actively reaching out to the world.
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Dembele was out of contract at Fulham, who will be due a development fee.
Scepovic, 26, who was contracted until 2018, has been sold to Getafe after spending last season on loan there.
Dembele, 19, scored 17 goals for Fulham in 46 games last season and is Brendan Rodgers' first signing at Celtic.
He joined Fulham from Paris St-Germain as a 16-year-old and made his debut for the London club in a Premier League game against West Ham United in November 2013.
His goals helped Fulham avoid relegation last season as the London club finished 20th in the English Championship, two places above the drop zone.
Dembele told Celtic's website: "To be the first signing of Brendan Rodgers is unreal for me.
"He told me that Celtic is a good team for me. I will have game time. I obviously have to show I can stay in the team.
"I think it's a good way for me to progress. It's unbelievable for me to play for a massive club like this."
Serb Scepovic played only one game for the Glasgow club last season before moving to Spain.
He scored six goals in 25 games in an underwhelming first season at Celtic Park after arriving from Sporting Gijon for £2.3m on transfer deadline day in August 2014.
Scepovic, who has also played for Beograd, Sampdoria, Club Brugge, Hapoel Acre, Partizan Belgrade and Ashdod, scored six times in 34 appearances while on loan in Spain.
Getafe, who were relegated from La Liga to the Segunda Division, say Scepovic has signed a four-year contract.
He becomes the fourth striker to exit Celtic Park since Rodgers succeeded Ronny Deila as manager at the end of May.
Anthony Stokes joined Blackburn Rovers after the Irishman was not offered a new contract, while former Turkey forward Colin Kazim-Richards was transferred to Brazilian club Curitiba and former England player Carlton Cole's contract was terminated.
The doodle, in biro, references the artist's famous diamond-encrusted skull and was given to a friend in Mexico.
The 87cm (34 in) by 57.5cm (22 in) sketch was expected to fetch £6,000, but did not meet its reserve price.
Auctioneers Chorley's of Prinknash, said it was "disappointing" bidding only went to £2,200 at the sale in Cheltenham.
However, two other Hirst items did sell during the auction.
On the skull sketch along with a signature, the artist had written a dedication to the recipient "Nara", with the message "Love is Blind".
"It was acquired directly from the artist by the vendor at an exhibition Hirst held at the Hilario Galgueria Gallery in Mexico in 2006," a Chorley's spokeswoman said.
"During the after-show party, which included a wrestling match, Hirst sketched a skull and the slogan Love is Blind on the back of one of the discarded wrestling posters for a friend.
"It's disappointing that it didn't sell but we're pleased the other two Hirsts sold."
Two exhibition catalogues signed and illustrated by Hirst were also included in the sale.
One featuring sketches of a skull, lemon and cigarette packet made £950 whilst a second butterfly sketch sold for £550.
In 2007, Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull - 'For the Love of God' - sold for a reputed £50m.
Rubel Ahmed was being detained at Morton Hall, Lincolnshire when he was found in his room two days before he was due to be deported to Bangladesh.
The 26-year-old's death in September led to a 12-hour disturbance among inmates at the facility.
Returning an open conclusion, the jury said inadequate communication was one of the factors in Mr Ahmed's death.
During the six-day inquest at Central Lincolnshire Coroner's Court the jury heard no concerns had been raised about Mr Ahmed's welfare.
Staff from the centre said Mr Ahmed did not seem angry or upset about his deportation and no-one realised that he was "at risk".
Officer Christine Stewart previously said: "Everybody did everything they could to resuscitate him. I just wish Mr Ahmed had told us something was wrong."
Following the hearing his family described him as "a very humble, gentle character" whose death had "left a real void in our hearts".
Coroner Stuart Fisher said he would now send his recommendations about detention centres to the Home Office.
In a statement, a Home Office representative said they took "their responsibilities towards detainees' welfare extremely seriously" and that an independent review is now underway.
Morton Hall is run by the Prison Service on behalf of the UK Border Agency.
Emma Mlotshwa, from the charity Medical Justice, said the jury's finding highlighted a number of issues which existed in many centres.
She said: "We are very concerned this could happen again at any time because there seems to be no system to identify vulnerable detainees and deal with that situation."
The band famously knocked the Beatles' Love Me Do off the number one spot in the US with Chapel of Love in 1964.
Co-written by Phil Spector, the Dixie Cups' first single went on to sell a million copies.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later included it in a list of 500 Songs said to have "shaped rock and roll".
The Dixie Cups were formed in New Orleans when Johnson invited Barbara Ann Hawkins to sing with her in a high school talent show.
"I was on my way to the grocery store and she stopped me and said, 'I heard you sing,'" Hawkins recalled.
Barbara Ann's sister, Rosa Lee Hawkins, soon joined them. The three later discovered they were cousins.
The trio was almost known as the Meltones or Little Miss and the Muffets
But they settled on the Dixie Cups name in 1964 after being discovered by producer and singer Joe Jones.
Jones took them to New York where they recorded Chapel of Love, written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
The band came up with the song's unique vocal arrangement on the spot.
"When Ellie and Jeff first played Chapel for us, we looked at each other, like, 'You really want us to sing that like that?'" Hawkins told Rolling Stone.
"They said, 'Well, how do you want to sing it?' So I said, 'Give us a minute.'
"We went in the corner and started singing. We walked back to them and when we sang it the way it was recorded, they were just, 'Wow! That was awesome.'"
The song peaked at number 22 in the UK and was later covered by the Beach Boys.
The Dixie Cups released further successful records in 1964 and 1965, including You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me, Little Bell and a cover of the New Orleans standard, Iko Iko.
But when their record label went out of business, the band's recording career effectively ended.
Johnson quit soon after citing management and health concerns, having suffered with sickle cell anaemia.
"Because it was the early sixties, we went through a lot as far as race and a whole lot of other things," Hawkins said.
"We had a manager who wasn't really in our corner, but there were a lot of good times."
Johnson occasionally rejoined the band for performances, including one at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
She died of congestive heart failure in a New Orleans hospice on 3 October.
The singer is survived by a sister, Ida, and a brother, Howard. A memorial is planned in New Orleans next week.
"The world has lost a classy lady, who had a magnificent sense of humour, a radiating smile, and was truly one of the best people we know," wrote the Dixie Cups on their website.
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Police confirmed that the body of a man in his 50s was recovered at about 09:00 on Thursday morning.
The kayaker got into difficulty in the water near an area known as Elephant Rock, 10 miles south of Forres, on Wednesday afternoon.
A coastguard rescue operation was launched, but the search was called off in the face of worsening weather conditions.
The man's next of kin have been made aware.
Doctors hope that making fertilisation more natural will mean healthier pregnancies.
The Complete Fertility clinic in Southampton is first in the UK to use the AneVivo device method.
It is a tiny tubular capsule that is loaded with the sperm and egg before being placed into the uterus.
Prof Nick Macklon, head of the clinic, insisted it was not a gimmick.
He told the BBC: "At this stage we are just offering it to private patients. If the NHS want to use it then they would need to know that it is cost effective. We do not know that yet.
"But that doesn't mean new technology like this can't be introduced in a cautious manner. I'm very keen that we study new innovation in IVF."
The technique, which costs around £700 per go, has been approved by the UK's fertility watchdog, the HFEA.
International trials in around 250 women suggest that it achieves a similar pregnancy rate to conventional IVF, says Prof Macklon.
But it reduces how long the growing embryo is kept artificially outside of the womb in a dish of culture fluid.
Prof Macklon said: "The aim is to maximise the time spent in the body rather than in the lab. The immediate benefit is reducing exposure at this very vulnerable time of human development when genes are being switched on and off."
Some studies have suggested that growing embryos in a dish increases the risk of genetic and other health defects.
It is not yet known whether the womb device will be an improvement.
Although it allows fertilisation to occur within the body, the resulting embryo still needs to be removed and given a health check in the lab before being reimplanted (minus the device).
When the HFEA approved the technology, its advisory committee said there was no evidence that the device would be ineffective or unsafe.
However, it "did not feel that there was sufficient clinical data to say whether the process has a greater or lesser efficacy than that of traditional IVF methods" and it said the process "might add an unnecessary cost to patients".
The laying of the keel for HMS Hood got under way at John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank on 1 September 1916.
Known as The Mighty Hood, the ship was the pride of the Royal Navy. It was sunk by the German Battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941.
There were only three survivors from the 1,418 crew on board.
The event commemorating the laying of the keel - formal recognition of the start of construction - has been organised by the HMS Hood Association and is being held at West College Scotland in Clydebank.
Representatives of the association will attend, along with officers of the Royal Navy.
Family members of those involved in the ship's final action will also be in attendance, along with two sailors who served on the Hood before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939.
HMS Hood was the final battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy.
Battlecruisers were similar in size and offensive capability to battleships but usually carried less armour so they could reach higher speeds.
HMS Hood was struck near its ammunition magazines which subsequently exploded, causing the ship to sink.
The sinking was the worst loss of life from a single British warship.
It sparked a huge Royal Navy pursuit of the Bismarck, which was destroyed three days later. The German death toll was more than 2,000.
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Referring to the EU flag, she said: "Europe exists and is united. I did it for Paris and Brussels. If we remain united we can defeat terrorism."
Jihadists killed 147 people in Paris last year and 32 in Brussels this year.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz welcomed Di Francisca's gesture, calling it a "powerful message of unity", in a tweet.
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Hill is in his second spell as Dale boss, having returned after an 18-month spell at Barnsley in January 2013, and has taken charge of 466 games.
His side just missed out on the League One play-offs this season, finishing ninth, four points off the top six.
"We've been very successful as a partnership," Hill said.
"I didn't see any reason why that partnership shouldn't continue."
Chairman Chris Dunphy added: "Keith has brought nothing but success to the club and we've continued to go from strength to strength during his time here."
Meanwhile, full-back Joe Rafferty has signed a two-year deal, on the back of a supporters' player of the year award for 2016-17.
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He was a regular under Hill in 2016-17, making 50 appearances in all competitions.
"I wanted to stay because I'm happy here, and I want to achieve more with this club," Rafferty told the club website.
"We've achieved something different every year that I've been here and I want to keep on achieving."
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The Saddlers say the fee for Henry, 19, could rise to more than £5m if additional clauses are met.
The left-back, currently sidelined with a shoulder injury which may require surgery, has agreed a five-year deal to rejoin his former boss Dean Smith.
Kaikai, 21, moves to Griffin Park on a deal until the end of the season.
The wide man, who scored 12 goals in 26 League One appearances during a loan spell at Shrewsbury last season, made his Premier League debut for the Eagles in May.
Meanwhile, Brentford midfielder Ryan Woods has extended his contract until 2020 and Emmanuel Ledesma has joined Greek Superleague side Panetolikos on a free transfer.
The 28-year-old Argentine made two appearances for the Bees after signing non-contract terms with the west London club earlier in August.
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The electoral commission says he received more than 90% of the vote in Sunday's polls, which the opposition had boycotted.
Opposition challenger Hama Amadou, who was flown to France last week for emergency medical treatment, took 8%.
The official turnout figure was 60%, disputed by the opposition.
The opposition coalition, Copa 2016, puts the turnout at 11%.
It had already said that it would not accept the result, alleging voter fraud and complaining that its candidate had been unfairly treated.
Addressing media in the presidential palace, Mr Issoufou called for national unity, which he said was vital in the country's battle against terrorism, BBC Hausa's Ishaq Khalid reports from the capital, Niamey.
During the first round last month, Mr Amadou campaigned from prison.
He was being held on baby trafficking charges, which he denies, arguing they are politically motivated.
The opposition boycotted the run-off complaining of unfair treatment of their candidate and have already said that they would not accept the result.
Niger is seen as an important ally of Western powers in the fight against militant Islamists in the fragile Sahara region.
The country is rich in natural resources, including uranium and oil, but is one of the world's poorest countries, ranking last in the UN Human Development Index.
The company has advertised two Cardiff-based positions, prompting concern from the GMB, which represents professional drivers.
Uber calls itself "fully licensed" and connects those needing a cab with a background-checked private driver.
It said there was a "huge demand" for the service in the city.
But Steve Garelick, branch secretary of GMB, said: "It is hard to justify adding more drivers to the streets of Cardiff without wondering what effect this will have on existing drivers.
"Rates will potentially fall which may benefit the consumer but will have a disastrous effect on families of established drivers and in the longer term all drivers.
"Quality of life for drivers is key and safety of the public is imperative. A driver who has to work excessive hours without any checks in place is a danger to all."
Uber, a San Francisco start-up company, has created jobs in Cardiff for an operations coordinator and an operations and logistics manager. It typically takes 20% of the fee from its drivers.
It was recently valued at £32bn ($50bn) and is the most-funded start-up in the world.
But it has been banned in a number of cities and countries around the world, including Spain, Thailand, several Indian cities and faces partial bans in Germany and the Netherlands.
An Uber spokesman said: "In the last year alone over 25,000 people have downloaded and opened the app in Cardiff, as such we're aware there is huge demand for our award winning service in the city.
"We believe we can add value to any city and compliment the existing transportation network.
"Safety is Uber's number one priority and all partner-drivers in the UK are fully licensed and insured private hire drivers.
"Not only is Uber the most convenient way to get around, we also believe it's one of the safest."
Perry, 42, previously presented the BBC's MotoGP coverage for 10 years, as well as reporting on other sports.
"Motorsport is my life and I've really missed being away from the grid," said Perry.
"I am so excited to be joining the BBC. Working alongside such an eminent team and the F1 world is a huge honour and I can't wait to get started."
The BBC also confirmed that the British, Belgian, Italian and Brazilian Grands Prix are among 10 races that will be shown live on terrestrial television.
However, the Monaco Grand Prix will not be shown live on the BBC.
There will be extended television highlights of the action from Monte Carlo and the other nine races that are not part of the BBC's live TV coverage.
All 20 races will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 live or 5 live sports extra, with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.
The BBC extended its agreement to show Formula 1 though to 2018 in July 2011, sharing rights to the sport with Sky Sports where previously it had been the exclusive UK broadcaster.
Beyond her experience in sport, Perry has presented television programmes across entertainment, technology and travel, most notably the Gadget Show on Channel 5 since 2003.
"She'll bring real energy and years of experience to one of the biggest jobs in sports broadcasting," said BBC Head of F1 Ben Gallop.
"Her presenting ability, coupled with her love and knowledge of motorsport, make her an excellent addition.
"I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Jake Humphrey for his enormous contribution to the coverage over the last four years and we all wish him the best for the future."
Humphrey, who presented the BBC's Formula 1 coverage from the start of 2009, announced in September that he would leave at the end of the 2012 season
The rest of the BBC's presentation team for 2013 "will be confirmed in due course", according to the corporation.
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The claim came during the second hearing of his trial on espionage charges.
Prosecutors allege that he and 35 others were involved in a plot to destabilise Egypt. The trial was later adjourned to 27 February.
The deposed Islamist leader is facing four separate trials.
Mr Morsi's supporters say he and other senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders are the victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
The espionage trail opened on 16 February and on Sunday prosecutors detailed the charges against Mr Morsi and his co-defendants.
They were specifically accused of "delivering to a foreign country... national defence secrets and providing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with security reports in order to destabilise the security and stability of the country", AFP news agency reported.
The statement read in court did not identify the "foreign country".
Mr Morsi is also accused of collaborating with the Palestinian movement Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. If convicted, he could receive the death penalty.
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During Sunday's hearing, Mr Morsi was held separately in a soundproof glass cage to prevent him shouting and disrupting proceedings.
Mr Morsi was ousted by the military last July following mass street protests against his government.
There has since been a severe crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood group, as well as on other activists seen as hostile to the military-backed government.
The Brotherhood has been declared a terrorist organisation and authorities have punished any public show of support for it.
Other senior Brotherhood figures, including supreme guide Mohammed Badie and his deputy and former presidential candidate Khairat al-Shater, are also facing a raft of charges.
Proceedings in two other trials have already begun.
The first opened in November, with Mr Morsi facing charges of inciting the killing of protesters near the presidential palace when he was in office in 2012.
In January, another trial opened concerning his escape from prison in a jailbreak in 2011, during which police officers were killed.
The fourth trial, which has yet to open, will be on charges of insulting the judiciary.
There is something rather cult-like about the Facebook office in Dublin.
Everyone smiles, everyone seems genuinely delighted to be working for one of the biggest tech firms in the world.
Then there are the primary colours everywhere, the games provided for staff to play, from chess to ping-pong.
But what most catches your eye are the posters, exhorting staff to improve their performance with slogans like "Proceed and Be Bold," and even "Move Fast and Break Things".
I resisted the temptation to kick over one of the vases in reception, or perhaps hurl a fire extinguisher through the window.
Instead, I proceeded, as planned, to interview the man who runs this office, about why Facebook had chosen Ireland for its international headquarters.
I wanted to ask about the importance of one specific attraction: that companies in Ireland do not have to pay much in the way of tax.
"It is a significant part of our reason for coming here," Gareth Lambe acknowledges.
He is dressed casually, as you might expect of the boss in charge of a major tech company - jeans, v-neck jumper, not a suit or tie in sight.
"The 12.5% corporation tax, which is lower than a lot of other jurisdictions... we've had that for a long time now. It's been very helpful having that kind of certainty here."
Mr Lambe is at pains to emphasise that low tax was certainly not Ireland's only appeal.
This is an English-speaking country, with a highly educated workforce, and low costs.
And he also wants me to know how much Facebook contributes to Ireland aside from tax, the 1,600 jobs, and the knock-on wealth these in turn create. "Restaurants, rents paid, cinemas... these multinationals in Ireland actually generate a hell of a lot of economic activity."
And yet, most of these same multinationals were remarkably unwilling to talk to me about their presence in Ireland.
Getting businesses to talk is not usually such a problem, but when I said I wanted to mention the subject of tax, various organisations which represent the commercial world here said it might be impossible to find any companies which would be interviewed.
In the event, Facebook was the only one which came forward.
Part of the problem, I was told, is the sticky topic of tax avoidance.
Companies stand accused of banking their profits in Ireland, where the tax rate is low, even though their operations are really based elsewhere.
Yet the economist Tom Healy believes there may be another reason why CEOs seem to have developed a new-found shyness when it comes to the subject of Ireland's tax rate.
The fact is, as he puts it: "The party is over."
Mr Healy is director of the left-leaning Nevin Institute for Economic Research, and his argument is a simple one: that Ireland had a competitive advantage when it was the only developed nation cutting corporation tax so low, allowing it to lure companies away from other countries.
Now, however, many of those other countries have decided to play the same game.
"A number of East European countries, one or two of the Baltic states, have gone down the road of aggressive tax cuts. And you've really reached the point where it's impossible for a developed economy like Ireland to compete with that sort of policy."
However, East European countries are not though the only ones engaged in this corporate tax-cutting competition.
The United Kingdom under its current Conservative government has already lowered the rate from 28% to 20%, and it is set to drop further, to 17% by 2020.
But more than that, the Prime Minister Theresa May and her Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, have dropped heavy hints that further cuts could be on the way.
Indeed, this has been an implicit threat to other European Union states: that if they do not offer Britain an agreeable deal on trade, post-Brexit, Britain might use corporate tax cuts to draw business away from the EU, turning the UK into what one commentator described as "Singapore on the Thames".
"Don't do it," says Tom Healy, with a certainty that belies his otherwise cautious manner.
His fear is that the UK will become part of an international race to the bottom on corporate tax, with countries eventually demanding so little from business that they will no longer be able to fund public services.
"Tax is a factor, but the best way to bring in investment," he believes, "is to develop infrastructure, skills and innovation."
The UK Treasury insists that its corporate tax-cutting approach has so far worked, encouraging investment and enterprise, and thus creating jobs.
Questioned about this recently, Mr Hammond said "By being globally competitive, that's how we protect the living standards and the jobs of our people."
On a freezing cold and windy evening I put these arguments to a Dublin city councillor as we walked through the ward he represents in Coolock, one of the poorer neighbourhoods in Dublin's northern suburbs.
Michael O'Brien points out a local hospital, which he says is suffering from a shortage of beds and staff.
And he tells me about the housing issues he has to deal with, the families in temporary accommodation, and the people sleeping rough.
He refuses to buy the idea that a lower corporate tax rate is an overall benefit to the economy.
"If more tax was demanded of the multinationals and domestic businesses, it would bring in billions of extra revenue that could be spent to deal with the housing crisis, deal with the healthcare crisis," he argues.
"It's insufferable to hear the likes of Facebook extolling this low tax regime. I think people see a basic issue of tax justice."
And with that, Councillor O'Brien heads off to try and deal with a few more problems among his constituents.
And I use my smartphone to order a taxi, check emails and what my friends are posting on Facebook, and soon leave Coolock far behind.
Its mapping cars are being sent out on to the capital's roads from today.
The firm said while existing maps were "a good starting point" it hoped to be able to identify the best pick-up and drop-off points from its own images.
It said it may "incidentally" collect personal information, such as photos of people and licence plates, but would not be sharing any of the data online.
However, its terms go on to state that it may share its mapping data with numerous third parties including vendors, consultants, marketing partners and law enforcement agencies.
The lift-sharing firm plans to extend its mapping activities to other British cities including Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. It has been carrying out mapping in the US since 2015.
"Existing maps are a good starting point, but some information isn't that relevant to Uber, like ocean topography. There are other things we need to know a lot more about, like traffic patterns and precise pick-up and drop-off locations," it said in a blog post.
"Our efforts are similar to what other companies including Apple and TomTom are already doing around the world."
Uber added that it was "doubling down" its investment in maps.
Former head of Google Maps Brian McClendon is now a vice president at Uber, and the firm recently hired former Apple Maps and Tesla maps engineer Bill Chen, reports The Information (subscription).
There are currently 23 mapping-related jobs advertised on the firm's website.
"Uber is in the race to get driverless cars on the road first," said technology writer and broadcaster Kate Bevan.
"Thus far, they've relied on Google's maps, but they're now in competition with Google to own driverless cars, so it makes sense for them to disentangle from Google.
"Also, with their own maps, they'll own all of the data on them: Uber, like Google, is as much a data company as a service provider."
People living in Moneygall queued for up to six hours to get their hands on one of the special invitations.
The president's great, great, great-grandfather - Fulmouth Kearney - came from the County Offaly village, before emigrating to America in 1850.
On Monday afternoon, Mr Obama will retrace his Irish roots by visiting Moneygall, in the heart of the Irish countryside 86 miles south-west of Dublin.
An exclusion zone around the village will be put in place but a limited number of tickets were distributed last week for people to watch the presidential visit. Residents of the village got priority.
Willie Jones, 57, has lived in the village all of his life. "This golden ticket is precious," he said. "If we put it on the market, we could get anything from 500 to 1,000 euros.
"They are like gold dust. They're wanted in every part of the parish and outside it. People are coming from Wexford, Dublin and God knows where. But no money will buy it."
Moneygall has a population of 300 people, but during an hour-long tour of the main street I could only find one person willing to part with their cherished ticket.
Paul O'Reilly said: "Give me 500 euros and you can have it in a heartbeat."
So why was he willing to sell?
"It's just like the Queen visit - you are not going to see too much of it.
"You're just going to see a flash of him. That's it. You'll see more on the TV than you will around the village."
Security restrictions mean that even if people want to transfer their tickets, it is unlikely that they will be able to do so.
Photo identification, names and addresses will be checked by police along with every ticket.
The security operation is huge. Police officers are in every field around the village. Some have taken shelter under trees, leading to one local wag joking that "they must be special branch".
Moneygall has two pubs but has no bank, cash machine or petrol station.
Like the rest of Ireland, County Offaly has been hit hard by the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy.
However, a number of new shops have opened in advance of the visit, selling Obama souvenirs including T-shirts which say: "What's the craic Barack?"
Another says: "O'Bama: Is Feidir Linn" - that is Irish for "yes, we can".
Notice the apostrophe. Obama has become O'Bama in Ireland.
A new coffee shop - Obama cafe - has been built in Moneygall. One of those involved, Mark Costello, said the presidential visit has been good for local businesses.
"We've used local electricians, painters. It's been a much-needed boost for people here.
"People are out chatting on the street all the time now. It harks back to the old days when I was a kid."
In Ollie Hayes' pub on Moneygall's main street, President Obama is likely to sip a pint of the black stuff on Monday afternoon.
Unlike most barmen, Ollie Hayes is unlikely to be very talkative. He lost his voice last week, blaming too many TV interviews.
Other residents of the village are happy to do the talking for him.
Pensioner Marie Shepherd said: "The atmosphere is electric. It's wonderful for Ireland. I'm delighted that I lived to see it."
One of Obama's distant relatives is still in the village. Henry Healy is the President's eighth cousin, and is due to meet him during the whistlestop visit.
He said: "I can barely sleep - rehearsing what I am going to say to him."
If he is stuck he can always ask: "What's the craic Barack?"
When the BBC probed courts data last year, some magistrates warned their courts were "on the cusp" of breakdown.
One year on, the average time taken to complete magistrate cases in England has risen 6% from 151 days to 159 days.
The Ministry of Justice said £1bn was being spent improving courts.
The BBC's findings come amid the closures of 47 of 186 English magistrate courts. And earlier this year, the Public Accounts Committee found the court system to be "bedevilled by long standing poor performance including delays and inefficiencies".
The ministry publishes quarterly statistics, which break down how long the various stages of the criminal justice system take.
In 2014-2015, four justice areas - Sussex, North Hampshire, Central, Oxfordshire and South West Staffordshire - took more than 200 days on average to deal with cases from the day an offence was committed.
This year, seven justice areas - Oxfordshire, Central and South West Staffordshire, Chorley, Bedfordshire, Wellingborough, North Essex and Gateshead - have taken 200 days or longer to finish cases.
The biggest rises were seen in the Isle of Wight, up 54% from 67 days to 104, Corby, up 47% from 136 days to 199.8 and St Helens, up 33% from 104 days to 138.
Meanwhile Kettering, Wigan and Leigh, North Hampshire and Sussex (Western) justice areas have all seen the speed of justice improve by more than 20% in the past year.
The MoJ figures show while there has a been a small increase in the average time courts take to deal with cases, the amount of time between a defendant being charged and being listed for court has risen by two days.
Essex defence lawyer Caroline Woodley said despite some improvements in her county's judicial system, issues in other service areas - such as prisons and the police service - were causing knock-on problems.
She said magistrate court appeals were often delayed because of a shortage of a judge or magistrates (appeals involve one judge and two magistrates) and claimed a decision to house female defendants from Essex at HMP Peterborough meant prison transport officers were unable to get them to court for a 10:00 start.
Ms Woodley said many defence lawyers were nervous about "virtual courts" because they would end up being managed by police, prison or private sector staff rather than court employees and could erode the connection between defendants and justices.
Lucy Hastings, director of the charity Victim Support, said: "Our research shows that waiting a long time to receive justice can be extremely stressful for victims and witnesses, preventing them from moving on with their lives.
"The court's failure to process criminal cases within a reasonable time frame, damages the public's confidence in the criminal justice system itself."
159 days
The average time to complete a magistrates' court case in 2015-16
8 days more than the previous year
460 court and tribunal buildings in England and Wales
86 have closed or are in the process of closing
Responding to the BBC's findings, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice said: "We want a justice system that works for everyone. That means creating a system that is just, efficient and simple."
The ministry confirmed tests have been carried out on the use of mobile courts, in which defendants can get into the back of a van and attend court by video rather than having to go to the building.
The trial involved a court van being deployed at HMP Thameside which linked into hearings at Thames Magistrates' and Snaresbrook Crown Court.
The ministry did not say if or when the mobile court scheme would be extended elsewhere in the country.
"We are investing £1bn to reform and digitise our courts," a spokeswoman said. "That will give users access to new technology and simpler processes designed to resolve disputes more quickly."
Rhodes' son, all-rounder George Rhodes, was the latest academy graduate to make his first-class debut in the win over Northamptonshire in the Championship.
Rhodes, who hit 31 and took a wicket in the 311-run victory, was one of nine players in the team aged under 25.
"I'm obviously pleased for him, he's contributed well," Steve Rhodes said.
"He's another product of our academy that doesn't seem as fazed on their debuts - they seem at home," he added.
"That's testament to many things including the work that (second XI coach) Kevin Shine's doing."
Rhodes is also thrilled that the progress of the club's young players has been rewarded with international recognition.
Five Worcestershire players - batsmen Zen Malik, Ollie Westbury and Josh Dell, fast bowler Josh Tongue and left-arm spinner Ben Twohig - have all been included in the England Under-19 squad for matches against Sri Lanka in July and August.
"It's great we've got five and a county like Yorkshire have only got one," Rhodes told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"We started some sterling work with Damian D'Oliveira with our academy and it's been carried on by (academy coach) Elliot Wilson."
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said it was called at about 11:25 BST after a crane on the lorry hit the bridge in Village Way, North Dulwich.
LFB said no-one was injured and it managed to transfer all 89 passengers on to another train to continue their journeys.
Passenger Paul Coggins said he was trapped on the train for over an hour.
Richard Knighton, from LFB, said: "The lorry has smashed into the bridge and the 'grabber' on top has gone on to the track.
"The train driver has quickly seen it and jumped on the emergency brakes, which has narrowly escaped a potential disaster.
"The track has also been damaged so there was also the possibility of a derailing."
Network Rail said the lorry's crane attachment, which was extended at the time, hit the bridge parapet causing part of it to fall on to the railway.
The rail company said: "Power was cut off to the conductor rail and the train.
"An engineer is on site inspecting the bridge further and should any structural defect be found, then we will have to stop trains for repairs to be made."
A federal appeals court panel ruled that it could use so-called affirmative action as a way of promoting diversity.
Last year, the US Supreme Court sent the issue back to lower courts for further review.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the case of a white student denied a place at the Austin, Texas, university in 2008.
Abigail Fisher said the policy of considering her race violated her civil and constitutional rights.
But the judges found that barring the university from using race would negatively affect the diversity of the campus, which would be in contravention of case law that said promoting diversity was an important part of education.
"We are persuaded that to deny UT Austin its limited use of race in its search for holistic diversity would hobble the richness of the educational experience,'' the opinion stated.
University of Texas President Bill Powers called it "a great day" for higher education.
"Our state and our nation won't advance unless we're training leaders in all parts of our society," he said.
Edward Blum, one of the attorneys representing Ms Fisher, called the ruling "disappointing but not unexpected" and will consider whether to appeal.
"I remain committed to continuing this lawsuit even if it means we appeal to the Supreme Court once again," said Ms Fisher.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called the ruling a victory but said the "conversation" would have to continue.
The Texas university uses race and other factors when admitting about a quarter of the annual student intake.
Affirmative action, which is known in the UK as positive discrimination, was introduced in the US in the 1960s.
Conservatives argue that the policy gives preferential treatment to people from ethnic minorities, in an America which prizes pulling oneself up by the bootstraps.
The ex-South Africa left-hander said be was going to retire last March, but reversed his choice eight months later.
Prince, 37, scored his first century of 2015 with knock of 106 in the second game of the season against Kent.
"[My aim] is to try to get the team back into the Division One where we all feel we belong," he said.
"So it's a little bit of unfinished business obviously."
He passed 16,000 first-class runs last summer, including a career-best 257 not out against Northants in June, but the Red Rose were relegated to Division Two of the County Championship.
"It was a bit of a downer at the end of last season," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There were other things to consider. My kids are starting to go to school back home and being here for quite a few months of the year means they miss school and we have to try to mix-and-match with home schooling.
"At the end the day you have to do what is best for the family."
Inspectors judged the Durand Academy "inadequate" in a draft report seen by the BBC.
Ofsted published the report in error on Wednesday before withdrawing it on Thursday. It said a final version will be published "in the coming days".
In a letter to parents, the academy's governing body said they had "no doubt" it had been "deliberately published".
The school said the release of the draft report was "part of yet further attacks on the school by the educational establishment".
The Department for Education (DfE) terminated funding for the school's trust in October.
It runs an infant and junior school in Stockwell, south London, and a boarding school for older pupils in Midhurst, West Sussex.
The report said senior staff did not ensure that "safeguarding [of pupils] was at the top of their priorities".
It said the school "could not account for the whereabouts of all pupils", adding its policies for child protection and safeguarding were "not translated into effective practice".
The inspectors cited one case in which a boarding school pupils's complaint of abuse by a member of staff was not referred to the local authority.
The report also said senior leaders at the Durand Academy had "an inflated view of the school's strengths and underestimate the seriousness of its weaknesses".
Other failings identified include:
Durand Academy has more than 1,000 pupils at its three sites and received £17m from the government to set up a school for weekly boarders in 2014.
The Ofsted report comes less than three months after the DfE announced it was terminating funding when it cited serious concerns about management and governance.
But the former head of the academy chain, Sir Greg Martin, said the withdrawal of the funding had "no legal basis".
Sir Greg stood down as executive head teacher in August 2015, six months after the Charities Commission announced it would be investigating the relationship between the Durand Academy Trust, its charitable arm, the Durand Education Trust and two other businesses - London Horizons Limited and GMG Resource Management.
A spokesman for Ofsted said the school's inspectorate was "urgently investigating" how the draft version of the report had been published.
They added: "We have contacted the school's representatives this morning to apologise for this error."
Durand Academy was previously rated as "good" when Ofsted last visited in 2014.
The drugs recovered in the Seaton Walk area on Thursday had an estimated street value of more than £13,000.
Police Scotland said a "low five-figure" sum of money was also found.
A woman aged 35 and a man aged 36 are expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday.
The 20 year-old defender, who can also play as a holding midfielder, joined the Cherries Academy when he was 12.
He signed a professional deal in 2015 but has not played for the first team.
McCarthy joins a Maidstone side who occupy the final relegation place in the National League and have conceded 56 goals in 30 league games.
They won promotion last season via the National League South play-offs.
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Tia Sharp left the New Addington house on Friday to go to the Whitgift shopping centre, Croydon, but has not been seen since.
David Sharp said his niece had "no reason to run away".
Scotland Yard said CCTV footage had been reviewed but no trace of Tia has been found.
The force also said it had received 55 reported sightings of the youngster, but none has been confirmed.
Speaking to his niece at a press conference, Mr Sharp made a direct plea to Tia.
"I just want you to come home," he said.
"Come home... you are not in any kind of trouble".
He explained Tia was just a "normal girl".
"She has never run away, she has got no reason to run away," he continued.
"She is a playful child, she is not adult in any way, but she's very clued up in travelling and local areas and people she knows".
Appeals for information have come from other members of Tia's family, and from celebrities such as former So Solid Crew member Lisa Maffia.
Her aunt Jasmine Hart tweeted on Saturday: "Hey guys I really need your help! My 12-year-old niece called Tia Sharp has been missing for over 24 hours."
Speaking at the press conference, Det Ch Insp Nick Scola said the last person to see Tia was her grandmother Christine Sharp's partner at her home.
He said Tia spent a lot of time at Ms Sharp's house.
He held up a CCTV image of Tia taken at a Co-op store in New Addington at about 16:15 BST the day before she went missing, when she wearing similar clothes to when she was last seen.
Tia is described as 4ft 5in tall, slim, and was wearing FCUK glasses.
In the picture, she is wearing a yellow bandeau top over a white bra with visible cross straps, light grey leopard print leggings and black and pink Nike high-top trainers.
Officers are keen to speak to anyone in The Lindens area of New Addington who have information and for any bus or tram drivers in the Croydon area who may recognise her to contact them.
"At this stage, it's a relatively simple timeline as we know," he said.
"She was at her grandmother's address, she slept late and then she left to get the bus.
"We've had one neighbour who's reported possibly seeing her walking to the bus stop but as yet that is uncorroborated."
He said Tia did not have her young person's travelcard with her but some bus and tram drivers let children travel without one.
Police believe Tia had a small amount of cash with her, but she did not have her mobile phone and police have no information as to when her phone was last used.
It said it plans to provide extra services to meet extra demand. Frequency is to be increased on many of its routes.
Lothian Buses is the UK's largest publicly-owned bus company and employs over 2,000 staff.
The company said it would increase the cost of its single fares by 10p - to £1.60 for adults, 80p for children.
It said £18.5m has been invested in a fleet of 85 low-emission and ultra-low emission buses since 2011.
General manager Jim McFarlane said: "We're very pleased that this latest timetable and fare review has allowed us to improve services while also maintaining prices for the vast majority of our regular and loyal passengers.
"The changes we have made are a direct response to feedback from our customers and we're in a position to introduce them thanks to continued strong business performance over many years."
He added: "As one of Edinburgh's largest employers we are delighted to have the opportunity to add to our team. We are also pleased that Lothian Buses will be able to benefit the city's environment with further investment in low emission vehicles."
Second-hand car sales by independent traders consistently top the list of gripes according to the Citizens Advice consumer helpline.
Consumer and industry groups are being invited to discuss the trend and report back by the spring next year.
Trade bodies say complaints are dealt with quickly by reputable dealers.
Used car buyers are being given purchasing tips and reminded of their rights as part of National Consumer Week, which starts on Monday.
The campaign is aimed at preventing the kind of situation that 22-year-old graduate Natasha Akintunde found herself in.
She bought a used Nissan Micra, with low mileage, for more than £1,000, only for the clutch to fail within weeks.
She said she found out later that the car had been an insurance write-off.
She was given a replacement, but said the brakes failed when her mother was driving it home from the seller.
"It has put me off driving for a while, because of the worry of what happened. I just want my money back, I don't really want to buy another used car," she said.
Buyers are being encouraged to go through a checklist before they buy a second-hand car. Tips include:
Consumer minister Jo Swinson said it was vital, with seven million used cars sold every year, that consumers were "better equipped to make good decisions" when buying cars.
"Rogue dealers are going to find there is action taken against them. They need to shape up, because they are not going to get away with it," she said.
More buying tips
Stuart James, director of the Retail Motor Industry Federation, agreed there were unscrupulous operators in any business, but said many car sellers were reputable and would deal quickly with genuine complaints.
He said many of the calls to Citizens Advice were from people seeking information about their rights, rather than actual complaints about traders.
There are many approved schemes that have independent arbitration if things go wrong with sales and repairs.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has set up schemes such as the Trust My Garage programme that ensures members that carry the badge adhere to a code of practice.
There are certain rights that people can fall back on if they discover a problem soon after driving off the forecourt.
Any purchase must be as described by the seller, of satisfactory quality given its age and the price paid, and be roadworthy.
Andy Foster, director of operations and policy at the Trading Standards Institute, said this meant traders should generally offer a repair if something goes wrong within a few weeks, assuming the problem was not pointed out at the time the car was sold. A replacement or even a refund could be available.
If the problem occurred after a number of months, then the buyer might have to prove that the fault existed at the time of sale in order to get a repair.
However, buyers have fewer rights if they buy the car from a private individual, such as through an internet auction site.
Flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (TPP) sits inside a shell within the electrolyte fluid. The shell melts when the temperature reaches 150C (302F), releasing the chemical compound.
In tests, battery fires were extinguished in 0.4 seconds.
Lithium-ion batteries power many devices but are a known fire hazard.
The Stanford University research team's peer-reviewed paper has been published by the journal Science Advances.
Previous attempts to incorporate TPP inside batteries without the shell have hampered their performance.
If a lithium-ion battery cell charges too quickly or a tiny manufacturing error slips through the net it can result in a short circuit - which can lead to fire.
In February 2016, the US National Transportation Safety Board issued a warning about lithium batteries in aeroplane cargo, describing them as "a fire and explosion ignition source".
While Samsung has not yet released the results of its investigation into what caused some of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire last year, local reports have suggested it has found that the batteries were responsible.
However, the firm would not confirm that this was their conclusion.
"We understand the need for answers and appreciate your continued patience as well as that of our valued customers, partners and stakeholders," it said in a statement.
"We are working diligently to ensure that we have a comprehensive update and will provide more information in the coming weeks once we have the final report."
Battery technology has been slower to evolve than the many battery-powered devices that rely on it, said Ian Fogg, senior analyst at IHS,
"There is enormous pressure to improve battery tech. It's one of the areas that's holding back mobile devices and a range of other products," he told the BBC.
"Manufacturers have been balancing out consumer demand for longer-lived batteries, and more powerful devices with better graphics and larger more detailed displays, with the sophistication of battery tech.
"It's very difficult to push up the capacity of batteries and there is always a risk that a battery in any device could fail."
Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was £46.3bn between April and September, down £7.5bn, or 13.9%, from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported.
In September, borrowing was £9.4bn, down £1.6bn from a year earlier.
In July, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast the figure for the whole year would be £69.5bn.
That would be down 22.9% from the estimate of £89.2bn from 2014-15.
There was good news for the chancellor, as August's borrowing figure was revised down by £500m and July's was lowered by £2.5bn, although the figures for April and May both increased by £800m.
Analysis: Andy Verity, economics correspondent
September's public sector finances look encouraging at first sight. The government's still spending far more than its income of course. To make up the difference, it's had to borrow £46.3bn in the first six months of the financial year (April to September). But that is £7.5bn less than last year and better than most analysts expected.
This must be because of spending cuts, right?
Wrong. Spending has gone up. Departments spent 0.8% more on goods and services than last year. And spending on social benefits increased, largely because of spending on state pensions (where the triple lock promises a rise of at least 2.5% in the basic state pension).
No, it was higher tax receipts that improved the position. Income tax, national insurance and VAT receipts grew faster than the economy - by at least 4%. And, notably, corporation tax receipts rose by 7.9%.
But while there has been a cut in the amount the government has to borrow to cover its spending, it's not deep enough to hit the target. The chancellor is aiming to get borrowing down to £69.5bn for the whole year, a 23% cut. So far this year, in spite of the improved tax receipts, it's only down by 14%.
The ONS warns it is hard to use the figures for the year so far to estimate whether the government is on track to meet the OBR forecast. There are still six months of data to come, and much depends on the spike in tax receipts that is usually seen in January.
Vicky Redwood at Capital Economics said: "If the current trend continues, borrowing in 2015-16 as a whole will come in at about £78bn, much lower than 2014-15's total.
"Admittedly, this would be above the OBR's forecast... but there is still plenty of the fiscal year to go. So there's no need for the chancellor to panic yet."
However, Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics said: "The fiscal consolidation is still not going to plan and we think the chancellor will have to announce more austerity in time if he is to achieve his goal of a budget surplus by 2019-20."
Bairns manager Peter Houston has added the 28-year-old alongside Alan Maybury, Tom Taiwo, Peter Grant and Alex Cooper.
Craig Sibbald has also signed an extension to his current contract which will see him tied to Falkirk until 2017.
"I rate Jamie highly and it was a case of convincing him of our goals and aspirations this season," said Houston.
"I was delighted when he chose to join us despite a lot of competition."
MacDonald was a free agent after being released following manager Gary Locke's Tynecastle departure and joins on a one-year deal.
Taiwo and player-coach Maybury were two of the players told they had no future at Easter Road after Edinburgh rivals Hibs were relegated to the Championship.
Former Ross County winger Cooper impressed on trial and has signed a two-year deal, while defender Grant is the son of the former Celtic player of the same name and was with Norwich.
"Tom will add a bit of dig and experience to our midfield," Houston told the Falkirk website.
"Alex is very fast and has a great left foot. He will bring us a range of options in our game-plan this coming season."
The club also confirmed that goalkeeper Gregor Amos has signed up for another year and he will continue his development in the Under-20 side.
"Lord Thomson of Fleet," it says. "He gave new direction to the British newspaper industry."
And then the sentence that gives pause: "A strange and adventurous man from nowhere, ennobled by the great virtues of courage, and integrity, and faithfulness."
Roy Thomson died in 1976 at the age of 82, and his was indeed a remarkable business story. The plaque made me remember it again.
He was born to a pretty poor family in Toronto in 1894, and was hindered by poor eyesight. Or maybe helped, increasing his doggedness. He dabbled in small businesses from his teens onwards, with little success.
He tried farming, and failed. He went back to Toronto and had several undistinguished jobs. Then he started selling radios in small towns deep in northern Ontario, the only territory left.
And there began a remarkable media story. Rural radio users in the 1930s had little to listen to. So Roy Thomson bought someone else's neglected radio licence, and his station CFCH began broadcasting in the town of North Bay in March 1931; the inaugural programme had music by the Battery Boys and a speech by the mayor.
Roy Thomson, odd job man, was on his way. In 1934 he bought a small local paper, the Timmins Daily Press, beginning what soon became a diverse media empire. By the end of the 1940s, Thomson owned 19 newspapers and was president of the Canadian daily paper publishers' association.
But the old country beckoned. In 1952, seeking his Scottish roots, Roy Thomson moved to Edinburgh. The next year he bought the Scotsman, giving him some status but a lot of criticism as he applied commercial instincts to a venerable paper.
Then came television. The government introduced what was called, in typical British look-down-the-nose way, "commercial" television. Roy Thomson with his Scotsman credentials led the consortium which won the franchise for Scottish TV, launched in 1957.
In a much-quoted (but maybe inaccurately quoted) phrase, he described television as a licence to print money. It was.
But print was at the heart of his increasing empire. As he put it: "I buy newspapers to make money, to buy more newspapers to make more money."
Like Beaverbrook before him and Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch after him, Roy Thomson was a wild colonial boy who cut a swathe through traditional owned British newspapers.
He used the profits from STV to buy a raft of Kemsley newspapers from the Kemsley family in 1957, including the Sunday Times.
When the family owners of what used to be termed The Times of London panicked over tiny losses in 1966, Thomson was there to snap it up. His newspaper empire grew to embrace more than 200 papers in Britain, Canada and the USA, and a host of other publishing interests.
Every time he met another newspaperman, he would ask if their paper was for sale. It was brash, vulgar, persistent.
Not just publishing, either. With its Scottish perspective connection, the International Thomson Organisation (as it was by then called) joined a consortium that successfully struck oil in North Sea fields.
Much of the group's flair was due to a canny chief executive, Gordon Brunton, now Sir Gordon. He had been at the London School of Economics with Vladimir Raitz, the man who revolutionised post war British travel.
In 1950 Mr Raitz had organised what was effectively the first modern package holiday, flying fellow Russians to Corsica for a holiday in the sun for £32 all round, at a time when harsh official limits on taking sterling abroad severely restricted foreign travel from the UK.
Mr Raitz founded the pioneering Horizon Holidays and later helped Sir Gordon launch what became Thomson Holidays, one of the main travel companies of its time.
I saw Roy Thomson once, coming in through the revolving doors at the Sunday Times in London, where he moved around by public transport.
His pebble thick spectacle lenses glinted in the sun, and he was on his way upstairs to his office, probably to get out his ruler and measure the amount of advertising in his own newspapers and that of his rivals.
This overt preoccupation with the commerce of newspapers was scorned by superior journalistic types, but it was he, not they, who got a barony named after Fleet Street, where his newspapers never had offices.
But for all Roy Thomson's commercial instincts, he failed to transform the impossibly tangled way that newspapers were produced.
A year-long strike of production workers at the Times and the Sunday Times in 1979 changed little, and not long afterwards his son Kenneth (Lord Thomson in Britain, Ken in Canada) sold those two papers to Rupert Murdoch, who then took on the print unions in a decisive encounter that transformed Fleet Street.
Many other papers followed that sale. But though print has little or no part in it, Roy Thomson had created a continuing huge business empire.
At one time his late son Ken (also Lord Thomson, but only in Britain) was named by the magazine Forbes as the ninth richest man in the world.
Roy Thomson's grandson David inherited the leadership of the company in 2006 and continued the evolution of the business by buying the venerable news agency Reuters two years later. He's now chairman of the company named Thomson Reuters, the biggest business information provider in the world.
It is a remarkable family story, based on the man who was still a failing jack of all trades at the age of 36, still known only in Canada at the age of 54, who became a national known figure in Britain only in his 60s. Roy Thomson's autobiography is called "After I was 60".
That's what the plaque means by calling him a strange and adventurous man from nowhere. It is striking to see him so memorialised in St Paul's.
Hull, with an average of 12.4Mbps, is the UK's slowest city, according to comparison site uSwitch, which conducted the tests.
London and Edinburgh had average speeds of 22.4Mbps and 21Mbps respectively.
These speeds are likely to be low not because of lack of availability but because people have chosen not to take up faster services.
Government figures suggest superfast broadband - 24Mbps or higher - is now available to more than 90% of homes and businesses, with funding pledged to bring that total to 95% by 2017.
According to BT, its fibre services are available to 24 million home, but only 22% (5.5 million) have connected to them.
Hull is the only UK city not served by BT's Openreach, which controls the telecoms network. Hull's independent supplier, KCOM, disputed the findings.
"We're rolling out ultrafast fibre to the home across Hull and East Yorkshire, which means speeds of 250Mbps are available to consumers right now," said a KCOM spokesman.
The company says it is connecting "a new customer to fibre every 30 minutes".
But uSwitch's Ewan Taylor-Gibson said: "Actual speed tests taken by broadband users would suggest this hasn't reached enough homes yet to make an impact on the average."
Three in 10 tests logged speeds of less than 5Mbps with just one in 10 registering speeds of above 50Mbps, according to the data.
"We should be asking what more can be done to encourage the adoption of superfast broadband now it's so widely available," he said.
"The UK's towns and cities should be leading the charge when it comes to broadband speeds, yet just 22 cities have broadband users with average speeds of more than 24Mbps."
Co-founder of broadband news site Thinkbroadband Sebastien Lahtinen said: "Broadband speed tests are a great way to measure real world speeds experienced by users - but they also serve as a measure of take-up, not just availability."
"Whilst early adopters and digital natives are often craving for faster and faster services, not everyone wants to stream multiple HD streams live whilst playing online games.
Those who just use the Internet for the occasional catch-up TV programme, email and Facebook, broadband speed is not really a priority, especially when the fastest services can cost considerably more."
David Nish is to leave his post on 5 August, and will be replaced by Keith Skeoch, currently head of Standard Life Investments.
Mr Skeoch, who joined the firm in 1999 from financial services rival James Capel, has been on Standard Life's board since 2006.
The insurer holds £258bn under management, and employs 6,500 staff.
Over the last year it has bought Ignis Asset Management for £390m and sold its Canadian companies for £2.2bn to Toronto-based rival Manulife Financial, as it focuses on other businesses.
The firm said talks over succession planning among senior management had been ongoing over several months.
Mr Nish said it was "the right time to pass the baton".
Chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone said Mr Skeoch has "been an integral member of Standard Life's senior team over the last 11 years".
He added: "Under Keith's leadership the asset management part of our group has developed into a leading global player."
He reassured Arab leaders, after a two-day summit, that the US was committed to protecting them in a time of "extraordinary changes".
Speaking at Camp David near Washington, Mr Obama said a nuclear deal with Iran was not a threat to Gulf nations.
A joint statement pledged new co-operation in many areas.
These included counterterrorism, maritime security, cyber-security and ballistic missile defence.
The six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) is made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
"I was very explicit ... that the United States will stand by our GCC partners against external attack,'' Mr Obama pledged at the end of the talks.
The president said he hoped that working together would help achieve "the kind of peace and good neighbourliness with Iran" that the nations present sought.
President Obama didn't give the Arabs the formal defence treaty some of them wanted.
But he went as far as he felt he could to reassure them that the US had their back, including a pledge of deeper military co-operation to counter what he called Iran's destabilising activities.
Significantly for Mr Obama, the Gulf nations said a nuclear deal with Iran would be in their security interests, if it was comprehensive and verifiable.
Such public support might make it a bit easier for the president to sell an Iranian agreement to a sceptical Congress.
So everyone got something of what they needed out of the summit, but fundamental differences remain over how they view Iran, and those will continue to play out.
Calming Arab fears
The joint statement said that in the face of any aggression, the US would stand with the Arab nations "to determine urgently what action may be appropriate, using the means at our collective disposal, including the potential use of military force, for the defence of our GCC partners".
Gulf nations have grown distrustful of the White House since Mr Obama's initially sympathetic response to the Arab uprisings, and are frustrated with his reluctance to get more involved in the Syria conflict, says the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.
They are deeply wary about any nuclear detente with Iran amidst an increasingly sectarian contest for regional dominance between Sunni Arabs and Shia Tehran, our correspondent says.
They fear the lifting of sanctions would empower Iran to increase its support for armed Shia groups in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, she adds.
In a reminder of the tensions, as the summit concluded, in the Gulf the Iranian navy fired warning shots at a Singapore-flagged tanker.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told reporters Iran's actions were a clear violation of international law.
They are the second party to announce that they will not join the DUP and Sinn Féin in the Stormont executive.
Last week the UUP said they would do the same.
Earlier, the First and Deputy First Minister accused the SDLP of being "dishonest" during Stormont's programme for government negotiations.
It followed Mr Eastwood saying he was "very disappointed" over the talks.
Making his announcement on Thursday, Mr Eastwood said: "It is clear that the DUP and Sinn Féin are determined to put forward a framework that includes no action, nothing that they can be held accountable for or to."
Stormont has just become a much more open political battleground.
With the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists both choosing to go into opposition rather than government the assembly is a very different place.
Up to now, most rows have been within the family of the all-encompassing power-sharing government. Which is not to say that at times the disputes weren't bitter. Then again most in-fighting within families is.
But now there will be big parties openly heckling and challenging decisions from the outside.
That is a major change and some commentators will claim that it could lead to better politics and policy being more aggressively tested.
However, that all depends on getting the executive working again and the Alliance Party's decision to turn down the justice ministry is a problem.
The DUP and Sinn Fein need to find a mutually acceptable candidate to take up the politically sensitive post.
In Northern Ireland which politician takes responsibility for policing and prisons is important.
The fact that the first and deputy first ministers have had conversations with an independent MLA and the Green Party indicates they are looking at every option.
He said the SDLP would work with anyone who was happy to work with them but "this will be a positive and constructive opposition, not opposition for opposition's sake."
In a statement, UUP Leader, Mike Nesbitt, said he was "delighted" that the SDLP had chosen to go into opposition.
He said: "I am confident it will lead to new beginnings and possibilities for devolved government.
"We have been heartened by the extraordinary level of support which we received since we made our decision last Thursday and I am sure the SDLP will receive similar praise and encouragement."
Sinn Féin MLA, Conor Murphy, said the SDLP had "walked away" from its responsibility to the electorate and had been led by the UUP into opposition.
"By walking away from the executive, it is clear the SDLP has abandoned its responsibility to the electorate," he said.
"On the back of yet another poor election, the SDLP has now turned its back on the Good Friday Agreement.
"Their excuse that they did not understand the Programme for Government process is both dishonest and contradicted by their engagement in that process since December."
DUP leader, Arlene Foster, said the smaller parties were searching for "relevance" following the election on 5 May.
Claire Austin told the SNP leader that she had been forced to use a food bank and that working in the health service was "demoralising".
Shortly afterwards, Joanna Cherry told BBC Scotland the nurse was believed to be the wife of a Tory councillor.
She later tweeted an apology, after it emerged that Ms Austin is unmarried.
Ms Cherry, the SNP's justice and home affairs spokesperson at Westminster, was one of the party's representatives in the spin room for the BBC's debate on Sunday.
The QC initially told the BBC: "I'm advised that the nurse who spoke is in fact the wife of a Conservative councillor - so she's probably best placed to know she'd be considerably worse off south of the border."
In her later tweet to the nurse, she said: "Sorry I was wrong about Twitter rumours. Entirely right that your voice is heard."
Ms Austin has been heavily criticised on social media since appearing on the debate.
In her first contribution she said she was a nurse who could not manage on her salary and had to use food banks. In a second intervention she raised the issue of nurses' pay rises - which have been capped at 1% since 2008.
Ms Austin asked Ms Sturgeon:"How do you expect someone to live on that?"
She added: "You have no idea how demoralising it is to work in the NHS.
"Don't come in on your announced visits, come in the middle of any day, into the middle of any A&E department, come on in and see what we're up against."
In response, Ms Sturgeon said the policy was in place because of a "really difficult period with public spending".
"As we see inflation rising, that policy is no longer sustainable, I accept that," she added.
Her appearance sparked speculation on social media about her relationship to a Conservative councillor, and her personal circumstances. Some of these posts were retweeted by a number of senior SNP politicians, including MSPs and general election candidates, before later being deleted.
In addition to the online criticism, The Scottish Sun published photographs which it said showed Ms Austin drinking champagne and enjoying "swanky meals".
They have led some to ask why she needed to use a food bank.
In a series of tweets, Ms Austin said she earned a salary of £22,345 and suggested that the "high days and holidays" which she shared on social media were paid for by friends and family.
And in a post on Facebook, which has since been removed from public view, she said she was "truly saddened" by the comments made about her.
She added: "When I spoke tonight I spoke on behalf of ALL NHS staff, not just myself but ALL NHS staff, not just nurses but CSW's [clinical support workers], the backbone of many wards, HCA's [health care assistants], again invaluable, but the porters too."
Ms Austin said she was unmarried and explained that she was invited to take part in the debate after being part of a Question Time audience when her question about nurses' pay rises was not asked.
She went on: "I am sad, although in this climate not surprised, at the verbal attack and abuse I have suffered from other nurses tonight."
In an interview with BBC Scotland on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon criticised the social media reaction to Ms Austin and gave her backing to Ms Cherry.
"She made a mistake, an honest mistake and she apologised for that," the SNP leader said.
"In terms of the wider social media reaction, I don't think it's acceptable to make judgements about somebody's background.
"The nurse on the debate last night was absolutely entitled to raise the issue that she did.
"She raised an issue that is one of the biggest issues in this campaign - the level and value of real wages not just in the public sector but in the private sector."
Meanwhile opposition parties have accused the SNP of attempting to "smear" Ms Austin in wake of the debate.
Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, said: "There was a public sector worker in Scotland who was challenging the first minister of Scotland and the first minister's team was running around behind the scenes trying to smear the person who was asking the question, as it it was illegitimate of her to ask it.
"Now the SNP has got form on this. We don't accept bullying in our culture and we should not accept it."
In a speech to launch her party's manifesto, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the nurse "shamed Nicola Sturgeon by exposing the reality of life under the SNP".
She added: "And what was the response of the SNP when confronted with that reality last night? The nationalists started a smear campaign.
"They tried their usual dirty tricks. But it won't work this time. Because more and more people are wise to the underhand ways of the SNP."
The Liberal Democrat's Alex Cole-Hamilton said Ms Austin had been set upon by the "online Nationalist army" and he demanded the first minister launch an immediate investigation into the "public mauling".
"Efforts to discredit the impartiality of a public sector worker went right to the top of the SNP, as shown by the comments made by Joanna Cherry, which were later retracted," he said.
''Freedom of speech, especially the right to criticise our political leaders, is something we must cherish. That is why the first minister must act now.''
The BBC had also faced criticism on social media about the selection of the audience.
In a statement, BBC Scotland said: "We select audiences for our debates which reflect widespread political views in accordance with BBC election guidelines."
It went on to add that audiences include both undecided voters and those who support political parties.
Northampton-born Henry George Gawthorn was one of the artists who created the five pre-war posters to promote East Anglia's seaside resorts.
The artworks, produced between 1923 and 1947, will be sold at Swann Galleries.
The colourful posters were commissioned by rail companies and displayed on station platforms and waiting rooms.
In recent years the artworks have become increasingly fashionable, auctioneers said.
In 2002, a poster produced by Henry George Gawthorn for the London and North Eastern Railway featuring St Andrews in Scotland, sold for more than £21,000, three times its top estimate.
But how big an advantage does this represent for the group?
Few are willing to speculate.
Most analysts see IS as a phenomenon of the Levant, having no roots in South Asia.
Recent claims by some sub-groups within the Taliban to having joined IS are seen by many as reflective of their loss of clout and funding due to a Pakistani military operation that ended their sanctuaries in the north-west of the country.
IS has taken nearly six months since its inception in this region to launch its first attack. And it chose a rather easy target.
In mid-October, six former militants associated with the Pakistani Taliban, the TTP, announced they were quitting the group and had vowed their allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The only figure known to the outside world among these six was Shahidullah Shahid, a long time spokesman of the TTP.
And the only tangible loss to the TTP - as confided by a top TTP leader to a credible source - was that of its commander for the Orakzai region, Saeed Khan.
Although largely unknown until he was named by Shahidullah Shahid, Mr Khan's significance is understandable.
Orakzai straddles a mountain range with passes providing access into several adjoining regions such as the Kohat valley to the south, Afghanistan's Nangarhar province to the north-west, and the strategically important Peshawar valley to the north-east.
The region spawned the first version of the Pakistani Taliban way back in the late 1990s, known mainly for their raids on music stores across large parts of the south of what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province).
Post-9/11, Orakzai became of pivotal significance for anti-Pakistan groups seeking to exert pressure on Peshawar, and on the road linking it with the Afghan capital Kabul, a major supply route for Western troops stationed there.
Saeed Khan held important positions in Orakzai under the founder chief of the TTP, Baitullah Mehsud, first as head of the Taliban's Orakzai justice system and later as its operational head.
Under his watch, the Taliban inflicted maximum damage on Western military supplies passing through Peshawar, and brought the city itself close to administrative collapse during 2009-10.
But the rugged and inhospitable terrain of Orakzai does not support the kind of mainstream militancy that was made possible by the availability of easier, friendlier and strategically more advantageous regions like Wana and Miranshah in Waziristan.
However, in the wake of the Pakistani military offensive in Miranshah that started last June, areas like Orakzai can serve as fairly long-term hideouts for smaller numbers of militants.
And this is what many believe was in evidence last Saturday. A group of snipers attacked an army convoy heading from the garrison in Kohat to the upper Orakzai area of Ghaljo, killing three soldiers.
The most spectacular aspect of the attack was IS's claim of responsibility.
Analysts say the fact that the regional head of the IS took six months to launch a rather unimpressive attack on his own remote home ground indicates problems of funding and logistics.
Many say the IS is too preoccupied with Iraq and Syria to commit any significant funds and other resources to what they call Khorasan - a historical region comprising Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan and India, of which Saeed Khan has been appointed head.
But some official circles in Pakistan admit that IS could emerge as a greater threat to the country than it presently is.
They point to continued defections among the ranks of the Pakistani Taliban, the latest coming as recently as Monday when the new TTP spokesman, Mohammad Khorasani, told reporters their head and deputy head for Bajaur tribal region had stepped down.
The duo - Maulana Abu Bakar and his deputy, Qari Zahid - have not publicly spoken, but many speculate that they may be planning to join IS.
The IS threat in South Asia may be growing, but few believe it can get any worse than its various predecessors - unless state structures in Afghanistan, Pakistan or India show signs of a collapse, like they did in Iraq and Syria.
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"We enjoy making it more now than before and we're all very old. We love doing it so we'll keep making it," he said.
The presenter also said that industry developments such as the electric car are not a worry and have given them an opportunity to "evolve" the show.
He added: "Cars aren't going to go away as something that people aspire to."
The show was relaunched by the BBC with Jeremy Clarkson in 2002, which is when Hammond joined as a presenter. James May started on the show a year later.
"Top Gear's got bigger and bigger over the years and it continually surprises us," he said.
"We set out to make the best and most entertaining car journey that we could. That's all we set out to do and that's still all we set out to do.
"It's just that it got really big and it surprises us every day."
The team have produced a number of specials, driving cars through countries including India, Botswana and the US.
Their most recent trip was to Burma, where they were challenged to construct a bridge over the River Kwai.
"Whenever we travel anywhere, there's a lot of planning, a lot of people involved in making sure we'll be safe and we'll probably get to where we're trying to go," said Hammond.
"When we go and we're travelling, we're meeting people as they really are, doing their job for real, living their lives for real. It's a fascinating insight into people's lives."
Currently Hammond is presenting Science of Stupid on National Geographic.
The show features clips of people attempting to do "stupid" things, which then go awry.
"I then pop up and explain the science of why it went wrong," Hammond explained.
Although he fronts this and a number of other programmes, the 44-year-old confirmed he is still passionate about Top Gear and cars.
"It's never going to go away, it'll change and evolve as a subject," he said.
"For as long as we're allowed we'll be there to continue to reflect upon it in a meaningful and intellectually driven fashion, whilst messing about."
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It is the first time in South East Asia that the disease has been linked to the condition, which causes abnormally small brains and heads.
Several countries in the region have reported Zika cases. The virus is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito which also spreads dengue and chikungunya.
The current outbreak of the disease was first detected in Brazil last year.
Cases have recently been reported across South East Asia.
Zika outbreak: What you need to know
"To summarise we have found two cases of small heads linked to Zika, the first cases in Thailand," said Prasert Thongcharoen, from the Department of Disease Control.
The WHO said these were first cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in South East Asia.
Thailand has confirmed about 350 cases of Zika since January - including 25 pregnant women - one of the highest numbers in the region.
Jersey beat Lewes 4-1 on penalty strokes in the first round on Sunday after drawing 4-4 after normal time, while Guernsey had a bye.
Guernsey beat Jersey 1-0 at Les Quennvais when the sides last met in the inter-insular in March, and have won their last four encounters.
Guernsey beat Blackheath and Old Elthamians 7-2 in the 2016 final.
Guernsey have reached the final of the EH Trophy in each of the last five years, and last month won their first-ever match in the top-tier EH Cup.
"It's a team we never want to draw, but the inevitable was going to happen eventually," Guernsey player-coach Andy Whalley told BBC Radio Guernsey ahead of the game which will be played on 13 November.
"There's a knowledge, we play each other a lot in the inter-insulars and island tournaments, so there's a knowledge of individual players, whereas when you're playing a UK team we won't necessarily have that.
"The Guernsey-Jersey occasion tends to be a little more fraught, there tends to be a little more emotion in them and they're difficult games to play in, so to draw them in the Trophy is not ideal, but we've got a good record against them so we're confident going into it."
The identities of those reportedly killed on Sunday have yet to be given.
But they are thought to be the first to have been killed in that way since the jihadist group seized the ruins in May.
IS has destroyed two 2,000-year-old temples, an arch and funerary towers at Palmyra, one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world.
The group believes that such structures are idolatrous. The UN cultural agency, Unesco, has condemned the destruction as a war crime.
Palmyra: Satellite images of the destruction
Why IS destroys ancient sites
IS threat to 'Venice of the Sands'
Understanding sadness at loss of sites
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the conflict in Syria, cited local sources in Palmyra as saying that on Sunday IS militants tied three detainees to Roman-era columns and then blew up the structures with explosives.
An activist from Palmyra, Khaled al-Homsi, said IS had yet to tell locals the identities of the three individuals or say why they had been killed.
"There was no-one there to see [the execution]. The columns were destroyed and IS has prevented anyone from heading to the site," he told the AFP news agency.
Another activist, Mohammed al-Ayed, said IS was "doing this for the media attention".
After overrunning the ruins of Palmyra and the adjoining modern town, also known as Tadmur, IS militants used the ancient theatre for the killing of 25 Syrian soldiers.
They also beheaded archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad, who looked after ruins for 40 years, after he reportedly refused to reveal where artefacts had been hidden.
Earlier this week, IS posted images online purportedly showing militants driving a tank over a captured soldier, who it alleged had himself driven over militants.
Fans must pay at least £3.49 to watch the match on 6 May.
RFL chief commercial officer Roger Draper said talks had taken place with "a number of organisations".
But he added: "The terms offered were not considered acceptable."
The game against Samoa - England's last before this year's World Cup - will be the headline event of a Pacific triple-header at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
"We value the rights for our national team significantly higher than any of the offers and, therefore, felt that the right decision for this Test was to take it into our own hands and stream the game," said Draper.
The BBC was one of the organisations to have spoken to the RFL about broadcasting the match.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We do not provide comment on rights negotiations."
Fans, responding to the RFL posting the news on Twitter, were critical of the decision.
Many claimed the game's administrators were ignoring a chance to take the game to new fans.
The 2017 World Cup will take place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, starting in October.
She was the favourite to win gold and didn't disappoint with her routine showing off her power and agility.
Biles went ahead straight away, scoring 15.866 on vault, but she dropped back to second place with 14.966 on the uneven bars.
She then wowed the crowd with an acrobatic beam routine to score 15.433 before a floor routine to samba music, including the famous "Biles" move.
She scored 15.933 and burst into tears when the gold medal was confirmed.
It's Simone's second gold medal of the games, with teammate Alexandra Raisman getting silver and Russia's Aliya Mustafina taking the bronze.
The United States have now won the event four times in a row: Carly Patterson in 2004, Nastia Liukin in 2008 and Gabrielle Douglas in 2012.
Great Britain's Ellie Downie came 13th, just missing out on becoming the best performing female British gymnast in an Olympic all-around final.
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Surgeons are cautious with brain tumours as removing the surrounding tissue could lead to disability.
A technique, reported in Science Translational Medicine, used a laser to analyse the chemistry of the tissue and show the tumour in a different colour.
Brain tumour researchers said it could be an "exciting development".
Removing a brain tumour is a balancing act - take too little and the cancer could return, take too much and it seriously affects a patient's quality of life.
The key is knowing the boundary of the tumour. Surgeons take sections of the tumour and surrounding tissue and look under a microscope for the differences between the two to find cancer's edge.
A team at the University of Michigan Medical School and Harvard University have come up with a new way of analysing the tissue, called SRS microscopy, while it is still in the brain.
A laser is fired at the tissue. However, the beam of light's properties are changed depending on what it hits. The differing chemistry of a cancerous cell and normal brain tissue mean the laser can show a surgeon the outside edge of a tumour.
Dr Daniel Orringer told the BBC: "Neurosurgery is plagued by a problem, it's very difficult to see when a brain tumour ends and normal tissue begins.
"If you're removing a colon cancer you can take 2cm either side with no damage, but in the brain it could disable a patient.
"SRS microscopy allows us to see the margins on an microscopic scale."
The method has been tested in mice and on human brain samples, but actual trials in patients are still needed.
This is just the latest in a series of developments aimed at improving surgery. A team at Imperial College London have developed a knife that can detect the "smell" of cancer so it knows if it is cutting through tumour or healthy tissue.
Dr Colin Watts, a Cancer Research UK brain tumour expert at the University of Cambridge, said: "It needs to be tested in a clinical trial, but this technique could be an exciting development in visualising tumour tissue, which is the first step in enhancing removal of disease.
"A crucial factor will be to ensure that patient safety is not compromised. This technique is particularly exciting because it has the potential for helping us to remove tissue at the tumour/brain interface from where recurrent disease can emerge.
"It will also be interesting to determine if SRS microscopy can be used in tumours that recur after treatment."
The Wales Under-21 international, 20, has been handed a new two-year deal this week, as a reward for becoming a first-team regular under Micky Mellon.
And the Town manager praised the National League North side for the part they played in toughening him up.
"Before we sent him on loan he was a bit stand-offish," said Mellon.
"We said 'If you don't start knocking the first team around, you'll be out of here'. You fight or you go. He came back and, in his first training session, he started to knock the first team around.
"They started to get annoyed so I watched him and thought 'If you go under now, I won't forget that' - and he didn't. It didn't bother Dom, he still does it now.
He added: "That tells you lots about his character because you wonder about their chances playing against men in front of a crowd.
"But he certainly started knocking people about and we thought 'we've got a boy with the right character here'. There's a long way to go, but certainly the signs are very encouraging."
Smith has made 18 appearances, 14 of them starts, in what has mostly been a season of struggle for Shrewsbury in League One.
But Mellon warned that, like his improving side, who have now gone unbeaten in six league games following Tuesday night's 2-1 win over Coventry City, the young centre-half must keep getting better.
"Dom's well aware he has to keep improving," he told BBC Radio Shropshire, "If he doesn't, we'll bring someone in. He's not 'wee Dom' any more. He's going to be judged as one of the lads and, if he plays poorly, people will be all over him."
"Dom Smith looks every inch the sort of player capable of following in the footsteps of players like Ryan Woods and Connor Goldson - youth team graduates who made summer deadline day moves to the Championship.
"A physically gifted central defender from Shrewsbury who provides a link to the local community so many teams currently lack. Speaking to people around the club, it's his hunger to learn and improve that impresses them most.
"It's little wonder the club were keen to tie up the deal, so keen in fact that it was confirmed in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after a team with Smith in it had just beaten Coventry City in League One.
"His performance in that game offered yet more confirmation that Smith has come of age as a first team player with a calm authority that will surely see him go far."
The girl, who was terminally ill with a rare cancer, was supported by her mother in her wish to be cryogenically preserved - but not by her father.
She wrote to the judge explaining that she wanted "to live longer" and did not want "to be buried underground".
The girl, who died in October, has been taken to the US and preserved there.
A High Court judge ruled that the girl's mother should be allowed to decide what happened to the body.
The details of her case have just been released.
The teenager, who lived in the London area and cannot be named, used the internet to investigate cryonics during the last months of her life.
"I have been asked to explain why I want this unusual thing done.
"I am only 14 years old and I don't want to die but I know I am going to die.
"I think being cryopreserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up - even in hundreds of years' time.
"I don't want to be buried underground.
"I want to live and live longer and I think that in the future they may find a cure for my cancer and wake me up.
"I want to have this chance.
"This is my wish."
The judge, Mr Justice Peter Jackson, visited the girl in hospital and said he was moved by "the valiant way in which she was facing her predicament".
His ruling, he said, was not about the rights or wrongs of cryonics but about a dispute between parents over the disposal of their daughter's body.
It was brought to court for the first time on 26 September and the judge made his decision on 6 October.
Cryonics is the process of preserving a whole body in the hope that resuscitation and a cure are possible in the distant future.
It is a controversial procedure and no-one yet knows if it is possible to bring people back to life.
There are facilities in the US and Russia where bodies can be preserved in liquid nitrogen at very low temperatures (less than -130C) - but not in the UK.
The cost of preserving the body for an infinite amount of time in this case was £37,000, which was paid by the girl's mother's family.
Chrissie de Rivaz, from Cornwall, has decided to be cryogenically preserved after her death - as has her husband John - and she has committed £28,000 to the plan.
"I can't see any reason to just send me up the flume and I hate the idea of being buried in the ground, so why not take this chance to come back again?"
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Simon Woods, an expert in medical ethics from Newcastle University, thinks the whole idea is science fiction.
He said: "The diagnosis of death is that death is irreversible, and for people who seek cryopreservation, they've died of a serious disease, in this case it's cancer.
"The person is in a pretty bad state of health to begin with, and there's absolutely no scientific evidence that the person could be brought back to life."
The girl's solicitor, Zoe Fleetwood, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it had been a "great privilege" to be involved with the case of an "extraordinary individual".
When the girl was told about the court's decision, she had been "delighted" and referred to the judge as "Mr Hero Peter Jackson", her lawyer said.
"It was a difficult process. Some might say the girl's mother's attention was directed towards that procedure rather than grieving at this time," Ms Fleetwood added.
"But her daughter had passed away, the procedure needed to be carried out."
The case had not set a precedent for future cases around cryopreservation, she said.
The girls' parents were divorced and the girl had not had any contact with her father for six years before she became ill.
While the girl's mother supported her wishes to have her body preserved, her father was against it.
He said: "Even if the treatment is successful and she is brought back to life in let's say 200 years, she may not find any relative and she might not remember things and she may be left in a desperate situation given that she is only 14 years old and will be in the United States of America."
Although he then changed his mind, saying he respected his daughter's decision, he subsequently wanted to see his daughter's body after her death - something to which she would not agree.
The judge said the girl's application was the only one of its kind to have come before a court in England and Wales - and probably anywhere else.
Mr Justice Jackson said the case was an example of science posing new questions to lawyers.
The girl died peacefully in October knowing that her remains would be preserved, but the judge said there had been problems on the day she died.
He said hospital staff and bosses had expressed concerns about the way the process of preparing her body for cryogenic preservation had been handled.
This was carried out by a voluntary group in the UK before her body was flown to the US for storage.
He suggested that ministers should consider "proper regulation" of cryonic preservation for the future.
Inspectors also found the banned anti-inflammatory horse drug phenylbutazone, or "bute", in 0.5% of horsemeat tested.
The EU said it was "a matter of food fraud and not of food safety".
The three-month programme of checks was agreed by the 27 EU member states in February after horsemeat had been found in a batch of Findus frozen lasagne.
"Restoring the trust and confidence of European consumers and trading partners in our food chain following this fraudulent labelling scandal is now of vital importance for the European economy," said EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers Tonio Borg.
He said the Commission would "propose to strengthen the controls along the food chain in line with lessons learned."
Of the 4,144 tests carried out across the EU for the presence of horsemeat DNA, 193 were positive (4.66%).
There were 3,115 tests for bute, of which 16 were positive (0.51%).
In addition, member states reported another 7,951 tests for horse DNA performed by food business operators; of these 110 were positive (1.38%).
The number of tests varied between 10-150 samples depending on the size of the EU country and on consumption habits, the Commission said.
The tests were commissioned by the EU amid concerns about possible fraudulent attempts to sell horsemeat as processed beef in a number of member states.
The tests, although not comprehensive, provide an indication of the scale of the problem.
Last week the Dutch government announced that, as part of its investigations, it had identified two processing plants that might have supplied horsemeat as beef since January 2011.
The UK's Food Standards Agency conducted 150 tests for the Commission, with no positive results.
However, separately, Britain has announced a "wide-ranging" strategic review of its food chain.
There have been 6,000 tests carried out by the industry and local councils in the UK. So far 24 have shown the presence of horsemeat in a range of food.
BBC European correspondent Christian Fraser, in Brussels, said the Commission believed the EU had one of the best food safety systems in the world but it relied on a complex web of suppliers.
In a food chain that might stretch from Romania to the Netherlands, the south of France and Britain, pinning down where the system had gone wrong had proved difficult, he added.
Our correspondent said the food companies across the EU were so interwoven that one fraud could have a serious ripple effect across a number of countries.
In the UK, Food Minister David Heath said the government's review would look for any vulnerabilities in the food chain that could be exploited by fraudsters.
Consumers "must have confidence in the food they buy", he said.
Howley names his Six Nations squad on Tuesday, with Wales' opening match in Italy on Sunday, 5 February.
"It would be nice if Rob went away from the status quo and picked players who perform on a weekly basis," Jones said.
"If you're young and good enough, you've got to play. Whoever's playing well needs the opportunity."
Wing Keelan Giles, 18, has impressed for Pro12 leaders Ospreys this season and was called up for Wales' autumn internationals, but did not play.
He was an unused replacement in the narrow win over Japan, but limped out of Ospreys' European Challenge Cup win against Lyon on Saturday.
James says Wasps flanker Thomas Young, 24, could be in contention to be named in the squad.
"I'd like to see him brought in to the squad," James, who won the last of his 48 Wales caps in 2007, told BBC Wales Today.
"I'd like to see Rob be a bit bolder in his selection policy and give a couple of the young guys who have excelled throughout the season a chance to play on the big arena.
"I think you need the right blend, whether you put them on the bench and bring them on gradually as the game is evolving."
Cardiff Blues flanker Sam Warburton's six-year spell as Wales captain seems set to end, with Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones taking over the role.
Howley must decide how to handle the absences of vastly experienced prop Gethin Jenkins and highly regarded number eight Taulupe Faletau.
Jenkins, who plays for Cardiff Blues, is not expected to return until the latter stages of the tournament as he recovers from a calf injury.
Bath's Faletau is being treated for a knee ligament injury, having been largely absent during Wales' autumn campaign for the same reason.
The former Newport Gwent Dragons player is not expected to return until after Wales' tournament starts against Italy in Rome.
Like his fellow British and Irish Lion Jenkins, Ospreys flanker Dan Lydiate is a long-term injury absentee.
The six officers were shot dead on Friday when they attempted to evict about 100 farming families from land they had invaded three weeks ago.
At least nine farmers were also killed in the clashes. Police had earlier put the number of officers killed at seven.
President Fernando Lugo has ordered the army to the area to restore calm.
Territorial disputes are not unusual in Paraguay, but the incident on Friday was the most violent for decades.
Police said one of the police officers hurt in the confrontation remained in a serious condition.
Relatives of the landless farmers said they had found two more bodies at the site of the clashes, bringing the number of dead civilians to 11, but there has not yet been official confirmation of the find.
Murder charges
Police said the nine suspects, one of them a 15-year-old boy, were all in custody. They said some of them were being treated for injuries sustained during the eviction attempt.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal association.
The confrontation started in the early hours of Friday, when police moved in on private land which had been occupied by more than 100 landless farmers.
According to police official Walter Gomez the officers were ambushed in a wooded area.
He said they had not been expecting violence and had wanted to negotiate a "peaceful eviction". Mr Gomez said his officers had been attacked "with high-calibre weapons".
Among those killed was the chief of the Police Special Operations Force, Erven Lovera.
Battle for land
Farmers' leader Jose Rodriguez told Paraguayan radio that those killed "were humble farmers, members of the landless movement, who'd decided to stay and resist".
The farmers said the land was illegally taken during the 1954-1989 military rule of Gen Alfredo Stroessner and distributed among his allies.
According to the Paraguayan Truth Commission, 6.75 million hectares of land were sold or handed over under "irregular circumstances" during military rule.
The Commission says that almost 20% of Paraguayan land can be qualified as "ill-gotten gains".
Interior Minster Carlos Filizzola and Chief of Police Paulino Rojas were replaced over the incident.
The new Interior Minister, Ruben Candia, said that the evictions would continue, and that they would be carried out "with the full backing of the law".
Peter Byrne contacted the firm as tremors caused by his condition meant he kept hitting the standard controller's touchpad, pausing games.
Alex Nawabi from Sony's marketing team said he would investigate.
He then modified a Dual Shock 4 controller himself and sent it to Mr Byrne as a surprise.
On the bespoke version, the touchpad has been disabled and its button re-routed to the back of the device.
In a letter to Mr Byrne, who lives in New Jersey in the US, Mr Nawabi said it took him around 10 hours and three attempts to create his solution.
He said he had undertaken the work on his own initiative and told Mr Byrne it would not be covered by the warranty.
"I'm not 100% sure how long it will last, as it's the first time I've ever done anything like this," he wrote.
"I have plans to build you one more controller in case this one breaks but I'd like feedback on this one first."
Mr Nawabi added that Mr Byrne's email had "struck a chord" with him.
"It killed me to hear how something you used to enjoy thoroughly was being ruined because of our new controller design," he wrote.
Mr Byrne said he was delighted with his new controller.
"Honestly, I expected them to just make a note of my issue and say 'we'll address this in the future'," he told the BBC.
"It works very good so far. I have no problems and gameplay has been fine".
Mr Byrne's story attracted the attention of local news outlet News12 New Jersey (subscription site) after he posted pictures of the letter and his controller on Facebook and it was shared widely.
Sony has been contacted by the BBC.
Hamilton's third win of the season cut his deficit to 12 points to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who finished fourth.
Hamilton, who equalled his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65 poles on Saturday, said: "I definitely think I have been at my best this weekend.
"It has been a spectacular day and the team really needed it."
It was Hamilton's sixth win in Montreal in 10 races, by far his best record at any circuit and it came on the 10th anniversary of the first victory of his career.
"It has been smooth," Hamilton said. "I was so happy with the qualifying lap, just beaming from ear to ear, sitting there at dinner thinking I can't believe I got 65 poles, really having to pinch myself.
"Today I just really relived my first grand prix win in 2007. It has been a spectacular day. A lot different now. I am older, the crowd was actually with me as opposed to my first year when no-one knew me."
The win comes after a difficult weekend for Mercedes at the last race in Monaco, where the team struggled to make the car perform and Hamilton finished seventh after qualifying 14th.
Hamilton praised the team's efforts in working out what had gone wrong and fixing it for Canada.
"To come away from Monaco, everyone pulled together and I don't think in five years I have ever seen them pull together like they did," he said. "We have delivered a great blow to the Ferraris. Well deserved for everyone.
"They did such great work analysing what went wrong and giving us a summary and saying this is where we went wrong.
"Here the car was back where it should be. I'm happy it was that early in the season, even though Monaco is a good one to win. Hopefully that shouldn't happen again."
Vettel's hopes were hit when his front wing was damaged by Max Verstappen's Red Bull at the first corner, and he had to stop to replace it.
He fought back through the field and said he was disappointed not to pass Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo for the final podium place at the end.
"I wanted that podium but I didn't get it," he said.
"It was clear with the damage we had that unless there is trouble at the front or we are extremely lucky with safety cars or whatever that it would be difficult.
"I was very busy for most of the race. I enjoyed it, it was fun, it was good racing. There were some manoeuvres where I nearly wanted to close my eyes but ultimately the team and car deserved more. The pace was there.
"It was a bit difficult to read. Mercedes were very strong in the race but it is also a different story when you can control the race and the pace, the tyres. I was flat out and when you are chasing other cars you lose quite a lot of grip, then you are sliding. A different race."
All three main US share markets jumped more than 1%, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index closing at a record high.
Europe's main markets jumped at least 2% and the euro hit a five-month high as fears over the election eased.
"Markets are taking the news out of France very positively," said David Levy, US-based investor at Republic Wealth Advisors.
Centrist Emmanuel Macron topped the voting on Sunday and is strongly tipped as the eventual winner in the run-off with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on 7 May.
Investors had worried that far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon would beat Mr Macron on Sunday, giving voters a choice between two Eurosceptic candidates.
In the US, the Nasdaq gained 1.2% to finish the day at 5,983.82, up about 67 points from a record set last week. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes both rose 1.1%.
As in Europe, banking stocks were among the stand-out gainers.
"This [election] alleviates fears that we were going to have to navigate a French exit (from) the European Union," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management.
"This is a classic relief rally showing up most in financials," he said. "We cleared this hurdle and now it's a little bit more clear running."
France's Cac 40 share index closed 4% up, while Germany's Dax was 3.37% up.
The Cac's gains took it to its highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. In London, the FTSE 100 share index ended 2% ahead.
At one point, the euro rose to its highest level against the dollar since mid-November, before giving up some ground.
Octavio Marenzi, chief executive of the financial research consultancy Opimas in Paris, said: "Macron will be reassuring to markets, with his pledge to lower corporate taxes and to lighten the administrative burden on firms. He basically represents continuity."
Other analysts said markets had welcomed Mr Macron's large lead in opinion polls over Ms Le Pen, who has opposed the euro and France's EU membership.
"Clearly investors are happy with the result as a 'Frexit' seems to be off the table," said Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital in London.
"But watch for the risks to return - if Le Pen starts polling in the 40%+ bracket we will see nerves creep back in and some of these big lurches higher could be dialled back as profits are taken and investors reprice risk."
European bank shares rose to their highest level since December 2015 on the improved prospects for the euro.
In France, shares in Societe Generale and Credit Agricole jumped 9.86% and 10.86% respectively. In London, Barclays rose 5.4% and Standard Chartered added 4.75%.
Germany's Dax broke through 12,400 points for the first time, led higher by Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank.
In the US, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs were the Dow's biggest risers, gaining 3.5% and 3% respectively.
As results started coming in on Sunday night, the euro jumped 2% to its highest level since 10 November, the day after the results of the US presidential election. The euro eased back later on Monday.
The move left sterling down 1.3% against the euro at 1.17, while the pound dropped 0.2% versus the US dollar at 1.27.
"The extent of the market reaction shows how nervous investors were, worried that the actual polls would deliver another shock result," said Steven Bell, chief economist at BMO Global Asset Management.
Mr Macron, a former investment banker, served as economy minister under current President Francois Hollande.
Despite his relative inexperience - he has never served as an MP - polls see him defeating Ms Le Pen in the second round.
Richard McGuire, head of rates at Rabobank, said: "The assumption now is that centrist voters will rally around Macron, denying Le Pen the presidency and hence this will effectively be a pro-establishment, pro-European result."
Mr Macron's defeated rival in Sunday's election, François Fillon, has already endorsed him. Other senior political figures in France, including former Prime Minister Alain Juppe, have also thrown their weight behind Mr Macron.
However, Mr McGuire cautioned that, after the UK Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump in the US, no one should take anything for granted ahead of the second round on 7 May.
Pro-European Mr Macron was the Socialist finance minister until the autumn, when he quit to set up the En Marche movement, which proposes tax and spending cuts.
The anti-EU Ms Le Pen's campaign focused on jobs, security and the threat from Islamic extremism.
Bookmakers made Mr Macron the firm favourite to win the run-off, with both Ladbrokes and Coral offering 1-6 and William Hill 1-8, with Ms Le Pen at 4-1, 7-2 and 9-2 respectively.
The still shows a man wearing a jacket with a distinctive "V" on it, in an off-licence near the bus stop where the murder took place hours later.
Despite previous Met Police appeals the man has never been identified.
Stephen, 18, was murdered by a group of six white youths in an unprovoked attack, in Eltham, south-east London.
Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of his murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months in January 2012.
The investigation into Mr Lawrence's death remains open.
The Met said the potential witness was in an off-licence on Well Hall Road in Eltham at 20:00 BST on 22 April.
The off-licence was 330 yards (300m) from the bus stop where Mr Lawrence was attacked two and a half hours later.
Witnesses saw a man in the "V" emblem jacket near Well Hall Road roundabout at about the time Mr Lawrence was attacked, the Met said.
Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere, said he hoped the man would come forward to help police with inquiries, or to "eliminate this strand of the investigation".
The image of the jacket was previously circulated to media in 1993 and again in 2013.
The CCTV was "recently identified as part of a regular internal review of the case", he said, and released as a public appeal after being digitally enhanced.
Mr Le Pere said: "We are hoping that over the passage of time allegiances may have changed, people may have moved away and feel more confident coming forward."
He won back to back promotions in his second spell at Stevenage.
But Westley's Exiles are bottom of League Two and five points from safety.
"It's embarrassing, humiliating even though in your own mind you can justify that you've inherited one bad run, a team that was doing a lot of losing," he said.
"You try and make a difference to it and it's painful. But I am quite philosophical.
"I did believe when I walked in the door that there were missing ingredients, we've gone into January and hopefully I'm showing I mean it and I can do something about it."
Since the January transfer window opened Westley has brought in eight new signings and is expecting more new arrivals before the end of the month as he bids to help them avoid relegation.
"It's time for change, time for action and we are taking that action," Westley added.
"We were looking at the amount of promotions there are in the camp.
"Promotions get won by players who know how to win games consistently.
"It was surprising how few promotions there were amongst the players at the football club.
"Mickey Demetriou, of course, comes in having recently won a promotion out of League Two with Shrewsbury.
"So having a player in the camp who knows what it takes to win consistently on a Saturday and a Tuesday is important."
On Saturday the Exiles host Colchester with Demetriou unlikely to start.
On-loan midfielder Josh Sheehan is expected to be fit after missing last weekend's defeat at Stevenage while Jamie Turley, Lenell John-Lewis and Joss Labadie all remain sidelined.
Dieudonne was also fined €9,000 ($9,500; £6,300) by the court in the city of Liege. He was not in court.
The comedian, who insists he is not anti-Semitic, made the remarks during a show in Liege in 2012.
He has several convictions for anti-Semitism and hate speech.
One of his most recent was after the attack in January on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Dieudonne rose to prominence through the invention of the "quenelle", a hand gesture critics have likened to an inverted Nazi salute.
Several French cities have banned the comedian from performing.
The Belgian court's judgement on Wednesday said that "all the accusations against Dieudonne were established - both incitement to hatred and hate speech but also Holocaust denial".
Eric Lemmens, a lawyer for Belgium's Jewish organisations, said the guilty verdict was a "major victory".
Earlier this month the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Dieudonne in a separate case. It judged that freedom of speech did not mean his performances could be racist or anti-Semitic.
Dieudonne was at that time appealing against a fine he received from a French court in 2009 for inviting a Holocaust denier on stage.
In March, Dieudonne was found guilty by a French court of condoning terrorism and given a two-month sentence.
He had posted on Facebook "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" just days after the January Paris attacks..
The post combined the "Je Suis Charlie" slogan with the name of one of the three gunmen involved in the attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
Eyewitness Simon Crowcroft, from Jersey, told the Islington Gazette he came across the "strange scene" on Upper Street while in the city on Tuesday.
The Met Police said officer Dan Smith was helping a man who had collapsed. He was treated at the scene.
A force spokesman said the officer's horse, Invictor, was "showing he's a team player".
The Met said its mounted horse unit carries out day-to-day patrols and is tasked like any other unit.
A London Ambulance spokesman added: "We were to reports of an unwell person on Upper Street. We treated a man at the scene but did not take anyone to hospital."
The 2018 competition begins a day earlier when Wales host Scotland and Ireland travel to France.
The tournament will climax with a 'Super Saturday' on 17 March, as Scotland go to Italy, England host Ireland and Wales entertain France.
The 2019 Six Nations will run from 1 February to 16 March, with England away to Ireland in their first fixture.
Wales will face France in Paris in their 2019 opener, while Scotland host Italy at Murrayfield.
England finish the tournament by hosting the Scots at Twickenham, with Italy v France and Wales v Ireland the other matches in the final round of fixtures.
Yoshiki, founder of rock superstars X Japan, will have an artificial cervical disc inserted in his neck.
Known for his aggressive heavy metal drumming, he has often ended up in pain on the floor by the end of a show.
His management said the injuries he had sustained "would force a professional rugby player to retire".
All forthcoming X Japan concerts are being rescheduled and Yoshiki is expected to go under the knife within days in Los Angeles.
"I'm having neck surgery next week. This time the surgeon will open my neck from the front and insert an artificial disc between my vertebrae. I'm a little scared but I'll make it through," Yoshiki told fans on his website.
A quick YouTube search brings up countless videos of the man - full name Yoshiki Hayashi - drumming himself in a frenzy until he collapses behind his kit.
There's likely some performance mixed in here and there, but there's little doubt he puts more effort into his gig than just a gentle background shuffle.
X Japan's blend of androgynous glam and heavy metal turned them into one of the biggest acts in Japanese music history, with a huge and fanatical following, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.
The band transformed the music scene in Japan. They spawned a whole new style - over the top outfits, wild stage performances - and sold 30 million records.
Their fame caught on around the globe.
They reformed in 2007 and have been touring Japan and the world since then, with a huge gig at London Wembley Arena as recently as March.
A documentary about the band was released worldwide earlier this year.
The now 51-year old Yoshiki Hayashi is the band's founder, drummer, pianist and main songwriter so there's maybe reason why he pushed the drum performances very much to the fore.
He's also a classically trained pianist and frequently strayed off the heavy metal path, recording several classical albums or composing the song for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards.
But with a poor bones structure since his childhood, he is paying a price for years of intense drumming.
"Yoshiki has been informed by a neurosurgeon in Japan that his neck has experienced severe damage that would force a professional rugby player to retire," his management said.
"It has been medically determined that he is approaching his limit, both physically and mentally."
He is now to receive an artificial cervical disc, having already received prior treatment in 2009.
According to his doctor, he had already lost feeling in his left hand when he performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in New York's Carnegie Hall in January this year.
His management said X Japan would be reviewing July arena concerts in Japan as well as a planned world tour and the shows are expected to be rescheduled.
In response, an adviser to London mayor Boris Johnson, Daniel Moylan, said if true, it is "sadly short-sighted".
Known as "Boris Island" because of Mr Johnson's backing, it was one option being considered by the Airports Commission on how to expand airport capacity in the UK.
An official announcement is expected on Tuesday.
"Airports policy has been stalled for nearly five decades, ricocheting like a billiard ball between Heathrow and Gatwick," said Mr Moylan, aviation adviser to Mr Johnson.
"We have only one opportunity to break out of that but it seems the Commission has taken us back to the same old failed choice."
He added that the final decision would rest with the government. "The key question now is whether the Airports Commission will play much of a role," he continued.
Earlier, the Financial Times reported that Whitehall sources had confirmed the "Boris Island" plan would be ruled out.
It would have led to the development of a four-runway airport on the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary.
The commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, was set up by the government to consider ways of expanding the UK's airport capacity. Its final report is expected next summer, after the general election.
The decision to eliminate Boris Island as an option would leave the commission with three alternatives: Adding a third runway at Heathrow, lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow, and a new runway at Gatwick.
Sir Howard Davies' decision is unlikely to surprise many people.
A few months ago he told me that the Thames Estuary scheme had much higher hurdles to jump over than its competitors at Heathrow and Gatwick.
He said the construction challenge was "massive", and that he was concerned about the impact on the environment, the cost of getting 150m passengers to and from the site (you would have to build new roads and rail lines), and the effect it would have on Heathrow, which may have to close.
For several months now he has been analysing the detail and in the end he has decided it's not worth all that cash.
So now the focus is very much on Heathrow, which boasts two of the three schemes on the Airports Commission short-list.
Expanding Heathrow is a politically toxic idea. The whole point of setting up a Commission was to delay any decision until after the general election.
It's just possible that the politicians will be pressured into declaring a favourite before then.
"By excluding the Thames Estuary airport option, the Airports Commission has made the right choice on the basis of robust evidence", said Chris Richards from the manufacturers' organisation the EEF.
Before the decision about "Boris Island" emerged, the CBI business lobby group said that a single, larger-hub airport where passengers can transfer to a range of destinations was "critical" to the UK's long-term economic growth.
The CBI urged the commission to ensure its decision "maximised links across the UK" and made the "best use of existing capacity".
"While no-one can predict the future of air travel, the track record shows that it tends to be hub airports that deliver the new connections to emerging markets that we desperately need," said CBI deputy general Katja Hall.
Heathrow said this meant that the CBI backed its expansion but Gatwick said hub capacity could be achieved by switching some traffic to its airport, freeing up space at Heathrow.
The Anglian Sovereign covers Orkney and Shetland but was sent to shadow the escort of a cargo ship to Lewis after it ran aground on Monday night.
The incident came just days after the Western Isles' tug, Anglian Monarch, was withdrawn from coastguard duties.
Other UK emergency towing vessels were withdrawn last year.
In October, the UK government agreed to short extensions to the contracts for the hire of two vessels for Scotland following a campaign by local authorities and politicians.
The funding package for the Anglian Monarch ended at the weekend and at midnight for the Anglian Sovereign.
Talks are still going on between the UK government and the oil and gas industry about how future cover for the Northern Isles might be provided and funded.
Shetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness had described the withdrawal of the Anglian Sovereign without a deal being finalised as a "disgrace".
However, MP Alistair Carmichael has told BBC Scotland that the vessel will stay on duty to allow an agreement to be reached.
Lenford Whyte, 38, chased Jonathon Coulthurst, 36, after an argument at a Liverpool retail park on 22 August.
Mr Coulthurst, a rigger in the North Sea, now suffers physical problems and stress, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Whyte, of Goswell Street, Liverpool, was jailed for five and a half years after admitting wounding, possessing a bladed article and criminal damage.
The court heard words were exchanged between the pair as Whyte's vehicle approached a junction behind a car driven by Mr Coulthurst's partner - with the couple's seven-year-old son in the back.
Both men stepped out of their vehicles and "pushing and shoving" took place outside the Hunts Cross Shopping Centre, the court heard.
CCTV footage captured Whyte collecting the sword, with a 2ft blade, from his boot and running towards Mr Coulthurst.
He waved the sword in front of members of the public before inflicting a wound in Mr Coulthurst's chest.
Whyte then drove off and later dumped the sword near a block of flats.
On sentencing, Judge Foster said: "It was clear that you are the aggressor in the conversation and in the altercation, and of course then escalated matters by getting a very intimidating weapon, which you wielded with menacing effect and eventually used it to jab - really stab - the complainant in the chest."
Paul Wood, defending, said Whyte, who suffers from a "recurrent depressive disorder", had been a victim of assault himself in the past.
He said his client accepted his actions were "foolish" and he was "very sorry" for the attack.
The defendant had problems with cannabis use but it was not suggested as a cause of the offence.
The 30-year-old has been heavily linked with Hearts as the Tynecastle club's current head coach Robbie Neilson nears a move to MK Dons.
Cathro previously worked with Dundee United and Valencia and is now part of Benitez's backroom team at St James' Park.
"Ian is a great coach," said Benitez of the Scot.
"We don't have any official approach. We are happy with him and we will continue with that. He is a young coach, he has some experience and has a great future.
"The media is telling me Hearts will come, but it depends on the head coach they have at the moment if he goes or not. That is football. It is just speculation."
Neilson left Hearts' training ground on Thursday afternoon having met with the players and used an unusual tactic to evade the waiting media pack.
One of the backroom staff left the training ground wearing a Robbie Nielson mask before picking up the man himself around a corner.
Working under director of football Craig Levein, Neilson led the Tynecastle side to the Scottish Championship title and promotion in 2015. Their first season back in the top-flight ended with a third-placed finish and a place in the Europa League qualifiers.
And victory over Rangers on Wednesday took Hearts second in the Premiership.
Cathro, who never played at professional level, began working at Dundee United during Levein's reign at Tannadice.
He became the assistant manager of Portuguese club Rio Ave in 2012 and followed manager Nuno Espirito Santo to Valencia in 2014, helping to secure a fourth place La Liga finish in his one season in Spain.
Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Officials in Duesseldorf said the investigation to this point had revealed no clue to any motive.
So far, DNA strands of 80 of the victims have been found.
Duesseldorf public prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said that "several years" before Lubitz became a pilot he "had at that time been in treatment of a psychotherapist because of what is documented as being suicidal".
But he added: "In the following period, and until recently, further doctor's visits took place, resulting in sick notes without any suicidal tendencies or aggression against others being recorded."
No specific dates were given. Lubitz enrolled in training with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, in 2008 and became a pilot in 2013. He was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode in 2009 and received treatment for a year and a half, media reports say.
Andreas Lubitz: Germanwings co-pilot
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Lufthansa said Lubitz's medical records were subject to doctor-patient confidentiality and it had not had any knowledge of their contents.
A spokeswoman for the German health ministry said doctors could break confidentiality if it was thought the patient represented a danger to other people.
Mr Kumpa added: "There still is no evidence that the co-pilot said beforehand that he would do what we have to assume was done and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that contains a confession."
Mr Kumpa said: "We have not found anything in his surrounding [environment] - be it personal or his family or his professional surrounding - that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation."
There had been some media reports that Lubitz had problems with his vision, possibly a detached retina.
But Mr Kumpa said there was no documentation on any eyesight problems that were caused by an "organic illness".
There has also been widespread speculation about Lubitz's romantic life.
One unconfirmed report has suggested his long-term girlfriend was pregnant, while an ex-girlfriend revealed that he vowed last year to do something memorable.
"One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember," she quoted him as saying.
Flight 4U 9525 crashed near the French Alpine village of Le Vernet on 24 March, flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
The cockpit voice recorder suggested Lubitz crashed the plane deliberately after locking pilot Patrick Sondenheimer out of the cockpit.
Capt Sondenheimer is heard banging on the door, screaming, "Open the damn door!"
The data recorder, which tracks the plane's altitude, speed and direction, has not yet been found.
Lufthansa board chairman Kay Kratky on Monday warned it may have been too badly damaged and may not be sending signals.
Bad weather has halted helicopter flights to the site, forcing investigators to get there on foot.
An access road to the remote site is being dug by a bulldozer to provide all-terrain vehicles with access to the area and could be completed by Monday evening.
A support centre for victims' families has been opened at a hotel in Marseille, from where Germanwings plans to provide counselling and visits to the crash site.
In Germany, a 100-strong task force is investigating the crash. While 50 police work on the murder inquiry, the others are obtaining DNA samples to help identify victims' remains.
An official memorial service for those on board flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf will be held on 17 April in Germany's most famous church - Cologne Cathedral - in the presence of President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Unanswered questions
What drives people to murder-suicide?
The study, commissioned by Liverpool City Council, said the move from Goodison Park could take up to 50% of the 130-acre Walton Hall Park.
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson said the report is an independent investigation into the potential impact and "in no way a plan or an agreement".
Campaigners said the report ignored the "major" issue of traffic and parking.
A spokesperson for the Save Walton Hall Park group said "not a lot of the park will be left to improve" if 40 to 50% was lost to the stadium development.
Everton has been in talks with Liverpool City Council to collaborate on a new stadium since June 2013.
Mayor Anderson said: "I can state that, at this time, no plans have been presented to us by Everton FC, but clearly it would be irresponsible of us to allow anyone to come to us with any proposal, for anywhere in the city, without us first taking a full and in-depth look at the situation."
The feasibility study, conducted by consultancy firm Volterra Partners, said the proposed stadium could accommodate 50,000 fans and remaining green space "would be upgraded".
It reported 30,000 sq m (323,000 sq ft) of leisure and retail space could be created if Everton moved to the park, originally opened to the public in 1934.
The scheme could also include university facilities for sports, a school and a bigger health practice.
The study added current facilities could also be provided as part of the redevelopment, including the leisure centre, children's play area and sports pitches.
A Save Walton Hall Park spokesperson said
"We will have a generation of children who will never live and play in local parks and green space. They will live in a concrete jungle.
"The report looks good on paper [but] in the real community they do not always work."
The 41,000-capacity Goodison Park is one of the oldest football stadiums and has been the home of Everton since it opened in 1892.
Their local rivals Liverpool revealed plans in April to increase their stadium's capacity at Anfield from 45,500 to almost 59,000.
Police said the accident happened at about 12:10 on the A697 near to Greenlaw.
The man was badly hurt and has been taken to the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh for treatment.
Inquiries into the full circumstances of the incident are ongoing and anyone with information has been asked by police to come forward.
The Egypt Football Association (EFA) has awarded the points to Al Makasa, who arrived to play the game.
The EFA has added that it will also deduct three points from Zamalek at the end of the season.
The sanctions mean Zamalek are now in effect 27 points behind league leaders Al Ahly, who have a game in hand.
Security concerns meant that the game could not be played as originally planned on Saturday, which is Christian holiday in Egypt.
Both teams asked for the match be played in midweek as they felt it was also too soon after two Coptic Christian churches were attacked on 9 April.
However the EFA refused that request and scheduled the game for Sunday.
Zamalek's largest and most passionate supporters group the Ultras White Knights have released a statement on social media demanding Mansour's resignation.
They blame the chairman for the clubs problems and have asked fans, ex-players and everyone from Zamalek to 'save the club from Mansour'.
Fans of the club are disowning the club with one tweet saying "this is now Mansour and his sons' club and no longer Zamalek."
Another fan added "we need who stop this man and save our club."
Former Egypt international Mido, who also played and coached the club, is also concerned at what is happening at Zamalek.
"Fighting and winning is the only way to end your suffering, I can't understand why they wanted to postpone the match," he tweeted.
It is not the first time that Mansour has courted controversy.
In 2015 he withdrew the team from the league over referees before going back on that decision.
He also has a reputation for sacking coaches who fail to impress - none of the last five permanent bosses have lasted more than 17 matches.
Sunday's forfeited match should have been a second game in charge for Portuguese coach Augusto Inacio after losing his first on Monday 2-0 to Enppi.
The body was found at a property on Carlton Road, Bordesley Green, at about 23.30 BST on Friday.
The man is yet to be formally identified but police said he was believed to be a 34-year-old from the Yardley area, reported missing on Thursday.
They said they believed the 11 people arrested were known to the man.
They are: Five men aged 45, 33, 28, 24 and 23, four women aged 50, 41, 25 and 19 and two boys, both aged 15.
A post-mortem examination is yet to take place.
West Midlands Police called on anyone who saw the man's car - a white Toyota Yaris registration FM64 PHU - in and around Carlton Road in the last two days to come forward.
The car was found about a mile away in Adderley Road on Friday.
Det Insp Warren Hines said: "We are currently treating his death as suspicious and we took swift action to arrest 11 people at the scene - who we believe were known to the man - on suspicion of his murder."
Saturday's 1-0 loss at relegated Alloa means the Easter Road side have collected a mere four points from their last seven Championship games.
Falkirk, six points ahead in second place, visit on Tuesday.
"You look for responses and there's a lot of big characters in the dressing room and at times like this we need them to shine through," said Stubbs.
Stubbs said he was "surprised" by a "disappointing performance" at part-time Alloa, adding: "We need to move on very quickly.
"I'm glad we've got a big game that can pick us up."
The former Everton defender also insisted he would have no difficulty lifting his players for the match against Falkirk, who have played two more games in the league.
"The players have pride and that pride has been dented," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"But they know it's just a matter of time before it changes again.
"There's a lot of quality in the dressing room and that's what give me the confidence to know that as well losing a few games you can very easily win a few."
Hibs finished a distant second behind Hearts last year only to fall against this season's champions Rangers at the semi-final stage of the play-offs.
Failing to overhaul Falkirk would mean two legs against Raith Rovers, with the Bairns waiting in the semi-final to decide who meets the 11th-placed side from the Premiership.
"Obviously, we would like to finish second," said Stubbs. "How important that is, I don't think anyone can tell.
"We had it last year and it didn't necessarily point to us having a better opportunity to get promoted.
"Some will say not having that break can work in your favour and it's another chance to build momentum."
Hibs lost the League Cup final to Ross County last month and will be back at Hampden on Saturday for a Scottish Cup semi-final with Dundee United.
"Our priority is promotion," said Stubbs. "It has been from the beginning.
"But we have an opportunity to get to another major final. Our attention is on Falkirk first, then we look forward.
"I can't emphasise this strongly enough; we have, potentially, a very exciting end to the season.
"While that's in front of us, we're going to be doing our upmost to make that possible."
Simmons left the Ireland job in 2013 after six successful years to take charge of his native West Indies.
But last September the 53-year-old former Test opener was dismissed, with Joel Garner taking temporary charge.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board said Simmons would assist head coach Lalchand Rajput on technical issues.
As well as the four-day Intercontinental Cup matches, Ireland will play Afghanistan in five one-day internationals and three T20 games, all in Greater Noida.
Under Simmons, Ireland qualified for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, achieving wins over Test nations England, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
The Windies appointed ex-Australia batsman Stuart Law as Simmons' full-time successor last week.
Prof Rafael Bengoa was speaking after a health summit in Belfast.
The panel put a set of principles to politicians who now have until 26 February to agree them.
If the politicians reach consensus they will underpin the work of the panel as they design a new model for health.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton described Wednesday's discussions as "very constructive".
The SDLP and the Ulster Unionists have questioned the timing of the summit, just months before an election.
Arlene Foster's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the four other main parties took part.
The DUP Health Minister Simon Hamilton announced the panel members in January.
The panel consists of two local doctors, two health service managers originally from Northern Ireland and two international experts.
It is chaired by Prof Rafael Bengoa, who is regarded as a worldwide expert on health reform and is also a former health minister for the Spanish Basque Country.
The panel was suggested by Sir Liam Donaldson in his 2015 report, which said there were too many hospitals in Northern Ireland and expertise was too thinly spread.
It highlighted duplication and called for a simpler, more efficient system.
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Gerard 'Jock' Davison, 47, was shot dead at Welsh Street, in the Markets area at 09:09 BST on Tuesday 5 May.
A gunman shot him from behind before standing over him and shooting him four more times in the head.
A senior police officer told the BBC Crimewatch programme that the gun and bullets were unusual.
"The weapon and bullets used were an eastern European type called Makarov," Det Supt Kevin Geddes said on the programme.
"These 9mm bullets are unusual in as much as they will not work in most types of western handgun.
"They are a slightly different size and can only be fired using a Makarov type gun.
"This type of weapon and ammunition are extremely rare in Northern Ireland."
Witnesses to the shooting said the gunman was 5ft 6in tall and was wearing a dark, hooded rain jacket. He escaped up an alleyway towards Stanfield Place.
"We need to know where he went next. We are also issuing a photo of a similar type jacket in the hope this may jog someone's memory," Det Supt Geddes said.
Police believe the gunman may have been standing at the junction of Welsh Street and McAuley Street shortly before the shooting.
A man was also seen with a red and white carrier bag, holding it with two hands on Welsh Street.
Police also appealed to anyone who parked a car in the Markets area between 08:00 BST and 09:00 BST on that Tuesday, and then walked to work, to contact them.
Police have said they do not believe dissident republicans were behind the attack, and do not believe Mr Davison's murder was sectarian.
So far, three people have been arrested over the murder, but all of them have been released without charge.
It is understood Mr Davison was involved in the fight in a Belfast bar in January 2005 that led to the death of Robert McCartney. It was one of Northern Ireland's most high profile killings.
Mr Davison's uncle, Terence, was later acquitted of Mr McCartney's murder.
Crimewatch was broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday at 21:00 BST and is available on BBC iPlayer
The instrument was played at a private concert by Mira Wang, a student of its former owner, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg.
The violin was taken from Totenberg's dressing room in Massachusetts in 1980 but was recovered in 2015.
His three daughters were in the audience on Monday.
Roman Totenberg died in 2012 at the age of 101. He had been a child prodigy in his native Poland and bought the 18th-Century instrument - known as the Ames Stradivarius - in 1943.
Violins created by Antonio Stradivari are considered amongst the world's finest and can be worth millions.
The violin vanished while Totenberg was greeting well-wishers after a concert.
It only reappeared in 2015 when a woman had it appraised after inheriting it from her late husband. The man, a former pupil of Totenberg, had been suspected of taking it, but was never charged because of lack of evidence.
Ms Wang said the concert was tinged with sadness as Totenberg had not lived to hear the violin played again.
"It means a great deal to me that I can use the violin, to be the first one who would bring it to the public," she said.
In the audience were Totenberg's three daughters, Jill, Amy and Nina.
"We call Mira our fourth sister," Amy Totenberg told Reuters news agency.
"She was my father's protege. He has certainly had many beloved students but she was so close and to all of us, to him, and this is just the most wonderful extension of his playing that she would be here and could do it."
Passengers from Afghanistan, China, Vietnam and Russia were found inside the lorries at Harwich International Port in Essex on Thursday.
The men, who were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, have been bailed until 2 July.
Fifteen of those discovered hiding amid Polish washing machines were children.
Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex said it was one of the "biggest single finds of clandestines coming into the UK".
Mr Jenkin told the BBC the migrants had clearly been in the trucks for a long time, and many had been dehydrated and very tired.
He said the individuals were questioned about whom they had paid, how much they had paid and where they had got on the lorries - but none spoke English making communication difficult.
41,000 2014/15
19,003 2013/14
11,731 2012/13
9,632 2011/12
10,916 2010/11
(Numbers of people trying to enter the UK illegally detected by the Border Force, other agencies in France and Belgium, and at UK ports)
Source: Home Office
Some of the most sick - including two pregnant women - had been treated at Colchester Hospital and since discharged, the Home Office said.
It is believed those not seeking asylum will be sent back to their home country.
In a letter leaked to BBC Wales, UKIP chairman Steve Crowther asks Mr Gill to honour a commitment to stand down as an MEP now he is an AM for North Wales.
His UKIP colleagues in the assembly made a similar plea last month.
A source close to Mr Gill said his overall salary is lower since he became an AM. He declined to comment.
In the letter, sent on 6 July, Steve Crowther said: "The NEC [UKIP's National Executive Committee] has resolved that our MEPs should not double-job as assembly members, and received assurances from both you and David Coburn [MEP in Scotland] that this would not be done.
"In addition, you stated in your election address for the Welsh candidacy that you would resign as an MEP if elected to the Welsh Assembly.
"The NEC asked me to reiterate to you that it stands by that resolution.
"It requests that you respond within seven days with an indication of your intention.
"It also instructed me to inform you that if this is not resolved satisfactorily it will consider taking action which may include removing your right to stand for election in the future."
During UKIP's assembly selection process in February, Mr Gill said he would "resign as an MEP" if elected to the assembly.
He became an AM in May's election. But after the EU referendum he said he would stay on as an MEP because it had become a "non-position".
Mr Gill has previously said he receives a 300 euro a week allowance rather than a normal MEP salary.
A source close to the UKIP Wales leader said, because of tax rules, his overall combined salary is now lower than before he became an AM.
"He's lost money by doing this," the source said.
Divert, which is based at Dove House in the Bogside, said it lost the contract to deliver the service on behalf of the Public Health Agency.
The group has seven staff, five of whom will lose their jobs. The contract was worth about £200,000 to Divert.
It will close on 1 October after the Public Health Agency awarded the contract to a Belfast-based charity.
Divert was established in 1999 and provides alcohol and drug education, prevention and early intervention services throughout the Northern Sector of the Western Board which covers Strabane, Derry, Limavady and all surrounding rural areas.
Bronagh McMonagle, manager of Dove House, said: "The bad news is that we have lost the service through a competitive tendering process so as of the first of October, Divert will no longer be in existence.
"Not only will five employees be on the unemployment line, you're also losing around 60 years of experience from the drugs and alcohol sector.
"Two workers will be able to carry their expertise over to the new group so that's some kind of positive.
"A local mother ringing in on a Monday morning looking for frontline crisis intervention, after her son has been missing over the weekend taking drugs etc, that's gone."
In a statement the Public Health Agency (PHA) said: "In line with the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy, in October 2014 the PHA issued a number of tenders for the provision of a range of treatment and support services to assist people impacted by drug and alcohol issues.
"All tenders received were evaluated against the selection and award criteria which were set in advance, and contracts were awarded to the providers that achieved the highest score.
"Under the tender process, the PHA focused on ensuring that high quality services were established across the region and is content that contracts were awarded fairly."
The one vehicle collision happened on Saturday afternoon.
The road was closed between Sandyknowes and Greencastle and emergency services are at the scene.
The closure caused long delays in both directions.
University of Cambridge researchers said about 676,000 deaths each year were down to inactivity, compared with 337,000 from carrying too much weight.
They concluded that getting everyone to do at least 20 minutes of brisk walking a day would have substantial benefits.
Experts said exercise was beneficial for people of any weight.
Obesity and inactivity often go hand in hand.
However, it is known that thin people have a higher risk of health problems if they are inactive. And obese people who exercise are in better health than those that do not.
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, attempted to tease out the relative dangers of inactivity and obesity.
Researchers followed 334,161 Europeans for 12 years. They assessed exercise levels and waistlines and recorded every death.
"The greatest risk [of an early death] was in those classed inactive, and that was consistent in normal weight, overweight and obese people," one of the researchers, Prof Ulf Ekelund told BBC News.
He said eliminating inactivity in Europe would cut mortality rates by nearly 7.5%, or 676,000 deaths, but eliminating obesity would cut rates by just 3.6%.
Prof Ekelund added: "But I don't think it's a case of one or the other. We should also strive to reduce obesity, but I do think physical activity needs to be recognised as a very important public health strategy."
Prof Ekelund, who is based in Norway, is into cross country skiing and clocks up at least five hours of vigorous exercise each week.
However, he says all it would need to transform health, is brisk walking.
"I think people need to consider their 24-hour day.
"Twenty minutes of physical activity, equivalent to a brisk walk, should be possible for most people to include on their way to or from work, or on lunch breaks, or in the evening instead of watching TV."
The diseases caused by inactivity and obesity were largely the same, such as cardiovascular disease. However, type 2 diabetes was more common with obesity.
Commenting on the findings, Barbara Dinsdale, from the charity Heart Research UK, said: "This study once again reinforces the importance of being physically active, even when carrying excess weight.
"Changing your lifestyle is all good news for heart health, but physical activity is always easier to achieve and maintain without carrying the extra 'body baggage' of too much weight."
Prof John Ashton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, said changes were needed to make exercise easier.
"We need substantial investment in cycling infrastructure to make our streets safer.
"If more people cycled or walked to work or school, it would make a big difference in raising levels of physical activity."
Darren Fagan attacked the two-year-old girl in her cot while he was visiting her mother at her home in Bessbrook, County Armagh, in October 2014.
The child sustained horrific injuries, including a brain haemorrhage.
Fagan, formerly of Clonavon Avenue in Portadown, had admitted causing her grievous bodily harm with intent.
He had originally been charged with attempted murder but this was "left on the books" after he admitted the lesser charge.
Fagan had previously tried to blame the child's mother for the injuries, and on Friday, the judge at Belfast Crown Court branded those claims as "cowardly, vindictive and shameful''.
He imposed an extended custodial sentence of three years "for the protection of the public'' after assessing that Fagan posed a danger to society.
The judge told Fagan that he would have to serve half his sentence before the Parole Commissioners would decide whether it was safe to release him back into the community.
If Fagan is released at that point, he will spend a further nine years and three months on supervised licence by the Probation Service.
Shell UK plans to cut 250 posts from its North Sea operations and change offshore shift patterns, as part of a drive to manage rising costs.
Staff and agency contractors based in Aberdeen and on installations in the North Sea were informed on Thursday.
Earlier, Taqa said it planned to cut about 100 jobs because of the "challenging" time facing the industry.
Shell's upstream vice president for the UK and Ireland, Paul Goodfellow, said: "The North Sea has been a challenging operating environment for some time.
"Reforms to the fiscal regime announced in the budget are a step in the right direction, but the industry must redouble its efforts to tackle costs and improve profitability if the North Sea is to continue to attract investment."
He added: "Current market conditions make it even more important that we ensure our business is competitive.
"Changes are vital if it is to be sustainable. They will be implemented without compromising our commitment to the safety of our people and the integrity of our assets."
The cuts are in addition to 250 redundancies announced by the company last August.
Taqa said it was consulting with the workforce on plans to cut 100 jobs - mostly contractors and consultants working in onshore positions.
It is the latest in a series of redundancy announcements by North Sea operators, following a fall in oil prices and rising production costs.
BP and Chevron are among the other firms to have cut jobs.
A Taqa spokesperson said: "Taqa's UK North Sea business, along with the industry as a whole, is operating in a challenging environment.
"As part of our focus to ensure Taqa's sustainable future in the UK, regrettably it is necessary for us to scale back the number of people working with us.
"The impact of these changes will predominately be on contractors and consultants.
"We are currently proposing a reduction of around 100 onshore positions, but the process will take a number of weeks and involve consultation with our workforce.
"Our workforce are fully informed on the proposed changes and we will work to support and guide them through the process."
Responding to the announcements, Oil & Gas UK's economics director Mike Tholen said: "The new Oil and Gas Authority is progressing apace and the Budget announcement last week laid the foundations for the regeneration of the UK North Sea.
"As we said at the time, however, it is crucial that the industry itself now builds on this by delivering the cost and efficiency improvements required to secure its competitiveness.
"While these are tough decisions to take given the impact on people, the measures are being taken by many companies and will allow the UK to benefit in the long-term from a boost to energy security, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled jobs and billions of pounds worth of supply chain exports."
The union Unite claimed there was a "dangerous and quickening race to the bottom" on jobs, terms, conditions and safety in the UK's offshore oil and gas industry.
Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "Only last week the industry got everything it wanted from the Chancellor in the form of a £1.3bn tax break, which industry voices claimed was necessary to boost growth and sustainability.
"Instead the cut and gut of ordinary offshore workers' livelihoods and terms and conditions goes unchallenged while executive pay across oil company majors goes through the roof."
The job loss announcements came as a report by energy data analysts Wood Mackenzie warned that global oil and gas exploration activity could be "significantly curtailed" this year as a result of average budget cuts of 30% by firms in response to low oil prices.
However, it said average exploration costs would fall by 33%, softening the blow of the cuts.
Wood Mackenzie added that although overall well numbers would dip this year, drilling activity was set to recover in 2016 as many explorers seized their chance to drill at lower costs.
Andrew Latham, from Wood Mackenzie, said: "Rising costs are not a new problem for explorers.
"Over this decade, inflation has more than offset price gains and left much of the industry struggling to create value.
"Now that prices have fallen sharply, this problem has become acute. In the short term, many explorers will react by simply spending less. But what they really need is lower costs."
The blaze, which began in a roof space of the main auditorium, started shortly after 09:00 BST on Tuesday.
A total of 47 fire fighters and six appliances attended the scene.
Alan O'Neill, of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire, which is thought to have been accidental, had now been extinguished.
"We are currently working with the hotel management to restore the normal business for the hotel," he added.
"The fire has damaged a room approximately 25 metres by 10 metres and we have had six fire fighting appliances on the scene and 47 fire fighting personnel.
"There is significant fire damage to that particular room and there is some surrounding smoke damage.
"We will remain there for the next number of hours to carry out a salvage operation and further investigations."
Mark Beattie, who is staying at the hotel, described the scene on Tuesday morning.
"When we made our way outside the building, there was smoke billowing from the main office building and three fire trucks had arrived as well," he said.
"We have just got word that the fire has been put out and they are making the hotel safe for guests to go back in."
In a statement, Galgorm Resort and Spa said there was an evacuation due to an "electrical fire".
"We would like to thank all our guests for their co-operation and express our gratitude to the fire service for their immediate and professional support," it added.
"We are now back in the Resort and working hard to get all of our systems back up and running."
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In 1972 Spitz won a then record of seven Olympic golds at one Games - a mark which stood until Michael Phelps won eight at Beijing 2008.
Peaty, who defended the 50m and 100m world titles this week, has suggested he could compete in 200m from 2018.
"There's a cost in doing that," Spitz told BBC Radio 5 live.
With the 50m breaststroke event not included for the 2020 Olympics, Peaty is considering adding the 200m to his race schedule in order to have the opportunity of winning two individual gold medals.
"A lot of times a 100m breaststroker doesn't do well at the 200m, it can be due to training and desire, but also the order of the races at event," continued Spitz.
"He has the speed, so all he needs is the conditioning to go two more laps, so the question is on Peaty - do you want to make the commitment?"
The American feels the only way Peaty can race in the 200m and it not have an impact on his 100m event, which he won at Rio 2016, is if the Olympic schedule is revised.
The programme for Tokyo 2020 has yet to be revealed, but the 100m breaststroke has come before the 200m at all Olympics dating back to the 1970s.
"If he's in condition for the 200m breaststroke then he's not going to be as good at the shorter distances," he said.
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"I know that as a fact because the schedule was changed for me three years before the Olympics so I could swim 200 events and that helped me taper for the 100s.
"If I'd had to swim 100s first, and then go to twice the distance afterwards, I would have won the 100s but I would not have been as sharp in the 200s."
The America states Peaty's performances have nevertheless been "incredible" in Budapest and believes the 50m event could be added to the Olympics in the future.
"Adam is so exciting to watch," Spitz said.
"It's a real disappointment that the 50m isn't in Tokyo, but if he can stick around long enough it'll probably be an event wherever the Olympics is held in 2024."
In a wide-ranging interview with 5 live, Spitz also said it could be decades before the sport produces "another Michael Phelps", but that he has been impressed by USA's Caeleb Dressell.
"It took 36 years for someone to come along and break my record and I don't think someone will come along and replace Michael Phelps in the next 36 years," he said.
"[But] if you're looking for someone to win multiple medals then you'll have to look to this guy Caeleb Dressel."
You can hear this interview in full on BBC Radio 5 Live during coverage of the World Swimming Championships in Budapest from 16:30 BST on Sunday.
The appeal has again been ruled "not admissible" by the court.
Liberia had requested the suspension and cancellation of the governing body's changes.
Cas once again said that it accepted Caf's contention that its own appeals procedure must be followed first.
The latest decision follows the ruling by Cas in November that Liberia had submitted their case too early.
At the time Liberia Football Association chief, Musa Bility said his body had chosen not to appeal to Caf, despite the court's instructions.
Cas has always maintained it is unable to get involved because it recognises Caf's own internal appeals procedure.
Liberia's concern is that any appeal would not be heard until Caf's General Assembly in March, the same meeting at which the presidential elections are due to be held.
The new amendment determined that only voting members of the Caf executive committee can run for the presidency - which prevented Jacques Anouma and Danny Jordaan from bidding for the role.
It effectively left the current president, Issa Hayatou, unchallenged for the job.
The Cameroonian, who is bidding for a new term that will keep him in power until 2017, has been in charge of African football's ruling body since 1987.
Maeso is set to return to the Triangle circuit after recovering from injuries sustained in a high speed crash at the Isle of Man TT in 2013.
He has signed for the Ballyclare based Longshot racing team and will compete on their Kawasaki ZX6R machine.
"I cycle, run and ride MX and trial bikes every day to prepare for the 2016 North West 200," said Maeso.
Maeso has undergone extensive rehabilitation on a broken knee suffered in the TT crash.
He secured a top-10 finish in the Superbike race on his last NW 200 appearance in 2013.
"I've been in a wheel chair for six months so it is very difficult to predict the future - some people even doubted that I could ever walk normally again," added Maeso.
"My intention for this year is just to be able to get back to where I left it and that would be a victory in itself.
"I intend to set up a deal with a team for other classes for the Isle of Man TT and to make my debut at the Ulster Grand Prix later this summer."
Hundreds of jobs in Wales, part of a total of 11,000 across the UK, were lost after the retailer went into administration in April.
On Friday, staff in Swansea wore T-shirts bearing the slogan "No more green" which appeared to mock former BHS owner Sir Philip Green.
BHS had six stores in Wales in Carmarthen, Swansea, Cardiff Bay, Newport, Wrexham and Llandudno.
A report by MPs' found Sir Philip extracted large sums from the business before leaving it on "life support" and his failure to resolve its £571m pension deficit was a major factor in its firm's demise.
Steve Britten, manager of the Princess Way store in Swansea, said it had been an emotional time for staff.
"We have been through the emotion - on June 22 we were given the official notice. Obviously that was a tough time as we did not know what was going on or what was happening," he said.
"We look like we are going to be the last store in the region - we are quite proud of that. We are the last ones standing."
Within Italy, though, the former prime minister remains a potent political force. His centre-right People of Freedom (PDL) party has been gaining ground, and he may well be in the reckoning when this weekend's election results roll in.
So, what is the secret of his enduring attraction? Some of his faithful followers in Italy's affluent north explain why they have stayed loyal, despite all the scandal. Another, meanwhile, explains why he has finally had enough.
Mr Bianchi describes himself as one of life's "gypsies". He's travelled the world during a career that's included the Italian diplomatic service, shipping and finance industries. He now works as a training consultant to big firms from his home in Milan. Mr Bianchi has been a Berlusconi fan since the former cruise-ship crooner exploded onto the political scene in 1994 - and he remains one to this day. He even supports Mr Berlusconi's AC Milan.
"This was a man who'd come from virtually nothing to be a big success in building, finance, the media - and had spotted a gap in the political market. He also opened up politics - to businessmen, academics and managers. And I like his easy way with people. What he's found, though, is that the Italian political system is very difficult to change, because of the resistance of the political system and vested interests.
"The way he's been attacked over the years has infuriated me. They started out trying to attack him on issues that seemed important - and when that didn't work, they ended up talking about the girls and the parties.
"What he has now - in addition to his business expertise - is 20 years' experience of politics. And that could be invaluable at this difficult time. In fact, I believe in him now even more than in the past."
Mr Ferri is single, and a marketing graduate. Home is a small village called Comun Nuova, in the Po valley. His day starts at 06:00 in the morning, when he sets off for work at the nearby Tenaris steel plant. Four evenings a week he studies for his masters degree in international marketing.
"Berlusconi's no saint, we all know that. But there's a saying in Italian - 'ci mette la faccia' - which basically means someone's not afraid of a fight, of taking a risk. And that's Berlusconi all over. He has no fear.
"Before he came back as leader - just before the election - the PDL was down and out. Now it's back and fighting hard. The PDL might still lose - but it would have been a lot worse without Berlusconi.
"Berlusconi is the only one who knows how to talk to people about their real problems. You know, we've businessmen round here who've lost everything they've worked to build up over the past 40 years - men who can't even afford a decent meal any more.
"And the other parties - on the left - they want to talk about gay weddings. I mean - what planet are they on? They've no experience of the real world. The only world most of them know is the world of politics."
Ms Birolini is running for election to the Lombardy regional council on the PDL ticket. A 43-year-old mother of two, she's passionate about culture, the importance of rooting out corruption and the role of women in Italian society. How does that sit with her place in a party led by a man known for constant corruption allegations - and a taste for dancing girls?
"Berlusconi is not the PDL. The reason I'm in the PDL is because it represents freedom of choice - and it's only by the exercise of choice that you become a better citizen. Berlusconi did a lot for the country in his first 10 years. But after that, I think he got misled by some of those around him.
"It's really difficult to be a woman in the centre-right at the moment because some of the examples in the past were so bad. We're all 'messo nello stesso cappello' - thrown together in the same hat. It's my personal battle to show that a woman can make a valid contribution politically, that there's a different way to be a woman in politics on the centre-right. It's a heavy responsibility - especially at a time like this.
"But the top priority after the election has to be to tackle corruption. The worst thing is the way it's insinuated its way into society - so that ordinary people end up thinking it's not really criminal behaviour, just a way of doing business."
Mr Marieni is a property owner and retired manager, whose family home is in the town of Bergamo, just outside Milan. He's a firm believer in free-market liberalism - and had great hopes for Silvio Berlusconi when he first appeared on the political scene. But this time, he says, he won't be voting PDL.
"I voted for him because he seemed to be the only person who could prevent Italy being taken over by the communists or ex-communists. I think he had a genuine desire to renew the country - to slash bureaucracy and shake up the public administration, education and health.
He also saw the need to modernise our infrastructure in order to catch up with the rest of Europe - everything from high-speed train networks and motorways to nuclear power plants and high-speed internet access.
"But the establishment - most of it on the left - was against all this - and so started the battle against him - like antibodies fighting off alien intruders in the body.
"Now, though, I think his time is over. He eventually came to see himself as almighty. He lost his sense of proportion - and of the ridiculous: all those alleged red-light parties, Ruby and the rest. And as a result, he's simply not credible anymore."
Police said the victim, named locally as Robert Chester, had died before the fire started at Rothersthorpe Road on Thursday.
A 38-year-old woman and 50-year-old man were arrested on Friday. Police believe they knew the man who died.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, a spokesman added.
A post-mortem examination conducted at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Friday concluded that he died before the fire started.
Officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries in the Rothersthorpe Road area on Saturday and are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious on Thursday morning to contact them.
Police were alerted to the incident at about 12:00 BST on Thursday.
The 24-year-old's departure comes after Wales' all-time record goalscorer, 30-year-old striker Helen Ward, also left the Royals earlier in December.
Former Cardiff City player Jones is a dual sport international for Wales, having also previously played netball.
"I'll leave with fond memories of how we achieved our team objectives in consecutive seasons," she said.
First-team squad members Shelly Provan, Lois Roche, Amber Stobbs, Laura-May Walkley and Equatorial Guinea international striker Jade Boho-Sayo have also left the club since the end of the 2016 season.
The Sunni extremist group claimed responsibility for the al-Zahra mosque suicide bombing, which left four people dead, through its Amaq news agency.
Among those reportedly killed were a police officer and a prominent local figure who founded the mosque.
The attack comes during the holy month of Ramadan.
It took place at the end of the daily fast. There have been reports that senior officials had been due to attend services at the mosque, on the western edge of the city.
During these particular nights of Ramadan, the Shia hold rituals for martyrdom of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
According to a statement on interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish's social media profiles, the attacker had attempted to enter the mosque but was barred from reaching the prayer hall.
Instead, he triggered a bomb in the kitchen.
It has also been reported that the sounds of gunfire rang out after the explosion, which also left four police officers and four civilians wounded.
An attack last month in Kabul killed 90 people when a suicide attacker detonated a bomb hidden inside a tanker truck close to the heavily protected diplomatic area during the morning rush hour.
Some 400 people were injured by that blast, which left a deep crater.
No group has said it carried out that attack but Taliban militants denied being involved. Recent bomb attacks in Kabul have been claimed either by the Taliban or so-called Islamic State (IS).
The attack was followed by a series of protests against the deterioration of security, during which five people died when police fired on protesters.
Suicide bombers later targeted the funeral of one of the protesters, killing at least seven people. Another 100 people were injured.
In recent years, there seems to have been a noticeable spike in violence during Ramadan - despite it being a time for penance and temperance.
But while most Muslims view it as such, Shiraz Maher, of King's College London, explained in an article for the BBC last year that others see it differently.
"For 30 days, Muslims abstain from drink and food during sunlight hours and believe that God is at his most forgiving during this time," he wrote.
"Mosques are consequently fuller than usual, typically packed with worshippers seeking divine mercy and blessings.
"Juxtaposed alongside that ascetic puritanism is the view of radicals who regard Ramadan as a month of conquest and plunder.
"They believe it is an opportune moment to double down on their millenarian war against civilisation and therefore launch more attacks than normal."
The blaze broke out at the Gordon House Hotel in Kirkcudbright just after 20:00 on Thursday.
Staff, residents and customers were evacuated and there were no injuries as a result of the fire.
More than 20 firefighters spent several hours working to bring the flames under control. They left at about 04:50 after ensuring the scene was safe.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the fire broke out in the kitchen area before spreading to the roof of a small, single-storey extension at the back of the premises.
At the height of the incident, crews from Gatehouse, Kirkcudbright, Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Hamilton were in attendance.
They fought the blaze using six water jets.
It was contained to the rear of the hotel and shortly after midnight dampening down operations got under way.
Hotel guest Edward Connolly, from Glasgow, said: "There was no panic, we just all made our way out of the hotel.
"I was in the room upstairs with my wife Esther when we noticed smoke.
"We made our way downstairs and everyone got out safely."
He said the staff had been "great" throughout the incident.
"We didn't realise just how bad it was until we were out and saw the fire engines arrive and the smoke and flames," he added.
Hotel director Donald Allan said they were pleased that nobody had been hurt and could only praise everyone involved.
"The couple that manage the hotel for us did a great job and we are arranging for accommodation for everyone who needs it," he said.
"Obviously once things are sorted out our aim is to get the hotel open for we have a lot of bookings for the summer."
A ministry statement quoted by Interfax news agency said it was a breach of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987.
The US says the Aegis system is a shield to protect Nato from long-range missiles and is no threat to Russia.
Romania is hosting part of the system.
A ceremony will be held at a Nato airfield in Deveselu, southern Romania, on Thursday to mark the start of Aegis operations there.
"This decision is harmful and mistaken, because it is capable of upsetting strategic stability," said Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Russian foreign ministry's department for proliferation and arms control issues.
Nato and US officials say the system has been developed to track and intercept missiles fired from a "rogue" state. In the past Iran was mentioned in that context, but the US has also had North Korea in mind.
For years the US has been testing the Aegis system on warships too.
An incoming missile would be destroyed in space, before it could re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
On Friday another phase of the project will be launched in Poland, with a groundbreaking ceremony at Redzikowo, near the Baltic Sea. Aegis missiles are to become operational there in 2018.
Mr Ulyanov said Russia's interests "are being affected in a direct way by this".
He said the Americans' MK-41 launch system could also be used to fire cruise missiles, not just air defence missiles.
"From our viewpoint this is a violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty," he said.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 119.30 points to 5,954.08.
Mining stocks dominated the FTSE 100 losers' list, led by Anglo American, which nosedived 11%.
The oil price fell sharply in morning trading, with Brent crude down 3%, but it recovered to $34.13 a barrel, almost unchanged on the day.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been sending oil to lows not seen for more than a decade.
Other European stock markets fared even worse than London. The Paris Cac 40 index fell 1.7% and Frankfurt's Dax was down 2.3%.
Other mining firms showing big losses on the FTSE included Glencore, which dropped 8.3%, BHP Billiton, which was 5% lower, and Antofagasta, which shed 5.3%.
Investors fear that China's economic woes will slow global demand for minerals and other commodities.
On the currency markets, the pound fell by more than one-and-a-half cents against the euro, sliding 1.2% to €1.3407. Sterling also slipped by 0.5% against the dollar to $1.4563.
"The pound has weakened as expectations of a Bank of England interest rate hike any time soon have waned and there has also been a mounting market focus on the UK's referendum on EU membership," said Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight.
"Expectations of an interest rate hike have been pushed back by recent mixed UK economic data, a relapse in earnings growth and the likelihood that inflation will stay lower for longer, due to oil prices falling to new lows."
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) put the Avro Shackleton MR2C up for sale in 2014.
The MoD confirmed the Save our Shackleton group, which feared it would be scrapped, had bought the aircraft for an undisclosed amount.
The Shackleton flew with the RAF for 40 years until it was retired in 1991.
The MoD put it on the market due to maintenance costs and health and safety issues.
Gary Perkin, from the Save Our Shackleton group, confirmed its purchase but declined to say how much it had paid.
The group is launching a £50,000 crowdfunding campaign on Monday to help finance the purchase and find a permanent home for the aircraft.
Members hope the plane will be part of an exhibition of engineering at a site that has yet to be found.
Mr Perkin said: "My dad was an engineer in the RAF and I've always had an interest in aviation.
"I just felt that Cornwall needed to hold onto her and there was no time to wait.
"I'm really pleased we have been successful."
An MoD spokesperson said: "We can confirm we have sold this aircraft to the Save Our Shackleton organisation and they intend on moving the aircraft to its new home shortly."
Mr Johnson, who led the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, will also meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Ministers will discuss the Nice attacks and the defeated coup in Turkey but have stressed there will be no formal discussions about Britain's EU exit.
Mr Johnson's journey to the talks was delayed after his plane had to make an emergency landing.
The delay meant the newly-appointed Cabinet member was late for an informal dinner with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Sunday evening.
James Robbins, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, said although Brexit was not on the agenda "Mr Johnson's fellow ministers are bound to be sizing up their nemesis".
"Today's meetings are bound to be odd, when the man who compared the EU's ambitions to create a super-state to those of Adolf Hitler, sits down with the 27 other ministers," he added.
The meeting comes after new Brexit Secretary David Davis said EU migrants who come to the UK as a departure date nears may not be given the right to stay.
He said there might have to be a cut-off point if there was a "surge" in new arrivals but any steps must be compatible with EU law.
The 60-year-old former jockey is accused of assaulting two women in separate incidents.
Appearing at Teesside Crown Court he pleaded not guilty to both of the charges.
Mr Nicholls, of Tall Trees Farm, Sessay, near Thirsk, was granted bail ahead of his trial on 27 February.
He was a jockey until 1992, riding more than 400 winners before becoming a trainer.
Hundreds of people were forced from their homes in Sheffield as torrential rain hit the city on 25 June 2007.
Sheffield City Council said the plaque, at the Nursery Street riverside park, "provides a permanent tribute in remembrance of that dreadful day".
Council Leader Julie Dore said: "It also underlines the strength and resilience shown by communities."
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She added that the authority was doing everything in its power to make sure "we protect our residents, homes and businesses from any future devastation".
The Nursery Street park forms part of new flood defences along the River Don.
The Lower Don Valley flood protection scheme, which is nearing completion, is one of six planned for Sheffield, at an estimated cost of £83m.
It involves the construction of more than 60 new flood protection measures along a five-mile stretch of the River Don.
Two people who died in the floods were Ryan Parry, 14, who was swept off his feet by the River Sheaf at Millhouses and a 68-year-old man who died when he was washed away as he got out of his car in the Wicker area.
Hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes, with villages near Rotherham amongst the worst hit, amid fears the nearby Ulley dam would collapse.
Recalling the floods, one caller told BBC Radio Sheffield she remembered seeing "a wall of water" flood her friend's house in a matter of minutes.
Another resident, Gemma Aktekin, described it as "like something out of a horror movie".
Mrs Aktekin, who spent eight months living in a caravan, said events of the day had a long-term impact, including making it virtually impossible to get flood insurance.
The 33-year-old previously spent three-and-a-half seasons at Forest Green, playing 144 consecutive league games.
He agreed to mutually terminate his Gateshead contract and has now signed a one-year deal.
"I'm absolutely delighted to be back. It's no secret I loved every minute here," Russell told the club website.
"I didn't want to leave in the first place, but that's football. As soon as the opportunity came up (to return) I jumped at the chance. I missed being at such a good club."
Everton had the better of a dull first half, although Swansea's Bafitimbi Gomis came closest to scoring when skewing wide of Tim Howard's goal.
Both teams improved after the break but Everton striker Romelu Lukaku twice shot over the bar when through on goal.
Kevin Mirallas was sent off in the last minute, 136 seconds after coming on as a substitute, for a studs-up challenge.
The dismissal came too late to help Swansea, who had defended well to repel numerous Everton attacks in the final quarter of the game.
Neil Taylor made an excellent last-ditch challenge to block a Lukaku shot while Ashley Williams deflected a Brendan Galloway shot over with his head.
John Stones, excellent in the Everton defence throughout, swept up Swansea's counter-attacking play, while Howard was called upon to parry a fierce Gomis shot.
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With the game winding down and both teams seemingly having given up on the idea of finding a late winner, Belgian Mirallas made a rash and dangerous challenge on fellow substitute Modou Barrow, going in over the top of the ball.
The winger's absence will be sorely felt by Everton over their next three matches, as Roberto Martinez's side struggled to convert the chances they created.
Lukaku was the most wasteful of the Toffees' players. Aside from his two wild strikes into the stands, the Belgian international twice more took too long to finish, allowing Swansea players to cover.
Steven Naismith and Arouna Kone were also disappointing in the Everton attack but Ross Barkley was bright in midfield, making several incisive runs and passes.
The home side were wasteful in attack too, but they did at least manage to have more shots on target - three to Everton's two.
Gomis looked the most likely of Garry Monk's players to score, but their biggest problem was finding a way around the Everton defence.
Stones was again composed throughout and the England centre-back repeatedly made key interventions to steer his side away from danger.
Everton right-back Ty Browning kept Jefferson Montero quiet on what was the 21-year-old's first Premier League start, and that will be another positive for Martinez.
Swansea manager Garry Monk: "We had chances and they had chances, but I think both teams will be happy with a point.
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"I thought it was an entertaining game and a good advert for Premier League football. Both teams went for it and both teams defended well.
"I felt it was a good performance. If you can't win a game, you have to make sure you don't lose it, which is what we should have done last week."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "The first half was very level. We needed to be more aggressive going forward and that's why I'm pleased with the second half.
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"We created good chances and they should have won us the game. I'm disappointed, but the overall performance was satisfying.
"In the second half we took control, we played through them a few times and everything started with the composure of John Stones and Phil Jagielka."
Everton play at Reading in the League Cup third round on Tuesday evening before travelling to West Brom for a Monday night game in the Premier League.
Swansea play at Hull in the League Cup third round on Tuesday before travelling to Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Match ends, Swansea City 0, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Swansea City 0, Everton 0.
Attempt missed. Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Eder following a set piece situation.
Kevin Mirallas (Everton) is shown the red card.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Everton).
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Ross Barkley.
Foul by Brendan Galloway (Everton).
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Modou Barrow.
Substitution, Swansea City. Modou Barrow replaces André Ayew.
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jefferson Montero (Swansea City).
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gerard Deulofeu.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swansea City. Eder replaces Bafétimbi Gomis.
André Ayew (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) because of an injury.
Brendan Galloway (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by André Ayew (Swansea City).
Offside, Swansea City. Kyle Naughton tries a through ball, but Bafétimbi Gomis is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a through ball.
Phil Jagielka (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by André Ayew (Swansea City).
Offside, Swansea City. Jonjo Shelvey tries a through ball, but Bafétimbi Gomis is caught offside.
Tyias Browning (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tyias Browning (Everton).
Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Naismith.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ashley Williams.
Attempt blocked. Brendan Galloway (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. James McCarthy (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kyle Naughton (Swansea City) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Jack Cork (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Everton. Gerard Deulofeu replaces Arouna Koné.
Attempt blocked. Jefferson Montero (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tim Howard.
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And Alex Schalk's early strike consigned Thistle to the bottom half of the table for the season run-in.
Schalk turned on to his right foot and fired a firm effort low to Ryan Scully's right to hand Jim McIntyre's side a crucial advantage.
The Dutch striker almost created a decisive second when he teed up Brian Graham only for Gary Miller to block.
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Thistle knew an equaliser might be enough for them to finish in the top six and came close through Mathias Pogba and Kris Doolan but Alan Archibald's side will have to settle for being comfortably clear of a relegation fight.
Ross County add a top-half finish to their Scottish League Cup triumph in what's proving to be a very successful season.
Both sides knew a win was the most likely route to their ambition of getting above seventh before the split and it was the home side who seized the initiative with an early opener.
Forward Schalk showed great confidence when he picked up possession in an inside left position and smashed a low shot past Scully.
It was his eighth strike since arriving in January and proved to be another vital contribution after his late League Cup final winner against Hibernian last month.
Thistle tried to respond when Abdul Osman nodded towards the back post but the onrushing Pogba was offside when he tried to connect.
Schalk seemed central to most positive County moments and did superbly to escape down the left. As the angle got too tight he laid the ball into the path of the onrushing Graham, who tried to place a low shot across Scully, but Miller positioned himself wonderfully to snuff out the danger.
Almost instantly, Dundee fell behind to Hamilton Academical in South Lanarkshire and all of a sudden County were in pole position for that top-six place.
A timely reminder arrived when Ryan Edwards tried to curl a shot beyond Scott Fox, which the keeper palmed narrowly over whilst appearing to be slightly unsighted by the sun.
Schalk seemed at the top of his game and almost netted again when he fired another low effort narrowly past. He was sharp and threatening every time he gathered possession throughout the first half.
Thistle started the second period very positively with Pogba watching his close range header palmed away and Edwards failing to hit the target with a diving header.
Callum Booth looked like he had broken through but Fox raced off his line brilliantly to gather before substitute Doolan shot straight at the keeper from close range.
Booth had a claim for a penalty dismissed as County held out in a nervy finale.
Mohammed Saboor, 25, from High Wycombe, was found guilty of planning to send a pair of protective ballistic glasses to Omar Hussain in December 2013.
He was jailed for 21 months.
The Old Bailey jury was not told about Hussain's interview, where he said the only reason he would return to the UK is "if I wanna go plant a bomb".
During the trial, jurors heard Saboor, a BMW worker and a father of two, escorted Mr Hussain to Gatwick Airport, where his friend told police that he was travelling to Turkey to do aid work.
Once Mr Hussain was in the country, the pair, who maintained contact through WhatsApp messages and phone, began discussing the purchase of ballistic glasses.
Prosecutor Alison Morgan said: "These glasses are clearly of use to someone engaged in warfare, protecting the wearer from shrapnel injuries to the eyes."
Saboor accepted he was aware Hussain was associated with armed groups opposed to Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime.
He had denied the charge of entering into an arrangement to make property available to another, knowing it might be used for purposes of terrorism.
Hussain's interview was broadcast last August, in which he was identified as Awlaki, in reference to dead al-Qaeda cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki.
He told a journalist he was fighting for the return of the "Caliphate" and laughed when he confirmed that Islamic State had beheaded three or four people, displaying their heads in the town centre.
He also professed a hatred for the UK
Sentencing, Judge Peter Rook QC said: "I take into account that this was January 2014 so it was significantly before some of the worst excesses of Isis became generally known.
"Nevertheless, it is quite clear that you entered into this arrangement knowing that the item was to be used for terrorist activities on the battlefield."
A new report has cleared Mr McCrea of claims of inappropriate behaviour and sexual misconduct towards his staff.
However, standards committee MLAs said the manner in which he occasionally treated his staff fell short of the standard they would encourage.
Mr McCrea claimed the allegations were a conspiracy to force him to resign.
He has faced serious scrutiny since May 2014 when his recently-formed party NI21 imploded spectacularly on the eve of a European election.
Mr McCrea fell out with N121 deputy leader John McCallister over whether the party should define itself as unionist.
But allegations also surfaced that Mr McCrea had engaged in bullying or sexual misconduct towards his staff.
The Stormont Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain has now investigated and dismissed 12 separate complaints against Mr McCrea.
The watchdog concluded that the Lagan Valley MLA was not guilty of any wrongdoing.
In relation to one claim that Mr McCrea took voyeuristic photographs, Mr Bain expresses his view that some photographs presented to him had been "heavily doctored by a person unknown".
The commissioner added that "none of these photographs was voyeuristic".
In an accompanying report however, MLAs on Stormont's standards committee indicated their belief that Mr McCrea is not beyond criticism.
They said he exercised poor judgement in allowing young women into his hotel rooms and criticised how he spoke to his staff on occasions.
Mr McCrea believes the report has completely exonerated him, and he has called for sections which have been blacked out to be published in full.
He has described the claims of misconduct as a political conspiracy and claimed they were made in an attempt to derail his career.
The police have confirmed that a file has now been forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service following a separate matter involving Mr McCallister, who brought forward some of the claims.
Mr McCrea described the complaints as "a complete and utter set-up".
"This was an attempted political assassination and people went to extraordinary lengths to try and implicate me," he said.
"I'm fortunate that because of the way I conduct business, I was able to prove the contrary to what people were alleging."
The complaints led to a bitter split in NI21, and Mr McCallister left the party a short time later.
He and Mr McCrea had quit the Ulster Unionist Party in 2013, setting up NI21 a few months later.
In a statement, Mr McCallister said: "I am thankful that this long and difficult process has now drawn to a conclusion.
"My desire throughout was that the allegations should be independently examined. It is my hope that the publication of this report will bring some sense of closure to all involved."
Yangzhou, a city in east China, broke the record held by Turkey, cooking 4,192kg of fried rice.
But celebrations were short-lived after pictures emerged showing the rice being loaded into waste lorries.
Guinness World Records disqualified the attempt as humans did not eat the food.
The event organisers claimed the rice would be sent to local canteens, but Yangzhou's tourism bureau - which supervised the event - said that 150kg of "inedible" rice was sent to pig farms.
Sharon Yang, the Greater China marketing director of Guinness World Records, said: "Following a further review of the evidence, it is now clear that over 150kg of fried rice was not fit for human consumption.
"We will not be able to accept claims for large food items if they prove to be inedible, or if they are prepared in such a way as to make them unfit for general consumption."
Fried rice is Yangzhou's signature dish, combining rice, eggs, chicken, ham, shrimp, scallop and vegetables.
The survey that will go to more than 4,000 households is being conducted by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit.
They want to know what people think about topics such as migration, housing needs, discrimination, parking and other public services.
It will also attempt to find out how many people speak Jersey's native language, Jerriais.
The statistics unit said it would be used by the government to make decisions about public services.
Speaking at Florida's Star Wars Celebration exhibition, he said the Princess Leia star was "very strong, smart, funny, bold, tough".
"She was brilliant, and obviously we will all miss her, but she will always be the princess who took command and never backed down," he added.
The actress died last year aged 60, days after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Lucas added: "She was the boss. It was her war, and when I cast it, I said I want somebody young to play the part.
"When Carrie came in, she was that character. There are not very many people like her. They are one in a billion. For this particular part, it was absolutely perfect."
The celebration also saw other stars from the film series take to the stage, including Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, who will appear in the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is released in December.
"My mom, like Leia, was never afraid to speak her mind," she said.
Star Wars Celebration is a fan experience which features interview panels, exhibitions, merchandise stalls and autograph signing. Here are some of the other stars from the sci-fi extravaganza who took part:
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She missed playing so much after her baby that she decided to get back to the field.
Her journey back to professional sport as a mother is unusual in India and reflects changing attitudes. Now her dream is to get back into the national team and play at Lord's.
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Dutch specialists will join colleagues from the UK to try and establish who started the fires in areas of special scientific interest in May.
They will concentrate on fires at Slieve Beagh near Clogher, Mullaghcarn near Gortin and Moninea Bog, Teemore.
They were among 983 gorse fires in Northern Ireland in May.
More than 90% of them were started deliberately.
Operation Wildfire has been set up to investigate them.
The area of Slieve Beagh, which was badly damaged, is a key habitat for the hen harrier, a protected bird of prey.
As well as the team from the Netherlands, there will be specialists from the European Forest Risk Facility and representatives from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has responsibility for managing wildfires.
Spokesman Colm McDaid welcomed the international collaboration.
He said he hoped it could lead to court cases and convictions and would deter "serial arsonists".
Controlled burning of vegetation is allowed, but it can only be carried out between 15 April and 31 August.
In addition, landowners with ground in areas of special scientific interest need permission from the NIEA for burning at any time of the year.
Const Darryl Johnston said "Wildfires are illegal and the deliberate setting of wildfires is a criminal offence.
"We hope to use the Operation Wildfire investigations to determine the cause and origin of a number of the recent fires with the ultimate aim of serving in court cases and deterring arsonists.
"If members of the public have information about anyone who has started wildfires, please let the PSNI know so that we can pursue them through the courts.
"Not only do these fires cause widespread damage to our precious countryside, but they can also put lives at risk."
Between 2005 and 2010, £35m was spent on fighting wildfires in Northern Ireland.
Speaking in May, NIFRS Group Commander Brian Stanfield said gorse fires were "resource intensive".
"There's a high risk, the countryside is like a tinder box and our resources will be stretched if people continue at this rate to light fires," he warned.
He said people were unaware of the personal risks when they committed such acts.
"When the ground is that dry and there's a change in wind direction, the fire will move faster than the person can run and it's only a matter of time until someone is seriously injured or killed at one of these fires," he added.
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The discussion is expected at the Scottish Police Federation's annual conference on Tuesday.
It follows the terror attack on Westminster last week when four people were killed, including PC Keith Palmer.
SPF general secretary Calum Steele said there would be a focus on improving readiness for terror attacks.
The topic of arming more police officers was not originally on the agenda of the event, according to The Sunday Post.
However it reports that it is now a "racing certainty" to be examined following the events in London on Wednesday.
Mr Steele told BBC Scotland that the conference had taken on much more significance, given its timing less than a week after the attack.
He added: "It is inconceivable that in light of the events that have taken place in London over the past number of days, that delegates attending for the Scottish Police Federation conference would not be minded to have significant debates and discussions round about the state of readiness for policing in Scotland and how that is likely to impact on them as individuals."
He said one of the main considerations of any discussion was likely to centre on the resources available to police officers.
"I have said repeatedly that the issue of firearms is a tactical response arguably towards the end of the scale and once something has taken place rather than trying to prevent and mitigate incidents in the first place," he added.
"Ultimately terrorism or the fight against terrorism does not start a few yards from the intended target, it starts with communities. And the importance of having police officers embedded in our communities, building trusting relationships, gathering intelligence and helping communities thrive is where the real fight against terrorism begins - and not by bolstering the numbers of tactical officers to deal with the event after it has taken place or as it is taking place.
"Surely it's much better to invest in the prevention than to invest in the response. Although in saying that, clearly it is vital that we have adequate tactical responses for the event of something going wrong as we saw in London."
Police Scotland announced last year that it would be increasing its number of firearms officers by around a third in response to the terror threat.
It came after the police federation warned that Scotland was "woefully under-equipped, under-resourced and under-prepared" for a major terror attack.
But the use of armed officers has been controversial in recent years, with the force revising its guidance following an outcry over officers with guns being spotted attending minor incidents.
Ingrid Edwards, 25, from Charlton, and Daniel Lee Kelly, 37, from Grove Park, south London, are both accused of two counts of sending prohibited items into HMP Swaleside in Eastchurch.
It is alleged the items were sent into the jail between 16 March and 25 April.
Ms Edwards, of Wolfe Crescent, and Mr Kelly, of Amblecote Meadows, appeared before Medway magistrates on Tuesday.
They are due to appear before Maidstone Crown Court on 24 May.
The ICT1301 computer, known as Flossie, was restored to working order on its 50th anniversary by engineers Roger Holmes and Rod Brown in Bethersden.
The 20ft (6m) by 22ft machine was built to replace rows of clerks doing office work and featured in the 1974 James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun.
Bought for £200 in 2003, it has 100th of the power of a smartphone.
Mr Holmes, a Computer Conservation Society volunteer, said it was a unique machine important for putting modern technology into context.
He said he was negotiating with various organisations to find it a new home.
"It's a big beast. I would like it go somewhere they will continue to keep it running," he said.
"If it is kept behind a case, people will not be able to experience what it was like in the 1960s.
"With it working, people can walk in, hear it, smell it and almost taste it and have a flavour of how it was back then."
Flossie originally cost £250,000 to build in 1962, the equivalent of £4.2m today.
It has 100,000 punch cards and 27 reels of magnetic tape, both to record data, and its 12 kilobytes of memory alone weigh half a tonne.
Each piece of memory has five lengths of wire threaded by hand.
Mr Brown said: "You have to remember that file reels in those days were multi-reel, so at 10 meg a reel, 27 reels, we're up to a quarter of a gigabyte - and 50 years ago that was a lot of data."
Mr Holmes said Flossie took the drudgery out of office work in the 1960s, but also cost jobs.
"Before this, there were huge great rooms 100ft square full of clerks doing nothing but calculation, and recording things, and taking the files out, and changing them, and putting them back again - and they all became redundant," he said.
Flossie was used as a prop in Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun starring Roger Moore and also in two BBC TV series - Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Jovenel Moise, who has the backing of current President Michel Martelly, came first with 33% of the vote and Jude Celestin came second with 25%.
As neither won a majority, a run-off will be held on 27 December.
The announcement triggered protests by supporters of another candidate, Moise Jean-Charles.
His supporters took to the streets of Cabaret, a town in western Haiti, while protests also erupted in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where two police officers were injured.
Police fired teargas to disperse protesters who denounced the first round as fraudulent.
Last week, one person was killed when police clashed with protesters demanding that the first round be annulled.
The protesters accuse the government of rigging the election in favour of Mr Moise, an accusation Mr Martelly's administration has denied.
On Tuesday, the National Offices of Electoral Litigation rejected a request by the Fanmi Lavalas opposition party to ban Mr Moise from the race because of "massive fraud".
Mr Moise is a banana exporter with little political experience but who enjoys the support of outgoing President Michel Martelly.
Jude Celestin made his name as the former head of the state construction company.
It is the second time he is running for president after he failed to win the 2010 election.
Some voters have called on Mr Celestin to boycott the run-off in December.
They want Mr Martelly to step down and a transitional government to take over and organise fresh elections.
Mr Celestin has not yet indicated what he will do.
The 30-year-old was walking down Denmark Street at about 01:30 BST on Friday when a car with three men pulled up beside him.
Two of the passengers jumped out and assaulted him before bundling him into the car, said a police spokesperson.
He was taken to an unknown address nearby and assaulted again, before being driven back to Denmark Street.
The victim suffered burn injuries to his right hand and back, police said.
He also sustained cuts and bruises to his head and body.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
The airline said the child, travelling without a ticket, was discovered on board the flight on Monday night.
An airport source told AFP news agency that the woman was a resident of France who was in the process of adopting the child, from Haiti.
The airline notified the French authorities but prosecutors decided not to press charges.
The woman was in the transit zone in Istanbul but was prevented from boarding her flight with the child, the source told AFP.
She then bought a new flight ticket and hid the child in a bag.
Once on board, she placed the child at her feet under a blanket, but the girl needed to go to the toilet and was noticed by other passengers, the source said.
It's not clear how old the child was - one source said she was four years old, another that it was a one- or two-year-old baby.
"The cloth bag belonged to a woman sitting at the back of the plane. At one point she opened the bag and her neighbour on the other row of seats saw something moving inside. He alerted flight attendants, who then discovered a baby," a passenger named Vincent told French news website Planet.fr (in French).
The woman and the girl have been held at Charles de Gaulle airport while authorities investigate the case.
She defeated a centre-right coalition of parties by a narrow margin and earned a mandate to carry on the legacy of the centre-left Workers' Party, which has been governing Brazil since 2003.
But now she has been suspended from office and is to stand trial, accused of manipulating the government budget. And she faces the real possibility of being removed from power in six months.
So how did things get to this point - for a president who only three years ago enjoyed 80% approval, according to one poll?
Brazil has seen all sorts of scandals since Ms Rousseff's second swearing-in last January.
From billions being stolen from state oil giant Petrobras by private construction firms and politicians, to a powerful senator negotiating for a key witness to flee from jail, the country has been rife with jaw-dropping corruption revelations.
Virtually the whole political class has been implicated in some sort of dodgy deal.
Yet with all the investigations into corruption, one person has managed to keep a fairly clean record - President Dilma Rousseff.
Even her opponents tend to acknowledge President Rousseff's reputation as a honest politician.
Ironically, she is the one who may end up paying the highest price for many of the scandals Brazil is now facing.
Ms Rousseff's personal record on corruption may be untarnished so far - but her handling of the economy has been highly controversial. And this is the argument the opposition has been advancing to get her impeached.
Brazil's economic woes started in 2011, when China began to decelerate and Brazilian commodities began losing value in international markets.
The country had just come from a decade of solid growth and strong income redistribution.
The president and her team treated the decline as temporary and set in motion expensive stimulus measures to keep the nation's finances growing until the global outlook recovered.
But China's slower pace became the new normal, and all the measures taken by Brazil's government soon became unsustainable.
Despite that, Ms Rousseff won the election by promising to keep the stimulus in place and criticised opponents who said an adjustment - such as higher taxes and budget cuts - was needed.
But once re-elected, she single-handedly opted for an aggressive fiscal adjustment, angering those who voted for the opposition and leaving her own supporters feeling betrayed.
Making what critics say are bad decisions on the economy is not a crime. But one of the measures taken by Ms Rousseff and her team back in 2014 was deemed illegal by a federal court that analyses federal accounts.
Brazilian governments are required to meet budget surplus targets set in Congress. Ms Rousseff is accused of allowing creative accounting techniques involving loans from public banks to the treasury that artificially enhanced the budget surplus.
This gave the appearance that government accounts were in better shape than they actually were. The surplus is one of the measures taken into account by investors of how sound an economy is.
Ms Rousseff has always maintained she did not act criminally in budgetary affairs.
She says many other presidents, mayors and state governors always used the same creative accounting techniques and were never punished for them.
The president says this is merely being used as a legal excuse - that her impeachment is nothing but an attempted coup by the opposition.
While that debate took place, Ms Rousseff failed to carry out her fiscal adjustment plan.
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After making cuts to unemployment benefits and ministerial budgets, the economy started contracting at such a fast pace that government revenues decreased sharply.
Ms Rousseff's Finance minister Joaquim Levy - who was supposed to carry out her reforms - left his job in December and the government virtually abandoned its surplus targets.
The year 2015 was disastrous for Brazil's economy.
By early 2016, the country had shed about 1.5m formal jobs. It had had its worst yearly GDP contraction since 1990. Brazil had double-digit inflation - much above the established target - and its debt had been downgraded to junk status by major credit ratings agencies.
The economy has been so far the main threat to Ms Rousseff's presidency - an irony for someone who is a passionate economist.
She started her political career as a Marxist guerrilla in the 1970s against Brazil's brutal military dictatorship.
In the 1980s, as Brazil became a democracy, she studied economics and played a minor role in local politics in the Southern city of Porto Alegre.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - president from 2003 to 2011 - then mentored her into becoming Brazil's first female head of state.
Ms Rousseff believes in the role of government in fostering development and regulating markets.
She put this belief into practice by redefining rules in many areas of the economy, including energy, oil and banking.
Now the president is facing the biggest political challenge of her life.
This has been a sharp, quick decline for Ms Rousseff and the Brazilian economy. Climbing back up will be a long, tough struggle.
The new share buyback replaces a previous scheme to repurchase shares which was launched in 2008 and expires this month.
The company's shares rose 1.4% after the announcement.
The buyback and raised dividend are a reward for shareholders who have seen a lacklustre performance by Microsoft's stock over recent years.
Since the beginning of 2010 shares have risen just 8%.
In a statement Microsoft said the quarterly dividend would be raised by 5 cents a share to $0.28 and the new share buyback will be open-ended, unlike the previous scheme which was launched in 2008 and expires this month.
"These actions reflect a continued commitment to returning cash to our shareholders," said Amy Hood, chief financial officer of Microsoft.
The announcement comes ahead of a meeting Microsoft is holding for financial analysts on Thursday.
Share buybacks are usually good for existing investors as they reduce the number of shares on the open market which should boost the value of available shares.
It has been an eventful few months for the software maker. It is looking for a new chief executive, after Steve Ballmer announced plans to step down, and earlier this month it paid $7.2bn to buy Nokia's mobile phone business.
Chris Young, a producer of E4's award-winning comedy The Inbetweeners and Gaelic series Bannan, plans to make a crime drama in the city.
Here Comes the Night is still in development, but Young hopes filming could potentially start next summer.
He said: "There are a number of things that are appealing about Inverness as a setting."
Describing it as a "light to dark tale", Young said the drama would chronicle the slow unravelling of one man's faith in his work, his city and his religion as he seeks the truth behind his daughter's death.
He said Inverness and surrounding area had the locations to help tell the story.
Young said: "In recent times it has seen an urban sprawl of new developments that stand alongside a very gothic and historic city centre.
"The mix of old and modern, urban, suburban and rural offers a great setting for a contemporary Scottish drama.
"The city offers an exciting opportunity to make a really interesting commentary on modern Scottish life.
"It offers a break away from the stereotypes that other Scottish cities have been bogged down in when portrayed in TV and film."
The producer's Skye-based company Young Films makes Bannan for BBC Alba.
Young said: "Bannan was the first Gaelic TV drama to be commissioned in nearly 20 years.
"It is a great responsibility and we were eager to demonstrate that Young Films were able to deliver high quality, authentic Gaelic drama, as well as set a strong foundation and workable model for a long running drama.
"If we can deliver nine hours of TV drama in Gaelic in Skye in two years, it shows the potential of what can be achieved with indigenous film and TV production in Scotland."
He said Here Comes the Night was still in its "infancy".
Young added: "We are currently progressing the project to full script development and we would hope to have it commissioned and fully funded ready to start shooting sometime next summer."
BBC show Hope Springs starring Alex Kingston and broadcast in 2009 used Inverness as a setting.
Also in 2009, Indian art house thriller Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal was shot in Inverness and around Loch Ness.
Ex-pensions minister Steve Webb urged caution over "rushed changes" he said could have implications for workers "well beyond the steel industry".
A £485m pension deficit has been deterring potential buyers of Tata Steel's UK business.
A consultation on the pension scheme's future has been launched by ministers.
It includes a "full range of options that consider whether and how the scheme could be separated from the existing sponsoring employer and whether it will be necessary to reduce the benefits within the scheme," the Department for Work and Pensions said in a statement.
One option is to base the scheme's annual increase on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation measure, which is usually below the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure currently used.
The plan has been supported by some union leaders and the British Steel Pension scheme.
In 2011 private sector pension schemes were given more freedom to move to the CPI measure, if their rules allowed it.
Tata Steel is looking to sell its loss-making UK business. It has had seven expressions of interest and a shortlist is expected soon.
Former Lib Dem pensions minister Steve Webb said: "The government is going down a very dangerous path.
"Everyone has huge sympathy for steel workers and for efforts to protect jobs, but rushed changes to pension rules risk driving a coach and horses through the pension security of hundreds of thousands of workers well beyond the steel industry."
There has been a suggestion that the new rules would stipulate that a company could only change their pension liabilities in an emergency. But, speaking to the BBC, Mr Webb said the term emergency was "ill-defined" and that companies could create them artificially in order to reduce their pension payouts.
"Once there's a loophole that says you can walk away from promises you've made. Other [companies] could walk away," he said, adding that he thought there could also be legal challenges.
However, the trustees of the British Steel Pension Scheme welcomed the move, saying it was better than the alternative, which would see the scheme fall into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
"Although this [government move] would entail future pension increases being cut back from their current levels, benefits would be more generous than those provided by the PPF for the vast majority of Scheme members," said Allan Johnston, chairman of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
But Mark Turner of the Unite union cautioned that he wanted to see the detail.
"We don't want to make changes if they're going to be detrimental to the rest of industry," he told the BBC.
In total the British Steel pension scheme has 130,000 members, one of the largest defined benefit schemes in the country.
Further details are expected when Business Secretary Sajid Javid makes a statement later in the House of Commons.
The pension fund and its deficit have been a source of unease for the current owners Tata and a deal-breaker for any would-be buyers.
Reducing its burden will make a sale easier and may even convince Tata to hang on to its UK steel business.
Any such change would be very controversial as it would set what some would see as a dangerous precedent.
The move is evidence of the business secretary's sense of urgency to resolve an industrial crisis which has put 10,000 steel workers' jobs in imminent danger.
The BBC understands that union leaders have accepted that this proposal is a better deal than seeing the pension scheme shunted into the lifeboat of the Pensions Protection Fund, which can see some members lose 10% of their payout immediately and see lower increments in future years.
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Owen Smith, the shadow work and pensions secretary, said steel workers' pensions "must be protected".
"If these reports are accurate, the secretary of state for work and pensions should come to the House to explain precisely what is being proposed, including how current and future steel pensioners will be affected and what precedents might be set by any changes to hard-won pension protection legislation," he added.
Proposals include an expansion of the council run community warden scheme and an awareness programme in schools.
Up to 40 youths poured petrol on the street and set it on fire to create a barricade in Leafair Gardens and Glencaw Park on Friday night.
When police arrived they were attacked by youths throwing bricks and bottles.
Two teenage boys, aged 14 and 16, were arrested during the trouble. They have since been released on police bail.
Stephen Deery, a resident of the Leafair estate, told BBC Radio Foyle that the area is being bombarded by drunken youths causing trouble.
"They must have had petrol in bottles that they were spraying around each other and setting each other alight - so they were jumping around then with their legs and arms on fire.
"It would then turn into stone throwing at each other and fighting which moved the whole way through the estate."
Mr Deery also said youths had set fire to his side of a neighbour's house.
"We've tried to go out ourselves and move them on but they don't pay no heed. The police have been down, they don't pay no heed. Councillors have been down but nothing seems to work.
"There's some people on the street who are just too scared to come out at night. I've already heard some people talk about leaving the area. It's crazy, it's out of control."
PSNI Chief Inspector Tony Callaghan said he was encouraged by the meeting on Monday afternoon which he said was about "collaborative decision making".
"We within the PSNI don't have all the answers and we need the other agencies to help us come to both immediate and long-term solutions to this," he added.
"A really thorny issue of young people behaving badly. Anti-social behaviour isn't an issue just in Galliagh, it isn't an issue just for Derry alone, it is throughout Northern Ireland, the island of Ireland and throughout the UK more widely."
He said for this week and next weekend there would be an early deployment of officers to give residents reassurance.
"I am hopeful that we get ahead of this, we do preventive work and we don't have the same issues arising this weekend, but I'm putting resources to this and I want to reassure people that we take the issues very seriously," he said.
In a statement Derry City and Strabane District Council said: "We will continue to work with the PSNI and local representatives to find a lasting resolution to the issue in Leafair and are currently considering a number of proposed approaches to the problem, including increasing the capacity of our CSW scheme."
The findings came to light during a study into the host range of the bacteria, which reached Europe in 2013.
The findings offer hope of limiting the impact of Xylella fastidiosa that experts described as one of the "most dangerous plant pathogens worldwide".
If it is not controlled, it could decimate the EU olive oil industry.
The study, carried out by Italian researchers and funded by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), began in 2014 and consisted of two main types of experiment: artificial inoculation (via needle) and inoculation via infected vectors (insects) collected from the field.
The tests were carried out on a variety of species, including a range of olive, grape, stone-fruit (almond and cherry) and oak varieties.
"The first results are coming from the artificial inoculation because the field experiments began in the summer so it is only six months old, therefore only part of the results are available," Giuseppe Stancanelli, head of the EFSA's Plant and Animal Health Unit, told BBC News.
"The key results are that, 12-14 months after artificial inoculation on different olive varieties, the team found that young plants typically grown in the region displayed symptoms of the dieback.
"The research team also found evidence of the bacterium moving through the tree - towards it root system as well as towards the branches."
But he added: "What has also been shown is that some varieties have shown some tolerance. They grow in infected orchards but do not show strong symptoms, as seen in more susceptible varieties.
"They are still infected by the inoculation but this infection is much slower so it takes longer for the infection to spread, and the concentration of the bacterium in the plant is much lower.
"This shows the potential for different responses (to the pathogen) in different varieties."
Dr Stancanelli added that these results were important in terms of providing information for tree breeders.
However, it was too early to say whether or not the olive yields from the varieties that have displayed tolerance to the infection are nonetheless reduced or adversely affected, he observed.
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health produced a report in January warning that the disease was known to affect other commercially important crops, including citrus, grapevines and stone-fruit.
However, the results from the latest experiments offered a glimmer of hope.
"Olives seemed to be the main host of this strain while citrus and grapes did not show infection, either in the field or by artificial inoculation," Dr Stancanelli said.
He added that the infection did not spread through the citrus and grape plants that were artificially inoculated, and the bacterium was not found beyond the point it was introduced to the plant by injection.
But he added that more research was needed on stone-fruit species.
"The tests on the artificially inoculated varieties of stone-fruit need to be repeated because there is a mechanism in the plants that makes artificial inoculation difficult," Dr Stancanelli explained.
"Another uncertainty we had was about (holm) oak. Quercus ilex is a typical Mediterranean oak that grows in the landscape and is natural vegetation.
"At the beginning of the outbreak in 2014, some symptoms were found on oaks and the tests were positive but this was never confirmed so this was probably a 'false positive'.
"The artificial inoculation test appears to have shown that the holm oak is resistant (to the disease)."
The Xylella fastidiosa bacterium invades the vessels that a plant uses to transport water and nutrients, causing it to display symptoms such as scorching and wilting of its foliage, eventually followed by the death of the plant.
Since it was first detected in olive trees in Puglia, southern Italy, in October 2013, it has been recorded in a number of other locations, including southern France. To date, it has yet to be recorded in Spain, the world's largest olive oil producer.
Experts warn that should the disease, which has numerous hosts and vectors, spread more widely then it has the potential to devastate the EU olive harvest.
Globally, the EU is the largest producer and consumer of olive oil. According to the European Commission, the 28-nation bloc produces 73% and consumes 66% of the the world's olive oil.
Recent reports suggest that the X. fastidiosa outbreak has led to a 20% increase in olive oil prices during 2015.
In November 2015, the European Commission announced it was providing seven million euros (£5m) from the EU Horizon 2020 programme to fund research into the pathogen.
One of the areas of the Horizon 2020-funded research will be on plant selection to strengthen tolerance and resistance to the disease.
Dr Stancanelli explained that the experiments established in this study would continue as part of the EU-funded Ponte programme.
"The experimental field realized within the pilot project will serve as unique source of plant material for future project actions aiming at investigating the host-pathogen interactions," he said.
"Investigations will be extended to an additional panel of 20 cultivars which will be planted in... April in the same plot."
The disease plagued citrus farmers in North and South America for decades. It remained confined on these continents until the mid-1990s when it was recorded on pear trees in Taiwan.
According to the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), which co-ordinates plant protection efforts in the region, the pathogen had been detected prior to 2013 by member nations on imported coffee plants from South America. However, these plants were controlled and the bacterium did not make it into the wider environment.
The arrival of the disease in Italy and its spread to southern France led to the European Commission issuing EU-wide control measures in 2015.
Earlier this year, when a cold-tolerant subspecies of the bacterium was identified in the southern France outbreaks, UK government plant health officials published information for horticulture professionals, especially those importing plants. They were advised of their obligations - such as obtaining the necessary plant passports - and given details of the visible symptoms to look out for on potentially infected plants.
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But the judge - in halting the president's controversial executive order on immigration - said he was making sure President Trump's actions follow the law.
That sets two theoretically equal branches of the government against one another - and could bring about a crisis.
The separation of powers is crucial to understanding how the US is governed.
The country's constitution established its treasured system of checks and balances - where the different branches of government hold equal authority and offset one another.
The federal government's power is split into three distinct parts - the executive branch, which includes the president and his cabinet; the legislative branch, Congress, which makes the laws; and the judiciary.
This works well most of the time, with each branch co-operating with the next.
But with the president in open conflict with another branch, there are fears that an impasse could be reached.
That could lead to a constitutional crisis - a scenario in which the situation cannot be resolved - particularly after Mr Trump seemed to openly question the judge's authority.
"The President's hostility toward the rule of law is not just embarrassing, it is dangerous," Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, from the Senate judiciary committee, said.
"He seems intent on precipitating a constitutional crisis."
There are about 700 federal district judges in the US - the type facing down the president's order.
Unlike state court judges, these men and women are part of the federal court system - along with the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals.
Day to day, it's the 94 District Courts which deal with interpretation of US laws, treaties, and public officials - powers devolved to them from the Supreme Court.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made...
But the courts do not offer opinions on government policy unless they are asked - they only interpret law when a case is brought before them.
The other two branches of government make and enforce the laws, and the judicial branch interprets the laws when there is a dispute.
That is the issue here - a presidential executive order has all the force of law, and is subject to the same checks.
Those judicial powers have been used many times before.
Barack Obama faced stumbling blocks in 2015 when he attempted to use an executive order to grant a reprieve to undocumented immigrants, and George W Bush faced similar battles over detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
It is true that district judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Judge James Robart, for example - the "so-called judge" of Mr Trump's Twitter criticism - was appointed by President George W Bush and confirmed in 2004.
But Mr Trump can't fire judges.
That's because the founding fathers of the United States created a system to protect the judiciary from interference.
Only Congress can remove a federal judge from office through impeachment, which involves both the House and Senate. It is the same system used to remove a president.
This "article three" protection is, in practical terms, very rigid. Only eight judges have been convicted in an impeachment trial in the entire history of the United States.
The end result is that federal judges usually serve until they choose to retire - or until death.
In effect, two of the country's three branches of government are in conflict - and neither can remove the other.
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The Supreme Court, as the name implies, has ultimate power in the judiciary - the other courts are inferior to it.
In this case, the government could have taken its appeal against the district rulings straight to the Supreme Court - and may still do so.
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Four were appointed by Democrats: two by President Clinton, and two by President Obama
Four were appointed by Republican Presidents: George W Bush, George Bush Snr, and Ronald Reagan
One seat is vacant following the death of Antonin Scalia.
Just as with the other federal courts, though, the Supreme Court is protected from interference.
But there are currently only eight judges on the Supreme Court.
Four were appointed by a Democrat, and four by a Republican - with one vacant seat waiting to be filled by Mr Trump's nominee, which could swing the balance of power.
Congress could break any deadlock that crops up between the president and the judiciary by creating a law that overturns his decision - or even impeaching a president or judge.
Since Mr Trump's Republican party holds a majority there, action against the president seems unlikely.
And the independence of the courts is so essential to the US way of governing, that moving to attack judges on behalf of the president would be a drastic step.
Nonetheless, with two of the three powers in conflict, the decision may fall to Congress eventually - unless Mr Trump modifies his order.
That may be the most prudent move, in keeping with his predecessors who have often backed off in the face of judicial opposition.
For now, though, Mr Trump "just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril" - and shows no signs of changing his mind.
The pair were struck by a car on the A4119 at Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taff, at about 00:30 GMT.
The 43-year-old father and his child were crossing the southbound carriageway, close to the entrance of Arthur Llewellyn Jenkins furniture store, when they were hit.
A 22-year-old driver of an Alfa Romeo has been arrested.
Officers are appealing for witnesses.
Bryan George, who lives close to the road, said he had seen the father and son with other members of their family, walking along and singing together before the collision.
He believes they were trying to cross at a point where there is a footpath.
Aleksejus Zarskus, 42, died in hospital last Thursday after an incident in King Street on Sunday 15 January.
Janis Karajevs, 30, was charged with murder at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. He made no plea and was remanded in custody.
The family of Mr Zarskus earlier said in a statement: "Aleksejus was a much-loved twin brother and a cherished son and family member."
Knox and Thomas both started their final round four shots behind overnight leader Anirban Lahiri of India.
A quadruple bogey nine at the third brought Lahiri back into the pack and Thomas capitalised, carding an eight-under 64 to finish on 23 under, three clear of Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (66).
Knox was 10 adrift after posting a 74.
Thomas, 23, had led over the first two days of the tournament and started his charge with four birdies in his first five holes on Sunday.
"I got a great start and I really was very pleased with how I felt like I handled myself and how I felt out there," he said.
Lahiri, who was looking for his first PGA Tour win, lodged his tee shot in a tree on the third and eventually finished in a tie for third place, four strokes back.
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Ishwar Vishwanath, from Halstead near Sevenoaks, started practicing yoga a year ago.
His father Nanjundiah said it had helped his son improve his studies and his concentration.
Two rockets hit a district controlled by the Hezbollah organisation, officials and residents were quoted as saying by news agencies.
Tension has been high over the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
On Saturday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised his supporters they would prevail in Syria, where they are backing President Bashar al-Assad.
Syria on Sunday said it had agreed "in principle" to take part in next month's talks in Geneva aimed at negotiating an end to more than two years of violence in the country.
There was no immediate indication who had fired the rockets in Beirut but Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the projectiles, believed to be 107mm rockets with an 8-km (5-mile) range, had been fired from a position to the south-east.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
The firing of two rockets into Hezbollah's home turf in Beirut's southern suburbs aggravated fears of a wider flare-up between Lebanese factions which are already fighting one another across the border on different sides of the Syrian war.
But in his speech just hours before, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made it clear he did not want to see Lebanon itself burst into flames. While he pledged to continue fighting alongside the Syrian regime until the Sunni-based revolt was quelled, there is no sense that Hezbollah is spoiling for a fight in Lebanon.
But the fact is that its Shia fighters are combating and killing the mainly Sunni rebels from the majority Syrian community, on behalf of a regime dominated by President Assad's Alawite minority.
That is an explosive mixture, and even though there is little appetite in Lebanon for a wholesale resumption of sectarian civil war, the least that can be expected is more random attacks like that on south Beirut.
One security official told Associated Press that rocket launchers had been found in woods in a predominantly Christian and Druse area, although this has not been independently confirmed.
Dozens of militants from Hezbollah, a Shia Muslim organisation, are said to have been killed in recent fighting alongside Syrian troops, who face a mainly Sunni Muslim opposition.
The fiery speech by the Hezbollah leader had raised fears that the involvement of his fighters in Syria would have repercussions in Lebanon, the BBC's Jim Muir reports from Beirut.
The leader of Lebanon's mainly Sunni March 14th movement, former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, said that what Hezbollah was doing in Syria was "political and military suicide", our correspondent notes.
The missiles were Grad rockets, a Soviet-made weapon, an unnamed Lebanese security source told AFP news agency. Both landed in the al-Shayyah area.
One struck a car showroom, causing injuries and damaging vehicles. Reports suggest those injured were all Syrian workers.
The second rocket hit a residential building.
A Reuters news agency photo showed the face of a building pockmarked by what appeared to be shrapnel, while video showed shattered windows blown across a living-room.
Another photo showed dazed men with cuts to their legs being treated in the street by friends.
President Michel Suleiman condemned the attackers as "terrorists and vandals".
Syrian rebel commanders have threatened to retaliate against Hezbollah in Lebanon, our correspondent says.
AP reports that an opposition commander in Syria pledged to attack Hezbollah in Beirut.
"We used to say before, 'We are coming Bashar'," Col Abdul-Jabbar al-Aqidi was quoted as saying. "Now we say, 'We are coming Bashar and we are coming Hassan Nasrallah'."
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that President Assad's government believed the forthcoming Geneva conference was "a good opportunity for a political solution to the crisis in Syria".
Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, has been meeting in Istanbul for a fourth day to try to come up with a unified stance on the conference.
It has previously said it will attend only if Mr Assad steps down.
Mr Assad is fighting to end a revolt against his rule which began just over two years ago and has left at least 80,000 people dead and made refugees of some 1.5 million.
The Syrian conflict has heightened Lebanon's own sectarian divisions, at times spilling into open conflict.
Fighting in Lebanon's northern town of Tripoli between factions supporting the opposing sides in Syria has left at least 25 people dead in the past week.
Inside Syria itself, opposition activists said many Hezbollah militants were killed on Saturday during fighting for the western town of Qusair, just across the border from Lebanon.
One source close to Hezbollah told AFP that 22 of its fighters had died on Saturday.
A Syrian army source told the agency that fighting was now taking place at the rebel-held Dabaa military airport, north of Qusair.
Kat Pattison said she was "shocked" when she was overcharged for the piece of fruit for her young son at the High Street giant's Leicester branch.
She said she has been overwhelmed by the huge response to her post, which has had more than a thousand comments.
John Lewis has apologised and said the apple should have cost 60p.
Ms Pattison said she queried the price when it went through the till but was told it was correct.
She told BBC Radio Leicester: "Later on, it was still bothering me, I couldn't believe that was the actual cost."
Ms Pattison was called by the restaurant's manager who confirmed the price, saying there was "nothing she could do about it".
She said: "I find it quite shocking that retailers get away with charging £1.25 for an apple... they have a responsibility to make sure there are healthy options on offer and are affordable."
She took to social media to share her disgust at the cost of the apple and had "great support" from people in response.
John Lewis has since apologised and said Ms Pattison was "incorrectly charged".
They have also invited her to meet the restaurant's head of catering which she said she would be interested in doing.
An extract from Kat Pattison's Facebook message...
"Ok, you might think it's a bit of an overreaction for £1.25, but honestly, we have a real issue in this country if any store - even John Lewis - thinks it's ok to sell a kid an apple for £1.25.
"When people are being priced out of providing their kids with a healthy meal, it's no wonder more than 30% of kids in the UK are classed as overweight or obese.
"What is wrong with the world when a corporation thinks profit is more important than the health of our children?"
Freeman, 21, who recently completed a loan period with Notts County, joined the Rams from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee in 2012.
A Wales Under-21 international, he is eligible for Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final against Charlton Athletic.
He has made a total of 24 appearances this season, seven for Derby and 17 for Notts County.
Tom Brewster's rink needed to win their final round-robin match but succumbed 8-6, with the Russians picking up two in the 10th end.
A fifth defeat in nine left the Scots sixth in the overall standings.
Scotland's women beat Czech Republic to clinch their place in the last four and continued their 100% record in Glasgow with a win over Denmark.
Eve Muirhead's in-form rink saw off the Czechs 10-5 and eased to a 7-3 success against the Danes.
Earlier in the day, Brewster's team beat Italy 6-4 to keep hopes of progress alive and secure a place for Scotland at next year's World Championship in Canada.
But that was of little consolation as the skip lamented a tough loss to Russia.
"Just gutted; we had the win," he told BBC Scotland. "I felt we were probably the better team out there. We played pretty solid. One shot here or there and we maybe could have got a wee bit away from them.
"We had the game, we had the win. I felt like I threw it [the final stone] the same as the one directly before, it just went heavy. Maybe we just took slightly less ice, maybe just a faster track, I don't know."
The Scots were the only team to beat defending champions Sweden, who top the standings, but suffered damaging losses to Finland and Germany on Tuesday.
"We've missed opportunities all week," added Brewster. "We've only got ourselves to blame in some of the other games where we hadn't performed as well.
"But we can take a lot from this and figure out a way of turning tight games into wins. I've missed a couple of last stone draws for various reasons."
Looking ahead to Thursday's final group game with Russia, who have also secured a place in the last four, Muirhead told BBC Scotland: "I'm really delighted with that out there. It's at this part of the week that we need to keep moving forward and build momentum.
"It's important that we don't slack off one bit and we keep fighting really hard to keep the Ws coming. It's important that we come out strong against Russia."
Standings: Sweden (8-1) Q, Norway, Switzerland, Russia Q (6-3), Germany, Scotland (4-5) Italy, Finland, Austria (3-6), Denmark (2-7)
Standings: Scotland (8-0) Q, Sweden (7-1) Q, Russia (6-2) Q, Czech Republic (5-3), Denmark, Germany (4-4), Switzerland (3-5), Finland, Italy, Norway (1-8)
The PM told the BBC "nothing has changed" and said rival parties had been "trying to scare" elderly people.
It came after she said earlier that there would be a cap on how much people paid for care - a change from the original policy which included no cap.
She did not say what level the cap would be set at but said it would be in a post-election consultation.
Labour and the Lib Dems said the Conservative social care policy was "in meltdown".
Since the publication of the Conservative manifesto last week, much attention has been focused on reforms to the way care for elderly and vulnerable adults is funded.
The manifesto did not mention an overall cap on costs, instead proposing a £100,000 "floor" beyond which people's assets would be protected.
Speaking to activists in Wales earlier, Mrs May said the package would now include an "absolute limit" on the money people would have to pay - triggering accusations that she had made a U-turn.
In her interview, with the BBC's Andrew Neil, Mrs May denied this and said the principle the policy was based on remained absolutely the same".
Analysis
By BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg
Suddenly, only four days after the Tory manifesto was published, Theresa May has added one rather crucial proposal to her social care plan - a limit, or a cap, to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay.
She is adamant that she is not budging on her principles, and was clearly irritated by questions after her speech that said she was backtracking.
But the manifesto did not include the notion of a cap, and just yesterday ministers publicly rejected such an idea.
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The whole package will be put out to consultation, Mrs May said, adding that people had been "worried" by the Labour Party saying her reforms could mean they would have to sell their homes to pay for care.
Including an overall cap would mean the Tories were "protecting people for the future," Mrs May said.
"We are providing a system that provides sustainability in our social care for the future and we have got an ageing population. We need to do this otherwise our system will collapse."
Since the manifesto launch on Thursday, ministers had been saying the idea of a cap - as proposed by a government review in 2011 - had been rejected.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said at the time that it was "completely explicit" that the idea of a cap had been dropped.
Currently anyone with savings and other assets worth more than £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their residential care and the value of their home can be taken into account. But this does not apply to those receiving care in their own home.
Under the Conservative plans, this would change and the value of a person's homes could, in future, be factored in. However, the money would not be taken until after the person - or their surviving partner - had died and £100,000 from that estate would be protected.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May's announcement was a "triumph of spin over reality" and the policy had changed very little.
Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said Theresa May had suffered a "manifesto meltdown" but had still not provided certainty to families about how much they would have to pay for domiciliary care.
In the interview with Andrew Neil, Mrs May also said her cabinet backed her pledge to cut immigration below 100,000, contrary to the claims of ex-chancellor George Osborne - and that a strong economy would help fund the Tories' £8bn NHS pledge.
She also said an extra £10bn would be spent on NHS buildings and infrastructure, as recommended in a recent government review, with the money to be raised from a "variety of sources".
The PM refused to rule out future rises to National Insurance contributions for the self-employed but said the issue was "off the table" and that it was her party's intention to reduce taxes for businesses and working families.
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Kettering's Hatton, 20, won silver in February's European Indoor 60m hurdles, and over 100m has a qualifying time for the World Championships and Rio 2016.
But American-born and now Great Britain eligible Cindy Ofili has that mark too.
"I'm a British girl and I'll be on both teams. If you want to be GB we girls aren't going to roll over - bring it on," Hatton told BBC Radio Northampton.
"She's not taking my spot. Fair enough if she needs to come over because America's a bit too hard for her at the moment.
"But try and run in the wind, rain and cold because it's not as lovely as it seems."
British Athletics announced that five new athletes in total were now eligible to represent Britain.
The news was criticised by World Indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty, while former Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton said she was "not sure about it".
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Ofili is the younger sister of British 100m hurdles record holder Tiffany Porter, who made the same nationality switch five years ago.
Porter and Serita Solomon, who was beaten into third place in the European Indoor championships by Hatton in March, have also met the standard for Beijing this year and the Olympics in 2016.
A maximum of three athletes can be selected, with the British Championships in Birmingham from 3-5 July acting as a trial for the Worlds.
Hatton is the sixth fastest Briton of all time with 12.84 seconds - Ofili, ran a personal best of 12.60 in June.
"It's such a shock. I only found out a couple of days ago, so it's still kind of red hot," Hatton explained.
"But when the British trials come round, it's two sisters and they're going to be focusing on beating each other.
"I know tactically that Tiffany can't handle pressure and Cindy's probably never run in England before so I'll welcome her to Birmingham."
Ameen Mukdad, 28, who had played in secret at home until fighters seized his instruments, performed at a site revered by both Muslims and Christians.
He had left for Baghdad when the militants were pushed out of east Mosul, but returned on Wednesday.
Iraqi forces have retaken large parts of the city in a six-month assault.
Just 20 people watched the performance, during which explosions and gunfire could be heard coming from the west of the city, Reuters reported.
IS had banned music along with satellite dishes, mobile phones, cigarettes and even the keeping of birds, publicly killing or flogging those who did not comply with its austere rule.
Mr Mukdad played music he had written under IS control.
"I want to take the opportunity to send a message to the world, and send a strike against terrorism and all ideologies which restrict freedom, that music is a beautiful thing," he told Reuters.
"Everyone who opposes music is ugly," he said.
The concert, publicised on social media, was held at the site reputed to be the burial place of the prophet known as Jonah in the Bible, and Younis in the Koran.
The militants blew up parts of the archaeological site in 2014.
"The performance was like a dream," said Tahany Saleh, who watched the concert.
"This is Mosul with all its beauty... You can see all this damage but still we still want to be happy, we want to listen to music," she told Reuters.
According to an interview with the Daily Telegraph, the last time Mr Mukdad played in public in the city was 10 June 2014, the day IS took control of the city, when he stood on the roof of his house and played a solemn melody.
The largely self-taught musician told the paper he then packed his violins, guitars and a cello into his basement, and fled to Baghdad along with his family.
When he returned months later to try to collect his instruments, the militants allowed him into the city but would not let him leave.
He then continued to play secretly, with blankets over the windows, until the IS morality police confiscated all his musical possessions, including his CDs, and vowed to return to punish him.
He then hid in a relative's house, where he made himself an instrument out of wood and old guitar strings.
When the Iraqi government soldiers defeated IS in the neighbourhood in mid-January, he left for Baghdad to rejoin his family.
"People always liked music but were afraid to acknowledge this because of them [Islamic State]. We opposed them and we risked death," Mr Mukdad told Reuters.
Wednesday's appearance was apparently partly set up by the blogger behind the Mosul Eye website, which describes its author as an "independent historian" in the city.
In a post on Thursday, the writer describes impulsively contacting Mr Mukdad earlier this week, to suggest a concert the following day - and then helping him to arrange his travel and security clearances.
The message of the event was "to tell the world that Mosul is free although half of it is still under fire, it's looking for books and music to be born again", the post read.
"The dream came true, this is as simple as it is. All of it was a dream, and now, it become reality."
Recalling the years under IS, one of Mr Mukdad's friends, another musician, Hakam Ana, told Reuters: "I stopped playing because I was too afraid, but Ameen kept going".
"We tried persuading him that he could get easily killed, but he kept playing."
The pair come in as fellow forward Charlie Wyke moved to Bradford earlier on transfer deadline day.
Waring, 22, spent the first half of the season with Shrewsbury, playing 19 games without scoring.
Former Preston and Bantams player Proctor, 24, has played 29 games for the Trotters this season, scoring once.
He would be available for the Cumbrians in the League Two play-offs, if they get there.
Ex-Everton academy forward Waring joined the Potters aged 19, and has had loan spells at Barnsley and Oxford United.
"He's got good technical ability, as you'd expect from a player coming from a club at that level," Carlisle boss Keith Curle said.
"He definitely won't struggle with the physical aspects of the game."
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The 41-year-old will be assisted at Milan's San Siro stadium by fellow Englishmen Simon Beck and Jake Collin.
Clattenburg, who will also referee the FA Cup final, said he was "stunned but absolutely delighted" by his call-up.
The additional assistant referees will be England's Anthony Taylor and Andre Marriner. Hungarian Viktor Kassai has been named as the fourth official.
"It will be a huge challenge but ultimately one that I'm massively looking forward to," said Clattenburg.
"I'm going to be representing my country and the 27,000 referees in England and the great thing is that I can share the success with my team of officials."
The 48-year-old was arrested on Thursday and is being held at a police station in the West Midlands.
Police will now be able to keep him in custody until 17 November, when they will either charge or release him or apply for another warrant of further detention.
An address in Wrexham is the subject of an ongoing search.
The arrest was the result of a joint operation between Wales Extremism Counter Terrorism Unit, North Wales Police and West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit.
Police say it was planned and intelligence-led and that there was no threat to the public's safety.
Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete was guilty of negligently handling a firearm in a restaurant, but acquitted him of firing a gun from his car.
The judge on Thursday cleared him of murdering Reeva Steenkamp last year.
She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill the model.
Mr Pistorius admits firing through a toilet door at his home but says he mistook Ms Steenkamp for an intruder.
He could still be convicted of culpable homicide over her death.
The athlete had arrived at court surround by bodyguards on Friday morning, pushing his way through a scrum of journalists to get inside the, where Ms Steenkamp's family were already assembled.
The day before, prompting tears from the Olympic and Paralympic sprinter, Judge Masipa said he could not have foreseen killing whoever was behind the toilet door - but went on to say that he had acted hastily and with excessive force.
She described his actions as negligent.
BBC correspondents said the judge appeared to be leaning towards the lesser charge of manslaughter, known in South Africa as culpable homicide, when she adjourned unexpectedly for the day.
The charge of culpable homicide implies negligence without intention to kill and could still mean a jail sentence of up to 15 years. Legal experts suggest seven to 10 years is more likely.
The double amputee had denied murdering Ms Steenkamp after a row on Valentine's Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake.
Mr Pistorius, 27, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces, including two counts of shooting a firearm in public and the illegal possession of ammunition.
Analysis: Pumza Fihlani, BBC News, Pretoria High Court
While finding Oscar Pistorius not guilty of murder, Judge Masipa appears to be leaning towards the lesser charge of manslaughter, known in South Africa as culpable homicide.
Minutes after the lunch break, she seemed to be on the verge of announcing her verdict, only to stop abruptly and adjourn until Friday - leading to sighs and gasps in the overflow court.
Following a long trial that has gripped people around the world, Judge Masipa seems to want to give a detailed account before announcing her verdict. South Africa's legal system has also been on trial and many believe the athlete is getting off lightly, possibly because of his fame.
But legal experts argue that the judge has merely followed the law and the evidence before her. The onus was on the state to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, which the judge said it had failed to do.
Verdict unsettles legal experts
How judgement was tweeted
Most of the trial, which began on 3 March 2014, has been televised and attracted worldwide attention.
Before the fatal shooting, Oscar Pistorius was feted in South Africa and known as the "blade runner".
He had won gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and also competed at the Olympics.
Ms Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate, was hit three times by bullets shot through the toilet door by Mr Pistorius at his home in the capital, Pretoria, in the early hours of 14 February 2013.
He denied the prosecution's allegation that the couple - who had been dating for three months - had rowed. The judge also said she had not been convinced by the efforts to prove that the couple had rowed.
The athlete said he thought his girlfriend was still in the bedroom when he heard a noise in the bathroom, which he believed to be an intruder.
In July, a psychiatric report requested by the judge said Mr Pistorius had post-traumatic stress disorder but no mental illness that could prevent him being held criminally responsible for his actions.
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Mr Pistorius said in his statement at the start of the trial that he woke in the early hours and walked on his stumps to the balcony, pulled in two fans, closed the sliding door and drew curtains. He said that shortly before he had spoken to Reeva, who was in bed beside him.
He said he rejected prosecution claims that a witness heard arguing coming from the house before the shooting.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
"Unbeknown to me, Reeva must have gone to the toilet in the bathroom at the time I brought in the fans," he said.
Mr Pistorius said he approached the bathroom armed with his firearm, to defend himself and his girlfriend, believing Ms Steenkamp was still in bed.
Both sides agree four bullets were fired. Ms Steenkamp was hit three times.
Mr Pistorius said he fired his weapon after hearing a noise in the toilet which he thought was the intruder coming out of the toilet to attack him and Ms Steenkamp.
He said he was in a fearful state, knowing he was on his stumps and unable to run away or properly defend himself.
Mr Pistorius said he rejected claims that he was on his prostheses when he shot at the door.
A witness told the trial she woke to hear a woman screaming and a man shouting for help. She said that after the screams she heard four shots.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom after shooting at the toilet door, still shouting for Reeva. Lifting himself up onto the bed, he felt over to the right hand side of it and noticed Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bathroom but the toilet was locked, so he returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs, turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
Forensics expert Johannes Vermeulen told the court that the height of the marks on the door caused by the cricket bat suggest Mr Pistorius was on his stumps at the time.
Mr Pistorius's defence team say he then called security at the gated housing complex and a private paramedic service before carrying Ms Steenkamp downstairs.
A security guard claimed it was the other way round, and he had called Mr Pistorius first after reports of gunfire. However, phone records shown to the court revealed Mr Pistorius called the estate manager at 3:19am, a minute later he called the ambulance service and at 3:21am he called estate security.
A minute later he received an incoming call - estate security calling him back.
According to police phone expert Francois Moller, Mr Pistorius called his friend Justin Divaris a short time later and just after 4:00am he called his brother Carl.
Dr Keith McNeil, who was appointed to the job at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in November 2012, said the hospital faced "serious challenges".
Chief finance officer Paul James has also resigned from the hospital, which is running a deficit of £1.2m a week.
Both have stepped down ahead of a Care Quality Commission report, which is due to be published on 22 September.
Dr McNeil said it had been "a very difficult decision" to step down.
"It is a matter of public record that we face a number of very serious challenges, including a growing financial deficit, and I feel the time is right to have new leadership in place," he said.
"I am pleased our hospitals continue to provide our patients with outcomes that are not only some of the best in the UK, but in Europe."
In an official statement, neither Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust nor Dr McNeil gave a reason for his resignation.
The trust's finances were being investigated by Monitor after the hospital introduced a £200m computerised patient record system last year and one of its doctors, Myles Bradbury, was convicted for sexually abusing child patients.
Jane Ramsey, chairwoman of the trust, thanked Dr McNeil "for his efforts",
She continues: "He has shown great leadership qualities and has helped the trust to maintain its reputation for high quality care and excellent outcomes for our patients."
Daniel Zeichner, Labour MP for Cambridge, said: "The introduction of the new computer system was troubled and difficult and I suspect that's contributed to their problems, but I think the basic responsibility for this is the [financial] pressure that's been put on the National Health Service by the government.
"The Conservatives promised extra for the health service - we haven't seen it.
"This is not the only chief executive we're going to see taking this action."
The Department of Health has yet to respond to Mr Zeichner's criticism.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's, said its director of workforce David Wherrett would become acting chief executive while a permanent replacement was found.
The blaze at the Fir Vale MOT Centre on Herries Road, near the Northern General Hospital, was fought by about 40 firefighters and was out by 02:00 GMT.
The alarm was raised before 20:00 on Monday. Five houses were evacuated and a cordon put in place, South Yorkshire Fire Rescue said.
Nobody was hurt and the cause of the fire is not known.
All nearby residents have been able to return to their homes.
Firefighters worked for several hours during the blaze to stop the fire spreading to other properties, the fire service said.
The raider hit the mayor's driver with the hammer as he loaded a briefcase containing the chains into the boot of the mayoral car on Thursday night.
The robbery took place at about 22:25 GMT while the car was parked in the Stand Lane area of Radcliffe.
The chains, said to be worth about £200,000, were gifted by Queen Victoria in 1877 and 1897.
The balaclava-clad robber was driven off in a green VW Polo that was waiting nearby.
The mayor, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, and her daughter Danielle, who is serving as mayoress, had been attending a service of remembrance for Radcliffe's RAF Cadets.
Ms Wiseman said: "Everybody's shocked and outraged.
"The violent nature of the incident is absolutely appalling."
The mayor's chain was given by Queen Victoria in 1877 with the mayoress's chain a gift to mark the monarch's Diamond Jubilee 20 years later.
The jubilee chain is regarded as rare as it depicts the queen dressed in white, rather than her customary black.
Supt Karan Lee said: "This is a robbery that hits at the very heart of our town in more ways than one.
"Our mayoral party had just left a service commemorating the lives lost in the Second World War, protecting the lives and liberties of every one of us, to then be attacked in this way, by persons who have no pride or respect."
Supt Lee said the robbers were "ruthless and calculated", adding: "It is only by good fortune that the victim was not seriously hurt."
Councillor Mike Connolly, leader of Bury Council, said "Everyone connected to the borough of Bury and Bury Council will be appalled at this dreadful crime.
"The chains are an irreplaceable part of our heritage and so we are offering a substantial reward for their safe return."
Rodgers, 33, won S7 50m butterfly gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, also claiming 50m and 400m freestyle bronze.
She won three bronze medals at London 2012, her first Paralympic games, a year after her international debut at the European Championships in Berlin.
"I want to leave at the top," said Rodgers.
She is undefeated in the 50m butterfly at European Championships since winning gold at Berlin 2011, having also won three straight European golds in the 100m and 400m freestyle events.
"It was a journey of learning, challenges and ultimately immense happiness," she said.
Rodgers was made an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list, an award she called the "perfect way" to round off her career.
"I feel honoured to have represented my country, to have made it to the top of the podium many times and am lucky to have raced against the best," she added.
"I really believe strongly in the Paralympics and everything it represents and I hope to remain involved in sport for years to come."
Rodgers retires with a total of 30 international medals, having also won two relay golds, four silver and one bronze medal at World Championships.
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Its parent group, United Dairy Farmers co-operative, said the reduction was due to depressed market returns, especially from milk powder exports.
This was "made worse by adverse exchange rates with the pound gathering strength versus the euro as the year progressed", it said.
The firm said also that farmgate milk prices had been volatile.
"Prices roller-coasted, starting the year at a high of 32.4 pence per litre and finishing at 21.4 pence," it said.
"This reflected a collapse in dairy markets driven by global overproduction in milk, weaker demand from China and a Russian ban on imports of EU dairy produce."
Dale Farm group chief executive David Dobbin said despite this fall in operating profits, the company had "delivered another year of strong growth".
"The outlook for the current year remains difficult with dairy markets continuing to decline as the result of the ongoing global oversupply situation, exacerbated by the ending EU dairy quotas in April 2015 which has led to increased output," he said.
The company said there was a 10% increase in turnover to £320m, driven by a 27% growth in consumer sales with packed cheese sales volumes up 53% and packed butter sales volumes up 30%.
Its brands include Dromona, Spelga and Rowan Glen.
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The Australia international left the field after being struck on the head by a throw from the boundary.
Carberry (107) and Liam Dawson (87*) put on exactly 100 before Carberry was caught off the bowling of James Harris.
Harris, Toby Roland-Jones (3-87) and Tim Murtagh all struck in the final 10 overs as Hampshire closed on 315-7.
Hampshire lost opener Jimmy Adams early and captain James Vince, an England Test hopeful, followed for 25 when he was caught by Voges off Roland-Jones.
But Carberry was dropped at second slip shortly after passing his half century, with Murtagh the unlucky bowler, and this time made the most of his good fortune, having failed to convert a fifty into a three-figure score on 10 occasions in 2015.
Following his dismissal, Middlesex picked up the wickets of Adam Wheater, Ryan McLaren and Chris Wood to give themselves hope of containing Hampshire's total.
Should Voges be diagnosed with concussion, he will face a minimum of six days on the sidelines under the England & Wales Cricket Board's guidelines.
Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser told BBC Radio London:
"The feeling from the physio is that Adam has got concussion. It was a freak injury.
"It's sad for Adam and disappointing for us, as we are not going to have any more use of him in this game.
"He wasn't feeling very well in the dressing room so we decided to get him taken to hospital. He feels a lot better now and seems to be coming around.
"He wants to remain here and be part of what is taking place, even if he can't do anything on the field."
Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh is reportedly accused of corruption and denies the charges.
A number of people linked to the president have been dismissed and arrested in recent months.
Mr Malekzadeh was made deputy foreign minister last Saturday, but was forced to quit three days later, after a protest by parliamentarians.
A politician, Esmaeel Kosari, told the Mehr semi-official news agency that Thursday's arrest of Mr Malekzadeh was because of "financial charges".
Correspondents say the arrest appears to be another example of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei using his vast powers to rein in Mr Ahmadinejad, who has often challenged his authority.
Mr Malekzadeh has close connections to Mr Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, whom conservatives accuse of being part of a "deviant current" attempting to promote nationalist politics over Islamic clerical rule.
President Ahmadinejad is thought to favour Mr Mashaie to run in presidential elections in 2013.
He was hurt playing for Glasgow earlier this month and it was feared he would miss the tournament's early rounds.
Bennett, 22, was nominated as one of the breakthrough players at last year's World Cup.
"He is progressing well and we should know next week," said head coach Vern Cotter. "It is 50-50, I would say."
Alex Dunbar sustained a thigh strain in Glasgow's win over Racing 92 on Saturday, while Peter Horne is struggling with a foot problem and Richie Vernon is a long-term injury absentee.
That leaves Matt Scott and Duncan Taylor as the only currently fit centres in Cotter's squad.
"Do Scotland have good strength in depth? No," said Cotter, whose side lost all five of last year's Six Nations Tests.
"We've got some good character and we've got some good individuals, but if we get banged up we know what that means.
"The players believe they can be competitive. A lot of things in this game are based on momentum so starting well will be important.
"We don't want to add stress and weight on the shoulders of the players. They want to win every game."
Some Scotland head coaches have in the past been set a win ratio target for the tournament but Cotter insists he does not have one this year.
"It hasn't been mentioned," he explained. "I know they'd like us to win every game as well. The players want to perform well in the jersey.
"To use an old expression, we don't want to have any regrets at the end."
Since Scotland's 35-34 defeat by Australia in the quarter-final of the World Cup, a number of players have spoken about the pain of that loss following a controversial penalty decision by referee Craig Joubert.
And while Cotter has sympathy for the players, he wants them to move on.
"The memory of the World Cup will stay with the players for a long time but it's part of history now," added the New Zealander.
"I feel for them. I don't think I need to use it [as motivation] as the desire in the team is to improve. That's the energy generated within the team and the driving force within the group and that's a great mentality.
"There is a 'no excuse' mentality within the group. It's about what we can do."
Danesha Couch, 20, from Kansas City, gave birth to daughters Darla and Delanie on 17 June - just 26 months after her first set of twins were born.
All six babies, she told the BBC, were conceived without fertility drugs and delivered by caesarean section.
She gave birth to her first set of twins - sons Danarius and Desmond - on 13 April 2014.
Desmond died shortly afterwards because of a placental abruption.
Danesha was left devastated: "Losing a child hurts, and it's mentally damaging to anyone that has a heart.
"All I could do was pray. It was a really tough time."
A few months later Danesha met her current partner, Jeffrey Pressler, and on 29 May last year she gave birth to her second set of twins, Delilah and Davina.
"It was a blessing," she said, especially after the death of Desmond.
"My mum started calling me double trouble," she said, laughing.
"When Danesha gave birth to the first of twins [we had together], our families were very excited. The second time around they were like 'What? It's another pair of twins!'"
But Danesha said both of their families had been incredibly helpful since the birth of Delilah and Davina.
"I'm grateful for every bit of help that I can get!" she added.
A few months later, in late 2015, Jeffrey and Danesha received the news that Danesha was expecting twins for a third time
"When I got the news, I pretty much knew that we had to step up," the mother-to-be explained. "I knew that I had to buck up and put on my big girl panties."
The couple began making preparations for the new arrivals, selling both of their cars to buy what Jeffrey refers to as their 7-seater "van".
And on 17 June this year Danesha gave birth to daughters Darla and Delanie.
So how are Danesha and Jeffrey finding life looking after their five healthy children, all of whom under the age of three?
"It's definitely my second job," says Jeffrey, who has taken on extra hours at work to help provide for the family while Danesha is on maternity leave.
"It's changed both of us. We have been maturing and working harder to provide for our kids."
"It's tough sometimes, but Jeff and I try my best," says Danesha. "They are my top priority. They keep both of us awake all through the night."
She says that meeting other people who have had twins has been very helpful: "I've been to various parenting groups, and it's been good to hear that I'm not alone in these things."
"It's tough enough to wake up and smile in the world at the moment. But as long as I know that my children are safe, I'm happy."
Ten new turbines are be added to the scheme - giving it a total of 36 - making it one of the largest in the Highlands.
The green light for the extension follows a public inquiry.
Developer Falck Renewables said it had to the potential to supply almost 20,000 properties.
Mayweather will fight Pacquiao in May and Khan is keen to line up a fight with either of them in the future.
"I think Khan has been looking great lately," said Lewis.
"His speed is a factor they would find difficult to contend with. Khan would give them trouble."
Khan says he in in talks with both the Mayweather and Pacquiao camps but for now is targeting a fight with Miguel Cotto, Timothy Bradley or Juan Manuel Marquez.
"The next fight is likely to be in America again and it's all about keeping my name high over there and hopefully one day getting that big fight against Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao," Khan told 5 live on Saturday.
The Las Vegas fight between welterweights Mayweather and Pacquiao - with the American's WBC and WBA titles and Filipino Pacquiao's WBO title on the line - promises to be the richest bout in the history of boxing and generate as much as £162m ($250m).
Asked whether the fight between the pair, widely regarded as the best boxers of their generation, was the biggest in history, Lewis, 49, told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek he regarded it as a "super-fight".
"Look at [the fights between] Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler - there are a lot of super-fights.
"If I came out of retirement now and boxed Wladimir Klitschko I'm sure we'd make more money because we're heavyweights and command a lot more attention. People love heavyweights."
Asked who he tipped to win, Lewis, who beat Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Klitschko before retiring in 2004, continued: "Floyd is the best at side-stepping and movement and he's very quick and hard to hit. Pacquiao is a great guy when it comes to offence and trying to break a person down - he's trying to knock you out, so it's a great match-up between styles.
"I think Floyd has so much talent and quickness, that natural ability to win. It really depends on his heart. Pacquiao has a lot of heart.
"It's difficult but I think Mayweather has all the advantages, that natural ability and rhythm. Pacquiao, you never really know how he's going to come out because he's boxed differently on different occasions with different opponents."
"I have dreamt about it - then woken up and talked myself out of it," said Lewis, who won super heavyweight gold for Canada at the 1988 Olympics before embarking on his 44-fight pro career.
"My friend Razor Ruddock is coming back at 51. His last fight was 14 years ago and he's making a mistake. I don't think it's necessary to come back at this point."
The forward, 30, has been replaced by Leeds Rhinos team-mate Stevie Ward.
Ward, 22, has played four matches since returning in September from a knee injury that kept him out for 12 months, and has also had depression.
England play a warm-up game in France on Saturday before their opening Four Nations match against New Zealand in Huddersfield seven days later.
Australia and Scotland are the other two teams taking part in the tournament.
Ward was set to start a three-week end-of-season road trip round the USA with Leeds team-mate Adam Cuthbertson when he found out he had been called up.
Earlier this year, the loose forward set up an online magazine, Mantality, encouraging professional sportspeople to be honest about difficulties with depression.
"I had depression in 2014 and you don't value anything you do," he told BBC Radio Leeds in May.
"You're in a low mood all the time and you don't value what you say or do. You struggle to get out of the house as much as you do when you have a broken leg.
"It's not spoken about so let's speak about it - let's be honest."
Media reports say a convoy of cars was ambushed near the city of Calabar in Cross River State on Wednesday morning.
The driver was killed and seven employees of engineering firm Macmahon were taken away on a waiting boat, reports said.
Kidnap-for-ransom is a longstanding issue in southern Nigeria, where gangs target expatriate workers.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the identity of the kidnappers was unknown at this stage.
"It is a very serious kidnapping, a very serious criminal assault, one person was killed and seven people have been kidnapped," Mr Turnbull said.
He confirmed that three Australians were among those kidnapped, along with a New Zealander who is a permanent resident of Australia. It is believed that at least two Nigerians were also kidnapped.
There has been some confusion over the exact number of people abducted by the 30 militants involved in the attack.
Nigerian Police Commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh told reporters that police were working with the Nigerian Navy to ensure all victims were released unharmed.
The 71-year-old and the 45-year-old were attacked in Loancroft Place, Baillieston.
Police and emergency services attended the scene just after midday on Friday.
The victims were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where they were treated. Police said inquiries into the attack were continuing.
Kieran Read captains a XV showing six changes from the team that beat Australia in October's World Cup final.
Lock Luke Romano replaces the injured Sam Whitelock for the first match of a three-Test series.
The All Blacks team features players with 720 caps, despite the retirement of several high-profile stars.
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Flanker Sam Cane replaces former skipper Richie McCaw while Aaron Cruden starts at fly-half in place of Dan Carter.
Uncapped pair Ardie Savea and Seta Tamanivalu are among the replacements.
"We're well aware that this is a good Welsh team and not one that we'll underestimate," Hansen said.
"Whilst the opposition might believe that we're vulnerable because it's our first Test and we have lost some experienced players, we don't have that mindset."
New Zealand team to face Wales: Ben Smith, Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Kieran Read (captain), Sam Cane, Jerome Kaino, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano; Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody.
Replacements: Nathan Harris, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Seta Tamanivalu.
The utility man was manager Neil Warnock's first signing of 2017 but has only completed the full 90 minutes on two occasions having arrived whilst still recovering from an Achilles problem suffered playing for Rotherham in November.
"I was out for a month and I probably came back a bit too early," Halford said. "It could have been career ending.
"I'm still getting over it now but every day I feel stronger I feel fitter and hopefully I can just keep on going.
"To be honest I don't want the season to end because I just feel like getting to that fitness where I need to be.
"I'm sort of playing still with a ruptured ligament in my ankle so it's hindering so I'm probably playing at 70, 75% at the minute.
"It's getting better and everyday it gets stronger and I get stronger."
The 32 year old played under Warnock at Rotherham last season and assistant Boss Kevin Blackwell was his manager when he was at Sheffield United in 2008-09.
The former Wolves and Nottingham Forest defender believes he has both of them to thank for forcing the move through.
"The medical staff have been great with me because to be fair most people would have failed the medical but they [Warnock and Blackwell] knew what I could bring to the team.
"They knew it wouldn't take that long to get me ready so I'm grateful and thankful for their perseverance with me."
Since arriving at the Bluebirds, Halford has played in a number of different positions including full back, central defence and central midfield as he had done throughout his career.
He admits he has regrets with his utility man tag and that he doesn't still know what his preferred position is.
"I get asked this question a lot," Halford added.
"Three, four, five years ago I'd have given you a definite answer but now I don't know.
"Throughout my career I've changed positions, every manager has had a different opinion whether that has been across the back four, across the midfield or up top.
"I was a sub goalkeeper for Kevin Blackwell at Sheffield United. I can't give you a definite answer because I really don't know my best position.
"Playing so many games throughout my career, all the positions I've played are pretty well spread out.
"I feel like I can do an adequate job in all of them.
"It's definitely hindered me, it's the old saying 'Jack of all trades master of none'.
"I never got to master one and if I did get to master one then I could have gone a lot further."
Lucas Thomson, who has Tourette's Syndrome and a facial tick, had last been seen on Saturday evening.
Officers said he left his home in Standing Stane Road at about 20:00 and had not returned before being traced on Monday evening.
In an earlier statement, Police had said "concern is growing" for the welfare of the teenager.
The 19-year-old joined the Vixens from Reading in January 2016, after coming through the Royals' academy.
"She is a player with fantastic athletic potential. She works hard every day at improving her game and is enjoyable to coach," head coach Willie Kirk told Bristol City's website.
Kirk's side get the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series under way on Saturday, 22 April.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found that Thailand did not comply with ICAO's safety standards.
Thailand's aviation authority told the BBC it was still formulating its response to the findings.
But the national flag-carrier Thai Airways said it would not be affected.
However, aviation experts said the safety downgrade would affect Thai carriers working as the main operator with a US airline under a code-share agreement, as Thai Airways does in some cases.
They also said the FAA's move would have a significant impact on some of Thailand's carriers if Europe followed suit with safety downgrades.
The FAA said its downgrade of the Thai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) from a 'Category 1' to a 'Category 2' rating meant that Thailand either lacked the laws or regulations necessary to oversee air carriers in line with minimum international standards - or that it was deficient in one or more areas.
The regulator said those areas could include technical expertise, trained personnel, record-keeping, or inspection procedures.
The downgrade means Thailand's carriers will not be allowed to establish new services to the US.
Bangkok-based lawyer and aviation expert Alan Polivnick said the FAA was one of the most prominent civil aviation authorities in the world and that many of its counterparts would have no alternative but to consider the outcome of its recent findings.
"The FAA's downgrade is significant - and unfortunate," he told the BBC. "The Thai government has tried very hard to meet the standards required."
He also explained that the direct impact of the downgrade may appear to be limited to only those airlines serving the US - but that Europe would most likely weigh in before the end of the year with rulings against individual airlines flying into the EU.
Aviation specialist Ellis Taylor of Flightglobal said a move by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) against individual Thai airlines would have an impact on Thai Airways as well as Bangkok Airways.
"Should Europe turn around and place Thailand on its blacklist, that would have a much greater impact on Thai Airways, as it is quite reliant upon European traffic - and in turn so is much of the Thai tourism industry," Mr Taylor said.
"Bangkok Airways could also be affected, as it could jeopardise the interline relationships they have with European airlines, which it is reliant upon."
Individual airlines could be removed from that list, Mr Taylor explained, but said the process was "very opaque and essentially up to the European Commission's discretion."
However Mr Taylor said the FAA's action would be unlikely to affect the Thai carriers in the short term.
"The US isn't really a large market for them nowadays," he said.
"It will prevent them from expanding their code-shares with US carriers, such as Star Alliance partner United Airlines, but this is a relatively small market for them," he added.
The FAA said it had been in ongoing talks with Thailand's government but that discussions had concluded at the end of October.
Thai Airways said it would experience no commercial or customer impact following the FAA's findings as it had stopped its operations to Los Angeles - its only US destination - on 25 October.
The carrier has had to cut several other international routes this year as it continues to lose money in what is an increasingly competitive regional aviation industry.
The flag carrier said it would continue to serve its customers through its code-share and interline partners to USA destinations.
In June, Montreal-based ICAO 'red flagged' Thailand's aviation body for failing to solve problems it had identified in March. Other countries red flagged by ICAO include Lebanon, Haiti and Botswana, among several others.
ICAO is a United Nations specialised agency. Its safety program is designed to ensure global standards for aviation safety and the civil aviation bodies of its member states.
Ross Quinn, of Kilwinning. was travelling south on the A737, at Beith, when his bike was involved in a collision with a van and a car.
The accident happened near the B777 Gateside Road junction at about 18:35 on Wednesday.
Police have reissued an appeal for anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them.
The 47-year-old male van driver, and the 46 year-old male car driver were not injured.
The company is to begin manufacturing vehicles used in the scrap metal and forestry industries.
Currently the firm only makes generators across its plants at Larne, Belfast, Springvale and Monkstown.
The new operation will require 100 positions. Some will be new jobs while others will involve retraining existing staff.
In September 2012, the firm cut more than 700 jobs as it moved some manufacturing to China.
By John CampbellBBC NI economics & business editor
This is an important vote of confidence in Caterpillar's Northern Ireland operation.
When more than 700 jobs were lost in 2012, people were understandably asking what future the world's largest heavy machinery maker had in Northern Ireland.
The fact that a new product line has been added is significant, particularly in a week when Caterpillar's chief executive said the firm was on 'a cost lockdown binge' in response to a global slowdown in the mining industry.
It later added about 200 jobs in a "shared services centre" which provides back-office support for Caterpillar's global operations.
Caterpillar Northern Ireland operations director Robert Kennedy said all of its local plants would benefit from the investment.
"We are very pleased to have the support of Invest NI and the Department for Employment and Learning to make this investment which will enable new work to come to Northern Ireland, providing an important addition to our existing operations.
"This expansion recognises the high standard of the facilities, processes and skills in Northern Ireland."
The announcement was made by the first and deputy first ministers, who are in the US on a business development trip.
Peter Robinson said: "The project is especially important as it has the potential to help attract additional projects from the wider Caterpillar family.
"This new project for Northern Ireland will also offer our local workforce the opportunity to develop key transferable skills that will add value to our manufacturing sector, bringing further economic benefit."
Martin McGuinness said: "This £7m investment supported by a range of assistance, from both Invest NI and the Department for Employment and Learning, will ensure that Caterpillar has the support it needs to fully realise its manufacturing potential within this key area.
"The 100 quality manufacturing positions required to run the operation will generate salaries in the region of £2.2m annually, ensuring that existing employees and local people have an opportunity to progress high value career development opportunities."
The ministers made the announcement after meeting senior management at Caterpillar's headquarters in Peoria, Illinois.
Invest Northern Ireland offered Caterpillar more than £1m to secure the project, and the Department for Employment and Learning offered £220,000 through its Assured Skills Programme.
US-based Caterpillar bought over the Northern Ireland engineering firm FG Wilson - which makes diesel generator sets - in 1999.
Amadou Gallo Fall, the NBA's vice-president for Africa, told the BBC the centre would train boys and girls aged between 16 and 18.
He said the centre would be part of its global network of elite training academies.
Several Africans have played for top teams in the NBA league.
Mr Fall, who is originally from Senegal, said the pan-African academy would use its network to scout for players from around the continent.
He said the players would be given access to facilities and resources available to elite players including nutritionists, personal coaches and physiotherapists.
The centre will be in Thies, 60km (40 miles) east of the capital, Dakar.
Senegal's national teams - men and women - have traditionally been among the strongest in Africa.
Mr Fall said those who don't make it to the NBA would have other avenues, such as "other great leagues around the world, including the NBA development league or in US universities".
He said there were 14 African-born players on the NBA opening roster this year, including Senegal's Gorgui Dieng and Cameroon's Pascal Siakam.
He added the NBA had a long association with the continent, citing legendary players such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Manute Bol and Dikembe Mutombo.
"That generation has paved the way and they've inspired and ushered a significant number of other young players over the years, a lot of them from Senegal," he said.
The NBA launched three academy centres in China in October, one in India last month and is planning to open another global centre based in Australia.
The NBA held its first game in Africa in 1 August 2015 in the South African city of Johannesburg.
The hunt is focused on an area of Picardy where the two fugitives were reportedly last seen on Thursday morning when robbing a petrol station.
New vigils have been held worldwide for the 12 victims of Wednesday's massacre.
Muslim leaders have asked mosques across France to condemn the Islamist attack at Friday prayers.
Eight journalists, two police officers, a caretaker and a visitor died when two masked men armed with assault rifles burst into the Paris offices. Eleven people were wounded, four of them critically.
The attackers, who shouted Islamist slogans, are believed to have been angered by the satirical magazine's irreverent depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.
They are said to have shouted "We are al-Qaeda, Yemen", an apparent reference to the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group (AQAP).
In the US, a senior official has told reporters that one of the two brothers alleged to have carried out the attack, Said Kouachi, spent "a few months" training in Yemen with the group.
He is thought to have trained in small arms combat and marksmanship.
Said and his younger brother, convicted terrorist Cherif Kouachi, were on a US no-fly list before the attack, a US counter-terrorism official told the New York Times.
Overnight, helicopters flew over the search area in darkness for several hours in an area between the Aisne and the Oise rivers.
Armed and masked police kept local roads under surveillance. Earlier police commandos from the Raid and GIGN searched properties in the area house by house.
"[The police] think they have a leg-up at night because they have the technological advantage with heat-seeking technology," journalist Guillaume Debre told the BBC's Newsday programme.
There was, he said, a theory that the two suspects had ditched their car and were on foot. "The big fear for the police is that the two suspects would be able to reach the border with Belgium and would escape the country," he told the BBC.
Cherif and Said Kouachi were born in Paris of Algerian parents.
Two men answering their description robbed a petrol station in Villers-Cotterets, about 80km (50 miles) north-east of Paris on Thursday and the station manager said they were heavily armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
They were last seen driving a Renault Clio car, believed to be the same vehicle they had hijacked in Paris after the attack.
On Friday, the Council of Paris is due to hold an extraordinary meeting in which "Charlie Hebdo" will be made an honorary citizen of the city.
President Francois Hollande has appealed for tolerance and unity amid fears that underlying social tensions could be worsened by the attacks.
In an unusual move, he has invited the leader of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen, far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon and centrist Francois Bayrou to the Elysee Palace for talks.
France's main Muslim federations have called on imams at 2,300 French mosques to "condemn the violence and the terrorism with maximum firmness".
At least nine people connected to the Kouachi brothers have been detained in the towns of Reims and Charleville-Mezieres, as well as in the Paris area, French officials said.
On Thursday, France marked a national day of mourning for the 12 people killed.
A minute's silence was held in public spaces and 20 imams joined hundreds gathered outside the offices of Charlie Hebdo to express sympathy for the victims. Later, the lights on the Eiffel Tower were turned off as a mark of respect.
Several thousand people gathered in the Place de la Republique in Paris for a second night, lighting candles and waving signs that read "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie"). Other vigils were held across the world
The lawyer for Charlie Hebdo, Richard Malka, has said that next week's edition of the magazine will go ahead on Wednesday and will have a print run of one million instead of the normal 60,000 copies.
Politicians and journalists across the globe have widely condemned the shooting as an attack on freedom of speech and the press.
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The Rev Simon Sayers, from the Church of England's Warblington with Emsworth parish, was arrested in January over the accusation, dating from the 1990s.
He had been suspended by the Bishop of Portsmouth.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed there would be no further investigations after Mr Sayers had answered police bail.
The ban comes after members of Cardiff's Somali community previously called for khat to be outlawed while others say it does not have a negative effect.
But opponents to the ban say alcohol has a wider effect on people.
The move will stop the UK from becoming a hub for trafficking khat to countries where it is banned, says a minister.
Khat, which users say makes them feel more alert, happy and talkative when chewed, is now banned as a class C drug despite advice from the UK government's official advisers that it should not be classified.
However, Nasir Adam, a community regeneration officer in Cardiff, said he expected the majority of the city's Somali community would welcome the ban, saying excessive use has an effect on people's mental health and has caused the break-up of families.
He explained it was traditionally chewed by older men before its frequency of use increased and widened to younger members of the community.
And although he said the "community has been fighting for this" ban, he questioned whether police, health and council officials have done enough to prepare people for the change in law.
Hewete Haileselassie, BBC Africa:
Meru is a county where everyone seems to have one thing on their minds: The khat ban.
And for good reason. It's their main cash crop and many people's livelihoods depend on it.
This area is particularly hard hit because some farmers specialise in the type of khat that can be exported long distances.
Atherogaitu market, where most of the stimulant leaf destined for the UK passes through, was packed with people, young and old. Most were idle and chatting in groups.
Earlier in the morning many of those who would have been picking khat instead met at the marketplace and held a prayer session in the hopes of divine intervention to lift the ban.
Khat exporter Mattheus Githonga told us that the ban was "inhuman" and appealed to the UK government to "lift the ban, even for a year, so that we can prepare ourselves".
Another woman, Bessie Kathure, said: "I've lost all hope. I don't know how I'll feed my children and pay their school fees as a result of this ban."
National policing lead for drugs, Chief Constable Andy Bliss, said the police were working with healthcare providers and community leaders to ensure people are aware of the change in law and that there was support available to them.
In Bristol, almost 30 businesses previously selling khat say they may have to close as a result of the ban.
Danny Kushlick, director of Transform Drug Policy Foundation, a charitable think tank campaigning for the legal regulation of drugs, said it was unfair that khat was being banned whereas alcohol if used in excess.
"Yet again the government has ignored the advice of its experts and prohibited another drug," he said.
"As ever, it will serve to create a new income stream for organised crime.
"At the same time it will unnecessarily criminalise a minority group of Somalis and Yemenis, and deprive producers overseas of much needed legitimate revenue."
In a written statement last year, Home Secretary Theresa May said despite the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) not to ban khat, the body acknowledged that there was an absence of robust evidence in a number of areas.
She said the whole of northern Europe, most recently the Netherlands, and the majority of other EU member states have banned khat, as well as most of the G8 countries including Canada and the USA.
Mrs May said failure to take action in the UK would place the country at serious risk of becoming a single hub for the illegal onward trafficking of khat to countries where it is banned.
The ban comes into force from 24 June and means people found with khat for personal use could be fined £60 and those said to be "supplying" khat could receive up to a 14-year jail sentence.
Chasing 220 to win, Ingram smashed 114 off 55 balls including nine sixes, before the South African was run out in the penultimate over.
Requiring two off the final delivery, Craig Meschede cut Paul Walter for the 14th maximum of the innings to take the visitors to 224-5.
Earlier Chopra struck eight sixes in an unbeaten 103 off 59 balls, his maiden T20 century, and shared a county third-wicket record stand of 122 with Ravi Bopara (63) in the hosts' 219-4.
But Ingram's second three-figure score in this year's competition led Glamorgan to the fourth-highest total to win a T20 match.
Elsewhere, Somerset picked up their first win in the tournament with a 21-run win over Middlesex at Uxbridge, helped by Adam Hose's 22-ball half-century.
Leicestershire defended 147 to beat Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston to maintain their 100% winning start, while Jos Buttler hit 42 not out in Lancashire Lightning's five-wicket victory over Derbyshire.
Rain ruined the final match of the Cheltenham Festival, with the game being called off before Gloucestershire could begin chasing Sussex's 156-8.
In one of the most extraordinary matches ever seen in the T20 Blast, 443 runs and 29 sixes were hit as the batsmen took a liking to the short Chelmsford boundaries.
Essex's devastating assault on Glamorgan, led by Chopra and Bopara, saw seven balls clobbered out of the County Ground and replaced.
Chopra, who returned to Essex from Warwickshire this season, was dropped from the Bears' limited-overs teams in 2016, despite scoring 97 not out in his only T20 innings of the campaign.
The 30-year-old is not renowned for his big-hitting but he delighted the home crowd with some of the cleanest striking ever witnessed at Chelmsford.
All-rounder Bopara was equally as destructive, clearing the ropes five times, as the pair took Essex from 72-2 to 194-3 in just 11 overs when Bopara was dismissed.
In the chase, 32-year-old Ingram made sure Glamorgan kept up with the required run-rate of 11 an over throughout, racing to his century off exactly 50 deliveries.
Spinner Simon Harmer received heavy punishment, going for 21 in his first over and conceding 50 runs off his set of four.
Despite Ingram and Chris Cooke (49) falling in the space of three balls, Glamorgan only needed nine off the final over and Meschede took them home.
Middlesex arguably have the strongest batting line-up in the competition, with Brendon McCullum, Dawid Malan, Paul Stirling and Eoin Morgan making up their top four.
But they have failed to click so far with Middlesex's only victory a nervy one-wicket win over London rivals Surrey on Thursday.
Former New Zealand captain McCullum, who is skippering the side, was out for 10 in Sunday's defeat by Somerset and has only scored 36 runs in four innings.
England limited-overs captain Morgan and his international team-mate Malan have been equally as disappointing with neither batsman registering a half-century in eight knocks.
While Middlesex have huge amounts of experience in their side, it was a relative novice in Hose who set up Somerset's victory.
The 24-year-old, in just his fifth T20 match, blasted eight fours and two sixes in his 59 off 28 balls as the 2005 champions piled up 207-9.
Five batsmen passed 25 for Middlesex, but they fell short on 186-7 with paceman Craig Overton claiming 3-24.
With 443 runs scored in 40 overs at Chelmsford, do you think a side could ever score 300 in T20 cricket?
It happened at Bray Lock, Amerden Lane, Taplow, close to the Berkshire border, at about 12:40 BST, police said.
Two men and a woman, in their 40s, a woman in her 30s, a teenage girl and a three-year-old boy have been taken to hospital with non life-threatening injures.
Another man was treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The boat is thought to be privately owned and there were a number of adults and children on board at the time of the explosion, Thames Valley Police said.
The force said officers remain at the scene and an investigation is underway to establish the circumstances of the explosion.
There are currently no road closures in place, but residents have been urged to avoid the area whilst emergency services continue to work at the scene.
It follows a lengthy campaign by a charity and by relatives of some of those who've disappeared.
The new law will allow the families to apply for a Certificate of Presumed Death.
Scotland and Northern Ireland already have similar legislation in force.
About 250,000 people are reported missing every year in the UK.
While most quickly reappear, the families of those who don't can face years of legal and financial difficulties, on top of emotional trauma.
Even when it seems clear that a missing person is most likely to be dead, it can be difficult to register that person's death without proof.
With no death certificate, families often struggle to administer the missing person's estate, claim pensions or benefits, or deal with their mortgage or life insurance.
Families will now be able to apply for a Certificate of Presumed Death for a loved one who has gone missing and is presumed dead.
It will mean that any marriage or civil partnership will come to an end in the same way as if the missing person had died, and that property can be inherited under the missing person's will.
It will also mean that grieving families will also be able to close bank accounts, stop direct debits, cancel passports, and apply for probate.
Kevin Fasting was 49 when he left home in Liverpool in 2003, never to return. Struggling with depression, he left a note to his son, also named Kevin, 32, and two daughters Becky, 23, and Sharon, 34, apologising for letting them down.
"You could've thought it was a suicide note. We expected to find a body," said his son. But they never did.
Seven years later, searching for closure and believing their father to have most likely died, his family tried to deal with his estate. But it proved to be a near impossible task.
"It was catch-22. We wanted to declare him deceased, but without a body we couldn't do it. We hit a standstill."
Luckily, Kevin's son found a specialist lawyer. But it was still two years before he could put the legal battles - and legal bills - behind him.
"I was calling every solicitor in Liverpool. If you were on your own or your were dependent on the person missing, it would be impossible."
The court will issue the certificate if the person has been missing for seven years or if there is good reason to believe he or she is dead.
Justice Minister Lord Faulks said: "Today marks a crucial step forward for families facing up to the terrible situation of losing someone without a trace.
"We have made sure that while they are dealing with the heartache of a loved one going missing, they no longer have to face such a daunting task to deal with the practical issues that are also created."
After Richey Edwards of the band Manic Street Preachers disappeared in 1995, it took his family more than 13 years to deal with his finances and have him declared legally dead.
His sister Rachel Elias gave evidence to a parliamentary committee and campaigned with the charity Missing People to help get the law changed.
She said: "The new system will help families who are facing the challenge of administering their loved one's affairs at the same time as they are dealing with huge emotional trauma."
Peter Lawrence, the father of chef Claudia Lawrence who went missing in 2009, has also lent his support to the campaign.
Stuart Wilson, 37, was convinced he had located the site of 13th Century Trellech - once Wales' largest city.
He paid £32,000 for a 4.6 acre (1.86-hectare) field at the edge of the modern-day village and started to dig.
Now, 12 years later, he believes he has revealed the footprint of a bustling iron boom town from the 1200s - and he does not regret his decision.
"I should have really bought a house and got out from my parents' [home], but I thought: 'To hell with my parents, I will stay at home and I shall buy a field instead," Mr Wilson said.
"People said 'you must be mad'," he added.
He discovered the site was for sale in 2004, after conducting a dig nearby, and went to the auction armed with his savings.
"It was a close-run thing - it was meant to be a guide price of £12,000 and 30 seconds later it had shot up to £32,000. So it was a very hit-and-miss thing, but eventually we did get it," he said.
Since then he has spent £180,000 in total on the site and enlisted the help of hundreds of volunteers to dig each summer since 2005.
They have uncovered eight buildings, including a fortified manor house and various outbuildings which would have sat alongside the medieval city's market.
Today, Trellech is a somewhat sleepy village with a population of about 2,800.
However, Mr Wilson, a member of Monmouth Archaeological Society, said in the mid 1200s it became the centre of iron production for the army of the de Clare family.
The de Clares were a family of powerful and influential Norman lords allied with Edward I and his bid to conquer Wales.
"At its peak, we're talking about a population of maybe around 10,000 people. In comparison, there were 40,000 in London, so it's quite large," said Mr Wilson, from Chepstow.
"This population grew from nothing to that size within 25 years. Now it took 250 years for London to get to 40,000 people, so we're talking a massive expansion.
"And that's just the planned settlement. The slums [to the east of modern-day Trellech] would have been quite numerous. There you would be talking even 20,000 plus. It's a vast area."
Mr Wilson's field is beside what would have been the medieval market, where iron would have been smelted and goods traded.
He said money and workers would have "poured" into the expanding settlement.
"If you're working in the fields you are living hand to mouth every single day - it's a really hard existence.
"Suddenly, a big industrial town comes here, this is a great opportunity for you.
"You up-sticks - to hell with your land - 'let's move to the industrial town where the opportunity is'."
He said the feudal system would not have been as well developed in the border areas as it was in large parts of England in the 13th Century, so Trellech would have represented a chance for those looking to "rise up the social ranks" more quickly than elsewhere.
"This was like the wild west," he added.
Buildings he has found on the site would have fallen into ruin by 1400 and would have been entirely abandoned by 1650, after the Civil War.
Curiously, the area did not have a rich vein of iron ore and, unusually for such a boom town, it was built on a hill. So how did the industry develop there?
"The primary iron ore came from the Forest of Dean - that's what actually makes it so weird," Mr Wilson said.
"You would normally have taken it down into the gorge and then utilised it at Monmouth or Chepstow, in the valleys and then ship it out.
"You wouldn't then take it back up the hill and then smelted it."
However, the de Clares did not control Chepstow or Monmouth and they wanted to control their own supply of iron to their armies.
Using Trellech was a "strategic power play" which gave them a wide trade route and allowed them to bypass the Welsh defences of the valleys, Mr Wilson said.
However, it is believed the town as it existed then came to an abrupt end in 1296, when it was destroyed during a Welsh rebellion before being subsequently rebuilt.
During the successive digs, Mr Wilson and his team have found scores of artefacts, including a 15th Century jug, a medieval roof finial for "scaring off witches", a rare plant pot and several sharpening stones, as well as silver coins.
Mr Wilson now hopes to turn the site into an attraction and has submitted plans for an archaeological research centre and camp site to Monmouthshire council.
But does he feel his financial punt on the site has paid off?
"If I had not found anything it would have been a nice place for a picnic," he said, "but it was not as big a risk as people think."
Noel Hawkins, of the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Living Seas project, took his footage late last week.
Lion's mane are one of the world's largest known species of jellyfish and "pack a fairly sore sting", said the trust.
The one filmed by Mr Hawkins was about 4.5m (15ft) in length.
The snorkeler said: "Although nasty to the touch, they are quite graceful to see."
The jellyfish can be often seen off Scotland's coast.
Shares in Kohl's dived 18% and Macy's was down 12% as the two retailers cut their profit forecasts for 2016.
Macy's also announced plans to shed more than 10,000 jobs through shutting stores and cutting middle management positions.
The Dow Jones dipped 1.71 points to 19,940.45 in early trade.
The S&P 500 index also lost ground, dropping 0.59 points to 2,270.16, while the tech-focused Nasdaq rose 13.29 points to 5,490.29.
Another struggling retailer, Sears, saw its shares rise nearly 6% after it said it would sell its Craftsman tools business to Stanley Black & Decker for $900m.
However, Sears also reported weak holiday trading, with same-store sales in November and December down by 12-13%, and announced plans to close 150 stores.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement.
The deadline was set by Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire.
Talks aimed at restoring the Northern Ireland Executive are due to take place at Stormont on Monday.
The parties have been warned that if they cannot reach agreement, direct rule could follow.
The appeal is made in a letter signed by Church of Ireland Primate Richard Clarke, the Catholic Primate of All-Ireland Eamon Martin, Laurence Graham, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Bishop John McDowell, President of the Irish Council of Churches and Noble McNeely, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
The letter was sent to DUP leader Arlene Foster, Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Ulster Unionist Robin Swann, as well as Mr Brokenshire and Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.
The church leaders said they pray and hope that all political leaders will do what is necessary to end uncertainty.
They encourage all the political leaders involved in the talks to "go the extra mile" to reach an accommodation "which establishes a sustainable administration that will work for the common good of all in our society".
"While we acknowledge the complexities involved in reaching an agreement, we want to express our continued concern that without an agreed budget and with no executive ministers in place, the most vulnerable are at greater risk, while crucial decisions on education, health and welfare are not being taken," they wrote.
"At the same time, I am sure you are aware that small voluntary and community groups - who play such a vital role at the heart of our villages, towns and cities - face mounting uncertainty and are finding it increasingly difficult to support those most in need.
"Furthermore, with no executive there has been comparatively little co-ordinated local input into the Brexit discussions and even less detailed preparation for what lies ahead for Northern Ireland and the island as a whole."
Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March and without a first and deputy first minister since January.
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
It said about 12,000 people attended the neolithic site in Wiltshire to watch the sun rise at 04:52 BST.
The figure was well down on the estimated 23,000 who attended last year, while 25,000 had been expected.
Organisers said low attendance was due to the event falling on a weekday and not as a result of an alcohol ban.
The lead-up to the event also coincided with international football games involving England and Wales, and this may have had an impact, organisers conceded.
This year's solstice celebrations saw revellers facing a ban on alcohol and drugs for the first time, in a bid to curb "drunken and disrespectful behaviour".
A £15 charge per vehicle was also introduced by EH to encourage more people to car share or travel by bus.
Merlin, an archdruid, described the charge as an "unnecessary profit-making enterprise".
"A lot of the people, they're not rich people, they're quite poor most of them, and [English Heritage] make millions already," he said.
But Kate Davies, Stonehenge general manager, said it was "really happy with the number of attendees".
"It's a Monday night, so we knew it was going to be quieter because that's what traditionally happens on a weekday," she said.
"We also had terrible weather earlier yesterday - that would definitely have put some people off and there were also a couple of big football matches last night, so again some people may have chosen to stay at home."
Wiltshire Police said the celebrations were "positive and peaceful" with two arrests, including a 24-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
Supt Mark Sellers said: "These changes for Solstice 2016 have proved a great success, with people celebrating at Stonehenge in a positive, friendly atmosphere as they waited for the sunrise."
Up to 400 people also enjoyed the solstice at the nearby Avebury stone circle, where police said the atmosphere was "jovial" and there were no arrests.
Pagan festivals: Summer solstice
• Solstice, or Litha, means a stopping or standing still of the sun
• The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and is celebrated by thousands of pagans across the world. In the northern hemisphere, the solstice usually falls around 21 June
• Stonehenge is believed to have been used as an important religious site by early Britons 4,000 years ago. Recent pagan celebrations at the site began in the 20th Century
• On Litha, the central Altar stone at Stonehenge aligns with the Heel stone, the Slaughter stone and the rising sun to the north east
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BBC Sport has learned that the Magpies are the favourites to sign the 18-year-old, who has 12 goals this season.
But Robinson expects the England Under-19 international to return to Stadium MK on loan if a deal is completed.
"I can't see him not wearing our shirt for the rest of the season," Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"Part of the deal would be him staying with us for the rest of the season and joining whoever it is in the summer.
"There's no deal completely confirmed yet."
Newcastle arranged similar deals for Nottingham Forest pair Karl Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles last summer, by loaning them back to the Championship club for the season.
Alli, who has also been watched by Liverpool and Bayern Munich, made his MK debut as a 16-year-old in November 2012, and marked his second appearance by scoring against Cambridge City in an FA Cup tie.
He has gone on to play 75 times for the League One side, scoring 20 goals, and signed a contract until 2017 in September.
"If we were talking about an 18-year-old striker with 12 goals, you'd be talking about millions, and this is a midfielder," said Robinson, who shares the same agent as Alli.
"We know there has been communications with clubs. We hope we can do right by Dele and the club as well."
A win would have taken Rovers top of the league, and Darren Carter's early left-footed goal was a great start.
But Tranmere roared back after half-time, with Jay Harris finishing after good work from Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
Forest Green's task was made difficult after Carter was sent off for a second bookable offence in the second half, but Tranmere could not capitalise.
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Forest Green manager Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "Under the circumstances, with Darren Carter getting sent off, it's a fantastic point for us.
"I think the two players just got their legs tangled but the referee was adamant that Carter tripped him - but either way, we showed a lot of character after going down to 10 men against a good side.
"We've got another big game to come against Aldershot at home, but it's been a great weekend."
The winner is chosen and voted for entirely by children.
Apple and Raid by Sarah Crossan won the books for older readers prize, while Viviane Schwarz's Is There A Dog In This Book? won for younger children.
Previous winners include Oliver Jeffers and Drew Daywalt, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler; and Michael Morpurgo.
Butchart and Flintham's book initially won the category for books for younger readers before going on to win the overall prize. They also won the Blue Peter story awards in 2015, for their book The Spy Who Loved School Dinners.
The Children's Book Award is the only national award for children's books that is voted for entirely by children and has been won a record three times by Morpurgo.
It is now in its 35th year, and is run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups, set up as a charity by Anne Wood, the originator of The Teletubbies.
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They are known as the 'clowns of the sea' and are one of the UK's most loved birds.
But their numbers are dropping around the world.
On this island in the Scottish Highlands the puffins are thriving, and that got us thinking... what if puffins could talk?
PSNI vehicles came under attack from youths throwing masonry in the Leafair Gardens area of the city at about 21:50 BST on Wednesday.
Two of the vehicles were substantially damaged and officers used CS spray to bring the situation under control. Police say there were no injuries.
A 17-year-old man was arrested for disorderly behaviour.
He was later released, pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service.
Police later received reports that shots had been fired at around 23:20 BST in the same area as the earlier disturbance.
Englishman Tom Sykes came second to deny Davies the runner-up spot behind Rea in the championship standings.
Northern Ireland's Rea clinched the title in Saturday's opener and moved from ninth to second after a red flag.
Two-time title winner Rea let his team-mate Sykes pass on the final lap to ensure a series one-two for Kawasaki.
Rea became the first rider since Carl Fogarty in 1999 to win successive World Superbikes titles with his second-placed finish in race one.
He ran off the track on the opening lap on Sunday and rejoined near the back of the field as Davies led from Sykes.
A red-flag for oil on the track gave Rea the chance to close the gap and he blistered his way through the field to put the pressure on Davies.
A thrilling finish was in store until Rea slowed to allow Sykes through and leave him two points ahead of Ducati rider Davies, who chalked up his 11th win of the campaign.
Sylvain Guintoli finished fourth in this year's finale with Leo Haslam and Jordi Torress completing the top six.
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Michael Carberry's century gave Hampshire the edge against Middlesex, whose skipper Adam Voges was taken to hospital with suspected concussion.
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Paul Sykes, nine, died at Tennyson Close, Penistone, on 22 October. His brother Jack, 12, died six days later.
Their father, Darren, 44, also died. Police say the fire was started deliberately and are not looking for anyone in connection with the deaths.
The funeral took place at St John's Church, Penistone.
Paying tribute to the two boys, Andrew Platt, headteacher at Paul's school Springvale Primary, said: "Both Paul and Jack packed a great deal in to their time that they had.
"They brought joy and happiness to others."
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Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of two brothers who died after a fire was started deliberately at their South Yorkshire home.
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Mr Giggs was granted the injunction in April 2011 after a 14 April article in the Sun on an unnamed player's alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas.
Despite the order, Mr Giggs was widely identified. The High Court heard that he had now consented to being named.
It is considering whether he can sue the Sun for alleged breach of privacy.
Mr Giggs had been granted an injunction on the basis that TV presenter Ms Thomas appeared to have been trying to blackmail him.
However, the 2003 Miss Wales and former Big Brother contestant took legal action against him and, in December 2011, Mr Giggs accepted that she had not been blackmailing him.
In court on Tuesday, Mr Giggs's lawyer - Hugh Tomlinson QC - said the injunction that had been supposed to stop his client being identified as the subject of the Sun's story had been breached by thousands of people on the internet.
Mr Tomlinson said there had been "large scale and continued breaches of the order by a number of malign individuals" who had put his client's name in the public domain.
Mr Giggs, a former Welsh international who has played for Manchester United for 20 years, was widely identified on social networking sites and in a Scottish newspaper.
In May, Lib Dem MP John Hemming also named Mr Giggs during an urgent Commons question on privacy orders.
Using parliamentary privilege to break the court order, he said it would not be practical to imprison the 75,000 Twitter users who had named the player.
Mr Tomlinson said his client was claiming damages from the Sun for the subsequent re-publication of information in other newspapers and on the internet.
"He has suffered damage and distress by the chain of events that has been set off by the publication of the article in the Sun," he said.
"We say the printing of information on the front page of a national newspaper can give rise to an action for misuse of private information."
Mr Tomlinson said the Sun article had "generated a large media storm" and that the damages claim was about "providing effective protection" for Mr Giggs's right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights.
For News Group Newspapers - which publishes the Sun - Richard Spearman QC said the newspaper had behaved "entirely properly".
He said the original account of the affair published in the Sun was an "extremely generalized and anodyne" account.
"We didn't identify him. We didn't intend to identify him," he said. "On the damages for publication, it is dead in the water, this case."
Mr Spearman said the Sun had informed Mr Giggs about the article before it was published, giving him an opportunity to seek an injunction.
He said legal action had been "spun along for a long, long time", but Mr Tomlinson said that allegation was "wholly without foundation".
After hearing legal arguments at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Mr Justice Tugendhat reserved his decision on whether the case should go to trial.
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Ryan Giggs has consented to being named as the footballer behind a legal order preventing the publication of details of an alleged extra-marital affair.
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Edward McVeigh, 27, said his former cellmate Anton Duffy hated Mr Adair and his friend Sam McCrory as he believed "they murdered innocent Catholics".
He was giving evidence at the High Court in Glasgow.
Mr Duffy, 39, Martin Hughes, 36, Paul Sands, 31, and John Gorman, 58, deny a plot to kill Mr Adair and Mr McCrory.
The court has already heard that Mr Adair and his best friend Mr McCrory were both former members of prohibited Loyalist terror organisations the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and its paramilitary wing the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
They were involved in the Good Friday agreement in 1998 which brought peace to Northern Ireland and both have been living in Ayrshire for a number of years.
The court heard that Mr McVeigh shared a cell with Mr Duffy at Castle Huntly open prison and was also at Shotts prison when Mr Duffy was there.
He told the court that Mr Duffy was a Republican sympathiser who claimed he was a member of the Real IRA.
The witness said Mr Duffy had often discussed the possibility of killing Mr Adair.
He said: "He didn't like him. He hated him because of who he is and because of what he's done in Northern Ireland. He's responsible for a lot of murders.
"They murdered innocent Catholics and claimed they were political targets."
Mr McVeigh was asked where the alleged shooting of Mr Adair was to take place and replied: "Either the golf course where he walked his dog early in the morning or at the gym where he trained."
Asked about what weapon would be used, he replied: "The big fella."
He told the jury he had asked Mr Duffy what he meant by that and was allegedly told it was a Kalashnikov.
Mr McVeigh was asked where the information about Mr Adair's movements had come from and replied: "Piddy Gorman I think was the name."
Asked who Mr Duffy said would carry out the shooting, the witness replied: "Himself and it could possibly have been myself or Paul Sands."
The court heard that Mr McVeigh, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, whose family are mainly Loyalist supporters, converted to Roman Catholicism and was baptised at Castle Huntly. His godfather was Mr Duffy.
Mr McVeigh told the jury of 10 women and five men that Mr Duffy also discussed killing the governor of Barlinnie prison, Derek McGill.
He said he heard Mr Duffy and Piddy Gorman talking about this and added: "I walked into the cell they were talking about information about the car he was driving and where he played five-a-side football."
Mr McVeigh added: "There was discussion about a possible bomb, but they didn't want innocent children or other people getting hurt."
He claimed that a gun was then talked about.
Mr McVeigh told the court that Mr Duffy said that Gerry Adams was a traitor because of his involvement in the peace process.
He added: "Anton had a bitterness and hate because the British ruled the north of Ireland and British soldiers were still occupying the north. He wanted a united Ireland."
Derek Ogg QC, defending Mr Duffy, asked convicted drug dealer Mr McVeigh if both of he and Mr Duffy were addicted to Tramadol during their stay together in prison.
Mr McVeigh said they were and added: "I was taking up to 30 tablets a day and Anton was taking double that."
The QC then said: "If you were affected by this drug you wouldn't know who had been in your cell and what they had said." Mr McVeigh replied: "It depends how many you have taken that day."
All accused deny the charge against them.
The trial continues.
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One of four men accused of plotting to kill two former UDA leaders in Scotland spoke of wanting to shoot Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair, a court has heard.
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Analysing latest official statistics, the party said there were 9,661 nurses in training last year, a drop of more than 500 from the previous year.
The Scottish government said nursing and midwifery student intakes were based on "careful strategic planning".
But the Tories said "unnecessary millions" were being spent on using bank and agency nurses to "plug gaps".
Health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said that while the number of first-year entrants to nursing training increased in 2013/14, the intake of 2,911 was still the second lowest since the turn of the millennium.
"We are all too aware that with an increasing and ageing population, there is going to be more pressure on nursing resources in coming years," he said.
"So quite why the SNP has presided over a system where fewer are being trained up is a mystery.
"We've got the facilities to be developing our own nurses, but find ourselves in this incredible position where health boards are having to scour the globe for staff. On the basis of these statistics, that problem is only going to get worse."
He called on ministers to improve forward planning and enough nurses were recruited and trained to cope with "future challenges".
He added: "It's no wonder NHS budgets are so tight when so many unnecessary millions are spent plugging gaps."
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "Over the past two years the Scottish government has increased the number of students entering funded nursing and midwifery pre-registration courses.
"We have supported national initiatives that improve recruitment and retention, and in recent years have seen an increase in the number of students completing the three-year course - from 1,906 in 2009/10 to 2,226 in 2013/14.
"In the last year alone, over 1,000 extra whole-time equivalent qualified nurses and midwives have started working in Scotland's NHS and we know that to increase this further we must continue to train the appropriate number of nurses and midwives to be able to provide the best possible care for the future."
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The number of nurses training in Scotland is at its lowest level for six years, the Scottish Conservatives say.
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Thursday is his 102nd birthday, which he will be celebrating with family and friends in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
One of the children he saved, 82-year-old Vera Gissing, said of his age: "It's absolutely amazing, he's been such a fantastic figure all through his life and so caring with everyone.
"He still has such incredible wit. It's amazing and very heart-warming to still be part of his life."
She added of the birthday party: "I think he will enjoy it, and I'm sure there will be lots of people there."
Mrs Gissing, originally from Prague, was 10 when she was helped by Sir Nicholas to flee Czechoslovakia just before World War II broke out.
In June 1939, shortly before her 11th birthday, her parents arranged to get Vera and her sister, Eva, on a special train to Great Britain, organised by Sir Nicholas's Czech Kindertransport.
"Nicky Winton came to Prague by chance," she said. "He was packing to go skiing in Switzerland with a friend of his.
"Then the friend phoned him up and said 'forget skiing, come to Prague, I've got something important to show you'."
This was in November 1938, and at that time there were masses of refugees who had fled to Prague from the Sudetenland.
It was part of Czechoslovakia which had effectively been presented as a gift by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to Adolf Hitler in September 1938.
It meant that Czechoslovakia was exposed to future invasions from Nazi Germany.
"There were so many people who had no clothing, no money and many children in makeshift camps," said Mrs Gissing.
"There was no one to help them."
When Sir Nicholas visited the camps he decided to take action.
"He could have put his hand in his pockets to give some money towards the upkeep of the children," said Mrs Gissing.
"But no, his motto was to think large. He decided there and then he would save as many young lives as possible."
Sir Nicholas was only in Prague for three weeks and had to organise the rescue in that time, including liaising with the British Home Office to organise permits for the children and finding homes for them.
"He had over 5,000 names on the list by the time he left Prague, and 669 children actually were saved," said Mrs Gissing.
Vera went to live with foster parents in Liverpool and later attended a school in Wales for Czech refugee children.
By the time she was repatriated to Prague in 1945 she knew that both her parents had perished in the Holocaust.
"But today there are about 5,000 of us who are alive thanks to him," said Mrs Gissing.
"We've had children, grandchildren and some of us even great grandchildren. What an incredible achievement."
A humble man, his story only came to light by chance 50 years later when his wife found papers relating to what had happened in a battered briefcase in his attic.
Sir Nicholas was knighted in 2002 for services to humanity.
The attack happened in St Cloud, 70 miles (110km) north-west of Minneapolis. The motive is unclear.
The suspected attacker reportedly made references to Allah before he was killed.
So-called Islamic State said he was one of their "soldiers".
None of the injuries suffered by the victims were life-threatening, local police said.
An off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction shot and killed the suspect, said St Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson.
The suspect, who has not been identified, was said to have been wearing the uniform of a private security firm when the attack occurred.
The attacker asked at least one person if they were Muslim, Mr Anderson said, adding police "will be diligent and get to the bottom of this".
He said police have no evidence to believe more than one person was involved in the attack.
The media arm of IS said in a statement that the attacker had carried out the operation "in response to calls to target the citizens of countries belonging to the crusader coalition."
McMullan drilled a low 20-yard shot into the bottom corner in the 81st minute to ensure his side going into Friday's second leg at Drumahoe ahead.
The winner of the tie will play Carrick Rangers over two legs next week, with the victor sealing a Premiership place.
Warrenpoint Town have already been promoted as Championship winners.
This is the first year that a play-off between the second and third placed teams in the Championship has taken place, Institute having finished second, six points ahead of Comrades.
Ballyclare had the better of the first half and their best scoring opportunity fell to Dean Youle, his effort being kept out by Martin Gallagher.
For the visitors, Mark Scoltock headed over from eight yards from a Michael McCrudden corner.
In the second-half, Gallagher made another important intervention, tipping Chris Trussell's 25-yard free-kick over the bar.
Institute's Stephen O'Donnell saw his header come off the top of the bar, while Sammy Morrow had his shot denied by Paddy Flood.
The team that emerges on top after Friday's second leg will host Carrick, who finished 11th in the top flight, in the first leg of the promotion/relegation play-off on Tuesday 9 May, with Rangers enjoying home advantage for the second leg on Friday 12 May.
The group handed in a 30-page document and a letter calling for action and a start to negotiations with victims.
They said that there had been no progress since an inquiry delivered its verdict in January.
The inquiry's chair, Sir Anthony Hart, found that some children's homes were the scene of widespread abuse.
He recommended compensation, a memorial and a public apology to abuse survivors.
Devolved government in Northern Ireland collapsed in January over a botched energy scheme, and efforts to strike a deal to form a power-sharing agreement have failed since a snap Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March.
A new deadline of 29 June has been proposed for the formation of a Northern Ireland Executive.
The protest group said there had been "no progress in delivering apologies, a redress scheme and support services for victims because of the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland government".
The group want the political parties and UK government to address the issue in the current Stormont talks process.
After meeting at parliament buildings, the group then marched down to Stormont Castle.
Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International, which is supporting the victims' campaign for justice, said victims had to "wait all their lives for justice and at the moment they are being asked to wait even longer because there is no government in place".
"Victims are crying out for a redress process, for apologies and for support services to be put in place, at the moment there is no prospect of that in sight," he said.
"It's deeply angering for many people and also a sense of despair is setting in with some.
"Many of these people are at very advanced years and they fear that they will not live to see justice.
He added: "These victims have been made to wait far too long for justice as it is and it's frankly cruel punishment for them to be made to wait even longer.
"This has to be on the agenda for the talks at the moment and has to be top of the list for delivery when Stormont government returns."
The union and management agreed to resume negotiations over reforms to its pay structure, but the workers could go on strike as early as 14 September.
Hyundai is in the middle of restructuring its seniority-based pay system.
Strikes by its workers over wages occur almost yearly as the union seeks to raise monthly wages and bonuses.
This year would mark the fourth year of strike action if the two sides do not reach a deal.
Workers are asking for a 7.8% increase in their monthly basic wage, guaranteed job security until age 65 and bonuses worth 30% of the carmaker's net profit for last year.
The union represents more than 48,000 workers and about 78% of the 89% that voted supported the strike action.
Hyundai, together with affiliate Kia Motors, is the world's fifth largest carmaker.
The car giant's second-quarter net profit fell nearly 24% from a year ago, because of a stronger local currency and more competition at home and abroad.
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No-one was challenging the former Netherlands coach's assertion after an uninspiring afternoon in Lancashire brought a goalless draw against Premier League newcomers Burnley - who more than merited their point.
United only have two points from what many would regard as kind opening fixtures against Swansea, Sunderland and Burnley, a sharp contrast to the tough hand dealt out to Van Gaal's predecessor David Moyes when he succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson.
The poor start prodded executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward into action as this week saw the British record £59.7m purchase of Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid and a £13.8m deal for Ajax's Daley Blind.
The draw at Turf Moor, however, only highlighted that Van Gaal will surely want more reinforcements before the transfer window closes on Monday - although word from inside Old Trafford is that Blind may be the final arrival.
So what must Van Gaal do to pull United out of this desperately uninspired start to the season?
It would do Van Gaal and United a disservice to ignore the fact that injuries have robbed them of two players who were meant to be of great influence in this new Old Trafford era, England defender Luke Shaw and midfielder Ander Herrera. Even the introduction of new defender Marcos Rojo has been delayed by work permit complications.
The signing of Di Maria has been portrayed as akin to sticking the roof on your house before the foundations have been laid, although few would question the contribution he will make.
There is no doubt, however, that there are clear areas where United need top-class reinforcements.
United's three-man defensive system requires the sort of composure and expertise that appeared beyond Phil Jones and Jonny Evans at Burnley, while Tyler Blackett can be excused as one for the future. Whether Chris Smalling kicks on to fulfil the requirements remains to be seen.
If United cannot find a high-class central defender before Monday night - and Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp scoffed at a reported interest in Germany's World Cup winner Mats Hummels - then this is undoubtedly an area opponents will see as fair game.
Burnley could not quite take advantage, especially in a desperate opening 10 minutes from United, but there would be real relish at the prospect from the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea.
Herrera's absence is a genuine misfortune but there must also be a need for another top-class operator in that area. There has been the long-standing link with Juventus's Arturo Vidal but time is running out.
A more likely option is that Van Gaal will make do and mend until January and see how Roma's Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman has recovered from a serious knee injury - hoping not too much damage is done to United's season before then.
There was widespread astonishment that Anderson - who clearly has no place in Van Gaal's long-term plans - came on for the tiring Di Maria, although less when Danny Welbeck was sent on for Robin van Persie.
Anderson is one of those surplus to requirements at Old Trafford while Welbeck, as energetic as ever when he appeared, might also leave before the end of the transfer window, as could Shinji Kagawa.
Tom Cleverley could well have played his last game for United as Aston Villa attempt to persuade him to complete an £8m move while Javier Hernandez is attracting interest from Valencia and Juventus.
Van Gaal will not be unhappy to see them go to thin out his squad - but the real push over the next few months will be on incomings.
Van Gaal used Evans, Jones and Blackett as a three-man back line at Turf Moor - and at no time did it look fully secure.
It is unlikely these three players will be his chosen ones in a defensive system he stands by after the successes of his outstanding career - but can he make it work at Old Trafford?
He will certainly need better wing-backs than Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young to make it a success, which is where the versatility of the likes of Di Maria and Adnan Januzaj will be beneficial, although it is questionable whether Juan Mata is suited to the role as he lacks pace.
Van Gaal will also need better central defenders and there are clear signs that the shift in tactical emphasis has been a struggle for some United players.
They had better get used to it because there are few coaches in world football with such complete belief and faith in their own methods as Van Gaal.
It should also be emphasised that it is very early days in what is a tactical work-in-progress, a new manager getting used to new players and new players getting used to a new manager.
Van Gaal has repeatedly stated that his first three months in a job have often been a struggle before the penny drops and success follows.
It might not look easy on the eye so far - but do not bank on Van Gaal changing it one jot.
The Manchester United manager fielded new signing Di Maria alongside Mata, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie - almost £150m worth of attacking talent. Is there really room for all of them in the same team?
On this occasion, Di Maria was tucked in left of centre with Ashley Young wide, while Mata was entrusted with drifting in the spaces behind Rooney and Van Persie and Darren Fletcher as the insurance policy. It was almost a 3-4-1-2.
While there is no questioning the quality of that group, it places a heavy responsibility on Fletcher and there must be question marks over its regular use over the course of a long season.
With Van Persie rated so highly by Van Gaal - although it did not stop him being removed here - and Rooney his captain, it could leave Mata as the most vulnerable, given Di Maria is clearly an integral part of United's future.
And what of Januzaj? He is obviously one for the future but his was the name being chanted regularly and loudly by United supporters as their team struggled at Turf Moor.
Januzaj has the quality of versatility, as does the excellent Di Maria, so there is plenty of solace for Van Gaal in the ability to juggle and shift around his resources.
Rooney, Van Persie and Di Maria will surely be Van Gaal's "go to" men - the others may have to make do with being part of a rotation policy unless they can force the issue with sheer weight of performances.
Van Gaal is not a technical-area stalker. As with his other early United games, the Dutchman did not move from his seat. He stayed in the dug-out clutching his trademark clipboard and consulting his assistant Ryan Giggs.
In contrast, his opposite number Sean Dyche stripped off his jacket and spent the entire 90 minutes in his technical area, encouraging and cajoling.
No manager should ever be judged by his touchline demeanour or time spent in the dug-out - but it was the lack of urgency on the pitch that was surely a concern and brought an angry reaction from United's fans.
Twice in the second half there was a furious reaction from the thousands gathered in Turf Moor's David Fishwick stand - once when United's players stood a long way back as Burnley took a free-kick on the edge of their penalty area and another as Evans dawdled when in a perfect crossing position.
The United of old would have been attempting to press Burnley into submission and even though the Clarets went into something of a retreat late on, there was never the sense of an oncoming siege or late goal you would have expected from previous teams.
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The event took place at Help for Heroes Phoenix House Recovery Centre in Catterick.
Army veteran Chris Yates, who was injured in 2011 when a truck tailgate gave way and fell on him while he was serving with the Royal Engineers, said: "It's definitely a confidence booster. There's no way I would have gone out there a year ago, but Help for Heroes have given me that confidence."
Football's world governing body Fifa also requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance.
Nineteen players and coaching staff were among the 71 who died when the Brazilian's team plane crashed.
The team was heading to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the biggest game in the club's history.
Periods of silence will also be held before next week's Champions League and Europa League matches.
Similar tributes were held before all four of the EFL Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three players - defender Alan Luciano Ruschel, reserve goalkeeper Jackson Ragnar Follmann and centre-back Helio Hermito Zampier Neto - were among the six survivors
Of the survivors, Ruschel and Neto were said to be in critical but stable conditions, with the former having had spinal surgery. Follmann has had his leg amputated and could lose his other foot.
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that the plane crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land.
Club director Cecilio Hans said the club would "rebuild from scratch" in memory of those who had died.
Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel paid tribute to his late friend Caio Junior, the Chapecoense coach, after his team's quarter-final defeat by Southampton in the EFL Cup.
The 26-year-old said he was "very close friends" with the coach, the backroom staff and two of the players.
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"This is really hard to take. It is something we never imagine will happen with us or a close friend," he said.
"The minimum I can do is send my condolences to all their families and wish that they can carry on.
"I ask for strength for this team that enchanted Brazilian football, a group that five years ago was in the fourth division and surprised everybody.
"We only have good memories to keep in our hearts from this team and the friends I made through football."
Chapecoense were in the Brazilian fourth tier in 2009, but had recently made themselves a national force before their run in South American football's secondary continental competition - the equivalent of the Europa League.
Three of Brazil's leading clubs have said they will offer players to Chapecoense.
Many European politicians regard it as an established fact that the European Union is one of history's primary drivers of peace and prosperity.
That is why many European politicians continue to regard Brexit as an act of self-harm by the UK.
And it is why celebrating the signing of the treaty that created the original six-member European Community is a natural way of marking its continuing historical significance.
French President Francois Hollande put that traditional view of the EU after he and his fellow European leaders - minus the UK's Theresa May - spent a lengthy session negotiating what form of words they might use to mark the occasion two weeks from now.
Mr Hollande said it was all about unity and values and asked one reporter: "What do you think Europe would be like without the union?"
The problem is that the timetable for Brexit now casts a long dark shadow over those celebrations.
Mrs May's self-imposed deadline of the end of March for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty coincides more or less exactly with the timetable for the anniversary celebrations, which reach a climax on 25 March.
Britain presumably never intended the two events to overlap, but the coincidence provides an intriguing snapshot of a critical moment in Europe.
The point is, of course, that an organisation that has known nothing but steady expansion over its 60-year history is about to lose a member state for the first time.
EU insiders will point out that Greenland, which is an administrative area of Denmark, left in 1985 - but this is different.
It is a confidence-sapping thought for an institution which has grown accustomed to seeing itself as the high table of European politics and grown used to the idea that it is an institution that other countries are desperate to join.
There is still a waiting list, of course - mainly in the Balkans - even as the UK heads for the door marked "Exit".
Perhaps because it is unprecedented, there is no big idea on offer from the European Commission about what should be in the celebratory declaration - just a palette of five vague outlines of how the EU will work in the future.
They really boil down to alternative levels of tinkering in plans for future integration, from leaving things more or less as they are to taking a great leap forward into further centralisation.
The moment somehow does not feel right for grand visions.
There is still scope though, it seems, for a little wishful thinking.
As the Brussels summit wrapped up, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said: "I don't like Brexit because I would like to be in the same boat as the British; the day will come when the British will re-enter the boat, I hope, but Brexit is not the end of Europe."
Those remarks will no doubt raise eyebrows in London, where the UK government has yet to trigger the departure process, but it does demonstrate that there are still romantics in Brussels who hope Brexit will not happen, even if their number is rapidly dwindling.
The UK already feels a little semi-detached in its relationship with the EU and that feeling is only going to intensify once Article 50 has been triggered.
In Rome on 25 March, we will get a sense of how the EU remainder states see their future. There is talk of a "multi-speed" Europe, which is a slick way of saying that some member states are more in favour of further integration than others.
And what will the future be like without the perennial Eurosceptic-tinged foot-dragging of the British?
Brussels provided something of a straw in the wind when Poland fell out with its partners over the decision to reappoint the former Polish Prime Minster Donald Tusk to a second term as President of the European Council - Mr Tusk is seen as an enemy by the current government in his home country.
Poland lost the argument, of course, but then retaliated by refusing to endorse the summit statement.
It was a reminder that the UK was never the only source of problems in the EU and an indication that as one member of the awkward squad departs, a candidate member may be waiting to take its place.
At its meeting, the Fed opted to hold rates between 0.25% and 0.5%.
But three officials opposed the decision - the most dissents since December 2014.
The Fed said: "The case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened," but said it would wait for more evidence of economic progress.
Doug Duncan, chief economist for Fannie Mae, said: "There's a pretty big dissent. There seems to be a pretty big discussion about the direction on rates.
"It's clear they want to raise rates in December if things don't deteriorate."
The Fed said US economic activity had picked up and job gains were "solid" in recent months.
The US central bank said it saw near-term risks to the economy as "roughly balanced." It was the first time it has used that wording since late last year, when it most recently raised rates.
The Federal Open Market Committee had decided against raising rates "for the time being," until there was more evidence of progress towards its employment and inflation objectives.
The committee said it expects inflation to remain low in the near term, "in part because of earlier declines in energy prices", but that it would rise to the Fed's 2% target over the medium term.
Policymakers have been divided when the next rate rise should be, with stock market volatility, China's slowing economy, and Brexit among its concerns.
Analysis: Andrew Walker, BBC economics correspondent
The wait continues. Still, there were signs that the committee is closer to being ready for its next rise in interest rates.
For one thing, Janet Yellen said the case for an immediate increase was stronger than it was, though not strong enough for her to be ready just yet.
The number of dissenting members who did vote for an immediate move has increased. This time there were three. In July it was just one.
All that is evidence that the committee thinks the economy is continuing its gradual return to normal.
But we also discovered that the Fed's thinking about what "normal" is has weakened further.
Their view of the economy's long term growth prospects has edged down from 2% to 1.8%.
The level they think interest rates will settle at has also dropped slightly. In other words, growth and rates will fall even further below where they were before the financial crisis.
"Normal" is not what it used to be.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said: "We judged that the case for an increase has strengthened but decided for the time being to wait for further evidence of continued progress toward our objectives."
She said the decision to keep rates on hold "does not reflect a lack of confidence in the economy."
"Conditions in the labour market are strengthening and we expect that to continue," she said.
Luke Bartholomew, an investment manager for Aberdeen Asset Management, said: "It was pretty much a done deal that we weren't going to get a rate hike today."
He said the meeting had been about "setting the stage" for a hike in December.
But he added: "A December hike is by no means inevitable though. We've been in the situation before where the Fed has aligned their guns only to baulk at the last minute."
The 8,000-capacity stadium is to be home to York City Football Club and the York City Knights Rugby League Club.
It is due to open during the 2016-17 football season, but the Labour party has raised "serious concerns" about the project's progress.
Conservative Chris Steward, leader of City of York Council, said the stadium would "not fall through".
The stadium was initially due to open in August but it has already been delayed until spring 2017.
The Labour group on the council said further delays risk the stadium not being open for the 2017-18 season.
A key meeting of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat-controlled council to discuss construction contracts has been put back for a second time.
Originally scheduled for December, it is now due to be held in March.
Mr Steward said: "I can't say anything is concrete. I am not going to make any false promises.
"We will deliver that stadium, but I am not going to say one particular date."
York City said it was concerned, but would not comment further until any official notice of a delay.
Councillor Janet Looker, Labour leader on the council, said she would write to the council's chief executive for assurance the project remains on track.
But if you're out in Birmingham this weekend, it'll be harder to get away with, as 40 pubs and clubs have signed up to breathalyse people on entry.
Launched by the police and city council, door staff will have detectors that indicate if people are more than twice the legal drink-drive limit.
Police hope it will help tackle the problem of alcohol-related violence.
And if you were planning on sneaking in some alcohol in an unmarked plastic bottle - this device, called the Alco-Blow, can test for that too.
Because of the way it's designed, with users blowing into the device from a short distance rather than putting their mouth on it, it is quicker and cheaper to use as there is no need to replace the straws.
It means it can also be held over bottles to see if they contain alcohol.
The tubes will mainly be used in Broad Street but also in some venues in Digbeth, Hurst Street and other city centre pubs.
"In recent years we've seen an explosion in pre-loading culture… people coming into the city already drunk and even getting out of taxis holding bottles of wine and vodka and downing them before going into clubs," says Central Birmingham Police Sergeant Dave Francis.
"Obviously when people are heavily drunk they are a danger to themselves and more likely to get caught up in rows or fights.
"The breathalysed-on-entry scheme is designed to reduce alcohol-related crime and disorder in our nightlife centres.
"A similar project was trialled in Norfolk last year and was found to reduce the number of disorders at venues by around a third."
There are no set rules on if a pub or club has to turn away a customer who is over the limit set on the device.
"People who 'pre-load' are no benefit for clubs as within half an hour of being allowed in they are likely to be drunk, don't spend money at the bar and are more likely to get into trouble," says Sgt Francis.
"It creates a vicious circle because if venues aren't making money they may be tempted to put on drinks' promotions that lead to more drunkenness."
Venues will complete a simple log noting the time of the test, age of person, their gender, the reading and if the person was allowed entry. Names will not be recorded.
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Robert Garrick sent more than 60 messages to the woman during a 24-hour period.
He was given her work mobile number after the health worker was assigned to deal with him when he attended a medical day centre.
Garrick, from Perth, admitted leaving the texts and voice messages.
Perth Sheriff Court was told that Garrick had become besotted with the woman and sent the "grossly offensive and menacing" messages between 11 and 12 November this year.
Fiscal depute Stuart Richardson told the court: "She was assigned to try and assist him with his difficulties. She had the works phone and took it home.
"In some of the messages he declares his undying love for this lady, the nurse, but unfortunately he also called her a cow. The most worrying was where he threatened to kidnap her, have sex forcibly with her and kill other people who worked at the day centre."
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, said: "He had taken certain legal highs and that seems to have knocked him Awol. Legal highs seem to be the nub of the problem.
"Much of the content of the messages was neither threatening nor abusive, but he declares his undying love and says how much she means to him and that he misses her.
"The calls were described as rambling rants and were him saying he felt unsupported and had no-one to look after him. People at the day centre were aware of his ups and downs."
Garrick, who works for a building firm, had sentence deferred by Sheriff Lindsay Foulis for the preparation of reports. He was remanded in custody.
Bridget Mongan, 23, admits being drunk at the time, but said the officers should have left her on the pavement.
She said she "could've been killed".
The incident happened on John Street in Derry on Monday and is being investigated by the Police Ombudsman.
The BBC obtained CCTV footage that showed the moments leading up to the incident on St Patrick's Day.
The officers in the mobile phone video have been identified, police said.
Two investigators have been appointed.
"My boyfriend was arrested and I got a bit upset," said Ms Mongan.
"I could have been killed stone dead. What they did to me is totally unacceptable.
"I don't remember how I ended up lying on the road. I don't remember a whole lot," she added.
"From what I remember, the officers didn't say anything to me before they left.
"I was drunk, yes, but they could've at least left me on the footpath. It's out of order, it's as simple as that.
"It's not their job to do that. I cried when I saw the footage. I am a human being you know.
"They should lose their job now. If they did to me, they could do it to everyone.
"I am an alcoholic and I'm not proud of it but they what they did on Monday was unacceptable."
In a statement on Wednesday, Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire said he had viewed the footage and had begun an investigation.
She told the Mail on Sunday that "it's difficult to explain why I didn't do it."
The singer added: "I prefer to do my charitable bit by donating actual money and not being lumped in a with a bunch of people like that.
"It's like the success club and I'm not really in that club. I don't think I'm above it all - I'm way below it. But there's something a bit smug about it."
The latest version of Do They Know It's Christmas? features acts including One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Jessie Ware and Rita Ora.
Within two days of being released, the song had sold 206,000 and become the fastest-selling single of 2014 and is on course to be number one in this Sunday's top 40.
However, Allen did go on to praise Band Aid organiser Bob Geldof saying "I actually don't mind Sir Bob" and that "he's grumpy like me".
Speaking to Newsbeat following the recording of the track, Geldof confirmed Adele hadn't snubbed his call to take part.
He said: "Adele won't pick up the phone to her manager. She's just out of it, which you respect. Nothing. She's not part of that anymore. That's absolutely her thing.
"Some people just don't want to do it, some people say no.
The singer's comments came less than 24 hours after Emeli Sande said "a whole new" Band Aid song is needed and that she's not fully satisfied by the lyrical changes made for this year's remake.
In a message posted on Twitter, the 27-year-old said she and African singer Angelique Kidjo "made and sang our own edits" whilst recording Band Aid 30.
She added: "Unfortunately, none of these made the final cut."
Later in the post, Emeli apologised "if the lyrics of the song have caused offence" but that the new version of the track "came from a place of pure and respectful intent".
Some of the lyrics have been rewritten for the fourth version of the charity single to reflect the track raising money for Ebola-hit west Africa.
The virus has killed more than 5,000 people in the current outbreak, including 1,267 in Sierra Leone.
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Floodwater has been pumped out of homes and businesses in Corbridge after the River Tyne reached record levels during Storm Desmond.
More than 70 homes were evacuated as the river rose to 19ft (5.79m) at the weekend.
Flood risk manager Phil Welton said the agency was "watching the situation closely".
"There's another weather system coming across on Wednesday night and then potentially at the weekend as well," he said.
"The weather we saw at the weekend really was exceptional - we saw a month and a half's rainfall in a day and a half.
"It was more than the defences in places like Corbridge could take.
"We're not expecting to see those levels of rainfall again over the coming days but we are watching the situation closely."
The Met Office forecast further rain over the next few days.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service responded to 75 emergency calls over the weekend to deal with "dangerous" chimneys, roofs, hoarding signs, scaffolding, trees and collapsed walls.
Keith and Gillian Linton, from Corbridge, said floodwater in their home reached about 3ft (1m) higher than in previous years.
"Because we've been flooded before I've always kept my photographs upstairs," Mrs Linton said.
"It's at least six months [to repair the damage] because the houses don't dry, you've got to dry slowly, and then they take the plaster off usually 3ft (1m) above the watermark."
"They pull all the floorboards up, take the skirtings off, dig away all the plaster... then put the dehumidifiers on and then we just sit around and do nothing for a month," Mr Linton said.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said she had "every sympathy" with people forced out of their homes just before Christmas.
"We're working with the insurance companies to make sure people can claim rapidly," she said.
"We're bringing forward the Bellwin scheme to help local authorities pay for those extreme weather conditions and we'll be announcing further schemes in due course."
Steven MacLean's flicked shot and O'Halloran's first put Saints in charge but Well's Andrew Rose headed one back.
Goalkeeper Trevor Carson was dismissed for handling outside his area and O'Halloran fired his second.
O'Halloran also had a penalty saved after Carl McHugh and Charles Dunne had been sent off and Murray Davidson swept in Saints' fourth late on.
Though Saints exited the League Cup in midweek and Well progressed to the last eight, the two sides have had contrasting starts to their Premiership campaign with St Johnstone now on two wins out of two and Motherwell having lost their opening two league games.
And Tommy Wright's side were quick out of the blocks. MacLean was the sharpest player in the box, the veteran striker reacting well to lift the ball past Carson from close range after Stefan Scougall's shot had been partially blocked.
The hosts were soon two up. O'Halloran gathered on the left wing before drifting in dangerously to the Motherwell box and guiding a curled right-foot shot just inside the far post. It was a goal that underlined just what a big player he could be for St Johnstone this season.
The Motherwell defence looked shaky. From a corner Davidson got a head to the ball at the near post, but his effort flew over.
The initial St Johnstone pressure relented slightly and Motherwell got a free-kick 35 yards from goal. The ball was lofted in to the box and Cedric Kipre flicked it on to the back post, where Rose was waiting to nod home from two yards out.
Gael Bigirimana fired just wide and Rose was denied a headed second by Alan Mannus' save early in the second period.
Given their uncertain start, Motherwell started to dominate the play and threw on striker Louis Moult.
But then the roof fell in on the visitors. Under pressure to gather a long through ball, Carson picked it up. Referee Craig Thomson ruled that the keeper had handled the ball outside his area and immediately brandished a red card.
It was a hammer blow for the away side, who immediately sacrificed Bigirimana as back-up keeper Russell Griffiths took to the pitch.
There was nothing Griffiths could do as O'Halloran conjured up another moment of class. A great run from the on-loan Rangers winger ended with a drilled low shot into the centre of the net.
Then the roof caved in on Motherwell as McHugh - already on a booking - was shown a second yellow card for a late lunge on Brian Easton.
Incredibly, Motherwell were then reduced to eight men after Dunne tripped Graham Cummins in the box. O'Halloran stepped up to take the resulting penalty but he was denied a hat-trick by Griffiths' save.
But there would be a further St Johnstone goal, Davidson finishing confidently at the edge of the box following Richard Foster's cut-back.
Match ends, St. Johnstone 4, Motherwell 1.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 4, Motherwell 1.
Goal! St. Johnstone 4, Motherwell 1. Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Richard Foster.
Attempt saved. Callum Hendry (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Cedric Kipre.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Russell Griffiths.
Penalty saved! Michael O'Halloran (St. Johnstone) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Charles Dunne (Motherwell) is shown the red card.
Penalty conceded by Charles Dunne (Motherwell) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty St. Johnstone. Graham Cummins draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Ben Heneghan (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Michael O'Halloran.
Attempt missed. Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Charles Dunne.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Cedric Kipre.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Callum Hendry replaces Steven MacLean.
Attempt missed. Ben Heneghan (Motherwell) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Steven Anderson.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Alan Mannus.
Attempt saved. Andy Rose (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Craig Tanner (Motherwell).
Paul Paton (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second yellow card to Carl McHugh (Motherwell) for a bad foul.
Foul by Carl McHugh (Motherwell).
Brian Easton (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Blair Alston replaces David Wotherspoon.
Goal! St. Johnstone 3, Motherwell 1. Michael O'Halloran (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Motherwell. Craig Tanner replaces Richard Tait.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Graham Cummins replaces Stefan Scougall.
Chris Cadden (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Brian Easton (St. Johnstone).
Attempt missed. Louis Moult (Motherwell) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Alex Fisher (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, Motherwell. Russell Griffiths replaces Gael Bigirimana.
Trevor Carson (Motherwell) is shown the red card.
Gael Bigirimana (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone).
Substitution, Motherwell. Louis Moult replaces Ryan Bowman.
Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Six-year-old Bradley, from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, has neuroblastoma and is receiving palliative care at home.
It is believed trolls started an RIPBradley hashtag on social media on Sunday which was picked up elsewhere.
Ladbible said it was investigating and pledged a £20,000 donation to his fund.
Bradley, an avid Sunderland fan, became the team's mascot and also led out the England team for its World Cup qualifier against Lithuania in March.
He was recently named Child of Courage at the Pride of North East Awards.
Following the incorrect reports about his death, a post on the family's Facebook page read: "I have spoken to the lad bible who have apologised for their mistake and would like to support Bradley's foundation moving forward.
"Although seeing the status was very upsetting mistakes happen and we would like to accept the apology and move forward from this.
"We have built our campaign on positivity and we would like to continue with this."
In a statement, Ladbible said: "Earlier today we posted an incorrect story about Bradley Lowery, the inspirational young Sunderland supporter whose courageous battle against cancer has captured the hearts and minds of people around the world.
"We realise the magnitude of our error and unreservedly apologise to Bradley and his family.
"We're now investigating how and why this story was published to our website. It should not have been.
"We are in contact with Bradley's family to discuss this matter further, and have already committed to a £20,000 donation to support his neuroblastoma treatment."
A number of homes were evacuated during the alert at Strand Walk in Short Strand at about 22:40 BST on Monday.
The device, which had failed to explode, has been taken away for forensic tests. Residents have returned to their homes.
Det Sgt Sean Armstrong said: "This device had the capacity to cause serious injury."
The police are urging anyone with information to contact them.
A brace from Jon Stead and one from Jorge Grant proved decisive, with the hosts replying through Paul McCallum and Teddy Mezague.
Orient were forced to make an early substitution when central defender Tom Parkes was stretchered off with a hip problem after falling awkwardly just five minutes into the game causing a reshuffle.
County went ahead against the run of play in the 35th minute. The move was started by goalkeeper Adam Collin with a long clearance downfield. O's defender Mezague allowed the ball to bounce and Grant reacted quickly to curl a shot past Sam Sargeant into the bottom right corner.
The Magpies increased their lead on 47 minutes. Mark Yeates sent a ball over the top of the Orient defence and as Sargeant came to collect the ball, he was challenged by Stead and the ball looped into the net.
Orient reduced the deficit within a minute when McCallum headed home after Nigel Atangana's header had struck the crossbar.
The hosts were back on level terms when central defender Mezague unleashed an unstoppable volley into the net from outside the penalty area with 10 minutes left but County were to have the last word.
On 84 minutes Marc Bola sent in a cross from the left and Stead drove the ball into the net to seal all three points.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Leyton Orient 2, Notts County 3.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 2, Notts County 3.
Attempt saved. Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Curtis Thompson (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Callum Kennedy.
Substitution, Notts County. Alan Smith replaces Jon Stead.
Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Nigel Atangana (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Leyton Orient 2, Notts County 3. Jon Stead (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Bola.
Hand ball by Myles Judd (Leyton Orient).
Goal! Leyton Orient 2, Notts County 2. Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County).
Substitution, Notts County. Curtis Thompson replaces Mark Yeates.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Yeates (Notts County).
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Marc Bola.
Attempt saved. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Michael O'Connor (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Callum Kennedy.
Attempt missed. Jon Stead (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient).
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Robert Milsom (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shola Ameobi (Notts County).
Foul by Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient).
Michael O'Connor (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient).
Marc Bola (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Milsom (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Freddy Moncur (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert Milsom (Notts County).
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Sandro Semedo.
Leask has played in 22 limited-overs internationals for Scotland and is part of their team for the upcoming World Twenty20 in India.
The 25-year-old played his only game for Northants in a tour match against New Zealand A in 2014.
"He's a good little cricketer - feisty and quite a strong character," director of cricket Matthew Maynard said.
"It will be interesting to see if he can put pressure on the first-team bowlers this year, because I primarily see this year as a learning curve for him in the second XI, but the opportunity is there."
The event was due to take place at 17:00 GMT on Sunday in Cromer, Norfolk.
Organisers said the wind would blow inland and could "blow debris into the crowds" who line the promenade, cliff top and beach.
They said the free event was the biggest New Year's Day display in the country. It will be held on 8 January.
The deal for 23-year-old Pickford will make him the most expensive British keeper and, if the fee does rise to £30m, which depends on various add-on clauses, put him behind only Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon and Manchester City's new signing Ederson globally.
"This sort of money should be spent on goalkeepers," Shilton, England's record appearance holder, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"For someone like Jordan, who is young and has great potential, it does not seem a great fee."
Shilton was the world's most expensive keeper when he joined Stoke City from Leicester City for £325,000 in 1974.
The 67-year-old added: "In the big scheme of things it is not a lot of money, considering how important the goalkeeping position is.
"It is second to a striker who scores 20 goals a season. You cannot have a really good side without a good goalkeeper."
Everton's offer for Pickford is an initial £22m transfer fee with £8m of potential add-ons and would be a five-year deal, BBC Radio 5 live chief football reporter Ian Dennis said.
Pickford moved up through the youth ranks at Sunderland and signed his first professional contract in 2011.
He went on loan six times before he was recalled from a spell at Preston to make his Black Cats' senior debut in the FA Cup on 9 January 2016 and his Premier League debut followed a week later.
The England Under-21 international began last season as understudy to Vito Mannone, but an injury to the Italian allowed him to establish himself as Sunderland's number one.
He was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award and received a first call-up to the England senior squad last season, but is yet to make his debut.
Preston manager Simon Grayson, who had Pickford at Deepdale for six months, says the player will flourish at Everton if the deal goes through.
"The move will inspire him," Grayson told BBC Sport. "The lad loves the attention - he will thrive on that without being big time.
"He is vocal and he is a winner. He loves the pressure of being the best he can. He will be looking at the England situation at the moment and thinking the next port of call is to be England's number one."
Grayson added: "He has got all the ingredients but he would admit he still has to work on certain things. He is still young and there is room to develop. He is a willing learner and listener, he wants to stay out and be involved in training sessions.
"When the top clubs are looking for players and good keepers, they are looking for shot stoppers but also keepers with exceptional feet - and we said that he could have played outfield with the quality of his feet."
Buffon's move from Parma to Juventus in 2001 was reported to be worth 53m euros, or £32.6m at the time, while at current exchange rates, Ederson's 40m euros transfer from Benfica to Manchester City last week is equivalent to £35m, which is a world record in sterling, but not euros.
Pickford's deal would also mean he will cost more than the £18m Manchester United paid Atletico Madrid for David de Gea in 2011 and the £19m transfer for Manuel Neuer from Schalke to Bayern Munich in the same year.
During a weekend of great British sporting success, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Adam Yates played their part at cycling's premier event.
Team Sky's Froome is in the yellow jersey chasing his third title, Yates, 23, is the leading young rider in white (and in second place overall) and Cavendish is still in the points leaders' green jersey.
But what colours will they be wearing by the time they finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 24 July?
Can anyone stop him from joining Greg LeMond, Louison Bobet and Philippe Thys as a three-time champion?
He holds a 16-second lead over second-placed Yates, but is only 23 seconds ahead of main rival and two-time runner-up Nairo Quintana of Colombia.
Froome is faced with two key stages this week. On Thursday, Bastille Day, the riders have to deal with a climb of the legendary Mont Ventoux and a 1,912m summit finish.
The 31-year-old won a similar stage that ended atop the 'Beast of Provence' in 2013, catching Quintana before finishing 29 seconds ahead of the Movistar rider. The Briton went on to win his first Tour.
Froome said: "Ventoux was kind to me, but when I got to the top last time I had to get straight on to oxygen support I was so tired.
"It's a massive climb, one of the most iconic of this race and to win up there again would be unreal.
"But it's going to be pretty hard knowing there's a time trial the next day. It will be interesting to see who is going to go that deep for victory up there."
That time trial is on Friday when the riders contend with the 37.5km Bourg-Saint-Andeol to La Caverne du Pont-D'Arc route, which has an uphill finish.
"If Froome is unbeatable at the moment? I feel Nairo is, too," said Quintana's Movistar team-mate Alejandro Valverde.
"There's still a long way to go in this Tour - you must attack when it's your real time. You never know when it will come."
With two-time champion Alberto Contador withdrawing last weekend, it appears Froome only has Quintana to contend with.
This is only the Bury-born rider's second Tour, but the expectations of what he can achieve have grown tenfold.
Yates said his primary objective was to win stages, but he now finds himself in the mix for the final podium.
"I'm still here for stages, I came to race for stages," he said.
"I am doing good on general classification (GC) but it's a background objective. I'm not too bad where I am and we have the rest day tomorrow. I'll rest up and see how the legs come out after."
South Africa's Louis Meintjes is 39 seconds behind Yates in the race for the young riders' white jersey, with Frenchman Warren Barguil almost another two minutes further adrift.
Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford said Orica-BikeExchange rider Yates should not dismiss his hopes of making an impact in the GC.
"He should continue racing as long as he can for three weeks, manage himself and see how he gets on," he said.
"I don't think that if he drops off a little bit that he should sit up and go for stage wins. [He should] keep on persevering with the whole adventure because I think that will stand him very good stead for future years."
The 31-year-old Manxman has taken his tally of Tour stage wins to a remarkable 29 - the second highest total ever and only five behind record holder and five-time race winner Eddy Merckx.
He leads the points classification but expects to be replaced by Slovak Peter Sagan, who has finished with the green jersey in the last four Tours.
"Once we hit the mountains, there's no way," he said last Thursday.
"Peter is on a different level to everyone else and when he decides to do something he just does it. It's nice to wear green but there's nobody targeting it in Paris other than Peter."
After Sunday's first major stage in the mountains, Cavendish said: "It was hot, I hate it in the Pyrenees. It's just too hot for me, I'm from the Isle of Man."
The 2011 green jersey winner did hold a 29-point lead over Sagan, but that is now down to seven.
Sussex seamer Chris Jordan has been called up and will arrive in the United Arab Emirates during the first Test.
Finn, 26, claimed 4-16 in the second tour match against Pakistan A before being ruled out of the current series opener in Abu Dhabi.
"Gutted to be heading home from this UAE tour," he tweeted.
The England and Wales Cricket Board said Finn will return home for a "period of off-loading to aid recovery".
Former England spinner Graeme Swann told BBC Test Match Special: "It's a safe selection. They know what they will get with Chris Jordan.
"I can see why people might bemoan the lack of variation. On this occasion, Jordan probably deserves to be out here."
Finn returned to the Test side this summer after a two-year absence, taking 14 wickets in England's Ashes victory over Australia.
Jordan, 27, has taken 21 wickets at an average of 35.80 from eight Tests, the most recent of which was the defeat by West Indies in Barbados in May.
England play three Tests, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
They tour South Africa over Christmas, with the first Test in Durban starting on Boxing Day.
England Test squad: Alastair Cook (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan.
England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Sam Billings (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, James Taylor, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Chris Jordan.
Some say they are not given crucial information about child-welfare concerns unless there were already formal child protection plans in place.
Many councils say they are not told how many such families are in their patch, which is in breach of housing laws.
Local government bosses say councils are working to improve liaison.
More than 2,000 London homeless families were placed outside the capital in the 2015-16 financial year, according to co-ordinating body London Councils - a threefold rise on the number three years earlier.
Placements are sometimes made at short notice, often into private accommodation, but although councils have a duty to inform the receiving authority, a number said they were often not contacted.
The BBC approached the 10 councils with the highest number of placements from London boroughs in the 2015-16 financial year.
The BBC also approached the four county councils responsible for child protection services in the councils that were not unitary authorities.
Many of these did not know how many families from London were currently in temporary accommodation on their patch.
A Kent local authority source said social services were told about child welfare concerns only if formal action had been taken by the London borough.
More informal concerns were not communicated, with some surfacing only when teachers in the receiving area raised them, the source added.
Buckinghamshire County Council confirmed it was one of those not being told about informal concerns.
The Kent source said this lack of information meant children arriving at short notice often had to be sent by bus to schools far away.
Pressure on GP registrations also means families can be forced to return to London for appointments.
Anne Baxendale, a director of communications at Shelter, said: "It's vital councils stop cutting corners and always notify each other when families are moved like this, as per the law."
"Otherwise families risk getting stranded in an unknown area without the local services and support they need to get by."
An East of England Local Government Association survey, released under freedom of information legislation, revealed many councils there only "sometimes" or "never" received notification from London boroughs of temporary placements.
This is a breach of the 1996 Housing Act, which specifies that councils that place temporarily accommodated families in another council area must notify that council in writing within 14 days.
Thurrock Council explained in a letter to a London MP that notifications were either not being sent or were sent to the wrong person.
The Essex council, which received 272 such placements in 2015-16, according to data from London Councils, says it now has access to better information.
Harlow Council said it received information "on an ad hoc basis" and that it was not provided with details of the services families might need.
Gravesham said it was not made aware either of the numbers placed or those families' requirements.
A spokesman for the Local Government Association, which speaks for local authorities in England and Wales, said: "In some cases councils have little choice but to place families outside their local area.
"The LGA is helping councils work together to sensitively manage this."
Kent County Council leader Paul Carter, who chairs the Kent Council Leaders and County Councils Network, said the placements put considerable demand on services.
He said: "We are keen to work closely with our London borough colleagues to reach common solutions and protocols to what is a strategic regional challenge."
London Councils declined to comment.
Negredo won the Premier League during a spell at Manchester City, scoring 23 goals in 48 appearances in 2013-14.
Subotic will stay with Dortmund after a medical at Boro picked up a rib injury which has ruled him out until 2017.
Boro are also close to re-signing Gaston Ramirez from Southampton.
Ramirez, 25, scored seven goals in 18 games on loan at Boro last season as they won promotion to the Premier League and is set to sign a three-year deal.
Negredo, 30, has spent the past two seasons at Valencia, scoring 18 goals in 76 appearances for the Spanish club.
He has played 21 times for Spain and was part of their 2012 European Championship-winning squad.
The forward will be reunited with former Valencia team-mate Antonio Barragan, who has joined Boro on a three-year contract.
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The one-tonne vehicle, known as Curiosity, was reported to have landed in a deep crater near the planet's equator at 06:32 BST (05:32 GMT).
It will now embark on a mission of at least two years to look for evidence that Mars may once have supported life.
A signal confirming the rover was on the ground safely was relayed to Earth via Nasa's Odyssey satellite, which is in orbit around the Red Planet.
The success was greeted with a roar of approval here at mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
Within minutes, the robot was returning its first low-resolution images - showing us its wheels and views to the horizon. A first colour image of Curiosity's surroundings should be returned in the next couple of days.
Engineers and scientists who have worked on this project for the best part of 10 years punched the air and hugged each other.
The rover's Twitter feed announced: "I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!"
The descent through the atmosphere after a 570-million-km journey from Earth had been billed as the "seven minutes of terror" - the time it would take to complete a series of high-risk, automated manoeuvres that would slow the rover from an entry speed of 20,000km/h to allow its wheels to set down softly.
By David ShukmanScience editor, BBC News
The day I watched Curiosity being built in a clean room at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena last year, the rover's six wheels were lying on one work bench while the chassis stood on another and it was hard to believe the white-suited engineers could make sense of the maze of tubes and cabling.
But what they've created now stands on the red soil of Mars - and it's in one piece. In the hallway of a JPL building we were shown a full-size replica. Walking around it made me realise something difficult to grasp from the pictures and video: this is a beast of a machine, a kind of cosmic Humvee with instruments instead of weapons.
Sometimes Nasa public relations can appear bragging. Today it feels justified. Curiosity is all set to discover something remarkable about our strangest neighbour.
The Curiosity team had to wait 13 tense minutes for the signals from Odyssey and the lander to make their way back to Earth.
Data suggested the vehicle had hit the surface of Mars at a gentle 0.6m/s.
"It looked at least with my eyeball that we landed in a nice flat spot. Beautiful," said Adam Steltzner, who led the descent operation.
The JPL director, Charles Elachi, added: "Tonight was a great drama that was played. I felt like I was in an adventure movie but I kept telling myself this is real; and what a fantastic demonstration of what our nation and our agency can do."
That sense of national pride was picked up by US President Barack Obama's chief science adviser, John Holdren.
"Landing the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on the Red Planet was by any measure the most challenging mission ever attempted in the history of planetary exploration," he said.
"And if anyone has been harbouring doubts about the status of US leadership in space, well there's a one tonne automobile-sized piece of American ingenuity sitting on the surface of the Red Planet right now."
Discover more about the planets
This is the fourth rover Nasa has put on Mars, but its scale and sophistication dwarf all previous projects.
Its biggest instrument alone is nearly four times the mass of the very first robot rover deployed on the planet back in 1997.
Curiosity has been sent to investigate the central mountain inside Gale Crater that is more than 5km high.
It will climb the rise, and, as it does so, study rocks that were laid down billions of years ago in the presence of liquid water.
The vehicle will be scouring Mount Sharp in the crater's centre looking for evidence that past environments could have favoured microbial life.
It is a region that Curiosity project scientist John Grotzinger told the BBC's Horizon programme reads like a "book about the early environmental history of Mars".
Scientists warn, however, that this will be a slow mission - Curiosity is in no hurry.
For one thing, the rover has a plutonium battery that should give it far greater longevity than the solar-panelled power systems fitted to previous vehicles.
"People have got to realise this mission will be different," commented Steve Squyres, the lead scientist of the Opportunity and Spirit rovers put on the surface in 2004.
"When we landed we only thought we'd get 30 sols (Martian days) on the surface, so we had to hit the ground running. Curiosity has plenty of time," he told the BBC.
Initially, the rover is funded for two Earth years of operations. But many expect this mission to roll and roll for perhaps a decade or more.
Join Jonathan Amos for a special Discovery programme on Curiosity from JPL on the BBC World Service at 19:30 BST, Monday. The programme will be available for download after broadcast.
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England pace bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the Test and one-day series against Pakistan with a stress injury of the left foot.
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Middlesbrough have agreed a deal to sign striker Alvaro Negredo on a season-long loan from Valencia - but will not sign injured Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic.
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The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars.
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Mr Gibson, 28, was shot in his stomach and thigh in an alley near Divis Tower on 24 October. He died in hospital.
The 61-year-old man was arrested in west Belfast on Thursday morning.
A number of people have already been charged as part of the overall investigation.
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A man arrested over the murder of Edward Gibson in west Belfast last October has been released unconditionally.
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It will be two weekends of enforced abstinence for followers of top-flight teams before they are back in action for the Scottish Cup fourth round on 21/22 January.
So how are the 12 clubs spending the break?
After a week off, a few are heading for sunnier climes to recharge the batteries and regroup for the second half of the season.
For Celtic, it's destination Dubai - with an average temperature of 19C, an average of eight hours of sunshine per day and just 10mm of rainfall expected this month.
Boss Brendan Rodgers is promising his side will be back for 2017 better than before.
Third-placed Aberdeen are also making for the city state of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Dons have arranged a match against FC Bunyodkor of Uzbekistan.
Partick Thistle are the only other sun-seekers in the Premiership, with Alan Archibald's players migrating from Maryhill to La Manga in Spain for a training camp. They have also arranged a friendly game against Belgian side Lokeren.
Kilmarnock are taking more of a budget break. Lee Clark's team are going to Gateshead in the north-east of England (average temperature 7C) for a couple of friendlies. They play Gateshead and then Newcastle Under-23s in a closed doors game.
Rangers are on the road too. Mark Warburton's team are testing themselves against the club currently second in Germany's Bundesliga, Red Bull Leipzig - home to Scotland's Oliver Burke.
The rest are staying put - unless they book last-minute deals or set up bounce games.
"It's important to give the players a break, they'll have a few days off and then they'll get back to work next week," says Dundee manager Paul Hartley. "Our next game is St Mirren in the cup, we'd like to bring one or two players but one or two will probably have to go out too, but we've got four weeks to sort that out."
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright is a fan of the winter break. "I'm all for more midweek games to try and free up maybe a longer break in the summer and maybe a longer break in the winter," he told BBC Radio Scotland last month.
Motherwell are among those staying in Scotland, choosing to channel their 'staycation' savings towards improving the squad for the last four months of the campaign.
Ditto the Highland clubs Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, with a Caley Thistle spokesman saying: "Aside from having a few days off to spend with family, there will be nothing out of the ordinary for the players and they're back in for training next week."
Hamilton Academical released players earlier this week as they set about shaping their squad for the rest of the campaign while Ian Cathro will have his first transfer window as Hearts head coach, commenting recently: "We are not ruling out any market.
"If you look at the history of this league, very few clubs are spending transfer fees. However, if there were unique circumstances that represented good value and it was an opportunity, I think this is one of the few clubs that could be in a position to do that."
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The festive season is over and for supporters of Scottish Premiership clubs it's cold turkey time - otherwise known as the winter shutdown.
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Blackwell retained his British middleweight title on Saturday with a unanimous points decision at the end of a gruelling bout with Jack Arnfield.
And Hennessy was impressed with the performance of the Wiltshire fighter.
"He is the dark horse of the middleweight division," Hennessy told BBC Wiltshire.
"We are going after the Lonsdale belt, the European title and then a genuine world title. He can definitely win a world title and win it in style because he is the type of fighter everyone wants to see in this country - a great TV fighter."
Blackwell, who has three defeats and one draw from his 23-fight professional career, will keep his British title belt if he makes a third defence, something he says is his next target.
"I'm learning," he said.
"I want to defend it again and win it outright. One more defence and it is mine, I never thought in a million years that when I laced up a pair of gloves I would be winning a British title."
Hennessy says he would like that next defence to be against interim WBA middleweight title champion Eubank Jr, but does not hold much hope of it happening.
"The board have just mandated Chris Eubank junior so let's see if he turns up," he said.
"We'd love that fight but it needs to be said the board have already called two eliminators with Nick and Chris Eubank junior and he has pulled out of both. Who is to say he will go ahead with this mandated British title.
"We'd love him to, it would be a British super-fight, it's what everyone is in the game for. We made him a large offer to fight on this domestic route but they chose to go another way."
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Nick Blackwell's promoter Mick Hennessy believes the 25-year-old is capable of winning a world title and has accused Chris Eubank Jr of avoiding his man.
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The music mogul was in the master bedroom of the house in Holland Park when the alleged raid took place on 4 December last year at 01:30 GMT.
Cowell's girlfriend Lauren Silverman, their son Eric, two, a nanny and a security guard were also at the home.
Darren February, 32, appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court earlier charged with burglary.
Mr February, of no fixed address, was ordered to next appear at Isleworth Crown Court on 2 November.
Prosecutor Kevin Christie said jewellery, watches and two passports were taken from a safe.
The passports were later recovered.
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Jewellery worth about £1m was stolen while Simon Cowell was asleep in his west London home, a court has heard.
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Beale agreed to join Wasps on 13 May, but suffered a serious knee injury less than a day later while playing for New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby.
The 27-year-old's contract, which expires at the end of the season, makes him the Premiership's best paid player.
He could feature in Sunday's European Champions Cup game against Connacht.
"Kurtley's got to come through the first part of this week, but things are looking really promising that he'll have some involvement at the weekend," Young told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.
"He's been impressive, as he is as a person first and foremost. It's very difficult when you sign somebody and he's injured, but he's handled himself really well.
"He's really excited about playing and I think with the glimpses we've seen over the last couple of weeks everyone can see the quality that he's got."
Beale, who tore the patellar tendon off his kneecap, said he "couldn't ask for more" from the club while he was recovering.
"It's very exciting for myself, it's great to be able to get out and mix it with the full training squad," he told BBC Midlands Today.
"I can't be putting the team in jeopardy, so it's a matter of fully going out there and growing that confidence back into my knee.
"Hopefully if all goes well, I'll be up for selection."
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Australia international Kurtley Beale is close to making his Wasps debut after seven months out through injury, says director of rugby Dai Young.
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A study of 99 men attending a US fertility clinic found those eating junk food diets had poorer sperm quality.
High intakes of omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and plant oils, were associated with higher sperm concentration.
More work is needed to confirm the findings, the researchers report in the journalHuman Reproduction.
The team, led by Prof Jill Attaman from Harvard Medical School in Boston, questioned men about their diet and analysed sperm samples over the course of four years.
Compared with those eating the least fat, men with the highest fat intake had a 43% lower sperm count and 38% lower sperm concentration (number of sperm per unit volume of semen).
Men consuming the most omega-3 fatty acids had sperm with a more normal structure than men with the lowest intake.
Prof Attaman said: "The magnitude of the association is quite dramatic and provides further support for the health efforts to limit consumption of saturated fat given their relation with other health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease."
However, 71% of participants were overweight or obese, which could have had an impact on sperm quality. Furthermore, none of the men had sperm counts or concentrations below the "normal" levels defined by the World Health Organization of at least 39 million and 15 million per millilitre.
Commenting on the research, British fertility expert Dr Allan Pacey, of the University of Sheffield, said: "This is a relatively small study showing an association between dietary intake of saturated fats and semen quality.
"Perhaps unsurprisingly there appeared to be a reasonable association between the two, with men who ate the highest levels of saturated fats having the lowest sperm counts and those eating the most omega-3 polyunsaturated fats having the highest.
"Importantly, the study does not show that one causes the other and further work needs to be carried out to clarify this. But it does add weight to the argument that having a good healthy diet may benefit male fertility as well as being good general health advice."
Wales basked in sunshine on Saturday with top temperatures of 27°C (80F) in Hawarden, Flintshire, and 25°C (77F) in Cardiff with beaches packed.
It was a cooler 18°C (64F) at Mumbles Head, Swansea.
BBC Wales forecaster Derek Brockway tweeted: "Super sunny Sunday. Very warm or hot with sea breezes."
Sunday is predicted by some to be the hottest June 18 on record in the UK.
While the BBC weather forecast says Wales will be "hot and sunny day with light winds", it did warn of a "very slight chance that the heat will trigger an isolated thundery shower during the afternoon."
BBC Wales presenter Behnaz Akhgar warned the public: "Take care. High UV and high pollen count."
As temperatures soared on Sunday, mountain rescuers helped a black Labrador after its paws got hot while being walked in Snowdonia.
The dog was being walked by two men when it started struggling on Glyder Fach at about 13:50 BST.
Volunteers from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue tied bandages around its paws during the three hour rescue.
Meanwhile in Swansea, firefighters are battling a grass fire on a cliff between Rotherslade Beach and Limeslade Bay in Mumbles.
Mid and West Fire Service were called to the blaze, which can be seen from the beaches, at 11.50. Three fire engines are at the scene.
There was heated debate over the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, this time with the suspended president herself at the centre of the questioning, giving answers to more than 50 senators one by one.
It was an unprecedented moment in Brazilian history, the final episode in a trial expected to end with her permanent removal from office.
Ms Rousseff is accused of breaking budget laws, but the case has a much more complex background.
Brazil is currently going through its worst economic crisis in decades, with the economy in recession after years of promising growth.
During Ms Rousseff's second term, the country has seen the public deficit, inflation and unemployment soar and has lost its hard-earned investment-grade credit rating.
Corruption allegations have tainted Ms Rousseff Workers' Party, fuelling animosity towards her and her mentor and predecessor in office, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
At Monday's session, senators blamed her for the tanking economy and accused her of concealing the growing fiscal deficit as she sought re-election.
They also questioned how she could not have been aware of the corruption at state-run oil giant Petrobras, when for years she chaired its board of directors.
The revelations about corruption at Petrobras, in which members of Ms Rousseff's Workers' Party as well as business executives and influential members of other parties have been implicated, have played a crucial role in undermining the government's credibility.
Ms Rousseff could have had her lawyers represent her at Monday's session, but she decided to defend herself, a decision that may have been more about leaving her mark on history than trying to change senators' minds.
Depending on the outcome of the impeachment vote, her appearance in the senate may prove to have been her last stand and spell the end of 13 years in power by the Workers' Party.
Addressing her "beloved Brazil", she insisted the allegations against her were a pretext to remove her from office.
She said she was being judged for the acts of her government in general, not the specific illegal acts of which she stands accused.
She also said while the impeachment trial could not be compared to the military coup of 1964 - following which she was imprisoned and tortured - it would nevertheless inflict a lasting wound on the country.
Senators should examine their conscience before deciding how to vote, she said.
Her defence included strong words and harsh accusations, but she maintained a respectful tone throughout.
This was in contrast to the exchanges during earlier stages of the impeachment trial, which led Speaker Renan Calheiros to describe the senate as "a madhouse".
The 81 senators will cast their votes after another long round of speeches on Tuesday, expected to last up to 15 hours.
By Wednesday at the latest, Ms Rousseff's fate should be clear.
If two-thirds of the senators vote in favour of her impeachment, Ms Rousseff will be formally removed from the presidency and barred from holding office for eight years.
In that case, interim President Michel Temer, her former ally and vice-president, will be officially made head of state until 2018.
Mr Temer's government seems so confident of the outcome it has made plans for a swift inauguration to allow him to attend the G20 summit starting in China on 4 September.
As Ms Rousseff presented her defence, Mr Temer was next door in the presidential palace welcoming Brazil's Olympic athletes and posing for pictures.
His supporters say he has the political ability to build alliances and put the economy back on track.
His detractors fear they will get a conservative government and austerity measures most of the population did not vote for.
With the investigation into corruption at Petrobras continuing and Brazil's political system deeply discredited, the dust in Brasilia seems far from settling, and political stability appears a remote prospect.
There have been times this season, especially in Europe, when Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has decided to play Alli out on the left and play Kane on his own up front.
When that happens, Kane looks isolated. It never seems to work.
Sunday showed how much Alli helps Kane when they play together, and vice versa. Between them, they scored three goals and, like an old-school strike pairing, they shared the workload as well.
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Everton did not offer Lukaku anything like the same sort of support.
Like Kane, Lukaku is only 23 and still developing as a striker, and he is also banging in goals at a ridiculous rate.
But it was interesting to watch him and Kane in Sunday's game and, rather than examining their own individual strengths and weaknesses, look at what their teams did - or did not - do for them.
Going back to last season, the most obvious effect Alli has on Tottenham's attack is with the runs he makes beyond Kane to get behind the opposition defence.
Alli will always make good runs and, against Stoke and now Everton, he has made them to get into goalscoring positions - and taken his chances too.
He is a clever finisher, so those goals will keep coming for him, but it is the help he gives Kane when he finds pockets of space in front of the opposition back four that I think is having the biggest impact for Tottenham.
When Alli is close to Kane, whether he is occupying one of the centre-halves or making another centre-half think about which one of them he should be picking up, it gives Kane more space to operate in.
There are even times when Kane comes short to get the ball, leaving Alli as the Tottenham player who is highest up the pitch.
That flexibility is down to the extra freedom that Pochettino has given Alli this season, especially since he switched to playing three at the back at the start of November.
When Spurs play in a 4-2-3-1 shape, Alli has more responsibility to stick in a certain position but, with the 3-4-2-1 formation they used against Everton, he is allowed to roam to stay closer to Kane.
When Pochettino changed formation, the whole point was to help his attack. It was not because they were leaking goals - it was because they were not scoring enough.
It has worked, and Alli has been one of those to benefit.
I think it has been easier for him to score goals in 2016-17 than it was last season because, even though the opposition teams are watching him more, he is getting into better goalscoring positions because he is already higher up the pitch.
While I saw what Alli and Spurs do to make Kane stronger, it was another story with Lukaku. In the Everton striker's case, I saw what might take him to the next level - but only from what his team were missing.
Kane had Alli and also Christian Eriksen playing around him at White Hart Lane, but Lukaku was in a completely different situation.
Everton manager Ronald Koeman got his tactics wrong, particularly in the first half, and gave Spurs too much respect.
I am not sure why he changed his approach because his side were on such a good run but they were very negative and their midfield played very deep.
That meant Lukaku was up against three centre-halves on his own for most of the match.
These are the sort of occasions when people seem to scream at Lukaku to offer more - to make more runs for starters - but he was completely isolated against Spurs with no support until the latter stages of the match.
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Lukaku keeps scoring goals, of course, so he must be doing something right.
But, because of his size and how strong he is, some people will always expect more. They want him to be dominating defences like Didier Drogba did in his prime for Chelsea.
I actually think that Lukaku is getting there. Most managers would probably choose Kane over Lukaku because of his consistency. Yet if you asked most defenders who they would rather mark, I bet you they would pick Kane.
That's because a lot of Kane's strengths come from having Alli and Eriksen around him - while, with his pace and power, Lukaku can be a beast on his own.
As far as his running goes, it is true Lukaku covers less ground than Kane.
But there is a reason Kane is always on the run - he has got support around him and he knows the ball is coming.
That is the key thing here. As a player, when some of my team-mates got on the ball and I knew they could deliver a pass, I ran. If I didn't think they could find me, I was less likely to.
I remember going back to Nottingham Forest for a pre-season friendly soon after I left them to join Newcastle. My old manager Paul Hart said it was brilliant that I was making so many runs, but asked why didn't I do the same for him.
Without being disrespectful, I told him that I had Nobby Solano on one wing, who was so accurate that he could land a pass on a penny, and on the other I had Laurent Robert, who could deliver a ridiculously good cross into the box.
So I had got a reason to set off on runs, whereas at Forest I might have made five or six runs in a game and got one pass.
Everton have got the quality to find Lukaku more, of course, but I still think they are taking too many touches before they look for him.
With Ross Barkley, they have got a player with the same attributes as Alli too. The potential for a partnership like Kane and Alli is there.
Barkley did not have the same freedom of position as Alli did on Sunday but I still thought he played well, especially with the decisions he made when he was on the ball.
When Everton did come forward with a purpose, he was always a threat.
If there is an element of his game that I think Barkley could take from Alli, it is that he needs to keep the ball moving forwards when he picks it up in the opposition half. Too many times, his first touch seems to take him back into midfield instead.
But that could be put down to his confidence, because he seems to be in a different situation to Alli right now.
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While Alli has emerged as a key figure for Spurs, Barkley will not have the same feeling that he is his team's main man.
He is close to it, but I feel that he is being held back from what he is capable of. That is partly as a result of some of the negative comments Koeman has made about him this season and also because he always seems to get moans and groans from the crowd if things do not go right for him.
If he was playing with the same belief as Alli, he would be a different beast.
Jermaine Jenas was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Police and paramedics were called to a house on Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath, at 00:45 BST on Sunday amid reports of an assault.
A woman, 38, was found with head injuries and she died shortly after.
The arrested man, 48, is in custody being questioned by Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
A post-mortem examination is due to take place later. The woman has not yet been identified.
The British number one raced to a 6-1 6-3 win in 75 minutes to set up a clash with defending champion David Ferrer.
Murray, 29, beat the Spaniard when he won the Vienna title on his previous visit to the Austrian capital in 2014.
The Scot could overtake Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings with titles in Vienna and next week in Paris.
That would require Djokovic to lose before the final in Paris - and Murray to significantly extend his winning streak, which now stands at 13 matches.
He is trying to win his third consecutive title following victories in Beijing and Shanghai as he tries to capitalise on a chance to top the rankings for the first time.
Murray took his record against Isner to 7-0 with a one-sided victory, breaking the 6ft 10in American's serve four times and playing superbly to come back from 0-40 down midway through the second set.
Isner had treatment for a blister on his right hand early in the second set, and Murray said: "It obviously helped me as from the back of the court he wasn't really generating much power with his forehand.
"I was then able to dictate most points from the back of the court. I think I returned pretty good, though. It was important to put him under a bit of pressure, especially from the beginning of the match."
Ferrer saved a match point and won the last four games to beat Serbia's Viktor Troicki 6-3 3-6 7-5, while Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Croatia's Ivo Karlovic made it through to the other semi-final.
Top seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares suffered a surprise 1-6 6-3 11-9 defeat by Austrian Oliver Marach and France's Fabrice Martin in the doubles semi-final.
A few years ago, Mrs Souza might have gone to the agency to look for a maid - not to offer her services as one.
She has spent the past 12 years working in the Greater Sao Paulo area's metalworks industry, where salaries are on average three times higher than those of domestic workers.
Mrs Souza has never worked as a maid and seems overqualified for a job cleaning houses, ironing clothes, taking care of children and cooking.
But she cannot afford to be picky right now. Her debts are piling up, from health insurance to her daughter's college tuition.
"I have bills to pay every month, so I thought getting a job as a maid would be the solution," she says.
"I don't have formal experience, but I do this sort of work in my own home. So why not?"
Brazil is going through its worst recession in more than two decades.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts the country's economy will have contracted by almost 8% in two years by the end of 2016.
Brazil soared in the past decade, as one of the emerging Brics economies, when its commodities were hot property in the international markets.
But with China slowing down and commodity prices reaching record lows, Brazil's economy went into reverse at high speed last year.
President Dilma Rousseff - from the governing Workers' Party - tried to delay the effects of the recession in the labour market and pumped stimulus money into the economy through tax breaks and subsidies.
But now those policies, intended to protect workers, are doing the exact opposite.
Brazil's debt grew, and the country lost its investment-grade credit rating as well as consumer and investor confidence.
And workers' situations have deteriorated rapidly in the past few months.
In just one year, the number of unemployed people jumped 41% - from 6.4 million people to 9.1 million.
Brazil went from a situation some economists consider full employment, back in early 2014, to 9% unemployment now.
Wages increased in that period, but inflation rose almost twice as fast, so most workers are now worse off.
A closer look at Brazil's economy reveals some worrying trends.
Domestic workers are a symbol of that change.
Brazil is the country with the highest number of domestic workers in the world. Six million people - more than 90% of them women - work as maids.
A few years ago, when Brazil's economy was flourishing and the country needed workers to fill all the new jobs, women began leaving domestic service to work in industry and shops.
In 2011, Brazil's Finance Minister hailed domestic workers as a "sub-utilised" labour reserve - an army of women who could gain skills and enter the job market filling better roles, with higher wages.
And that really did happen.
From 2007 until last year, the percentage of people working in domestic jobs fell - from about 8% of Brazil's workforce to below 6%.
Middle-income families were left with the choice of either paying higher wages to their maids or doing their own cooking and cleaning.
But now there are signs that this trend is in reverse.
More women are finding themselves in Mrs Souza's position: losing their jobs in industry and commerce and moving into less skilled jobs with lower wages, many of them returning to roles they thought they had left behind.
Simone Fernandes spent Brazil's boom years working in a supermarket. She thought her days as a maid were over, but now she is back working for a middle-class family.
"Back then things were getting better," she says.
"You had many job offers. You knew that when you left a job, you'd be quickly employed less than a month later.
"Also, you could go to your boss and he would give you counteroffers. But that was then. Now, you have to be happy to just have a job."
Daniele Kuipers, who set up Casa and Cafe, a website that helps maids find jobs, says the number of women offering their services grew a staggering 92% last year, as Brazil's recession deepened.
But the demand for domestic servants did not grow.
Middle-income families are cutting their expenses because of the crisis too.
During the boom years, Brazil updated its domestic service laws, increasing protection for formal workers.
This should have been good news - but, in the current recession, it has only increased costs for hiring maids formally.
As a result, Fernando Souza, owner of the Prendas Domesticas job agency, says, there is huge growth in the number of informal domestic workers, who get lower wages and are not collecting their social security payments.
This growth in black market jobs is a trend for all workers in Brazil, not just maids. In one year, Brazil lost one million formal jobs.
Brazil's prolonged recession is having dire consequences for the poorer classes.
Mrs Fernandes and her husband had to sell their car and move into a smaller flat.
They are working longer hours - but, with prices rising on a monthly basis, their standard of living is declining rapidly.
There may be one silver lining, though, for some of these families who were emerging socially but are now sinking again.
During Brazil's good years, both Mrs Souza and Mrs Fernandes managed to get their children through college.
That means the next generation of workers may be more skilled than the current one.
Brazil's challenge for the future will be to create new skilled jobs for them.
Additional reporting by Ruth Costas, BBC Brasil.
Yn ôl yr undebau amaeth fe allai creu Corff Cynhyrchwyr Llaeth (DPO) helpu gosod y diwydiant ar seiliau mwy cadarn.
Byddai'n golygu bod ffermydd teuluol ar draws y wlad yn uno i drafod telerau gyda phroseswyr llaeth fel un uned gyfreithiol.
Y gobaith yw y bydd yn symleiddio'r ffordd y mae ffermwyr yn delio â phroseswyr, gan helpu denu mwy ohonyn nhw i Gymru.
Ond mae adroddiad wedi rhybuddio y gallai perswadio ffermwyr i ymuno fod yn her, tra na fyddai rheidrwydd ar broseswyr i ddod i gytundeb â chorff o'r fath.
Ar hyn o bryd mae un corff DPO yn weithredol yn Lloegr ac un yn Yr Alban, ond maent yn gyffredin trwy Ewrop, yn enwedig yn Yr Almaen.
Mae grŵp, sy'n cynnwys y ddau undeb ffermio, yn edrych i weld os all y DPO chwarae rôl er mwyn sicrhau bod y diwydiant yng Nghymru yn parhau.
Dywedodd cadeirydd bwrdd llaeth NFU Cymru, Aled Jones wrth BBC Cymru y gallai "ffermwyr sydd yn dod at ei gilydd" arwain at "ffordd fwy proffesiynol o weithredu".
"Dwi'n meddwl bod yna gymaint yn fwy o gryfder os 'da chi'n gweithredu fel un corff," meddai.
Yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf mae ffermwyr wedi protestio y tu allan i hufenfeydd ynglŷn â phrisiau llaeth.
Ond mae Mr Jones yn dweud bod angen canolbwyntio ar sefydlu perthynas well gyda'r bobl sydd yn prosesu'r llaeth.
"Os barhawn ni fel ag yr ydan ni - mae 'na ychydig bach o brotestio ac yn y blaen - faint o wahaniaeth mae hynny yn gwneud?" meddai.
"Mae'n rhaid i ni weithio mewn ffordd wahanol, mewn dull gwahanol, dull mwy aeddfed o bosib."
Ychwanegodd hefyd bod bron hanner llaeth Cymru yn mynd y tu allan i'r wlad i gael ei brosesu.
"Yn y tymor hir dwi'n gobeithio y gallwn ni ddenu mwy o broseswyr i Gymru, gan weld y ffaith ei fod yn le da i fuddsoddi," meddai.
Prif bwrpas y DPO yw trafod telerau ac amodau'r cynnyrch, yn cynnwys y pris, gydag un neu yn fwy o'r proseswyr llaeth.
Maen nhw felly yn cael eu heithrio rhag rhai elfennau o'r gyfraith gystadleuol.
Yn ôl Mr Jones mae'r syniad yn cynnig sicrwydd a gwell gwerth am arian i'r cynhyrchwyr a'r proseswyr, ond gall gymryd blynyddoedd i sefydlu'r corff.
Roedd adroddiad gafodd ei gomisiynu gan y grŵp gweithredol yn rhybuddio y gallai fod yn heriol perswadio ffermwyr i gymryd rhan.
Dywedodd awduron yr adroddiad, Promar International nad oes gan ffermio cydweithredol record dda ym Mhrydain, ac y byddai nifer o ffermwyr yn wyliadwrus.
Ond roedd yr ymgynghorwyr yn dod i'r casgliad y dylai ffermwyr yng Nghymru ystyried y DPO o ddifri neu fyw "gyda'r gwallgofrwydd o dderbyn y status quo".
Mae gweinidogion Llywodraeth y DU wedi awgrymu y gallan nhw chwarae rôl yn y mater.
Felly mae arweinwyr yn y byd amaeth yn dweud na fyddai'r syniad - sydd wedi esblygu o gyfraith yr Undeb Ewropeaidd - yn cael ei effeithio gan Brexit.
Mae sefyllfa nifer o ffermwyr llaeth yng Nghymru yn fregus wedi ychydig o flynyddoedd cythryblus pan wnaeth pris llaeth ostwng.
Mae ffigyrau yn dangos bod nifer y ffermwyr llaeth wedi haneru yn ystod y 15 mlynedd diwethaf, gyda thri ffermwr y mis ar gyfartaledd yn gadael y diwydiant.
Er bod prisiau llaeth wedi cynyddu rhywfaint yn y misoedd diwethaf mae arweinwyr ffermio yn dweud bod nifer o gynhyrchwyr yn dal i gael trafferth, a bod ganddynt ddyledion mawr.
Bydd cyfres tair rhan, sy'n dechrau ar BBC One Wales ddydd Llun, yn edrych yn fanylach ar broblemau'r sector llaeth.
Dywedodd cyflwynydd y rhaglen, Gareth Wyn Jones bod gan y diwydiant amaeth cyfan "ran i'w chwarae, o'r ffermwyr mynydd i'r ffermwyr iseldir".
"Mae gennym ni rhan i weithio gyda'n gilydd," meddai.
Mae'n credu y gallai'r DPO neu gorff cydweithredol fod yn ffordd ymlaen, ond bod gan y llywodraeth hefyd rôl bwysig i'w chwarae.
The Red Lion in Oakley Green, near Windsor, was registered as a community asset in March in a bid to protect it from development.
Punch Taverns is now selling the pub, which remains open, and community interest groups have until 14 July to confirm their interest.
According to a residents' association, a group of locals are hoping to run it as a co-operative.
Under Community Right To Buy legislation, any interested party would have six months from the deadline to put together a bid.
In a newsletter, the Oakley Green, Fifield and District Community Association said: "The wheels are in motion and various organisations have been identified as potential sources of funding.
"At some stage there may be an opportunity for local residents to buy shares in the business."
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead communities councillor Samantha Rayner, said: "One of the Royal Borough's manifesto commitments is to support residents to access the government's Pub Loan Fund."
The government's pub loan fund, launched in September last year, is aimed at helping community groups take over the running of their locals by providing loans to carry out feasibility studies, pay for lawyers or buy refurbishment materials.
According to the local Campaign for Real Ale, there are nine pubs in Windsor and Maidenhead listed as community assets.
Wales face Fiji on Thursday having had only four days to recover from their bruising win against England.
Gatland will not use it as an excuse during this World Cup but believes it is an issue which needs to be addressed in the long term.
"It's something we all need to be aware of because it's a pretty brutal game at the moment," he said.
"It's important we consider and look after the welfare of our players as well.
"I'm not complaining about the short turnaround because we've known about that for a long time. We've had to prepare for that."
Wales are second in Pool A having beaten Uruguay and England in their opening two matches of the World Cup.
After playing Fiji at the Millennium Stadium, their final group game on 10 October is at Twickenham against current leaders Australia, who face England on Saturday.
The short turnaround between fixtures has been an issue for other teams at the World Cup, with Japan given only three days' rest after their historic win against South Africa before they were soundly beaten by Scotland.
Gatland believes rugby's increasing physical impact means the sport's governing body, World Rugby, should consider extending the break between World Cup matches.
"We've still got guys who are battered and bruised this morning and we've got a game in two days," the New Zealander added.
"I don't know whether four or five-day turnarounds in World Cups are too short.
"When you're involved all the time you don't see the changes but the only gauge I have as a coach is my involvement with the Lions in 2009 (South Africa) and 2013 (Australia).
"South Africa is one of the most physical countries to go and play and then, from South Africa to Australia, the step-up in physicality and intensity increased massively."
The incongruous sight greeted shoppers at Ringwood Market in Hampshire.
Passerby Brian Case said: "I actually passed it and saw a car in a market stall. It was only when I walked to the post box and walked back that I realised what I'd seen."
One of the town's traffic wardens presented the beleaguered car with a parking ticket.
Mr Case said: "At one point there was an elderly lady looking at the clothes and not even looking at the car."
He added that none of the clothes rails were touching the car, which appeared to be completely unscathed.
The car was still in situ after the stall came down at about 15:00 BST on Wednesday.
Market organiser Edward Morant told the Bournemouth Echo the car was a "nuisance".
"The trader was not in the least bit happy," he added.
The accused are Michael Patrick Nolan, of Gortnamona Way, Belfast, and Henry Christopher Marley, from Edward Street, Portadown, County Armagh.
They are charged with trying to rob Donemana credit union and assaulting two women who were working there.
Mr Nolan is also charged with attacking two women in a burglary in Derry.
The defendants appeared at a special sitting of Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Saturday,
Including the alleged offences at the credit union, Mr Nolan faces a total of 15 charges.
Other charges against the 37-year-old include the assault of two women at Woodside Heights in Derry on Thursday, burglary, stealing a car, dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.
Mr Marley, 32, is also charged with burglary of the house at Woodside Heights, causing criminal damage to a woman's car and stealing a handbag and car keys.
Neither man applied for bail and both were remanded in custody to appear via video link again next Thursday.
North Wales Police were concerned for Joshua Parry, 11, and his nine-year-old brother Huw who were last seen late in the afternoon.
The brothers had been last seen on the Gaerwen Industrial Estate area, near Llangefni.
But after a plea on social media, the police confirmed in a statement at 21:20 GMT that the boys had been "located safe and well."
Ms Blackett, who is now the UK chief executive of global media agency MediaCom, last month became the first businesswoman to top the Powerlist 100, which champions the most influential black people in Britain.
Today she is one of the few exceptions to the current lack of ethnic diversity in British boardrooms.
She manages £1.2bn ($1.8bn) of advertising spending for companies like Procter and Gamble, Shell, Universal, RBS and Volkswagen for MediaCom, and earlier this year she was awarded the OBE.
It's a far cry from her life growing up in Reading as the daughter of parents who had come to Britain in the 1960s.
As for the careers advice, Ms Blackett happily ignored it to pursue her own path.
Being a teacher or nurse are both "worthy careers", she says. But at the time there were limited expectations for her as the daughter of West Indian immigrants. "That's what they felt my career path would be."
These days, while some may question the continuing relevance of lists such as the Powerlist in 21st Century Britain, Ms Blackett insists they are still "incredibly useful".
"It shows the diversity of different jobs or careers that people can go into. [They are] a great source of inspiration for young black people in the UK today," she says.
Later this month Business Secretary Vince Cable is due to launch a plan to have one in five bosses in British boardrooms come from black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds within the next five years.
The government move comes following a survey earlier this year of Britain's top 100 companies by recruitment consultants Green Park that revealed that more than half of FTSE 100 firms have no non-white leaders at board level.
Green Park also said that Britain's corporate "diversity deficit" could put UK companies at a serious disadvantage in both domestic and global markets.
Recent research by the consultants McKinsey in its "Diversity Matters" survey of 366 organisations and thousands of executives in the UK, US, Canada and Latin America found a statistically significant link between firms with a more diverse leadership and better financial performance.
UK firms that had a 10% higher gender and ethnic or racial diversity in their management teams were found to have on average 5.6% higher earnings than their competitors.
Meanwhile, companies in the top quarter of racial or ethnic diversity were 30% more likely to have above-average financial returns compared to others in their sector.
However, it is crucial to point out that this correlation does not establish a causal link. In other words, it does not prove that firms are more profitable just because they are diverse - there could well be other factors at play here.
McKinsey is rightly cautious about reading too much into its figures, merely saying that the existence of the relationship is statistically significant and consistently present in the data.
"There is a significant correlation between diversity and performance," says UK managing partner, Vivian Hunt. "We don't claim by any means [the data] is perfect but it demonstrates the correlation."
Yet intuitively, many in business do feel that it does make clear commercial sense to recruit at all levels from as wide a pool as possible.
"When businesses open themselves up to a wide range of opinions, backgrounds, ages, genders and sexualities - it enables innovation and counters groupthink," says Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors (IoD).
"Commerce is now a truly global affair, but sometimes it seems that companies have failed to grasp this when it comes to their own staff," he adds.
Karen Blackett makes the point that: "If you can have people on your boards that can build empathy and understand the target audience, you're future-proofing your business."
When it comes to broadening Britain's boardroom diversity, many are looking to the United States and in particular, American football's so-called Rooney Rule that has helped change the make-up of management within the sport.
Under this rule, when National Football League (NFL) teams recruit a new head coach they have to interview at least one black or African-American candidate.
The rule could soon be in place in the sporting arena in England too, with Football Association chairman Greg Dyke saying a form of the rule to boost the number of black and ethnic minority coaches in England might be "a good way forward".
The media magnate Robert Johnson, chairman of the RLJ group and the US's first African-American billionaire, is calling for US firms to consider more non-white candidates for jobs.
He wants US companies to interview at least two African-American candidates for every job opening at vice-president level and above.
"The idea is to create something called enhanced best practice," says Mr Johnson, best-known for founding Black Entertainment Television, the first cable television network aimed at African-Americans.
"You do this because it is in the best interests of your company, best interests of the community, and the best interests of diversity in this nation.
"Without that I don't believe you can ever close the employment gap, the wealth gap and the talent gap between white Americans and black Americans," he says.
"The idea is to say to all Americans that this country would be better off if you made sure that the 30 million African-Americans be given a fair chance to succeed in jobs and business opportunities."
But this is not a call for quotas, he says.
"If they are talented, they get the opportunity, if they're not talented, you don't hire them. There's no mandate to hire anybody, it's only a mandate to consider someone for a job."
Mr Johnson says he has been pleased by the political support his proposal has received from both Republicans and Democrats.
Back in Britain, Karen Blackett agrees that a UK corporate version of the Rooney Rule could be beneficial.
"I think the Rooney Rule could be an interesting model," she says, "That doesn't influence outcome. What it does do is influence input.
"I personally don't agree with quotas just because there could be negative repercussions.
"I do believe in making sure you widen the net, because at the end of the day you want the very best candidate.
"You need to make sure you're fishing [in] not just one part of the pond."
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will spend two days in Washington with US counterpart Robert Lighthizer.
EU rules mean the UK cannot sign a trade deal until it has left the bloc.
Mr Fox said it was too early to say exactly what would be covered in a potential deal. Firms and trade unions have both warned of the risks of trying to secure an agreement too quickly.
The Department for International Trade said discussions were expected to focus on "providing certainty, continuity and increasing confidence for UK and US businesses as the UK leaves the EU".
Mr Fox added: "The [UK-US trade and investment] working group is the means to ensure we get to know each other's issues and identify areas where we can work together to strengthen trade and investment ties."
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) director general Adam Marshall said the US's experience at such negotiations would make it difficult for the UK to secure a good deal.
"We're just getting back into the game of doing this sort of thing after 40 years of doing it via the EU," he told the BBC's Today programme.
"So I think early on in the process, it would be concerning if the UK were to go up against the US on a complex and difficult negotiation."
Mr Marshall said while the BCC's business group's members would welcome the US and the UK talking about how to increase trade between them, the focus should be on improving "small practical things" such as custom procedures rather than a comprehensive trade deal.
Trade unions the TUC and Unite have also expressed disquiet over a rushed US trade deal.
"Ministers should be focused on getting the best possible deal with the EU, rather than leaping into bed with Donald Trump," TUC boss Frances O'Grady told the Guardian.
But independent economist Michael Hughes told the BBC's World Business Report that talking to the US at this stage was important.
"To have some preliminary ideas and get some basic principles out is a sensible thing to do," he said.
He said currently talks were expected to focus on financial services and farming.
"In both cases it is likely that the UK would have to water down some of the standards it currently has, either in terms of genetically modified food or in terms of regulation of financial services firms operating in the UK, in order to get a deal, so it's a delicate one," he added.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump said he expected a "powerful" trade deal with the UK to be completed "very quickly".
At the time, a UK government official said Mr Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May had agreed to prioritise work on a post-Brexit trade deal.
In the first quarter of 2015, it said that 0.89% of applications for current accounts came from criminals.
The figures mean that bank accounts have overtaken mortgages as the biggest source of attempted fraud.
In comparison, 0.83% of mortgage applications were fraudulent over the same period.
The main reason for the rise was "an exponential increase" in identity fraud, when criminals use somebody else's personal details to set up an account.
Of those trying to open accounts fraudulently, 49% used a stolen identity. That was up from 32% in the first three months of 2014, said Experian.
The firm is employed by many High Street banks to detect criminal activity.
Criminals opening current accounts are then able to access other financial products, such as credit cards, which are also used to steal money.
Many will have obtained personal details through phishing emails, which trick account holders into revealing numbers and passwords.
"Knowing what your bank can and cannot ask you for will help you avoid phishing scams," said Nick Mothershaw, a director of identity and fraud at Experian.
"Making sure sensitive mail is shredded is also important."
Customers who are the innocent victims of fraud are usually reimbursed by their bank. Nevertheless account holders are being warned to be vigilant.
"It's important to be alert, so if you get a call, text or email out of the blue, don't reveal any information unless you are absolutely sure who you are dealing with," said Jon Sacker, of Financial Fraud Action UK.
Action Fraud, which works alongside the Police, recently said that a third of people fail to take sufficient measures to protect their online details.
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City, who reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday, take a 5-3 lead to Monaco for the return leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
Guardiola's side, third in the table, then host fourth-placed Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday, 19 March.
City are 10 points behind leaders Chelsea with 11 matches left.
Guardiola's most realistic chances of success in his first season in charge of City are in the FA Cup and the Champions League.
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"The Monaco game and against Liverpool before the international break will define our season," Guardiola told BBC Sport.
"Every game you play, you have to play well, try to win and show the opponent you are there to win.
"It's the only way you can improve as a club with a good mentality, and that is what I am going to try in my period here.
"It doesn't matter the competition, no complaints, no regrets. Go there and try to win the game."
City's scheduled home league match with West Brom on 22 April will have to be rearranged following their latest FA Cup win.
The FA Cup semi-finals are scheduled to take place at Wembley on 22-23 April.
Excalibur Steel is the name of the management buy-out bid. It was thought to involve keeping the blast furnaces open for the production of new steel and was favoured by unions. It was based on the original turnaround plan submitted to - and rejected by - the board of Tata in March.
The Liberty House bid was submitted by Indian businessman Sanjeev Gupta who has already snapped up some of Tata's assets. His plan involved recycling existing steel in less costly and labour-intensive Arc furnaces rather than producing brand new steel.
These two bids have been submitted separately and seem incompatible but it emerges there is a potential compromise position in which Excalibur would work with Liberty on a plan that would see one of the blast furnaces continue operating for an unspecified time, while simultaneously introducing Arc furnaces alongside.
In a potential tie-up, Excalibur would bring valuable management know how in the shape of Stuart Willkie, the man who ran Tata's strip products business until taking a recent leave of absence to mount the Excalibur bid.
A combined bid is thought to be popular with the government which has offered hundreds of millions in debt financing and an offer to take a stake of up to 25% in the company that wins.
Other names reported to be interested are: private equity group Greybull Capital, which recently bought Tata's Scunthorpe steel plant; Chinese producer Hebei Iron and Steel; Leeds-based private equity fund Endless; JSW, India's second largest steel producer; and NUCOR, the largest steel-maker in the US.
The bids will be submitted to a Tata board meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday and the Business Secretary Sajid Javid will be going along in a show of government support.
He was severely criticised for being in Australia at the time of the crucial board meeting in March when Tata put its UK business up for sale.
The earlier closing was part of a voluntary arrangement among clubs.
It followed controversy over the death of Joby Murphy, 20, who drowned after drinking £1 vodka shots on a night out.
Music promoter Lyndon Stephens said: "The change has happened very quickly and it caused a lot of confusion in terms of people getting home."
Mr Stephens said there was a distinction between alcohol and entertainment licenses.
"While alcohol licenses always ran until 1am, entertainment licenses meant the event could continue until 3am, but that has now changed back to 2am," he said.
Police entered several clubs at about 02:00 BST on Sunday to ensure people left the premises on time.
Mr Stephens said the earlier closure would be bad news for tourism, with people from some mainland European countries accustomed to only going out at 1am.
Colin Neill of industry body Pubs of Ulster said their members had agreed to the 2am closing time as a voluntary measure.
"It follows the storm over irresponsible promotions and allegations of illegal trading," he said.
"It's really the industry putting our house in order and showing we can self-regulate.
"At the moment the legislation allows you to sell drink until 1am, but this is really saying that by 2am people are ready to go home because of that.
"We need to change the legislation before we have longer opening."
Mr Neill said Northern Ireland's licensing laws needed to be modernised.
"We don't want 24-hour licensing but we are looking at a model where some clubs can stay open a bit later," he said.
Nightclub owners met Environment Minister Alex Attwood last month to discuss what he described as "irresponsible" drinks promotions.
Mr Attwood wants to make it tougher for pubs and clubs to get and retain entertainments licenses.
It followed the death of 20-year-old Joby Murphy who drowned in the River Lagan in January after a night of drinking £1 vodka shots. At the time, his father criticised cheap drink deals.
The athlete had been expected to take the stand on Friday.
The trial, in the South African city of Pretoria, has already heard 15 days of prosecution-led testimony.
Mr Pistorius denies deliberately shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in February 2013, saying he mistook her for an intruder.
Prosecutors allege that he killed her after an argument.
By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Pretoria
There are no juries in South Africa's legal system but in serious High Court cases, two assessors are assigned to help the judge evaluate the case and act as additional eyes and ears.
They are usually lawyers or retired magistrates but they can also be lay people. For the sake of continuity and in the interest of justice, the same assessors need to be present for the entire trial.
In the event that both assessors disagree with a judge's verdict they can overrule her. But in the case of lay assessors, the judge's legal experience counts in her favour and her decision carries more weight.
Both assessors in the Pistorius case are lawyers so they are crucial in ensuring justice.
The justice department explains that a judge does not have to listen to the assessors' opinions but they usually help the judge to reach a decision.
Judge Thokozile Masipa, announcing that the assessor was ill, said that in her absence the court was "not properly constituted".
The judge suggested the date of 7 April to resume the trial, which both prosecution and defence teams accepted.
Under South African law, there is no jury system and two assessors, normally lawyers or retired magistrates, help the judge reach a decision in serious cases.
The BBC's Karen Allen in Pretoria says that, although Mr Pistorius is not legally obliged to testify, he is the only witness to the alleged murder and is expected to testify when the trial restarts.
His lawyers had previously told journalists that it was "likely" they would call him to give evidence first, she adds.
Prosecution testimony has relied on accounts from neighbours and specialist ballistics, forensic and mobile phone evidence.
Our correspondent says the defence had been due to address key questions, in particular:
Ms Steenkamp, a model, reality TV celebrity and law graduate, was hit by four bullets while in the toilet cubicle of Mr Pistorius' home in Pretoria.
People who were in the area on the night of the shooting have told the court they heard screams, shots and bangs.
However, Mr Pistorius has said he believed Ms Steenkamp was in bed when he shot at the toilet door, thinking an intruder was about to attack them.
Mr Pistorius is a double amputee who holds six Paralympic medals and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games.
If found guilty, the 27 year old - dubbed the "blade runner" because of the prosthetic limbs he wore to race - could face life imprisonment.
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Mr Pistorius said in his statement at the start of the trial that he woke in the early hours and walked on his stumps to the balcony, pulled in two fans, closed the sliding door and drew curtains. He said that shortly before he had spoken to Reeva, who was in bed beside him.
He said he rejected prosecution claims that a witness heard arguing coming from the house before the shooting.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
"Unbeknown to me, Reeva must have gone to the toilet in the bathroom at the time I brought in the fans," he said.
Mr Pistorius said he approached the bathroom armed with his firearm, to defend himself and his girlfriend, believing Ms Steenkamp was still in bed.
Both sides agree four bullets were fired. Ms Steenkamp was hit three times.
Mr Pistorius said he fired his weapon after hearing a noise in the toilet which he thought was the intruder coming out of the toilet to attack him and Ms Steenkamp.
He said he was in a fearful state, knowing he was on his stumps and unable to run away or properly defend himself.
Mr Pistorius said he rejected claims that he was on his prostheses when he shot at the door.
A witness told the trial she woke to hear a woman screaming and a man shouting for help. She said that after the screams she heard four shots.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom after shooting at the toilet door, still shouting for Reeva. Lifting himself up onto the bed, he felt over to the right hand side of it and noticed Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bathroom but the toilet was locked, so he returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs, turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
Forensics expert Johannes Vermeulen told the court that the height of the marks on the door caused by the cricket bat suggest Mr Pistorius was on his stumps at the time.
Mr Pistorius's defence team say he then called security at the gated housing complex and a private paramedic service before carrying Ms Steenkamp downstairs.
A security guard claimed it was the other way round, and he had called Mr Pistorius first after reports of gunfire. However, phone records shown to the court revealed Mr Pistorius called the estate manager at 3:19am, a minute later he called the ambulance service and at 3:21am he called estate security.
A minute later he received an incoming call - estate security calling him back.
According to police phone expert Francois Moller, Mr Pistorius called his friend Justin Divaris a short time later and just after 4:00am he called his brother Carl.
Conservative Nick Boles, who is undergoing chemotherapy for a tumour in his head, said he felt "pretty grim" but he wanted to "represent my constituents" in Grantham and Stamford.
He posted a picture on Twitter of himself in a wheelchair and wearing a blue medical mask.
Mr Boles has been off work since his diagnosis last October.
He will be in Parliament to vote on amendments to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - which, if passed, will allow Brexit talks to get under way - on Tuesday.
Mr Boles has spent the last week receiving his third round of chemotherapy.
He published a statement on Facebook, saying: "Today, on my own initiative, I am coming out of hospital to support the government on the Article 50 bill."
Mr Boles added: "I feel pretty grim and will have to go back to hospital after I have voted.
"But I want to come to Parliament to represent my constituents on this important bill and do my bit to ensure that it is passed without amendment."
Mr Boles supported the Remain campaign during last year's EU referendum debate, but he said last September that the early signs for the UK in the aftermath of the vote to leave the EU had been more "positive" than anticipated.
A new development corporation, headed up by an elected mayor for the Tees Valley, will look to attract investment to the site and create jobs.
Lord Heseltine said the government was committed to keeping the SSI site safe.
The full make-up of the new corporation and a list of prospective clean-up firms will be made "within weeks".
The steelworks closed in October.
During a visit to Teesside, Mr Heseltine said: "Key to the economic future of the Tees Valley will be the regeneration of sites and securing strong business investment to create jobs for the skilled workforce affected by SSI's closure."
The creation of the corporation - the first to be created outside London - will unlock greater planning powers and make it eligible for business developments grants.
Communities Secretary Greg Clark added: "The closure of the SSI site has been incredibly difficult for Redcar and the wider Tees Valley.
"Already, up to £80m of government funding is in place to ensure former SSI workers and local affected businesses get the support they need.
"This new Mayoral Development Corporation is the next step, putting local people who know the area best at the heart of driving regeneration and delivering new businesses and jobs for the community."
The year-long inquiry in Dublin has been examining the reasons behind the 2008 banking crisis and economic crash.
On Sunday, Pearse Doherty said he was unable to sign off on the report.
He said: "While the report includes new information, it fails to fully answer the questions regarding how the crisis came about and who was responsible."
Mr Doherty, who is the party's finance spokesman, said people "deserve the full truth".
"When I agreed to take part in the banking inquiry, foremost in my mind were the people who have lost their homes and businesses, the cuts inflicted on our public services and the generation forced into emigration because of the banking crisis," he said.
"The people have the right to know how the banking crisis came about, who was responsible and to be assured that it would never happen again."
Members of the committee have been holding further discussions on Sunday after failing to reach agreement about key sections on Saturday.
The draft report must go to a legal review on Monday. The deadline for the committee to publish its findings is 27 January 2016.
The Republic of Ireland experienced a catastrophic financial crisis in 2008 from which it still has not fully recovered.
The country's banking sector had to be almost entirely nationalised when the bursting of a property price bubble coincided with a global downturn.
The inquiry, which began hearing from witnesses in December 2014, has been looking at the political, economic, social, cultural, financial and behavioural factors that contributed to the crisis, as well as the preventative reforms which followed.
Bombardier's shares rose nearly 7% while Siemens' shares hit a record high before easing back.
Talks between Bombardier, a major supplier of London Underground trains, and Siemens started earlier this year, according to media reports.
Analysts said a deal would help tackle growing competition from China.
The proposed merger would firmly establish the world's second biggest train maker, Reuters and Bloomberg reported.
It would also help Siemens and Bombardier compete with market leader, China's state-backed CRRC, they said.
The merged company would have joint sales of $16bn (£13bn), but the tie-up would face close scrutiny from competition regulators, Reuters reported.
The impact from a deal would be felt beyond the Bombardier and Siemens' home markets of Canada and Germany respectively.
Bombardier's rail unit employs 3,500 staff in the UK and has built trains for operators including Greater Anglia, Scotrail and in London.
Siemens employs 700 train workers in the UK and its contracts include supplying Eurostar trains.
RBC analyst Walter Spracklin said that although details were lacking, he viewed a combination of the two positively.
He pointed to shared expertise of industry leaders, potential cost savings and better competition against lower-cost Chinese companies that are "beginning to reach beyond their own borders".
Siemens and Bombardier have discussed a merger before, but are under pressure after consolidation elsewhere in the rail industry.
CRRC was created by combining China's two biggest players in 2015.
Bombardier shares rose 6.8% in Toronto on Tuesday, while Siemens shares rose 2.4% at one point before slipping back to finish 0.4% higher.
The BBC is yet to receive a comment from Siemens or Bombardier, but both firms declined to comment when contacted by news agencies.
Lima is home to dozens of radio stations and several TV networks.
Radio is an important news source, particularly in rural areas.
The use of criminal defamation charges against journalists is the main threat to media freedom, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Journalists are susceptible to threats and physical attacks, especially when covering corruption, says Freedom House.
Media ownership is highly concentrated. RSF says Grupo El Comercio controls most national print titles and a major national TV network.
Around 13 million Peruvians were online by 2016 (Internetlivestats). Facebook is the top social media platform.
The clubs have reached an agreement on a deal reported to be worth £30m for the Switzerland central midfielder.
Xhaka, 23, has flown to London to finalise personal terms and have a medical, scheduled for this weekend.
His arrival will strengthen a midfield depleted by the departures of Mikel Arteta, Tomas Rosicky and - possibly - Mathieu Flamini.
Xhaka will become Arsenal's first acquisition in what is expected to be a busy transfer window at the Emirates Stadium.
The Mail said Cainer was "quite simply, Britain's greatest astrologer" and that his death was a "tragedy".
Cainer was the newspaper's astrologer from 1992 to 2000, returning to write the column again from 2004. His horoscopes were translated into Japanese, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.
The Mail said Cainer had died from a suspected heart attack but that this had not been confirmed.
A Daily Mail spokesman said: "A much-loved contributor to the Daily Mail for 20 years, his wisdom and compassion were unmatched.
"Millions of readers couldn't start the day without him - and would end it marvelling at the uncanny accuracy of his forecasts.
"It's an absolute tragedy that Jonathan has passed away at such a young age and we have no doubt his countless fans will join us in expressing heartfelt condolences to his family. "
A statement on Cainer's website said: "'Didn't he see it coming?' is a question that will inevitably be asked. Jonathan was always adamant that astrologers should not look to predict the time of a person's demise.
"He said there was the danger of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"But he was well aware that one day he might not be physically present to supply the predictions that so many people rely on."
The statement also said Cainer had already written a number of forecasts and predictions, which would be published in future.
Cainer's own Sagittarian horoscope for Monday was "uncannily prescient", the statement added.
He had written: "We aren't here for long. We should make the most of every moment. We all understand this yet don't we forget it, many times? We get caught up in missions, battles and desires. We imagine that we have forever and a day.
"In one way, we may be right - for are we not eternal spirits, temporarily residing in finite physical form?"
The former nightclub manager was married and had eight children from several relationships.
He got his first astrology column in 1986 with the now-closed Today newspaper.
He also worked at the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror, but was best known for his Daily Mail columns.
Cainer was born in Surbiton, Surrey, in 1957 and had six brothers and sisters.
He left school at 15 without qualifications, first working as a petrol pump attendant before later moving to the United States in the 1980s to manage both a nightclub and his brother's musical career.
Upon his return to the UK, he studied at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London before embarking upon his newspaper career.
His newspaper columns, phone lines and website meant his work became followed by people in many different countries.
According to the Daily Mail, he employed 30 people as a support team for his business, which had a reported annual turnover of some £2m.
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Changing habits such as starting earlier and smoking more cigarettes have been blamed for the dramatically increased risks of lung cancer.
The trends, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, show death rates in women have caught up with men.
The study looked at data from more than two million women in the US.
The first generation of women smokers started during the 1950s and 60s. In those early years, women who smoked were nearly three times more likely to die from lung cancer as people who had never smoked.
Looking at medical records from women between 2000-2010 showed they were 25 times more likely to die from lung cancer than their non-smoking friends.
It follows a similar pattern in men, who reached a similar level in the 1980s.
Lead researcher Dr Michael Thun said: "The steep increase in risk among female smokers has continued for decades after the serious health risks from smoking were well established, and despite the fact that women predominantly smoked cigarette brands marketed as lower in 'tar' and nicotine.
"So not only did the use of cigarette brands marketed as 'Light' and 'Mild' fail to prevent a large increase in risk in women, it also may have exacerbated the increase in deaths from chronic obstructive lung disease in male smokers, since the diluted smoke from these cigarettes is inhaled more deeply into the lungs of smokers to maintain the accustomed absorption of nicotine."
Research published last year suggested that lifelong female smokers died a decade earlier than those who never started.
However, those who gave up by the age of 30 almost completely avoided the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases with those stopping by 40 died a year younger.
Speaking after that study, Prof Sir Richard Peto, at Oxford University, said "If women smoke like men, they die like men."
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Women smoking nowadays are far more likely to die as a result of their habit than they were in the 1960s, according to a new study.
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Here BBC News recreates the feat to find out how hard it is to squeeze through the gap.
Report by Daniel Sandford, BBC News home affairs correspondent.
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The Hatton Garden burglars drilled three 25cm (9.8in) holes through a concrete wall to climb into the vault.
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A Bronx Tale, adapted from the film of the same name, is set against the backdrop of organised crime and racial tension in 1960s New York.
The world premiere will take place at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey on 4 February.
It will be co-directed by Jerry Zaks, the man behind Broadway hits such as Guys and Dolls, with music by multiple Oscar-winner Alan Menken.
A Bronx Tale began life as a one-man stage play, starring Chazz Palminteri as an Italian-American teenager who must choose between his father and a mob-boss father figure.
An aspiring actor, he had become frustrated with his inability to win a leading role and decided, "If they're not gonna give me a great part, I'll write one myself."
Palminteri played eighteen parts, winning widespread acclaim in Los Angeles. Shortly before the play transferred to New York, De Niro bought the film rights.
He cast Francis Capra in the lead role, with Palminteri as the mafia figure. De Niro, who played the teenager's father, also directed.
Plans to turn the show into a musical with the help of Billy Joel never came to fruition, and Palminteri - who had gone on to appear in The Usual Suspects and Bullets over Broadway - revived his one-man show on Broadway in 2007.
That led to renewed interest in the musical version, with Alan Menken eventually signed up to write the score.
The composer previously wrote songs for Disney films including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas.
Paper Mill's new season will launch with big band musical Bandstand in October.
A Christmas Story, based on the 1983 movie of the same name, will run throughout the holiday period at the end of the year.
The season will also feature Pump Boys and Dinettes and West Side Story.
"We are proud to have created an irresistible line-up of stories you will love, glorious music that will warm your heart and many memorable moments of theatre magic," said Paper Mill's producing artistic director Mark S Hoebee in a statement.
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Actor Robert De Niro is to direct a new stage musical in New Jersey next year.
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Half of English-medium schools should be doing it within 10 years but Welsh-speaking areas would be the priority for its new Foundation Phase policy.
Education spokesman Simon Thomas said bilingualism was "a valuable skill".
The National Union of Teachers said there was "merit" in the plan but asked if sufficient teachers could be found.
Plaid Cymru was launching its language strategies ahead of May's general election at an event in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, on Friday.
"Accessing services and operating in the workplace in their language of choice is a basic right for all the people of Wales," said Mr Thomas.
"Nowhere is this right more important than in our schools and playgrounds where the foundations of children's confidence to converse in Welsh is formed.
"We know that bilingualism is a valuable skill and benefits children's cognitive development."
Owen Hathway, Wales policy officer for the National Union of Teachers, said there was "merit" in the plan but added that "finding enough teachers capable, and wishing, to teach through the medium of Welsh can be difficult".
Rex Phillips, national official in Wales for the NASUWT, asked whether Plaid Cymru had considered "parental choice and the views of pupils, teachers and the wider education workforce before making this announcement".
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Schools in Wales should teach three to seven year olds mainly through the medium of Welsh within 20 years, Plaid Cymru has said.
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The crack forced the research station, which was based at the Brunt Ice Shelf, to move to a new location.
Now, the block of ice has broken away from the icy continent, forming one of the biggest icebergs that has ever been recorded, weighing a whopping TRILLION tonnes!
It is believed the iceberg finally broke away at some point between Monday and Wednesday.
It has not caught people by surprise though. Scientists have been monitoring the crack for more than 10 years and expected that this would happen at some point.
The block is estimated to be about 6,000 sq km large. That's about a quarter the size of Wales!
It will be important to see what happens to it now as it could get in the way of ships' routes, depending where it travels to.
Chris Borstad, from the University Centre in Svalbard, says: "At this stage, we really don't know whether there is some larger-scale process that might be weakening this zone, like ocean melting at the base of the shelf, or whether the current rift was just a random event that was bound to happen at some point."
So scientists will be watching very closely for what happens next...
The alleged victim was at south-east London's Bexleyheath Academy and was 15 when the affair is said to have begun.
Stuart Kerner, 44, denies two counts of sexual activity with a child and six counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
The affair is said to have happened between March 2011 and October 2012.
The jury watched a video interview with the teenage complainant in which she told how her schoolgirl crush grew into something more serious.
"I felt special. But, I dunno, it wasn't really," she told a detective in the interview. "And admitting that does kind of hurt."
She said Mr Kerner told her that their relationship was "written in the stars".
The girl said when he kissed her for the first time: "I couldn't actually believe what had just happened. I was sort of in a little dream world, it was unbelievable."
She also said she could say "hand on my heart" that he would never have made a move on her without her encouragement.
In the video, the alleged victim told how she lost her virginity to Mr Kerner lying on a yoga mat on the floor of an empty room, having previously engaged in intimate acts on school grounds.
"I knew it was wrong, but it was something that felt right as well ... There was always a little voice at the back of my head saying, 'he's just using you'," she said.
The detective asked her: "Did you love him?"
"I thought I did," she replied.
The court has heard the girl had intimate knowledge of Kerner's life - including details about the layout of his home, his birthday and personal information about his wife - though the accused is said to have told police he had never swapped personal details with her.
"The Crown state that it's inconceivable that all these details could be the product of a teenage fantasy," prosecutor Warwick Tatford told the court.
The girl is expected to be cross-examined later.
MEPs this week backed moves to make the eCall system, which uses sensors to call the nearest emergency centre when a car crashes, mandatory from 2015.
The European Commission has dismissed privacy fears, saying it could save up to 2,500 lives a year.
The UK government has yet to sign up to the initiative due to cost concerns.
The EU already has a cross-European emergency services number, 112, which can be accessed from any member state.
The European Commission wants to extend this service by connecting it to a device in people's cars.
The eCall system is triggered by sensors in the vehicle like those which cause protective airbags to explode in a crash.
Once triggered, the device automatically contacts the nearest emergency service centre, via the 112 service.
It transmits the exact location of the vehicle and other data, such as the make of the car, and establishes a voice connection with the emergency services operator.
Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan opposed the proposal when it was debated in the European Parliament.
He told the parliament: "My constituents have never said, in the 13 years I've being doing this job, that what they want is a common European number to call in emergencies."
Keith Taylor, a Green MEP and member of the Transport and Tourism Committee, supports the system, saying: "From a road a safety point of view it has got to be a good idea. We must stop thinking people have a right to drive a car. It is a responsibility to drive safely."
The EU has been trying to introduce eCall for nearly a decade, but attempts to bring it in voluntarily have failed.
The technology is already being used by some car manufacturers but only a small proportion of cars in the EU (0.4%) are currently fitted with the system.
The Commission now wants it to be compulsory for all cars made in the EU, at a cost of around £80 (100 euros) for each device, when fitted in the factory.
Making the system mandatory could, the Commission says, cut emergency response times by up to 50%, saving thousands of lives each year and reducing the severity of injuries of those involved in accidents.
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says it should go further and consider extending eCall to other vehicles like buses, coaches, lorries and motorcycles.
Although the eCall service will be provided free of charge, the Commission expects the technology to be used for commercial purposes in future, such as tracking stolen vehicles or charging road tolls electronically.
However, Mr Taylor said that while it was technically possible for the technology to be used for road pricing, "there is no current plan to introduce it" and "any introduction would have to be thought about very carefully".
Concerns have been raised over data protection, but the Commission argues that because the eCall normally "sleeps" and does not allow vehicle tracking outside emergencies this was not a problem.
During a debate in the European Parliament a number of MEPs urged the Commission to move forward with the proposal, with MEPs later backing it in a vote.
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, a German MEP and vice-chair of the Transport and Tourism Committee, said the system had the support of 80% of European drivers and claimed thousands of people would be alive today if emergency services had reached them sooner.
"We shouldn't be dragging our feet," he said.
Other functions, like real-time traffic information and data on the availability of parking spaces, "could be incorporated in due course", he added.
Fellow committee member, Olga Sehnalová said the system would be a "major contribution to improving passenger safety at the EU level".
"The eCall system must operate throughout the whole of Europe and it can't depend on procurement prices in each individual country," she said.
The European Parliament needed to "send a clear signal to the Commission that it is not acceptable to delay this any further", she added.
Most EU member states have now signed up to the initiative but the UK and France have not yet backed it.
The UK government is concerned about the cost of a mandatory eCall system suggesting it may outweigh any benefits as the UK already has a good road safety record.
Transport minister Mike Penning said "Britain has some of the safest roads in the world and technology has an important role to play in this, but it is important that each initiative is carefully considered on its merits.
"After considering the results of independent research we are concerned that the benefits of making eCall mandatory in all new cars will not justify the cost of implementing it in the UK. We have decided, therefore, that it would not be appropriate for the UK to support mandatory installation of eCall at this stage.
"However, calls from vehicles equipped with a private eCall system are already supported by UK emergency call centres."
Responding to the debate, Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas welcomed the "firm support" of the Parliament and said the Commission hoped the system would be fully operational by 2015.
He said a regulation was being drafted and would be available in the "coming months".
"We believe mandatory implementation will make the cost affordable to all parties thanks to economies of scale," he told MEPs.
He said the Commission would support awareness and education campaigns to ensure eCall was properly used.
Users in the trial can hold their phone up as though taking a selfie to approve transactions.
"The new generation, which is into selfies... I think they'll find it cool," the firm's security expert Ajay Bhalla told CNN.
One security expert told the BBC facial recognition should be complemented with "extra layers of security".
"Google tried facial recognition on Android phones and there were a lot of problems in the early days", said Ken Munro, security researcher at Pen Test Partners.
"People realised you could take a photo of somebody and present it to the camera, and the phone would unlock."
Google admits its facial recognition is "less secure than a pattern, PIN or password" on the website for one of its devices.
Mastercard's app asks users to blink to prove that they are human, but even this has been spoofed in the past.
"People took photographs and animated them, drawing eyelids on," said Mr Munro. "There have been advances in biometrics since then, but they're not quite there yet."
Mastercard is exploring facial recognition as an alternative to SecureCode, its security software that asks online shoppers for a password to make purchases.
The company said the technology was used in three billion transactions last year.
In March, Chinese shopping brand Alibaba demonstrated a facial recognition app, but hasn't brought it to market yet.
Mastercard's facial recognition trial involves 500 users in the United States.
"Mastercard will want this to be secure because they're dealing with money. But there is a case for adding extra layers of security," said Mr Munro.
"If an ordinary password gets compromised you can simply revoke it or change it.
"What happens if your facial recognition data gets stolen? You can't change your face."
Mastercard said it was also exploring fingerprint security and voice recognition, which could make life easier for customers.
Mr Munro was clear that the best security would be a little more "cumbersome".
"Ideally I'd like to see facial recognition used in conjunction with a Pin. Both systems have flaws, but work brilliantly when you combine them."
The Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford has warned of "some very difficult decisions and changes to working practice".
It is cutting its midwife-to-mother ratio but insisted "patient safety, standards and care will not be affected".
A former NHS trust chairman Roy Lilley said it "was a very bad idea".
"They are sailing very close to the wind by reducing staffing levels. Unfortunately, finding extra midwives (when you need them) is very difficult, you have to resort to emergency agency arrangements which cost the earth or you simply do not get them.
"Reducing the ratio to balance the books is the worst of all decisions."
The hospital trust said under the ratio, there would be one midwife per 30 mothers, rather than 29.
Retired NHS midwife Val Clarke, from Epsom, said: "It is very worrying. This can only impact on the mothers. When you are very busy, you are unable to give the level of care to each mother that they should be receiving."
In a statement, Royal Surrey said: "The safety of our patients is our primary concern and as such we measure our midwife acuity levels on a daily basis."
The trust said the ratio change was "not driven" by its need to make savings, but came from a "normal monthly process" of reviewing nursing and midwifery numbers.
But it also warned: "This year, the trust needs to save over £22m, which means... making some very difficult decisions and changes to working practice."
Local hospital campaigner Karin Peluso told BBC Surrey: "If this continues at the Royal Surrey and they start slashing at the frontline services, key personnel like midwives, then the hospital could be on a very slippery slope."
In April, regulator NHS Improvement began an inquiry after the trust recorded an annual deficit of £11m.
It said the trust has since agreed to develop long and short term plans to improve its finances "without impacting on patient care".
Island Sailing Club beat Royal Southern Yacht Club by one run in the light-hearted challenge held on Bramble Bank.
The annual game has taken place at the same location since the 1950s, with the teams taking it in turn to win.
It relies on the low-water spring tide exposing the sandbar for long enough to play.
The 50-minute match began with a blessing from Rev Andrew Poppe, vicar at St Mary the Virgin and Holy Trinity churches in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
"It was a wonderful, wholly eccentric and very wet game," he said.
"The conditions were at times challenging, as they are at Lord's sometimes, with the players waist-high in water."
He added that Hamble's Royal Southern Yacht Club "were generous in their giving up of the trophy this year" to their Cowes-based rivals, who won the match by 80 runs to 79.
Bramble Bank can be a troublesome navigational hazard for ships in the Solent.
Last year the car transporter ship Hoegh Osaka hit the sandbank and in November 2008 it caused the QE2 liner to run aground.
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According to Harry Fogg who lives in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, the answer is firmly "No!"
The 83-year-old has become a food critic and has written a restaurant guide for older diners.
He catalogues eateries across Tameside, Oldham and Derbyshire - as well as judging the food, Harry lists features he says are important to older diners - including how quiet the venue is and ease of access.
Mark Edwardson reports.
Services were disrupted after the Ben-my-Chree, which sailed from Heysham, Lancashire, struck the pier on Sunday. No passengers or crew were injured.
The ferry returned to action earlier and four trips across the Irish Sea are scheduled.
A number of crossings were cancelled following the the collision.
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's chief executive Mark Woodward apologised to passengers and said it had been an "unfortunate incident".
In an email to customers, the shoe retailer apologised and suggested customers change similar passwords elsewhere.
Its chief executive said no bank or card details were compromised "in any way" and the matter had been reported to the relevant authorities.
Angry shoppers have taken to Twitter to voice their displeasure.
@MissionD3 wrote: "Just got a message from office shoes asking to change me password! These hackers are ruining the whole world."
Customer Nathaniel Parker, 34, from Northampton, said: "I am really disappointed with their response to this, there is no information on either the main website, Twitter or Facebook.
"It seems that too many companies are happy to take people's custom but loathe to spend the money and resources to keep their details properly secure."
Brian McCluskey, chief executive officer at Office Holdings Ltd, said: "We take such a threat very seriously and have been in communication with our customers to advise them of the matter.
"We can confirm that no credit card, debit card, PayPal or bank details were compromised in any way.
"The protection of customer data is of the utmost importance to us and we are treating this extremely seriously."
In an earlier email to customers, the company wrote: "Our customers remain our number one priority and we have taken the necessary measures to secure your information.
"We will update you if we get any more information. We are sorry this has happened and would like to thank you for your continued support and understanding."
Office was started in 1981 in London with a concession in Kensington shopping market Hyper Hyper.
It now has 153 sites around the world with concessions in Selfridges, Topshop, House of Fraser and Harvey Nichols.
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Vale of Glamorgan council has received Welsh government funding for breathalysers for 12 venues.
The pilot scheme has begun ahead of the Christmas and new year period and follows similar trials across the UK.
Conrad Eydmann, from Cardiff and Vale health board, said it would show revellers that refusing them entry is an objective decision.
Substance misuse coordinator Benni Nicholson-Lepine added: "Recent health assessments show that... too many individuals are drinking at dangerous levels and we are aware of the increase in the number of individuals 'preloading' and being significantly intoxicated prior to going out for the evening."
He had been put on a flight to Moscow after violence at Russia's Euro 2016 match with England nine days ago.
Having returned to France, Mr Shprygin was arrested in the stadium at Russia's match against Wales in Toulouse.
He is reported to hold far-right views and his All-Russia Supporters' Union is backed by the Kremlin.
Shortly before his latest detention, Mr Shprygin spoke to French news agency AFP by telephone, saying he was at the game in Toulouse.
"I am at the match with a ticket," he told the agency.
"The French authorities told me I was not deported but just expelled, my Schengen visa has not been cancelled and all the stamps are there. So I can legally be in the European Union."
The Russian fan leader also posted photographs of himself on Twitter, apparently standing outside the stadium.
A French interior ministry spokesman told AFP: "Alexander Shprygin was arrested in the stadium this evening and placed in custody.
"His case will be examined... and could lead to legal proceedings."
Russia went on to lose their match against Wales 3-0 and have now been eliminated from the tournament.
Mr Shprygin was among 43 Russian fans held last week en route to Lille to watch Russia's second game of Euro 2016.
Three detained Russian fans were given jail sentences of up to two years over the violence at the England match in Marseille. Six England fans were jailed for up to six months.
Russia was also fined and handed a suspended disqualification, meaning the team would be thrown out of the Euro tournament if their fans caused more trouble inside stadiums.
The arrest of fans angered the Russian government, which summoned the French ambassador to protest.
Former Olympian Saunders won the title by outpointing Irishman Andy Lee in Manchester on 19 December.
The 26-year-old has won all 23 of his professional fights, while 31-year-old Bursak, a former European middleweight champion. has 32 wins from 37 bouts.
The contest will take place at London's Copper Box Arena.
The Bedford bus station complex also includes a new travel and tourism centre, and the refurbishment of Allhallows multi-storey car park.
The development, which replaced the 1960s bus station, also includes new public toilets and a new car park at Greyfriars.
The plans were approved by Bedford Borough Council in 2013.
But what gives a tree star quality?
Is it trunk size, moss per square foot, age, ease of climbing, or number of nobbles?
Whatever the criteria it would appear The Holm Oak, Kilbroney Park has that certain je ne sais quoi.
Dubbed 'Old Homer' this leafy leaning Rostrevor lovely has been crowned Northern Ireland 'Tree of the Year', proving even if you're a bit wonky, you can still be beautiful.
Musician Tommy Sands was in no doubt it was deserving of the title:
"My vote goes for the bendy tree that may be bent but not broken. It was, for many years, the tree that we gathered under during the festival for children's concerts, and will be again," he said.
Would it be your winning tree or do you prefer some of the woody runners up?
Lets look at some of the other contenders - all of whom, were of course graceful in defeat.
A tree with a royal connection - This is one of 16 trees planted in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.
When it learns it hasn't won the judges will be hanged for tree-son.
To the best of our knowledge this is the only tree with a religious denomination.
In 1787 Rev John Wesley "twisted two beech saplings together to symbolise the connection between the Church of England and the new Methodist movement.
Those beech saplings grew into a tree with two trunks joining to form a contorted arch and then separating again into two great limbs."
A stunning tree in every way - just don't mention Calvinism around it.
No longer a little acorn - The Woodland Trust said this mighty Oak is estimated to be 500 years old and, as such, is possibly the oldest oak in Northern Ireland.
It has a completely hollow trunk, and a girth of eight metres.
Probably in the last stages of its life, it still provides life to others.
Proving that size isn't everything, The Picnic Tree has been part of Cloughbane Farm for five generations.
Grandparents have watched grandchildren play and climb this tree.
It is a tree of magical folklore.
Legend has it it is home to the fairies!
This great oak stands in, what is known locally as, the Birch Wood.
Sitting by the banks of the beautiful River Faughan, it has seen centuries come and go, witnessing changes in the landscape and in the fortunes of local people.
Now that Old Homer has smashed the competition in Northern Ireland he has his sights set on international fame - he will compete against trees from all over the Continent for the title of European Tree of the Year.
Good luck Homer - we're all behind yew!
Japanese psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka posted the image on Facebook on Sunday morning and within 24 hours it had been shared 7,000 times.
Game developer Will Kerslake tweeted the image on Sunday night with the caption: "There are twelve black dots at the intersections in this image. Your brain won't let you see them all at once."
By Monday morning he had received more than 27,000 reactions to the tweet.
Called Ninio's Extinction Illusion after the French scientist Jacques Ninio, the image shows a grid of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines with 12 black dots at various intersections.
Most people are unable to see all 12 at the same time.
So why does this happen?
It is when the eye sees for instance a particularly arranged pattern that the brain may not be able to process accurately.
Ninio explains: "When the white disks in a scintillating grid are reduced in size, and outlined in black, they tend to disappear. One sees only a few of them at a time, in clusters which move erratically on the page.
"Where they are not seen, the grey alleys seem to be continuous, generating grey crossings that are not actually present.
"Some black sparkling can be seen at those crossings where no disk is seen. The illusion also works in reverse contrast."
Twitter user Dan commented: "So its actually your retina that won't let you see them all at once."
The optical illusion has been confusing the internet over the weekend.
"I double-checked on different formats. Couldn't catch 'em all," tweeted one person and another said: "Gives you a headache after a while."
One user doctored the image so that he could see all of the dots:
WB Young tweeted this image, perhaps as a throwback to the optical illusion last year when people argued over the colour of a dress.
By Andree Massiah UGC & Social News team
The life-sized black-and-white graffiti work of two policemen kissing was sold to an anonymous buyer in Miami.
One of the artist's most famous pieces, it was spray-painted on the side of the Prince Albert pub on Trafalgar Street in Brighton in 2004.
Several Banksy works removed from the walls of buildings have now been sold.
New York art dealer Stephan Keszler said he has sold 11 original Banksy pieces in the last three years and that he was satisfied with the price this one fetched.
By Will GompertzArts editor
If you happen to own a wall which Banksy has used as a canvas for one of his art works - I should imagine you are perfectly within your rights to hack it out and sell it.
The issue is more with the buyer who is complicit in owning a piece of work whose spirit and intentions were to be a site specific, social comment in the public domain and not designed for a private collection in a smart mansion or white walled modern art gallery.
You could argue that not only is the art work diminished by its removal from its context but also its intrinsic value is lost.
Two other pieces - Bandaged Heart and Crazy Horse Car Door, created by the Bristol-based artist during last year's residence in New York - failed to reach their reserve prices.
Last year London's Haringey Council backed an unsuccessful campaign to return Slave Labour (Bunting Boy) to the wall of a pound shop in Wood Green.
The "symbol of local pride" had appeared on the north London wall just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in May 2012, only to be sold to a US collector through Keszler for £750,000.
Earlier this month events company Sincura Group, which controversially removed another Banksy mural entitled No Ball Games in Tottenham last year, removed another piece, Girl With Balloon, from a wall in east London.
They said it would be restored and exhibited before being sold.
According to Brighton newspaper The Argus, Kissing Coppers was removed in 2011 and flown to the US. It has since been replaced by an imitation covered in Perspex.
Banksy, who uses graffiti and stencils to make comments about society, first appeared in the 1990s. Despite worldwide notoriety, his true identity remains a mystery.
Critics have argued the artworks should not be removed from their original locations as it takes away from the artist's original intent.
Executive pay has escalated far faster than average pay. In 2000, bosses of top companies earned 47 times more.
IDS said a director now typically earns £2.43m a year. Official figures put the average annual salary at £27,000.
This year bosses' pay rose by more than a fifth, IDS said.
IDS said the rise was driven by a 44% rise in share awards, which were given as long-term incentives.
Bonuses were also up, by 12%, although basic salaries were £822,300, up by a far more muted 2.5%. That, though, is still some three times the size of average wage rises.
The latest official figures show that, excluding bonuses, average earnings in the May to July period rose by 0.7% from a year earlier; including bonuses, they rose by 0.6%.
The IDS report shows that the long-term impact of years of high earnings growth has widened the pay differential between FTSE 100 chief executives and the rest of the workforce.
It found that between 2000 and 2014 the median total earnings for FTSE 100 bosses rose by 278%, while the corresponding rise in total earnings for full-time employees was 48%.
Steve Tatton, editor of the IDS report, said: "The pattern of pay growth highlights the complex make-up of directors' remuneration.
"Salary rises may be modest but this can be more than made up for by the receipt of incentive payments. When such incentives pay out, they can pay out substantial sums, giving a significant boost to directors' earnings."
The best paid chief executives were in media, marketing and telecoms, while the lowest were in retail and distribution.
A quarter were in connection with Championship matches according to the Home Office.
In the Premier League, Newcastle United fans had the most active football banning orders - 124 - prior to the club's relegation.
Wolverhampton Wanderers had 52 bans in force, the most in the Championship.
The figures revealed there were 1,895 football-related arrests in England and Wales in 2015-16, a 1% rise on the year before.
The most common causes for arrest were public disorder and alcohol offences.
However, alcohol arrests have more than halved in the five seasons covered by home office data, down from 800 in 2011-12 to 373 in 2015-16.
Public disorder and alcohol accounted for the most arrests.
The figures showed more arrests in the Championship for alcohol offences, violent disorder, possession of pyrotechnics, criminal damage and offensive weapons than in the Premier League.
Championship side Birmingham City's fans were arrested most with 74 of the league's total of 672. Nearly half, 36, were for public disorder.
Manchester City fans made up the largest number of arrests with 66 of the Premier League's 707. Of those, 26 were for public disorder and 15 for violent disorder.
Out of 56 arrests of Premier League club fans for pitch incursions, 15 of them were Sunderland supporters.
The club also accounted for four of the league's eight arrests for racist and indecent chanting.
There were two arrests of Championship side supporters for the same offence, one a Bolton Wanderers fan and the other Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Liverpool saw the highest number of arrests for possession of pyrotechnics, nine of the total 39 in the Premier League. In the Championship there were 49 arrests for the offence.
The overall number of football banning orders stood at 2,085 as of 1 August 2016, down 4% on the year before due in part to the expiry of those imposed in previous seasons.
Wolverhampton Wanderers fans were handed the most new bans in the top two leagues with 21 imposed in 2015-16.
The club's facilities and safety manager Steve Sutton said the club's Molineux stadium was a "safe and enjoyable place to watch football with over 500,000 fans passing through the stadium's turnstiles every season".
He said: "Banning orders can be put in place for many different reasons, not just relating to actual incidents at home or away stadia.
"Wolves work very closely with West Midlands Police in taking a pro-active approach to pre-empting any issues, as highlighted by the banning order figures.
He said during the 2015-16 season, there were four recorded home supporter arrests at Molineux itself and the season "had to go on record as one of the most pleasing in this respect in recent years."
The official figures, including 24 hours before and after matches, show that overall there were 31 arrests of Wolves fans. Eight of them were connected with home matches and 23 away.
Sunderland fans had the highest number of new bans in the Premier League in 2015-16 with 14 imposed.
Rival Newcastle added to its tally with 12, the second highest.
Paul Weir, head of safety at Sunderland AFC, said: "We take a zero tolerance approach to any football related crime and disorder. It is too easy to use these arrest and banning order figures to suggest that our supporters are worse than any other set of supporters as not all police forces, clubs and indeed magistrates adopt the same positive approach we do."
There were 617 active orders in the Premier League.
The figures were as of the start of the season and include clubs that have been relegated with those who won promotion included in the lower league statistics.
Football banning orders can last between three and 10 years and prevent an individual attending matches at home and abroad.
Breaching an order is punishable by up to six months in prison or a fine of £5,000, or both.
Fans can have more than one order imposed.
In the Championship, Burnley had proportionately the highest number of bans based on the average number of fans at home matches.
Its tally of 48 works out as 29 for every 10,000 home attendances. However, it only added two to its overall number from the previous season.
In notes accompanying the statistics the Home Office said: "There has been a steady decline in the total number of football banning orders in the last four seasons, falling by almost a quarter (-646) from a high of 2,731 on 9 November 2012."
Speaking on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, Amanda Jacks, case worker for the Football Supporters' Federation, said magistrates needed to consider all the circumstances of an offence before imposing an order.
She said: "You can get a football banning order for an offence 24 hours either side of a football match.
"Whilst there are undoubtedly people who do have banning orders for violent disorder and affray, many more have them for non-violent offences because magistrates do not apply the tests they should be applying."
Supt Sarah Pitt from Northumbria Police said: "Banning orders are part of a whole suite of action we can take around football. We take each individual case on its merit to put in front of the court."
Policing minister Brandon Lewis said the the figures showed "tough" laws to ban troublemakers were working.
Newcastle United have been approached for comment.
The 36-year-old's future had been in doubt as the team considered whether he had done enough to earn a fourth consecutive season with the team.
They have decided that he is the best option as support to four-time world champion Vettel, who leads their team.
It will be a seventh year at Ferrari for the Finn, who won their last drivers' title in 2007.
Raikkonen's second run with Ferrari has been up and down - he was comprehensively outperformed by his first team-mate Fernando Alonso in 2014 and by Vettel in 2015.
Raikkonen has again generally been behind Vettel this season but has shown some improved form and this was enough to persuade them to retain him for at least another year.
The decision was also partially based on the lack of availability of top-line replacements.
The team were very interested in Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, but both are under contract to their existing team for at least another two years.
Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz and Force India's Sergio Perez were also on their list but are also under contract to their existing teams and would have had to be bought out of those deals had Ferrari decided they wanted them.
"I think it was the right call," said Vettel. "We know our primary target is to catch up so we need to be all aligned and pushing in the same direction. With Kimi, there is no politics. We put our own egos aside, which is good for the team."
"I was worried that everyone would be really nerdy and posh," says Freya Pryce, describing her fears as she arrived at Oxford University in 2011.
Freya, who left with a first in human sciences last summer, says she was doubtful when teachers at her Aberystwyth comprehensive school first suggested she apply.
"I wasn't keen to start with. I had negative ideas about it. I thought it was elitist."
But an open day at the university was "a very positive experience", and the human sciences course, which combines a diverse array of subjects from genetics to sociology "was a big draw".
Once she started, she was aware of a social mix which still did not reflect the general population and shocked by the continued existence of "rich boys' clubs" where members are chosen based on wealth and social connections - but there were also "people from all sorts of backgrounds who were really friendly, open-minded and fun".
Sleep suffered in her first year as she struggled to juggle a heavy academic workload and a frenetic social life.
Now she believes her degree is helping her find work in her chosen field of international development and sustainability.
Freya's initial scepticism about Oxford is not uncommon among some state-school sixth-formers, according to a university spokeswoman, leading to great efforts to improve diversity.
"The idea that 'Oxford isn't the kind of place for me' is still something we need to address," said the spokeswoman.
This year almost 60% of Oxford's intake from state schools - the highest in 40 years.
At Cambridge the figure is 62% - up from just over half a decade ago.
"Before we uncork the champagne, remember 93% of pupils are in state schools," says Ian Bauckham, executive head of a non-selective Kent secondary that sends "a trickle" of students to Oxbridge each year.
Mr Bauckham was himself a state-school student who went to Cambridge and graduated with a first.
He admits finding it hard to start with. "I had never mixed with people who had the confidence and social advantage of many people there."
But once he graduated, he says having been to Cambridge helped him progress in his chosen career of teaching.
Mr Bauckham says his school aims to identify students with Oxbridge potential early, mentioning it to them as soon as Year 10.
"It can open doors. These are highly regarded courses, often involving top researchers in their field," he tells them.
He says preparing his students, who often come from families with no history of university, let alone elite universities, can be "hard work".
"A lot of the selection is done largely on the basis of interviews which require confidence and poise to do well."
He fears the process can be weighted against comprehensive students, with some admissions tutors subconsciously preferring students similar to themselves.
"Students will need to be able to debate, cope with cut and thrust and respond to unexpected challenges, such as to have done a greater depth and breadth of reading beyond A-level specifications.
"Pupils from elite public schools are imbibing this from friends and families from an early age."
Mr Bauckham says he has never met anyone who says they regret having gone to Oxford or Cambridge - but socially it can be hard.
"If you come from an ordinary family and a comprehensive school and then you meet people from Eton, Harrow, brimming over with confidence, as an 18-year-old you are on a steep learning curve.
"Some say, 'I would probably have had more fun at Sheffield University but now I have an Oxbridge degree.'"
This year has seen the highest number of applications to Oxford, with 19,500 applying for 3,500 places.
At Cambridge there have been 16,719 applications for about 3,400 places.
These figures just add to the aura of Oxbridge.
These are all top students competing for places, according to the Oxford spokeswoman: "Good grades get you to the starting line, but aren't enough on their own to guarantee a place.
"There is now a wider mix of backgrounds among applicants. Many people now know someone who is the best student they have ever known and they still don't get in."
The spokeswoman highlighted the tutorial system and academic rigour as a good preparation for any career, plus the chance to meet other bright and ambitious young people.
"It gives you a good preparation for any career in any sector," she added.
Since leaving, Freya has had an internship at a high-profile environmental organisation and is part of a team researching an Open University report on international wellbeing.
"I think going to Oxford was good for me," she says.
Academic skills and the university's reputation have been a real advantage when it comes to finding work she is interested in.
"You have to write up to three essays a week and discuss them in very small tutorial groups where the tutor guides you through the thinking process.
"The university's reputation for academic rigour is real... but you can gain these skills at other universities, so maybe it's about status as well."
The orange-sized growth was so large it was crushing Isabel Roberts's throat, leaving her unable to breathe naturally.
Doctors needed to rapidly fit a tube to help her breathing before she stopped getting oxygen from her mother.
The tumour has since been removed and doctors expect Isabel to make a full recovery.
Sometimes things go wrong during a baby's development in the womb and tumours can form. In 2012 surgeons in the US removed a tumour while the baby was still in the womb.
Doctors at Sheffield Children's Hospital and Jessops Maternity Hospital noticed an abnormal growth in a scan after 33 weeks.
The twins were delivered by Caesarean section and doctors then started a "race against time" as soon as Isabel's head was free.
Consultant anaesthetist Dr Ayman Eissa said: "We estimate the placenta will continue to supply oxygen through the cord for up to five minutes, but you can never be sure. It could break off at any time.
"The baby was so small and the tumour so big, it was a very difficult job to secure the airway."
While Isabel weighed 3lb 9oz (1.6kg), the tumour alone weighed 0.6lb (0.3kg).
"The relief when I secured the tube was unimaginable. It was definitely the most stressful few minutes of my career," Dr Eissa said.
Isabel's tumour was removed 10 days later.
She is now at home in Hoyland, near Barnsley, with her twin sister Alexandra, older sisters Sarah and Olivia and mother and father Maureen and Simon.
Mrs Roberts said: "The few weeks leading up to and after the twins' arrival were a blur. It's crazy to think just how much has happened to my baby. I can remember walking into the operating theatre to have the Caesarean and not knowing what was going to have happened when I woke up."
The consultant who removed the tumour, Neil Bateman, said: "When we weighed the tumour it accounted for one-sixth of her entire body weight.
"It is very rare for a baby to develop a tumour of this size in the womb."
The cancer did not spread, but Isabel is now on a course of chemotherapy. She is expected to make a full recovery and is "getting stronger every day".
Reds manager Brendan Rodgers identified the 24-year-old attacking midfielder as a top priority.
But the Armenian international has chosen to sign for last season's losing Champions League finalists.
Shakhtar said the fee was 27.5m euros (£24.4m), while Dortmund added that his deal with them runs until June 2017.
Mkhitaryan began his career at Pyunik in his home country and scored 30 goals in 70 league appearances.
He moved to Ukraine to join Metalurh Donetsk in the summer of 2009 and, after 12 goals in 37 top-flight outings, was signed by Shakhtar in August 2010.
He has scored 38 goals in 72 league games for the club, and was Ukraine's top-flight leading scorer with 25 goals in 29 league outings last season.
Borussia Dortmund's chairman of the board Hans-Joachim Watzke said: "It was not an easy transfer, but we really wanted to have Henrikh - and now we have him."
Liverpool were happy to meet the asking price for Mkhitaryan but it is believed they never got the chance to hold talks with the highly-rated player.
Rodgers had hoped to add the player to summer signings Kolo Toure from Manchester City, Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas and Sevilla's Luis Alberto.
The most recent report from the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed 507 tests were carried out on golfers in 2014, with eight testing positive.
"I've been tested once this year but it was only a urine test," said the Northern Irish world number four.
"You can't really pick up HGH (human growth hormone) in a urine test, so I could use HGH and get away with it."
The 27-year-old added: "If golf is in the Olympics it needs to improve the drug testing.
"On average, we get tested four or five times a year. It's very little compared to other Olympic sports."
A UK Anti-Doping spokesperson told BBC Sport: "UK Anti-Doping are currently in the process of carrying out a comprehensive testing programme for British athletes heading to the Olympic Games this summer.
"This programme includes golf and players who will form part of TeamGB in Rio this summer."
The International Golf Federation, which is responsible for the testing programme, has not commented.
In 2014, Wada carried out 283,304 tests worldwide, with banned substances found in more than 3,800 samples.
It told BBC Sport more than 10% of elite athletes could be using performance-enhancing drugs.
Golf had the fewest number of tests of all the summer Olympic sports.
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Speaking in the build-up to the Open Championship at Royal Troon, McIlroy added: "Drug testing in golf is some way behind the other sports - but I don't think there are drugs that can make you better across the board.
"There are drugs that can make you stronger and make you concentrate more, but not that can make you a better all-round golfer, as far as I am aware."
Last month, McIlroy withdrew from the Olympic Games in Rio because of concerns about the Zika virus.
The Open begins on Thursday, and McIlroy has been grouped with Hideki Matsuyama and Bubba Watson for the first two rounds.
The episode will be a 75-minute edition, airing at 20:00 BST on BBC Two, to conclude series 22.
It will be made up of two films shot before Clarkson was suspended from the show and eventually sacked, with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May presenting links from the studio.
Last week the BBC trailed the episode, with a 30-second teaser.
The BBC said the first film will see the three presenters "immerse themselves in the lifestyle of the traditional classic car enthusiast".
The second will follow the trio "try to become leisure enthusiasts with the help of some cheap lifestyle leisure vehicles".
The BBC has yet to decide on Top Gear's future following Clarkson's sacking, after he punched a producer while on location.
There has been speculation that the show could return with a different guest host every week, in a similar style to BBC One's satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You.
It was reported earlier this month Hammond and May had been offered £1m deals to stay with the BBC, however both have yet to sign new contracts.
Gibbs left Elland Road in July 2014, two months after boss Brian McDermott.
At Thursday's hearing in London, the judge Mr Justice Langstaff said that Gibbs had not been assigned work befitting his status and felt he was standing around "doing nothing".
The ex-Watford man resigned after being told by then head coach Dave Hockaday that he had no future at the club.
He was excluded from taking any meaningful part in the training of the first team and was told by email that his role was to be confined to working with the under-18 and under-21 players, which the judge said was not reasonable.
Gibbs is now the assistant head of player development at Tottenham.
The blaze has spread across a six mile (10km) area of the site in the Brecon Beacons, according to South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
A helicopter is assisting in the operation with fire crews from Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.
Firefighters tackled a series of grass and gorse fires across south Wales on Friday.
The 21-year-old, who came up through the club's academy alongside his twin brother Josh, will stay at Carrow Road until the summer of 2021.
Murphy has made 16 appearances for Norwich's first team this season.
"To get this deal done is just amazing for me. The path now is for me to continue my form and to improve as a player," he told the club website.
The Senegalese man, in handcuffs, was eventually deported to Dakar on the flight. The jet took off after police had come on board to stop the protest.
The 11 protesters could be fined up to €225,000 (£197,000; $258,000) each for endangering flight safety.
The protest delayed both that flight and the return flight from Dakar.
Spanish media report that the Barcelona-Dakar flight was delayed by two-and-a-half hours at El Prat airport on Saturday, after all the passengers had been ordered off the plane.
When they boarded again, 11 passengers - identified by police as protesters - were not allowed through.
A Spanish journalist, Anna Palou, tweeted a video clip showing the protest on the budget airline jet.
The clip showed several passengers blocking the aisle and bore the message in Catalan: "We have succeeded! Flight of deportation stopped. Now the authorities are coming to take the person away! Solidarity is our best weapon!"
The BBC has approached Vueling for comment on the incident.
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Witnesses quoted by Spanish media said the sympathy protest started on the plane when the Senegalese man, escorted by two border guards, complained loudly about being deported.
Lacking any work or residence permit, he had been refused entry to Spain, the Efe news agency reported.
The delay meant that the return flight from Dakar had to be postponed to Sunday, forcing Vueling to pay for the overnight accommodation of 176 passengers.
The incident prompted anti-deportation activists to rally at Seville airport on Sunday. The activists, from the group Caravana Abriendo Fronteras (Open Borders Caravan), staged a noisy protest in the airport terminal.
The numbers of migrants and refugees arriving in Spain from Africa this year have increased compared with the same period (January-July) last year.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says 6,973 had arrived in Spain by sea as of 11 July, compared with 2,476 in the first half of last year.
However, far more took the Central Mediterranean route to Italy.
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Flynn won the lightweight title and Taylor the light welterweight crown.
And, in badminton, Imogen Bankier and Robert Blair took bronze in the mixed doubles event to take Scotland's overall medal tally to 52.
At least one more medal will follow Kirsty Gilmour's badminton women's singles final on Sunday.
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Flynn, a 20-year-old postman from Motherwell, saw off Joe Fitzpatrick from Northern Ireland in his final in front of a passionate support.
"The crowd are unbelievable, every time you land a punch it's like a thunderclap," said Flynn.
"They were ants [from up in the ring], ants that sounded like lions.
"The Mail Man delivers again.
"I don't know what's next, maybe the Olympics. A lot of funding is needed for that. I'm part-time, and a lot of these fighters are full-time."
Taylor beat Junias Jonas of Namibia to take the title and pick up Scotland's 19th gold medal of Glasgow 2014.
"I've dreamed of this moment 1000 times over, I just can't wait to stand on that podium," said Taylor.
Scotland have also 14 silvers and 18 bronze medals. Their previous best tally at a Commonwealth Games came in Edinburgh in 1986, when they won 33 medals.
And the Scots have also beaten their best ever gold medal haul of 11, achieved in Melbourne in 2006.
Cook, 29, said he will have to "wait and see" if he will keep the captaincy after England were beaten 5-2 in a one-day series in Sri Lanka.
England's 15-man World Cup squad must be named by 7 January, with their first match against Australia on 14 February.
"Cook simply isn't playing that well," said Giles. "He is under pressure."
England selectors James Whitaker, Peter Moores, Angus Fraser and Mick Newell will announce a 16-man squad on Saturday for a tri-series next month in Australia against the host nation and India.
Head coach Moores said Cook's position will be reviewed this week. The Essex left-hander scored 119 runs in six matches in Sri Lanka, with a top score of 34.
"He hasn't been playing that well for a year and going into a World Cup your leader is important," Lancashire coach Giles told BBC Sport.
"But so is having 15 players in that squad who can perform and win games for England."
Cook has been England's one-day captain since 2011 and was appointed Test captain the following year.
Giles, England's limited-overs coach from November 2012 to April 2014, added: "I think there's still some discussion to be had and from the sort of the whispers we're hearing from the camp clearly they're not 100% sure.
"He is desperate to do well but he is still not getting the output that he would or England would want.
"In the last one-day match, he was dropped twice before he was finally out, so he is riding his luck - but he is not capitalising on it and it's becoming a problem."
It comes after a year which has seen a number of terror attacks, such as the killing of 39 people at a Tunisian resort and mass shootings in Paris.
The Queen will describe the festive period as "a time to remember all that we have to be thankful for".
This year's message, produced by ITN, will be broadcast on television and radio at 15:00 GMT.
Her Majesty will say during her broadcast: "It is true that the world has had to confront moments of darkness this year, but the Gospel of John contains a verse of great hope, often read at Christmas carol services: 'The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it'."
This year marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, and the Queen will again offer thanks for the service and sacrifice of those who took part in the conflict.
She will also give thanks to "the people who bring love and happiness into our own lives", starting with family.
The Queen recorded her Christmas message while at a desk in Buckingham Palace's 18th Century Room. She writes her own address, which is one of the rare occasions when she voices her own views.
She is seen wearing a tweed day dress in white and silver, which was part of an outfit worn for a Diamond Jubilee visit to Wales in 2012.
On her left shoulder is an art deco diamond and aquamarine brooch, previously owned by the Queen Mother.
Her broadcast will also be available on the Royal Channel on YouTube and will be shown in Commonwealth countries.
At an event in Cardiff, Rosemary Butler will say it is "one of the gravest problems facing devolution".
She will point to cuts at the BBC, the decline of the regional and local newspaper industry and the dominance of London-based newspapers.
It follows a similar complaint from a committee of AMs.
Mrs Butler is expected to cite recent UK government reforms of the NHS in England when she speaks at an event in Cardiff Bay on Thursday.
She is expected to say it is the most "acute example" of a story that only applies to England, but is reported as if it applies to the whole of the UK.
She will say: "For the purpose of what I am going to cover tonight, I will call that problem the 'democratic deficit'.
"By that I mean who is, or perhaps more importantly who will be, relaying the work of the National Assembly to the people of Wales in the future?"
The Royal Television Society event will also hear from Professor Anthony King, of Essex University - the author of a report in 2008 that said the BBC needed to improve its coverage of the UK's nations and regions.
In May a cross-party report by AMs said a panel of experts should be set up to advise ministers on Wales' media industry.
The inquiry was set against a background of cutbacks at newspapers and broadcasters across the UK.
The former world champions, who have had equipment issues in Melbourne, cannot be caught by third-placed Italy.
Defending world champions Liesl Tesch and Dan Fitzgibbon took gold with a day to spare in front of their home fans.
"I think realistically this morning we knew that [silver] was the best that could happen," said Birrell.
"We sailed over some weed on day two, and then we had a problem with Alex's canting seat.
"We have to respect the fact that [the Australians] sailed really well this week and deserve their world title.
"I think the scores would have been a lot closer had it not been for the seat issue and the weed. That being said, they sailed really well and we're going to have to find some more."
Now, 40 years after it was built, it is set to be demolished after the city council approved plans to redevelop the site as part of the Paradise Circus scheme, which is estimated to cost about £450m.
About 17 acres of land between Centenary Square and Chamberlain Square will be developed to include offices, shops, leisure and cultural facilities, civic amenities and a hotel.
People have taken to Twitter to express their opinion on the development and the demolition of a library that has been both loved and hated.
Mark Griffiths, a chartered architect from Stourbridge, tweeted: "central library Birmingham 2 go. Example of an iconic building that suffered from being strangled by poor architecture".
Tom Keely, an architectural writer and editor who grew up in Birmingham and now living in London, said that the new plans were "ugly".
He said: "I love the old library because it is a structure of distinction, it's ambitious and uncompromising. It shows that Birmingham was a city that wasn't afraid of big ideas.
"I get that it might not be everybody's taste, but it stands proud, and was built to be adaptable to a future without books."
"These proposals could be anywhere, they just look like any other bland office/shopping/mixed use development. They don't say anything about Birmingham. They are the epitome of the non-place.
"Surely creative re-use is a much more powerful message? It worked at the Mailbox, the Rotunda, the Tate Modern. Why not the library too?"
The library was designed by Birmingham architect John Madin, who was also behind the city's chamber of commerce headquarters and the BBC's Pebble Mill studios.
A new £189m library is set to open on 3 September, 2013 in Centenary Square.
Project director Rob Groves, of developer Argent, said: "The site's combined qualities of its central location and historic landmarks creates an unrivalled opportunity to create a sustainable, first class environment that will transform this key part of Birmingham city centre."
Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore said: "The redevelopment of Paradise Circus is a vital and integral part of the delivery of Birmingham's Big City Plan.
"It will make a huge and positive contribution to the city's ongoing renaissance... it will also return the city's renowned historic buildings to a more suitable setting in which they can be enjoyed and admired."
In a statement, Keep The Ziggurat, which has been campaigning to save the building, said: "Central Library is a building that divides opinion but, for many people, it forms an essential and positive part of their heritage.
"It is sad that more energy was not invested in trying to find a new use for the structure as we feel this would have been eminently possible and allowed retention of a bold and reassuring civic presence in the centre of the city."
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James Collins scored on his home debut from a Joel Byrom free-kick, before John-Joe O'Toole doubled the lead when he deflected Ricky Holmes' shot into the back of the net.
Rod McDonald headed a third for the Cobblers and Alex Kenyon had a shot over the bar for the Shrimps.
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The girl was walking along Ravensby Road between 13:15 and 13:30 on Monday when the incident took place.
A police spokesman said: "It should be noted that whilst the matter may be innocuous, officers are treating this seriously."
The man was white, in his early 30s, and had short dark spiky hair.
He was tall, and of medium build and was wearing blue denim jeans, a large black jacket with a hood - which was down - and black footwear.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact police.
Syrian refugees are banned from entry until further notice.
Visas for nationals of six countries, including Iran and Iraq, will not be issued for the next three months.
Google has told the BBC it is concerned about the order and any measures which could block great talent from the US.
The BBC's business correspondent Joe Lynam says President Trump's order means that thousands of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya may not be allowed to board flights bound for the US - even if they hold a so-called "green card" (permanent residents' permit).
Mr Trump said the measure would "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US".
But rights groups say there is no link between Syrian refugees in the US and terrorism.
There are already reports of travellers from the countries targeted being turned away as they try to board flights to the US.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said this appeared to include "green card holders and other visa holders".
It advised nationals from the affected countries but living in the US not to travel abroad.
Some Republicans have welcomed Mr Trump's announcement, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, who said it was "time to re-evaluate and strengthen the visa vetting process".
The new policy is also affecting visits from relatives.
An Iraqi journalist living in the US, Mohammed al-Rawi, posted on Facebook, saying his father had been turned away from a Los Angeles-bound flight in Qatar.
Jamal Abdi from the National Iranian American Council told the investigative journalism organisation Pro Publica: "We are inundated with calls and questions of how this is going to affect people."
The Council on American Islamic Relations says it will file a lawsuit against the executive order.
Silicon Valley, where many employed in the technology industry are of non-US origin, is also worried.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a lengthy note, saying he was "concerned" about the president's executive orders, and noting that he, like many Americans, is the descendant of immigrants.
Under Mr Trump's wide-ranging executive order, all refugee admissions have been suspended for four months.
The text of the order was released several hours after it was signed. Other measures include:
The order also said all immigration programmes should include questions to "evaluate the applicant's likelihood of becoming a positively contributing member of society."
In a TV interview broadcast earlier on Friday, the president said Christians would be given priority among Syrians who apply for refugee status in the future.
Other measures include a broad review of the information required from all countries to approve a visa; a review of visa schemes between nations to ensure they are "truly reciprocal" for US citizens; and the immediate suspension of the Visa Interview Waiver Programme.
But the document says exceptions to most restrictions could be made on a case-by-case basis.
During the election campaign, Mr Trump suggested a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on".
The executive order has been met with criticism from rights organisations, Democrats and notable figures.
Democratic Senator Kamala Harris noted that the order had been signed on Holocaust Memorial Day. "Make no mistake - this is a Muslim ban," she wrote.
"During the Holocaust, we failed to let refugees like Anne Frank into our country. We can't let history repeat itself," she said.
Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Nobel Peace Laureate who was shot by the Taliban following her advocacy for women's education in Pakistan, wrote that she was "heartbroken".
"America is turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants - the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life," she added.
The head of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemned the use of the words "extreme vetting", saying it was a "euphemism for discriminating against Muslims".
"Identifying specific countries with Muslim majorities and carving out exceptions for minority religions flies in the face of the constitutional principle that bans the government from either favouring or discriminating against particular religions," Anthony Romero said in a statement.
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Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd - a joint project between Pilot Offshore Renewables and Atkins - wants to put up eight turbines about 10 miles off the coast, south of Aberdeen.
It is claimed that placing turbines on semi-submersible platforms would cut construction and installation costs.
The developers will now enter into a period of consultation.
Kincardine wants to start construction in the second quarter of 2016 and have the wind farm operating by the end of 2017.
It could be the world's first array of floating wind turbines.
Allan MacAskill, director of Pilot Offshore Renewables, said: "This is an exciting project that will demonstrate the potential of floating technology in the global offshore wind industry."
Dr Richard Wakefield, senior marine scientist at Atkins, said: "We have carried out the initial environmental assessments for the Kincardine Offshore Wind project and are really excited by the site, the technology and its potential to open the industry up to deeper waters and more productive turbines."
The "Super Six" will replace the BT Premiership, and sit directly above an amateur 12-team Championship.
Below this will come a new three-tier National League system.
The plans, unveiled at Saturday's annual general meeting, aim to close the gap between the club game and professional teams in Scotland.
Scottish Rugby is funding the restructuring with £3.6m of new investment over five years, and the changes will take effect in time for the 2019-20 season.
At present, the BT Premiership, the top tier of the Scottish club game, has 10 clubs, with the National One, Two and Three leagues featuring 12 clubs each.
The union will also revamp its Exiles programme for Scottish-qualified players outside Scotland, implementing a scouting network across the UK and "five other international rugby markets".
Scottish Rugby says performance links with London Scottish, Lille Metropole and Stade Nicois in France, North Harbour in New Zealand, Western Force in Australia, and Stellenbosch Academy in South Africa will complement wider player development.
All the Super Six teams will be overseen by the governing body's high performance department, which will allocate funding for head coaches, strength and conditioning, and analysis support. Funding costs for squads of 35 players will be split between Scottish Rugby and the clubs, with teams playing a 20-match season.
With franchises in the Super Six running for five years at a time, Scottish Rugby hopes teams in the Scottish Championship and national leagues "can build stronger community ties and focus investment on developing their clubs in the absence of player payments".
Clubs can apply to join the Super Six tier, but will be required to contribute their own investment "to complement Scottish Rugby's financial support".
The union says teams will be geographically aligned with Scottish Rugby's four regions - Caledonia, Glasgow and the West, Edinburgh and the East and the Borders - with two floating teams, and partnered with one of Scotland's two professional teams, either Glasgow Warriors or Edinburgh Rugby.
The national leagues will be feeder clubs for Super Six teams in their region to ensure an upward flow of talent through the leagues to the top tiers.
The governing body announced on Friday it had generated £50m in annual turnover for the first time, and chief executive Mark Dodson hailed the radical domestic shake-up at Saturday's AGM.
"It is a new beginning for our whole sport, not just the top clubs," Dodson said. "It resets the ambitions of everybody and offers every club a fresh start.
"For the first time since the game went professional this strategy involves all the clubs in the success of our national team. We want to create strong sustainable clubs that can play at the level which best suits them and that they can choose.
"We wanted to create clear pathways for players, coaches and officials, alongside closing the gap between our domestic game and the professional teams so we can maximise the resources we have and allow talented players to develop in good environments and fulfil their potential.
"We want to see clubs invest in their infrastructures and future growth so the National Leagues will have amateur status and the Super Six will be where player payments make better sense.
"This is not a radical plan, it is simply overdue and we look forward to working with all the clubs in Scotland to deliver this new structure for the wider benefit of the game at large."
The Scottish champions are in Group C with Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach.
"We know the teams we are up against are huge teams, but it doesn't stop us trying to fight and seeing where it takes us," said Rodgers.
"We are not in it just to make up the numbers."
Rodgers has already lost to Barcelona as Celtic manager - 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Dublin.
"They are the best in the world and, for us, these are really tough games, but the home games are going to be exciting because of the level of support we have," he said.
"The pre-season game was a pre-season fitness exercise for both teams, but we know their level and it is up there with the best in the world.
"Manchester City have taken on a new identity with Pep Guardiola going in and you will see early stages of what he is trying to do, which will be the Barcelona game model.
"Borussia Monchengladbach are like a lot of German teams. Young players, work very hard and very good on the counter attack.
"You are playing against the elite players in the world, which obviously pose you different problems, but our aim is to have a go and we will look to be super competitive."
Celtic missed out on the group stage twice under predecessor Ronny Deila and, having come through the qualifiers, went into Thursday's draw among the bottom pot of teams.
"It is a great milestone that we have been able to qualify after a difficult couple of years," said Rodgers.
"I think everyone recognises it is an extremely tough group. You have maybe got the top teams from each of the different pots all in one group."
Rodgers confirmed that qualification for the group stage would mean extra funds to further strengthen his side.
"It allows us hopefully to add to our squad before the window shuts," he said.
"That was always going to be the case, but of course, once qualification is done, it opens up some more funds in order to do that.
"If we can get the right one or two players in, that is what we will look to do. We've got a few ideas of players that we want, but nothing imminent at this time."
Rodgers added that "it is great for Celtic and Patrick Roberts" that Manchester City had given permission to the 19-year-old on-loan winger to face his parent club as it would be a good "part of his learning".
Summer signing Scott Sinclair was previously on the books at City, and is relishing returning to his former club on Champions League duty. He says, however, he does not feel he has a point to prove to his old employers having failed to make a significant impact during his spell at the Etihad.
"Not really a point to prove," Sinclair said.
"Going back to City, on a personal level, that will be fantastic. Being in the Champions League and being involved in it is much better for me than when I was at City, not really involved some weeks. But here I'm feeling at home, feel proper involved and I can't wait to get started.
"I think it will be nice to go just back and see some old faces and some friends.
"I don't think any group is easy. You get the big teams in the Champions League and the group stage is going to be difficult. To have Barcelona and Man City is going to be difficult, but I don't think we've got that much pressure on us. We just need to play our game and enjoy it."
It is understood that no-one was seriously injured in the accident, which happened after the cows strayed on to the motorway.
Five cars were involved and three cattle were later euthanised.
Irish police said eight cows had strayed half a kilometre, crossing two roundabouts before reaching the M3.
The police were informed of the crash at 05:30 GMT, and one person was taken to hospital for checks.
The road was closed in both directions, but has since reopened.
The museum has had 1.7m visitors since the start of April, 25% up on 2012, and was the UK's most popular cultural attraction for the sixth year running.
Visits in May were up 42% up on last year and were the highest on record.
"What's really pleasing about those figures is that visitors are so young," said museum director Neil MacGregor.
The report for 2012/13 said the 43% of visitors were aged between 16-34.
Future shows will include an in-depth look at sex in Japanese art and an exhibition on Germany in 2014 to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"Germany is a critical force in the shaping of Europe," Mr MacGregor told the BBC. "We want to look at the long history of Germany and how German identity is shaped by elements from its deep past.
"Most of us in Britain tend to think of German history as essentially from 1914 to now. They are hugely important years but they are part of a much longer story."
The current blockbuster show Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum achieved its original visitor target of 250,000 in three months of a six-month run.
It is on course to be the third most popular charging exhibition in the British Museum's history - after 1972's Treasures of Tutankhamun and 2007's The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army.
The exhibition Shakespeare: Staging the world was seen by more than 105,000 visitors, while Ice Age Art closed in early June with more than 90,000 visitors - a 133% increase on the original target of 40,000.
Overall, the British Museum had more than 5.575 million visitors in 2011/2012, slightly down on the previous year's 5.8 million visitors.
Mr MacGregor also said the British Museum would have to "think very carefully" how to accommodate an expected 5% cut in government funding to museums for 2015-2016.
"We don't know what we'll be able to continue to do, or what we'll have to reduce," he said. "Here you have very successful museums in London and how we can keep offering to our visitors what they want is going to be the big challenge."
Artist Dean Tweedy and his wife Tracy, along with their children, wanted a petting farm so psychotherapist Mrs Tweedy could run therapy sessions for people with mental illnesses.
But they instead bought The Animalarium - a zoo near Borth, for £625,000.
They have moved in with the animals - including the biggest attractions, lions Zulu and Wilma.
"Our friends and family reacted with surprise at first saying 'you've bought a zoo?'," said Mrs Tweedy.
"It was mainly disbelief, but for those who really know us it's not that surprising because we've always had dozens of animals.
"People described our old house as being like a zoo. Now we actually have our own one."
The Animalarium had 27,000 visitors in 2016 and over the years it has taken on animals not wanted at other zoos because of over-breeding or from people unable to cope with them as pets.
Staffing and food costs about £12,000 per month and it was put on the market after the previous owners decided to retire.
The family now plan to extend the enclosures and put on more interactive tours, showcasing the animals.
"I just want to get in there and give them [the lions] a big squeeze and a hug but I've been told I'm not allowed because I'd probably lose my arms and die," added Mrs Tweedy.
"But maybe one day when they're sedated I can go in and give them a hug."
Nicola Sturgeon continued to insist, however, that no final decision had yet been made on holding such a vote.
In a BBC interview she would take things forward at "the pace that I think is right for the country".
Ms Sturgeon has previously said another referendum is "highly likely" following last year's Brexit vote.
Scotland voted by 62% to 38% to remain inside the EU, and the Scottish government argues that access to the single market after Brexit is vital to the country's interests.
Scottish ministers have put forward proposals they claim could achieve this, but have accused the UK government of "intransigence" on the issue.
In a recent speech in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon said a second independence referendum may become a "necessary" way of protecting Scotland's interests.
Interviewed by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg for a BBC documentary to be broadcast on Thursday, she gave her clearest indication yet about the possible timing of such a vote.
Asked if autumn 2018 was a likely date, she replied: "Within that window, of when the outline of a UK deal becomes clear and the UK exiting the EU, I think would be common sense time for Scotland to have that choice, if that is the road we choose to go down."
Asked if that meant she was not ruling out autumn 2018 as a possible date, she said: "I'm not ruling anything out, I'm going to continue to, to take things forward at the pace that I think is right for the country."
Analysis by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg
At Westminster and Holyrood in recent months there's been a building sense that Nicola Sturgeon has made up her mind to call a vote.
If she is now willing to discuss the timing of a second vote in public, consideration of another independence referendum is far beyond the hypothetical.
The crucial facet of that calculation is that the SNP believes its best chance of winning is before the EU negotiations are complete.
But also, it's up to the Westminster government to permit another referendum. There are huge risks for them in denying it, but ministers in London certainly would not grant a vote at the time of the SNP's choosing without a fight.
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Scotland voted to stay part of the UK by 55% to 45% in the 2014 independence referendum.
Ms Sturgeon's predecessor as first minister, Alex Salmond, has already predicted that a second independence referendum would take place in autumn next year.
While the SNP does not hold an overall majority at Holyrood, it could count on the support of the Scottish Greens if the Scottish Parliament voted on holding a new referendum.
Permission to hold such a vote, however, would have to be granted by the UK government at Westminster.
Prime Minister Theresa May has so far declined to be drawn on whether her government would allow a second referendum.
In her speech to the Scottish Conservative Party conference earlier this month, Mrs May accused the SNP of being "obsessed with its own priority of independence" to the detriment of devolved public services like education and health.
Nicola Sturgeon's interview was recorded for the BBC documentary Brexit:Britain's Biggest Deal - to be broadcast on BBC Two at 21:00 and on BBC Two Scotland at 23:15 on Thursday.
Over 30 other staff members were detained whilst gunmen raided the office of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Donetsk.
The raid led to the IRC halting its aid work in Ukraine.
IRC President David Miliband said that aid workers "should never be targeted" and that the raid was an "affront to the IRC's principles".
In a statement the former UK foreign secretary said that the two men were healthy and in a safe location, before condemning their captors.
"The actions taken by the security forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, including the intimidation of our dedicated humanitarian staff, are an affront to those principles. Every day, the world's humanitarian workers show great courage, taking risks help the most vulnerable in crisis situations. They should never be targeted."
The masked gunmen seized 37 IRC workers on 29 April. Five international members of staff from Canada, Britain, Georgia and Chile were forced to leave rebel-controlled territory, in eastern Ukraine.
However two US workers were held by officials apparently working for the the self-declared People's Republic of Donetsk Ministry of State Security.
On the day of the raid Russia's Interfax news agency cited a DPR security ministry spokesman accusing the IRC of concealing "eavesdropping equipment" in their Donetsk office.
The spokesman claimed that "foreigners regularly travelled to Ukraine, but not in order to accompany [the IRC on] humanitarian missions".
"Foreign employees established contact with officials in DPR ministries and agencies, showing interest in obtaining information about the situation in the republic," he said.
He also accused the agency of "hiring DPR citizens for work without signing agreements with them, evading the payment of taxes into the DPR budget".
Heavily armed rebels have been fighting government forces for a year in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The West says Russia has armed the rebels and sent in regular soldiers - an accusation echoed by independent experts. Moscow insists that any Russians on the rebel side are volunteers.
The first time I met him was when I was away with United. We were in Portugal and he could've scored a hat-trick that day
The 18-year-old makes his way into the gym and sees a vision beyond the ocean of dumbbells, cardiovascular machines and medicine balls.
He sees a culture of success and witnesses the camaraderie that binds together a group of winners with the same thirst for improvement.
All the while, he envisages stitching his own patchwork around the template laid out before him and extracting every last ounce of potential from the talents gifted to him.
Cristiano Ronaldo's speed and skill were evident at the Estadio Jose Alvalde in a friendly against Manchester United for Sporting Lisbon in August 2003, assets and a performance which ultimately sealed a £12.24m transfer to Old Trafford days later.
It was in Manchester that the Portuguese sought out the expertise of a man by the name of Mike Clegg - the Old Trafford club's power development coach between 2000 and 2011 - as he began his quest to not only become the greatest player on earth, but an athlete with no equal in the modern game.
"He was a lively lad," Clegg told BBC Sport. "Carlos Queiroz was instrumental in getting him to United, but Sir Alex Ferguson did most of the talking and I observed the lad in front of me.
"He came across as a really determined boy and Ferguson and Carlos really liked that about him, but I didn't realise quite how determined he was until he came into Carrington and I got speaking to him.
"Ronaldo was a natural talent, a rough diamond, but he crammed in thousands and thousands of hours of graft to turn himself into the perfect player.
"I look at the other players who come and go with talent. Nani and Anderson both came in during 2007 at a similar age to Ronaldo, but the difference was astronomical. The difference was the understanding and the knowledge of how to become the best. Ronaldo was above everyone else."
The use of resistance-based workouts were unheard of at Carrington prior to Clegg's arrival, but football's evolution into a game dominated by athletes was just beginning, as basic programmes were introduced to improve functional, football-related strength among the squad.
Players were initially trained to become proficient in the art of bench-pressing, pull-ups, dips and squats - now the staple gym diet of a top-level footballer.
Ryan Giggs, a man Clegg describes as the most open-minded to new training techniques, Roy Keane, a lover of boxing during his recuperation from a serious knee injury, and Paul Scholes, the star pupil during cognitive and peripheral vision tests, were three leading members of a gym culture that formed in the aftermath of United's treble-winning success at the turn of the millennium.
Ronaldo was a keen observer. A vacancy had arisen to join that elite group following the departure of David Beckham - another member of the 'gym club' - to Real Madrid, and though his English was limited at best and his frame more featherweight boxer than sculpted Adonis, Ronaldo wasted little time in turning his vision into reality.
His physical evolution incorporated all facets of athletic performance, with additional sprint and reaction work polishing up his raw, genetic gifts.
But it was the mastering of strength workouts and Olympic lifts - total body exercises performed in an explosive manner at pace - that were behind the development of a muscular physique that has gone on to adorn billboards and magazine covers across the world.
Deadlifts and power cleans were two favourites in his gym routine, with the level of resistance and speed of execution slowly increased over his near six years in Manchester.
Clegg added: "I would say, physically, he is the perfect specimen. From his height to his natural body type, muscular structure, how much fat he's got in his system, his endurance capacity, flexibility, power and strength - they are in perfect balance.
"He had in his mind, 'I need to make myself special and I'm going to have to learn everything I need to become special. I'm going to have to regiment my day and my week, months and years and become as good as I can be by every possible means.' He had a plan."
It seems strange looking back, but in Ronaldo's early years at the Theatre of Dreams there were doubts he would make the grade at all.
He's always improving and because of that, he is the best.
His penchant for showboating rather than delivering the final pass and a fondness for falling over the outstretched legs of defenders a little too theatrically angered team-mates and opposition alike.
Each season, his manager, mentor and the man the 28-year-old still refers to as 'boss', Sir Alex Ferguson, would agree a pre-season wager over a target number of goals for the campaign. At the end of each of his first two seasons at the club, targets of 10 and 15 goals proved beyond him.
He wasn't fazed. The sight of Ronaldo strapping weights to his ankles and perfecting step-overs long after his team-mates had headed for the showers became a common sight at Carrington.
He invested in himself financially too. The purchase of a house with a custom-built swimming pool to aid him in his recovery after sessions and matches was another sensible addition, while the hiring of a chef at his home ensured his diet was faultless.
Clegg said: "For every mistake he made in a game, he'd spend hours and hours and hours practising to make sure it didn't happen again. Generally with players, if they try something and it doesn't work, they don't try it again, they fear it - but he didn't. No chance.
"We did speed, power and reaction work, everything he needed and worked with on the pitch. So much of my work was tailored around him. I even went to Montreal and looked at cognitive devices and different ways of working that would extract that extra ounce out of him."
The hard work paid handsome dividends. Ronaldo lifted a hat-trick of Premier League titles between 2007 and 2009, as well as the Champions League in 2008 - a success which saw him named World Player of the Year for the first time that same year.
In his own mind, his time at Old Trafford was done.
"He said to me, 'Mike, this is it. I've done everything here, I'm going to move on'. He supported Real Madrid and he knew it was time to leave," says Clegg.
"He'd have loads of little sayings, 'Manchester, it's raining all the time,' he used to say, but he loved being here, yet he knew he was on a journey and he knew it was going to take him somewhere else."
That somewhere else was the Santiago Bernabeu, with destiny - and the small matter of a then world-record £80m transfer fee - seeing him move from United to Real Madrid in 2009.
Trophies have been harder to come by in Spain, with Ronaldo winning one La Liga,one Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de Espana in his four years there to date, but on an individual basis he continues to surpass his own remarkable standards.
In 2013 alone, the Portugal captain scored 66 goals in 56 appearances and is already Madrid's fifth-highest goalscorer of all-time.
There is surely little room left for improvement, but Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka, who worked alongside Ronaldo at Madrid for three years as Jose Mourinho's assistant, believes he can still get even better.
"I had the pleasure of working with Cristiano every day. Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are definitely the two best players in the world," said the former Spain international.
"I think the difference is tiny between them both but I think when you look at the number of goals he has scored over the past year, then Ronaldo is the best.
"Ronaldo improves every day. Look at his numbers three years ago and you think, 'It's impossible he can do better,' and then you look at him this year and he's done better again.
"He's always improving and because of that, he is the best."
The Real Madrid player claimed the 2013 Fifa Ballon d'Or prize in Zurich on Monday, the second time he has been voted the world's best player.
Few who spent time around the gyms at Manchester United and Real Madrid would argue he deserves anything less.
Thomas, 30, won gold at the 2014 Games in Glasgow, staged in July and August.
But the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast in Australia will take place in April, likely to coincide with several Team Sky races such as Paris-Roubaix.
Fellow Welsh riders Luke Rowe and Owain Doull will also be missing because of their Team Sky commitments.
"Unfortunately I think the three of us will be out of it," Thomas told BBC Wales Sport.
"Where they fall in April is the wrong time for us. Luke and Owain will still have the cobblestone classics in Belgium, which will be their main target.
"At the end of the day, Team Sky pay us to race bikes for them and we've got to do what they say. Especially as it's in Australia, it's not like you can fly in and out over a weekend."
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The absence of Thomas, Rowe and Doull in Australia will be a setback for Wales, who won five cycling medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
As well as Thomas' road race gold and time trial bronze, Elinor Barker won silver in the women's points race and bronze in the scratch race, while para-cyclist Matt Ellis claimed bronze in the men's tandem 1km time trial B with pilot Ieuan Williams.
Welsh Cycling published its athlete nomination policy for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Monday.
Performance director Matt Cosgrove said the policy would "give Team Wales the greatest chance of medal success on the Gold Coast".
However, Wales' medal chances will be seriously hindered by the absence of Thomas, Rowe and Doull.
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Games will take place on 4 April, 2018, and the closing ceremony will be on 15 April.
Those dates would clash with a number of important Team Sky races, including the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, while later in April there would be other UCI World Tour events such as the Tour de Romandie.
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Thomas was able to ride at the 2014 Commonwealth Games because it took place after the Tour de France - and he says it remains a career highlight.
"In cycling you hardly get a chance to race for Wales so every chance you do get is amazing and you want to make the most of it," added the double Olympic gold medallist.
"To come away with two medals and win the road race was unbelievable, and something I'll always consider one of my biggest victories."
Thomas and team-mate Rowe are expected to play prominent roles for Team Sky at future Tours, while Doull could feature having joined from Team Wiggins.
Doull, 23, emulated Thomas in winning team pursuit gold at the Rio Olympics but announced at the 2016 BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year ceremony that he would not compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Track cyclists such as Barker are expected to be included in Wales' cycling team for the Gold Coast event when it is named in 2017.
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The supermarket chain said it took the action against those from Ysgol John Bright after trouble was caused at the store before the Easter break.
But the school's head teacher Graham Davies told BBC Wales he was "not aware" there would be a blanket ban and has spoken to the store's manager.
Asda said it would continue to work with the school to reach a positive outcome.
A spokesperson added: "Following a number of complaints from customers about the school children causing trouble, we've taken the decision to enforce a temporary ban on groups of children during school time."
Ronnie Hughes, deputy leader of Conwy council, said the store had "gone too far" stopping all pupils in the school's uniform from going in.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War. Most of the Syrian Arab inhabitants fled the area during the conflict.
An armistice line was established and the region came under Israeli military control. Almost immediately Israel began to settle the Golan.
Syria tried to retake the Golan Heights during the 1973 Middle East war. Despite inflicting heavy losses on Israeli forces, the surprise assault was thwarted. Both countries signed an armistice in 1974 and a UN observer force has been in place on the ceasefire line since 1974.
Israel unilaterally annexed the Golan Heights in 1981. The move was not recognised internationally.
There are more than 30 Jewish settlements on the heights, with an estimated 20,000 settlers. There are some 20,000 Syrians in the area, most of them members of the Druze sect.
Southern Syria and the capital Damascus, about 60 km (40 miles) north, are clearly visible from the top of the Heights while Syrian artillery regularly shelled the whole of northern Israel from 1948 to 1967 when Syria controlled the Heights.
The heights give Israel an excellent vantage point for monitoring Syrian movements. The topography provides a natural buffer against any military thrust from Syria.
The area is also a key source of water for an arid region. Rainwater from the Golan's catchment feeds into the Jordan River. The area provides a third of Israel's water supply.
The land is fertile, with the volcanic soil being used to cultivate vineyards and orchards and to raise cattle. The Golan is also home to Israel's only ski resort.
Syria wants to secure the return of the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal. In late 2003, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he was ready to revive peace talks with Israel.
In Israel, the principle of returning the territory in return for peace is already established. During US-brokered peace talks in 1999-2000, then Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak had offered to return most of the Golan to Syria.
But the main sticking point during the 1999 talks is also likely to bedevil any future discussions. Syria wants a full Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 border. This would give Damascus control of the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee - Israel's main source of fresh water.
Israel wishes to retain control of Galilee and says the border is located a few hundred metres to the east of the shore.
A deal with Syria would also involve the dismantling of Jewish settlements in the territory.
Public opinion in Israel appears not to favour withdrawal. Opponents say the heights are too strategically important to be returned.
Indirect talks between Israel and Syria resumed in 2008, through Turkish government intermediaries, but were suspended following the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over a corruption inquiry.
The Israeli government under Binyamin Netanyahu elected in February 2009 indicated that it was determined to take a tougher line over the Golan, and in June 2009, the Syrian leader said there was no partner for talks on the Israeli side.
The US administration of President Barack Obama - who took up office in January 2009 - declared the restarting of talks between Israel and Syria to be one of its main foreign policy goals, but the advent of civil war in Syria in 2011 put paid to any progress.
Syrian fighting reached the Golan ceasefire lines in 2013, when Israel returned fire after rebel shells landed in Golan. Israeli and Syrian Army troops exchanged fire across their lines in May.
A decision on the 12,000-capacity venue was deferred by councillors earlier this month because of concerns about how people would get to and from it.
Revised plans include a shuttle service from Bristol Parkway, more bike spaces and stewards to guide pedestrians.
The new proposals will be considered by Bristol City Council's Development Control Committee on 6 April.
The long-awaited city centre venue had been due to open in 2018. But there have been concerns that, without a car park, concert-goers would clog up nearby streets.
In a bid to address this, the city council has allocated £7.75m of the project's budget to fund coach drop-off bays, taxi spaces and increased cycle parking.
It will also make use of park-and-ride sites and work with First Group and Great Western Railway to provide additional buses and a shuttle service to the railway station after events.
Tomasz Procko, 22, and Karol Symanski, 29, died in an "entirely foreseeable and preventable" accident while hauling a sofa on to a first-floor balcony.
They died when 130-year-old railings supporting the sofa gave way in 2014.
Boss Martin Gutaj, 44, from Brentford, was jailed for 14 months.
Martinisation (London) Limited, which denied any wrong-doing, was found guilty of health and safety breaches and charged with two counts of corporate manslaughter.
The now-defunct company was also fined £1.2m.
The court heard that in order to safely deliver the "big and cumbersome" 18-stone (115kg) sofa required an elevator that would have cost £848.
Gutaj rejected the suggestion. He said the workers "do not have time for all that" and they would have to manually move the sofa to the flat in Cadogan Square - located between Harrods and Sloane Square.
Mr Procko's parents made statements about their "irreversible loss" read out in court in their absence.
Agnieszka Procko described her son as a "wonderful, intelligent person who loved life very much" and a "sensitive boy" who was well liked by his friends.
She said: "We as a family are not judging anyone but our world has collapsed after the death of our son.
"Maybe if the standards were maintained then this terrible tragedy would not have happened.
"We do not feel resentment or anger towards anyone but it is not for us to assess who bears the responsibility for the death of our son. Let the court decide this."
The court heard that at the time, the company, which specialised in "high end residential contracts" in Kensington and Chelsea, had a turnover of £9.7m per year but went into liquidation in August last year.
Sentencing, Judge Gerald Gordon said company documents were "for show" and a health and safety culture was "entirely lacking", despite warnings.
On the day of the accident, there was a "shocking failure to consider the health and safety of employees and others", he said.
Judge Gordon said Gutaj's motives for ignoring the warnings "must have been in one way or another to benefit his business".
He added: "The word has got to get out that health and safety on building sites is not a boring technicality.
"It is vital to the safety of employees and others in what is inherently a dangerous environment.
"Those who are wilfully blind to the risks despite warnings - as you were - have got to expect to go immediately to prison."
Gutaj was disqualified from being a company director for four years.
Northamptonshire County Council installed the "visibility screen" at the Danes Camp Way roundabout, in the hope it would slow down vehicles.
Some people told BBC Northampton's Facebook page it was "dangerous" while others backed the move.
Motoring group the AA said, drivers would have to be "pretty stupid" not to slow down at the roundabout.
But Paul Watters, head of road policing at the AA, said alternative options may have been better.
"It's a compromise solution," he said.
"Traffic lights or realigning the approach roads to make the traffic slower would be other, more expensive, options."
The council said it installed the fence after residents expressed concerns about the safety of the roundabout.
"Accident data showed that many collisions in the locality were caused by speeding vehicles and we worked with the police and residents to achieve a solution," a spokesman for the council said.
"Visibility screens have worked well elsewhere in the country and we are monitoring the effect of this one by comparing speed data before the measure against data to be collected now it has been established."
The fence prompted a large reaction on Facebook, where Simon Lambert said: "It's absolutely awful I felt like I was entirely blind - doesn't the highway code tell you to make 'proper observation' when approaching a roundabout - How can you??"
Emma Gosling disagreed: "It slows traffic enough to create gaps for others to get onto the roundabout and since this has been installed I haven't had to wait 10 mins for a gap in the traffic so it's absolutely doing it's job."
Zohore was Cardiff's top scorer in 2016-17 with 12 goals, and the 23-year-old striker has been the subject of a bid from Hull City.
He scored twice in the Bluebirds 7-2 win over AFC Tavistock on Monday.
"He realises I've resurrected his career and needs another 12 months with me and knock some goals in and then the world's his oyster," said Warnock.
Asked if Zahore could still leave if another offer came in, Warnock replied: "Not unless I have a heart attack and another manager takes over."
The Denmark international is contracted to Cardiff until 2020 after agreeing a new deal in April 2017.
Zahore's form improved dramatically after Warnock took over as manager from Paul Trollope in October 2016.
The striker had struggled to hold down a first-team place under Trollope.
Warnock does not rule out some departures and arrivals before the summer transfer window closes at the end of August.
"You never say never and we've got a few players to move on," he said.
"We've had one or two phone calls for one or two players but nothing that really interests me at the moment."
Cardiff finished Monday evening's match with 10 players as Warnock chose not to use all his substitutes.
"I wanted to go 10 men and see how we coped with that," he said.
The Bluebirds play further friendly matches against Bodmin Town on Wednesday, 19 July and Plymouth Argyle on Friday, 21 July.
Altimeter and PAR said the airline has done little to improve performance and announced they would put forward six new board members for election at United's annual meeting.
They blamed an "entrenched board" on the airline's failure to make progress.
But United's chairman Henry Meyer said the shareholders had ignored attempts the board had made to engage them.
Together Altimeter and PAR control 7.1% of United's shares.
The investors object to United's decision, on Monday, to expand the size of its board with three new members.
"Yesterday's last-ditch effort - adding just three people to its now 15-person board - is a cynical attempt to preserve power by this entrenched board," said Brad Gerstner chief executive of Altimeter.
United announced its chief executive officer Oscar Munoz will return to full time work on 14 March after recovering from a heart attack in October.
"PAR and Altimeter have unilaterally taken this hostile action with no concern that a proxy fight could distract the company from executing on Oscar [Munoz]'s strategic plan," Mr Meyer said.
Among Altimeter's and PAR's nominees for new board members is former Continental Airlines chief executive Gordon Bethune - who ran that airline until 2004.
United and Continental merged in 2010.
Mr Jones died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for the Keighley Cougars last May.
His wife Lizzie Jones launched a campaign to get defibrillators into as many grassroots clubs as possible.
Before his death Mrs Jones said she was "oblivious" to the risk posed by heart problems in players.
"I used to think about injuries," she said.
"What if he breaks his leg or what if he collapses off a bad tackle, but never once did I think about his heart."
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Mr Jones, a father to twin babies Phoebe and Bobby, died aged 29.
As well as the defibrillator drive, Mrs Jones campaigned for the screening of all professional rugby league players for cardiac problems.
The Rugby Football League introduced compulsory medical checks for all three of its professional and semi-professional leagues this season.
Mrs Jones said she was "proud" that professional players were now being screened, but amateur and junior players also needed protection
"What about the children and what about the teenagers who are at high risk of this disease?" she said.
"These girls and boys are playing rugby every weekend, mostly going out when there's no doctor there. There might be a first-aid trained person there but they should have that equipment.
"I personally would never let Phoebe and Bobby play anywhere now without knowing they have that equipment there."
It was supposed to be.
The seat, moulded to include a protruding penis and chest, was designed to highlight sexual harassment experienced by female passengers.
The explanation next to the men-only label read: "It is uncomfortable to sit here, but that is nothing compared to the sexual violence that women suffer on their daily journeys."
The seat is not a permanent fixture, but part of a campaign launched by UN Women and the Mexico City authorities called #NoEsDeHombres, which aimed to highlight sexual harassment on public transport.
But the response has been mixed.
Underneath a video of the stunt, which has been seen more than 700,000 times in the past 10 days, some viewers praised the idea, while others called it "sexist" and unfair to men.
Gendes is a Mexican civil society organisation that focuses on working with men to promote equality and combat sexual harassment, which remains a major problem in the country.
Rene Lopez Perez, who heads their research programme, praised the campaign for taking an important issue and making it a talking point. But he also stressed the importance of not seeing all men as attackers.
"It's important not to stigmatise all men as violent and potential attackers of women," he said.
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Holly Kearl, who founded the US-based website Stop Street Harassment, said there was something to be said for turning the focus away from women for once.
When she attended the UN Women Safe Cities Global Leaders' Forum in Mexico City last month, she noted the onus of change was often put on women.
"Too often initiatives around women's safety focus on what women should or should not do, so it is refreshing to see a creative campaign aimed at men," she said.
The Mexican capital's public transit system has long had a bad reputation for women's safety.
In 2014, UK polling company YouGov conducted a survey about harassment on public transportation worldwide. For verbal and physical harassment, Mexico City's metro was voted the worst.
Over the years, the city has tried various strategies to make women feel safer.
Trains have separate carriages for women. Women-only buses were also launched. An art collective, known as Las Hijas De Violencia (The Daughters of Violence), saw women responding to street harassment by blasting back at attackers with punk music and a confetti cannon.
Last year, the city's mayor caused controversy by announcing another new strategy: women were to be offered a small, city-branded whistle that they could toot when they felt threatened.
The plan was largely derided for not getting to the root of the problem.
"If screaming doesn't help, how will this?" wrote Mexico-based journalist Andrea Noel on Twitter.
Another Twitter user parodied the idea by suggesting the mayor's office also created a set of maracas to shake when you come across a case of corruption.
Ninde, who does not want to be known by her full name, says she has no trust in the female-only carriages after she was assaulted in one last year when a man ejaculated over her.
She tries not to use the metro now, and will only do so if accompanied.
She would like to see more done to improve the service for women, but she does not think the "penis seats" help.
"It seems to ridicule sexual harassment. A real sexual assault is nothing like this," she says. "I feel a little outraged that there are no real actions to eradicate the problem."
In the bond market, "a number of anomalies suggest that all is not well," said Claudio Borio, the head of the monetary and economic department at BIS.
He also warned the amount of bad loans in the eurozone is "too high".
Any forthcoming US rate hike could harm emerging economies, said BIS.
"Less favourable financial market conditions," together with a weaker outlook for the global economy "and increased sensitivity to US interest rates, heighten the risk of negative spillovers" into emerging economies once the US does decide to raise interest rates, it said.
A rise in the dollar's value that may accompany a rate rise could lead to loans made in dollars in these countries becoming less affordable.
Loans in dollars to emerging economies - which would include Brazil, China, Russia and India - doubled since 2009 to more than $3tn (£1.99tn) said BIS.
"Despite low interest rates, rising debt levels have pushed debt service ratios for households and firms above their long-run averages, particularly since 2013, signalling increased risks of financial crises" in emerging market economies, it said.
The International Monetary Fund downgraded its forecast for global economic growth in October.
It reduced its figure for 2015 to 3.1% from the 3.3% it predicted in July. The 2016 forecast is down to 3.6% from 3.8%.
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee, which decides on monetary policy including rates, opted in October to keep US interest rates unchanged, at record lows of 0% to 0.25%, the same level they have been at since December 2008.
It meets again on 15-16 December.
Mr Borio noted that "financial institutions, notably banks, are not using their balance sheet capacity as they once did."
Concern has been growing about the corporate bond market and the ability for investors to be able to buy and sell corporate debt.
A lack of buyers could lead to a crisis in the corporate bond market, the head of money manager Aberdeen Asset Management, Martin Gilbert told the BBC on 30 November.
But in Pakistan the excitement felt by some at the news that 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest person ever to win the peace prize has been met in equal part by antagonism.
On social media congratulatory messages were followed closely by scornful and sarcastic ones.
It did not even make the grade for Pakistani TV's typically hysterical breaking news marathons. Many Pakistanis would not even have known she was up for the award.
Indeed, journalist Tariq Khattack , actually condemned it, telling the BBC: "It's a political decision and a conspiracy."
"She is a normal, useless type of a girl. Nothing in her is special at all. She's selling what the West will buy."
This kind of talk will seem utterly incomprehensible to most observers, including many in Pakistan, but it has been an all too common view expressed in the two years since Malala was shot in the head by Taliban militants.
Of course most political leaders said the prize was well-deserved. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Asif Zardari congratulated her and the people of Pakistan on this rare achievement, saying she had done the nation proud.
A few girls' schools in Punjab offered thanksgiving prayers.
But in Malala's hometown of Mingora in north-western Pakistan, it remained a quiet Friday.
Many were busy with prayers when the news arrived. Most schools were closed for Eid, and those that were open did not have any special celebrations.
It was in this town that Malala defied the draconian edicts of the Taliban and made a bold stand in favour of education.
As a schoolgirl she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu under a pseudonym, and when the Taliban were forced out of the region by the military in 2009, she launched an open campaign.
She became an international celebrity after she was shot in the head by militant gunmen in 2012 but she remain in the UK where she received treatment, largely because it is not safe for her to return home.
While many in Pakistan have praised her for her desire for education and her courage to make a stand for it, many others view her as a stooge of the west, as someone the Americans have set up to become a role model and misguide Pakistani Muslims.
"The Americans and Malala's father conspired to get her shot so she can become a hero," was the somewhat surprising conclusion of one editor of a Mingora-based newspaper some months ago.
One Islamabad housewife said: "What has she done to deserve [the Nobel prize]? She may be brave, but she's only a child. They should have waited 10 years and let her make a mark among the deprived sections of the society."
It is a view that has infuriated many more liberal Pakistanis who made their anger known on Twitter, excoriating those who tried to belittle this win.
This division in views on Malala is for the most part symptomatic of a division that dates from the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan.
Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who has been her guide and mentor, is associated with ANP, a political party that links up with the Red Shirt movement. This is a secular force of Pashtun nationalists that was allied to Mahatma Gandhi's All India Congress and opposed the Indian partition.
After independence, the Red Shirts were dubbed as traitors and Indian agents, and often persecuted by successive military regimes that used religion and religious groups to garner support and legitimacy.
As the only political party in the Taliban-infested north-west to publicly call itself secular, the ANP suffered major setbacks during the last few years when scores of its leaders and activists were assassinated by militants. And while it still has a large support base, opposition to its outlook has been growing.
Even Tariq Khattack felt the need to make mention of Malala's father in his BBC interview.
"Her father is a good salesman, that's it, and the daughter has also become a salesgirl, dancing to the tune of the West. They don't deserve anything," he said.
So the mixed reaction that Malala has attracted can be partly explained in terms of her political heritage in a society where religion - and an enduring perception of the West as the enemy of Islam - has come to dominate public discourse.
And she is not alone in this.
In fact, she is the second Pakistani to win the Nobel prize.
The country's first Nobel laureate, physicist Dr Abdus Salam, belonged to the Ahmadi community, which was declared un-Islamic in 1970s.
Nobody, not even the government, has in living memory observed either his birthday or the anniversary of his death.
Malala's pedigree may prove to be slightly more tolerable.
Correction 13 October 2014: This article originally referred to Tarik Khattack as editor of the Pakistan Observer. This was not a position he held with the paper, which he left earlier this year.
BBC Wales understands that assembly officials were approached by the makers of Spectre, which stars Daniel Craig as 007, in late 2014.
But the request to film Bond in the Senedd's debating chamber was turned down.
The assembly said the chamber "is not a drama studio".
The Bond production team turned down its offer of using other locations within the assembly's estate.
Filming has already begun on Spectre, the 24th James Bond film, which is due to be shown in cinemas in November.
Sony Pictures has been asked to comment.
The assembly statement said: "The Senedd's Siambr [chamber] is the home of Welsh democracy and seat of government for Wales.
"Some media activity is allowed in the Siambr when it relates to the work of the assembly or reflects the Siambr's status as the focal point of Welsh civic life.
"It is not a drama studio.
"Decisions on requests from the creative industries to use the assembly's estate are made on a case by case basis, and we are proud to have collaborated with many television and film companies on drama productions such as Sherlock and Dr Who.
"The request by James Bond to use the Siambr was turned down and they were offered alternative locations on the estate which they subsequently declined."
A firefighter died in the town of Schwaebisch Gmuend while trying to rescue a flood victim, who also died.
In Weissbach a man died when an underground garage was flooded. A girl who took shelter from the rain under a bridge was killed by a train.
The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg was worst hit. Shipping has been halted on the Neckar river.
An Audi car factory in Neckarsulm has suspended work, because parts of the plant are now under water.
Hundreds of cellars have been flooded and mudslides have blocked several roads.
In the town of Braunsbach - one of the worst-hit places - floodwaters swept away two bridges. Dozens of homes there are at risk of collapse and must be evacuated, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.
One official said more rain fell in just a few hours on Sunday than normally falls over months.
About 7,000 firefighters and other emergency workers were called out to deal with the many incidents.
On Saturday lightning strikes injured more than a dozen people in Germany and France and killed a man on a mountain in southern Poland.
Several children were seriously injured by lightning during a birthday party in a Paris park - Parc Monceau.
Dywedodd Owen Hathway o'r NUT eu bod wedi gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru oedi cyn cyflwyno'r newidiadau fydd yn gofyn i athrawon ddysgu sgiliau newydd.
Ond mae'r llywodraeth yn dweud bod rhaid cydnabod fod yr holl ddiwygiadau maen nhw'n ei baratoi wedi eu cysylltu â'i gilydd.
Mae'r NUT yn cynnal eu cynhadledd flynyddol yng Nghaerdydd nes ddydd Mawrth.
Mae disgwyl y bydd y cwricwlwm newydd yn weithredol erbyn 2021.
Ond dywedodd pwyllgor o Aelodau Cynulliad ym mis Chwefror fod anawsterau gyda gweithredu'r cwricwlwm newydd, gafodd ei awgrymu gan yr Athro Graham Donaldson.
Yn ôl arolwg gan y Cyngor Gweithlu Addysg gafodd ei gyhoeddi wythnos diwethaf, doedd 38.6% o athrawon ysgol a 71.1% o athrawon llawn oedd wedi ymateb ddim yn ymwybodol neu'n lled ymwybodol o adroddiad ac argymhellion yr Athro Donaldson.
Dywedodd Mr Hathway, swyddog polisi NUT Cymru: "Yn amlwg nid oedd canran sylweddol o athrawon yn ymwybodol o'r argymhellion. Mae ymatebion yr ydym wedi ei dderbyn yn adlewyrchu'r arolwg yna.
"Mae'r proffesiwn dysgu'n gefnogol i'r hyn gafodd ei gynnig gan yr Athro Donaldson, ond rwy'n credu bod ymdeimlad ein bod yn symud yno'n rhy gyflym.
"Beth sy'n cael ei ofyn ydi i newid meddylfryd athrawon o gael eu rheoli'n fanwl i sefyllfa lle maen nhw'n cael cyfarwyddiadau i fod yn arloesol, yn greadigol ac yn hyblyg.
"Mae'n beth da, ond mae'n set o sgiliau gwahanol a dydyn nhw ddim o reidrwydd wedi paratoi'r proffesiwn i gynnig y cwricwlwm fel y bydd am fod.
"Dydyn ddim am ruthro i mewn i hyn, dyw ysgolion ac athrawon ddim wedi eu paratoi ar ei gyfer.
"Mae'n well ei gael e'n gywir na'i wneud e'r funud yma."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Mae'r gweithlu addysg yn chwarae rhan ganolog wrth gynllunio dyfodol y cwricwlwm a'r system addysg hefyd, gan gyfrannu at y Safonau Dysgu Proffesiynol newydd.
"Mae'n bwysig cydnabod bod yr holl ddiwygiadau yr ydym yn ei ddatblygu wedi cysylltu gyda'i gilydd."
The South African club booked their place in the 2016 final against Zamalek of Egypt by beating the Zambian outfit Zesco United 2-0 in the second leg of their semi-final on Saturday night.
It continues a dramatic renaissance for the Pretoria side who had been knocked out earlier by DR Congo's AS Vita Club.
However, Sundowns were dramatically reinstated and given a place in the group phase when Vita were disqualified for using an ineligible player in the opening rounds of the competition.
In between that loss and subsequent reinstatement Sundowns dropped down to the Confederation Cup and subsequently been knocked out of that tournament by Ghana's Medeama.
Sundowns have taken the opportunity with both hands, winning four group matches and topping the standings before going on to eliminate Zesco 3-2 on aggregate in the last four.
Denmark in 1992 were called up at the last minute to take the place of the war-torn Yugoslavia at the European Championship in Sweden.
Weeks later they had clinched an unprecedented victory that remains the reference for unlikely footballing comebacks.
"We are having fun. We are still having fun. Our focus is actually on the Champions League next year. We want to improve on what we've done this year," said Mosimane.
"People said we went in the back door. Yes, the back door - but now in the final. How nice! It's sweet! We've been playing continuous football for the last 15 years. We are struggling a little bit."
But Mosimane warned his players not to underestimate Egyptian club Zamalek when they meet them in next month's final after beating them twice in the group phase of this year's competition.
"It would be the biggest mistake [to underestimate Zamalek] we could ever do because Zamalek is more complex than Zesco," he insisted.
"Zesco played long balls, that's all. There is no combination play in the midfield but when you play Zamalek you are up against Hefny, Hosni, Shikabalala.
"They are unbelievably good. So it will be totally different. We need to just now forget the tactics we have used against Zesco and look to bring back how we played against Zamalek.
"But let's be honest, Zamalek will not be happy to play us either."
They now meet the Egyptians again in the final, hosting the first leg at Atteridgeville on 15 October with the return match in Cairo one week later.
Feeley's Fish and Chip Shop revealed the unusual request on its Facebook page on Friday.
The post has been liked more than 11,000 times and has attracted over 1,000 comments.
Alan Feeley said they had since received further unusual requests.
"We've had a few strange comments since, but we just ignore it and carry on," he told BBC Five Live.
The online order asked the driver to stop and get cold and flu tablets.
"I'll give you the money, only ordering food so I can get the tablets Im dying sick," it added.
Mr Feeley said it came in on a busy Friday night and staff initially laughed, but decided it would be the right thing to get it for the customer.
"They ordered a pizza meal with it, but I think she was a bit under the weather, she wanted the tablets more than the food," he said.
"It actually stated that on the comments."
The shop also said on Facebook that they would send a free meal if the woman let them know when she is better.
She replied: "Yous are real angels will do."
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But the Scottish Greens accused Ms Sturgeon's SNP of "attempting to make existing legislation look like a radical promise".
Elsewhere on the Holyrood campaign trail, the Scottish Lib Dems launched their manifesto.
And the Tories and Labour criticised the SNP's record in government.
Ms Sturgeon said she would consult on setting up a Register of Controlling Interests as one of her first acts if the SNP is re-elected on 5 May.
She said the register would "shine the bright light of transparency on to the issue of who owns Scotland".
She added: "The Panama Papers have exposed some of the issues around anonymous ownership of land - however the people of Scotland shouldn't have to rely on leaked documents to find out who owns Scotland."
The last SNP government passed the Land Reform (Scotland) Act earlier this year, but the legislation was branded too timid by critics, including some within the party.
Ms Sturgeon, who was visiting a gin distillery in Grantown-on-Spey before campaigning in Inverness city centre, also vowed she would be "a champion for all of Scotland's communities" if re-elected first minister.
But Scottish Greens candidate Andy Wightman, a long-standing campaigner on land reform issues, said: "This announcement by the SNP is an attempt to make existing legislation look like a radical promise.
"The Register of Controlling Interests is already legal requirement under Part 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
"The SNP is announcing that if elected, it will obey the law - nothing more. Any government is bound to obey the law."
The party's co-convener, Patrick Harvie, joined campaigners protesting against proposals for development on greenbelt land near Stirling.
Elsewhere, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson also highlighted rural issues on the election trail in Aberdeenshire, where she met farmers who are still waiting for CAP payments.
She highlighted NFU Scotland figures which show that almost a third of farmers were still waiting for their payouts last week, describing it as "failure of the SNP government's making".
"We are talking about people's livelihoods and a key sector in our economy, but the SNP had taken their eye off the ball on this and many other issues," she said.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale visited a youth football group in Edinburgh to outline plans to stops cuts to schools and children's services.
She said that under the SNP, budget cuts would put after-school sports clubs and extra-curricular activities at risk.
Ms Dugdale said that Labour would take "different and fairer" decisions of tax, reversing a tax cut for the top 1% and setting a 50p top rate of tax for those earning more than £150,000 a year.
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The IOC's rule had barred any athlete who has received a doping suspension of more than six months from competing in the next Games.
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The American, 25, argued it went beyond World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) sanctions of a maximum two-year ban.
The outcome may lead to a change of British Olympic regulations.
A British Olympic Association (BOA) by-law currently imposes a lifetime Olympic ban on those with doping convictions.
But, following the Merritt case, that by-law could potentially be contested by the likes of sprinter Dwain Chambers.
The 33-year-old has tried once before - and failed - to overturn his Olympic ban after serving a two-year suspension following his positive test for steroids in 2003.
Merritt and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) took their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), which overturned the IOC ban.
Defeat in the Merritt case is a blow to the IOC because it calls into question their right to decide who can compete at the Games. The additional sanction they brought in was motivated by a desire to send a strong anti-doping message, by telling cheats they weren't welcome at the Olympics but the Cas lawyers say that's unsustainable. The repercussions will be felt at the BOA too, whose by-law excluding anyone who has fallen foul of the doping laws from ever representing Great Britain at the Games will surely now come under greater pressure.
Merritt, the reigning world 400m champion, was given a two-year suspension, later reduced to 21 months, for failing three tests for a banned steroid in early 2010.
Under IOC rule 45, any athlete given a ban longer than six months is prohibited from competing at the next Games.
Now Merritt is looking forward to being able to focus on London 2012.
"I am thrilled to have this uncertainty removed for the 2012 season, and would like to thank the USOC for pursuing this case before CAS," he said.
"I look forward to representing my country and defending my title in the 400m next summer in London at the Olympic Games, and will prepare with even more determination than ever before."
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, after the decision Merritt's lawyer Howard Jacobs added: "I felt confident but, until you receive the decision, there has to be some doubt.
"It's not so much a second chance. He's served his suspension, returned to competition and the rules are supposed to be set up the same. That's what we hoped to achieve, not just for LaShawn but for all athletes."
Brazilian diver Flavia Oliveira, Hungarian wrestler Balazs Kiss, American diver Harrison Jones and US athlete Thomas Freeman could all also benefit from the ruling.
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Germany's Winter Olympic speed skater Claudia Pechstein, who received a two-year ban for blood doping in 2009, wants to compete as a cyclist in next year's London Games.
She said: "I am totally happy. Justice has prevailed and now the path is clear for my 10th Olympic medal."
Cas said in a statement that IOC rule 45 was "invalid and unenforceable".
But the IOC responded: "The rule was in our view an efficient means to advance the fight against doping, and we were somewhat surprised by the judgement since we had taken an advisory opinion from Cas on the rule and been given a positive response.
"When the moment comes for the revision of the world anti-doping code we will ensure that tougher sanctions, including such a rule, will be seriously considered."
There is no question that the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport is a blow to the International Olympic Committee and its president Jacques Rogge's zero tolerance approach towards doping
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The IOC introduced its own "increased sanction" of an automatic ban from the next Games prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Wada code, which came into force in 2004, harmonised rules around the globe and brought in a maximum ban of two years for athletes who test positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said: "This decision does not diminish our commitment to the fight against doping but, rather, ensures that athletes and national Olympic committees have certainty as they prepare for London."
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The world champion started from pole position after dominating qualifying but fell back through the field after a bad start. Team-mate Nico Rosberg won.
"I've had much worse in the first race," Hamilton said. "I take this as a real bonus to come back from seventh.
"There's a long, long way to go. I bagged good points today. I'm happy."
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live commentary as Hamilton gets swamped at the start of the Australian Grand Prix
Hamilton was third running into the first corner after Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel made better starts than him and then immediately dropped to sixth after being pushed wide by his team-mate.
Hamilton's team then switched his strategy to do just one pit stop rather than the conventional two, which meant he was seventh when the race was stopped for a massive accident from which McLaren's Fernando Alonso emerged unhurt.
Hamilton gained places as those ahead of him stopped and held off a challenge from Vettel in the closing laps.
"Generally for me it was a great race," he said. "It was really exciting.
"Having to fight back from behind, it's very, very hard to follow [other cars] as we all know from the history here. I'm just really proud of what the team have done.
"Ferrari are obviously there and in the battle so hopefully we have some exciting races coming up ahead of us.
"I did the best I could after a difficult start and I'm just grateful I got back. It was damage limitation really because Nico could have had a lot more points than me."
His remarks are a reference to the start of the 2014 season, when Rosberg won in Australia and Hamilton had to retire with an engine problem.
That meant he started the season with a 25-point deficit which it took him some time to claw back and put him on the back foot for much of the season.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said Hamilton lost about two metres to Rosberg in the first 100m of the race. He said the team did not yet know whether the slow start was down to a systems error or a driver error.
Rosberg said: "It was a great race and I'm really pleased. To win the first race of the season was awesome. It was a good kick-start to the season."
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The woman lost control of the vehicle, which rolled several times before stopping in the family's property.
Her daughter was watching some 700m (2,300 ft) away. She ran to the scene, fell and suffered some facial wounds.
But she was able to go home and ask for help by dialling the emergency number.
The incident happened when the 35-year-old woman accidentally drove down a steep slope off a private road in Bundook, about 250km north of Sydney, police said in a statement.
The quad bike, fitted with a cage, rolled and only stopped some 100m (328ft) off the road, trapping her leg.
The girl was waiting at the family home and after seeing the incident, ran to help her mother, falling on the way.
Even so, she climbed down the embankment, tended to her mother, climbed back to the road and returned home, where she called the emergency services on the number 000.
Several hours later, the woman was freed by rescuers and airlifted to hospital.
She suffered a fracture and several serious lacerations, and was in a serious but stable condition, the police statement said.
"Officers from Manning Great Lakes Local Area Command will formally acknowledge the child's quick thinking and life-saving actions," it added.
David, the girl's uncle, told The Daily Telegraph that the girl had learned at pre-school about calling the emergency services.
"Actually she rang 0000 but nobody answered so then she tried triple-0," he said.
"I reckon it saved Natalie's life... it was a massive task for a little girl."
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Many of tens of thousands of people who took part in Sunday's rally outside the government have left, but hundreds remained, putting up tents overnight.
The rally followed the release by the opposition of covert recordings which appear to show ministers plotting vote-rigging and the cover-up of a murder.
Mr Gruevski denies the allegations.
The government says the opposition is trying to destabilise the country for its own benefit.
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Mr Gruevski's supporters are planning their own demonstration in Skopje on Monday.
Adding to the political instability, last weekend eight police officers and 14 ethnic Albanian fighters were killed in clashes in the city of Kumanovo.
On Sunday night a long row of tents was seen near the illuminated government building, the BBC's Guy De Launey in Skopje reports.
Our correspondent adds that opposition leader Zoran Zaev was sitting at a picnic table, surrounded by supporters. He told the BBC he would spend the night there.
"Freedom and democracy have no price for us," opposition supporter Mirjana Janov was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
"And we will not stop until we see this dictator resigning," she added.
Earlier on Sunday, demonstrators carried both Macedonian and Albanian flags in a show of unity.
Police in riot gear were stationed near the protests. There were no reports of violence.
In 2001, Macedonia was on the brink of civil war when armed rebels demanded greater rights for the Albanian minority, which makes up about a quarter of Macedonia's 2.1 million population.
Last week, two ministers and the head of the intelligence service resigned.
Opposition leaders said intelligence chief Saso Mijalkov and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska were behind attempts to control the press, judiciary and electoral officials by tapping their phones.
Mr Zaev has been releasing a steady stream of recordings since February.
His party accuses the government of wiretapping 20,000 people, including politicians, journalists and religious leaders.
He says that scores of leaked recordings reveal corruption at the highest levels of government, including the mismanagement of funds, dubious criminal prosecutions of opponents and even cover-ups of killings.
He argues that the abuse of power allegations are so serious that the prime minister has to resign and call new elections.
Opposition parties have boycotted parliament since accusing the governing coalition of fraud in the April 2014 election.
But Mr Gruevski, who has won successive elections since 2006, has repeatedly rejected the allegations.
He has accused Mr Zaev of orchestrating a coup at the behest of unnamed foreign spy agencies who, he says, want to overthrow his conservative government.
Daniel Mark Kelley from Llanelli has been accused of blackmail and money laundering.
He has also been charged in connection with an attack on a college computer system, which later affected coursework submissions and exam administration at Coleg Sir Gar, Llanelli.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 12 September.
Police from the Tarian Regional Cyber Crime Unit said he has also been charged with blackmailing an Australian company's employee on four occasions after allegedly exploiting vulnerabilities of the company's website to access confidential customer information.
He is also accused of blackmailing a Canadian employee with emails and phones calls to his home after allegedly hacking into private data.
He has been bailed ahead of the court appearance.
The deaths took place over a 56-day operation in which one person was detained, Xinjiang government's web portal Tianshan reported.
It is the first official report of the 18 September incident at the Sogan colliery in Asku that killed 16 people.
Xinjiang, often hit by unrest, is home to a Uighur ethnic minority.
China says "foreign terrorists" are behind the violence in the region. Hundreds of people have died in attacks over the past three years.
Ethnic Uighurs, who are mostly Muslim, say Beijing's repression of their religious and cultural customs is provoking the violence.
"After 56 days of continuous fighting, Xinjiang destroyed a violent terrorist gang directly under the command of a foreign extremist group. Aside from one person who surrendered, 28 thugs were completely annihilated," the Xinjiang Daily said, according to Reuters news agency.
US government-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) was the first to report the mine attack in September. It said at least 50 people were killed.
Earlier this week, RFA said 17 suspects from three families, including women and children, had been killed in the police operation in response to the mine attack.
China strictly controls media access to Xinjiang so reports are difficult to verify.
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The encounter is thought to be the first confirmed private meeting between a Russian national and a member of Donald Trump's inner circle.
A special prosecutor is investigating whether Trump associates colluded with alleged Russian efforts to influence last November's US election.
Both Mr Trump Jr and the lawyer say the campaign was not discussed.
Mr Trump Jr was accompanied by the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and then-campaign head Paul J Manafort, meeting Natalia Veselnitskaya at New York's Trump Tower on 9 June, two weeks after Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination.
Mr Trump Jr said in a statement that they discussed a suspended programme for Americans to adopt Russian children.
He said it "was not a campaign issue at that time and there was no follow-up".
Mr Kushner's lawyer said he had previously disclosed the meeting on security clearance forms.
President Vladimir Putin suspended the adoption programme in 2012 after the US Congress voted in a law to allow the US to withhold visas and freeze financial assets of Russian officials thought to have been involved with human rights violations.
Ms Veselnitskaya, who played a key role campaigning against the law, said "nothing at all was discussed about the presidential campaign.
"I have never acted on behalf of the Russian government and have never discussed any of these matters with any representative of the Russian government."
Last week Mr Trump said interference in the election "could well have been" carried out by countries other than Russia and interference "has been happening for a long time".
Mandela's family had complained that the book, written by his doctor of almost 10 years, contained personal details.
The publisher said it had pulled the book "out of respect" for the family.
It added that the author had told them Mr Mandela's family had asked for the book to be written.
The author, Dr Vejay Ramlakan, said he had received permission to write the book Mandela's Last Years, but did not say specifically from whom.
On Friday, Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel was considering legal action against the book, accusing Dr Ramlakan of breaching patient confidentiality.
The book is reported to expose "undignified" episodes at the end of his life, as well as family squabbles.
Milton Nkosi, BBC South Africa correspondent
The withdrawal of the book shows just how much weight the Mandela name still carries years after his demise. Mandela's widow Graca Machel complained bitterly about aspects in the book. The outcry was supported by other Mandela family members.
This simply means that Mr Mandela's physician and author of the book Dr Vejay Ramlakan has been isolated. He was adamant that he consulted everyone who needed to be consulted from the family prior to writing the book. Clearly this has backfired now.
One of the details according to the book which did not sit well with Mrs Machel was the assertion that when Mr Mandela took his last breath it was in fact Winnie Mandela's hand he was holding and not hers.
Sello Hatang, the CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, welcomed the withdrawal and challenged the idea that Mrs Machel was doing some work for the foundation when Mr Mandela was on his death bed.
It is now left to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to come out to set the record straight on whether some of these most intimate details about South Africa's first black president, already in the public domain through the book, are true.
But a statement from Penguin Random House South Africa said it was "meant to portray Nelson Mandela's courage and strength until the very end of his life and was in no way intended to be disrespectful".
"However, given the statements from family members we have decided to withdraw the book."
No further copies of the book are to be issued.
Billed as the "true story of Nelson Mandela's final journey", the book was released to coincide with Mandela Day on 18 July. Episodes related by Dr Ramlakan in the book include:
Freckingham, 27, took 65 wickets in 23 first-class games for the county and was their leading wicket-taker in 2013.
He has struggled with injury and played just two One-Day Cup games in 2016.
The club's longest serving player, spinner Jigar Naik, 32, is also leaving, as is 22-year-old wicketkeeper Michael Burgess.
Naik, who made his first-class debut for the county in 2006, took 236 wickets for Leicestershire across all three formats, including six five-wicket hauls.
Meanwhile, captain Mark Cosgrove was named Leicestershire Cricketer of the Year, the club's best County Championship player and won the batting award at the county's end of season dinner.
Flowers, 47, a Premier League winner with Blackburn Rovers in 1995, has been appointed by Whild as his first-team coach until the end of the season.
Former Harriers striker Steve Guinan will continue to have some involvement.
Whild has also made his first signing, bringing in Birmingham City defender Amari'i Bell, 19, on loan.
The Blues academy product signed from Solihull Moors in 2011, has signed on loan until the end of the season.
He has been out on loan in the Conference Premier already this season with Nuneaton Town, having been on the winning side against Harriers back in August during Boro's eight-match unbeaten start to the season.
"Games are coming thick and fast so we need to help the lads by bringing one or two in," said Whild, former manager Steve Burr's assistant, brought in from the cold to replace the sacked Andy Thorn on Wednesday.
"Amari'i can play in a number of positions," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"He's already played in the Championship and it's good to bring in someone like that in. It gives us a bit of cover on the left-hand side. "
Bell made his Championship debut in Blues' 2-1 home defeat by Leicester City at the end of January, having been recalled from Nuneaton by boss Lee Clark as cover for injuries, but a batch of January signings have freed him up for another loan move.
He is hoping to make his debut for the club in Saturday's trip to managerless Wrexham - a repeat of last season's play-off final, between two teams both having an indifferent season.
Kidderminster, 10th in the table, are just four points adrift of the play-off pack, while Wrexham, their conquerors over two legs in April, are a further four points back in 14th, following Andy Morrell's departure as manager on 24 February.
After completing his first deal since being restored to first team duties following the departure of Harriers chairman Mark Serrell and manager Andy Thorn, Whild is expected to oversee more transfer activity at Aggborough before this season's loan deadline on 28 March.
But, with Guinan kept busy by his main job as academy manager, Whild was keen to appoint a number two of his own. And Flowers, initially brought to Aggborough as goalkeeping coach by Burr in February 2010, fits the bill.
"Everybody knows about Tim's background," Whild told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "His CV speaks for itself.
"He's as keen as mustard to be involved and it will be great to have someone of that experience and knowledge around the place."
According to his papers, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto), was born in December 1870.
But Indonesia only started recording births in 1900 - and there have been mistakes before.
Yet officials told the BBC his papers were valid, based on documents he provided and interviews with him.
He was taken to hospital on 12 April because of deteriorating health. Six days later he insisted on checking out to return home.
"Since he came back from the hospital, he only ate spoonfuls of porridge and drank very little," his grandson Suyanto told the BBC.
"It only lasted a couple of days. From that moment on to his death, he refused to eat and drink."
When asked about the secret of his longevity, Mbah Ghoto told the BBC last year that patience was key and that he had "a long life because I have people that love me looking after me".
A heavy smoker until the end, he outlived four wives, 10 siblings and all his children.
In his village, he was a local hero famous for telling great stories about the wars against Japan and the Dutch colonisers.
Grandson Suryanto said his grandfather was buried on Monday morning in a local cemetery plot he bought several years ago.
A tombstone that had sat beside his house for many years was placed above the grave.
"He didn't ask much. Before he died, he just wanted us, his family, to let him go," his grandson said.
If independently verified, his age would make Grandpa Ghoto older than French centenarian Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she died, and is considered the longest living human in recorded history.
Rothera Research Station will be home to the exploration ship RRS Sir David Attenborough. An online public vote had favoured the name Boaty McBoatface.
Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey will use the money to build a new wharf, storage and living quarters.
Its director of operations Tim Stockings said it was "an exciting moment for polar science".
Rothera is a centre for biological research and a hub for supporting deep-field and air operations.
It supports a range of British university and international science programmes, including the Dirck Gerritsz laboratory operated by the Netherlands.
The Department for Business and Science said the upgrade would allow teams to conduct more ambitious expeditions to untapped areas of the Antarctic and the Arctic.
Science minister Jo Johnson said the investment would help ensure "our world-class research sector has the tools it needs to thrive on a global stage".
Construction company BAM has been appointed to build the facilities, which can only be done during the four month-long Antarctic summers.
The money will also fund the modernisation of buildings and facilities at British Antarctic Survey stations in Signy in the South Orkney Islands and at Bird Island and King Edward Point, both in South Georgia.
The whole project is expected to take between seven and 10 years.
Plans for the Falconry Centre and Owl Sanctuary, on a disused garden nursery near West Stafford, were approved by West Dorset councillors.
Residents living near the planned attraction claimed noise and traffic in surrounding country lanes would be "hell" if it went ahead.
The sanctuary said it was confident there would not be a noise issue.
Councillors approved the plans - 10 in favour, one against and one abstention.
Helen Yateman, who lives opposite the site, criticised the proposed access route, down a single track lane.
She said: "We moved down three years ago thinking this was a quiet lane, but now they're saying they're having all these people to visit. The road is really not up to it at all. It's going to be hell here."
The people behind the bid say it could attract up to 12,000 visitors a year and boost education, employment and tourism.
Sanctuary owner Martin Ballam said: "The entrance is before the properties and there would be a passing bay in the lane so I don't feel that's a great concern.
"I am also 100% confident that there will not be a noise issue."
Alan Thacker, chairman of Knightsford Parish Council, admitted the council had initial concerns but they were allayed when the projected visitor numbers were reduced from 20,000 to 12,000.
The attraction will be earmarked to be open annually between March and November.
He said the 28 member state leaders had asked him to launch consultations over who would run the European Commission.
He was speaking after a meeting in Brussels to discuss big election gains by populist and far-right parties.
The results of the European Parliament election led to calls for an EU rethink by those leaders who suffered defeats.
But despite gains by anti-EU groups, pro-European parties still won most votes overall.
By Gavin HewittEurope editor
Tuesday's summit was the first opportunity for leaders of all member states to discuss the way forward after last week's polls.
The BBC's Chris Morris says reforms could include less regulation and less focus on economic austerity policies, while measures to boost growth and create jobs could address voter discontent.
Mr Van Rompuy said the results of the European elections had shown "a mix of continuity and change" and that the Eurosceptic message from voters was "at the heart" of discussions between leaders.
He said the meeting in Brussels had been a "useful first discussion" and that EU leaders had agreed on putting the economy at the heart of the group's agenda.
"As the union emerges from the financial crisis it needs a positive agenda of growth," he said, repeating a common refrain of what is needed to reverse growing anti-EU sentiment.
President Francois Hollande asked Europe to "pay attention" to France after describing his Socialist party's defeat to the far-right National Front as "painful."
The National Front - which Germany's finance minister described as "fascist" - stormed to victory with a preliminary 25% of the vote, pushing Mr Hollande's Socialists into third place.
National Front President Marine Le Pen said she would use her electoral mandate to "defend France" and fight "crazy measures like votes for immigrants."
Speaking after EU leaders met in Brussels, Mr Hollande said the National Front victory was "traumatic for France and Europe."
"France cannot live isolated and frightened. Its destiny is in Europe," he added.
Europeans react to EU election results
"In the long run I hope for the transformation of the EU from a political monster to a free-trade and free-movement zone with no political structure."
Mateusz Lacki, Krakow, Poland
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country had the "utmost interest in France being successful", adding that she would do all she could to help foster growth and competitiveness in the French economy.
Mr Van Rompuy also told reporters that he would hold talks with the political groups to be formed in the European Parliament on who would be named as head of the next Commission, the EU's executive arm.
On the latest projections, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) will be the biggest political group and its candidate is former Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker.
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The German chancellor, whose Christian Democrat party is part of the EPP, indicated Mr Juncker might not end up leading the Commission, after some member states expressed reservations about him.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who sees Mr Juncker as too much of an EU federalist, is among those opposed to his nomination.
EU leaders have traditionally named the Commission head on their own, but under new rules they now have "to take account" of the European election results.
Our correspondent says the process for choosing the president of the Commission could produce fireworks amid rumblings over interpretations of the Lisbon Treaty.
But Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said that while there would be no time limit on Mr Van Rompuy, he would be expected to report back within two or three weeks.
"It should not be dragged out too long," Mr Kenny said.
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Cole, who died on 5 August aged 90, was best known as Cockney wheeler-dealer Arthur Daley in Minder, a role he played for 15 years from 1979 to 1994.
Reading a eulogy during the ceremony at Reading Crematorium, Dennis Waterman, said of his time as Cole's co-star: "We laughed all day long, every day".
The upbeat song "I Could Be So Good for You" was a hit for Waterman in 1980.
Waterman, 67, played Arthur Daley's likeable bodyguard Terry McCann in the hit series.
Delivering the eulogy at the 30-minute service, he said: "People are always asking me for anecdotes. Working with George was an anecdote. It was non-stop.
"It's a wonderful day I suppose, but a horrible one. Personally I would rather be doing Hamlet with no rehearsals than this."
Speaking after the service, Waterman added: "He was just the most popular person in showbiz and the nicest and the best.
"He was happiest when he was at home, when he was getting a few winners, and with his family and in his garden."
Cole's widow Penny, whom he married in 1967, read David Harkins' poem He Is Gone during the service.
She read the line: "You can open your eyes and see all that he has left", before jokingly adding, "all those television repeats".
Cole's defining role, as the small-time crook who dreamt of bigger things, regularly drew audiences of 17 million for the ITV show.
The actor, who lived in Stoke Row near Henley, Oxfordshire, also played Flash Harry in four St Trinian's films between 1954-66, starred opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Cleopatra, as well as gothic horror The Vampire Lovers.
He began acting in the early 1940s, appearing with Laurence Olivier in The Demi-Paradise, and taking a small role in Olivier's star-studded Henry V.
Cole was "surrounded by his family" when he died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, his agent has said.
The unbeaten Commonwealth super-lightweight champion takes on Mexico's Alfonso Olvera on the undercard of Frampton's WBA featherweight world title defence against Leo Santa Cruz.
"He doesn't put any pressure on himself, he just keeps calm," said Taylor of Belfast's Frampton.
"I'm not getting too excited about it."
Taylor, 26, won Commonwealth Games gold as an amateur in 2014. He followed that by winning the Commonwealth title in only his seventh professional bout, stopping Derby's Dave Ryan in five rounds at Meadowbank last October.
He has won fights in Texas and New York since turning pro in July 2015 but the bout against Olvera is his first in the so-called fight capital of the world.
"I'm dazzled, star-struck, being here," said Taylor, who came through Terry McCormack's Lochend club in Edinburgh.
"You have dreams of fighting in Vegas and the MGM Grand, where the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight, when you first turn professional.
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"I just never imagined it would be at such an early stage in my career on such a massive undercard.
"I'm pinching myself but at the same time I'm relaxed and looking forward to the fight.
"Being in the same stable as Carl, seeing his face up on the MGM, gives me massive motivation to be in his position one day, fighting for a world title.
"If I dedicate myself like he has done, there's no reason why I can't.
"He believes in his own ability. Between training sessions and away from the gym he switches off. I think it's really important, it helps you recover and feel sharper."
Taylor admits to being "amazed" at the casinos and hotels and the "madness" of the non-stop city and jokes he plans to tackle a 10,000-calorie burger after the fight.
Before then, he must conquer Arizona-based Olvera.
"He's had 11 fights, he's drawn one, lost two and they were against unbeaten opponents," Taylor said of his 27-year-old opponent.
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"He can fight and he comes to win so I'm taking it very seriously.
"I take every fight seriously, like it could be my last fight. A lot of fighters underestimate opponents and they get beat or get hurt."
Taylor is being touted as a possible opponent for his compatriot Ricky Burns, the WBA world super-lightweight champion.
"I feel I am ready to go in with anybody, but it's just about being smart," he said.
"I need to earn the right to fight Ricky Burns. He's world champion and I've only had seven fights. I've got to climb the ladder.
"If I was in against him I'd be confident, but it's not my style to call fighters out. I have massive respect for Ricky Burns. He has put Scottish boxing back on the map."
Interview by Mike Costello.
The editorial in DPRK Today said he was a "far-sighted presidential candidate".
Mr Trump recently said he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and has also proposed withdrawing US troops from South Korea.
Analysts said the editorial was not official policy but probably reflected Pyongyang's thinking.
BBC Monitoring says DPRK Today is one of several Korean-language propaganda websites operated by North Korea.
It is not considered authoritative on the views of Pyongyang, and the author of the article is previously unknown.
Another editorial in the official Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday referred to Mr Trump as "vulgar".
The writer, Han Yong-mook - described as a Chinese North Korean scholar - said Mr Trump's policy on US troops would make the North's "Yankee Go Home" vision come true.
North Korea has long wanted US troops to leave the Korean peninsula.
"The day when the slogan becomes real would be the day of Korean Unification," said the editorial, first reported by website NK News.
It suggested Mr Trump's statement that he did not want to get involved in any conflict between North and South Korea was "fortunate from North Koreans' perspective".
The writer also said US voters should reject Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, calling her "dull".
"The president that US citizens must vote for is not that dull Hillary, but Trump, who spoke of holding direct conversation with North Korea," said Mr Han.
One North Korea observer said the article was "very striking".
"Admittedly it is not exactly Pyongyang speaking, but it is certainly Pyongyang flying a kite, or testing the waters", said Aidan Foster-Carter of Leeds University writing in NK News.
North Korea had earlier this month dismissed Mr Trump's proposal to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear program with Mr Kim as "just a gesture".
"I think his (Trump's) idea of talk is nonsense," So Se-pyong, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, had told Reuters.
Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA owner International Airlines Group, told investors its initial assessment of the gross cost "is in the order of £80m".
He promised to provide an update with more details when appropriate.
The chaos was triggered by an engineer who disconnected a power supply.
The major damage was caused by a surge when it was reconnected.
Speaking at IAG's annual meeting in Madridon Thursday, Mr Walsh apologised again for last month's chaos, describing it as a "dreadful experience".
About 75,000 passengers faced severe disruption when BA's system failed over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Mr Walsh said BA was "working hard to ensure that affected passengers are compensated as soon as possible".
He had previously announced an independent investigation "to learn from the experience".
During the outage, the GMB, a union which represents aviation workers, claimed the problems had been caused by BA making IT staff redundant and outsourcing the department last year.
Mr Walsh said on Thursday: "What we do know at this stage, however, is that this failure had absolutely nothing to do with changes to the way we resource our IT systems and services."
IAG chairman Antonio Vazquez said: "You can be reassured that we will do everything in our powers to avoid similar problems in the future and restore our customers' faith in British Airways."
BA was one of several airlines affected by a baggage system problem at Heathrow on Thursday morning.
Hundreds of passengers on flights operated by IAG-owned Iberia, as well as BA and American Airlines at terminals 3 and 5 had to fly out without their luggage.
Heathrow said the problem has now been fixed and apologised.
The accident, involving a Skoda Octavia and a Renault Clio, happened on the A836 at about 18:10.
Police Scotland have named the man who died as 77-year-old Maurice Embley, from the Lairg area.
Crash investigations are ongoing and officers appealed for anyone who witnessed the collision or saw either of the vehicles to contact them.
The 33-year-old midfielder, whose contract was due to expire this summer, joined the west London side in 2013 and made 39 appearances last season.
"Karl is a fantastic professional," manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told QPR's website.
"He is an experienced player and a leader on and off the pitch for us. He leads by example with his application and commitment."
A number of players, including Clint Hill, Alejandro Faurlin and goalkeeper Rob Green, were recently released when their contracts at Loftus Road expired.
But Henry, who was previously at Wolves and Stoke City, opted to stay after being offered new terms.
"I was happy to stay if the club wanted me to, so I'm really pleased they did," he said. "I'm very confident about the season ahead with this manager in charge."
The 21-year-old suffered a serious head injury in the attack on Mercer Avenue, Coventry, at about 17:50 BST on Friday.
West Midlands Police said it did not believe the shooting was random.
The man was a front-seat passenger in a black Peugeot 206. The force said it understood the car was travelling towards the Stoke area at the time.
An inquest is being held into the death of the Castlederg schoolgirl.
The 15-year-old disappeared after a night out in County Donegal in August 1994. Her body has never been found.
Last month the officer in charge of the investigation, Eric Anderson, told the inquest he had discussed the case with Sir Hugh.
Mr Anderson told the inquest that the decision to search the home of Arlene's sister Kathleen in 1996 was taken by the then chief constable following their meeting.
However, at a review hearing on Friday, a lawyer for the PSNI said: "Sir Hugh has said that he did not keep journals. He has checked notebooks and there is nothing in the notebooks regarding a meeting with Mr Anderson.
"He has no recollection of meeting Mr Anderson regarding Arlene Arkinson."
Nothing was found during the search of Kathleen Arkinson's house, but false rumours about her involvement persisted for years.
A barrister representing the Arkinson family has called for Sir Hugh make a statement to the inquest.
Arlene was last seen with child killer Robert Howard.
He was acquitted of her murder in 2005, but the jury was not told about his conviction for killing another teenager in England.
Friday's hearing at Laganside Court also heard there is no paper trail to support further claims from Mr Anderson that Howard was placed under 24-hour surveillance following his release from police custody weeks after the teenager vanished.
The inquest is expected to resume hearing oral evidence on Monday.
A number of police witnesses are expected to attend but counsel for the coroner said one officer was reluctant to co-operate.
"He is not prepared to attend unless he is summonsed," she said.
The court also heard that progress had been made regarding disclosure of outstanding police documents.
The hosts seized control early on and deservedly took the lead through Henry Jones after 14 minutes. The former Bangor City midfielder expertly controlled Andrew Bond's delivery on his chest and crashed home from six yards.
But Dagenham gradually grew into the contest and Morgan Ferrier, who had looked increasingly dangerous on the break, slid the ball home from 10 yards to equalise in first-half stoppage time.
Simon Grand finished from close range to nudge the hosts in front with five minutes remaining, but Sam Ling headed in a stoppage-time equaliser for Dagenham.
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Match ends, AFC Fylde 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Second Half ends, AFC Fylde 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2.
Goal! AFC Fylde 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Sam Ling (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Joe White replaces Bondz N'Gala.
Goal! AFC Fylde 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Simon Grand (AFC Fylde).
Substitution, AFC Fylde. Matthew Blinkhorn replaces Henry Jones.
Substitution, AFC Fylde. Johnny Smith replaces James Hardy.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Jake Howells replaces Fejiri Okenabirhie.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Oliver Hawkins replaces Michael Cheek.
Michael Cheek (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card.
Andy Bond (AFC Fylde) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins AFC Fylde 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
First Half ends, AFC Fylde 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1.
Goal! AFC Fylde 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Morgan Ferrier (Dagenham and Redbridge).
Goal! AFC Fylde 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Henry Jones (AFC Fylde).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The tournament is the only major the 46-year-old American has not won.
Thursday's US Open first round at Erin Hills in Wisconsin clashed with the ceremony in California.
In the build-up to the tournament, Mickelson had told the New York Times: "As I look back on life, this is a moment I'll always cherish and be glad I was present."
The three-time Masters champion, ranked 23rd in the world, was hoping rain would delay the start of Thursday's round and allow him to be at the ceremony and then fly by private jet to Wisconsin.
However, Mickelson officially withdrew when the second major of the year got under way in perfect conditions.
Mexico's Roberto Diaz took Mickelson's place and will tee off in a group with Stewart Cink and Steve Stricker at 14.20 local time (20:20 BST).
Amanda was born a day after the US Open at Pinehurst in 1999, when her father finished second to Payne Stewart.
The American said he would have left, wherever he was on the scoreboard, had wife Amy gone into labour.
During a long international career he sold 93 million records.
Born Ricardo Baliardos in a Gypsy caravan, he mastered the guitar as a child without being able to read music.
He recorded his first album in 1963 and went on a world tour after a triumphant concert at New York's Carnegie Hall.
As a rising star, he frequented cafes on the French Riviera and associated with celebrities including actress Brigitte Bardot and the artists Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.
He had dozens of offspring, and once admitted he could not say for sure how many children he had. Among his children, reports suggest, were various members of the popular Gypsy Kings group.
His talent continued to inspire generations of guitarists long after his celebrity had waned.
Nonetheless he died a poor man, having spent much of his earnings on his extensive family, French media report. His daughter Francoise said he died in a retirement home, with family members at his bedside.
In 2011 he described his main passions in life as "music and women" and said "I played with my heart, and I've always lived from one day to the next".
Verstappen collided with Ricciardo as they fought for fourth position at Turn Two on the first lap.
"It is never my intention to hit anyone but especially not your team-mate, and especially the relationship I have with Daniel," Verstappen said.
"We can always have a laugh so this is not nice."
The 19-year-old's immediate apology is likely to cool tension between the drivers.
Ricciardo said the move was "amateur to say the least".
Speaking before Verstappen offered his apology, Ricciardo, 28, told BBC Radio 5 live: "The way Max handles it, more than the way I handle it, will dictate how it goes in the future.
"For sure I can go and call him names after the race but it's more how he will respond - if he acts like the age he is, or if he acts like a man about it and and admits the error.
"If he starts bringing in some other kind of excuse, then we'll have some problems."
Ricciardo got the run on Verstappen after the Dutchman was pushed wide at Turn One by Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas and was ahead on the outside as they approached the next corner.
But Verstappen locked his brakes and slid into the Australian, breaking a radiator. Ricciardo spun into retirement on fluids from his own car a corner later.
Verstappen's move earned him a 10-second penalty, served at his pit stop, which cost him any chance of challenging the Ferraris and Mercedes. He came home in fifth place, just 13 seconds behind race winner Sebastian Vettel.
"I was on the outside of Turn Two, Valtteri was on the inside so I thought if I braked on the outside I could brake later," Ricciardo added. "I don't really know what he was doing because Valtteri was on the inside.
"It's frustrating. It's not even an overtaking move. It's an emotional response - sees me pass him, wants to make it back and messed it up."
Verstappen, who also angered Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton with his defensive driving early in the race, said: "It is not what you want to touch your team-mate but I didn't do it on purpose.
"You try to fight for position, but fair, but I locked up and it is difficult to control that when you are also tight on the first lap.
"It is not nice and good but I will speak to Daniel about that. I apologise to him and also to the team because we could have scored some good points there.
"We were both fighting for position in Turn Two. So we braked quite deep into the corner but I had a car in front of me so I locked the front and then I was just a passenger.
"I was trying to avoid Daniel, of course, but unfortunately it was not possible."
Remains of the 12th Century Gloucester Castle building were unearthed in 2015 during an archaeological dig.
Its exact location had remained a mystery for more than 200 years because the site was in the grounds of the city's jail, which closed in 2013.
The keep's location is to be shown within a paved area of a new residential and business development.
Revised plans for apartments and offices have gone on display in a public consultation at the site, after the original plans were altered to take account of the archaeological discoveries.
The former prison was originally built in 1791 over the levelled remains of Gloucester Castle, the keep of which had been used as the county jail since the 15th Century.
The 1983 manifesto was written at a time of economic turmoil, mass unemployment and Cold War tensions and is arguably more ambitious in its scope. It is certainly framed in more forceful language.
"Within days of taking office, Labour will begin to implement an emergency programme of action, to bring about a complete change of direction for Britain," it says.
"Our priority will be to create jobs and give a new urgency to the struggle for peace. In many cases we will be able to act immediately."
They are very different documents in many ways, written to reflect the concerns of their respective times.
Jeremy Corbyn's draft manifesto uses a more measured tone, talking about "delivering a fairer, more prosperous society for the many, not just the few".
There is no mention of socialism, in contrast to the nine mentions it gets in 1983.
But at the 2017 manifesto's heart is the same commitment to using government intervention and public money to boost industrial development and create jobs.
In 1983, Labour leader Michael Foot had a five year "emergency programme" to rebuild industry and end mass unemployment. In 2017, Jeremy Corbyn proposes a "a ten-year national investment plan to upgrade Britain's economy".
Both manifestos propose higher taxes on the rich and a crack down on tax avoidance.
In 1983, Labour said: "We shall reform taxation so that the rich pay their full share and the tax burden on the lower paid is reduced."
In 2017, Labour says "only the highest 5% of earners will be asked to contribute more in tax to help fund our public services".
The 1983 manifesto goes further, proposing "a new annual tax on net personal wealth" to "ensure that the richest 100,000 of the population make a fair and proper contribution to tax revenue".
Both manifestos include plans for a National Investment Bank to boost industrial development and support research and development.
The 2017 version would allow the government to use public money to support long-term, higher-risk investment that the bank's are reluctant to touch.
The 1983 version of the National Investment Bank is more interventionist.
It proposes drawing up development plans with "all leading companies - national and multinational, public and private". Like the 2017 plan, it would provide access to credit, but a Labour government would have the power to "invest in individual companies, to purchase them outright or to assume temporary control".
The 1983 manifesto also includes a commitment to reintroducing exchange controls, scrapped by the Conservatives in 1979, to "counter currency speculation" and stop capital "flowing overseas".
In 1983, Labour was committed to scrapping Britain's nuclear weapons, saying "we are the only party that offers a non-nuclear defence policy."
In 2017, Labour says it supports "the renewal of the Trident submarine system".
But, in a possible nod to Jeremy Corbyn's longstanding opposition to nuclear weapons, it adds "any prime minister should be extremely cautious about ordering the use of weapons of mass destruction which would result in the indiscriminate killing of millions of innocent civilians".
Both manifestos stress the need for Britain to work for nuclear disarmament through international bodies.
Although the 2017 draft manifesto backs Britain's exit from the EU, following last year's referendum result, it is less Eurosceptic in tone than the 1983 document.
It praises the EU for protecting workers' rights and the environment and vows to fight to keep them in Brexit negotiations.
The 1983 manifesto says European Economic Community, as the EU was then known, "was never devised to suit us, and our experience as a member of it has made it more difficult for us to deal with our economic and industrial problems".
Labour promised to begin withdrawal from the EEC without a referendum if it won power.
The 1983 manifesto pledges to renationalise the industries privatised by the Thatcher government.
The 2017 manifesto includes plans to renationalise the Royal Mail and the railways - which were still state-owned in 1983 - and part-nationalise the energy industry. Labour would also "take control" of the National Grid if it won power.
The trade unions play a more central role in Labour's 1983 plans for the economy, reflecting the greater power they had at that time.
The 2017 manifesto includes plans to restore some of that power by repealing the 2016 Trade Union Act and bringing back collective pay bargaining to some sectors. A Ministry of Labour would be introduced to oversee increased unionisation across the workforce.
Both manifestos include plans to build more council houses and offer more protections to private renters.
They also include plans to help more people buy their own homes and crack down on leasehold abuses. Jeremy Corbyn would also halt the sale of social housing, in an echo of the 1983 manifesto's pledge to end council house sales.
Labour's 2017 manifesto includes plans to cap energy prices.
In 1983, the party would have gone much further.
It proposed "a new Price Commission to investigate companies, monitor price increases and order price freezes and reductions. These controls will be closely linked to our industrial planning, through agreed development plans with the leading, price-setting firms".
It would "take full account of these measures in the national economic assessment, to be agreed each year with the trade unions".
Increased spending on the NHS is a key priority in both the 1983 and the 2017 manifestos.
In 1983, Labour pledged to "increase health service expenditure by 3% per annum in real terms".
In 2017, Labour is promising to spend an extra £6bn to be paid for tax increases on higher earners.
Labour's 2017 manifesto vows to "reverse" privatisation of the NHS. In 1983, the party promised to curb the expansion of private health care and "take into the NHS those parts of the profit-making private sector which can be put to good use".
"We will not allow the development of a two-tier health service, where the rich can jump the queue," the 1983 manifesto adds.
Both manifestos include a commitment to cut class sizes to below 30, although the 1983 manifesto pledges this for all schools, while the 2017 version says it will initially be for "all 5, 6, and 7 year olds", with the rest to follow "as resources allow".
Jeremy Corbyn is also pledging to introduce free school meals for all primary school children, paid for by removing the VAT exemption on private school fees.
The 1983 manifesto includes plans to charge VAT on private school fees and promises to "re-establish the school meals and milk services, cut back by the Tories".
It describes private schools as a "major obstacle to a free and fair education system" and promises to end their charitable status and "integrate" them into the local authority sector "where necessary".
It also rejects the "Tory proposals for student loans," a policy echoed in Jeremy Corbyn's pledge to scrap tuition fees and bring back maintenance grants for low-income students.
The 1983 manifesto also pledges to scrap corporal punishment - the beating of children with canes or straps - in schools. The Conservatives outlawed this in state schools three years later.
Net migration to the UK - the difference between the numbers coming to live in the country and those leaving - was 17,000 in 1983 - a fraction of what it is today.
In 1983, Labour said it accepted the need for immigration controls but vowed to scrap Conservative laws restricting the rights of Commonwealth citizens to remain in the UK and replace them with "a citizenship law that does not discriminate against either women or black and Asian Britons".
In 2017, Labour says it would scrap the Conservative target of reducing net migration to the "tens of thousands" and instead make a positive case for "controlled" migration to boost the economy.
It would bring in laws to stop companies undercutting wages with migrant workers or recruiting workers solely from abroad.
The internet may have been a distant dream in 1983, but then, just as now, broadband was a major preoccupation for Labour politicians, it seems.
The 1983 manifesto envisages a "national, broadband network" to carry a "wide range of new telecommunications services" and "greater variety in the provision of television".
But, it adds, this important new system must be "under firm public control", with the job of building it handed exclusively to "publicly-owned British Telecommunications".
Thirty four years later, the Labour manifesto includes a whole raft of broadband promises, including "universal superfast broadband availability by 2022", although there are no plans to renationalise BT to deliver it.
He said critics who accused him of winning last month's elections through intimidation and fraud could "go to hell".
The West African regional body Ecowas said the electorate had been "cowed by repression".
Mr Jammeh, who took power in a coup in 1994, was re-elected with 72% of the figures, official figures show.
The 46 year old said he did not fear a fate similar to Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak or killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
"I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so."
The November poll was the fourth since Mr Jammeh overthrew The Gambia's first post-independence leader Dawda Jawara aged just 29.
Opposition candidates Ousainou Darboe and Hamat Bah took 17% and 11% respectively.
Mr Darboe called the results "bogus, fraudulent and preposterous".
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) refused to send observers, saying the polls would not be free and fair because voters and the opposition had been "cowed by repression and intimidation".
The media group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says there is "absolute intolerance of any form of criticism" in The Gambia, with death threats, surveillance and arbitrary night-time arrests the daily lot of journalists "who do not sing the government's praises".
In 2004, the editor of the privately owned The Point newspaper, Deyda Hydara, was gunned down, but no-one has been charged over his murder.
In the BBC interview, Mr Jammeh denied that the government's security agents had killed him.
"Listen to me: Is he the only Gambian who died? Is he better than Gambians who die in accidents, Gambians who die at sea, Gambians who die on their way to Europe?" Mr Jammeh asked.
"Other people have also died in this country. So why is Deyda Hydara so special?"
Mr Jammeh said he was not bothered by the criticism of human rights groups.
"I will not bow down before anybody, except the almighty Allah and if they don't like that they can go to hell," he said.
In 2007, Mr Jammeh caused controversy by claiming that he could cure Aids with a herbal concoction.
Later, he also claimed that he could cure infertility among women.
Medical groups denounced him for making such claims.
The tiny West African state is a popular tourist destination.
The cinema, Maratha Mandir, will now continue to show the film just days after it stopped showing it, saying it was no longer commercially viable.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, a romantic drama, was first shown in October 1995.
The cinema said it received hundreds of calls from broken hearted fans within hours of deciding to end the run.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge translates as "The Brave-Hearted Will Take The Bride" and is popularly known as DDLJ. It follows two Indians living in Britain and the obstacles they face as they fall in love.
Featuring Indian stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, the movie is one of the most popular in Bollywood history.
"After we put up a board outside the theatre last Thursday saying we were taking down the film, we received more than 230 calls in the first two hours from unhappy fans," Maratha Mandir owner Manoj Desai told the BBC.
"We received calls not just from Mumbai but also from Delhi and Ahmedabad. We even got a call from a radio station in Dubai - they said whenever people from there visit Mumbai, they make it a point to watch this film.
"We never expected this kind of response," he added.
The decision to discontinue the film was taken by Yash Raj Films (YRF), the Bollywood studio that made DDLJ, and Mr Desai says the decision to continue with the screening has also been taken by YRF.
Both Mr Desai and the YRF have refused to reveal the details of what they say is a "mutually agreed deal" to keep the film going, for the foreseeable future at least.
In recent years, the film had not been making any money - the theatre screened the film at 0915 local time and the cost of the ticket was low at 10, 15 or 20 rupees (20-30 US cents) .
"For most people 9:15am was too early so we have revised the show time to 11:30am and ticket prices have also been raised by 5 rupees at all levels," YRF official Vinay Choksi said, adding, "let's see if it improves the collection".
The two expats featured in the story fall in love on a trip to mainland Europe, despite the betrothal of the female lead to a man in India.
But eventually they manage to convince their families to allow the union to go ahead.
With its uninterrupted 1,009-week run, DDLJ trounced all other Bollywood records for long-running films.
It is so well known that US President Barack Obama quoted one of its lines during a speech in India last month.
Ellie Harrison was awarded £15,000 by Creative Scotland for the project, which would see her deliberately confined to Glasgow for a year.
She was criticised on social media and accused of taking a "poverty safari".
Now the project has finished, she revealed that the first few months were "overwhelming".
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Ms Harrison said she effectively went "undercover" in the face of the media storm and started working on local projects.
"It was an incredibly stressful first few months," she told The Stephen Jardine Programme.
"There was so much anger that was thrown at me which I just processed and I thought about what it meant. I used it fuel the project in positive directions."
The project took its named from the term which describes the poor health and life expectancy in parts of Glasgow.
Ms Harrison, who has lived in Glasgow since 2008, took time off from her post as a lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College in Dundee to pursue the work.
As well as remaining in the city for the whole of 2016, she said she also travelled everywhere by foot or bicycle - cutting her carbon footprint to zero.
The project was designed to help her address "conflicts and contradiction" in her life, she said.
"I'd been living here but I wasn't working here," she added. "I was working in Dundee so I was doing this huge commute across the country two times a week.
"Most of the commissions or invitations I got as an artist were in other cities, or abroad. I was doing a lot of travelling in that respect.
"My parents are down in London - I've got a continual pull to try and take responsibility, be a good daughter, look after them.
"My niece and nephew, my sister, they're all in Norwich, so it just felt like everything that I was doing was outside of this city.
"Why the hell was I living here? Did I really know this city? And was I actually investing any of my time, my energy, my ideas, the skills that I have acquired through all the education that I have in making it a better place? So that was the contradiction that the project was founded on."
She told the programme that she moved to the city because of the so-called "Glasgow miracle".
"That's the story that tells you there's been a post-industrial renaissance in the city, we're a city of culture, we have international art stars and that is raising the living standards of everyone in the city," she said.
"It's not happening. It's just creating more polarisation and more division."
She added: "[The Glasgow Effect] was an opportunity for me to find out more about why Glasgow has the worst health equalities in the whole of western Europe but also, most importantly, to invest my time, energy and skills to try and improve the situation for the poorest people in this city."
The project saw her art cross over with activism - she has campaigned to nationalise the railways and improve bus services.
Her original funding application to Creative Scotland described The Glasgow Effect as an "extreme lifestyle experiment".
Some objected to the phrase, claiming that some people have no choice but to stay in Glasgow for reasons of poverty.
Ms Harrison said: "I am absolutely aware of that. But it was an extreme lifestyle experiment. There was absolutely no escape from the project because it was this year-long durational thing.
"Even when I woke up in the night and I was fretting or worrying about my family who were all in other parts of the country that I couldn't go and visit them - what if something happened to them? These horrible, human fears.
"When that was happening, that was all part of it, for me that was one step too far. To bring my family into this art project like that, I pushed it too far. I don't regret anything, I'm glad I've got to the end of it. "
Engineer Peter Johnston has submitted the idea to the Lego Ideas website, which invites suggestions for new sets.
The skyline includes tenement flats, Finnieston Crane, Glasgow University, the Squinty Bridge and the Duke of Wellington Statue, famed for its cone.
To be successful, the project needs to reach 10,000 backers and then be approved for production.
So far it has only 160 supporters, but has a year to hit its total.
Mr Johnston's design also features the Glasgow Science Centre Tower, which he says is true to life because it "also doesn't rotate".
He told BBC Scotland he was optimistic that if his models get the support that the Glasgow skyline kits could make the grade.
Mr Johnston's enthusiasm for Lego has even seen him build a copy of his wedding venue, Cloghan Castle in Ireland, including favours for the guests on the big day.
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The PM has argued instead for an "irreversible lock" and "legally binding" guarantees that EU law will at some point in the future be changed to accommodate Britain's aims.
As recently as January Mr Cameron said he would be demanding "proper, full-on treaty change".
The PM is holding talks in Brussels.
Eurosceptics and those who want to leave the EU altogether have always been suspicious that agreements between political leaders can be later undermined in the courts.
They believe that legal or treaty changes are necessary to deliver the prime minister's negotiating objectives - in particular to free Britain from the EU's commitment to build an "ever closer union" of nation states and to ensure that benefits such as tax credits be withheld from migrants who have been in the country for less than four years.
David Cameron's critics may fear that the formula he is now using is a watering down of that commitment and will demand to know who would interpret any legally binding agreement reached between the UK and the rest of the EU.
Downing Street insists, however, that it is simply a reflection of the fact that any treaty change will require a time consuming ratification process in 28 different countries involving parliamentary votes as well as referendums in France, Ireland and Denmark.
They point out that when Ireland had a referendum in 2009 on the Lisbon Treaty all other EU countries had not yet ratified the proposed changes in EU law.
The prime minister is to formally set out his proposals to reform the EU at tonight's European Council summit dinner.
He has achieved his objective of speaking to all 27 EU leaders about his plans ahead of the summit, holding the final talks with his European counterparts on Thursday morning.
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The PM's official spokeswoman said Mr Cameron had been clear he supported the fundamental values of the EU and the principle of free movement.
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Great Britain's Max Litchfield, 21, in his first Games, was fourth in 4:11.62.
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Double Oscar winner Michael Cimino's body was found at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, Eric Weissmann said.
Cimino, 77, who directed a total of eight films, will be remembered for a career of highs and lows.
While The Deer Hunter has been hailed as one of the best movies in Hollywood history, his next project, Heaven's Gate, was derided as a flop.
Mr Weissmann said Cimino's body was found after friends had been unable to contact him. No cause of death has yet been determined.
The Deer Hunter with its famous Russian roulette scene starred Robert de Niro and Christopher Walken and won five Oscars including the award for the best film in 1979.
It chronicles the lives of a group of friends from a Pennsylvania town and the devastating effect of the Vietnam War, both on those who fought in it and those who stayed at home in small-town America.
"Our work together is something I will always remember. He will be missed," De Niro said in a statement.
Based on the success of The Deer Hunter, Cimino wrote and directed Heaven's Gate, loosely based on the Wyoming Johnson County war of 1889-93.
It was a financial disaster that went four times over budget and a year behind schedule, It nearly bankrupted the United Artists studio.
But the film, starring Christopher Walken and Kris Kristofferson, has more recently been hailed as a masterpiece.
Cimino in his earlier career was an advertising executive who moved into film with the Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges crime caper, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, in 1974.
He also directed Desperate Hours (1990), starring Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins, and the gangster film The Sicilian (1986), adapted from a novel by Godfather author Mario Puzo.
Correspondents say Heaven's Gate led to the demise of director-driven productions in the late 1970s and the imposition of tighter controls on film budgets.
The exact causes behind the Permian-Triassic mass extinction have been much debated.
Two separate pulses of CO2 into the atmosphere - a "one-two punch" - may have helped fuel the die-off, new research suggests.
Changes to ocean acidity would have been one of the consequences, according to the study in Science journal.
Computer models suggested that this CO2 may have been released by massive bouts of volcanism from the Siberian Traps, now represented as a large region of volcanic rock in northern Eurasia.
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, which took place 252 million years ago, wiped out more than 90% of marine species and more than two-thirds of the animals living on land.
The event is thought to have played out over a 60,000-year period and acidification of the oceans lasted for about 10,000 years.
The team led by Dr Matthew Clarkson from the University of Edinburgh analysed rocks unearthed in the United Arab Emirates - which were on the ocean floor at the time.
The rocks preserve a detailed record of changing oceanic conditions at the time. They then developed a climate model to work out what drove the extinction.
The researchers think the rapid rate of release of carbon was a crucial factor in driving the ocean acidification.
The carbon was released at a similar rate to modern emissions. Dr Clarkson commented: "Scientists have long suspected that an ocean acidification event occurred during the greatest mass extinction of all time, but direct evidence has been lacking until now.
"This is a worrying finding, considering that we can already see an increase in ocean acidity today that is the result of human carbon emissions."
Jet Reaction had hoped to reach speeds of 400mph (643km/h) at Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, on Saturday.
The bike was to undergo tests on the beach ahead of a world record attempt in the US in September.
The Jet Reaction team tweeted they were hoping for better ground conditions on Sunday to allow a demonstration run.
The bike, which has a helicopter turbine engine, was built by Oxford engineer Richard Brown.
He hopes to beat US rider Rocky Robinson's 2010 world record of 376mph (605km/h) during a world land speed record attempt at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA in the autumn.
The bike, which cost £100,000 and took four years to build, had hoped to challenge a number of British speed records during the test runs in Wales this weekend.
If the bike eventually hits its target speed, it would cover 586ft (178 metres) a second.
Talking about his record bid, engineer Mr Brown said: "A land speed record is one of the finest opportunities any team can have to demonstrate engineering innovation.
"The challenge is to engineer a superior machine making it the best in the world.
"It is also an opportunity to demonstrate how a small team of talented individuals without vast financial support can produce a world-class vehicle."
Pendine Sands has been used for numerous world speed records over the decades.
The first person to use it for that purpose was Sir Malcolm Campbell on 25 September, 1924.
He set a world land speed record of 146mph (235km/h) in his Sunbeam 350HP car Bluebird.
The Italian, 60, missed Wednesday's victory over Arsenal, hours after he was first admitted in London.
He saw a respiratory specialist after failing to fully respond to treatment.
"He remains in a comfortable position and is making good progress but doctors have advised he misses this game to continue his recovery," Swansea said.
"He is expected to remain in hospital over the weekend before his release.
"Everyone at Swansea City continue to wish him a speedy recovery.
"Alan Curtis will continue to carry out his duties for the fixture against the Canaries."
Swans coach Curtis took charge of the side at Emirates Stadium and said the win will have lifted Guidolin's spirits.
After Saturday's game against relegation rivals Norwich, the Swans travel to Bournemouth on 12 March and then bottom club Aston Villa visit the Liberty Stadium on 19 March.
Wednesday's victory moved Swansea six points above the relegation zone in 16th place.
The country's currency, the rand, has lost ground, bonds and banking shares have fallen and there is a general air of impending doom.
Of the big three ratings agencies, only Standard & Poors has lowered South Africa's sovereign debt to below investment grade.
Should Moody's or Fitch follow suit, big international investors like pension funds would be forced, under their own rules, to sell their South African government debt. Those rules require two of the three to move to junk status.
South Africa's major banks have been quick to point out that they are financially sound and well-positioned to withstand the impact of sovereign rating downgrades.
Nonetheless, banking shares are taking a significant battering.
But the turmoil on the currency, bond and equity markets will spread to the wider economy soon enough.
As the rand falls, inflation will increase. This is because the price of imported goods rises in local currency terms. The flip side of this is that exports become cheaper and more competitive.
As inflation increases, the central bank, the Reserve Bank, will have to increase interest rates as a counter measure. This makes the cost of mortgages, home loans and any other borrowing ordinary South Africans want to do more expensive.
It also makes the cost of borrowing for companies more expensive and, as such, plays a role in slowing economic growth.
Higher borrowing costs and slowing economic growth can lead to job losses. South Africa's economy grew by just 0.3% last year and is not expected to top 1% this year.
In fact, some economists are saying the downgrade to junk has the potential to trigger another recession.
Getting out of junk status is difficult. According to Bloomberg, over the past 30 years only six of the 20 countries that have fallen into junk status have managed to claw their way out of it.
And the time taken for those who re-acquired an investment grade rating ranges from 13 months to 11 years. The average time is around seven years.
So, has the mirror cracked? Are South Africans in line for seven years of bad luck?
The initial signs are not good. But up until now the ratings agencies have been pretty patient with South Africa.
They warned that political infighting and slow economic growth were the main factors that could lead to a downgrade.
And they have been saying that for over a year.
What kept the finger off the junk status button was confidence in former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, but also a knowledge that South Africa has strong institutions and a working democracy.
It also has a number of sectors which are among some of the best in the world, particularly mining and financial services.
If a good degree of political stability can be achieved quickly and sustained going forward, the chances of South Africa pulling itself out of junk status in less than seven years improve dramatically.
If not, the country risks falling off the radar of the international investment community. If that happens, times could get tough, and stay tough for millions of South Africans.
The Football League had approved the deal on Tuesday after Eren passed their Owners and Directors Test.
Chairman Dave Pottinger, chief executive Michael Dunford, Ian Carter and Matt Turner have all resigned from Crawley's board of directors.
Eren had been in negotiations to buy the Reds, who were first put up for sale in March 2013, since October.
"We thank supporters for their patience during the sale process and we look forward to an exciting new era in the history of our club," a statement on the Crawley website said.
Eren, who is also involved in football in Turkey, is expected to issue a statement of his own on Thursday, but has set a target of reaching the Championship in eight to 10 years.
"The prospect of making this club fulfil its potential is an exciting challenge," he said last month.
"It has always been a desire to apply my football philosophy in England, the home of football.
"Over the past year, I have actively sought the right club. When we heard of the prospect of Crawley, I knew immediately it was the right choice."
Ok, so it's not a real zebra, but a much loved statue called Gilbert.
It was part of Marwell Wildlife zoo's mass art extravaganza with 149 other sculptures marking a path for visitors to follow through the city.
But disaster struck - Gilbert was stolen and the zoo has launched a campaign for the statue to be returned.
Only one team will be promoted from Division Two this summer to reduce the number of top-tier teams in 2017.
A top division of eight teams will be introduced, down from nine, with 10 counties in the second.
"It makes things more difficult in the short term," Morris said.
"But we've got a slightly stronger squad this year, we've certainly got a slightly deeper squad, and we've got a very motivated squad.
"We've got the balance that can certainly challenge to go up.
"It's not going to be easy, it never is, it's going to be slightly more difficult this year.
"But we want to keep up the momentum we started with at the beginning of last year."
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Glamorgan finished fourth in Division Two in 2015 after being second for part of the campaign.
Despite winning four matches in a row they failed to add to their victories in the latter part of the season.
Former England spin bowler Robert Croft has replaced Toby Radford as Glamorgan's head coach ahead of the new County season, which starts at home to Leicestershire on 17 April.
They have signed Netherlands fast bowler Timm van der Gugten and young Australian batsman Nick Selman, as well as converting all-rounder Craig Meschede's loan spell into a three-year contract.
Morris is confident Glamorgan can be part of any future city-based Twenty20 league, designed to copy the success of Australia's Big Bash.
The counties have voted to continue with a north-south split and an 18-team competition for the time being,
But Morris says the county will be part of continuing discussions with the ECB over the next 12 months.
The former England batsman hopes that Cardiff's SSE Swalec Stadium will host matches even if the number of teams competing is reduced.
"We're very fortunate we have got a great stadium," he said at the launch of a new BTEC Sport Studies qualification in conjunction with Fitzalan High School in Cardiff.
"Cardiff is one of the sporting capitals of the UK, we're using to holding major events and major teams here.
"Any potential changes that are going to happen, we feel we'll be able to respond to really positively."
Martyn Driscoll and Alan Stone ran the length of a marathon to create the art work using the running app Strava.
The 28-mile (45km) route in Upper Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, took them more than eight hours.
The route was plotted by tracing the dragon's outline on a map and then using the app to track their run.
When uploaded to Strava, the route shows up as a picture.
The pair did their dragon run on 1 April and said their friends did not believe it was real at first - but they eventually convinced them it was genuine and not an April Fool.
Mr Stone, 57, from Whitchurch, said: "We needed to chose an area which was quite big, on open land with no fences, major rivers or roads or cliffs to fall off.
"You just have to follow the way the app is showing you. There were a couple of quarries we had to go around, so if you look at the tail it's a bit wobbly.
"I don't think anyone has done anything so detailed over such a large area before. It was great fun and kept us entertained on a wet day."
Mr Driscoll, 38, from Radyr, said the pair were inspired by other people doing similar things on Strava from across the world.
"The images people have created are quite basic and we wanted to test ourselves. What could be better than doing the Welsh dragon?" he said.
"It was quite easy to navigate using an iPhone with a spare battery pack.
"We are both competent runners but it took us a lot longer than we thought. At the bottom there was a huge bog which slowed us down, but we persevered."
A number of "Strava artists" have previously made headlines for using the cycling app to plot drawings.
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Stephane Smith, born in Brazil but raised in the UK, scored from a penalty corner for the host nation's first ever goal at an Olympics.
But the team ranked 30th in the world were soon overwhelmed as GB struck nine goals without reply.
GB, who had lost to Belgium and drawn with New Zealand in Pool A, are third in the table.
The top four from each group progress to the quarter-finals, with Britain still to play Australia and pool leaders Spain.
Brazil, having shipped 12 goals against Belgium and seven against Spain in their opening fixtures, turned out to be the ideal opponents to give GB a much needed first victory of the Games.
And after the Rio crowd had celebrated the opener for the home side, GB responded with two goals each from Barry Middleton, Sam Ward and Ashley Jackson as well as strikes from Adam Dixon, Harry Martin and Mark Glerghorne.
Australia could have gone above Britain with a win, but Belgium's Tanguy Cosyns struck to secure a 1-0 victory, and Spain top Pool A after a 3-2 victory over New Zealand.
The Netherlands registered an emphatic 7-0 win over Canada in Pool B with Mink van der Weerden scoring three goals, while India beat Argentina 2-1. Pool leaders Germany beat Ireland 3-2 to leave the Irish winless after three games.
Callum McGregor's superbly placed finish put the Premiership champions ahead during a dominant first half from Brendan Rodgers' side.
Scott Sinclair squeezed in a penalty after Rangers' James Tavernier had fouled Leigh Griffiths.
Goalkeeper Craig Gordon twice denied Kenny Miller in Rangers' best attacks.
But the Ibrox side could not prevent the first defeat of Pedro Caixinha's reign as manager and must now focus on securing European qualification through the league.
Celtic have already won that tournament and the League Cup and will face the Dons back at the national stadium on 27 May - the second Aberdeen-Celtic cup final this season - hoping to complete the domestic clean sweep for the first time since 2001.
This was a difficult day for Rangers, but one can only speculate as to how much sorer it might have been had Andy Halliday been sent off after lunging in on Patrick Roberts early on. The Rangers midfielder took Roberts out and was fortunate to see yellow instead of red.
Quickly, Celtic took hold of things and their greater intensity, accuracy and quality paid off with the opener. Mikael Lustig hit a long ball over Danny Wilson's head and into Moussa Dembele, who took it down, looked around him and saw McGregor steaming forward untracked.
The Frenchman played it to McGregor, who stroked it coolly into the corner of Wes Foderingham's net.
Celtic were dominant but their mission was not helped when they lost Dembele to a hamstring injury just before the half-hour. Griffiths came on.
Rangers had been fortunate to escape a dismissal earlier with Halliday and were lucky again when Myles Beerman, already on a yellow for fouling Roberts, impeded him again a minute later.
Beerman survived, but it was not long before Rangers' hopes of a cup final appearance were extinguished.
Caixinha made two substitutions at the break - Joe Dodoo coming on for the peripheral Joe Garner and Barrie McKay replacing Halliday - but no sooner had those changes bedded in than Celtic hit their opponents on the counter-attack and smoothed their passage to the final.
It was Dedryck Boyata who broke up a Rangers attack and got his team on the front foot. Roberts took it on and put Griffiths into the box, where he was taken down by Tavernier. The spot-kick from Sinclair found the target via Foderingham's diving hands and then the inside of his right-hand post.
There could have been more. Foderingham tipped over Griffiths' shot, Boyata headed over and Roberts had one saved. Celtic then lost their edge and Rangers got on top and started creating chances - good ones.
Just after the hour, Miller had a close-range header saved by Gordon. The striker might have done a whole lot better.
Then, with 10 minutes left, he had another opportunity - a point-blank shot kicked away by Gordon. Again, it was the type of opening that Rangers had to convert.
Martyn Waghorn headed over from a good position, Dodoo forced a diving save from Gordon and, at the other end, McGregor's replacement Tom Rogic hit a post for Celtic.
Those late chances will give Rangers hope for their Old Firm league meeting at Ibrox on Saturday - but Celtic's victory was well earned and their treble dream remains very firmly on track.
Match ends, Celtic 2, Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Rangers 0.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
Attempt saved. Joseph Dodoo (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Josh Windass (Rangers).
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Myles Beerman.
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Dedryck Boyata.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Patrick Roberts.
Danny Wilson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jozo Simunovic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Windass (Rangers).
Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
Foul by Scott Sinclair (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rangers. Josh Windass replaces Emerson Hyndman.
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Bates (Rangers).
Foul by Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
James Tavernier (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Mikael Lustig.
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Dodoo (Rangers).
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The body of Carl Scott was found by a member of the public at a house in the Stanmore area on Wednesday afternoon.
Police confirmed his death was being treated as suspicious and a post mortem examination is being carried out.
Detectives have appealed for information from anyone who had recently been in contact with Mr Scott . Police have cordoned off the scene.
Det Ch Insp Dave Morgan said: "We are in the early stages of this investigation and we are following various lines of inquiry to establish the exact circumstances of what happened.
"In particular, we are trying to build up a picture of Mr Scott's lifestyle and movements.
"Therefore I would appeal for anyone who knew Mr Scott and had contact with him since February 1 this year to contact us. You may hold information that could be vital to our investigation.
Mr Scott was 37 and from Stanmore. His family has been informed.
In that attack, gigabytes of files including emails and other documents that revealed the inner workings of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were taken.
Technical evidence has now come to light suggesting Guccifer 2.0 has links with Russia, compounding theories that the hack was state-sponsored.
What's the evidence on both sides?
We do not know the identity of the real person behind this hacker alias. It is a pseudonym adopted by someone who claims responsibility for the recent hack attack on the DNC - the organisation that oversees the running of the US Democratic party.
Whoever is behind Guccifer 2.0 is not thought to be connected to the original Guccifer, who is currently in a US jail awaiting sentencing on hacking and fraud charges.
Guccifer 2.0 also claims to be Romanian and, via a blog, has said they have been working alone. Many people are sceptical about these claims and others made on that blog.
Guccifer was the alias adopted by Marcel Lehel Lazar who, from 2013 onwards, targeted high-profile Americans, many of them politicians, and sought to hack into their personal email and social media accounts.
In January 2014, Lazar was arrested in Romania on hacking offences and was given a four-year jail term. In March 2016, he was extradited to the US to face trial on a variety of hacking and fraud charges.
In May 2016, while in jail, he told Fox News that he had repeatedly broken into a private email server set up by Hillary Clinton that handled her electronic correspondence.
Ms Clinton has denied the server was hacked and the US State Department said it could find no evidence supporting Lazar's claim.
Lazar said the Guccifer name comes from simply combining the Italian fashion brand Gucci with the name the Bible gives to the devil, Lucifer, before he was cast out.
For three main reasons:
Yes. The person claiming to be the hacker has openly mocked the different analyses and repeated their assertion that they are Romanian and have no backing from the Russian state.
However, in interviews with the media, Guccifer 2.0 did not seem to speak Romanian well.
A closer look at their responses using linguistic analysis tools suggested they were using a sentence structure heavily influenced by Russian rather than Romanian which draws its roots from Latin in the same was as the French and English languages.
No. Attribution, the experts say, is always difficult. Translated, this means nobody knows who to blame. One of the first lessons that any competent hacker or hacktivist learns is how to cover their tracks and how to use proxies, encryption and other techniques to obscure who they are and from where they are operating.
Yes. It is entirely possible that an individual broke into an organisation and stole a lot of information. It happens all the time. Tools to carry out hacks and videos educating people about how to use them are easy to find online.
But as repeated breaches have shown, sometimes it does not take technical ability to get into a supposedly secure network - anyone stubborn enough to keep trying commonly used passwords might eventually succeed.
However, the DNC hack does not share some of the characteristics of other hacktivist attacks. Politically motivated hackers tend to release documents as soon as they get hold of them because they want to embarrass the target. By contrast, state-sponsored hackers are much more likely to lurk inside a network for months and slowly steal data over time.
Russia and China are both well known for running large-scale cyber-espionage operations. Information taken in these attacks is often used to help diplomatic and commercial negotiations and to further their own ends.
A titan arum is expected to bloom for the first time in a day or two at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Another specimen there flowered in 2004. The bloom lasts a few days and emits its smell to attract pollinators.
When it flowers, the garden will be open late to enable visitors to smell it "at its night-time stinkiest".
"Amorphophallus titanum is a very unusual plant. It lives mostly in an underground tuber which every year puts out one gigantic leaf several metres tall that lasts for the growing season," Prof Beverley Glover, director of the garden, said.
"This year it's decided not to put up a new leaf, but to put up a flower instead."
The garden has two titan arum plants.
The current specimen has been at the garden for about 10 years, and this will be the first time it has flowered.
"When it comes out, it's the biggest single flower known in the world," Prof Glover said.
"The flower can be about two metres (80in) across."
In order to attract pollinators, it heats itself up to about 40C (104F) and "produces the most appalling scent of rotting flesh and decay to attract the carrion beetle - the pollinators in Sumatra, which is where it's from".
The smell is a combination of sulphur compounds, Prof Glover said.
"Our plan is, for the two nights that it's open, we'll open until 22:00 BST.
"The tricky thing is, we don't know when it's going to open."
The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County, south Mississippi.
A male suspect, named in local media as Willie Cory Godbolt, was detained by police on Sunday morning.
Authorities say it is too early to consider any possible motive behind the killings.
Mr Godbolt's mother-in-law, two other relatives, and deputy sheriff William Durr were found dead at the scene of the first shooting in Bogue Chitto, reports said.
The next shooting took place in Brookhaven, where "the bodies of two juvenile males were located", police said.
The third crime scene was in East Lincoln, where a man and woman were killed.
Willie Godbolt spoke to local paper The Clarion-Ledger after he was detained.
He said he was "sorry" and "ain't fit to live, not after what I done".
He said he was in conversation with his wife and her family "about me taking my children home" when someone called the police.
His stepfather-in-law, Vincent Mitchell, told AP news agency that Mr Godbolt's wife and two children had been staying with him after she left her husband.
Mr Godbolt opened fire after the deputy sheriff arrived, Mr Mitchell added.
A 16-year-old, believed to have been taken hostage by the suspect, was safe, The Daily Leader reported.
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant called the incident a "senseless tragedy".
"Every day, the men and women who wear the badge make some measure of sacrifice to protect and serve their communities. Too often, we lose one of our finest," he said in a statement.
Mr Durr, the deputy sheriff killed in the shootings, was described as a "mild mannered officer" who liked making people smile.
In a 2014 interview with The Daily Leader, the 36-year-old said he also worked as a ventriloquist, doing puppet shows for children's groups.
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Rangers fans have complained about the former Celtic player and manager's celebrations at Ibrox on Saturday.
"There's a limit sometimes to what you can take," Smith told BBC Scotland.
"I think there's a certain responsibility within the job as a manager of restraint, but I also think the public has to play a part in this."
Police Scotland is probing fan complaints about celebratory gestures made by Lennon during his side's 3-2 win over Rangers.
And it is also investigating social media comments made towards Hibs' head coach.
Lennon, who was then Celtic manager, was attacked by a Hearts fan who approached the dugout during a game at Tynecastle in 2011 and Smith believes the Northern Irishman receives more abuse than most managers because of his involvement with one of the Old Firm clubs.
"I was never involved in situations where I was getting shouted at by bigots of either side," said former Aberdeen and St Mirren manager Smith, chairman of the League Managers Association.
"It was always about football matters. It was never about that history that keeps dragging our game down and the quicker we get rid of it the better.
"We thought we were getting rid of it and, all of a sudden, it pops up again and it's an absolute nightmare to be honest."
Smith says that, if fans "are over-indulgent in bad language and abuse towards individuals, they have got to understand that people are only human and might respond in ways that they might not be happy with".
He added: "I think the manager's got to be careful how he responds and how he handles that, because it can be volatile I suppose.
"Sometimes some kind of gesture can be miss-read and can be taken in the wrong context.
"That's when it becomes a bit dangerous, but I think, if he's celebrating a goal and he thrusts his hands into the air and jumps around, he's entitled to do that.
"You have to be able to let yourself go at some stage and show some passion. It's very difficult not to.
"I've never know in my lifetime trouble in the terracing caused by managers in the dugout."
Ministers argue the changes are necessary to tackle the rising cost to the taxpayer and cut the budget deficit. They also say it will simplify the system and provide greater incentives for people to work.
However, charities and opposition politicians say the moves will force families into rent arrears and increase homelessness.
What are the key changes, who will be affected and by how much?
From the end of April, the current system of working-age benefits and Tax Credits will be gradually replaced by a new benefit called universal credit. Millions of claimants will be affected.
Universal credit - which applies to England, Scotland and Wales - will replace:
The government estimates 3.1 million households will be entitled to more benefits as a result of universal credit. Some 2.8 million households will be entitled to less, but will receive a top-up payment to protect them from a drop in income. New claimants will receive the lower payment.
Across all households, ministers say there will be an average gain of £16 per month.
The transition to Universal Credit will take place in three phases over four years, between 2013 and 2017.
From 29 April 2013, it will be trialled in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, before rolling out to Oldham, Wigan and Warrington in July.
The government says the new scheme will mean people are better off in work than on benefits.
From October, more claimants will move on to universal credit as and when they have a significant change of circumstances, such as starting a new job or when a child is born.
Then, from April 2014 until October 2017, the rest of those affected will be moved onto universal credit in stages.
Universal Credit will be rolled out in Northern Ireland from April 2014, six months after rollout in the rest of the UK begins.
For more information about universal credit, visit the Department for Work and Pensions website.
From mid-April, the government will introduce a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age people (16-64) can receive.
Set at the average earnings of a UK working household, the cap will mean that people of working age will receive up to a maximum amount, even if their full entitlement is higher.
The cap - which will apply to England, Scotland and Wales - is estimated to be £350 per week for a single adult with no children and £500 per week for a couple or lone parent, regardless of the number of children they have.
Ministers had estimated about 50,000 households would be affected by the cap, losing an average of £93 per week.
However, the Department for Work and Pensions now says the number of households affected will be 40,000. The policy was expected to save £275m a year, but will now save £110m.
The government argues the changes to the figures are down to more people finding work.
However, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says there is "no evidence at all" that the introduction of the cap has been affecting people's behaviour.
The Department of Work and Pensions' original estimates show how lone parents are expected to be the group most affected by the changes, followed by couples with children.
The changes will not affect everyone at once. Four London boroughs - Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey - will try out the cap from April 2013. Other local authority areas will follow from 15 July, with everywhere affected by September.
The benefit cap is not yet law in Northern Ireland.
To find out how you will be affected, you can use the government's benefit cap calculator, which can be found on the benefit cap information page.
In his 2012 Autumn Statement, the chancellor announced that most working-age benefits and tax credits would be uprated by just 1% - a below-inflation cap - for three years from 2013-14.
Benefits have historically risen in line with inflation and, without any change, would have been due to go up by 2.2% in April.
But the government argues that, with public sector pay rises capped at 1%, a similar limit should apply to working-age benefits such as jobseeker's allowance, employment and support allowance and income support as well as elements of working tax credits and child tax credit.
A total of 4.1 million households will be affected by the 1% limit in 2013-14 - losing an average of £0.90 a week, according to the government.
However, 9.6 million households will be affected by 2014-15 and 2015-16 - losing on average of £3 a week.
Lone parents - who have higher unemployment rates - are most likely to be affected, followed by couples with and without children.
For more information on benefit uprating, read our full guide.
A new benefit called the personal independence payment (PIP) will be introduced from April 2013 for people of working age to replace disability living allowance (DLA).
DLA is the biggest disability benefit payment. In nine years, the numbers claiming the benefit have risen from just under 2.5 million to 3.2 million - an increase of about a third.
The changes are expected to reduce spending by about £2.2bn by 2015-16, with one fifth of current DLA claimants expected to be ineligible for PIP.
By 2015, some 170,000 people are expected to be ineligible, while 150,000 will get a higher award, according to the DWP. By 2018, 500,000 will be ineligible, while 780,000 will receive the same or more than they do currently.
The government argues PIP will be more efficient and easier to understand than DLA. However, disability groups have condemned the plans as a money-saving exercise, arguing DLA is one of the most effectively targeted benefits with an estimated fraud rate of just 0.5%.
The change to PIP will be rolled out geographically over time. From 8 April, people living in Merseyside, Cumbria, Cheshire and North East England will begin claiming for PIP.
From 10 June, all new claims for disability benefits will be for PIP and not DLA.
For more information, read the government's guide.
Families living in council or housing association accommodation whose property is deemed to be larger than they need will receive less housing benefit from the beginning of April.
The new rules allow one bedroom for each adult or couple. Up to two children under the age of 16 are expected to share, if they are the same gender. Those under 10 are expected to share whatever their gender.
Termed the single room subsidy by ministers, or the "bedroom tax" by Labour, the changes will result in £490m savings for the taxpayer in 2013-14.
The government estimates that more than 660,000 claimants will be affected, with an average loss of £14 per week. Families with severely disabled children, foster carers and families of armed services personnel will be exempt.
Couples with no children and older people - those most likely to have spare rooms - will be particularly hit by the changes. The changes will also affect different areas of the country to a lesser or greater degree.
The current system of Council Tax Benefit (CTB), which is claimed by 5.9 million low-income families in the UK, will be abolished from April 2013.
Currently the assessment of CTB is carried out by local councils on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), but the rules are nationally set, and are applied in the same way across the UK.
However, from April 2013, the government will provide funding to local authorities in England and to the Scottish and Welsh governments to design their own systems of Council Tax support, know as Council Tax Support Schemes.
This funding will only be 90% of this year's budget for CTB in each local authority area - meaning that local councils will be expected to find a 10% saving.
The Department for Communities and Local Government estimates more than three million families in England will be affected, losing an average of £2.64 a week (£137 a year).
The government believes the new system will save £420m a year in England alone, as well as give councils increased financial independence and establish stronger incentives for local authorities to get people back to work.
However, critics say the changes mean different levels of support in different parts of the country and that this will prevent people being able to move to seek work.
For more information about changes to council tax benefit, read the government's guide.
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His player, Lewis Horner, has been charged by the Scottish Football Association for betting on football stretching back to 2011.
"First of all he needs help," Foran told BBC Scotland.
"This is not just a lad that gambles every now and again. He has a gambling problem."
Foran says that Horner received help for his gambling previously, but fell back into old habits. He received a notice of complaint from the SFA for allegedly placing 353 football bets, including three accumulators involving his own side.
Horner's charges also range from July 2011 to 1 May 2017. The midfielder was at Hibernian and then on loan at East Stirlingshire when 12 of the bets were placed between July 2011 and June 2012.
"He had counselling years back - it worked," Foran said. "He stopped gambling. He stopped going to the counselling - big mistake. He had a relapse.
"Lewis needs our help now. He needs the help of the Scottish FA, he needs the help of the PFA. He needs people around to help him with this addiction and that's what we will do here at the club."
The former Inverness winger Barry Wilson told BBC Scotland that he feels there should be an amnesty in order to draw a line on the past for players.
"Come out there, be open, be honest," Foran said, in support of the idea.
"Maybe they shouldn't be punished for what they've done in the past. Let's help them for their future.
"I don't think it's a huge problem in terms of having a lot of addicts. It definitely goes on in football.
"I'd like to think it's not going on in the club with anyone else here, because I spoke to them three, four months ago. The PFA came in and spoke to them.
"The lads would be very, very silly if they were gambling on football now.
"The only ones maybe gambling now are the ones that have an addiction, so they're the ones that need help."
Faizah Shaheen was reported to authorities by Thomson cabin crew on a honeymoon flight to Turkey in 2016.
Her lawyers told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she believes she was singled out because of her race.
Thomson said its crew were "trained to report any concerns" as a precaution.
Ms Shaheen - a Muslim, whose work in mental health care in part involves looking for the signs of radicalisation in young people - was reading Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline on the outbound flight.
The book is a collection of literature, photos, songs and cartoons from Syrian artists and writers.
She was stopped by police when she returned to the UK two weeks later.
Ms Shaheen and her husband were taken to a room at Doncaster Airport for questioning under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act.
She said the interrogation lasted around 30 minutes, during which she was asked about the book, her work and the number of languages she spoke.
"I felt upset and distressed, followed by anger. I struggled to accept that I was being singled out for reading a book on art and culture," she explained.
"One year on, Thomson Airways has failed to provide an explanation or apology despite legal involvement.
"This attitude has left me with no option but to seek a declaration from the court under the Equality Act."
Ms Shaheen's legal team said it had written to Thomson telling the company it believed she had been a victim of discrimination.
It argued she believes she was singled out because of her race.
Ravi Naik, of ITN solicitors, said that while Thomson had acknowledged its initial communication, it had not responded to its correspondence since January.
"The Equality Act contains strong protections against discriminatory treatment on the basis of someone's race and religion and for good reason," he said.
"We have asked the airline to apologise, to which we have never received a meaningful reply."
Ms Shaheen said she does not desire compensation, but "an apology and explanation from Thomson Airways to ensure that it never happens again".
Jo Glanville, director of English PEN - a British free speech organisation who helped fund the book Ms Shaheen was reading - said Thomson's actions amounted to "a fundamental violation of our liberty, undermining our freedom to read any text we like in a public place".
She added: "Thomson should review its staff training procedures so that such an error never happens again. Reading a book should never be viewed as grounds for suspicious behaviour."
Thomson said in a statement: "We're really sorry if Ms Shaheen remains unhappy with how she feels she was treated.
"We wrote to her to explain that our crew undergo general safety and security awareness training on a regular basis.
"As part of this they are encouraged to be vigilant and share any information or questions with the relevant authorities, who would then act as appropriate."
Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.
Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 50, the 4th Viscount St Davids, wrote the message four days after Ms Miller won a Brexit legal challenge against the government in November of last year.
Lord St Davids denies three charges of making malicious communications.
He told Westminster Magistrates' Court the posts were not "menacing".
Lord St Davids, of Knightsbridge, London, wrote on the social media site on 7 November 2016: "£5,000 for the first person to 'accidentally' run over this bloody troublesome first generation immigrant."
He described her as a "boat jumper" and added: "If this is what we should expect from immigrants, send them back to their stinking jungles."
Ms Miller, 52, said she felt "violated" by his "shocking" comments about her.
Asked by the prosecution why he had used the term "immigrant", Lord St Davids told the court: "She's not part of the furniture" adding, "She's been here less than a generation."
The viscount also posted two messages referring to immigrants as "monkeys".
In one post, not directed at Ms Miller, he said: "Please will someone smoke this ghastly insult to this country, why should I pay tax to feed these monkeys?"
Ms Miller led the successful legal challenge which, on 3 November, ruled the government had to consult Parliament before formally beginning the Brexit process.
Ms Miller - who was born in Guyana - told the court she had been the subject of death threats since her role in the Article 50 case.
In a statement read to the court, she said she was "very scared for the safety of herself and her family".
"In addition to finding it offensive, racist and hateful, she was extremely concerned that someone would threaten to have her run over for a bounty," prosecutor Philip Stott said.
"She took the threat seriously, and it contributed to her employing professional security for her protection."
Lord St Davids, who was defending himself, accepted writing the posts but told the court they were not publicly visible or menacing.
"If you're in the public eye, people are going to say nasty things about you. It's the rough and tumble of public life," he said.
He insisted he is not racist and told the court: "I know a number of Muslims who are dear friends.
"My own mother is an immigrant from the very same continent (as Ms Miller)."
The case was adjourned until Tuesday afternoon when a verdict is expected.
The Irish Premiership side were embarrassingly humbled 3-2 by the County Armagh minnows who are bottom of Championship One without a point.
Glentoran said ex-Middlesborough and Manchester City player Kernaghan, 49, tendered his resignation afterwards.
Former manager Roy Coyle has taken temporary charge of the Belfast team.
The Glens lie eighth in the Premiership table, with two wins and three defeats from their opening five fixtures.
The East Belfast outfit narrowly missed out on qualification for the Europa League last season, losing 3-2 to Cliftonville in a play-off for the final place in the European competition.
Kernaghan, who has managed Clyde and Dundee, had only been in charge at the Oval for nine months, having been appointed in November 2015 following Eddie Patterson's dismissal.
Glentoran were the only top flight team to lose in Tuesday's second round matches, the other 11 all seeing off lower-ranked opponents.
Immediately after the shock defeat by Annagh, Kernaghan spoke to Radio Ulster's Sportsound and indicated he would be remaining in charge.
"It is a results business and I understand that, and we have had two or three poor results," he said.
"Tonight our performance was better than it has been, but our problem all season has been scoring goals.
"I feel the fans' frustration more than they would believe.
"They vented their feelings in an audible manner, but I cannot do that. I have to try to keep the players going and motivate them.
"That is my job and that is what I am doing."
The East Belfast club's next fixture is away to Ards in the Danske Bank Premiership on 10 September.
More than 1,600 fish were killed after a chemical leaked into Annsborough River, near Newcastle, on Saturday.
NI Water's head of environmental regulation, Angela Halpenny, said her company was "extremely sorry to learn of this very unfortunate incident".
Angler Ed Kilgore said local clubs had been "robbed of this season's fishing".
The Shinma Angling Club committee member said it was "horrible to see so many fish dead".
Mr Kilgore expressed fears that despite plans to restock, fishing and the health of the river could be affected "for the next three years".
Ms Halpenny said the accidental spillage may have been caused by damaged pipe work.
"When we purify waste water, we generate a very thin sludge, so before the sludge is transported off site we use a chemical called polyelectrolyte," she told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
Polyelectrolyte is used to thicken the sludge before it is removed from the waste water plant.
Ms Halpenny said an "unknown quantity" of the chemical leaked into the river at the weekend.
"Our primary concern was to stop the discharge to the river and assist the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the relevant authorities with the clean up exercise," she said.
She added that a full investigation was under way to find out why the spill happened and to prevent any repeat.
"NI Water will work with NIEA, the relevant authorities and the local angling groups to fulfill our obligations and make arrangements for the restocking of the river at the earliest opportunity."
"There is no life but family," wrote Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann in her debut collection, Little Bit Long Time, published in 2009. "When I am drunk I reverse-charge my family. When I pass away I unite my family."
Living in a caravan in a friend's back garden in Adelaide, Ms Cobby Eckermann has received one of the world's richest literary awards.
Forcibly taken from her mother when she was a young child, she has won a $162,000 (£132,000; A$215,000) Windham-Campbell prize from Yale University in the United States. It has commended her for confronting "the violent history of Australia's Stolen Generations" and her "use of nature to render the beauty of Aboriginal family bonds, as well as the pain and violence of their breaking".
The Windham-Campbell prizes are unusual because writers, who are nominated confidentially, invariably have little clue they are being considered for one.
"It seemed unbelievable," Ms Cobby Eckermann said of her unexpected achievement. "There have been so many tears of disbelief and tears of gratitude that my work is recognised. Now I just want to write and write and write! I've got a few more things to say."
Born in 1963, in Kate Cocks Memorial Babies' Home at Brighton in South Australia, she was taken as an infant from mother, Audrey Cobby, a Yankunytjatjara woman, and adopted into a German Lutheran family. She had a mostly happy childhood on a farm, but it would be years before she would be reunited with her birth mother.
"Part of the skill [of writing] comes from nearly 20 years of looking for my mum. You talk to anyone from any walk of life and I've always been a bit of a chatterbox and I like meeting people. It has definitely been an asset to writing," she explained to the BBC.
Family ties and kinship lie at her inspirational core.
"My whole family has helped me understand who I am when we reconnected," she said. "They have sat beside me in the desert and the backyard around campfires listening to my poetry and giving me feedback."
"I would hear stories and I might sit there quietly and write a poem. Then we'd read it back in the evening and we'd all celebrate that [indigenous] oral tradition was not losing its power by being transferred to the page," she said.
Her 2013 memoir Too Afraid to Cry has been described as "a narrative of good and evil, terror and happiness, despair and courage". It retraces the author's steps as a child spirited away from her indigenous mother, and a fraught journey into adulthood.
The book, along with a later collection of poems Inside My Mother, condemned Australia's policy of removing Aboriginal children from their parents to place them in orphanages, institutions or white foster families that stretched from the late 19th Century to the end of 1960s. While it has been argued there were genuine welfare reasons for taking the vulnerable to a place of safety, indigenous Australians believe it was child abduction on a mass scale.
"Her work… powerfully articulates Australian indigenous peoples' experience of colonisation and the trauma suffered by the Stolen Generations. Her work is deeply personal but also speaks to a collective experience," said Rachel Bin Salleh, from Magabala Books, which published Ms Cobby Eckermann's 2012 award-winning verse novel, Ruby Moonlight.
"She is one of the most significant writers in Australia and Magabala Books is very honoured to have been part of her journey," she told the BBC. "Ali has inspired and mentored many emerging indigenous writers and poets in Australia. Not only does it prove that, with time, true talent will be recognised, but also there is a place for Australian indigenous stories on the world stage."
The Windham-Campbell prizes will be awarded at Yale in September. As her achievement sinks in, Australia's newest literary star is already deciding what to do with her windfall.
"I'd like to use it to help purchase a property by the beach for my son and daughter and grandchildren to share, and for the desert mob to come down and have somewhere safe to stay. So much fun in just the thought of that," she said.
"The money also allows me to challenge my own journey as a writer. I want to attempt a novel. I've been sitting on a story for a while which I think is very important."
Despite the accolade and the international attention that comes with it, Ms Cobby Eckermann has insisted she'll remain humble.
"My influence will always be grassroots people and cultured people who still find the happiness in everyday - don't need money, we just need to know who we are and the strength of family," she said.
"That is the stuff that will always live in my heart."
The 14-time major champion was two over par when he abandoned his first round after just 11 holes.
The 39-year-old American spoke to his playing partners before walking off the course and into a waiting car.
His early departure comes after he shot a career-worst 82 in the second round at Phoenix last week.
Woods was playing in only his second tournament of the season after returning from surgery on a pinched nerve, which forced him to miss last year's Masters and US Open.
He appeared to hurt his back after hitting his tee shot at the 12th - his third hole of the day - but carried on for eight more holes.
His struggles were made more evident when playing partners Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel both helped him pick his ball out of holes.
In a brief word with reporters, Woods said his lower back got tight during a fog delay that suspended play for more than two hours.
"My glutes keep shutting off and that causes me pain in my back," he said. "It got worse as we stood waiting on the putting green during the delay and I tried warming up my glutes, but it just wasn't working for me.
"When we went back out, it just got progressively worse."
American Nicholas Thompson hit an eight-under-par round of 64, featuring seven birdies, an eagle, and a bogey, to take a one-stroke lead over compatriot Michael Thompson after the opening round.
England's Ian Poulter leads the British charge, lying in a tie for fifth place on five under, three shots behind the overnight leader, while 2013 Open champion Phil Mickelson was one over par through 15 holes when fog halted play for the day.
It owes much of its wealth to its traditional status as a tax haven, though it has in recent years taken steps to shake off its image as a tax haven and to reposition itself as a legitimate financial centre.
The country has come through a lengthy political wrangle over the role and power of the hereditary monarchy.
After an often bitter campaign, the people voted in March 2003 in a constitutional referendum to give Prince Hans-Adam sweeping new political powers. The following year he handed over practical power to his son, Crown Prince Alois.
Head of state: Prince Hans-Adam II
Regent and crown prince: Alois
Prince Hans-Adam, a successful banker, became head of state following the death of his father, Prince Franz Josef, in 1989. In August 2004 he handed over the day-to-day running of the principality to his son, Crown Prince Alois, while remaining titular head of state.
In 2003 the royals won sweeping new powers in a constitutional referendum, which gave them the power to veto parliamentary decisions and to sack the government.
Prime minister: Adrian Hasler
Adrian Hasler of the centre-right Progressive Citizens Party (PCP) took office in March 2013, after his party came first in the February general election, winning 10 seats in the 25-seat parliament.
He has vowed to reduce the country's budget deficit by cutting back on public spending.
Liechtenstein has a very sparse media scene, with the circulation figures of its newspapers at around 10,000 or less.
Its citizens rely on foreign and satellite broadcasters for most TV and radio services.
The press
Radio
Some key dates in the history of Liechtenstein:
1719 - Liechtenstein acquires its present name and becomes an independent principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
1815 - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the German Confederation until 1866.
1866 - Liechtenstein becomes fully independent.
1919 - The Hapsburg monarchy of Austria is abolished. Switzerland replaces Austria as the representative of Liechtenstein's interests abroad.
1921 - Liechtenstein adopts Swiss currency.
1923 - Liechtenstein enters customs union with Switzerland.
1938 - Prince Franz Josef II ascends to the throne.
1939 - Outbreak of World War II. Liechtenstein remains neutral.
1984 - Prince Franz Josef II hands over executive power to his son, Crown Prince Hans-Adam II. 1989 - Prince Franz Josef II dies. He is succeeded by Hans-Adam II.
1990 - Liechtenstein joins the United Nations.
2003 - People vote in referendum to give sweeping new political powers to Crown Prince Hans-Adam.
2004 - Prince Hans-Adam hands over day-to-day running of Liechtenstein to his son Prince Alois while remaining head of state.
2009 - Signs agreements on the sharing of financial information with a number of countries including the US, UK and Germany. OECD removes Liechtenstein from a blacklist of countries uncooperative on tax matters.
They say Mohamed Abrini told investigators he was at the scene of the 22 March suicide bombings.
Abrini is also wanted in connection with the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people in November.
He is one of six men arrested in Brussels on Friday. Four have been charged with terror offences.
The attacks at Zaventem airport and a metro station in Brussels left 32 people dead.
Officials believe those who carried out the Brussels and Paris attacks were part of the same network backed by so-called Islamic State.
Abrini, a 31-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin, confessed to being the "man in the hat" after being confronted with the evidence, the federal prosecutor said.
"He said that he threw away his jacket in a rubbish bin and sold his hat after the attack," the statement added.
There is no word from the suspect himself or his lawyer.
Abrini's fingerprints and DNA were found in two "safe houses" in Brussels, as well as in a car used during the Paris attacks, investigators said earlier.
The BBC's Damian Grammaticas, in Brussels, says the apparent confirmation that Abrini is the man seen in the airport footage is a "huge" development for Belgian authorities, whose response to terrorism has come in for criticism.
The other suspects charged on Saturday were named as Osama K, Herve BN, and Bilal EM.
They are all accused of "participating in terrorist acts'' linked to the Brussels bombings. Two other people arrested on Friday have been released.
Osama K, identified in media reports as Swedish national Osama Krayem, was the man seen with the suicide bomber at Maelbeek metro station just before the attack on 22 March, investigators say.
They also say that he bought bags used by the two bombers who struck at Zaventem airport on the same day.
Osama K is believed to have entered Greece from Syria with migrants last year, using a fake Syrian passport. Prosecutors believe he was driven from Germany to Belgium by Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam in October.
Herve BM, described as a Rwandan national, and Bilal EM are both suspected of having offered assistance to Abrini and Osama K.
Abrini is thought to have been filmed at a petrol station with Abdeslam two days before the attacks in Paris in November.
Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national of Moroccan descent, was detained in Brussels in March, days before the attacks in the Belgian capital.
The latest charges follow days of arrests and raids in Brussels.
On Saturday, heavily armed police carried out a search in the Etterbeek area of Brussels. The target was a flat which police believe may have been used as a safe house by the militants.
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Supporters held a minute's applause before the kick-off of the club's game against Cardiff at 19:45 GMT.
Further applause was due to ring around the Riverside Stadium in the 56th minute, marking the age at which Mr Brownlee died.
He became known as the "Voice of the Boro" after more than 30 years commentating on the club.
Fans have left scarves and shirts at the club's ground alongside scores of emotional messages.
Former Middlesbrough striker Bernie Slaven, who commentated alongside Mr Brownlee, said: "Ali wouldn't believe it. He would be embarrassed to a degree because he was a modest man.
"He was passionate, very knowledgeable about the game of football. He lived and breathed it."
Mr Slaven said highlights of working together included the club's victory in the 2004 Carling Cup at the Millennium Stadium.
Mr Brownlee had worked in a bank before taking up a commentary role with the BBC in 1982.
He had also presented BBC Tees' breakfast show since 2011.
He died at his home in Middlesbrough on Valentine's Day, surrounded by family, and will be laid to rest at a private funeral on Thursday.
Supporters will have another opportunity to pay their respects on Thursday.
Mr Brownlee will be laid to rest at a private funeral, but fans will be able to pay their respects along the route of the cortege which will travel along Linthorpe Road, Borough Road, the Riverside Stadium and Ayresome Street from shortly after 13:00 GMT.
Fans are invited to gather in the West Stand of the Riverside from 12:00 GMT and highlights of some of Mr Brownlee's best moments will be shown on a big screen prior to the arrival of the cortege.
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Compton was caught top-edging a pull for nine on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka and has gone seven innings without passing 30 for England.
"If the selectors are picking him to play a certain way, that's the way he should play," Boycott said after England finished day one on 310-6.
"Somebody needs to have a word."
Compton has a Test strike rate of 35.47 and has faced criticism for his slow scoring, but Boycott says he should be allowed to stick to his natural approach.
"If you don't want him to play that anchor role, then don't pick him," the 75-year-old former England captain said.
"That's how he makes runs in county cricket, that's how he played in [England's first Test against South Africa in] Durban and helped win the Test.
"England have tried to play more positively in the last couple of years, but if he tries to get sucked in like that, he'll lose his wicket."
Middlesex's Compton, 32, himself has admitted that other batsmen in the England line-up are more entertaining, saying: "The way that I play doesn't always look that pretty.
"If I was sitting on the couch I'd rather watch [Ben] Stokes [hit] 200. I'm by no means unaware of that."
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott review the day's play on the TMS podcast.
The fire began on Friday at the coal mine run by a state-owned company in Jixi City, Heilongjiang province, Xinhua news agency says.
It earlier reported that 22 people were trapped underground. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
China has the world's deadliest mines, with hundreds of mine workers killed in accidents every year.
But the country's safety record has shown signs of improvement in recent years as the authorities enforce a strict compliance with safety laws and procedures.
A total of 38 miners were underground when the blaze started, but 16 of them managed to escape, Xinhua says.
The authorities say the fire is now under control.
Last year, 24 people were killed and 54 injured in an underground fire at a mine in China's north-eastern Liaoning province,
The pair retained their individual dressage gold at August's Rio Games.
Dujardin - who revealed in 2015 that Valegro would be retired after Rio 2016 - told BBC Points West last month: "I owe it to him to finish at the top.
"I want everyone to remember him as the horse he is - a hero. What he has done for the sport is truly inspirational."
The meeting at Olympia will take place from 13 to 19 December.
He takes over from Sam Allardyce who left in September after just 67 days in charge of the team.
When Allardyce left, Southgate stepped up from his role as the England Under-21s boss to look after the senior team for four games.
He oversaw two wins and two draws and has now signed a contract, reportedly for four years.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the players over these past four games and I think there is huge potential," said Southgate.
During his career playing football Gareth Southgate made 57 appearances for England.
Simon Crowther was in the first wave of students faced with £9,000 tuition fees and says he did not understand what he was doing when he took the loan at 18.
His letter to Vernon Coaker MP has been shared 38,000 times on Facebook.
The Student Loans Company says the interest rates were clearly set out.
Mr Crowther started a civil engineering degree at Nottingham University in 2012.
In the letter, also copied to the prime minister, he says that when he took out the loan he understood it would be at a very low interest rate of about 0.5%.
"I was still in the sixth form at school when I agreed to the student loan.
"I had no experience of loans, credit cards or mortgages.
"Like all the other thousands of students in the UK, we trusted the government that the interest rate would remain low."
He says he graduated last year "with a huge debt".
And since he graduated it has accrued interest at the rate of inflation - which is currently 0.9% - plus 3%.
He says that in some months since then the interest has been more than £180, amounting to £1,828 in the year to March, with the total debt rising to £41,976.
"I feel we have been mis-sold the loan," he says in the letter.
The letter says that he believes the interest rates were hiked after the loans were sold to a private company - though this turns out to be incorrect.
It has attracted almost 50,000 Facebook "likes" since it was posted on Tuesday.
One graduate said she had "nearly passed out" when her statement came through.
One comment suggested the possibility of a class action on the issue in the courts.
But the government and Student Loans Company say the variable rate of interest, of inflation plus up to 3%, was made clear when the students first took out their loans.
"It is not the case that this individual's interest rate has increased or that their loan has been sold," said a Student Loans Company spokesman.
"The variable interest rates that would apply to his student loan are unchanged from those in force at the time of his application in 2012.
"All students that take out a loan must sign a declaration confirming that they have read the terms and conditions of the loan before it will be paid.
"These terms and conditions clearly set out the interest rates that the student will be charged, when they will start repaying and when interest starts accruing."
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said the system was fair and sustainable "as the OECD has recognised".
"It removes financial barriers for anyone hoping to study and is backed by the taxpayer, with outstanding debt written off after 30 years.
"Graduates only pay back at 9% on earnings above £21,000 and enjoy a considerable wage premium of £9,500 per year over non-graduates," said the spokesman.
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform wants an overhaul in global narcotics policy.
It says the "war on drugs" and "blanket prohibition" have failed.
The group also believes certain human rights laws could be used to claim that those who possess cannabis should not be treated as criminals.
In its report, the all-party group says that experiments into possible models for the regulated sale of marijuana should be encouraged among United Nations countries including the UK.
Co-chairman Lady Meacher wants ministers in the UK to try out a controlled system where licensed premises sell labelled and tested cannabis.
The idea is to control what is sold and undermine dealers who sell more dangerous substances. The results of the trial could then be evaluated.
Cannabis has already been legalised in some parts of the United States.
The United Nations drug conventions were originally drawn up in 1961.
The convention sets up the framework under which governments around the world pursue their drugs policies and punish offenders.
The all-party group says a special UN meeting next year offers a unique opportunity to press for improvements to the system.
The group believes the current convention has led to many countries taking a prohibitionist approach.
But Lady Meacher, a crossbench peer, argues countries could do much more to pursue policies based on public health, human rights and welfare.
For example, she argues in some Latin American countries, a policy to use aircraft to spray and destroy coca crops, has led to the destruction of the crops that produce cocaine, but also left the land unusable for any other purpose with serious consequences for local people.
Instead she argues there is room for flexibility within the UN conventions, with states able to decriminalise the use of controlled drugs for personal use. Portugal for example has decriminalised drug use in 2001.
The report also says that any regulation of cannabis should reflect the supremacy of human rights laws.
For example, someone growing a small number of cannabis plants for modest personal use, could deploy their human right to "a private and family life" to avoid prosecution.
The report argues the Human Rights Act could be invoked to support the argument that the possession or purchase of small amounts of cannabis does not harm other people's rights and therefore should not be criminalised.
Mr Dunlop was an adviser to David Cameron during the independence referendum.
He was also working with Conservative Party HQ when the poll tax was introduced under Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Dunlop has been given a peerage and will sit in the Lords. The SNP described his appointment and the peerage as "scandalous".
It also accused Mr Cameron of "resorting to House of Lords ennoblement to govern Scotland".
Mr Cameron appointed David Mundell, Scotland's only Conservative MP, as secretary of state for Scotland earlier this week.
A spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said it "wholeheartedly welcomed" Mr Dunlop being appointed as Mr Mundell's deputy.
The spokesman added: "He played a pivotal role during the referendum campaign, winning plaudits across the political spectrum.
"In the last few years, he has developed good relations with Scotland's key business and civic figures, helping to secure significant achievements such as the City Deal in Glasgow.
"It is great news for all those who genuinely want Scotland's two governments to work well together to drive forward our economic recovery."
The SNP's group leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, said: "This appointment is a scandal. If one thing demonstrates how out of touch the Tories are, it's the appointment as a government minister for Scotland of an unelected Lord who played a leading role in the imposition of the hated poll tax on Scotland.
"It is hard to believe that following the worst Tory result in a general election in Scotland since universal suffrage that they could have fallen further in people's estimation, but they just have with this appalling and anti-democratic appointment."
Jungels, 24, powered through a select group that broke clear on the final climb of the 199km stage to Bergamo.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin retains the overall lead, but lost time to Colombia's Nairo Quintana, who finished second to claim six bonus seconds.
France's Thibaut Pinot finished third, with Britain's Adam Yates in fourth.
Orica rider Yates is up to 11th overall, with Astana rider Tanel Kangert - seventh at the start of the day - forced to abandon after crashing into a traffic island and breaking his elbow.
Quick-Step Floors' Jungels attacked with 4km to go as the breakaway was caught, with defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) responding before all the favourites joined together for the descent into Bergamo.
Jungels upped the pace again inside the final kilometre and ultimately had too much power for a group mainly containing specialist climbers, as Quintana (Movistar) took a surprise second to cut the gap to Dumoulin (Sunweb) to two minutes 41 seconds.
The peloton has a rest day on Monday before a final week that features the toughest climbs of this year's 100th edition of the race.
1. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) 4hrs 16mins 51secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) Same time
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) Same time
4. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) Same time
5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) Same time
6. Patrick Konrad (Aut/Bora) Same time
7. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) Same time
8. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) Same time
9. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) Same time
10. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) Same time
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 63hrs 48mins 08secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +2mins 41secs
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +3mins 21secs
4. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +3mins 40secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +4mins 24secs
6. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +4mins 32secs
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +4mins 59secs
8. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +5mins 18secs
9. Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +6mins 01secs
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/Lotto NL-Jumbo) +7mins 03secs
Selected others:
11. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +7mins 43secs
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Johnsen, who has dual US and Norwegian citizenship, has signed a three-year contract, subject to international clearance.
He told Hearts' website: "I felt really wanted by them.
"This league is looking like it's going to be tough this year and I want to be pushing at the top of the table."
Johnsen becomes the fifth forward to be signed by the Scottish Premiership club this summer.
Conor Sammon, previously of Derby County, started in Thursday's Europa League defeat by Birkirkara at Tynecastle, while former Dundee United striker Robbie Muirhead was on the bench.
Hearts have also recruited Nikolay Todorov, previously of Nottingham Forest, while Tony Watt this week arrived on loan from Charlton Athletic.
Johnsen, who has over 50 career goals, began his senior career with Tonsberg in Norway before moving to Spain with Antequera and Atletico Baleares.
Spells in Portugal with Louletano and Atletico Club de Portugal followed before Johnsen joined Litex in 2015.
Asked what type of player Hearts fans would see, the striker said: "I'm a fast player and I'm good with my feet and in the air.
"I want to help out, providing assists and not just goals is key."
The Dutch world number one needed a tie-break in the deciding set before winning 3-2 at Alexandra Palace.
Van Gerwen won the first two sets without dropping a leg.
But his opponent roared back and levelled the match at two sets apiece before Van Gerwen upped his game again.
Eidams, 26, had beaten Thailand's Thanawat Gaweenuntawong 2-0 in the preliminary round earlier on Friday.
In the fifth set, Eidams had levelled it at two legs apiece but with two clear legs needed to secure the set, it was van Gerwen who held his nerve, winning the next two legs to set up a meeting with England's Darren Webster on Sunday, 27 December.
The email, which featured an image from the film Iron Man 3, breached rules which say gambling ads must not be likely to appeal to children, the Advertising Standards Agency said.
Ladbrokes said all its promotional emails were sent to registered customers or those known to be over 18.
Most Iron Man fans are adults, it said.
The bookmaker argued this was supported by data on attendance at Comic Con fan events and Facebook demographics for the Marvel brand.
It also argued its advert was "adult-themed" and reflected popular culture.
However, the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) upheld the complaint against the 4 May email, saying that gambling ads must not be likely to be of particular appeal to children, especially by reflecting or being associated with youth culture.
The ASA said it understood that the email was only sent to people aged 18 and over, but nevertheless, the restrictions still applied.
It said that as all Facebook users must declare themselves to be at least 13 years old, younger children were therefore excluded from the sample used by Ladbrokes to support its stance.
The ASA said: "We considered those younger children were likely to be the primary audience for Iron Man action figures and related merchandise, which we understood were widely available at toy retailers.
"We understood that Iron Man was a popular character that would appeal to many adults but considered its comic book nature, and the availability of various related toys, meant it was likely to have particular appeal to children and young people.
"We therefore concluded that the ad breached the code."
A Ladbrokes spokesman said: "We are aware of the ASA ruling and are now considering our options, including the possibility of requesting an independent review which is part of the ASA appeals process."
Transport minister Keith Brown said Abellio, Arriva, FirstGroup, MTR and National Express had passed the pre-qualification stage of the process.
ScotRail provides passenger train services throughout Scotland.
FirstGroup currently holds the franchise, which is due to expire on 31 March 2015.
ScotRail operates more than 2,000 train services a day, delivering more than 76 million passenger journeys and 1.6 billion passenger miles a year.
The franchise employs a total of 4,300 staff.
Mr Brown said the five shortlisted companies had demonstrated, in their responses to the pre-qualification questionnaire, "an understanding of, and a commitment to realise, our ambitions for a transformed rail service".
He added: "I am convinced that this strong competition will deliver a great public rail service for the people of Scotland."
A draft invitation to tender will be published on 19 November.
The Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA) shut Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland four years ago because of rising repair costs.
A former stately home, it was known as Castle of Spite because of the part it played in a family feud. The property is also said to be haunted.
Auctioneers Sotheby's have put a combined value of £500,000 on the art.
The 17 sculptures and 36 Italian and Scottish 19th Century paintings will be offered for sale at an auction in London on 20 May.
White marble sculptures from the 1800s to be sold include Andromeda by Florentine sculptor Pasquale Romanelli and Nymph at the Stream by Scottish artist David Watson Stevenson.
It will be the first time in more than a century that the Victorian sculptures have been put on the market.
SYHA is also understood to be close to completing the sale of Carbisdale Castle.
In October last year, the association said the selling agents had received notes of interest and these were being considered.
Keith Legge, of SYHA, said: "It has been a privilege for SYHA to have been the custodian of Carbisdale Castle and its contents for the past 70 years enabling our members and guests to experience living in a castle.
"SYHA as a self-funding registered charity has a responsibility to manage appropriately its assets for the good of the organisation.
"The proceeds of the sale will be used to sustain SYHA's diverse youth hostel network of affordable fit-for-purpose accommodation, allowing everyone, but especially young people, to learn and experience what Scotland has to offer."
The castle, which overlooks the Kyle of Sutherland, was shut as a hostel after suffering frost damage.
Historic Scotland lists the castle and its entrance gates as category B, which means they are structures of regional importance.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland had Carbisdale Castle built between 1907 and 1917 following the death of her husband, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Third Duke of Sutherland.
Lady Mary was the duke's second wife and after he died she became embroiled in a legal dispute over his will with her stepson, the fourth Duke of Sutherland.
When the row was settled the duchess used her inheritance to have Carbisdale constructed.
According to geographical encyclopaedia, The Gazetteer of Scotland, the property became known as the Castle of Spite.
Its clock tower only has three faces with none that could be seen by the new duke as he passed by in his private train on his way to Dunrobin Castle, near Golspie, his family's property in Sutherland.
It is also said that he would have the blinds of his carriage shut so he did not have to look at Carbisdale.
The castle was bought by a Scots-Norwegian family in 1933 and was used as a refuge for the Norwegian royal family during World War II.
The gazetteer adds that the castle is haunted by a female ghost called Betty.
Wildlife enthusiast Lucy Dunn was ski touring with her partner when they spotted the bird of prey on 17 February.
Their sighting has been reported on the nature website iSpot.
RSPB Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust said snowy owls made rare appearances in Scotland. The birds are native to Arctic regions.
Ms Dunn and her partner were on their way back from Carn Etchachan and were heading towards Feith Buidhe, in the Northern Cairngorms, when they had their encounter.
She said: "The owl spotted us first, heard us coming and took off.
"I caught a glimpse of large white wings and was unsure what it was. I remember thinking - that's too big for a ptarmigan.
"Fortunately the owl did not go far and settled down again to watch us, which is how I managed to get the photos. Eventually after a short while it did fly off."
Ms Dunn added: "We felt very privileged to spot such a wonderful bird."
In 2011, a male snowy owl appeared on the Western Isles for the eighth year running in a search for a mate.
The large white owl first visited the islands in 2003 and had previously flown around North Uist, Lewis, Harris and St Kilda.
In 2008, birdwatchers' hopes of snowy owls breeding in the UK for first time in more than 30 years were raised when the bird was joined by a female.
However, the pair were later spotted 50 miles apart.
The last pair of snowy owls to breed in the UK was on Shetland in 1975.
West Bay's east and west beaches in Dorset were affected by flooding last year and in 2014.
West Dorset District Council has approved £3m over five years towards the £7m protection scheme, which also affects Park Dean caravan park.
The Environment Agency previously said East Beach was at risk of being "significantly lost" due to flooding.
Waves have previously overtopped the sea wall and flooded the road and properties behind West Beach.
District councillor John Russell said the works were "essential" as residents have previously had to "build-up protection" for their homes themselves.
A public consultation on the Environment Agency and West Dorset District Council plans was held last year and earlier this year.
Proposals at West Beach - where the beach is narrowing towards the eastern end - include strengthening the flood wall to "avoid failure and flooding of properties behind the wall, without increasing the height", a 23m (75ft) extension to the existing groyne and the construction of a new 45m (148ft) groyne.
At Park Dean the embankment will be "reprofiled" under the plans and a vertical wall will also be built along the caravan park boundary.
A rock structure could also be constructed and buried under the sand at East Beach, as well as a new sea wall, set back from the seafront.
If approved construction is expected to take place between next autumn and spring 2020.
Activist group Stop the Cull said it had set up the Dorset Camp Badger as a temporary base.
Dorset Police said it was aware of the camp and had "established a positive dialogue" with the organisers.
Badger culls in Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire have got under way, the government has confirmed.
Licences have been granted to allow culling in an attempt to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.
The licences run until 31 January. The Dorset cull, which will take place over six weeks, is expected to start at any moment.
Supt Jared Parkin, of Dorset Police, said the force was "aware that there is opposition to the cull and will respect the right to safe, lawful and peaceful protest".
Queen guitarist Brian May, who runs the Save Me organisation, said he also planned to fight the culls.
He said he and had sent a letter to Natural England, which is overseeing the cull, asking it to revoke the licences in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.
Badgers in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset have been culled as part of the government's approach to eradicating bovine TB.
The 30-year-old was replaced in the 80th minute after he fell awkwardly.
The club have confirmed that the Spanish captain sustained a grade two tear of his medial collateral ligament.
Ramos is reported to be out for a month, which could see him miss four La Liga matches, including a clash against local rivals Atletico Madrid.
He would also miss both Champions League group stage matches against Legia Warsaw and be a doubt for Spain's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia on Saturday 12 November.
The Scot finished behind Tetyana Dorovskikh of Russia and Paula Ivan of Romania in the 3,000m in Seoul in 1988.
Dorovskikh was banned for a positive drug test in 1993.
"You just feel the time's right to make a move on it now," Murray's husband Tom Mooney said.
"If we don't do it now, we'll never do it."
Mooney says they plan to write to International Association of Athletics Federations president Lord Coe and International Olympic Committee counterpart Thomas Bach in light of the World Anti-Doping Agency commission report examining allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics.
"They should consider Yvonne's case," he told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme. "We're flagging it up. We want this investigated.
"I know all the hard work she (Murray) put in over the years."
However, Murray's former Scotland and Great Britain team-mate and middle-distance rival Liz McColgan does not think medals should be redistributed.
"Although I was one of a number of athletes back in the '80s who went to championships and won a silver or a bronze because a Russian or an Eastern European has been ahead of us, the way I look at it is, on the day, I finished second, I didn't win the gold," she said.
McColgan pointed out that most do not know the background or circumstances to individual cases of drug-taking in the sport.
"You don't know if they were forced to do it back then," she said. "Did they know they were doing it back then? They were in a regime where there wasn't a lot of choice for what they did to be successful in sport.
"Although they're taking drugs, they still have to train hard to do it.
"The cheating phase comes into the recovery phase where they are able to recover quicker so they can train with double the work-load.
"And, to me personally, I wouldn't feel the need to chase after the gold medal because I just feel, on the day, I didn't win it."
McColgan thinks that, if there is to be any retrospective action, they should simply erase the achievements of drug cheats without upgrading anyone else.
She added that she believes there were British athletes also using drugs at the time.
Liam Trotter stroked home to put the troubled Trotters ahead, with the club still to face a winding-up petition despite the Sports Shield consortium's £7.5m takeover on Thursday.
Jordan Hugill met Adam Reach's pass to nod in Preston's leveller.
Marnick Vermijl won it four minutes from the end with a close-range finish.
Bolton, who have taken just one point from a possible 15 from their past five games, have taken only 26 points from 37 matches - a tally with which no side in 34 years has managed to survive relegation from the second to third tier at this stage of the season.
Wanderers now have to take at least 12 points from the last nine games to have any chance of avoiding the drop, but the immediate focus at the Macron Stadium will remain on the High Court as their case for an outstanding tax bill of £2.2m owed to HM Revenue & Customs is set to be concluded on 21 March.
Preston's first win over Bolton in seven meetings, dating back to 1992, sees them stay 10th.
Before Hugill equalised just before the hour mark, Preston had failed to score against the Trotters in more than 23 years.
The match also marked a solemn occasion for Bolton as the club remembered the 33 people who perished at an FA Cup sixth round tie against Stoke at the club's former Burnden Park stadium 70 years ago.
There was a minute's applause from both sets of supporters on 33 minutes, while Bolton's flag flew at half-mast all week.
Bolton Wanderers boss Neil Lennon:
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"I thought we played well first half; I thought Preston were strong second half but we had a good spell and Zach Clough had great chance to put us 2-1 up. We missed good chances again to win the game and we got caught by a sucker punch.
"The sooner [the transfer embargo] gets lifted the better. If we can get players in quickly it would be of great benefit because the squad is very thin.
"[Referring to Jay Spearing's omission] If he plays 50 per cent of the games, we need to pay £100,000 to Liverpool. We tried to get it deferred but we couldn't get it done."
Preston North End manager Simon Grayson:
"We started the game well but petered out towards the back end of the first half when I don't think we were really at it.
"There were a few choice words at half-time because we have set standards and don't want the season to peter out. We want to keep winning games and see where it takes us. They responded in a positive manner and looked a far better team in the second half.
"We have been to a few grounds in recent weeks that you know if you get back in the game you are going to cause opposition problems because of the quality we have but also the nervous tension that can be around. Bolton played some good stuff at times but we were a lot better and looked a real threat with pace and energy about us."
The British pair lost the first five games against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin but recovered to win 2-6 6-3 10-5.
British number two Aljaz Bedene was knocked out in the second round of the singles by Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
Bedene, 26, held serve only four times as he lost 6-3 6-3 to eight-time winner and world number five Nadal.
Second seed Murray, 28, continues his singles campaign on Thursday with a third-round match against France's Benoit Paire.
Murray's brother Jamie, 30, also reached the last eight of the doubles alongside Brazilian partner Bruno Soares.
The fourth seeds, who won the Australian Open in January, beat Canada's Daniel Nester and Czech Radek Stepanek 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (11-9) 14-12.
He replaces John Hughes, 52, who left Rovers following their relegation to Scottish League One.
The Kirkcaldy side finished second bottom of the Championship and lost their play-off semi-final against Brechin City.
Former Celtic player Smith, 43, previously managed Dundee, Alloa Athletic and Aldershot Town.
He managed in the second tier and the top flight with Dundee and has taken charge of more than 200 matches at first-team level.
"Everyone at Stark's Park extends a warm welcome to our new 'gaffer'," said Raith Rovers on their website.
Underhill, 19, has impressed for Ospreys since his debut in September, making 16 appearances this season.
Despite pledging his allegiance to England, Underhill wants to stay with Ospreys and Rugby Football Union rules state Jones cannot select players based outside England.
"Hopefully by November he's going to be eligible for selection," said Jones.
"I had a good chat with him last week and we decided the best thing for him is to have a good pre-season.
"He's a young guy, he's had a fair few injuries this season."
Underhill's unavailability also means he will miss England Saxons' tour of South Africa in June.
The former England Under-18 player was at Gloucester before moving to Wales to study economics at Cardiff University.
Born in the United States, Underhill could qualify for Wales in the future under the three-year residency rule.
The move will allow people to share their pictures via PCs rather than just iOS and Android-powered smartphones and tablets.
Facebook said the facility would make it easier for users to discover each others' photos.
But privacy campaigners have raised concerns about the implications.
As might be expected, Instagram's new web-based profiles resemble the design of Facebook's pages.
They feature a profile image and short biography of each user above a grid showing their recent photo uploads.
For the time being members will only be able to view and download images from the service.
"Instagram is focused on the production of photos from mobile devices so users are not currently able to upload from the web," Facebook said in a statement.
Despite this limitation the move should help boost the service's popularity by making it accessible to more people than before.
That, in turn, might make Facebook's environment more appealing to marketers. The firm highlights Nike's Instagram web profile as an example of the new feature at work.
Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has gained more than 100 million registered users, becoming one of the most popular social media services.
Facebook bought the app using its own shares. They were worth about $1bn (£625m) at the time, although they have since fallen in value.
The company has been keen to stress that users can restrict who has access to their uploads.
But Nick Pickles, from Big Brother Watch, expressed concern that the facility would make it easier for users to copy and spread potentially embarrassing photos allowing them to go viral.
"A web-based service makes it easier to collect lots of information about people using the service and also makes it easier for people to share photos their friends post," he said.
"Clearly both of these issues raise privacy questions, and time will tell if the company really has any desire to address them."
Despite efforts to revive the man, who was in his 60s, after he was pulled from beneath the mower he was declared dead at the scene in Wattisham.
Suffolk Police say there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death in Bildeston Road on Monday afternoon.
The East of England Air Ambulance said the man's heart had stopped by the time they arrived.
A police spokeswoman said a file had been prepared for the coroner.
Alex is a homeless teenager, who Kaz has been meeting with regularly - and who ends up joining the gang at Ashdene Ridge.
Watch the show to find out what is in store for Alex.
But what does it mean to be homeless?
To be homeless means to have nowhere permanent and safe that you are able to call home.
There are lots of reasons that a person could become homeless.
For example, they might have fallen out with their family which means they have had to move out, or it may be because of problems with mental health issues.
It is especially hard for young people who find themselves without anywhere permanent and safe to live, as often they need extra help and support with things like making sure they stay in education, money and health.
Being homeless doesn't always mean that someone is living on the streets.
A homeless person could be staying temporarily on a friend's sofa or living in temporary accommodation provided by a local charity or the council.
Whole families can be made homeless together if they are unable to stay in the home they were living in.
According to a survey by Centrepoint - a charity that helps young people who are homeless - just under one in five 16 to 25-year-olds have, at some point, felt that they had nowhere safe to call home.
Rough sleeping is a type of being homeless.
If someone is rough sleeping, this means they have absolutely nowhere to stay, so have to find themselves somewhere to sleep at night - often on the streets or in empty buildings.
They may have to rely on local groups, like churches, to provide them with hot meals, and could sleep in a different place each night.
The Dumping Ground's new character Alex is a rough sleeper, as he has been living in a derelict building.
The difference between rough sleeping and homelessness is that it is possible to be homeless, but not be rough sleeping.
For example, someone can be homeless if they are staying in temporary accommodation, but they are not rough sleeping as they do have a proper roof over their head at night.
People might be rough sleeping because they have been unable to get the help they need.
Rough sleepers represent a smaller number of people who are considered to be homeless - but it is still a serious problem.
Centrepoint helps around 3,000 homeless children a year who are under the age of 18.
Just over 1 in 4 of the young people they help have had to sleep rough at some point.
There are many charities that work to try to help people who are homeless.
They work to find them somewhere safe to live and provide support to help get them back into education.
Laws and housing schemes have also been introduced to help young people to get the help they need if they find themselves homeless.
Sumatran Tiger cubs were just one of the hundreds of species counted. These two pictured, Achilles and Karis, arrived at the zoo in 2016.
In previous years, the count has taken about a week to complete.
Genghis, a Bactrian camel, was also counted.
Although it is undertaken once a year, keepers have an inventory which is updated continuously. The count is required as part of the zoo's licence.
Last year, nearly 18,500 animals were counted, including 21 red-kneed spiders and six Philippine crocodiles. There were a total of 712 species.
The results are logged into the International Species Information System (ISIS) where the data is then shared with other zoos.
Zookeeper Martin Franklin said the length of time it took to count the animals varied from department to department.
"I'm lucky in reptiles as we tend to have pretty large animals and it's a walk in the park to count them. We count them every day so we know what we've got but the point is we need to have a snapshot once a year for licensing purposes."
"It's harder for other departments so for example our insects team have a real job on their hands. They might cheat a little bit sometimes and count an entire colony as just one animal but generally speaking, everything is counted.
"Our aquarium guys have a great trick - they take photographs so they can make sure they don't double count anything."
Founded in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles, it is the oldest zoological scientific zoo in the world.
Last year saw four Humboldt penguin chicks hatched at Penguin Beach, and the zoo's first-ever aye-aye baby - a type of Lemur - arrived.
The aye-aye, called Malcolm, was born was born on 1 July, but emerged from his secluded nesting box for the first time just before Halloween.
Bony has scored more Premier League goals in 2014 than any other player, finding the net 18 times for the Swans.
The 25-year-old has scored six times so far this season, but Monk says the Welsh side do not have to sell the Ivorian.
"It would take an astronomical fee for Bony to go anywhere," said Monk.
"We are not a selling club, we don't need to sell.
"We are very much committed with our players and they are committed to us and that's how we move on."
Bony scored 25 goals in his first season after signing for a club-record £12m from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.
He scored twice for the Ivory Coast at the 2014 World Cup finals and was the subject of transfer speculation during the close season.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham were all reported to be interested in Bony, but Monk insisted the striker was not for sale.
In November, Bony signed a one-year extension to his contract with Swansea, a deal which could keep him at the Liberty Stadium until 2018.
Monk, whose side lie eighth in the Premier League, says Bony's goalscoring record in 2014 is well deserved.
"It shows that the work that we are doing with him is paying off," said Monk.
"He works very hard on his finishing and his fitness, so all credit to him and long may it continue."
Bony will be away at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in January and February.
Monk says Swansea, who host Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday in the Premier League, are looking to add to their options up front.
"With Wilfried being away for, I think it's a six or seven-game period, we'll obviously be looking to bring in cover in that position," said Monk.
In October Bony said his likely involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations would put clubs off bidding for him.
The singer sparked a flurry of interest earlier this week when he tweeted that he had given his "whole wardrobe [to] a bunch of charity shops" in Suffolk.
Now the St Elizabeth Hospice and Sue Ryder shops in his home town of Framlingham have been given eight bags of items.
EACH children's hospices also have taken delivery of eight bags.
Sheeran's mother dropped off the bags in Framlingham on Wednesday.
The St Elizabeth charity, which runs a hospice in Ipswich, said a special "one-off" sale of the clothes would take place "in the next few days".
Sue Goodchild, the charity's head of retail, said: "We are extremely grateful to Ed Sheeran and his family for this donation.
"The Sheeran family have long been supporters of St Elizabeth Hospice and understand how we rely on local support of our 26 shops to help fund local hospice care."
Jacqui Bell, manager of the Sue Ryder charity shop in Framlingham, said they would be holding an auction at the store on 18 April.
She said: "I feel that being in Framlingham, with this being his home town, we will get a good response.
"Ed has given us printed stickers to put on the items, which include sweatshirts, T-shirts and jeans, and some of them have his logo printed on them anyway."
Sheeran, 23, is an ambassador for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) and his father dropped off more clothes at its fundraising office in Ipswich.
EACH said it was planning on holding an online auction, but it would be saving some of the items for a sale at its new charity shop, which is due to open in Framlingham in May.
A scene in the children's programme shows a fireman slipping on a pile of papers - and as they fly into the air a page from the Koran is "briefly depicted", production firm Mattel said.
The episode was first broadcast in October 2014 on Channel 5 but the error has only recently been spotted.
Mattel apologised and said it did not believe it was done "maliciously".
Channel 5, which broadcasts Fireman Sam, has removed the episode from its website.
Miqdaad Versi, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, tweeted: "I have no idea what went through the producers's minds when they thought this was a good idea #baffled".
He also said he had identified the page from the Koran as "Surah Mulk (67), verses 13-26".
A Mattel spokeswoman told the BBC: "It's just an unfortunate incident where someone from the production company thought they were just putting in random text.
"We have no reason to believe it was done maliciously."
In a statement, Mattel said: "The page was intended to show illegible text and we deeply regret this error.
"We sincerely apologise for any distress or offence it may have caused."
It said it would "no longer be working with the animation studio responsible", and would take "immediate action to remove this episode from circulation".
"We are reviewing our content production procedures to ensure this never happens again," it added.
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Story of the match:
This was another brilliant and breathless occasion. Belgium walk away deserving winners but only after a performance of incredible spirit and bravery from the US.
As it was, Kevin de Bruyne scored the goal that finally broke USA resistance in the second minute of extra time at Arena Fonte Nova. Substitute Romelu Lukaku fired in a second 11 minutes later to apparently end the contest.
"It was like watching a Premier League game. It was unbelievable.
"You have to start taking Belgium seriously. The manager is making great substitutions and from the bench they have better players than any other team to change a game."
The US would not go quietly, though. From nowhere they rose up to find hope and with it a goal from substitute Julian Green, who volleyed brilliantly past Thibaut Courtois. Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey both had chances to take the match to penalties but neither was able to take the chance to extend the USA's dream.
That Jurgen Klinsmann's men survived so long owed everything to an outstanding goalkeeping performance by Tim Howard, who made a record number of saves in a World Cup match. In front of him, his team-mates were simply outclassed.
Belgium will now play Argentina in a mouth-watering quarter-final in Brasilia on Saturday. On this evidence, they will take some beating.
This was a battle of flair against function. Belgium, with their jet-heeled forwards and unquestioned technical superiority, against the organisation and energy of the United States.
Eden Hazard and Divock Origi were a pair of nuisances and their willingness to run at their opponents, and sheer athletic ability, caused the US problems throughout the 120 minutes.
Kevin De Bruyne scuffed two chances wide and sent a third straight at Howard as Jurgen Klinsmann's side too often left themselves open to the counter-attack - Hazard, De Bruyne, Origi and Jan Vertonghen rampaged into wide open spaces in the US half.
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DaMarcus Beasley's vital interception then denied Marouane Felliani at the back post as Belgium took the game by the scruff of the neck. The US were reliant on Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey to create their best moments and the pair combined to test Courtois just before half-time.
If the US had been second best in the first half, they hung on in the second. Belgium monopolised possession as the US dropped deeper and deeper.
Toby Alderweireld was finding space down the right from where he delivered a cross that Origi headed onto the top of Howard's crossbar. Hazard went close with flick soon after, and the introduction of substitute Kevin Mirallas only reinforced Belgium's dominance. He scythed through the US defence, the ball running to Origi, whose shot was beaten away by Howard.
Moments later, Howard was sprawling low to flick a shot away from Mirallas, his Everton team-mate, before Hazard drew another brilliant save.
The veteran keeper was at it again soon after, tipping Origi's fierce shot over.
"On Twitter #ThingsTimHowardCanSave became a trending topic. Money on your car insurance was just one of the suggestions. 'Tim Howard remains a God,' Tom Hanks would tweet. His voice was echoed by many more.
"This was the end of a summer of soccer in the United States, a defeat that gave the many new converts to the game a taste of the other side of this sport, the immense and, at times, the cruel sense of disappointment that so many countries have experienced at some point."
Read the rest of how Belgium ended the American dream here
Somehow, the US got over the line and into extra time - but the respite was brief.
The introduction of Lukaku had an immediate impact. He burst down the right and although his cross-shot was blocked by Matt Besler, De Bruyne pounced on the loose ball, found a yard of space and shot unerringly into the far corner.
De Bruyne then turned provider to find Chelsea striker, who turned the ball into the net with a brilliant finish at the near post.
With the US apparently dead and buried, there was a twist in the tale. Green, on as a substitute, latched onto Bradley's floated pass and fired a stunning volley beyond Courtois with practically his first touch of the match.
As late as it was, the US found new purpose. Jones poked just wide, before Dempsey found himself in possession eight yards out after a clever free-kick. The stadium held its breath but the American was denied by Courtois once more.
Belgium coach Marc Wilmots: "We had a lot of opportunities, and we dominated the game, and in the end it was well deserved even if it was scary with the US goal.
"Lukaku had been much criticised, and I told him, 'do not worry - the second round might be your day', and that's what happened.
"Tom Howard had a fantastic match but we need to forget about this match and focus on Argentina.
"There shouldn't be any more worries from the media about us not playing football."
Match ends, Belgium 2, USA 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Belgium 2, USA 1.
Hand ball by Nacer Chadli (Belgium).
Attempt missed. DeAndre Yedlin (USA) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Julian Green with a cross.
Michael Bradley (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
DaMarcus Beasley (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Belgium).
Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (USA) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Julian Green.
DaMarcus Beasley (USA) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Belgium).
Foul by Omar González (USA).
Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (USA) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Geoff Cameron with a cross.
Attempt saved. Clint Dempsey (USA) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Wondolowski with a through ball.
Geoff Cameron (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nacer Chadli (Belgium).
Attempt blocked. Jermaine Jones (USA) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Bradley.
Julian Green (USA) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Belgium).
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Tim Howard.
Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Eden Hazard.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Omar González.
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vincent Kompany.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Wondolowski with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
Goal! Belgium 2, USA 1. Julian Green (USA) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Bradley with a through ball.
DeAndre Yedlin (USA) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
Second Half Extra Time begins Belgium 2, USA 0.
First Half Extra Time ends, Belgium 2, USA 0.
Substitution, USA. Julian Green replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
Goal! Belgium 2, USA 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Michael Bradley (USA) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jermaine Jones.
Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jermaine Jones (USA) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jermaine Jones (USA) because of an injury.
Along a 100km-stretch (62 mile) of coast in Western Australia's Kimberley region, tens of thousands of dinosaur tracks are fossilised in sandstone.
The 130-million-year-old footprints are virtually the only record of dinosaurs in the western half of the continent.
They date to the Early Cretaceous Period when the continent was still connected by a land bridge to Antarctica and covered in towering conifer forests.
"These tracks are at least 15 to 20 million years older than the majority of dinosaur fossils that have been found at sites in eastern Australia," says Dr Steve Salisbury, a palaeontologist from the University of Queensland.
"They provide a very detailed snapshot of the dinosaur fauna from a time and place where there's almost nothing else," he told the BBC.
The fossils also hold immense cultural value for local indigenous communities.
Dr Salisbury says they feature in an Aboriginal "song cycle" that extends along the coastline, and that "knowledge of the tracks probably extends back thousands of years".
He was first invited to the region in 2011 by the Goolarabooloo people who were trying to halt the development of a proposed A$35bn ($24bn; £16bn) natural gas precinct at an area known as James Price Point, 50km north of Broome.
In 2013, two years after a section of the coast was granted National Heritage Status, the development was finally cancelled.
Dr Salisbury is now leading a project to digitally catalogue the fossils and reconstruct the landscapes these dinosaurs wandered through.
To date, researchers have identified about 20 different types of tracks. The footprints include three-toed tracks belonging to carnivorous theropods that walked on two legs, as well as tracks believed to have been made by armoured dinosaurs like stegosaurs.
Some of the Broome dinosaur tracks are similar to those found at Lark Quarry in central-western Queensland, which the team recently determined were probably made by a large, two-legged plant-eating dinosaur similar to Muttaburrasaurus.
There are also large cylindrical depressions stamped into the earth by at least five different types of long-necked, long-tailed sauropods.
These are the only sauropod tracks in Australia and some of the depressions measure longer than 1.5m.
"They're beyond the size that you normally expect dinosaur tracks to be," says Dr Salisbury.
"We're talking huge, huge tracks, probably made by some of the biggest animals to ever walk the planet."
The tracks are found along coastal rock shelves and reefs, which are subject to some of the most extreme tides in Australia, with water levels rising 10 to 11m daily, he says.
Many are only exposed for a few hours each day, and only a few days each year, meaning the team has to work quickly.
"It's a dynamic landscape, and we've seen tracks disappear altogether in the time we've been working there. Some get buried by shifting sands, while others are destroyed by pounding surf," says Dr Salisbury.
To speed up the process of mapping and imaging the tracks, the team has adopted a range of new remote sensing technologies.
In addition to making physical moulds of the footprints using a rapid-setting silicon rubber and taking photographs on ground-mounted tripods, the team is now using a handheld LiDAR unit developed by Australia's national science organisation, the CSIRO.
They are also taking aerial photographs of the track sites using a remote controlled drone and a specialised, low-speed aircraft, which is also fitted with LiDAR.
A LiDAR uses pulsating laser light coupled with a global positioning system. It records the points where the laser light reflects off hard surfaces, combining data from multiple passes to generate a detailed 3D map of the coastline, says Prof Jorg Hacker, director of Airborne Research Australia at Flinders University.
Prof Hacker, the other main investigator on the project, says that for a 3km stretch of beach he usually spends about 1.5 hours flying his motor glider, making roughly 30 passes at altitudes between 20 to 100 metres.
Dr Salisbury says his team can now contextualise the tracks over larger geographic areas, and can better understand which direction the dinosaurs were travelling, whether they were walking or running, and if they were interacting or crossing the landscape in groups, searching for food, or trying to escape predators.
"We can, to a degree, accurately reconstruct scenes that happened 130 million years ago. That's not imagination, that's piecing it together from the evidence found in the rocks," he says.
"It's a powerful way of bringing these ancient worlds back to life."
Footprints require favourable circumstances to fossilise but when that happens a broad array of information is captured in the fossils, says Professor Anthony Martin, a palaeontologist from Emory University in the US specialising in animal tracks, who is not involved in the project.
"From a single, well-preserved dinosaur track way, we can determine the approximate type of dinosaur, its size, its speed, gait, and even how it was reacting to other dinosaurs or the landscape around it," says Prof Martin.
"Once these tracks are properly surveyed, I would not be surprised if this area turns out to be one of the best dinosaur track sites in the world," he says.
The body of Peter Miller was found in the kitchen of his home in Camden Place, Great Yarmouth, in 1984.
He died of a single stab wound to the chest. No-one was ever charged with the 24-year-old's murder
Police said they have received and are pursing "several significant pieces of intelligence" after an earlier appeal.
Det Insp Gary Bloomfield, from the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Major Investigation Team, said: "These include a person of interest that has been highlighted to the inquiry team and we are currently pursuing this to establish if that person had any involvement in the original offence."
He added: "I should point out that this is one of a number of lines of enquiry we are following up and enquiries are still at a very early stage."
Earlier this month officers identified a sharp implement which they believed might have been used to kill Mr Miller.
Forensic tests on the item are under way, police said.
Police have not stated exactly what type of item has been found.
Mr Bloomfield said: "The overall investigation remains on-going and we still have plenty of work to carry out."
Until last year, Thomas and Eleni lived with their two children in Athens. But as they lost their jobs and faced soaring taxes, they decided that the everyday struggle of city life was too much. The family moved back in with Thomas's mother in her house in the tiny village of Pahikalamo, in north-west Greece.
Around a simple lunch Eleni tells me there was no other option. "We lost our income and had two children to raise," she says. "I was waking up and doing nothing except trying to find work. And then I couldn't sleep at night because I so worried about tomorrow."
She tells me several of her friends are thinking of following suit - including her sister-in-law. "The economic times force us to leave the city. I didn't choose to do it - the situation made me come here and that's what I didn't like. I wanted to have my own opinion, but I couldn't."
As Greece sinks deeper into the worst financial crisis in its modern history, unemployment has soared to 21% - and 54% among young people.
With businesses closing and a third of Greeks now thought to live below the poverty line, the urban exodus is gathering pace. Thousands are thought to have left the cities: almost 70% of those questioned in a recent survey said they were considering doing so.
Life is simpler and less expensive in the countryside, but it too is suffering: the Epirus region, the new home of the Karinos family, is one of the poorest parts of the European Union.
As Thomas's mother, 73-year-old Paraskevi, sits at the lunch table, listening again to her children's story, she begins to cry. But the smile returns to her kindly face as she tells me of the pleasure her family bring her - and the company they provide.
"If they had work of course I would like to see them stay in Athens," she says. "I had a hard time growing up here - we were very poor. I was hoping my children would have a better life. But it makes me sad to see that it hasn't turned out like that. Our governments have made a mess of things. They've destroyed Greece."
The anger against the political class for chronic mismanagement of Greece's economic crisis is likely to be vented at the ballot box in Sunday's election.
In the last election on 6 May - which failed to produce a conclusive result - the two big parties in power for most of the past four decades were decimated by a furious, exhausted nation. They haemorrhaged support to newer, smaller parties, which promise to abolish the austerity measures that have brought the country to its knees.
And polls show a similar result may be produced again this time, although European leaders warn deviating from the cost-cutting path could lead Greece out of the euro.
But whatever happens in Sunday's election, Greece's recession has already had a marked impact on the country's demographics.
During the decades after World War II, hundreds of thousands left rural areas for the bigger cities that were beginning to prosper. The population of Athens alone doubled between 1950 and 1980. But now the process is being reversed - Greeks are moving in the other direction, away from urban financial hardship as the effect of the crisis deepens.
Thomas Karinos has found some work in a local eel farm, but the family, like so many, now rely in part on their small plot of land. They have a few sheep and chickens and have started to grow oranges. But for the children - 16-year-old Konstantinos and Evelina, 13 - it is a hard adjustment from city life.
"We got used to things in Athens and now it's not so easy here", Konstantinos tells me. "I miss the city a lot and would like to go back. I don't think I can have a future here. It makes me sad seeing that we had to move - but we couldn't do anything else."
And so as the impact of this country's crisis runs ever deeper, Greeks are falling back on their traditional family bonds as their final safety net. They remain strong and loyal - a rare antidote to the pain of the recession.
A few minutes from the Karinos family's new home lies a small lake - a picturesque place with old wooden boats surrounded by reeds and flowers. They come often, they say - a good place to think.
"I am beginning to like it here, I guess," says Eleni. "In Athens we couldn't live - we couldn't even survive. At least here we can survive."
A music industry publication listed 50 artists it claimed were not real.
They have racked up millions of streams by appearing on mood-based playlists such as Sleep and Ambient Chill, but many have no other visible profile.
However, one industry expert told the BBC Spotify was "not committing a crime" if it was commissioning tracks or buying production music.
"We do not and have never created 'fake' artists and put them on Spotify playlists. Categorically untrue, full stop," Spotify said in a statement.
"We do not own rights, we're not a label, all our music is licensed from rights holders and we pay them - we don't pay ourselves."
Some of the artist names in the list, compiled by Music Business Worldwide (MBW), did appear to have a presence on other platforms - generally rival services such as LastFM and YouTube - when checked by the BBC, but most had no website or social media presence in their own right.
For example Relajar, which has racked up 13.4 million streams, comes up only on Spotify in internet search results.
"We're pretty sure A&R [artist and repertoire] teams from across the globe would love to hear about artists with no online presence who have managed to rack up millions of Spotify plays with their first few tracks," wrote MBW.
Mark Mulligan, from Midia Research, said that Spotify could be commissioning others to produce content which it then pays lower royalties for in return.
"Labels are scared because they suspect this is the thin end of the wedge, but it's not forcing those artists to do it," he said.
It was also possible that Spotify was buying existing production music from other companies, Mr Mulligan said.
Some artists choose not to attach their real names to this sort of material.
"We still don't have the smoking gun - there's no proof of payment," he said.
"This is getting creative about how Spotify might try to not have to pay out for all the music it plays.
"Ten years into the Spotify experiment, it still hasn't made a profit despite being the most successful music-streaming platform on the planet."
More than 800 foreign climbers had paid up to $11,000 (£7,900) for permits for expeditions cancelled after quakes in April and May.
Climbers who missed out will be able to use the same permit for 2016 and 2017.
At least 19 people were killed on Everest in avalanches triggered by April's quake.
Nearly 9,000 people died across the country in the two quakes.
"The government has decided to extend permits for two years in order to compensate those climbers who could not continue their expeditions due to the earthquake," tourism department chief Gobinda Bahadur Karki was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
Nepal is eager to boost its flagging tourism industry ahead of the climbing season which starts later this month.
Hiking officials say foreign bookings have sharply declined.
Nepal's infrastructure was badly hit by the quakes, while a protracted transport blockade along the border with India has further hit supplies of fuel and equipment.
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Cpl Paul Long, 24, of Hebburn, South Tyneside, died with his colleagues at a police station in Majar al-Kabir, Maysan, southern Iraq, in 2003.
A number of inquiries have been held into what happened.
But Cpl Long's mother Pat said they were "inadequate" and is asking for a Ministry of Defence (MOD) inquiry.
In October last year, two Iraqi men were cleared by Baghdad's criminal court of murdering the Red Caps due to lack of evidence.
The Red Caps who died alongside Cpl Long were L/Cpl Benjamin Hyde, of Northallerton, North Yorkshire; Sgt Simon Hamilton-Jewell, 41, of Chessington, Surrey; Cpl Russell Aston, 30 of Swadlincote, Derbyshire; L/Cpl Tom Keys, 20, from Bala, North Wales; and Cpl Simon Miller, 21, of Washington in Tyne and Wear.
Mrs Long's legal team, from the Birmingham-based Public Interest Lawyers, has written to Defence Secretary Philip Hammond calling for a fresh inquiry.
The 25-page letter states: "At present, Mrs Long feels a strong sense of injustice, that the questions she has about her son's death have not been properly answered and that, importantly, the lack of any accountability for the situation in which her son was placed does not do justice for her son.
"The circumstances of the deaths in this case reveal obvious defects in the systems which ought reasonably be expected to be in place to protect the lives of British soldiers."
The men had been training local Iraqi officers when the police station came under attack.
An inquest in March 2006 heard that some of their bodies were found riddled with bullets, while others had marks that suggested they had been dragged, tied up or beaten with rifles.
The hearing was told that the Red Caps were not equipped with Iridium satellite telephones to call for help, despite a direct order from their commanding officer that all units leaving base must carry one.
This was due to a shortage of supplies, the hearing heard.
Oxfordshire Coroner Nicholas Gardiner recorded a narrative verdict of unlawful killing, saying the six soldiers should have been better equipped but their deaths could not have been avoided.
An MoD spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that we have received a pre-action protocol letter from Public Interest Lawyers.
"We will consider the letter carefully and respond in due course. Our thoughts remain with the families of the six soldiers who lost their lives."
The shooting led to days of clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson, and there was further unrest following the decision.
In many countries, the decision to indict someone for a crime comes down to the opinion of a single judge who reviews the evidence and decides whether or not it is sufficient.
But in the United States, a grand jury of ordinary citizens who represent the community is often used to decide whether there is enough evidence to pursue a prosecution.
While all states have provisions to allow for grand juries, only around half use them, with other states preferring to rely on a preliminary hearing to determine whether or not to indict a defendant.
Grand jury members may be called for duty for months at a time, but need only appear in court for a few days out of every month.
Usually the only lawyer present in grand jury hearings is the prosecutor, who will present evidence. The jury has the power to request to see and hear any evidence it wants.
Grand jury proceedings are conducted behind closed doors to encourage witnesses to speak freely and to protect the defendant's reputation in case the jury does not indict.
Even though a grand jury may decide not to indict, a prosecutor could still bring the defendant to trial if they think they have a strong enough case.
Ferguson braces for grand jury decision
Who is the grand jury in this case?
There are 12 randomly picked citizens in this Missouri grand jury - six white men, three white women, one black man and two black women.
The grand jury was based in the justice centre in Clayton, Missouri.
This jury had been hearing evidence in this case since 20 August.
It was given until 7 January to complete proceedings.
Normally a grand jury would meet just once a week, but in this case the jury had been meeting more frequently.
This was because instead of considering an overview of the case as presented by the prosecutor, jurors were asked to act as co-investigators and consider all evidence available.
Analysts say this approach is allowed under law and it is often used in high-profile indictments.
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The grand jury was deciding whether Officer Wilson should be charged with any one of four possible crimes: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter.
It also had the option of charging the policeman with armed criminal action, if it could prove he was carrying a loaded firearm with the intent to commit a felony.
Nine out of the 12 members of this jury would have had to vote yes to indict Officer Wilson.
Analysts said if Officer Wilson could establish he had a "reasonable" fear for his own safety or the safety of others when he shot Brown, then he would be able to argue successfully that he was acting in self-defence under Missouri law.
Timeline of events in Ferguson
Brown's family and his supporters complained about the secrecy surrounding the grand jury's proceedings.
However, grand juries typically meet behind closed doors to assess evidence.
The prosecutor, Robert McCulloch, was criticised for being biased because his own father, a policeman, was shot and killed by a black man in 1964.
Many protestors were concerned that Mr McCulloch was not impartial and called for the appointment of a new special prosecutor to replace him.
Ferguson protests against McCulloch
With Mario Balotelli absent because of illness, Lucien Favre's side went behind to a chipped finish from former West Ham midfielder Morgan Amalfitano.
Giovanni Sio turned in from close range for Rennes' second amid offside claims.
Anastasios Donis pulled one back before Eysseric ran clear to slot in the equaliser for Nice, who remain third.
Benjamin Andre almost won it for Rennes with a header from a corner in the final minutes, but Mounir Obaddi cleared it off the line.
Favre's team, who led the table for much of the first half of the season, have won just two of their last seven Ligue 1 matches, and are five points off the top.
Despite their comeback, they finish the weekend having lost ground on second-placed Paris St-Germain, who won 3-0 at Bordeaux on Friday, and leaders Monaco, who thumped Metz 5-0 on Saturday.
Match ends, Rennes 2, Nice 2.
Second Half ends, Rennes 2, Nice 2.
Attempt missed. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Amalfitano with a cross.
Mounir Obbadi (Nice) is shown the yellow card.
Pedro Mendes (Rennes) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Benjamin André (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Amalfitano with a cross.
Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Maxime Le Marchand.
Jean Michael Seri (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aldo Kalulu (Rennes).
Foul by Wylan Cyprien (Nice).
Gelson Fernandes (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Paul Baysse (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Benjamin André (Rennes).
Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Mounir Obbadi.
Attempt missed. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gelson Fernandes.
Younès Belhanda (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Younès Belhanda (Nice).
Pedro Mendes (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Rennes 2, Nice 2. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean Michael Seri with a through ball.
Foul by Anastasios Donis (Nice).
Morgan Amalfitano (Rennes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Anastasios Donis (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
Substitution, Rennes. Dimitri Kevin Cavare replaces Ramy Bensebaini because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Nice. Maxime Le Marchand replaces Dalbert because of an injury.
Delay in match Ramy Bensebaini (Rennes) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin André.
Offside, Rennes. Benjamin André tries a through ball, but Giovanni Sio is caught offside.
Offside, Nice. Dante tries a through ball, but Anastasios Donis is caught offside.
Foul by Paul Baysse (Nice).
Giovanni Sio (Rennes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anastasios Donis.
Substitution, Rennes. Aldo Kalulu replaces Firmin Ndombe Mubele.
Substitution, Nice. Mounir Obbadi replaces Vincent Koziello.
Attempt missed. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin André.
Attempt saved. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin André with a cross.
Goal! Rennes 2, Nice 1. Anastasios Donis (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric.
Attempt missed. Giovanni Sio (Rennes) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pedro Mendes.
Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Nice).
Firmin Ndombe Mubele (Rennes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
The energy supplier had the lowest rating of 100 brands, with just 59% of the 3,500 consumers questioned in the Which? survey rating it positively.
Customers reported "useless service and unhelpful standardised replies".
A Scottish Power spokesman said they were committed to restoring service levels to the highest possible standards.
1 Lush (89%)
2. First Direct (86%)
3. Lakeland (84%)
4. The Body Shop (83%)
5. John Lewis (83%)
6. Waitrose (83%)
The Which? survey found that Scottish Power's competitor npower was not rated much more highly at 61%.
Other energy sector firms also performed badly, with SSE managing the top score of 74%, followed by British Gas and EDF Energy (both 71%).
Telecoms giants BT (63%), TalkTalk (64%), Vodafone (66%) and EE (68%) also had a "worrying trend" of poor performance.
Budget airline Ryanair, which finished bottom of the 2013 survey, remains in the bottom five despite its widely publicised efforts to improve customer service.
The companies that ranked lowest were criticised for disloyalty, inflexibility and long waits, making their customers feel like a nuisance.
95. Ryanair (66%)
95. Vodafone (66%)
97. TalkTalk (64%)
98. BT (63%)
99. npower (61%)
100. Scottish Power (59%)
High street cosmetics firm Lush topped the table with a score of 89%, achieving the full five stars for making customers feel valued, staff helpfulness and knowledge of products and service.
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: "Long-suffering customers deserve better, as once again essential services that we all rely on have been caught falling down on how they treat people."
A Scottish Power spokesman said: "Last year all our customer accounts were migrated on to a new IT system, which resulted in a very busy period as disappointingly we experienced more problems with the new system than we would have liked.
"The new system is very important as it ensures that Scottish Power customers will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits we anticipate from the roll-out of smart meters in the coming years, and it will allow us to continue adding innovative features to make it easier for customers to manage their accounts.
"To restore our service we have recruited 500 additional customer advisers to our UK call centres and, since the survey was conducted, our average speed of answer has improved by 72% from 193 seconds in 2014 to 54 seconds over the last three months and we have also seen a 50% reduction in our regulated complaints."
Buccleuch and 2020 Renewables said the project could "transform the area".
Preliminary talks have been held with other landowners, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish government.
It has been stressed that "no decision to proceed" has been taken and a range of options are being considered.
John Glen, chief executive of Buccleuch, said: "We have a structured approach to land management that involves looking at land use from an economic delivery and environment perspective and what it can deliver for the local, regional and sometimes national interest.
"It appears to us that this area of land could potentially deliver more both economically and environmentally and provide more benefit to local and regional communities.
"At present, we are undertaking feasibility work into a number of proposals and will discuss the results of our work with consultees and the communities."
He said the range of options for the site "under active consideration" included the potential to build up to 140 turbines.
"At that scale the project would be one of Scotland's largest wind farms, making a significant contribution to the Scottish government's renewable energy targets," he added.
Mr Glen said the wind farm could create 300 to 400 construction jobs over a four-year period with 20 to 30 operational jobs on completion.
Consultation is scheduled to begin soon with Wanlockhead and other local communities.
The proposed site is near the Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands Special Protection Area.
Alan Baker, managing director of 2020 Renewables, said: "We are still in the early stages of this process and continue to develop our thinking.
"However, it is apparent that the site in question has tremendous potential to deliver economic and environmental benefit on a very significant scale."
He told the Sun he was committed to replacing Labour's 1998 Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights.
And in a speech at the celebrations of Magna Carta, he said it was time to restore the reputation of human rights, which had been "devalued" in Britain.
Labour said his plans would diminish people's human rights.
Magna Carta paved the way for the introduction of basic human rights and established that the King was subject to the law rather than being above it.
An event marking the 800th anniversary of its sealing by King John of England in 1215 is being attended by the Queen and the prime minister.
More than 4,500 guests have been invited to take part in the celebrations, at Runnymede, Surrey.
Addressing the crowd, Mr Cameron said the document "takes on further relevance today".
"For centuries, it has been quoted to help promote human rights and alleviate suffering all around the world.
"But here in Britain, ironically the place where those ideas were first set out, the good name of human rights has sometimes become distorted and devalued."
He said it had fallen to this generation to "restore the reputation" of those rights and their "critical underpinning" to the British legal system.
"It is our duty to safeguard the legacy, the idea, the momentous achievement of those barons. And there couldn't be a better time to reaffirm that commitment than on an anniversary like this," Mr Cameron added.
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The Conservative government wants to replace the Human Rights Act, which enshrines in British law the European Convention on Human Rights, with a new British bill of rights.
It follows concerns about rulings by the European Court of Human Rights and their application to the UK.
A minority of Tories oppose the idea, as do the Labour Party and other opposition parties.
Mr Cameron told the Sun newspaper the current legislation, and some of the decisions taken by the Strasbourg court, had given human rights "a bad name".
He said he was frustrated that terrorists, criminals and prisoners could abuse the current rules.
But he pledged that a new bill would "restore common sense" to the British legal system by ensuring "the British Parliament is accountable to the British people and British judges make decisions in British courts".
Labour's shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer called on the government "immediately" to drop its plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.
He said: "David Cameron claims he is safeguarding the legacy of Magna Carta, but his own plans would scrap people's basic rights and threaten the UK's standing in the world.
"If the prime minister was serious about safeguarding the legacy of Magna Carta, he wouldn't be using its anniversary to attack fundamental rights."
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Det Con Colin Ward, from the modern slavery unit at Greater Manchester Police, says trafficking is "happening more than ever".
On a journey around the city, he explained to BBC reporter Mat Trewern that slaves could be found in car wash services, the construction industry and affluent households.
Companies will be watching from the sidelines with huge interest because Wales is currently more tied into the EU's single market than any other part of the UK, with the greatest proportion of our exports going there.
From the late 1980s, there was an influx of investment into Wales from abroad, particularly from Japan, as foreign firms looked for a foothold in the European market.
Those foreign firms based here will be keeping a close eye on developments, as will home-grown Welsh businesses.
Red tape tangle?
Rhys Davies Logistics is a south Wales haulage company founded 65 years ago, before the UK joined the EU.
Based in Taff's Well, near Cardiff, it now employs 400 staff and works across the world.
Gary Phillips, forwarding and commercial manager, said the single market has helped with deliveries, making it easier when crossing borders.
"Whether Yorkshire, Madrid or Paris, it's just the same," he said.
"From a logistics perspective it's made the job easier. In days gone by, pre-EU, there was an awful lot of paperwork to complete at crossings and borders.
"Trucks would be held up, sometimes for 24 hours. As it stands, the borders have gone, now it's not dissimilar to a UK delivery."
But dealing with countries outside the UK can cost time and money.
"If you take Switzerland, which isn't a member of the EU, it follows the old model.
"One of our vehicles could have 20 different consignments for 20 different customers, each with 20 sets of paperwork and 20 different customs declarations.
"If one of those is wrong, then the whole trailer can be held up at the border for 24 hours while they check every one."
Mr Phillips fears that outside the single market, trade with countries like Germany, France and Spain might become as difficult and as expensive as it can be with Switzerland now.
How much does Wales trade with the EU now?
About two thirds of our exports are to the EU. Research for the Centre for Economics and Business found 200,000 jobs in Wales are indirectly dependent on them.
About a quarter of Wales' exports to the EU involve machinery and transport equipment.
And we import too. Globalisation has meant that many of the components in the things we buy - even a single product - come from a wide range of countries.
So which country is our biggest trading partner?
Across the UK, we export the most goods to the United States followed by Germany.
In Wales, Germany and France are our top export partners - with about £1.7bn worth of exports in transport to Germany alone, which includes equipment for aircraft and cars.
And we import the most goods, by a long way, from Germany, followed by China.
So trade with Germany is very important.
Altogether, 600 Welsh firms export to the EU, while 500 firms from other European countries have operations in Wales, providing 57,000 jobs.
Milford Haven is the UK's largest energy port, handling our trade in oil and gas. In all, it deals with 35 million tonnes of cargo a year.
From the waterway, Irish Sea ferries also operate twice a day out of Pembroke to Rosslare.
The Port of Milford Haven chief executive Alec Don said customs operated electronically, smoothly and effectively ,so it was important to concentrate on "barrier free" routes.
"It's in everybody's interests - Europe, UK and Wales - that these border points don't become focuses for excessive levels of bureaucracy. They have to be kept free-moving and contributing to the economic health of the country."
Looking beyond Europe
But there is a world outside Europe. About £4bn of exports - and £6.4bn of imports - involve customers outside the EU.
Swansea-based construction firm Dawnus has plenty of work at home, including building a new school in Trimsaran, near Llanelli, and Cardiff's new £57m Eastern Bay link road.
But since 2010, the company has also been expanding its work in west Africa, including a railway and dam projects, as well as building hydro electric schemes in Liberia and an iron ore works in Sierra Leone.
Managing director of its international operations, Andy Peters, said: "As Brits, we underplay our skills sometimes. If you're resilient, hardworking and professional - and we speak English - and we're well respected in Africa.
"We've tapped into something that's there and British companies aren't doing that at the moment."
He hopes more support will come from the top - and he wants the UK government to promote and help business open up new markets.
"They can give soft loans to friendly governments to spend with British companies on infrastructure which will be game-changing projects for their countries.
"We need the work, they need the infrastructure - and we can provide life-changing opportunities for our young people as well."
What the parties are saying on trade
The Conservatives would seek a "deep and special partnership", including comprehensive free trade and customs agreements, and seek to replicate all existing EU free trade agreements.
Labour would scrap the Conservatives' Brexit White Paper and replace with "fresh negotiating priorities" with strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the single market and customs union.
The Liberal Democrats pledge membership of the single market and customs union.
Plaid Cymru wants all future trade deals endorsed by the National Assembly.
UKIP is publishing its manifesto next week but is pledging a "full Brexit" and control of borders.
The Green Partyis also to publish its manifesto but is promising to keep Britain "close to our European neighbours" and a second referendum if voters do not like the government's Brexit deal.
Brexit is one of the key issues in this election and there is much talk about what type of trading relationship we might or might not have.
Political parties are not giving us the detail of what deal they would make. Nor in reality can they, since that will ultimately be determined by the result of many months of negotiations with 27 member countries.
A study by the Institute of Customer Service found that while businesses were improving, a half of consumers with problems had to complain more than twice to get them sorted out.
The Institute also warned that empathy might be lacking when people raised problems through web chat services.
Campaigners said staff training should be improved to solve customer gripes.
The Institute conducts a study twice a year charting customer service by drawing, in part, on the experiences of 10,000 people.
It said that businesses had improved in the last 12 months, and the gap between the best and worst performers had narrowed.
It also challenged the perception that "grumpy old men" are the most likely to complain.
Consumers aged 65 and over were the most "satisfied" with businesses, with those aged 25 to 34 the least happy.
For the second year running, Amazon topped the satisfaction poll, but the Institute said that excellent customer service was now demanded by consumers across all sectors.
"The evidence suggests that customers still feel that they are spending too much time and effort dealing with businesses. To turn this around a greater focus should be given to making things easier and less cumbersome for customers," said Jo Causon, the Institute's chief executive.
"Engagement through digital methods such as email, text, apps and web chat functions have all increased in the last year, and these are the channels through which it is most difficult for customer service staff to show empathy.
"Organisations therefore need to make sure that their staff are highly engaged and highly skilled, as every customer interaction - regardless of the channel it is on - counts towards business performance."
Consumer campaigners said they were not surprised by the findings and challenged businesses to give more responsibility to staff to deal with problems.
Marcus Williamson, editor of the website CEOemail.com, said: "We are seeing customers not getting the answers they want from customer service because those staff are not well trained or because they are not empowered to make a difference to the customer's experience."
Helen Dewdney, author of How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results! called on consumers to be aware of their rights.
"People need to know and quote appropriate legislation, as under the Consumer Rights Act customers are entitled to services carried out with reasonable skill and care, goods that are as described, are fit for purpose, are of satisfactory quality and [that are] durable."
The panto, at the Bristol Old Vic, has replaced the unconscious princess with a prince called Percy and swapped the traditional kiss for CPR.
Despite being rewritten to appeal to a modern audience, the gender swap has caused controversy.
But producer Chloe Elwood said: "There's always been a tradition of playing with gender at Christmas."
The decision has caused some controversy in the national press, with Conservative MP Peter Bone telling The Sun newspaper it was "political correctness gone mad".
Written by the Grimm Brothers in 1812, Sleeping Beauty has traditionally seen an inert helpless princess, patiently waiting to be awakened from her slumber by a kiss from Prince Charming.
But the Bristol Old Vic production has put Prince Percy into a deep sleep while it falls on a young feisty heroine to rescue him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
"Sleeping Beauty is often very passive - she's seen as the passive heroine who gets rescued and that's not incredibly helpful in the 21st century ," said director Sally Cookson.
"So that's why I wanted to spice things up a little bit and swap it - just for a bit of fun really."
The show's producer, Ms Elwood, admits it is "quite a long way" from the traditional tale but said it is not "especially radical".
"Panto has traditionally been full of men playing women, girls playing boys - it's all very much in the spirit of the fun we expect at Christmas," she said.
"Sally's not doing anything that's especially radical, I think what people have got upset about is the notion of a high-fibre diet of feminism."
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But in South Korea, the government is trying to make it more affordable.
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Sarah Toms looks at whether the plan will work.
Photos of the banner - which displayed the word "murderers" and the date of the tragedy - were put on Facebook by Jay Cornforth and Ainsley Meanock.
It was hung over a bridge in Salford so Liverpool fans travelling to Old Trafford on 17 March would see it.
The two men were ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work.
Cornforth, 20, of Ashton Old Road in Manchester, and Meanock, 24, of Millbank Close in Oldham, both admitted a crime under the Communications Act 2003 of sending by public communication network a message that was "grossly offensive".
Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court heard there was no evidence Cornforth or father-of-one Meanock had made or displayed the banner, which was attached to the bridge above the M602 ahead of the first leg of last season's Europa League clash.
Cornforth appeared in court on Friday while Meanock, who has 12 previous convictions including for theft, burglary and GBH, was sentenced last week.
District Judge John Temperley told Meanock: "If there was evidence that you had put up this banner yourself, then I would undoubtedly be sentencing you to custody."
Meanock's solicitor Charlotte Johnson said: "He fully admits that what he did was a completely stupid act. He is embarrassed and full of remorse."
The men were both ordered to pay £300 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
Akram Azimov is said to be the older brother of Abror Azimov, the suspected planner who was arrested on Monday.
The older Azimov is believed to have transferred funds used for the attack and set up links with international terrorist organisations.
The bombing killed 14 and injured more than 50 people.
Suicide bomber Akbarzhon Jalilov also died in the blast.
Both Azimov brothers are naturalised Russian citizens from Kyrgyzstan.
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The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement that Akram Azimov, born in 1988, was detained in a village outside Moscow on Wednesday.
Video footage of the arrest released by the FSB and shown on the Tass news agency website appeared to show a grenade in his money belt.
The statement described him as the "older brother of the presumed organiser" Abror Azimov.
Officials previously said they believed Abror Azimov had trained Jalilov, a Kyrgyz-born Russian, ahead of the bombing.
However, speaking in a Moscow court on Tuesday, Mr Azimov said he "was involved, but not directly".
He denied reports by his lawyer that he had confessed to organising the attack.
The other eight people detained in connection with the attack - six in St Petersburg and two in Moscow - are also from Central Asia.
The match at the Aviva Stadium will be played on May 27, just over a fortnight before the Republic's Group E opener against Sweden, on 13 June.
The Dutch, who failed to qualify for the finals, beat the Irish 4-0 in the last game between the sides in 2006.
Martin O'Neill's men start preparations for France with friendlies against Switzerland and Slovakia in March.
It will be the Republic's 20th encounter against the Netherlands, with the Dutch prevailing nine times to Ireland's seven.
Their game in May eliminates the possibility of a friendly between the Republic and Northern Ireland, who have also qualified for the finals.
The Republic will play a fourth and final friendly before the tournament, although the opponents and match details have yet to be announced.
Belgium and Italy complete a tough group for the Irish, who lost all three games in the Euro 2012 finals.
Republic of Ireland fixtures (all times BST)
Monday, 13 June
Republic of Ireland v Sweden (17:00; Stade de France, Paris)
Saturday, 18 June
Belgiumv Republic of Ireland (14:00; Stade de Bordeaux)
Wednesday, 22 June
Italy v Republic of Ireland (20:00; Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille)
Most recent meetings
Republic of Ireland 1-2 Sweden (September 2013)
Belgium 2-1 Republic of Ireland (November 1997)
Italy 0-0 Republic of Ireland (May 2014)
HIE has invested £25m in the project which will provide a new home for Inverness College UHI, an enterprise and research centre, a life science building, sports facilities and a hotel.
The campus is being created on 215 acres (87ha) on the east side of the city.
Infrastructure work is almost complete on 89 acres (36ha), HIE has said. Another part of the site will be turned into 30 acres (12ha) of parkland.
Construction of the new £50m Inverness College UHI building is already well under way.
It is due to be completed by next summer and available for the 2015-16 academic year.
Once open, the new college will be able to accommodate more than 6,500 full-time and part-time students.
Some areas of landscaping have already been finished on the campus, while an artist's impression gives an insight into how the reception zone of the new college will look.
HIE has sought innovative designs for outdoor seating and bus shelters.
But more traditional features, such as hand-built drystone walls, have also been added.
An artificial lochan has also been constructed with a viewing platform giving views over it and parts of Inverness, including the Raigmore area.
An outdoor gallery has been constructed on an island on the lochan.
Dubbed the Island Gallery, it will be offered as an outdoor venue for cultural events.
Pedestrians and cyclists will be able to access the campus using a crossing called the Golden Bridge.
Lifting the span of the bridge into place required the closure of the A9 in April last year.
The operation was to be done in a single night, but work was halted when a wheel section of one of the jacks buckled.
The bridge was successfully installed the following night.
BSI chief executive Stefano Coduri has resigned with immediate effect.
Swiss prosecutors said the probe was "based on information revealed by the criminal proceedings related to 1MDB".
1MDB is faced with multiple international investigations around the world into allegations of corruption.
Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said it had information suggesting "the offences of money laundering and bribery of foreign public officials currently under investigation in the context of the 1MDB case could have been prevented" by BSI.
In a statement, BSI said it would co-operate with the investigation and described the case as "legacy issues and removing uncertainty for clients and staff in relation to 1MDB".
Earlier on Tuesday, Singapore's financial regulator told BSI to shut down its Singapore branch over what it called "serious breaches of money laundering requirements".
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) also accused BSI of "poor management oversight" and "gross misconduct" by some employees.
MAS is one of several global bodies investigating possible wrongdoing related to 1MDB.
Last month, Singapore prosecutors charged a former BSI employee as part of their investigations into the Malaysian fund.
In its latest statement, the MAS named five more individuals, including its former chief executive, to the state prosecutor to evaluate whether they committed criminal offences.
MAS also said it was the first time it had withdrawn "its approval for a merchant bank since 1984".
BSI is a private bank, offering services to high-net-worth individuals, and was founded in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1873. At the end of 2015 the bank was looking after total client assets of 84.3bn Swiss francs (£85bn; £58.5bn).
It employs roughly 2,000 people, with about two-thirds of them employed in Switzerland. About 300 of that total staff figure work in Asia.
Until two years ago it was owned by Italian insurer Generali Group, who in July 2014 sold it to the banking unit of BTG Pactual Group of Brazil.
Earlier this year BTG Pactual agreed to sell BSI to Swiss-based EFG International for 1.33bn Swiss francs ($1.34bn; £922m).
Once the deal is completed, BSI will be fully integrated into EFG.
In its last annual report BSI said that 2015 had been "a very challenging year in many respects".
It also said that it had "successfully supported" its clientele "in the voluntary disclosure process" and improved its "risk and compliance culture".
Customs officials became suspicious when they saw that Jamil Akhter had travelled abroad 13 times this year.
The $1.5m (£1.15m) haul is the largest this year as Bangladesh has emerged as a hub for smuggling gold into India.
Higher import duties on gold in India, the world's biggest gold consumer, have led to a surge in trafficking.
Earlier on Sunday officials also found 6kg of gold taped inside the toilet of a plane flown from Singapore, airport customs spokesman Ahsanul Kabir told AFP news agency.
A record 1.5 tonnes of gold has been seized at Bangladeshi airports over the past three years, most coming from Gulf countries.
More than 100 people, mostly Bangladeshi migrants working in the Gulf, have been arrested since 2014 for attempting to smuggle gold through Bangladeshi airports.
Trafficking networks include air hostesses, ground staff and corrupt security personnel, officials said.
The report noted there are more than 2,800 "looked-after children" in Northern Ireland.
It said that in 2013-14, almost half of children who had been re-homed, had done so more than three times.
It referred to the "disruption" this caused.
The report found that in 2013-14, more than 35% of these who had moved, had changed accommodation once and 17.8% had moved twice.
Almost half of them had been moved three or more times, something which, it said, exposed children to "a level of intense disruption" and "a risk to their sense of security and stability".
These homes can include foster care with a family, a children's home or secure accommodation.
The chief commissioner, Les Allamby, said a fifth of children in care had been in the system for five to 10 years.
"Our research identifies ongoing difficulties with the current system and indicates that reforms are required in a number of areas," he said.
"Our aim is for improvements to be made without delay as it is essential that our laws and practices protect children's human rights at every step of their journey through the care system."
The NIHRC report also said there are more "looked after children" in Northern Ireland than at any time since the Children Order came into effect in 1995.
Baltasar Saucedo Estrada - known as the "dog-killer" - is alleged to be a local leader of the Zetas drugs cartel.
The attack on the Casino Royale in Monterrey in August was one of the deadliest in Mexico in years.
It is thought it was ordered because the owners refused to pay protection money.
Mr Saucedo, 38, was detained on Thursday in a suburb of Monterrey after crashing his car as he tried to escape a police patrol, officials said.
More than $1m (£640,000) had been offered for information leading to his capture.
He is also accused of involvement in the murder of police officers.
Nearly 20 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack, which shocked Mexico.
The Zetas are one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drugs cartels, and have been expanding their influence in recent years.
Monterrey - a major industrial city close to the border with Texas in the US - has seen rising violence as the Zetas battle the rival Gulf cartel for control of territory and smuggling routes.
The proposal to pay benefits as a loan would give them "an additional incentive to find work rather than allow the debt to build up".
The idea is included in a new book setting out a "radical" free market agenda for the Conservative government.
Author Kwasi Kwarteng is seen as a rising star on the right of the party.
The Conservative MP and junior ministerial aide argues that free enterprise - rather than government interference - is the answer to the problems facing Britain.
Chancellor George Osborne is understood to be considering reducing tax credits for millions of working families in his July Budget, as part of the government's efforts to "make work pay", although critics accuse him of making the poor pay for the mistakes of bankers.
Mr Kwarteng's book argues for a more radical shrinking of the welfare state to return it to the contributory principle envisioned by its founder Sir William Beveridge - that you only get out what you have paid in.
It says: "Strains on the welfare state are often blamed on benefits being too generous, but the truth is that welfare is so expensive - over £90bn for working-age benefits alone - because too many people are eligible.
"In fact, JSA - the main out-of-work benefit - is fairly stingy for those who have contributed to the tax system for years and find themselves out of work for the first time."
The book says the government should "look at other ways to encourage work - while making sure that the system is not cruel to those who have simply been unlucky".
"Young individuals who have not yet paid national insurance contributions for a certain period, five years say, could receive their unemployment benefit in the form of a repayable loan.
"An unemployed teenager would still receive the same amount of cash as now, for example, but they would be expected to repay the value once in work.
"Turning an entitlement into a loan would mean that people would still be supported while out of work, but would have an additional incentive to find work rather than allow the debt to build up."
Even if someone was out of work for the entire seven years between 18 and 25, "the total sum repayable would be £20,475 - considerably less than the tuition fees loan repayable by many of his or her peers".
At the same time, those who have paid into the system for many years should get a "fairer deal" if they unexpectedly lose their job later in life.
Other ideas in the book include scrapping maternity and paternity pay to ease the burden on business. Instead, new parents would get a flat rate "baby bonus" paid directly by central government.
It also calls for the scrapping of some government departments, tax raising powers for local authorities, a regional minimum wage, allowing free schools to generate a profit, encouraging banks to use a common IT system allowing "portable" bank accounts and scrapping the BBC licence fee.
The book pulls together policy ideas from the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs, set up by Environment Secretary Liz Truss and other members of the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs to promote a leaner state and boost entrepreneurship. It is backed by the Institute for Economic Affairs think tank.
Writing in the foreword to a Time for Choosing: Free Enterprise in Twenty-First Century Britain, published by Palgrave Macmillan, Mr Kwarteng says: "The capacity of individuals, companies and other groups to generate prosperity and well-being, when left to their own devices, is too often overlooked.
"We should allow a competitive and free economic environment to flourish in Britain, to challenge monopolies and oligopolies, and to allow individuals to create, innovate and take risks."
The issue arose on Friday and work is ongoing to try to resolve it.
A short statement from Dumfries and Galloway Council confirmed the problem had occurred at the end of last week.
It said it was working with the software supplier to identify the problem and repair it as soon as possible.
No date has yet been set for the return to operation of the library management system or the public access computers.
There is no access to e-books and limited access to online resources but books can still be returned or loaned.
There are more than 20 libraries situated throughout the region.
An apology has been issued for any inconvenience caused by the "unforeseen" computer shutdown.
United Utilities said that such people were likely to travel along a route regularly so were ideally placed to spot a suspicious puddle.
The water company has asked people to tweet or call so engineers can respond as quickly as possible.
Across the North West it deals with about 450 leaks a week, rising to about 750 during cold snaps.
The proposal being looked at as part of the project would see it transfer the birds from the Highlands in 2017.
Over 500 pairs of eagles were recorded in the country in the latest RSPB survey, a 15% rise since 2003.
But it is believed that no more than four of these pairs reside in the south of Scotland.
A Scottish Natural Heritage spokesman said: "Plans to translocate golden eagles from the north of the country are currently being discussed as part of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project, but as yet nothing has been confirmed.
"Timings will depend on grant funding and a translocation licence application."
"Chicks will be identified from eyries which contain two chicks in late spring, they will be collected between five and eight weeks of age.
"At this stage the eaglets will be partially feathered, they can thermo-regulate and can feed themselves."
Scotland is now thought to be home to the UK's entire population of golden eagles.
The South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project has secured more than £1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and has Scottish government backing.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said the fox was shown running on a railway line at Clapton.
A few moments after the fox runs on the tracks hounds are then shown appearing but are called back by huntsmen.
A Countryside Alliance spokeswoman, speaking on behalf of the Seavington Hunt, said an investigation would take place into the incident.
Hunting foxes with dogs has been illegal since 2005 but they can chase a scent and flush out foxes who are then shot.
Avon and Somerset Police said its hunt liaison officer was investigating whether any illegal hunting had occurred while British Transport Police said no trespass offence had been committed as no people had gone on to the line.
The IFAW member who filmed the incident, who wished to remain anonymous, said it was "completely irresponsible".
"I've seen a lot of things over the years I've been filming," he said.
"This is a main line railway, I don't know what would have happened if they'd have hit the hounds on that line."
Alison Hawes, from the Countryside Alliance, which represents hunts, said an investigation would take place into how the hounds ended up on the track.
She said: "They were on there for less than two minutes and the hunt acted very professionally in calling them off the line as quickly as possible."
Andrew Hudd, from the train drivers' union Aslef, said footage of the incident was "shocking".
"I estimate around a dozen [dogs were on the line] at one point which is a considerable threat to a train," he said.
Network Rail has asked to see the footage.
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Abdelsalam al-Mahdawi was abducted at traffic lights on his way to work. It is not known who was behind the attack.
Interior Minister Ashour Shwayel promised to find the officer and the perpetrators, news agency AFP reported.
Libyan authorities have been struggling to provide security since the Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011.
Last November, Benghazi's police chief was assassinated in a drive-by shooting.
More than a dozen other security officers were killed last year in Benghazi, the city where the uprising began.
AFP news agency quoted a security official as saying that the investigator "had many enemies".
"He had files on everyone - Gaddafi loyalists, hard-line Islamists and common criminals," said the unnamed official.
A group of police officers has staged a protest against the kidnapping.
One held a banner asking: "Where are the men of Benghazi?"
There has been a series of attacks against diplomatic missions and aid agencies in the city.
They included a deadly assault on the US embassy in Benghazi in September last year.
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Witnesses say the attacks were carried out by militant Islamists.
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The police were attacked while driving from patrols back to Bungu village, 110km (70 miles) south of the main city Dar es Salaam, local media report.
Police say they pursued the bandits back to their hideout, killing four of them in a shootout.
President John Magufuli has expressed his shock at the officers' deaths.
Police described the attack as "banditry" and said that the attackers had stolen weapons.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Dar es Salaam says attacks on police and police stations, where bandits make away with weapons, are relatively common in Tanzania.
Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has announced a wide-ranging investigation into the killings, local media report.
Hadzialic, 29, is minister for higher education in the centre-left government and Sweden's first Muslim minister.
She called the drink-driving incident "the greatest mistake of my life".
Hadzialic, who arrived in Sweden aged five from Bosnia-Hercegovina, drank two glasses of wine before being stopped on the bridge linking Denmark and Sweden.
She faces a possible term of up to six months in prison after police detected a blood-alcohol level of 0.2 grams per litre.
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Explaining her error, she said she had drunk one glass of sparkling wine and one of red after a night out in Copenhagen. She set off for Sweden's southern city of Malmo four hours later.
Hadzialic said she thought that would have been enough time for her body to get rid of the alcohol.
Explaining her decision to quit, the Social Democrat told reporters: "I choose to do this because I believe what I have done is that serious."
Sweden is one of several European countries which have low alcohol limits for drivers.
UK, Malta: 0.8 (Scotland 0.5)
United States: 0.8
Most European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy: 0.5
Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Cyprus: 0.2
Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia - no alcohol while driving
A 0.5-limit would mean an average man can take take a small glass of beer or a large glass of wine and women to half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine
Sources: drinkingandyou.com; European Transport Safety Council
More than 300 children were admitted to hospital for teeth extraction in the city in 2012-13, while treating diet-related diseases costs £80m a year.
The Sugar Smart City initiative has the backing of TV chef Jamie Oliver.
He has asked food outlets in the city to adopt a voluntary 10p sugar levy on soft drinks with added sugar.
The food campaigner has recently launched a voluntary levy on sugary drinks in his own restaurants, with the money raised going to Sustain, a charity working in health and food education.
The money raised elsewhere in the city from the charge will be paid into the Children's Health Fund.
Statistics have shown that one in four children in Brighton and Hove are already overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school.
The city's director of public health, Tom Scanlon, said over the years sugar had been creeping into diets, often in ways that were hidden.
"We don't know where it is - it's in sauces and added to food on our behalf, as well as in a lot of those sugared drinks we drink most days," he said.
The first phase of Sugar Smart City will be a debate to explore what residents, public agencies as well as food retailers and takeaways, can do to combat the city's addiction to sugar.
The city will be asked to share views through a postcard and online survey, and via social media, focus groups and events, with the aim of it becoming the UK's first Sugar Smart City.
During February, anyone can drop off a knife in one of 11 designated "blade bins" without fear of prosecution.
Sixteen people have been killed in knife attacks in Greater Manchester in the last three years.
The blades will be used to create an angel statue in memory of those who have lost their lives to knife crime.
The sculptor, Alfie Bradley, said surrendered knives from other areas will also be used in the statue, which would show "the emotion and pain of using knives".
A former gang member from Moss Side, who was caught carrying a machete at the age of 14, now goes into schools to talk to youngsters about the dangers of gang violence.
Daryl Laycock said: "We've lost too many young lives.
"A lot of people carry knives for protection, but they pull out that knife and get it taken off them and get stabbed to death with it.
"I know over 50 people who have been murdered by violent crime and it's time to end it."
He said the campaign "can make a massive difference. Even if only one knife is handed in, that's at least one life saved".
Det Ch Insp Debbie Dooley said: "In the wrong hands, a knife is a deadly weapon.
"The knife bank will enable members of the public to surrender knives safely and anonymously and in turn remove these weapons from our streets."
The drop bins will be located at:
It comes after the body of a baby boy was found by a plumber clearing out drains in a garden in Scartho Road, Grimsby, on 11 February, 2016.
Sinead Connett, 28, of Constables Way, Hertford, is due to appear at Grimsby Magistrates' Court on 16 May.
Humberside Police said it was not releasing any further details in relation to the case at this stage.
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A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive, but police said at the time the baby "must have been placed there".
The footage tells you a lot about society at the time.
Crowds, dozens deep, lined the roads and railways to catch a glimpse of the sovereign.
Over pictures of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Stormont, the Pathé narrator says: "Her Majesty the Queen has found overflowing expression of the undoubted loyalty and love of all her people in Northern Ireland."
1953 is the year in which the republican writer and former Sinn Féin publicity director Danny Morrison was born.
After viewing the footage, he observes that the way the royal visit was handled and reported suggested the nationalist community did not exist.
He says that the royal tour would not have meant anything to nationalists.
"They would not necessarily have resented it," he said, "but back then before the civil rights campaign, they would have accepted that was their lot."
By 1966, there had been the first rumblings of conflict - and in that year, the Queen visited Northern Ireland for the last time before the Troubles broke out.
She opened the bridge in Belfast which bears her name.
But in a sign of the coming hostilities, a young nationalist dropped a brick from a high building onto the bonnet of the royal car.
The monarch did not return to Northern Ireland until 1977 - her Silver Jubilee year.
Security was so tight that the Queen had to stay overnight at sea and take her first ever helicopter flight to get to Belfast.
Republicans staged a demonstration which they called the "Queen of Death March".
It ended in a clash with the security forces.
Two years later, the royal family lost one of their own.
Lord Mountbatten was one of four people killed by an IRA bomb on their fishing boat off the western Irish coast.
An end to the violence felt a long way off.
But in the early 1990s, amidst whispers of the moves towards the peace process, the Queen began to undertake visits to Northern Ireland again.
In 1998, there was a moment which showed the potential power in sovereign symbolism.
The Queen took part in a public event with the Irish President Mary McAleese for the first time - on a World War One battlefield in Belgium.
They opened the Island of Ireland Peace Park at Messines.
Londonderry community worker and former loyalist leader Glenn Barr was one of the people who led the project.
He says the lesson of history was very relevant.
"This is the choice," he reflects. "You can learn to solve your differences through dialogue, or you fight a civil war and fill the graveyards of Ireland north and south, and you'll have to sit down and talk at the end of it."
He remembers that the potent image which was broadcast globally helped to open the way for more of the same.
"We knew there were talks then about the possibility of Messines setting the scene for Her Majesty to visit the Republic at some point," he says.
"We were very aware that a magnetic friendship had appeared between Her Majesty and President McAleese."
That friendship continued to grow.
It culminated in 2011, when the Queen came to the Republic of Ireland for a state visit.
She stood beside the Irish President at Dublin's Garden of Remembrance - and laid a wreath in memory of the rebels who fought British rule.
Sinn Féin did not meet the monarch on that visit.
But the gestures - which also included the Queen addressing dignitaries in Irish during a banquet - helped to change republican thinking.
The following year, Martin McGuinness became the first republican leader to shake her hand, during a visit to Belfast.
The meetings which were once unthinkable became more regular.
But this week has seen more history made and healing found.
The future King made a poignant pilgrimage to the place his mentor was murdered.
And the heir to the throne met the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, in public and private.
Danny Morrison says that for republicans, meeting the royals who are technically at the head of the Crown Forces was a difficult step.
But he thinks that the changed royal-republican relationship is "extraordinary".
"I am an Irish republican, but I have to recognise that the British people revere their head of state. I think it represents that we're moving away from conflict, away from disagreement and difference and towards accommodation, peace and respect," he said.
Glenn Barr says "you couldn't have a more meaningful gesture than Gerry Adams meeting Prince Charles, and Martin McGuinness shaking hands with Her Majesty the Queen".
"If that's the leadership she has given to us as her people, then we should take it," he added.
The relationship between royalty and republicanism used to mirror the faultlines during the Troubles.
But now historic handshakes have come to symbolise restoration and reconciliation.
The View is on BBC One Northern Ireland on Thursday at 22:45 BST.
Two "suspect devices" were also discovered at the property in Kirkton Avenue, Blantyre, on Wednesday.
A bomb disposal unit was brought in to evaluate and remove the items. Police said there was no suggestion the incident was linked to terrorism.
The man is due to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "About 9am yesterday, police responded to a report of firearms and ammunition found within a property in Kirkton Avenue, Blantyre.
"The property was searched and two suspect devices were also found.
"The Royal Navy explosive ordnance disposal unit evaluated the devices and then removed them for examination.
"Numerous items, including firearms and ammunition, were seized."
It's 350m long and for almost every 3m you walk, you go up almost a metre in height - that's steep! But it's not the only strange street or random road in the world…
This is Lombard Street in San Francisco, USA. It's officially the world's most crooked street with a total of eight tight hairpin turns along just 400m of the street. And it's downhill, so traffic can only travel one-way at a 5mph speed limit.
The narrowest street is in Reutlingen, Germany. It is called Spreuerhofstrasse and when officially measured in 2006 it was just 31cm at the narrowest point.
The record for the shortest street is held by Ebenezer Place in Caithness, Scotland. It officially got measured in 2006 with a length of just 2.05 metres. It's so small there's only one doorway on the street.
The Wapusk Trail road, at 467 miles in length, is constructed each year in Canada. It's thought to be the longest seasonal winter road in the world and is built on snow and ice each January giving road access for a few weeks to remote areas.
The Magic Roundabout in Swindon England definitely takes some beating. It has five mini-roundabouts clustered around a central roundabout.
The widest road in the world is the Monumental Axis, in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The six-lane boulevard was opened in April 1960 and is 250m wide.
The Pan-American Highway from Alaska in the USA to Brasilia in Brazil, South America is over 15,000 miles long and is the longest road - apart from a gap between the countries of Panama and Columbia - that you can drive along.
The USA's freeways can have loads of lanes on each side but the record breaker is along the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge which has 23 lanes east-bound through the tolls.
The skeleton was unearthed from a shallow pit at the Vindolanda Roman fort, in Northumberland, two years ago.
Dr Trudi Buck, of Durham University, was unable determine whether it was a boy or girl but named it Georgie.
It is believed the child, aged about 10 and who was tied up, died from a blow to the head and the body was concealed.
Foul play is suspected, because human burials in built-up areas were strictly forbidden in Roman times.
When the bones were first discovered, it was thought they were those of a large dog.
The pit in the barracks has been dated to the middle of the 3rd Century, when the Fourth Cohort of Gauls formed the garrison.
At that time, the dead had to be interred or cremated in cemeteries on the outskirts of towns or barracks, so the concealment of a body in this fashion would have been a criminal act.
Dr Buck, a biological anthropologist, said the discovery suggested the young victim was either a child slave or the son or daughter of a soldier serving on Hadrian's Wall - giving more weight to the theory that they took their families with them to Northumberland.
Dr Buck said: "I think this is definitely a murder or other unnatural death because of the way the body was deposited.
"This is very circumstantial, but possibly it was hit over the head with something because we have very good preservation of the body down to wrist bones that are 1cm in size, but not very much of the head.
"Maybe a harsh blow to the head caused a fractured skull."
Tests on the child's tooth enamel, carried out for a National Geographic Channel TV programme, showed Georgie grew up in the Mediterranean.
"It turns out the child is not from the local area and is not even from Britain," Dr Buck said.
"Until the child was at least seven or eight, they have been in southern Europe or even North Africa.
"This asks lots of questions about who this child was, how did they get from North Africa to northern Britain in the last two years of their life, and then get killed?"
Dr Buck said the Romans' use of child slaves was well-documented, so perhaps that explained how the youngster came to live by Hadrian's Wall.
"It is very sad and goes to show human nature does not change," she said.
"Perhaps there was an accident and the soldiers tried to hush it up. This is a child who was not given any rituals and Romans were very strict on burial in the right place.
"When I was working on it I was very much conscious this was a child and I gave it a name very quickly so I didn't have to keep calling it 'it'."
The four-week-old kitten has been named Sky after escaping unhurt in the incident near a holiday park at Rhyl.
She is being hand-reared at the charity's Bryn-Y-Maen Animal Centre at Colwyn Bay, Conwy county.
A spokesman said: "This poor kitten must have been through a terrifying ordeal."
The centre hopes to re-home the kitten once she is old enough.
The photographs of festivities during World War Two have been uncovered as part of a project to explore the arrival of the 8th American Air Force across the region. One event - the 353rd Fighter Group's party - was attended by hundreds of children and soldiers in Metfield, Suffolk on 25 December 1943.
David Cain, who is leading the three-year long, Heritage Lottery-funded project named the Eighth in the East, said: "People often talk about the special relationship between the Americans and the British. These Christmas parties are a really strong part of that."
Parties were held across the East of England during the war years, including at RAF Debach on 22 December 1944.
"We were aware that they did a lot of Christmas events for local schoolchildren and we thought it would be interesting to see if there were people who could remember the parties," said Mr Cain.
"We've had some great comments from people - saying 'that's my father' and pointing out people they recognise.
"It's been fantastic."
Some of the photographs, which emerged after the group asked for contributions via its Facebook page, showed local children at a party thrown by 379th Bomb Group at their club at RAF Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire.
About 28,000 US personnel occupied 70 airfields over the three years. The study is looking at airfields spread across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
The Eighth In The East project was established to collect the stories of Americans who served and local people who lived near the bases between 1942 to 1945.
Presents were handed out during an event at RAF Ridgewell, near Halstead, in Essex, in December 1944. The first planes of the newly-formed 8th AAF arrived in East Anglia in May 1942, just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941.
Damien Menzies, 25, from Bathgate, attacked the child at a dance show in Deans Community High School in Livingston on 10 October 2014.
Menzies was convicted of attempted murder following a trial in June 2016. He had denied harming the child.
Sentence had been deferred for reports about Menzies' character.
The High Court in Livingston heard how the incident has left the child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, unable to walk or talk.
The court heard how medics have been unable to ascertain what effect the injuries will have on the baby's future life.
They will not know until the baby's brain is fully developed.
On Tuesday, at the High Court in Edinburgh defence solicitor advocate Ian Bryce told judge Lady Scott that Menzies maintained his innocence.
The lawyer also said the violence for which Menzies was convicted of was "out of character."
However, passing sentence Lady Scott said: "Mr Menzies, you have been found guilty of the crime of attempted murder.
"The jury found that you acted in a reckless and wicked manner.
"You lost control and you you shook a child violently.
"The child's life is immeasurably reduced. However, the full extent of the child's injuries are not yet known and will not be known until the child's brain is fully developed."
Ayestaran, 53, replaced Gary Neville last March but the Spanish club have lost eight out of 12 games under his stewardship.
His final match in charge was the 2-1 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
Salvador Gonzalez Marco, also known as 'Voro', will take over as caretaker coach for a fourth time.
He was previously put in charge when Nuno Espirito Santo resigned in November 2015.
Ayestaran was Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez's assistant at five clubs, including Valencia and Liverpool.
The 55-year-old has signed a 20-month contact, with an option for an extension, a statement from the Guinea Football Federation said.
Fernandez will take charge of bids to qualify for the 2017 African Nations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.
His last job was as Israel boss and his other coaching posts have included two stints at Paris St Germain.
"I will be accompanied by (former players) Amara Simba and Kaba Diawara. My goal is to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017," he told told beIN Sports, the Qatari-owned sport channel for which he is a consultant.
"Depending on the results, we'll see how the rest of the story unfolds.
Fernandez, who has spent the last years as a high profile radio pundit in France, takes over from compatriot Michel Dussuyer, who departed the job despite Guinea reaching the quarter-final of the Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea in January.
Guinea begin qualification for the 2017 Nations Cup in June with a home tie against Swaziland.
But the country are still banned from hosting any international football matches because of the Ebola virus outbreak, forced to play their home games at a neutral venue.
The promoted club have also offered youngster Olly Mehew a further year.
But Sam Wedgbury, Marcus Kelly, Louis McGrory, Mohamed Chemlal and Anthony Jeffrey have all been released.
Kaiyne Woolery, Mark Ellis, Charlie Cooper, Jake Gosling, and Curtis Tilt's loan spells have ended, after Sunday's National League promotion final.
Meanwhile, veteran former Birmingham City midfielder Darren Carter left the Gloucestershire club on 3 May.
Our talk of dark times when the city smouldered seem out of place on this sunny day amid the greenery and sounds of laughter.
But the possibility of Brexit makes him think of a time when Berlin was a ruined city, his father's horrendous experience as a 15-year-old boy soldier and Germany's past.
"Being nationalistic is not a good thing. So if the value of the EU is damaged - and it is already fragile - and if Great Britain is out, the temptation is the German population will also consider 'what are the benefits? Why don't we do things on our own?'
"It gives you a very eerie feeling, how thin that layer of civilisation is. If you do things together with other countries in the EU it gives us a chance to come to a compromise. If we are not in the EU we will not look to compromise, but to win."
It is a reminder that the European Union means more emotionally to Germany, and many other members, than it ever can do to the UK.
It is ironic that if we do vote to leave the EU the internal politics of the institution and its member nations could matter more than ever before for the future of our country.
Talks have already started in Brussels about how to respond if we do vote to leave.
After initial bromides about building a stronger Europe they would wait for the UK Government to set out the terms it might want.
There might be a wait, if, as expected, the Conservative Party descends into civil war.
But the future might then hang on the reaction of the 27 remaining countries of the EU.
Leave campaigners constantly argue that because of the size of our economy the EU wouldn't raise trade barriers, and cut off their nose to spite their face.
Remain campaigners, on the other hand, warn that the rest of the EU wouldn't make it easy.
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In reality two main forces would be in play on the continent, competing with each other.
One is the instinct that it is indeed best for the European economy and European companies to have a smooth transition to an easy relationship. The other, that breaking up cannot appear pain-free when there are so many pressures on the EU.
What Berlin and Angela Merkel wants, does not always, automatically, become EU policy. But it has a powerful influence. That is why I went to Berlin.
When I meet the Christian Democrat MEP, Christian Ehler, he is wearing cuff links: one says "trust me", the other "I'm a politician" .
He can afford this wry gesture. He is not just a politician - he's also an industrialist, former MD of a multi-national biotech company.
He knows Mrs Merkel well, and has an important job in the European Union - coordinator for his party grouping on the industry committee.
He told me: "Politicians like to pretend they are in charge of everything. But it is not just a political decision."
The UK could get a good deal with minimal rules, he said, but it would have no say over the rules, and so wouldn't be integrated into the EU market: that could harm the British economy.
Alternatively, the EU could impose tough measures on the UK, but that could cause damage on all sides.
"Sorting it out would be a year-long nightmare, the economy (across the Eurozone) would go down by at least 3 to 5%."
Mr Ehler is frustrated. His boys at are at a British school, he has a flat in London and he travels there often and says that the economies are so linked via the EU that it would be difficult to disentangle.
"It is really complicated. It's an integrated economy. Take my constituency: one of the biggest employers is Rolls Royce, which is producing half of the engines for Airbus in Germany.
"Should we put the British out? Then my constituency is out."
Mr Ehler's committee has looked at what would happen to joint investments, such as this. His conclusion? It is a mess, a nightmare that "would have Putin laugh his butt off".
He reminds me that some of Germany's success is in part down to the structures the British put in place after the war, not least a system of industrial relations.
There is almost a sense of embarrassment at the way people almost seem to be flattering our awkward country.
But then there is a also widespread irritation that the British are more inclined to moan about being dominated by the EU than celebrate their leadership within it.
I hear several influential people argue that Germany needs the UK to push - against the French and others - for economic liberalisation.
Without the UK, Germany would be cast more firmly on one side of the debate, rather than as honest broker, which makes them feel more comfortable.
But this is mere detail to the fear that grips mainstream politicians all over Europe. The hard-right Front National will be fighting an election in France next year on the policy of a referendum on the EU.
Parties which question the European project are on the rise in Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Italy - just to mention the most obvious examples. Nationalistic governments in Hungary and Poland are happy to clash with Brussels.
The director of the German Marshall Fund's Europe programme Daniela Schwarzer tells me: "One motive (if the UK leaves) will be to not make others think this is an easy game - you have a referendum and you get what you want. There has to be a visible cost to leaving the European Union."
Germany - mindful of its dreadful past - has always preferred to exercise power through the EU, in concert with others. As the generations change this instinct becomes a little weaker.
The Greek crisis on one hand, and the migrant crisis on the other, has brought Germany's role into sharp focus, and underlined the fragility of the EU.
The rise of the right has been seen in Germany too. The Alternative for Germany (AFD) is only three years old but did well in regional elections.
Beatrix Von Storch, party vice chair and an MEP, tells me if the UK votes to leave it would be bad for Germany in one way - it would pick up the tab if our contributions disappeared.
But she adds: "It would be good if you leave just to show you can survive. We're told no one can live without the European Union - you cant trade, you can't travel, everything will break down and the UK will go bankrupt in a month or two.
"I think that's complete rubbish and I would like to see how it works and I think we will see it is possible to trade with EU without being part of it."
She says making life tough for Britain would be counter-productive.
"If they start to punish the UK this would strengthen all the movements that want to leave the EU, the movements we can see rising at the moment."
Artur Fischer says Brexit would inevitably lead to confusion.
At present he works two days a week in London, and pays 40% of his taxes in the UK. He doesn't know if that would continue. His board knows any deal with UK companies is currently covered by EU rules - they might not have that certainty in the future.
"Our industry would be against any trade barriers. They are against all trade barriers.
"But I'm pretty sure from a political point of view that after they left Britain would not have the benefits they currently have."
People may yearn for certainly in this debate - the reality is there can be none, because it depends on future moves and counter-moves.
If the UK does leave, the arguments I've been hearing in Berlin will rage across a continent.
It was the first time the island had ever faced a Premier League club, having entered the top-tier knockout competition for the first time.
"It was always going to be our hardest-ever game, but we put our heart and soul into it," Peacegood said.
"7-0 on paper sounds very one-sided but it was actually a very good contest."
Having beaten Sevenoaks and London Edwardians in the previous rounds, Guernsey always knew they would face an almost-impossible challenge against a club who have previously been European champions.
"I would say a few of our Guernsey players could find their way into that Reading side," Peacegood told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"We can take a lot away from the game that can make us a better side for the run on the EH Trophy and the inter-insular next year."
In his inaugural speech, he promised more subsidies for the poor and a major social house-building programme which would create millions of jobs.
But he also said he would streamline government administration costs.
Mr Moreno won April's closely contested presidential election, beating his conservative rival Guillermo Lasso.
"I am a president for all. I owe this to everyone. I respect everyone," President Moreno aid on Wednesday in the capital, Quito.
"I will work for absolutely no-one to be left behind."
Correspondents say Mr Moreno faces a tough job, as oil-rich Ecuador has suffered from the fall in global prices, and the country has mounting debts.
But the TV and film-streaming service has stressed it remains committed to providing an ad-free service.
There had been questions about the firm's plans after news site Motherboard reported that the firm was "experimenting with advertisements".
However, Netflix later made clear that the tests were limited to trails for its own original programming and would not be seen by all users.
"We are not planning to test or implement third-party advertising on the Netflix service," it said in a statement.
"For some time, we've teased Netflix originals with short trailers after a member finishes watching a show.
"Some members in a limited test now are seeing teases before a show begins. We test hundreds of potential improvements to the service every year. Many never extend beyond that."
The firm's chief executive Reed Hastings reinforced the point in a personal Facebook post, in which he wrote: "No advertising coming on to Netflix. Period."
This has helped to address a brief backlash on Twitter and other social media.
There has long been speculation that Netflix might eventually seek to introduce third-party ads.
Despite having increased its audience to more than 40 million paying subscribers, the firm reported a net profit of only $23.7m (£15.6) for the first three months of the year, which was less than half the amount for the same period in 2014.
Last month, Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the marketing group WPP, suggested Netflix might eventually feel forced to run ads to help cover the cost of payments to rights-holders.
"Netflix will have to raise subscription prices - and we know what happened last time - or have alternative revenue generation opportunities, one of which will be advertising," the Guardian newspaper quoted him as saying.
One of the firm's internet-based British rivals, Now TV, already regularly runs trails for its own exclusives both at the start of selected shows as well as in breaks that interrupt programmes, where it also runs idents that promote its parent company Sky's brand.
However, it has also opted not to run ads for third-party products even though they appear on Sky's satellite channels.
Other pay-to-watch on-demand services also tend not to interrupt their content with ads, with the notable exception of Hulu Plus in the US.
"One of the effects of the shift to on-demand and over-the-top services is that audiences no longer move from one programme to another the same way," commented Ian Maude from the research firm Enders Analysis.
"In the on-demand world you can't promote shows and build audiences through the schedule.
"You are not tied in with Netflix in the same way you would be with a year's subscription to a pay TV package, so the company already uses algorithms to show you a selection of titles you might like at the end of a programme, and it will keep experimenting with other ways to keep you hooked."
Typhoon Nepartak had weakened to a tropical storm when it hit eastern Fujian province last week, but still killed at least 83 people.
Thousands of homes were destroyed in the provincial capital Fuzhou, said the Xinhua news agency.
The officials were from worst-hit Minqing County, where 73 died, it said.
The county's deputy party chief and acting head was fired, along with two other officials.
The typhoon also badly affected Taiwan, killing three people and forcing the evacuation of thousands more.
The south of China is experiencing severe flooding, following weeks of rain. At least 230 people have been killed and dozens remain missing.
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There were no casualties reported after the incident on Tuesday morning.
The state news agency said the fire had not affected the stands or the pitch and investigations were continuing into the cause.
The club, managed by ex-Brighton manager Gus Poyet, signed former Man City striker Carlos Tevez last year in a deal reported to be worth £40m.
Other ex-Premier League players in their squad are Demba Ba and Obafemi Martins.
The Chinese Super League season started earlier this month with Shenhua scheduled to host Changchun Yatai in their next home game on Sunday 16 April.
Prof Marcus Longley predicts tough choices and unpopular decisions in 2017 about the future shape of hospitals.
There have been long-term concerns that some specialist hospital services are spread too thinly on too many sites.
Prof Longley said smaller budgets and recruitment problems would see some services "struggle".
The director of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care at the University of South Wales believes the problem will only get worse and said "tricky decisions" could be back in the public domain in 2017.
He said: "Fundamental issues raised, five, 10, even 15 years ago still haven't been resolved.
"We're still running something like 10 intensive care units across south Wales. Now that may be justified but it's quite difficult and expensive to sustain.
"That was flagged up as a problem several years ago and very little has changed, that issue hasn't gone away and has probably got worse."
Health officials have faced protests in recent years over decisions involving hospitals, including:
On wider issues facing the NHS, Prof Longley said the recruitment crisis had got worse, with particular issues for GPs and within specialist services.
He said there needed to be imaginative solutions to rising demand which were not just "reaching for the scalpel or the prescription pad".
Federal police searched Craig Steven Wright's properties, but said the raid was about tax, not Bitcoin.
Mr Wright was named by Wired and Gizmodo as the creator of Bitcoin.
The founder of the currency is believed to hold about a million Bitcoins, which are reportedly worth about $400m at the current exchange rate.
The raid in Sydney came hours after Wired and Gizmodo claimed Mr Wright was probably the mysterious "Satoshi Nakamoto", a pseudonym used by Bitcoin's creator.
Their investigations were based on leaked emails, documents and web archives, including what was said to be a transcript of a meeting between Wright, a 44-year-old academic, and Australian tax officials.
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Mr Wright is reported to have said: "I did my best to try and hide the fact that I've been running Bitcoin since 2009. By the end of this I think half the world is going to bloody know."
Journalists and Bitcoin enthusiasts have long tried to find out who created Bitcoin.
Last year, Newsweek claimed Satoshi Nakamoto was a 64-year-old Japanese-American living near Los Angeles.
Mr Nakamoto, whose birth name was Satoshi, sued the magazine over the disruption he suffered as a result of the story.
Docetaxel is normally given after hormone treatment has failed.
But results, to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, will show earlier treatment can extend life expectancy from 43 to 65 months.
Experts said the findings from a trial in Britain and Switzerland were "potentially game-changing".
More than 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and nearly 11,000 die in the UK each year.
During the trial, being run across Britain and Switzerland, 2,962 men took part in the trial and some were given six doses of docetaxol at the start of their treatment.
Overall, patients who received the drug lived 10 months longer, but for patients where the cancer had already spread beyond the pelvis, the increase in life expectancy was 22 months.
Prof Nicholas James, one of the researchers at Warwick University, called for all patients with prostate cancer that had spread to be given docetaxel when they are diagnosed.
He said the NHS needed to act quickly: "To see a 22-month survival advantage off six lots of treatment given several years earlier is a very big benefit. We are very pleased by it."
Fellow researcher Prof Malcolm Mason, from Cardiff University, added: "In prostate cancer it has been used at a much more advanced stage of the illness, for some years - now we know that this chemotherapy should be added earlier, in fact as soon as hormone therapy starts."
It would be relatively cheap to do as docetaxol is out of patent.
John Angrave, 77, from Hinckley in Leicestershire, was told that he had three to five years to live.
That was seven years ago.
He said: "I am alive. I have a good quality of life and I am alive.
"I walk. I go fishing. I can spend time with my great-grandchildren."
The researchers say they need to monitor patients for longer to see if the drug significantly prolongs life if the cancer has not spread.
There were side effects from the treatment, but the doctors said they were "manageable".
Cancer Research UK said the results were "important" and "show that it should be given earlier in a man's treatment".
Dr Iain Frame, the director of research at Prostate Cancer UK, said: "The findings of this trial are potentially game-changing - we can't wait to see the full results.
"Chemotherapy is currently one of the last-resort treatments for advanced prostate cancer.
"If it is shown to have a much greater impact on survival when prescribed earlier and alongside hormone therapy, that's incredibly exciting, and we would want to see this brought in to the clinic so it can benefit men without delay."
The study is one part of a much the wider Stampede trial which is assessing the impact of using a range of drugs or radiotherapy in conjunction with conventional hormone therapy.
Its survey of leading employers found that, while 54% of students are women, they make up just 47% of graduate scheme applicants.
But they took 49% of the posts, the responses by 170 employers showed.
"Many women don't apply for the top schemes when they should," said AGR chief executive Stephen Isherwood.
Improving the gender diversity of graduate programmes is largely a challenge of attracting women in the first place, says the report.
Once they apply women are more likely to be hired, according to the survey sent to AGR members in April this year.
Even in male-dominated areas such as IT and engineering, women are proportionally more likely to succeed once they decide to apply, the survey found.
For example, women make up only 17% of IT students and 15% of engineering students, but succeed in getting 27% and 25% respectively of the places on graduate schemes in these fields, the report suggests.
This means that while men make up 83% and 85% of the student population in these fields, they find it relatively tougher to get work - taking 73% and 75% of the jobs.
But in the field of law the reverse is true - 63% of students are female but only 58% of the graduate scheme posts go to women.
Graduate employers are making efforts to boost the numbers of women they hire, the research found.
Three quarters of the firms which responded to the survey had a diversity strategy in place, and the majority said redressing workplace gender imbalance was the highest priority.
Construction and engineering firms were particularly successful, increasing the share of women hires by 3% and 4% respectively in a year, says the report.
Mr Isherwood says considerable barriers to gender equality remain.
"Graduate employers want to hire women, there are lots of opportunities out there and these candidates are more likely to succeed, so we need to address why they're not applying. Industry-wide collaboration to tackle student perceptions will be a key step forward.
"We know women are hugely successful in the selection process. We just need them to realise it. We need to boost confidence and encourage more female graduates to reach their potential."
French engineers Antoine Delafargue, 33, and Michael de Lagarde, 36, plan to travel 135 nautical miles (250km) from Plymouth to St Malo.
The vessel, which the pair designed and built themselves, left on Friday, travelling at 3km/h (1.86mph), a spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Their trip is expected to take seven days.
According to the duo, the submarine weighs in at 3.5 tonnes [3,500kg] and has two sets of pedals - one at the front and another at the rear.
The pair said they planned to switch seats every four hours, sleeping in shifts as they travel along at about 100m (328ft) below the surface.
Mr Delafargue told the Plymouth Herald the 6m (20ft) long vessel took two years to build at a cost of more than £100,000.
He described it as a "childhood dream come true".
According to the Project Pilot Fish website, the men will also film the seabed as they travel in a bid to promote marine awareness and energy conservation.
The video streaming company added 3.2 million international customers in the last three months, far more than the 2 million analysts had predicted.
In the US numbers rose by 370,000, as hit shows such as Stranger Things and Narcos won over more subscribers.
It helped quarterly revenues rise 31% to $2.29bn (£1.88bn), sparking a 20% jump in Netflix's share price.
In the three months to the end of September Netflix had about 83.3 million subscribers.
The company said on Monday that it plans to license content to existing online service providers in China rather than operate its own service in China in the near term.
Netflix has been expanding in international markets to counter slowing growth in the US. The service has a strong presence in more than 130 markets worldwide, except China.
Concern that Netflix's growth was slowing had overshadowed the company. Its shares had fallen about 13% this year.
But in after-hours trading on Wall Street the shares jumped 20% to about $119.
Analysts said that the figures should dispel fears that Netflix was running out of momentum, at least in the short term.
Neil Saunders, chief executive of retail consultants Conlumino, said: "We maintain our view that over the next few years international expansion will pay dividends, but for the current cycle Netflix will be very reliant on domestic performance to ensure it ends the fiscal year on a high note."
They warned internet service providers and social media companies to "substantially increase" their efforts.
But the summit in Taormina, Sicily, failed to agree on climate change.
US President Donald Trump, attending his first such summit, held off from endorsing the 2015 deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Separately, Mr Trump and UK Prime Minister Theresa May reaffirmed plans to boost trade, including a post-Brexit trade deal.
Mr Trump has welcomed the UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU).
Mrs May was also attending her first G7 summit, as were Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, while the EU also has representatives present.
"We showed our united commitment and our determination to continue and to strengthen our fight against terrorism," said Mr Gentiloni.
The leaders signed a document saying more should be done by internet companies to identify and remove extremist material.
The leaders also voiced solidarity with the UK after Monday's bombing in Manchester in which 22 people, including children, were killed.
"We agreed the threat from Daesh [the Islamic State group] is evolving rather than disappearing," Mrs May said.
"As they lose ground in Iraq and Syria, foreign fighters are returning and the group's hateful ideology is spreading online. Make no mistake, the fight is moving from the battlefield to the internet."
"The question of the Paris climate accord is still hanging," said Mr Gentiloni.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the discussions with Mr Trump had been "intensive".
"The United States made clear that it has not yet made its decision and will not do so here, but rather will continue to work on this," she said.
President Trump, who once dismissed global warming as a "hoax", has previously threatened to pull out of the Paris agreement.
According to the French news agency AFP, President Macron "snubbed" the British prime minister when they held their first official talks on the sidelines of the summit.
Mrs May told him that the UK and the 27 EU member states should be discussing their future relationship at the same time as discussing the terms of the UK's withdrawal, a Downing Street spokesman said.
However, a source in the French delegation said Mr Macron had repeated the EU's position that the terms of the divorce must be agreed first.
Mrs May later told reporters she had had a "very good and productive discussion" with Mr Macron.
Mr Gentiloni said progress had been made but the wording of the final communique still needed to be worked out.
"But it seems to me the direct discussions today have produced common positions that we can work on," he added.
There has been concern that the US president might promote a protectionist agenda.
German weekly Der Spiegel quoted Mr Trump as saying in a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday that Germans were "very bad" regarding car exports to the US.
During his election campaign last year, Mr Trump threatened customs duties in retaliation for Germany's trade surplus with the US, saying it owed "vast sums of money" to the US and Nato.
There has been uncertainty over Mr Trump's position on sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine.
However, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said at the summit on Friday: "We're not lowering our sanctions on Russia. If anything we would look to get tougher on Russia."
The US president and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed the nuclear and missile threat from North Korea.
They agreed to "enhance sanctions on North Korea, including by identifying and sanctioning entities that support North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programmes", the White House said.
On Saturday, the second and final day, the leaders are expected to discuss human mobility, food security and gender equality.
Thousands of people are expected to join a protest march against the summit near Taormina.
Melania Trump and other spouses toured Sicily by helicopter, taking in Mount Etna and visiting the nearby town of Catania.
According to the Spanish news agency Efe, Mrs Trump flew separately from the others for security reasons.
Making his first foreign trip as president, he came to Sicily from Brussels where he had held talks with EU and Nato leaders.
At Nato headquarters, he complained that many Nato member states were not spending enough on defence, expecting America to bear the burden.
Before that, he visited Pope Francis in Rome and toured the Middle East - first Saudi Arabia, then Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Near-shore waters went up by about 2mm per year more than the general trend for the Southern Ocean as a whole in the period between 1992 and 2011.
Scientists say the melting of glaciers and the thinning of ice shelves are dumping 350 billion tonnes of additional water into the sea annually.
This influx is warming and freshening the ocean, pushing up its surface.
"Freshwater is less dense than salt water and so in regions where an excess of freshwater has accumulated we expect a localised rise in sea level," explained Dr Craig Rye from the University of Southampton, UK, and lead author on the new journal paper.
Globally, sea levels are going up, in part because of the contribution of the world's diminishing ice fields. This is well known.
But the Nature Geoscience report is the first to show the direct consequences to sea surface height (SSH) around Antarctica itself.
While the satellite data record indicates there has been a general upward trend in SSH in the Southern Ocean south of 50 degrees of up to 2.4mm per year, those satellites also indicate a more rapid rise in waters sitting on the continental shelf.
Modelling by Dr Rye's team suggests that this additional 2mm per year can be attributed almost exclusively to freshwater runoff from Antarctica, and not to some climatic oscillation that might make sea levels "breathe" up and down on decadal timescales.
"We can estimate the amount of water that wind is pushing on to the continental shelf, and show with some certainty that it is very unlikely that this wind forcing is causing the sea level rise," Dr Rye told BBC News.
"And because we can model the freshwater forcing, and the fact that this is so much more like what we see in the real world, we can come to the confident conclusion that the signal is driven by freshwater forcing."
Recent satellite studies have underlined the increased mass losses occurring in Antarctica.
Much of this accelerated ice discharge is occurring in the continent's western sectors, particularly in the Amundsen Sea Embayment and along the Antarctic Peninsula.
In contrast to land ice, the sea ice around Antarctica stands at record levels and is becoming more extensive.
The growth is small and very regional in character, but nonetheless significant.
Quite how the freshening of surface waters might be influencing this phenomenon is now a target for study.
"That's a really interesting question which I'd like to look into with further research," Dr Rye said.
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Police said the body was found at a property on Madeleine Street, Toxteth, Liverpool.
Police said the death was being treated as "unexplained" and a post-mortem examination was due to take place to establish the cause.
A 68-year-old man from Toxteth is currently being questioned, said Merseyside Police.
Emily Plant of Findochty, Moray, dispatched the bottle in August 2001 as part of a local gala competition.
It was found 15 years later on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia and she was invited to the Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland to reclaim it.
She also met up with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who was speaking at the event in Reykjavik.
The firm said it believed the model offered a stylish design after what it suggested had been a series of unappealing wearable tech launches by its rivals.
The release of the watch comes at a time of transition for the business.
Sales of Motorola's smartphones are on the rebound and the business as a whole is about to switch ownership to Lenovo.
But while analysts have been generally positive about the look of the new timepiece, they expressed doubts about its potential to become a bestseller.
Motorola also unveiled new smartphones and a small Bluetooth earbud designed to allow owners to interact with their handset by voice.
The Moto 360 features a 1.5in (3.8cm) LCD touchscreen encircled by a thin metal band.
The waterproof device is powered by Google's new Android Wear operating system - which is designed for small screens - and also features a built-in heart rate monitor and pedometer step counter, but no proprietary sleep monitoring software.
It only lasts about a day between charges. The version already on sale in the US has leather straps, and versions with metal bands will follow. The watch will be released in the UK in October.
The firm's president, Rick Osterloh, suggested it was a clear improvement on competitors' earlier models.
"I think the first watches that shipped have been really bad," he said.
"A number of manufacturers were willing to ship products that I felt were not appropriate for consumers.
"The biggest problem consumers said they had with them was that they really didn't look appealing.
"The difference in our initial approach has been to focus on that problem and solve it."
He added that he welcomed the prospect of Apple entering the sector, potentially as soon as next week.
"I think Apple is going to help grow the category," he said.
"Perhaps the most difficult thing in any new technology category is having people understand the benefits of it.
"It's quite concerning to me that in the early days some of the first watches maybe gave the category a bad edge. We believe our product will be on the new wave of offerings."
Although Motorola was the first of the major tech firms to show off a circular smartwatch design, LG has since announced its own model, the G Watch R, with a similarly shaped face.
Motorola may be at a disadvantage because part of its model's screen remains dark to make room for other components, leading some critics to suggest it resembles a "flat tyre".
The South Korean firm avoided this by building a thicker bezel, placing the parts behind it and not including an ambient light sensor.
Mr Osterloh played down the issue noting that the Moto 360's screen was larger than those of its competitors.
But one expert suggested consumers might still prove hard to convince.
"I think sales will be relatively modest as everybody is essentially waiting for Apple to revolutionise this sector," said Neil Mawston from the tech consultancy Strategy Analytics.
"Frankly the Motorola brand is not quite as strong as it once was in consumer markets. Even if the product is very good, the bottom line is that the brand may not be strong enough to carry it off."
The company's other new wearable is the Moto Hint, a discreet Bluetooth earbud.
Offering three hours of talk time between charges, the idea is for owners to use the add-on to activate and control their handset from up to 150ft (46m) away as well as to make calls.
The firm suggests it could be used by pedestrians to get directions without having to repeatedly check their phone's display, and would be a convenient way to get quick answers to questions.
In addition, Motorola announced an updated version of its Moto X top-end phone, whose case can be customised at point of order. A leather back is among the new options.
Four infra-red sensors have also been added to its front to allow users to wake it up by waving their hand six to 12in (15cm-30cm) above it - something the firm suggested could be useful in meetings to surreptitiously check for notifications.
The firm also updates its lower cost Moto G, which now features an improved processor and display.
The original model is the bestselling handset in Motorola's history, and has played a large part in reviving its fortunes.
Research firm Canalys recently reported the phone's popularity in India had helped its maker overtake Nokia to become the country's fourth bestselling handset brand.
Motorola has also seen its UK market share rise from just 0.3% in July 2012 to 5.2% the same month this year, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
Mr Mawston said the takeover by China's Lenovo should boost its fortunes further.
"It will be able to expand Motorola's distribution and develop products more efficiently at lower prices," he said.
"That will give it a bigger leg up in the market."
Teenager Lukas Carey could be in line to replace him after a fourth defeat, this time at the hands of Middlesex, put them out of contention.
But Glamorgan will choose from an unchanged 13 at the Ageas Bowl as they look to steady the ship.
Hampshire are currently in fourth, one point off the qualifying places with a game in hand
"One common theme (in the competition) is the form of Colin Ingram," said Glamorgan coach Robert Croft.
"Jacques Rudolph showing some form at the top of the order, that's been good, and we've been very good with the new ball.
"But it's been inconsistent, and when you are that inconsistent, results catch up with you.
"Marchant has played in every game so far, and Lukas Carey is chomping at the bit, so we'll weigh up some options."
Glamorgan's Colin Ingram has risen to the top of the Professional Cricketers' Association most valuable player ratings for the competition, after taking 4-39 and hitting 83 in the defeat against Middlesex.
"It's nice to get a few wickets, I always enjoy being part of the game and contributing" said Ingram.
"In patches we've played really nicely and found ways to lose our way, but some young guys are learning a lot at the moment.
"Every game is an opportunity for someone to put their hand up and start something good, a few guys are looking for time in the middle and to get into good form."
Rilee Rossouw hit 156 to steer Hampshire to a four-wicket win at Somerset in their most recent game.
Rossouw is one of eight players with senior international experience in Hampshire's 14-man squad, alongside fellow South African Kyle Abbott.
James Vince, Liam Dawson and Reece Topley (England), George Bailey (Australia), Sean Ervine (Zimbabwe) and Fidel Edwards (West Indies) are all included, while Aussie all-rounder Ian Holland is added to the previous squad.
Hampshire (from): Tom Alsop, Rilee Rossouw, James Vince (capt), George Bailey, Liam Dawson, Sean Ervine, Lewis McManus, Gareth Berg, Kyle Abbott, Mason Crane, Fidel Edwards, Jimmy Adams, Ian Holland, Reece Topley.
Glamorgan (from): Jacques Rudolph (capt), David Lloyd, Will Bragg, Colin Ingram, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke (wk), Aneurin Donald, Craig Meschede, Marchant de Lange, Timm van der Gugten, Michael Hogan, Andrew Salter, Lukas Carey.
Andrew RT Davies said there had been plenty of opportunities for the Welsh Government to make its position known.
But on Friday, Finance Minster Mark Drakeford argued Wales should be "in the room" during negotiations.
Last month Theresa May offered the Welsh Government a formal seat in talks to shape the UK's EU exit strategy.
The prime minister has said the formal Brexit negotiation process will begin by the end of March, with the UK set to leave the EU by summer 2019.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme, Mr Davies said Mrs May was working with the devolved administrations to "make sure they are having their input into the UK position".
Responding to Mr Drakeford's comment, he added that people should deal with the "reality" of the situation.
He said: "Use the opportunities to shape policies that are available to you.
"Those opportunities are many because the prime minister has set up the structures for Mark Drakeford and Carwyn Jones to go and negotiate on behalf of Wales, but the UK government is on point."
Mr Davies also called for politicians to "look beyond" article 50 negotiations at "what we want in Wales after we come out of the EU".
He said the funding of post-EU schemes should be fairer, adding there should not be "narrow geographical limitations" on the way money is spent.
It comes as First Minister Carwyn Jones called on the UK government to stop repeating "Brexit means Brexit" and rebuild hope.
Writing for the Sunday Times, he warned of an "up swell" of anger if a hard exit from the European Union was pursued and backed calls for a reform of the UK to stop inequalities between nations deepening after Britain leaves the EU.
He supported calls made by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a "people's constitutional convention" - moving towards a more federalised system.
This would look at devolving powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and English regions in areas such as agriculture and fisheries, which will be taken back when Britain leaves the EU, to stop them being centralised in London.
On Wednesday, Chancellor Phillip Hammond told MPs the UK's deficit would no longer be cleared by 2020.
He also announced that the Welsh Government would get £400m to spend on infrastructure.
Mr Jones criticised the lack of mentions for projects in Wales which could stimulate growth, including the Swansea tidal lagoon, and no mention of a comprehensive plan to support the Welsh steel industry.
A UK government spokeswoman said: "As we build a national consensus we will listen to businesses, politicians and the general public in all parts of the UK.
"The secretary of state has already travelled to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as having chaired the first of many Joint Ministerial Councils.
"The UK has chosen to leave the EU and we are determined to work closely with the governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in making a success of it."
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Radja put the Giants ahead late in the first period with Craig Peacock doubling the advantage three minutes after the resumption.
However, Nicholas Rioux replied for Fife in the 37th minute before Justin Fox levelled nine minutes from time.
But Radja hit the winner two minutes later as Belfast completed two victories in 24 hours over Fife.
Going into the weekend games, the Giants had already booked their spot in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
Chris Higgins, Adam Keefe and Darryl Lloyd were on target in Belfast's 3-0 win in Scotland on Saturday night.
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Two Mike Radja goals helped the Belfast Giants beat Fife Flyers 3-2 in Sunday's Challenge Cup match at the SSE Arena.
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Speaking in Paris, the prime minister said it was his "firm conviction' that the UK should join air strikes in Syria but the decision would be up to MPs.
He said he would set out his case to Parliament this week ahead of a vote expected before Christmas.
The UK is making its Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus available to the French.
As France pushes for a stronger international coalition against IS in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, which have left 130 people dead, the French President said his country would "intensify" its action in Syria.
IS has also claimed recent attacks in Tunisia, Egypt, Beirut and Turkey among others.
Mr Cameron said Friday's unanimously passed UN Security Council resolution, which pledged the international community to "redouble" action against IS, showed the unity there now was in the fight against violent jihadists in Europe and around the world.
"We have shown our firm resolve and together we will destroy this evil threat," he said.
Currently, the RAF are only able to bomb such targets in Iraq, after MPs voted in 2013 to not allow bombings to take place in Syria. But they did later approve British air strikes against IS extremists in Iraq.
Mr Cameron is preparing to set out his plan for tackling the ongoing crisis in Syria this week, coming after a Foreign Affairs Committee report said the UK should not join allied bombing in Syria without a coherent international strategy on IS.
"I firmly support the action that President Hollande has taken to strike Isil in Syria and it is my firm conviction that Britain should do so too. Of course that will be a decision for Parliament to make."
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, who is to brief Labour MPs next Wednesday, would not be drawn on when MPs would be asked to vote but said the UK's military capability - such as the use of Brimstone missiles - would be an important contribution to the international fight against extremists.
"We have to make our case," he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
"Understandably MPs want to be sure that there is a political track to this as well, that we are working with everyone in the region to create a more comprehensive, moderate government in Syria that will bring long-term security after the striking has finished.
"But we will also be setting out the moral case that we have French aircraft, American aircraft, Australian aircraft coming half way around the globe and we can't let them take all the burden and all the risk of fighting Islamic State on our behalf."
Shadow defence minister Maria Eagle told the BBC: "We don't know what the prime minister is going to come up with yet... as long as MPs can see a plan that's supported by all, there is a chance we can agree on a proper way forward."
She added: "We need to see the plan that the world comes up with will work before we decide how to vote and how the Labour party will whip its MPs."
The prime minister will appear in the House of Commons in the coming week to set out a "full-spectrum" strategy - including military, counter-terrorism and humanitarian actions.
Meanwhile, Mr Hollande will meet US President Barack Obama in the White House on Tuesday, to further discuss bolstering the international effort against IS. The French president then goes to Russia for similar talks with President Vladimir Putin.
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Located in the heart of the city's Bogside, the new building shines a spotlight on the civil rights campaign of the 1960s and The Troubles.
Visitors can enjoy a new multi-media exhibition and artwork based on key events, such as Bloody Sunday.
Museum manager Adrian Kerr said it had been a long, hard road, but that it was "worth the wait".
A number of exhibitions tell the people's story of the civil rights movement, the Battle of the Bogside, internment, Free Derry and Bloody Sunday.
On 30 January 1972, 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead in Derry by the Army in what became known as Bloody Sunday. Another died from his injuries a few months later.
In 2010, the Saville Inquiry found that the 14 demonstrators and bystanders were killed without justification.
Last year, the retired Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, a photograph of whom became the iconic image of that day, died aged 82.
"We are all thrilled that the new museum is at long last ready to open," Mr Kerr said.
"It will allow us to do a lot more work in educating people about this very important era in our history, and will make a visit to the museum a much more rewarding and stimulating experience for all visitors, be they from the city or from across the world.
According to Mr Kerr, the museum's previous incarnation catered for about 160,000 visitors, a figure he is hopeful of improving upon.
The artwork on the front wall of the museum was created by local artist Locky Morris and is entitled 'We Shall Overcome'.
It uses the actual sound waveform of the moment on Bloody Sunday when the crowd sang the civil rights anthem.
Those 21 seconds have been 'cut into' the fabric of the building and are intended to be seen as a "paean to community resistance amidst deadly force".
One of the many iconic items held by the museum is the Queen's University Civil Rights Association banner.
It was dropped in the derelict house at Free Derry Corner as the students fled the gunfire of Bloody Sunday.
It was later found by a local boy, Hugh Doherty, who kept it in his attic for 30 years, before donating it to the museum.
The museum was funded by a range of agencies, including Derry City and Strabane District Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Tourism NI and the Northern Ireland Executive.
Mr Kerr said he wanted to thank all those who helped make it possible.
"We would also like to thank the residents of Glenfada Park and the surrounding areas for their patience and support during the building work and all the disruption that it caused, and the many people, including elected representatives, from across the city who have worked hard to help us achieve this," he said.
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This is the first step in a process which could lead to a recall referendum being held by the end of the year.
The opposition blames the socialist government's policies for the current economic crisis and the shortage of staple goods in many shops.
Mr Maduro's term ends in 2019.
The executive secretary of opposition party MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable), Jesus Torrealba, said he had handed over to the National Electoral Board 80 boxes with the signed papers.
"With this successful strategy, MUD moves forward in its bid to achieve urgent political change through strictly peaceful and constitutional means," Mr Torrealba said.
Under Venezuela's constitution, presidents can be removed from office by means of a referendum once they have served half their term.
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At this earliest stage, 1% of those on the electoral roll must sign the petition to start the process.
The opposition needed to collect about 200,000 signatures in up to 30 days.
But almost 10% of the electorate signed this first petition in less than a week, said Mr Torrealba.
The electoral authorities said the opposition might have to wait for the end of the 30-day deadline to begin gathering signatures for a second petition.
The opposition disagrees. The MUD wants to speed up the process in order to try to hold a referendum by December.
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Belgian music royalty collecting firm SABAM wanted the social network Netlog to stop users infringing copyright.
But the court said the filtering required would contravene rights to freedom of business, personal data and freedom of information.
The judgement could have consequences for similar cases across the EU.
Netlog, a social network developed by Ghent-based Massive Media NV, says it has more than 95 million members throughout Europe.
Michael Gardner, head of the intellectual property practice at law firm Wedlake Bell, said: "The European Court appears to have ruled out the idea that operators of social network sites and ISPs can be forced - at their own expense - to impose blanket monitoring and filtering aimed at stopping infringements."
However he added: "The ruling doesn't stop rights owners seeking more limited injunctions against social networking sites or ISPs, but they will have to be more 'proportionate' in scope and effect."
The ECJ's decision will be used by courts across the EU where this aspect of European law is in question.
SABAM had asked a Belgian court to require that Netlog cease unlawfully making available works from its repertoire and face 1,000-euro (£828) fines for every day it failed to comply.
Netlog said SABAM was, in effect, requiring it to filter its content, indiscriminately monitoring all of its users - something they argued was contrary to the EU's E-Commerce Directive.
The case was referred to the European Court of Justice to decide the legality of such a filtering system
Inits judgement the ECJ ruledthat a system would be a "serious infringement" of Netlog's freedom to conduct its business "since it would require Netlog to install a complicated, costly, permanent computer system at its own expense".
But it also said there was a risk of infringing rights to the protection of personal data, as a filtering system would require "the identification, systematic analysis and processing of information connected with the profiles created on the social network".
Additionally it might also restrict freedoms to send and receive information, as the system "might not distinguish adequately between unlawful content and lawful content, with the result that its introduction could lead to the blocking of lawful communications".
This is the second judgement the court has made in this area involving SABAM. An earlierCourt of Justice ruling in November sided with an ISPwhen it decided against what it said was, in effect, a request that it monitor traffic for illegally copied material.
The European Internet Providers Association said this latest ruling was a positive step: "We therefore welcome the greater legal certainties and protection granted by the court which are necessary to guarantee the openness of the internet."
The ruling comes amid fierce debate over anti-piracy measures contained in the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) - an international treaty intended to help protect intellectual property rights.
The Open Rights Group, an organisation which opposes Acta, said in a statement: "It's good to see courts promoting our rights by swatting away plans to snoop on people's use of social networks.
"It is especially timely because, as seen in agreements like Acta, policymakers everywhere find it much harder to respect our rights when making intellectual property policy."
However Acta's supporters argue it is necessary to prevent the widespread infringement of intellectual property rights.
The Act stretches to over a hundred pages and includes many additional areas, such as unfair terms and conditions - in other words, surprises in the small print.
But claiming for a refund under the new Act is an untested area, particularly through the new Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers, and it may not prove quite as easy as the government hoped.
However the Act does establish several new principles.
If the goods are faulty, and you bought them from a UK-based retailer, you are entitled to ask for them to be repaired - or to get a full refund. The Act says you can now get that refund up to 30 days from purchase. The money must be returned to you within 14 days.
Even if you bought the product more than 30 days ago, you are still entitled to a repair or a replacement. The retailer has one chance to make the repair. If you are still unhappy, you have a right to a refund.
This right extends to 6 months after the purchase.
If you bought a pair of walking boots five months ago, for example, and found they were leaking, you can ask for them to be repaired or replaced. If they are still leaking, you can ask for a full refund.
Even after six months, you still have a right to ask for a repair or a replacement. But the retailer now has a right to deduct some money for the use you have had out of the goods. If the product is a car, the retailer can deduct money after just a month.
In the longer term there are still protections, but they depend on the kind of product, and the price paid. These protections extend for up to 6 years in England and Wales, and 5 years in Scotland.
No. The goods have to be faulty. Many retailers do allow you to change your mind, and will exchange goods if they are in good condition. But this is down to individual shops, and they are not forced to do so by the law.
In most cases, buying goods on line is covered by the Distance Selling Regulations, which provide further protections over and above the Consumer Rights Act. But for the first time, digital goods like downloads, films, games, music and ebooks are covered by the legislation.
However, if the downloads will not play on your computer or mobile device, you will be entitled to a replacement, but not a refund. This is because of the difficulty of proving that a download does not work. However, the retailer may, in some circumstances, offer a partial refund. They may also stipulate that you need to have certain software to play the film or music.
The Act covers second-hand goods, where they are bought from a retailer, not an individual. On a site like Ebay, it would be the individual business that would be liable, rather than the website itself.
Second-hand goods bought on the High Street are also covered, but refunds would reflect the lower value of the product.
If you download something which carries a virus, and you need to get your computer repaired as a result, you are entitled to compensation.
The Act covers all services - from washing machine repairs to facial treatments. The Act says that such services must be delivered "with reasonable care", after consultation with the consumer. If you are unhappy with the service you have received, you can ask the provider to put it right, or give you a refund if you prefer.
You can take them to a small claims court, but that is an expensive process. New Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers have been set up, which can handle additional products like energy contracts.
These services are free to consumers, but are paid for by the retailers. Many retailers have not yet signed up to these schemes, so it may prove difficult to use them.
Help for businesses is available here
Or business owners can speak to an adviser via the Business Support helpline, on 0300 456 3565
Advice for consumers is available from Citizens Advice here
A list of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers is available here
Help with unfair contract terms is available from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) here
At a turf cutting ceremony in 2014 marking the start of construction on the Wick Joint Campus it was said the site would open this summer.
But since then the council's contractor has on several occasions had to push back the completion date.
Highland Council is now awaiting a new date for next year.
The local authority said it was "deeply disappointed by this further delay" to the handover of the campus from the contractor.
Hub North Scotland is overseeing the construction of the campus by contractor Morrison Construction.
The campus is being constructed to replace Wick High School and Pulteneytown and South primaries.
It will also have community facilities which will be available to the public.
21 October 2015 Last updated at 08:00 BST
Many are trying to escape from countries affected by war such as Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea.
Some say they're coming to Europe looking for better opportunities for their children. But some European countries are struggling to look after so many new people.
Leah is in Germany for us all this week meeting those affected by the migrant and refugee crisis.
She's been finding out what impact the arrival of so many people is having on German kids.
The American, 34, won three out of four Grand Slam titles last season.
"This is probably the best slam I've played in a year," said Williams, who can match Steffi Graf's Open-era feat.
Britain's Jamie Murray is in the men's doubles final, while compatriot Gordon Reid competes in two wheelchair finals.
Murray, whose brother Andy plays Novak Djokovic in Sunday's men's singles final, takes on Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek alongside new Brazilian partner Bruno Soares.
Murray parted ways with Australian John Peers at the end of 2015 after the pair finished as runners-up at both Wimbledon and the US Open.
Fellow Scot Reid is attempting to lift the men's singles and doubles title, competing alongside Japanese partner Shingo Kunieda after he plays Belgium's Joachim Gerard earlier in the day.
Williams will be the centre of attention, however, as she bids to match Graf's Open-era haul of 22 Grand Slam titles, closing in on Margaret Court's all-time mark of 24.
After a tricky first-round encounter against Camila Giorgi, she has been progressed through the draw with a series of emphatic victories, dropping just 17 games and no sets in the next five matches.
She beat five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1 in the quarter-finals before seeing off fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0 6-4 to make the final.
"Even if I don't win, I really can take away that I've been really consistent and I want to continue that," Williams added.
German seventh seed Kerber is playing in her first Grand Slam final, compared to Williams' 26th.
The 28-year-old has won just once in six previous meetings - a 6-4 6-4 upset in Cincinnati in 2012 - but believes her status as the underdog and the belief built by a steady climb up the rankings gives her hope.
She will be ranked at least fourth in the world after the tournament and will move as high as number two if she wins.
"I don't have so much pressure like she has. I know I can lose the match. That's why I'm going out there to try to win it," she said.
"I think I grow in the last few years to be a top-10 player.
"Now I'm back in the top five. I think I showed everybody that I deserve it. That's a good feeling."
The Belfast bantamweight secured a unanimous decision in Sunday's semi-final with a scorecard of 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.
European champion Conlan, 23, has already qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Ireland's other two remaining hopefuls, Michael O'Reilly and Joe Ward, will also fight in the semi-finals.
Belfast light flyweight Brendan Irvine lost his quarter-final to Joahnys Argilagos on Saturday.
Irvine fought well but had no answer to his Cuban opponent's tight defence and scoring punches.
The Belfast fighter lost each round 10-9, though one judge did award him the final round as he battled hard against elimination one fight before the medal bouts.
They also highlight the fragility of the British government's Brexit timetable, given the Supreme Court deliberations on whether parliament needs to approve the triggering of Article 50.
Jean-Jacques Mevel of France's Le Figaro sees Mr Barnier demanding a "change of tone" from Britain, and suspects that the "threat of a hard Brexit is emerging" from an EU "frustrated at the lack of a precise British roadmap".
Like many other reporters, he links Mr Barnier's comments with calls by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch head of the EU finance ministers' Eurogroup, for Britain to "adopt a different attitude" if it wants a "soft" Brexit.
Cecile Ducourtieux of France's Le Monde agrees that EU negotiators are frustrated with "Britain's great confusion over Brexit", hence Mr Barnier's warning that "time is running out".
Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung sees the EU "forcing the pace" of Britain's exit at a time when Prime Minister Theresa May is already under pressure from anti-Brexit rebels in her own party, and Christian Gouerou of Ouest-France cautions EU leaders that Britain "may not be in a strong position at the moment, but it could be formidable in the actual negotiations".
Italy's La Repubblica says Mr Barnier's remarks were an "invitation to Britain both to speed up the process and clarify its position", and that his performance "confirms predictions that Britain will face a pretty tough negotiator".
Maciej Czarnecki of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza says German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comments to her party conference that Britain could not "cherry pick" the four basic freedoms of the EU were "in the same vein" as Mr Barnier's.
He adds that the 18-month timetable also "puts Britain up against the wall", especially as ministers were counting on at least two years.
But Turin's La Stampa says forthcoming elections in France, Germany and The Netherlands means that "many European leaders are worried that the actual negotiations could be reduced to just one year", rather than Mr Barnier's 18 months.
Claudi Perez of Spain's El Pais also thinks Mr Barnier gave notice of a "looming hard Brexit".
He deems this understandable as an "easy exit would be tasty bait for openly anti-European parties in next year's three crucial elections in Holland, France - especially France - and Germany".
The Supreme Court hearing is widely reported, with much speculation as to whether it could further delay the Brexit timetable.
This is certainly the view of Balazs Bacskai on Hungary's pro-government news website 888.hu. He says the Supreme Court could "endanger Brexit", especially as discipline among Tory MPs "is not as strong as in Hungary".
Many European newspapers comment on the heated tone of the debate over the Supreme Court.
Le Monde's Philippe Bernard says the "fate of Brexit lies in the hands" of the eleven judges, and contrasts the "muted atmosphere" in the court with the pro-Brexit press "letting rip" over the judges' alleged "europhilia, sexuality, and even the price of their homes".
Florentin Collomp of Le Figaro believes the Brexit referendum awakened "chauvinist hysteria", leading to Gina Miller, who initiated the case against the government over Article 50, having to arrive at court "flanked by bodyguards".
France's leftwing Liberation also focuses on the "ordeal of Gina Miller" in an interview, in which she rails against the "vicious xenophobic campaign" in the tabloid press against her. Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung agrees that "emotions are boiling over" as "newspapers are also hounding judges".
Germany's top-selling tabloid Bild devotes an admiring profile to "self-styled adrenaline junkie" Gina Miller, saying she "hasn't run out of surprises yet... and it is only a matter of time before the 'Black Widow' strikes again".
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The former Republican Nebraska senator will speak at the Pentagon later in his first public remarks as Pentagon chief.
Mr Hagel was confirmed by a 58-41 vote after Republicans stalled his nomination, questioning his past positions on Israel and Iran.
He replaces Leon Panetta, who was confirmed by 100-0 in June 2011.
"I am honoured that President Obama and the Senate have entrusted me to serve our nation once again," Mr Hagel said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, Republicans delayed a vote, questioning Mr Hagel's past positions on Israel and Iran, and his qualifications for the post.
But they dropped the filibuster stalling tactic, the first time it has ever been used to delay confirmation of a defence secretary, after a week-long recess.
President Barack Obama's Democratic Party holds a 55-45 edge in the chamber, and Mr Hagel ultimately only needed 51 votes to be confirmed.
By Andrew NorthSouth Asia correspondent
Republican Senators Thad Cochran, Rand Paul, Richard Shelby and Mike Johanns voted in favour of Mr Hagel's appointment.
President Obama said he was pleased there had been at least some bipartisan support for Mr Hagel.
"I am grateful to Chuck for reminding us that when it comes to our national defence, we are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans, and our greatest responsibility is the security of the American people," said Mr Obama.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran, passed a crucial procedural vote that needed the support of 60 senators.
Among the sticking points in Mr Hagel's nomination process was a remark he made in a 2008 book that the "Jewish lobby" intimidated decision-makers on Capitol Hill.
Republican senators also said they feared the 66-year-old Mr Hagel would be too lax on Iran.
Source: Donald A Ritchie, US Senate historian
During his time as a senator, Mr Hagel angered Republican party leaders when he pilloried former President George W Bush's handling of the Iraq war.
Ted Cruz, an outspoken conservative first-term senator from Texas, recently suggested without evidence that Mr Hagel had accepted payments from North Korea.
During his confirmation hearing in January, Mr Hagel sought to reassure the Senate armed services committee that he was "fully committed" to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
He also apologised for the "Jewish lobby" comment, saying he could not be defined by any single quote.
Mr Hagel's Democratic Party supporters produced other remarks and evidence they said showed he would stick to existing US policy on Israel and Iran.
The White House had warned of great risks in leaving the Pentagon without a leader at a time of budget challenges and while the US has troops in Afghanistan.
Senate Democrats blasted their colleagues for the blocking tactics, but some Republicans protested that they needed more time to weigh the nomination.
Others, including several senior Republicans on the armed services committee, said outright that they would not back Mr Hagel.
The 900-seat venue will be the home of their new London Theatre Company.
It is expected to open in spring 2017 as part of Berkeley's One Tower Bridge development.
"It feels like the time is right for a new theatre that answers the needs of contemporary audiences and theatre-makers," they said.
"We're going to make shows that are both challenging and popular. We know there's a large audience which responds to new work that is ambitious and stimulating; and the more adventurous it is, the more popular it turns out to be."
Sir Nicholas spent 12 years as artistic director at the National, overseeing hits like The History Boys, War Horse, One Man, Two Guvnors and The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time. He stepped down at the end of March 2015.
Starr was the theatre's executive director from 2002 to 2014.
The pair said the new "flagship" venue was "the only central London commercial theatre of scale not in the historic West End".
"It will offer theatre-makers the kind of environment that will provoke from them adventurous new work, and it will offer to audiences modern standards of comfort, leg-room and facilities.
"We're already working with playwrights and directors on a programme that will be predominantly new but will include, on occasion, a re-invention of a great work from the past."
Opposition lawmakers are angry at a deal with Serbia which grants more autonomy to Serb-majority areas.
MP Albin Kurti was arrested after last week's tear gas protest - his arrest triggered violent protests in the capital Pristina.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians broke away from Serbia in an armed revolt in 1999, then declared independence in 2008.
Most Western countries recognise Kosovo, but Serbia and Russia do not.
MPs opposed to the deal, and another with Montenegro over borders, have said they will disrupt parliament until they are rescinded.
The home secretary made the offer in a letter to Labour's Andy Burnham.
The independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has agreed to lead the review, reporting over the summer.
David Anderson will assess the powers designed to allow intelligence agencies to harvest large amounts of data from emails and other communications.
This, which is done to try and pinpoint intelligence about terrorists, has been likened to searching for a needle in a haystack.
The home secretary has offered to set up the review in a letter to the shadow home secretary Andy Burnham who has demanded a series of amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill, often known as the snoopers' charter.
The government needs Labour to support - or at least not vote down - the bill to ensure it reaches the statute book by the end of the year.
The current laws governing the collection of data, enshrined in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act of 2014, are due to expire at the end of this year.
The move by the home secretary follows a recommendation by parliament's Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. In a report in February the committee, chaired by the former Labour Northern Ireland secretary Lord Murphy of Torfaen, called on the government to publish "publish a fuller justification for each of the bulk powers".
The committee highlighted three types of bulk powers in the bill for the security and intelligence agencies: the bulk interception of data, bulk acquisition of communications data and bulk interference with equipment.
The independent review will be established under David Anderson once he has selected two experts with security clearance to support him on technical and legal issues. He will report by the summer in time for the committee stage of the bill in the House of Lords.
Mr Burnham described the home secretary's letter as "extremely encouraging" but made clear the government needs to go further to win Labour support. The shadow home secretary was due to tell MPs in the commons debate on the Queen's speech: "A few weeks ago, I wrote to the Home Secretary setting out seven areas where we want to see significant movement.
"Yesterday the Home Secretary wrote to me on two of these issues and I have to say I found her letter extremely encouraging.
"Her commitment to an independent review of the case for bulk powers is a major concession but the right thing to do and something which will build trust in this process."
Mr Burnham welcomed a second concession in the home secretary's letter - amending the bill to make clear that the security and intelligence agencies cannot use the powers to monitor legitimate trade union activity. The government believes that the agencies are not allowed to carry out such investigations.
But the home secretary is happy to amend the bill to reassure her Labour opposite number who supports the Shrewsbury 24 campaign which is pushing for the quashing of the convictions from the 1970s of construction worker pickets, including the actor Ricky Tomlinson. Mr Burnham says the intelligence agencies monitored trade unions in that period.
But the shadow home secretary said he is not yet prepared to offer his support for the bill. He is due to tell MPs: "As the Home Secretary knows, we share her goal of putting an updated law into the Statue Book governing the use of investigatory powers and giving the Police and the security services the powers to do their job in the digital age.
"But we do continue to have serious concerns about the Bill as currently drafted. It does not yet contain sufficiently strong safeguards and human rights protections."
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The Home Secretary has always been clear she will listen to the constructive views of politicians from all sides of the House to ensure the passage of this important Bill. The Government will be bringing forward amendments at Report Stage."
The California jury's decision marks the largest award yet in a string of lawsuits that claim the firm did not adequately warn about cancer risks from talc-based products.
A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson defended the products' safety.
The firm plans to appeal, as it has in previous cases.
"We will appeal today's verdict because we are guided by the science," Carol Goodrich, spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc, said in a statement.
The evidence around any link between talc use and cancer is inconclusive.
Johnson & Johnson, headquartered in New Jersey, faces thousands of claims from women who say they developed cancer due to using the firm's products to address concerns about vaginal odour and moisture.
Johnson & Johnson has lost four of five previous cases tried before juries in Missouri, which have led to more than $300m in penalties.
The California lawsuit was brought by Eva Echeverria, a 63-year-old woman who said she started using baby powder when she was 11 years old. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 10 years ago; the diagnosis is terminal, according to lawyers working on the case.
The lawsuit alleged that the company was aware of cancer risk associated with talcum powder, but concealed that information from the public.
The verdict included $70m in compensatory damages and $347m in punitive damages.
Analysis: James Gallagher, health editor, BBC news website
Is talc safe?
There have been concerns for years that using talcum powder, particularly on the genitals, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
But the evidence is not conclusive. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies talc used on the genitals as "possibly carcinogenic" because of the mixed evidence.
Why is there any debate?
The mineral talc in its natural form does contain asbestos and does cause cancer, however, asbestos-free talc has been used in baby powder and other cosmetics since the 1970s. But the studies on asbestos-free talc give contradictory results.
It has been linked to a cancer risk in some studies, but there are concerns that the research may be biased as they often rely on people remembering how much talc they used years ago. Other studies have argued there is no link at all and there is no link between talc in contraceptives such as diaphragms and condoms (which would be close to the ovaries) and cancer.
Also there does not seem to be a "dose-response" for talc, unlike with known carcinogens like tobacco where the more you smoke, the greater the risk of lung cancer.
The charity Ovacome says there is no definitive evidence and that the worst-case scenario is that using talc increases the risk of cancer by a third.
But it adds: "Ovarian cancer is a rare disease, and increasing a small risk by a third still gives a small risk. So even if talc does increase the risk slightly, very few women who use talc will ever get ovarian cancer."
The men's 470 class sailor was banned when his name appeared in the World Anti-Doping Agency report into state-sponsored cheating in Russia.
But after new guidance from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the sport's international federation said it was unsure Sozykin had cheated.
His case now goes to the three-person IOC panel making the final decision on all of the country's athletes in Rio.
World Sailing issued a statement which revealed Sozykin had passed two subsequent anti-doping tests and said although he was named in last week's Wada-commissioned McLaren report, it "did not include specific information as to whether the positive test occurred in-competition or out-of-competition".
It added: "Further, the substance for which he tested positive is not prohibited out of competition and, if the sample had been taken out of competition, would not have resulted in a sanction."
Fe gollodd Cymru sawl cyfle ac roedd diffyg disgyblaeth i weld yn glir yn yr ail hanner.
Mae'r canlyniad yn golygu mai dyma'r tro cyntaf i'r Alban ennill yn erbyn Cymru ers degawd.
Yr Alban sgoriodd bwyntiau cyntaf y gêm trwy Finn Russell, cyn i Leigh Halfpenny unioni pethau.
Daeth y cais cyntaf ar ôl 25 munud, gyda chwarae sydyn gan Rhys Webb yn lledaenu'r bêl ar hyd y cefnwyr at Liam Williams, wnaeth groesi'r gwyngalch yn y gornel.
Dwy gic gan Russell ac un gan Halfpenny oedd yr unig bwyntiau arall cyn hanner amser, gyda Chymru ar y blaen o 9-13 ar yr egwyl.
Aeth Yr Alban ar y blaen yn gynnar yn yr ail hanner wrth i Tommy Seymour groesi yn y gornel er y pwysau arno gan Scott Williams.
Roedd cicio Russell yn parhau'n gywir, wrth iddo sgorio 19 o bwyntiau yn yr 80 munud.
Daeth cyfle i Gymru wrth i Rhys Webb dorri trwy'r amddiffyn a rhoi'r bêl i lawr dros y llinell gais, dim ond i'r dyfarnwr cynorthwyol ddweud, yn gywir, ei fod wedi'i dynnu allan o faes y chwarae.
Fe ddaeth enwau mawr oddi ar y fainc i Gymru - Luke Charteris, Taulupe Faletau, Jamie Roberts a Sam Davies - ond doedd yr un yn gallu gwneud unrhyw wahaniaeth gwirioneddol.
Roedd yr Alban yn dal i bwyso, ac fe wnaeth dwylo hyfryd gan Hogg ryddhau'r asgellwr Tim Visser i sgorio ail gais i'r tîm cartref, ac ymestyn eu buddugoliaeth.
Ni lwyddodd i'r Cymry sgorio unrhyw bwyntiau yn yr ail hanner, wrth i Russell ychwanegu un gic gosb arall cyn y chwiban olaf.
Mae'r canlyniad yn siŵr o olygu y bydd tipyn o drafod am ddyfodol Rob Howley dros y pythefnos nesa cyn y gêm yn erbyn Iwerddon yng Nghaerdydd.
City play the first leg of their Champions League last-16 match at Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, four days before the Capital One Cup final.
The Chilean said: "The priority is always the next game, but we must make an exception because of many injuries."
City's visit to Chelsea will be shown live on BBC One on Sunday at 16:00 GMT.
The 2012 FA Cup winners are still in contention to a complete an unprecedented quadruple by winning the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League.
They will have to play a game in each competition in an 11-day span between 21 February and 2 March.
Pellegrini added: "We have just 13 players available to play and have to play the Champions League on Wednesday. We'll see the best team we can play on Sunday.
"I always try to play with a strong team in every competition. They are all important but we must prioritise the Champions League."
Chelsea, who are currently 12th in the Premier League, played their Champions League first-leg tie away to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Interim manager Guus Hiddink, who won the FA Cup during his previous spell in charge in 2009, said: "We have a serious approach to the FA Cup."
Chelsea skipper John Terry has been ruled out of the tie.
A Green Paper, to be issued on Thursday, will lay out the issues ministers want to explore during negotiations over the BBC's future.
It is expected to question the broadcaster's size and its activities.
An independent report into whether non-payment of the licence fee should be decriminalised is also due on Thursday.
Led by barrister David Perry QC, the team drawing up the report will recommend whether people who fail to pay the annual £145.50 fee should face prison.
About 3,000 people each week end up in court on evasion charges. In 2013, 32 people were jailed for not paying the resulting fine, down from 51 the previous year.
The publication of the green paper comes a week after the BBC agreed to take on the cost of free TV licences for the over 75s, a policy which could cost the corporation up to £650m.
According to several media reports, the green paper will focus on four or five key themes, including governance and impartiality.
Culture secretary John Whittingdale is also expected to look at whether the BBC should do away with "highly commercial" entertainment shows like The Voice.
The review will also examine other funding models, including a household tax, subscription and a means-tested licence fee.
And it will ask whether the BBC should scale back its website, after chancellor George Osborne said it was "completely crowding out national newspapers".
"If you look at the BBC website it is a good product," he told the Andrew Marr programme earlier this month, "but it is becoming a bit more imperial in its ambitions".
The Sunday Times also said the Green Paper would look at replacing the BBC Trust with broadcasting regulator Ofcom.
The government is firing the starting gun on what they hope will be a national debate about what kind of BBC we want to have in the future.
The culture secretary John Whittingdale has said it will cover the scope, the scale, the funding and the governance of the BBC. Not least the notion that the BBC should be a much smaller organisation providing public service broadcasting. In other words, specific programmes that the commercial sector cannot provide. It could mean an end to shows like EastEnders, The Voice and Strictly Come Dancing.
Meanwhile, we also expect to get the report into whether non-payment of the licence fee should remain a criminal offence. The expectation is that David Perry QC, who oversaw the report, will say criminalisation should stay.
Mr Whittingdale has appointed eight people to work on the renewal of the BBC's royal charter - which sets out the corporation's remit - including Dawn Airey, former boss of Channel 5 and journalism professor Stewart Purvis, a former editor-in-chief of ITN.
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.
The panel was criticised by Conservative peer Lord Fowler, who warned in the House of Lords on Tuesday that the BBC was "under unprecedented attack".
"I must warn those who support the BBC that we have something of a fight on our hands," he said.
"The cards are marked and somewhat stacked against us. The advisory group advising the Secretary of State clanks with special interests and past opinions."
Speaking at the same debate, Lord Patten, a former chairman of the BBC Trust, called the government's advisory panel "a team of assistant gravediggers" who would help the culture secretary "bury the BBC that we love".
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, government spokesperson for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, responded by saying "no-one is seriously proposing the BBC's abolition".
However, she warned, "one particular area of contention" was the "extent to which the BBC manages to meet its impartiality obligations, and how best this should be achieved and regulated."
Tony Hall, the BBC's director general, made his own case for the corporation on Tuesday, saying "a BBC that doesn't inform, educate and entertain is not the BBC the public know and love".
Similar sentiments have been expressed by shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant, who said the "golden thread" running through the BBC was that "it provides something for everyone."
The publication of the green paper on Thursday will be followed by a public consultation.
Officers discovered 41kg of the Class A drug on Wednesday following a search of a refrigerated container that had arrived at the port from Belgium.
Head of Border Force Scotland, Murdo MacMillan, said it had been "extremely intricate concealment".
He said the drugs were hidden within the housings of an evaporator fan.
Aruna Shanbaug was left with severe brain damage and paralysed after the 1973 attack by a ward attendant in the Mumbai hospital where she worked.
She was fed through the nose to keep her alive but developed pneumonia six days ago, the hospital told the BBC.
Her case sparked a debate about India's euthanasia laws. The Supreme Court had rejected a plea to allow her to die.
"Ms Shanbaug died at 08:30am on Monday. She was admitted to the intensive care unit and put on ventilator support," a spokesman at Mumbai's KEM hospital said.
The nurse was 25 years old when she was sodomised by a KEM hospital cleaner who strangled her with metal chains and left her to die on 27 November 1973.
She survived, but spent the rest of her life in hospital, force fed twice a day.
"My broken, battered baby bird finally flew away. And she gave India a passive euthanasia law before doing so," journalist and author Pinki Virani, who wrote Aruna's Story, a book on the nurse's plight, told the BBC.
There is an outpouring of sympathy for Aruna Shanbaug on Twitter. Many feel that she "should have been allowed to go much earlier". Most Twitter users also agree that the absence of the "right to die" in India's legal system compounded her misery.
One Twitter user says Shanbaug's case "represents everything that is wrong with India's society".
Others highlight that she was brutally raped and then had to live in a vegetative state for 42 years because several campaigns in support of euthanasia "just fell on deaf ears".
Some say that her ordeal "will always shame India", while others are hopeful that her story will once again reignite the debate on euthanasia.
"Have mostly been ambivalent about euthanasia. But Aruna Shanbaug's case makes me want to take a stand. Misery should not last four decades," this tweet very much sums up the impact her story is likely to have on India's thinking on "right to die".
Ms Virani filed the case which was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2011. She had argued that Ms Shanbaug was "virtually a dead person" and should be allowed to die.
Ms Shanbaug's parents died many years ago and other relatives had not maintained contact with her, Ms Virani said.
She wanted the court to issue instructions to the hospital to stop feeding Ms Shanbaug.
But hospital authorities told the court that Ms Shanbaug "accepts food... and responds by facial expressions" and responds to "commands intermittently by making sounds".
Although the Supreme Court rejected Ms Virani's plea, the case resulted in India easing some restrictions on euthanasia after the court's landmark ruling that life support could be legally removed for some terminally ill patients in exceptional circumstances, providing the request was from family and supervised by doctors and the courts.
Doctors say patients in a vegetative state are awake, not in a coma, but have no awareness because of severe brain damage.
Lawyer Shekhar Nafade, who represented Ms Virani in the Supreme Court, told the BBC that he felt "relieved for Aruna".
Ms Shanbaug's attacker, Sohanlal Bharta Walmiki, was not even charged for raping her since sodomy was not considered rape under Indian laws at the time.
He was freed after serving a seven-year-sentence for robbery and attempted murder.
Ms Virani told the BBC in 2013 that she had tried hard to track him down, but with no success.
"I was told that he had changed his name and was working as a ward boy in a Delhi hospital. The hospital where he had sodomised Aruna and left her in this permanent vegetative condition had never kept a photo of him on file. Neither did the court papers," she said.
The former BBC Wales Today presenter and rugby analyst for BBC Radio 5 Live died at a hospice in Penarth on Monday.
Mr Parry-Jones was born in Pontypridd and lived in Cardiff with his long term partner, BBC Radio Cymru presenter Beti George.
He was known as "the voice of Welsh rugby" and commentated on historic sporting occasions such as Llanelli's famous win over the All Blacks in 1972.
He also authored numerous books on the game.
He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009 and was cared for at his home by Ms George.
They filmed a documentary for the BBC earlier this year to raise awareness of the condition.
Ms George described him as a kind, gentle and handsome man "whose life was words".
She said Mr Parry-Jones had great pride in being educated at Merton College in Oxford. He began his career as a journalist with The Times before joining the BBC to work in television.
His lifelong and college friend Tony Marland said he was a good sportsman and captain of their cricket team.
"He was popular because he could make people laugh," Mr Marland said.
"If you knew he was on the agenda of the debating society you would turn up and listen."
Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC Cymru Wales director, described Mr Parry-Jones as a "consummate broadcaster" who was admired and respected in Wales and far beyond.
"His authority and charm made him a natural presenter for BBC Wales Today. And in the commentary box, he quickly became the voice of Welsh rugby - one of the very best in the business," he said.
"More latterly, his public battle with dementia - and the remarkable care of his partner, Beti George - has helped millions of people to better understand the challenges of living with Alzheimer's, prompting a public debate about dementia care.
"Our thoughts today are of course with Beti and David's family."
Welsh Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies said Mr Parry-Jones would be "sadly missed".
"David Parry-Jones was a great servant to the game, he was hugely popular throughout Welsh rugby, a knowledgeable broadcaster with a warm personality who immediately commanded the respect of anyone he came into contact with," he said.
"On a personal note he was a great source of advice for me when considering going up to Oxford University as a post graduate student and someone who always had a kind word when I would meet him as a commentator during my playing days."
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The club have been playing on different grounds across the county since the flood crisis in 2007, but the club has plans for a new stadium.
If planning permission is granted, the Tigers hope to be playing back in Gloucester next season.
Data from the genomes of 69 ancient individuals suggest that herders moved en masse from the continent's eastern periphery into Central Europe.
These migrants may be responsible for the expansion of Indo-European languages, which make up the majority of spoken tongues in Europe today.
An international team has published the research in the journal Nature.
Prof David Reich and colleagues extracted DNA from remains found at archaeological sites around the continent. They used a new DNA-enrichment technique that greatly reduces the amount of sequencing needed to obtain genome-wide data.
Their analyses show that 7,000-8,000 years ago, a closely related group of early farmers moved into Europe from the Near East, confirming the findings of previous studies.
The farmers were distinct from the indigenous hunter-gatherers they encountered as they spread around the continent. Eventually, the two groups mixed, so that by 5,000-6,000 years ago, the farmers' genetic signature had become melded with that of the indigenous Europeans.
But previous studies show that a two-way amalgam of farmers and hunters is not sufficient to capture the genetic complexity of modern Europeans. A third ancestral group must have been added to the melting pot more recently.
Prof Reich and colleagues have now identified a likely source area for this later diaspora. The Bronze Age Yamnaya pastoralists of southern Russia are a good fit for the missing third genetic component in Europeans.
The team analysed nine genomes from individuals belonging to this nomadic group, which buried their dead in mounds known as kurgans.
The scientists contend that a group similar to the Yamnaya moved into the European heartland after the invention of wheeled vehicles, contributing up to 50% of ancestry in some modern north Europeans. Southern Europeans on the whole appear to have been less affected by the expansion.
Even more intriguing is the possible link between this steppe expansion and the origins of Indo-European languages.
Most indigenous European tongues, from English to Russian and Spanish to Greek, belong to the Indo-European group. The classification is based on shared features of vocabulary and grammar.
Basque, spoken in south-west France and northern Spain, does not fit in this group, and may be the only surviving relic of earlier languages once spoken more widely.
Two principal hypotheses have been put forward to explain the preponderance of Indo-European tongues in Europe today.
According to the "Anatolian hypothesis", Indo-European languages were spread by the first farmers from the Near East 7,000-8,000 years ago.
But the latest paper supports the "Steppe hypothesis", which proposes that early Indo-European speakers were farmers on the grasslands north of the Black and Caspian Seas.
"An open question for us is whether the languages spoken by these steppe migrants were just ancestral to a sub-set of Indo-European languages in Europe today - for example, Balti-Slavic and maybe Germanic - or the great majority of Indo-European languages spoken in Europe today," Prof Reich told BBC News.
But he added that Indo-European languages spoken in Iran and India had probably already diverged from those spoken by the Yamnaya before the nomads blazed a trail into Europe.
The defendant, named by prosecutors as Ali Qazimaj, 43, denies killing Peter and Sylvia Stuart, from Weybread, Suffolk.
He also claims he is not the man wanted by police, and his real name is Vital Dapi, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Mr Stuart, 75, was stabbed to death last June. The body of Mrs Stuart, 69, has never been found.
Prosecutor Kharim Khalil QC told jurors a dispute about identification was "at the heart of this case".
"We say Ali Qazimaj killed these two people," he said.
"The defendant claims he's not Ali Qazimaj. He claims to be called Vital Dapi. We say it's a lie.
"You have to decide whether Ali Qazimaj is the murderer, and whether the defendant is Ali Qazimaj."
The Stuarts were last seen alive at Goodies Farm Shop in Pulham Market, Norfolk, on 29 May last year. They were reported missing five days later.
Mr Stuart was found in a river with nine stab wounds near his home on 3 June. Police are still looking for the body of his wife.
The defendant, formerly of Tilbury, Essex, was arrested in Luxembourg on 17 June before being extradited back to the UK.
The court heard a relative of the Stuarts by marriage, Sidney Paxman, was cared for by Mr Qazimaj near Grays, Essex.
Mr Khalil told the court Mr Paxman had given the defendant "the best part of £10,000" over two years.
"Mr Paxman will say he had told Ali Qazimaj about the Stuarts, describing them as millionaires," he said.
The prosecutor also said Mr Paxman claimed the defendant told him "he had been to Serbia and on his return he said he had carried out a contract killing".
The trial continues.
The site, which bills itself as a "virtual pinboard", allows users to post pictures and other content onto a personalised profile.
However, some have raised concerns that the format encourages unauthorised sharing.
Concerned sites can now block their content by adding a line of web code.
Any Pinterest user attempting to share images or other material from a site with the "nopin" instruction will be told: "This site doesn't allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!"
In a blog post, co-founder Ben Silbermann said Pinterest cared about "respecting the rights of copyright holders".
He added: "We understand and respect that sometimes site owners do not want any of their material pinned. For these folks, we provide a snippet of code that can be added to any website."
In addition to the code, copyright holders can - like most sites featuring user uploaded content - request that material be taken downvia an online form.
Pinterest has grown rapidly, with reports from ratings firm Comscore suggesting the site had 7.5 million unique visitors in December, rising to 11.7 million in January.
However, concerns over copyright violations have caused some users to back away from using the service.
Webmasters who want to prevent their material from being posted on Pinterest can use the following code:
<meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" />
Niri Shan, a media law expert from Taylor Wessing, said he believed the move to enhance measures for rights holders would probably work in Pinterest's favour, should rights holders begin make legal claims.
"I think they [the courts] would look favourably," he said.
"Overall the court will have to look at the public interest. Blocking sites has implications for free speech - it's not something the court will do every day of the week."
Mr Shan added that Pinterest's key approach would be to prove that while copyrighted material might be uploaded to the site, it was not the service's primary function - an accusation made about other sites, such as MegaUpload and Newzbin, in recent court cases.
Sir Stephen Bubb headed the review which was prompted by the Winterbourne View care home abuse scandal in 2011.
His analysis, published in November, urged the closure of some in-patient facilities and more community services.
England's chief nursing officer said improvements must be made "at a fast but safe pace".
Neglect and abuse of patients by staff at Winterbourne View, a private residential hospital near Bristol, was uncovered by BBC Panorama. Six people were jailed in 2012 and five given suspended sentences.
Sir Stephen said that although the number of people being discharged from Winterbourne-style institutions was now greater than those being admitted, "it remains abundantly clear that a revolving door of discharges and admissions will continue unless a closure and transition programme is acted on".
He said although NHS England had made it a "top strategic objective" to improve conditions for people with learning disabilities, "the pace of change remains slow, and this is unacceptable".
Sir Stephen, who is chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), said there appeared to be "no dialogue" between NHS England and third sector providers, such as charities and community organisations, about how to deliver the transition.
He said this six-month review should be treated as a "warning call" ahead of a "formal stock take of actions" in a further six months' time.
"The core recommendation of my report was the need to close these institutions as quickly as possible and you can't close them until there is good strong community provision - people with learning disabilities and their families deserve action now," he said,
"There's huge scepticism that anything will happen. NHS England needs to prove them wrong.
"And until I see action on the ground I will continue to (hold the) government to account."
He called for an independent taskforce to be set up to get the third sector organisations involved.
His report published in November - Winterbourne View - Time for Change - offered 10 recommendations, including a "charter of rights" for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families.
Sir Stephen said he welcomed the Care Act, which came into effect in April and includes rights for those receiving care and those who provide it to their loved ones.
He also welcomed the Department of Health Green Paper on the rights of people with learning disabilities and/or autism, along with the commitment made by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens to publish a full transition programme in the autumn.
In a joint statement, Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap, and Viv Cooper, chief executive of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, said change would not happen unless community services were improved.
"This must include investing in a highly skilled community workforce to support children and adults with a learning disability to meet their individual needs," they said.
Jane Cummings, chief nursing officer for England and chairwoman of the Transforming Care Delivery Board, said: "All the agencies involved in this work are clear that while a great deal of progress has been made we still have lots to do to transform and improve care for people with learning disabilities.
"We are committed to driving through changes at a fast but safe pace, we are on track to do so, and I will be setting out the closure and reprovision plans in October as previously announced."
There have been security concerns across Europe since the attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.
However, France's sports minister Patrick Kanner said fan zones would "tell the French people and foreigners that everything is under control".
Elsewhere, Russia says security at the 2018 World Cup will be strengthened.
"We discussed the problems of security in detail," said Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko after a meeting with Fifa inspectors.
The minister said that security at the World Cup construction sites had already been toughened up, and the fan zones at the 2017 Confederation Cup and the World Cup will be at the centre of the security forces' attention.
Euro 2016 will be played from 10 June to 10 July in 10 French cities.
In Paris, the fan zone is expected to have a 120,000 capacity and will be situated on the Champs de Mars, below the Eiffel Tower.
It comes after Prime Minister Hun Sen proposed banning anyone convicted of a crime from leading a political party.
Mr Rainsy has faced several lawsuits from the government and is currently abroad to avoid a two-year prison sentence for defamation.
His Cambodia National Rescue Party is seen as the main challenger to Hun Sen, who has led Cambodia since 1985.
Mr Rainsy announced his resignation on social media, but said: "In all circumstances I continue to cherish and uphold the CNRP's [Cambodia National Rescue Party's] ideals in my heart."
His party has described the defamation charges against him as politically motivated.
The CNRP made strong gains in the disputed 2013 elections, taking 55 seats while Hun Sen's party took 68.
Cambodia's next general election is scheduled for 2018.
The case has been brought by a gay activist as well as municipal authorities from the capital, Taipei.
Taiwan's parliament has also been debating whether to pass laws that would allow same-sex marriage.
The movement has split society and prompted a conservative backlash, with vocal protests in recent months.
A panel of 14 justices are hearing arguments and will debate whether a line in Taiwan's civil code, which states that marriage is between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional.
Veteran gay activist Chi Chia-wei, whose attempt at registering marriage with his partner in 2013 was rejected, had petitioned for the case to be heard.
Taipei city authorities, who have been receiving requests for gay marriage, had also petitioned for clarity.
The hearing lasts only one day, but could be a decisive turning point in Taiwan's decades-long debate on whether to legalise same-sex marriage.
It's the first time the judiciary is opening the Constitutional Court on the issue. If the judges rule that Taiwan's current ban is unconstitutional, then parliament will be forced to amend the laws to offer gay couples protection.
Lawmakers, while initially supportive, have become less enthusiastic about passing such bills after vocal opposition by mainly religious groups and parents.
If the judges rule in favour of it, they will in essence be doing the dirty work for lawmakers, who can then tell their voters they have no choice but to amend the laws.
But it's still unclear how this would play out.
If same-sex marriage is approved, the LGBT community does not want a separate law to be created that only gives some protection to same-sex partners.
They want current family laws to be amended so that gay couples would be treated the same as heterosexual couples, as they would then get equal rights and treatment in all matters, including adoption of children.
Legal experts and government officials are taking part in the hearing, after which the justices will debate among themselves. The ruling is expected to come out in two months' time.
Gay rights campaigners carrying rainbow flags, turned up in front of the court in Taipei, as did anti-gay marriage protesters.
In December Taiwan's parliament approved the first draft of a bill to legalise gay marriage, with a second reading due in months.
President Tsai Ing-wen has previously said she would support marriage equality. Taiwan is known for its progressive values and energetic LGBTQ movement.
But rallies by gay rights activists in recent months have been met with protests from conservative groups and calls for the same-sex marriage bill to be struck down.
The 86-year-old wrote the score to the 1960s trilogy of spaghetti Westerns by Sergio Leone, which saw Eastwood rise to fame.
But Morricone said he turned down the chance to write for films Eastwood directed "out of respect" to Leone.
"I missed a great opportunity and I am really sorry," he told the BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz.
Morricone, or Maestro, as he is known in his hometown of Rome, added: "When Clint called me, I said no out of respect to Sergio Leone, not because I did not like the movies that he did."
Although he had first met Sergio Leone when they were at school, it was not until 25 years later that their professional partnership began, on a Fistful of Dollars in 1964.
"Gradually over time, he as a director and me as a composer, we improved and reached our best, in my opinion, in Once Upon A Time In America," the composer said.
They went on to work together on Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Leone's last credited western, A Fistful of Dynamite (1971).
"After this relationship with Leone I was able to suggest to other directors how to respond to the music
"Often directors ask me for pieces lasting 20 seconds and in 20 seconds people do not understand - it is music that is wasted," he added.
Morricone, who will resume his European tour next year, said that being a composer is a "difficult profession" and he gets worried by every film he works on.
"There are ideas that crop up immediately but the majority arrive late.
"There is no film that has not worried me. I was worried for all of them, it is a difficult profession," the composer said.
Some of Morricone's most memorable scores include Roland Joffe's The Mission (1986), Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988), and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).
Over the years, the Italian Maestro has received 56 awards, including five Baftas, but missed out on Oscars for Days of Heaven (1979) and The Mission (1986).
In 2007, he was awarded an honorary Oscar, presented by Clint Eastwood, for "his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music".
The Italian composer said that winning awards is a "celebration of the cinema".
"They are great to advertise the cinema, they are important for those who receive them but most of all for the cinema, it is a celebration of the cinema."
Despite working in an American-dominated industry, Morricone has never moved to Hollywood, remaining rooted in Rome, where he was born in 1928.
"I have been tempted. I was invited to live in Hollywood, I said no. I am better here," he said.
After a year of recovery from a spinal injury, Morricone's My Life in Music, World Tour will resume on 1 February 2015 in Amsterdam, stopping in 20 European cities.
The bombing is the country's deadliest militant attack since 2001. Previous estimates said 90 people were killed.
Mr Ghani's government has faced protests for failing to tackle the deteriorating security situation.
He told the meeting it was time for the Taliban to embrace peace or "face the consequences".
Representatives of 23 nations including the US and Pakistan, as well as the EU, Nato and the UN are attending the two-day meeting, which launches what is being called the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Co-operation.
UK Ambassador Dominic Jermey said it was "an important marker for each and every country in the region to show its true support for Afghanistan's aspirations for peace".
The meeting comes amid a downturn in the security situation.
As the meeting got under way, a deadly blast hit the main mosque in the western city of Herat. Officials said at least seven people were killed in the bombing at an entrance gate. No group has said it carried out the attack.
Earlier, a rocket fired by the Taliban struck a tennis court in the Indian diplomatic compound. Police said no-one was hurt.
The bomb attack in Kabul was the deadliest by insurgents in Afghanistan since the Taliban were driven from power by US-led forces in 2001.
It sparked anti-government protests in which four people were killed, as police used tear gas and fired bullets into the air to keep crowds at bay.
Three suicide bombers then attacked the funeral at the weekend of one of those killed in the protests, killing at least seven people.
It is not clear who was behind last week's attacks. The Taliban has denied any role, but the Afghan government says its affiliate, the Haqqani group, carried it out with support from Pakistan. Islamabad has strongly rejected the claim.
The series of attacks have led to anger against the government, who residents accuse of failing to tackle the militants adequately.
Earlier this year, a top US commander warned of a "stalemate" in the fight against the Taliban unless more foreign troops were committed. US President Donald Trump is believed to be assessing his options.
The Kabul peace conference comes amid an acute foreign relations crisis, as the majority of Afghans accuse Pakistan of continuing to host the Taliban leadership and its most murderous wing, the Haqqani group. Pakistan denies the charge. Afghans also accuse Iran and Russia of helping the Taliban.
The conference, which will focus on counter-terrorism, really needs to help the Afghans come to a political consensus to form a better or even a new government in Kabul that can win back public trust. But without US leadership, which has "owned" Afghanistan since 11 September 2001, there is little that other states can do or would even be willing to do.
The real tragedy is that most distant states - but not the neighbours - are keen to wash their hands of Afghanistan.
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Meanwhile, the Taliban currently control huge swathes of the country.
"We are offering a chance for peace but this is not an open-ended offer," Mr Ghani said, calling for Taliban to begin negotiations.
A spokesman for the Taliban told Reuters news agency he had no comment to make on the conference.
This is not the first attempt by the Afghan government to broker peace. But analysts say they want to regain momentum, against a back drop of separate peace talks engineered by Russia.
Chung Yoo-ra, 20, is accused of staying in Denmark illegally, they said. They have requested her extradition.
Her mother is accused of using her friendship with President Park Geun-hye for personal gain. Both women apologised but denied the accusations.
After weeks of protest, parliament voted on 9 December to impeach Ms Park.
One of the ways in which Ms Chung's mother, Choi Soon-sil, is alleged to have mis-used her friendship with the president is by getting Ms Chung into a top Korean university.
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South Korean authorities had asked for Interpol's help in tracing Ms Chung - a former member of the national equestrian team - after she failed to return to answer questions about her role in the scandal.
Her mother Ms Choi is in detention having returned from abroad to face questioning.
She has been charged with various offences, including abuse of authority, coercion, attempted coercion and attempted fraud.
South Korea's constitutional court has six months to uphold or overturn the impeachment vote against Ms Park.
Until then she remains formally president but stripped of her powers, which have been handed to the prime minister, a presidential appointee.
Jaime Cheesman disappeared when she was 16 years old, a few months after moving to Grimsby.
The former student, who would now be 39, grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Humberside Police said it is undertaking "an extensive forensic examination" of her last known address.
Officers are also searching the surrounding parts of Grimsby to piece together her last known movements, police said.
She was last seen in November 1993 in the Comber Place area of the town, where she lived with the family of her best friend.
Ms Cheeseman often travelled between there and her home town, according to her family.
During the week she went missing, she is thought to have left Wellingborough with her friend's father and another man to travel to Grimsby to sign on.
She may have become involved in a disagreement and left the house in Grimsby, police said.
Her disappearance is a "great source of anxiety" for her family, Det Ch Insp Phil Gadd, of Humberside Police, added.
"Her father has described Jaime as an outgoing girl with quite a few friends and feels certain that someone knows something about what happened to her.
"Whilst we believe there is a possibility that Jaime may still be in the Grimsby area, she was known to have connections with the travelling community in Northamptonshire and may have adopted this lifestyle in either area," he said.
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His file is among 300,000 military-era documents released on Monday.
It shows the authorities kept watch over Pele's personal, sporting and financial activities.
Officials of the era kept meticulous records in their attempt to identify possible opponents to military rule.
The files have been published by the Sao Paulo state archives in an effort to provide more information and clarity about the period, in which leftist activists and those suspected of sympathising with them were brutally repressed.
Up to 500 people were killed or disappeared during this time in Brazil, a far lower number than in shorter periods of military rule in neighbouring Argentina and Chile. But thousands of Brazilians were tortured, exiled or deprived of their political rights.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, who was herself tortured and jailed under military rule, last year inaugurated a truth commission to investigate past human rights abuses.
The released files show that the authorities kept a tab on Pele's activities in the 1970s, including his financial records and investigating alleged attacks on his home in the city of Santos.
The documents show the authorities also investigated other public figures such as singer Roberto Carlos, TV show hosts Silvio Santos and Hebe Camargo and author Monteiro Lobato.
Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, won his first World Cup in 1958 at the age of 17. He went on to win it twice more in 1962 and 1970 and scored more than 1,200 goals throughout his career.
Kenneth Wallace, 53, drove at speeds of up to 99mph (159 km/h) before knocking Calum Warrilow from his bike on the A1 near Grantham on 13 September.
Police said Wallace did not stop and help Calum, instead choosing to drive away from the crash scene.
At Lincoln Crown Court, Wallace was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
The defendant, of Barn Hill, Stamford, previously admitted a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
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He was also handed a driving ban of nine years and three months.
Further charges of failing to stop and failing to report a road accident have been dropped.
In the lead-up to the crash, Lincolnshire Police said Wallace drove "erratically", overtaking a lorry and a car while driving at speeds of up to 99mph (159 km/h)
Simon Heads, of the East Midlands Serious Collision Unit, said he told officers he was "in a poor emotional state and using his mobile phone".
However, Mr Heads said the defendant's decision not to stop and help Calum after the crash was "morally reprehensible".
He said he hoped the sentence would help Calum's family to feel some sense of justice.
Paying tribute to her son, Calum's mother Kerry Dowers said he was "a kind and considerate young man".
"He was the type of person that would always look out for others and he decided that he would put this to use by pursuing a career in the RAF as a medic," she said.
Talking about the crash, she added: "This still doesn't feel like it is really happening to us, but we do want to see justice for Calum who shouldn't have been taken away from us."
Jeff Sessions said the suspects were accused of divulging classified material or concealed contacts with foreign intelligence officers.
America's top prosecutor said the administration has tripled the number of active leak probes since January.
President Donald Trump has criticised Mr Sessions as "very weak" on leaks.
At Friday's news conference, the attorney general said no government could be effective when its leaders could not talk freely in confidence with foreign leaders.
"I strongly agree with the president and condemn in the strongest terms the staggering number of leaks undermining the ability of our government to protect this country," he told reporters.
He said there had been a "dramatic" increase in recent months of unauthorised disclosures to the media and even foreign adversaries.
The attorney general also said he wanted to review policies on media subpoenas - compelling journalists to reveal sources - to balance the role of the press with protecting national security.
The move is likely to send a chill through US newsrooms that have been breaking almost daily scoops, which have embarrassed the White House.
Jeff Sessions spoke about the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on national security leaks before television cameras and reporters, but his intended audience was almost certainly the man in the Oval Office.
Last week the president lambasted his attorney general for not doing enough to stifle a torrent of leaks over the past six months. On Friday morning Mr Sessions essentially replied: "See? I am doing something!"
What's more, the attorney general served his anti-leak entree with a generous helping of media-bashing, warning that while he respected freedom of the press, he was reviewing when prosecutors could force journalists to reveal their sources - or face criminal sanction.
That's a dish specially crafted for the president's tastes.
Earlier this week, newly minted chief of staff John Kelly reportedly called Mr Sessions and told him that, despite the president's recent swipes, his job was safe. Perhaps Friday's event is part of a larger effort at fence-mending between the commander-in-chief and his former political confidant.
The attorney general will have to deliver results, however. If he can't stop the leaks, it is doubtful the president will be satisfied. And if there's one truth in Washington, it's that the leaks never really stop.
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Ryan Brobbel's first-half goal put Saints ahead against rivals appearing in their first Welsh Cup final.
Scott Quigley scored a second soon after the break as Saints added the Welsh Cup to their Welsh Premier title and Word Cup win.
Saints' win also means MBi Llandudno make next season's Europa League.
Llandudno do so after finishing third in the Welsh Premier.
Airbus had edged an evenly-contested opening half-hour with Paul Harrison denying Tony Gray while Chris Budrys failed to find the target with a free header.
Craig Harrison's side took the lead when Aeron Edwards headed down Chris Seargeant's corner for Brabbel to fire home from close range.
After the break Airbus captain Ian Kearney headed over before Quigley slotted home Saints' second three minutes later.
Saints winger Adrian Cieslewicz had an effort parried by James Coates, who also denied Quigley with his legs as Saints pressed for a third goal.
Airbus refused to give up and Kearney was denied by Harrison while at the other end Quigley and substitute Mike Wilde fired over the crossbar.
Saints' victory secured their sixth Welsh Cup while Airbus will now feature in the play-offs as they bid for a place in next season's Europa League.
New Saints director of football Craig Harrison told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It was a very tough game. We knew Airbus would make it tough for us.
"I don't think the first half was particularly pretty but I thought in the second half we were much better and we controlled the game.
"The players have got three weeks off and they will be back in training on 23 May so they've got a quick turnover and we're back at it."
Airbus UK Broughton director of football Andy Preece told BBC Wales Sport: "We're disappointed because I don't feel we deserved to lose the game. I think in the first half we were the better team by a long way.
"We pushed the champions all the way and probably deserved more from it. We have to take a lot out of that and take into the [play-off] game against Newtown."
The RUH Bath NHS Foundation Trust said the public car park is part of a wider plan to develop the hospital site.
It includes a cancer treatment centre, therapy building, new pharmacy and a sterile area where staff will prepare medication and equipment.
The plan also features new gardens and patio areas for patients to enjoy while they are recovering in hospital.
The developments are being made available to the public at an exhibition in the Oasis Conference Centre at the hospital.
Angus Cameron targeted three separate girls over the course of almost two months in St Andrews.
Cameron, 66, was sentenced to three years supervision and placed on the sex offenders register for three years.
A court was told that he was caught after his victims, aged 15 and 16, went to guidance teachers, who contacted police.
Depute fiscal Eilidh Roberton told Dundee Sheriff Court that all three girls were in uniform at the time of the attacks.
She said the first assault took place on a 15-year-old girl on a date in December last year.
Miss Robertson added: "The first girl felt him grabbing her inner thigh and squeezing as he went by.
"She shouted out 'oh my god - he just touched me'."
The assaults were repeated on two more occasions, in January and February this year.
In the second incident he touched a 16-year-old girl's inner thigh and groin, before touching a 15-year-old girl on her inner thigh.
Miss Robertson said: "At the third attack the girl said 'that man just grabbed my leg'.
"The girls were able to give an accurate description of the accused and he was traced by police.
"During police interview he was asked why he had done it and he replied, 'for a wee bit of a thrill.'"
Cameron, of Culzean Crescent, Kirkcaldy, admitted three charges of sexual assault under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act.
Sheriff George Way imposed a community payback order with three years supervision and a requirement to take part in a sex offender groupwork programme.
He was also banned from entering St Andrews for a year and placed on the sex offenders register for three years.
The Scottish brothers beat Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2 6-4 to leave the holders one win from a quarter-final place.
Andy Murray will hope to secure victory when he faces Kei Nishikori on Sunday.
Nishikori, the world number six, was rested for Saturday's doubles after beating Dan Evans on Friday.
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Evans, ranked 157th, would line up against world number 87 Taro Daniel if a decisive fifth rubber were required.
Captain Leon Smith's decision to play Andy Murray in the doubles resulted in a one-sided win, but it will only be fully vindicated if the British number one can overcome Nishikori on Sunday.
"I know who I'd want going out for my team - it's Andy," Smith told BBC Sport. "It's going to be difficult, Kei's a really good player."
The British brothers did not face a single break point as they saw off Nishioka and Uchiyama in one hour and 53 minutes, taking their Davis Cup record as a doubles team to 5-0.
There was little tension for the majority of the 9,000 crowd to endure as the home side overcame some solid early resistance to dominate.
Both Japanese players are ranked outside the world's top 300 in doubles, in stark contrast to the world number two singles and doubles players across the net.
It was singles star Andy Murray who made the initial breakthrough with a return winner for a 5-3 lead and it was one-way traffic from then on.
Two breaks of serve in the second set left Japan with a mighty task but they held their own in a tight third before Britain broke through at 4-4, Andy Murray sealing victory with an ace.
Andy Murray: "We know each other's games extremely well - so that helps. When the ball goes into a certain part of the court I know what shot he will hit and vice-versa. My strengths and his strengths make a decent team. It was a good win."
Jamie Murray: "We played a great match from start to finish. We were very solid. It wasn't easy because they played some good shots and gave us some tricky moments."
Leon Smith, GB Davis Cup captain: "Andy's playing great despite the fact he hasn't played a lot of matches since the Australian Open final. Look at the last two days, he's ready. You know what Andy's going to do when he goes out; he's going to give 100% again. I think he can do it."
John Lloyd, former GB Davis Cup captain: "Sometimes a break is the best thing for you. Andy looks so eager out there and he's going to run every ball down. I think it's going to be one of the toughest matches possibly Andy has had in Davis Cup but I think he's going to come through. I think he's too good for Nsihikori."
Miles MacLagan, former GB Davis Cup player: "I think it's a tough match for Andy but even tougher for Nishikori. Andy has played two matches but neither have taken a lot out of him. He's serving really well, which is a great sign. As great as Nishikori is, you'd want to have Andy Murray on your team."
Jamie Baker, former GB Davis Cup player: "If Andy and Nishikori played in a best-of-five match 10 times, I'm thinking eight or nine times out of 10 Andy is coming through."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent: "Murray says he was a little bit surprised he didn't have to face Nishikori in the doubles, but knows just what a formidable opponent he can be on the singles court. The Scot has home advantage, a superior ranking and a 5-1 head-to-head lead over the world number six, but he didn't have to face anyone ranked this high as Britain won the cup last year. Murray also says he "trusts" Dan Evans - who played well against Nishikori on Friday - and would have a genuinely good chance of winning any fifth and final rubber."
Friday singles
Andy Murray beat Taro Daniel 6-1 6-3 6-1
Kei Nishikori beat Dan Evans 6-3 7-5 7-6 (7-3)
Saturday doubles
Andy Murray & Jamie Murray beat Yoshihito Nishioka & Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2 6-4
Sunday reverse singles
Andy Murray v Kei Nishikori
Dan Evans v Taro Daniel
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The independent report has criticised the council and the partnership which managed the building contracts, as well as the construction company.
City of Edinburgh Council said lessons would be learned from the report.
Nine tonnes of masonry fell at Oxgangs Primary School in January 2016 during a storm.
Ten primaries, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools were shut because of concerns over the standard of construction in the city.
About 7,600 pupils were affected by the closures.
How Edinburgh built unsafe schools
City of Edinburgh Council asked John Cole, an experienced architect from Northern Ireland, to investigate the closure of the 17 Edinburgh schools built under the PPP1 project.
In his report, he said: "The fact that no injuries or fatalities to children resulted from the collapse of the gable wall at Oxgangs School was a matter of timing and luck.
"Approximately nine tonnes of masonry fell on an area where children could easily have been standing or passing through.
"One does not require much imagination to think of what the consequences might have been if it had happened an hour or so later."
The 250-page report identified fundamental defects which led to the wall collapse:
The report said: "It is the view of the inquiry that the primary cause of the collapse of the wall at Oxgangs school was poor quality construction in the building of the wall, which failed to achieve the required minimum embedment of 50mm for the wall ties, particularly in the outer leaf of the cavity wall. The poor quality relates to all three of the following aspects:
"All three issues were ultimately the responsibility of the design and build contractor in charge of the site."
The report said it was not the result of an isolated case of a rogue bricklayer.
It said the substandard brick-laying was either not inspected or was ignored, that an appropriate level of independent scrutiny was missing; and that having a clerk of works may have made a difference.
Mr Cole also questions whether the drive for faster, lower-cost construction is to the detriment of quality and safety.
The report said the fundamental weakness was the lack of proper scrutiny of building work by the council and Edinburgh Schools Partnership, which managed the PPP contract.
The report also said: "There was an over-reliance on the part of the council, without adequate evidence, that others in the project structure, including those building the schools would comprehensively fulfil this essential role."
The report also concluded that the finance model was not responsible for defective construction.
Mr Cole also highlighted a failure to properly store and maintain the relevant documents.
He said closing the schools had been the only practical and safe course of action, and that finding alternative arrangements for more than 7,600 pupils was a "remarkable feat". The impact on the children's education had been "relatively limited".
His report was originally expected by the end of 2016, but was delayed by several weeks after Mr Cole was advised that any organisation or individual criticised in the investigation must be given time to respond.
The schools affected by the closures were all built or refurbished as part of the same public private partnership scheme.
They were built by Miller Construction, which was acquired by Galliford Try in 2014.
City of Edinburgh Council said it was drawing up an action plan to ensure confidence in the safety of all its buildings.
An Edinburgh Schools Partnership spokesman said: "We have fully cooperated with the council and Professor Cole in trying to establish the facts of what happened with the schools affected.
"Having only just received a copy of the report, we will now take time to consider its findings in detail before commenting further."
Andrew Kerr, City of Edinburgh Council's chief executive, said: "The report pulls no punches and makes clear what went wrong, the reasons for it and where responsibility lay.
"Clearly there are lessons for the council and I will now be drawing up an action plan to take our recommendations forward to ensure everyone can have confidence in the safety of all of our buildings.
"The council, our public and private sector partners both in Scotland and across the United Kingdom, need to take on board the issues raised and address the concerns highlighted in the report as they have far-reaching implications for the construction industry."
Kevin Stewart, Minister for Housing and Local Government, said: "The safety of people in public buildings is an absolute priority and I am very concerned by some of the findings highlighted in this report."
Larry Flanagan, EIS General Secretary, said: "This report issues a stark warning - to Edinburgh, to local authorities and to all those responsible for the construction and maintenance of our schools - that they must take action to ensure that all buildings are well-designed, properly-built and maintained to an extremely high standard.
"This is not an area where corners or costs should ever be cut.
"The legacy of the PPP/PFI funding model is too many inferior buildings, for which we will all be paying a vastly inflated price for decades to come. Scotland's pupils and school staff and, indeed, Scottish taxpayers deserve far better."
14 February 2017 Last updated at 17:57 GMT
Puppy smuggling is when puppies are transported illegally from one country to another.
They are often born in bad conditions and then smuggled to places like the UK to be sold.
Luckily, these guys were rescued!
Ayshah went to meet them and find out more about the issue...
England's Ford has been linked with a move away at the end of the 2015-16 season, particularly since his father Mike was sacked as head coach in May.
Ford, 23, was born in Oldham during his father's rugby league career and has played union for Leicester and Bath.
"We would be interested in anyone of George Ford's ability," Diamond said.
Speaking to BBC North West Tonight he added: "We've not had direct contact [with Bath or George] but when 1 January arrives and the transfer window opens we can start discussions if he fancies a chat."
Ford is contracted to Bath until the end of the 2017-18 season, but has a break clause in his contract at the end of the present campaign.
On Monday, Bath head coach Todd Blackadder said: "If George makes a decision to leave at the end of the year, that will be his decision and it will be one that we will respect.
"There will be a lot of speculation around his future but we will be guided by what he wants to do and we'll just take it as it comes."
Danny Cipriani's departure to Wasps at the end of 2015-16 left the Sharks with a gap at fly-half.
USA stand-off AJ MacGinty, who was signed from Connacht, and Dan Mugford, who joined from Championship club Nottingham, have both appeared in that position for Sale this season.
The signing of Ford, who has won 30 England caps, would be a major coup for Diamond, who was at Sale when internationals such as Jason Robinson, Bryan Redpath and Sebastian Chabal were signed and the Premiership title was won in 2006.
"Anyone who's watched us this year knows there are two or three positions that we're lacking," Diamond added. "We've got to go for world-class quality if we're to take the club where we want to over the next three to five years.
"The days of us bargain basement shopping have not completely gone. The academy is going to be the foundation of building a club, but we've got to get back the mid-2000s era of buying high-quality players, bringing them in and supplementing with home-grown players.
"We need four or five world-class players, I think, to compete."
From January next year, businesses will not be allowed to add any surcharges for card payments.
The worst offenders currently are airlines and food delivery apps, and small businesses which typically add a fee for cards.
In 2010 alone consumers spent £473m on such charges, according to estimates by the Treasury.
It follows a directive from the European Union, which bans surcharges on Visa and Mastercard payments.
However the government has gone further than the directive, by also banning charges on American Express and Paypal too.
Campaigners welcomed the move, saying it was great news for consumers.
At the moment those booking airline tickets with credit cards pay an extra 3% with Flybe, with a minimum payment of £5.
Customers of Ryanair and Norwegian pay 2%.
However Flybe has already promised to get rid of the minimum payment, and cut its charges.
Ryanair said it would comply with any changes in the law.
How will the surcharge ban work?
Several airlines, including Monarch and British Airways, have reduced their charges in the last year.
Take-away food apps are also amongst the highest-charging businesses, the Treasury said.
Both Hungryhouse and Just Eat add 50p to the bill for paying by card, although in some cases the charge may be paid by the restaurant.
On a £10 bill, that amounts to 5%.
Many local authorities also levy charges of around 2.5%. The DVLA - which charges a flat fee of £2.50 for a card -will also have to change its card payment policy.
Since 2012, it has made £42m from such fees. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) charges up to 0.6% for payment by credit card.
The change in the law is likely to mean some companies will simply put up their prices, to cover the extra costs they bear with card payments.
Banks typically charge large retailers between 10p and 20p for each debit card transaction, or 0.6% for credit cards.
"Maybe they will bump the price up," said James Daley, the managing director of Fairer Finance, which has been campaigning for the change.
"That's fair game. You have to take customers' money somehow. And it's not reasonable to add that cost on at the end of the process.
Why not put it in the headline price?"
There is also a question as to how the ban will be policed. Under the Consumer Rights Regulations, businesses are only allowed to charge a sum that reflects their own costs in processing a transaction.
But Mr Daley said many businesses are in breach of the regulations.
Some small shops charge a fee for the use of a card - but they are also have to pay more to the banks for processing such transactions.
Their research analysed the work habits and brain test results of about 3,000 men and 3,500 women aged over 40 in Australia.
Their calculations suggest a part-time job keeps the brain stimulated, while avoiding exhaustion and stress.
The researchers said this needed to be taken into consideration as many countries raise their retirement age.
Data for the study was drawn from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, which is conducted by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
It looks at people's economic and subjective well-being, family structures, and employment.
Those taking part were asked to read words aloud, to recite lists of numbers backwards and to match letters and numbers under time pressure.
In general terms, those participants who worked about 25 hours a week tended to achieve the best scores.
"Work can be a double-edged sword, in that it can stimulate brain activity, but at the same time, long working hours and certain types of tasks can cause fatigue and stress which potentially damage cognitive functions," the report said.
Colin McKenzie, professor of economics at Keio University who took part in the research, said it would appear that working extremely long hours was more damaging than not working at all on brain function.
The figures suggest that the cognitive ability of those working about 60 hours a week can be lower than those who are not employed.
However, Geraint Johnes, professor of economics at Lancaster University Management School, said: "The research looks only at over-40s, and so cannot make the claim that over-40s are different from any other workers.
"What the authors find is that cognitive functioning improves up to the point at which workers work 25 hours a week and declines thereafter."
He added: "Actually, at first the decline is very marginal, and there is not much of an effect as working hours rise to 35 hours per week. Beyond 40 hours per week, the decline is much more rapid."
Robinson, 38, appeared to aim a kick at Villa skipper James Chester after Gabby Agbonlahor's 68th-minute winner.
The incident was not seen by the match officials but was caught on video.
Full-back Robinson has until 18:00 BST on Wednesday, 26 April to reply to the charge.
The FA have the power to act on any off-the-ball incidents not seen at the time by the match officials, which are then referred to a panel of three former elite referees.
The former Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United defender was sent off in Blues' other away West Midlands derby this season - a 2-1 win at Wolves nine games ago - before his red card was overturned by the FA on appeal.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols delivered a message from the Pope to the Inclusive Capitalism conference in London.
He said: "You have to be willing to re-examine a system that seems to work very well for the few and not very well for the majority."
But he added that business was a "noble vocation".
Asked if there was any moral justification for paying anyone millions of pounds, the Archbishop said: "I would find it hard to find. I understand the argument of market mechanisms, we have to compete for the very best of talent, and we have to keep it in this country.
"[The Pope] does salute business leaders, he talks of their life as a 'noble vocation'. But it's a kind of conditional salute, it's conditional on their life being one of service, not self-service."
"As you would expect his [the Pope's] message is pretty challenging, because we know that his priorities lie with an attentiveness to the cry of the poor.
Asked if business leaders understood that inequality must be tackled, he replied: "I think many of the leaders do. They know they are in the midst of a crisis of trust, that people do have that corrosively cynical view of what business is for.
"I think the leaders do have that sensitivity and in many ways are engaged in trying to rethink their purpose."
But this is no normal conflict, and there is no guarantee at all that the conference - which diplomats insist is not an event, but the start of a process expected to last months - will produce an end to the carnage.
While it is highly unlikely that a whistle will blow and the guns will have to fall silent, the two sides are clearly trying to enhance their positions on the ground so that they can go into the talks - assuming they take place - looking as strong as possible.
At the moment, the regime side looks in slightly better shape than the rebels. But it is clearly not in a position to sweep the board and regain control of the country. The overall picture, despite daily upsets and advances here and there, remains one of stalemate.
As one analyst put it : "They look like two tired boxers slugging it out."
The most important current focus is on the crucial highway linking Damascus with Homs and thence to the main northern cities and the Alawite heartland on the coast.
The road has been cut by rebels for nearly three weeks, with government forces battling to regain control of a lifeline whose rupture has led to fuel shortages in the capital.
Control is vital for the regime in any eventuality, and all the more so should a future scenario involve the country's partition in any way, including a ceasefire in position which would leave the two sides at least provisionally in control of the territory they hold.
But so far it has been hard pushed to dislodge rebel fighters from towns like Nabak, halfway between Damascus and Homs, and clashes were taking place on the highway itself daily. Even if it does drive them out, it may find use of the road subject to disruption by guerrilla-type rebel attacks.
Government forces have made some limited progress around the southern edge of Aleppo in the north, and could use that as a springboard for further inroads into rebel-held terrain if they can marshal the resources.
But in other areas, they are making less than impressive headway.
Heavy fighting around Deraa in the south has made it hard for them to keep their supply lines open.
And despite months of battling and besieging - and even the chemical weapons assault on 21 August which was followed by a concerted ground offensive - regime troops have not been able to push the rebels out of a ring of suburbs around the capital, where they have been entrenched for well over a year.
The government side is better able to conduct a centralised military strategy, and is better resourced. It has made devastating, if often inaccurate, use of its air power and even ground-to-ground missiles.
But it continues to face a manpower problem which has often seen its forces unable to garrison and hold positions they have regained.
It has tried to mitigate the problem by developing a largely Alawite "National Defence" militia - with much Iranian help - to act as a kind of home guard or army auxiliary in many areas, largely subsuming the pro-government shabiha irregulars.
But it has been obliged to rely increasingly on Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and other Iranian-backed non-Syrian Shia militias (notably the Abul Fadl al-Abbas brigades, drawn from Iraq and elsewhere) in combat zones.
Given all that, it might seem fanciful for the regime to imagine that it can reconquer the whole country.
But given the disarray on the rebel side, it is not surprising that the government seems to believe it is on the road to victory and that time is on its side.
Western hopes of helping construct a unified, moderate, politically obedient rebel movement, sidelining Islamist hardliners and leaving them to wither away, could hardly be further from realisation.
The trend has been in exactly the opposite direction, with Islamic radicals increasingly making the running and the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) waning.
On the ground, in-fighting and profiteering have considerably sapped the opposition military effort.
Among the latest developments, fighters from the recently-formed Islamic Front alliance have humiliated the FSA's "General Staff" by taking over its positions and arms depots on the Bab al-Hawa border with Turkey.
FSA elements have been involved in clashes with the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, which is trying to impose itself in many areas, especially in the north and east of the country, and which has also tangled with its rivals for the al-Qaeda franchise, the Nusra Front.
Islamist groups - but FSA fighters and Arab tribesmen too - have also been involved in fighting with Kurdish militias controlling substantial pockets along the Turkish border in the north.
If all this has considerably eroded and fragmented the overall opposition military effort against the regime, it is an even bigger disaster politically for the Western advocates of a negotiated political settlement.
There is an almost complete disconnect between the effective forces on the ground inside the country, and the largely external political leadership - the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition - which claims to be the sole representative of the Syrian people.
Rejection of the Coalition and its willingness to engage in negotiations with the regime was the main motivation for the formation in November of the Islamic Front, which brings together the main non-al-Qaeda Islamist groups on a platform which favours an Islamic state and rejects democracy and secularism.
Unless powerful groupings like the Islamic Front can somehow be brought on board the negotiating process - or at least induced to tolerate it - it is hard to see how a credible opposition delegation can be formed.
That puts a huge onus on the US and its allies to lean on the regional countries - mainly Saudi Arabia but also Qatar and Turkey - which have influence with the Front.
Those countries were themselves infuriated and unsettled by Washington's failure to bomb Syria after the chemical attack in August, and its tentative detente with Iran.
The situation on the ground makes it even more vital for the Western powers to demonstrate, preferably in advance, that negotiations can deliver by political means what the rebels have failed to achieve militarily - first and foremost the removal of Bashar al-Assad and his key associates.
That is a huge challenge, given that the regime, which feels stronger than it has for a long time, insists that Mr Assad will lead any transitional arrangement that the Geneva process may produce.
Oppositionists fear that negotiation with the regime under the current balance of power implies that the West may have concluded that President Assad is there to stay, and that a bargain has to be struck with him to halt the bloodshed.
They also fear that the Western powers are now much more concerned about dealing with the rampant jihadist threat than getting rid of the Assad regime.
But Western diplomats insist that the two concerns are not mutually exclusive, and that there can be no deal that leaves Mr Assad in place - not as a moral judgment, but because it simply wouldn't work.
It goes without saying that the regime has no intention of going to Geneva to negotiate its own demise.
If President Assad is to be eased out, it will have to be because his Russian and Iranian saviours, upon whom his survival ultimately depends, judge it necessary for their own different interests.
That may seem unlikely, but is not inconceivable.
Some diplomats say they detect extreme nervousness in the upper echelons of the regime as Geneva approaches.
There are even hard-to-verify reports of large sums of money making their way out of the country via Shia businessmen in Lebanon, to feather nests abroad.
Why would Moscow and Tehran agree to let Mr Assad go? Clearly, only if a formula for Syria's future could be hammered out that met their own basic requirements, something that will obviously be hard to achieve.
But, like all the other regional and international actors involved in the gory drama, Russia and Iran can hardly look at Syria today as a success story for themselves.
For all, it's somewhere between a problem and a continuing and deepening disaster.
That, and a near-universal realisation by the outside players that there is no victory for either side, has helped make the Geneva talks possible and necessary, because there is no other way out.
Other favourable factors include the impressive new working relationship between the Russians and Americans, which produced the Syrian chemical weapons agreement; and Iran's new engagement with the US and other Western powers over its nuclear programme.
If sustained, both developments are game-changers which can only impact positively on Syrian peace efforts.
But success is far from guaranteed or even likely.
Neither of the warring sides can see a real interest in going into a situation where they would be obliged to make unwanted compromises.
On both sides, significant forces are profiting considerably from the conflict and have an interest in its continuation, whatever the consequences for the suffering civilians.
Left to their own devices, they would clearly continue to slug it out on the ground.
So if there is to be a solution, reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable will require multiple interventions and pressures by their regional and international patrons, interacting in a complex, opaque and unpredictable three-dimensional mesh of relationships.
Which makes trying to get a solution in Syria look like playing a slot machine with nine pieces of fruit, not just four. And some of them may turn out to be missing. But there is no alternative.
The police have said drugs are one line of inquiry in the teenager's death.
The News Letter's front page features a picture of a uniformed police officer and a man in a suit searching the area where the Craigavon Senior High School pupil was found.
The paper says Portadown is "reeling" after the tragic death.
It quotes Hilary Woods, the assistant principal at Craigavon Senior High School, who says GCSE exams are ongoing so the school will endeavour to keep operating.
The Irish News also features the story on its front page.
It says groups of young people, some visibly upset, gathered at the scene in Corcrain woodland on Sunday to lay flowers in memory of the teenager.
It also quotes Ms Woods, who tells the paper the school has implemented a plan to give pupils the opportunity to talk about what has happened.
"A letter will be sent to parents telling them about this tragic incident and providing information on the support services available through the school," she says.
Later in the paper, there's an editorial on sudden deaths.
It says that while there has been no confirmation of how the girl died, "it is important that we continue to emphasise the danger people using these substances are putting themselves in and try to persuade them that the risk is not worth it".
"Drugs have been responsible for a horrendous toll of carnage in recent weeks and months, particularly among young people," it continues.
The Belfast Telegraph has spoken to the girl's aunt, who says the family are "devastated".
"She was our world and had a heart of gold," she tells the paper.
"She would light up any room with her beautiful smile and bubbly personality and will be missed by her entire family."
The Daily Mirror also leads with the story of the teenager's death under the headline "Drug link to girl's park death".
It says a post-mortem will be carried out to establish the exact cause of death.
Elsewhere in the papers this morning the #blondegate row is still ongoing with a church minister adding fuel to the fire.
Canon Mark Watson reportedly told an election event in support of Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott that he was "glad hydrogen peroxide is dyeing hair blonde and not going into creamery cans to make explosives".
The comments, referring to criticism of Arlene Foster last week for describing Mrs O'Neill as "blonde", were made at a gathering at an Orange hall attended by the DUP leader.
Mrs Foster used the word "blonde" to describe Sinn Féin's northern leader as part of a word association game during an interview with the Sunday Independent.
Canon Watson reportedly added: "I hope there are no press about or I've just lost my job."
However, speaking to The Irish News last night, Canon Watson did not retract the remarks.
"I have no further comment to make," he said.
"It was a private function and a private joke.
"As far as I'm concerned it is over."
Poland and Georgia are the other opponents in Group D ahead of the finals in France.
Strachan described himself as "excited" by the draw in Nice.
"Other groups might be a bit mundane, but this one has one of the best teams ever - the German side - and a new nation in the tournament in Gibraltar."
It will be really tough for everyone in the group
Strachan said that the four other teams would all think they have a chance of earning second place behind top seeds Germany.
"You've also got the Republic and the commercial managers of both will be jumping for joy with that one," he told BBC Scotland.
In those ties, Strachan will face sometime golfing partner Martin O'Neill - the man he succeeded as Celtic manager - and Roy Keane, who he managed at Parkhead.
Asked for his reaction to being drawn against Ireland's management team, the Scotland boss said: "We are not playing each other - the players are.
"The two sets of supporters will turn it into a cup tie."
Strachan pointed out that the draw also adds spice to the already-arranged friendly against the Poles in Warsaw on 5 March.
While the Scotland manager viewed it as a difficult group, his side are actually the second-strongest side according to the world rankings despite being in pot four for the draw.
Germany are ranked second, the Scots are 34th, Ireland 67th, Poland 70th and Georgia 103rd, while Gibraltar have yet to be ranked ahead of playing their first competitive fixture.
"The Germans might make one mistake, possibly two, but I don't think they have failed to qualify for a major tournament, so the rest of us will be looking for second place," said Strachan.
"It will be really tough for everyone in the group."
For Sunday's draw in Nice, 53 competing nations were split into eight groups of six teams, with one group of five.
As fourth seeds, it meant the Scots could not be drawn against 2014 World Cup qualifying opponents Wales, as well as Montenegro, Armenia, Finland, Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia or Belarus.
Germany were among the top seeds, with the Irish in the second pot, Poland among the third seeds, Georgia in the fifth pot and Gibraltar among the minnows.
Scotland have not qualified for a major finals since the 1998 World Cup, but Euro 2016 will be made up of 24 nations, an increase from 16 previously thanks to a proposal put forward by the Scottish and Irish football associations.
Ireland manager O'Neill thought it was ironic that his side should be drawn against the Scots considering it was their two football associations who first proposed the expansion.
"I think that anybody who looked at the draw would say it's as tough as they come," he said.
"That said, it's still exciting. Even if you stretch down to pot five, where Georgia have come from, they can play a bit themselves.
"Germany being the outstanding side in the group, I still believe that points will be taken off each other, so I imagine it should remain exciting right until the end."
O'Neill was also relishing the match-up with Strachan.
"I'm sure he is looking forward to it," said the Ireland manager. "I'm sure he'll be as excited as I am myself."
Qualifying matches will be spread over six days rather than being played on just Fridays and Tuesdays.
Nations must finish in the top two in their group to qualify, with the best third-placed finisher also going to France automatically before the remaining eight third-placed teams go into the play-offs in November 2015.
The qualification period runs from 7 September 2014 until 13 October 2015, with the play-offs held over two legs in November. The draw for the finals will be on 12 December with the competition starting on 10 June 2016.
Group A: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, Kazakhstan.
Group B: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Belgium, Israel, Wales, Cyprus, Andorra.
Group C: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Luxembourg.
Group D: Germany, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Georgia, Gibraltar.
Group E: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, San Marino.
Group F: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands.
Group G: Russia, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova, Liechtenstein.
Group H: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Malta.
Group I: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, Albania.
Sukhraj Singh Atwal has gone on trial for the murder of Satnam Singh, 74 - the father of his mother's ex-husband - in Derby in July 2015.
The prosecution at Nottingham Crown Court alleged he repeatedly stamped and jumped on Mr Singh.
The 29-year-old, of Pear Tree Crescent, Derby, denies murder.
Mr Singh had been walking to the temple where he volunteered in the early hours of 23 July when he was attacked on the corner of Coronation Street.
He was found with 41 fractures to his ribs, lacerations to his heart and blunt force injuries to his head and face.
Mr Atwal's car appeared several times on local CCTV at the time of the attack.
The beating itself was not caught on camera but the vehicle was seen entering the spot where Mr Singh died immediately before the attack and leaving four minutes later.
Footage from a garage forecourt showed Mr Atwal appearing to inspect his light-coloured trousers.
He also returned to the scene several times "to observe what was happening", the prosecution alleged, wearing different trousers.
Mr Atwal was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving four days later, giving no comment at interview, save that police should "check the forensics" on his car.
He was arrested in April 2016 on suspicion of murder after tests determined Mr Singh had not been hit by a car.
Examination of Mr Atwal's phone revealed he had travelled to a remote location near Carsington Water, near the Peak District, later that day where the prosecution alleges he disposed of his trousers.
A text message on his phone said he had not hit Mr Singh "with my car" and he even taunted police in a letter from custody saying they "couldn't even get the cause of death right".
The trial continues.
The Wings took the lead when Xavier Vidal's penalty hit the post and rebounded in off the back of keeper Joel Dixon.
Barrow levelled just before half-time when Danny Livesey headed in Dan Pilkington's corner.
Livesey, who once made his league debut against Liverpool for Bolton, then set up Ashley Grimes to head the winner.
The crash happened between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes on Monday night shortly before 20:40 GMT.
Police said the man was the driver of one of the cars involved in the crash.
Two other men were hurt in the incident but their injuries are not life threatening. The M2 was closed overnight between Templepatrick and Sandyknowes, but has now re-opened.
Stroke patients from all over the UK will be offered a chance to take part in the Edinburgh University study.
The treatment involves cooling the body by two degrees to prevent further damage to the brain.
Cooling pads and cold intravenous fluids will be used to bring the body's temperature down from 36.8 degrees to between 34 and 35 degrees.
The technique is already used to reduce brain injury after cardiac arrests and birth injuries. It is hoped it will have the same effect in stroke victims.
Dr Malcolm Macleod, head of experimental neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, said: "People may have heard stories about people falling through the ice and making an amazing recovery because they've been cold at the time.
"There have been a number of small studies looking at whether cooling the body could improve outcome for stroke. It's not enough to tell us for sure if it works but it suggests there may be substantial beneficial effect."
It is not known exactly how cooling the body reduces injury to the brain.
One theory is that it reduces the amount of oxygen required by the brain, another is that it triggers a defence mechanism in the cells.
Small-scale trials suggest it is most effective when used within six hours of a stroke.
Scientists hope it will reduce the number of deaths and the number of people left disabled, and increase the number of people who make a complete recovery from one-in-13 to one-in-10.
"It looks like we'll be ready to go in September of this year, recruitment to the trial will run for about four years, so by 2016 or 2017 we'll have our answer," added Dr Macleod.
"What this trial is trying to test is whether this treatment will make a difference to everyday patients, suffering everyday strokes, in everyday hospitals."
The EuroHYP-1 study will involve 1,500 patients in 15 European centres. About 200 will be in the UK, up to 80 of whom will be in Scotland.
Scottish researchers will also be involved in collecting and analysing results from all over Europe.
Upon admission to hospital, patients will be asked if they want to take part in the trial or, if they are not able to give consent because of their stroke, it is possible under certain circumstances that relatives can agree on their behalf.
The study has been met with much excitement since there are few treatment options for strokes.
About 13,000 people in Scotland have a stroke every year. A third die, and another third are left with a significant disability.
Recruitment will begin in September or October and run until 2017. Results are expected in 2018.
The study will also be watched carefully by the European Space Agency.
It is interested in human hibernation as a means for long-haul interplanetary space travel.
The Bhutan Film Association said Tshering Wangyel had been shooting his latest movie when he was taken to hospital last month with pneumonia.
It called his death a great shock and a huge loss.
Tshering Wangyel made 40 films blending Bollywood with Buddhist themes and played a key role in developing the nation's movie industry.
Yeshi Dorji, executive director of the Bhutan Film Association, told the Agence France-Presse news agency: "Most of our popular actors and actresses got their break because of him - every year he would make at least a couple of films, creating so many jobs in the process."
Tshering Wangyel released his first film in 1999, writing the screenplay and overseeing cameras, sound and lighting. Friends helped with the budget and starred in the movie, Rawa.
Tshering Wangyel also transported screens and projectors from village to village around the mountainous Himalayan kingdom to bring films to the people.
They lack cover even though 81% suffered a security breach in the last 12 months, it said.
The report aims to convince firms to buy insurance to help them manage escalating cyber-threats
Insurance can show companies how to cope better with attacks and understand the risks they face, it said.
The report revealed that a tiny fraction of large UK firms have taken out insurance that could help pay the cost of recovering from a serious security breach. In smaller firms, insurance was almost unknown, it found.
A separate security survey, released in 2014, suggests that the average cost of the most serious security breach large firms face every year is between £600,000 and £1.15m to clean up and remedy. For small firms, costs are £65,000-£115,000.
"The cyber-threat remains one of the most significant - and growing - risks facing UK business," said Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude in a statement.
About half of the chief executives interviewed for the report did not even know it was possible to buy cyber-insurance, found the report. Insurance firm Marsh helped write the report which emerged from work the government carried out in late 2014 on risks facing UK business.
Mr Maude added that over the last few years, UK industry had improved its understanding of the dangers it faced from cyber-thieves but more still needed to be done.
That understanding could be helped by insurance, he said, because it could help highlight where firms were weakest and pass on information about the most serious threats.
In a bid to help companies improve their awareness of the risks they face, the report said that insurers were now being encouraged to apply government advice on safe computing when they assess a firm as they draw up an insurance policy or contract.
"Insurers can help guide and incentivise significant improvements in cybersecurity practice across industry by asking the right questions of their customers on how they handle cyber-threats," said Mr Maude.
The Olympians join more than 1,000 other people who have done exceptional things to help inspire others this year.
They have been nominated for the Queen's New Year Honours list - a special list which helps to recognise the people who made a difference to their community, or were amazing at what they do for a job.
This year the list is full of some of Britain's top sporting heroes who competed in the Olympics and Paralympics.
Athletes such as Laura Kenny - the country's most successful female Olympian - and husband Jason have both been awarded a CBE for their services to cycling.
Other MBE winners include the whole women's GB gold medal-winning hockey team, swimmer Adam Peaty, Gymnast Max Whitlock, boxer Nicola Adams, wheelchair tennis champion Gordon Reid and para-athlete Kadeena Cox.
As well as sports, people from the entertainment and fashion industry have also been recognised for their contributions, such as Victoria Beckham,
Scientists and medical professionals have also received recognition for some of their brilliant work this year.
One of the youngest winners this year was 17-year-old Jeremiah Emmanuel, who has been awarded the British Empire Medal for his work volunteering in his community.
He said: "I think it's so important for young people to have a voice. We are the future and I think a lot of people forget that sometimes, especially when it comes to working on the things that affect us from politics [in] our everyday lives.
"So hopefully a 17-year-old receiving a Queen's honour can be an inspiration to other young people to wake up and say, 'Today I can bring a change in my community.'"
Masked men wielding large sticks are shown blocking the main route to the French port with a felled tree and threatening motorists with violence.
BBC South East witnessed migrants being directed to break into lorries brought to a sudden halt by the men.
Calais authorities said the road was a "no-go zone" between midnight and 6am.
An additional 140 French police officers are due to be drafted into Calais from this weekend.
BBC South East special correspondent Colin Campbell and his producer were driving along the main motorway into Calais on Wednesday when they were brought to a halt by a tree that had been dragged on to the dual carriageway at about 04:00 local time by the people-traffickers.
The BBC team witnessed the smugglers, who they described as "ruthless and territorial", controlling the situation armed with large sticks.
The smugglers directed about 20 migrants to lorries queuing behind their car at which point another lorry overtakes them, coming to a screeching halt at the makeshift roadblock.
They were seen to hit the lorry before one turned his attention to a migrant waiting in the bushes, and attacked him.
It is not known whether any of the migrants were successful in getting on to the trucks.
A short time later French police were seen searching the side of the road with spotlights as the debris was cleared away.
There were other attacks that night, which were spread out over a wide area of the motorway.
With increased security and razor wire fencing surrounding Calais' migrant camp and the seaport, those seeking to get to Britain illegally are travelling further out of the French port to stow away inside UK-bound trucks.
This latest tactic is straightforward.
Debris is placed on main motorways and vehicles are forced to stop.
The consequence of this is the Calais migrant crisis is now enveloping all motorists causing significant road chaos and fear.
There are an estimated 9,000 migrants living in the camps around Calais, with many paying smugglers to get them into the UK.
Calais Police union representative Gilles Debove said there needed to be measures to prevent people from getting on to the road.
"Effectively the violence is getting worse: migrants are trying to get out any way they can because you don't want to spend the winter here in Calais."
Vincent Berton, the deputy prefect of Pas de Calais, said: "We're trying to deal as effectively as we can with the situation in Calais.
"Our resources are stretched but we're going to have reinforcements to improve this situation."
That is because if you appear at the school with a camera, you will be courteously but firmly asked to put it away.
A crocodile of youngsters on an excursion is accompanied by two teachers. The teachers have walkie-talkies. At pick-up time, six soldiers with machine guns stand by.
These are Israeli levels of security. At the nearby office of the CRIF (the official non-religious Jewish representation), a Jewish security team mans the entrance. More soldiers patrol outside the synagogue around the corner.
No-one thinks this is overkill. It is simply what life is like now for a Jew in urban France.
In Marseille, security antennae are especially sensitive after a knife attack two weeks ago on a Jewish teacher.
Benjamin Amsellem said he was able to look into his attacker's eyes - it was a 15-year-old Muslim boy of Kurdish origin - and "I have no doubt at all that he wanted to kill me. His look was one of hate."
The boy subsequently told investigators that he was proud of what he had done, but ashamed that he had failed to kill.
The attack sparked a nationwide debate after Zvi Ammar, the senior Jewish religious figure in Marseille, said maybe it was time Jewish men stopped wearing skullcaps - or kippas - on the street. Simply as a measure of self-preservation.
Some Jewish leaders in Paris said this was tantamount to surrender.
But in Marseille I was told that the question of the kippa has long since been settled. And the answer is quite clear: better discreet than dead.
Outside the Gan Ami school, three 14-year-olds showed me the kippas which - once out on the street - they keep in the pockets of their backpacks.
They all had clear instructions from their parents to go bare-headed when in public, or to wear a baseball cap.
At the Ougat patisserie - where mothers gather ahead of pick-up - Stephanie, Corinne and Deborah shared their anxieties.
"Every day I have the same gut fear," said Corinne. "It was never like this before. But now when I wave to the children on their way to school with their father, I feel the wrench in my stomach."
"In the last two years, the situation has deteriorated very badly," according to Deborah. "In my own country, I feel more and more unsafe.
"When I go to Auchan (supermarket), my kid sees these women covered head to foot in veils - and he's scared.
"We used to say it's just a tiny minority of Muslims. I am not so sure any more. The new generation are steeped in it. They are brought up to hate us. It's social media, I suppose."
Corinne says that "a few years ago - do you remember? - you used to be able to go around showing the Magen David (Star of David). No-one even noticed. Now who would dare?
"We all know Muslims. Of course we do. When I was a girl I had a Muslim friend who came on sleepovers. But now I look at the woman who helps in my house - who I have known for years - and I say to myself, 'What is she really thinking?'"
Source: Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People
Lunch in the CRIF (it stands for Representative Council of Jewish Institutions) brings a hearty helping of chicken, and a hearty helping of Jewish chat.
"Do you know that in the really dodgy neighbourhoods of Marseille - in the 14th and 15th districts where there are all these drugs murders - there is no problem of extremist Islam," says CRIF president Michele Teboul.
"Why? Because the drugs lords make sure any radical preacher is sent packing. They know that where the preachers go, French intelligence follows - and they don't want French intelligence snooping around on their patch.
"So Arab drugs gangs are stopping Arab jihadis. It is not exactly reassuring."
Today talk is of the successful Holocaust Day event which has just been held, in which children (of all denominations) staged an evening of readings and dance.
According to Michele Teboul's friend Edith, it was a very moving occasion - only marred by a young Muslim child whose text "had to include a reference to what the Israelis are doing in Gaza. Why?"
Michele tells the tale of how she led a delegation to Israel, and after months of work had a deal ready to be signed twinning a Marseille lycee with a secondary school in Haifa - only for the scheme to be nixed by the teaching body at the French school.
She says it is hard to reach out to the Muslim community in Marseille. "Sometimes an imam comes for a meeting, to talk about Jewish-Muslim relations. But they always refuse to be photographed with a Jew. They are afraid of their own extremists."
For all of Marseille's 70,000 Jews, the question of whether or not to make "aliyah" (emigrate to Israel) is more and more acute. Everyone knows families who have gone.
But many Marseille Jews have been in France for generations. Those who came from North Africa in the 1960s do not particularly want to pick up and leave again.
For Michele Teboul, all the recent violence is encouraging a "repli sur soi".
The French expression means "falling back on one self" and is generally held to be a bad thing. The French ideal is a society without communities.
But against a growing physical threat, Marseille Jews feel the need to assert their identity. Maybe not in public - the kippa makes them a target - but privately.
"You know when I go to Israel, I let it all hang out. I drive on Saturdays, I don't keep kosher," says Michele Teboul. "It's because in Israel there is no need to say - look, I'm Jewish."
"But back here in Marseille, it is the opposite. Here we need to remember who we are."
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Relegated Norwich City recorded an emphatic 4-1 win at Blackburn to go top of the Championship, while Millwall and Luton rose to the summit of the fledgling League One and League Two tables respectively.
Here, BBC Sport rounds up five pieces of action you may have missed from the first round of EFL fixtures.
Every player dreams of netting on their debut - but Ipswich Town's Grant Ward must be pinching himself following his first appearance for the Tractor Boys.
The 21-year-old winger moved to Portman Road on Monday from Tottenham Hotspur and had to settle for a place on the bench against Barnsley.
Introduced at half-time, Ward scored with his first touch after just 39 seconds to put Ipswich 1-0 up.
After the Tykes had equalised, Ward put Town back ahead with his second just after the hour mark, before completing his hat-trick with a low drive six minutes before full-time.
Bagging three goals on debut in a 4-2 win is not a bad way to introduce yourself to a new set of fans.
Ched Evans made his first professional appearance for over four years on Saturday after joining Chesterfield this summer.
The 27-year-old was sent to prison in 2012, but had his rape conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in April.
Evans, who has always denied the charges against him, faces a retrial in October but signed a one-year deal with the Spireites in June.
The Welshman started their League One fixture at Oxford and overcame the jeers of the U's supporters to score the equaliser from a second-half free-kick as the game ended 1-1.
Evans, who netted 35 goals for Sheffield United in 2011-12, has now scored 11 goals in his last eight club appearances.
A new campaign means two new arrivals from the National League, and this season Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town are back in the EFL.
The Robins got off to the worst possible start at home to Leyton Orient, conceding the first goal of the afternoon inside four minutes.
However, Gary Johnson's side fought back and substitute Billy Waters rescued a point with 14 minutes remaining.
Grimsby's return to the League was more impressive as the Mariners recorded a 2-0 win over Morecambe at Blundell Park.
Kayden Jackson put the hosts ahead early on and a free-kick from Ben Davies doubled their lead. Not even a red card for Josh Gowling with 19 minutes left could spoil their day in front of over 6,000 supporters in Cleethorpes.
The transfer window proves to be a hive of activity for clubs in League One and League Two, but nobody has topped Crawley Town for signings this summer.
The Reds have brought in 17 new players since the end of last season, and included eight debutants in their starting XI for their League Two opener against Wycombe Wanderers.
It did not seem to affect the West Sussex club though, as skipper Jimmy Smith struck the only goal to give Dermot Drummy a first win as Crawley head coach.
Drummy handed two other players their debuts from the bench late on, while new Chairboys striker Adebayo Akinfenwa was unable make an impact as a substitute.
Reading staged a tribute to former academy coach Eamonn Dolan ahead of their Championship match against Preston.
The Irishman, who passed away aged 48 in June after a battle with cancer, had a stand at the Madejski Stadium officially named after him before kick-off.
Dolan's nine-year-old son Seamus led the teams out and there was a minute's applause ahead of the match, which Reading went on to win 1-0.
Dolan brought 32 players through the youth academy to make their debuts for the Royals during more than a decade with the Berkshire club.
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The 24-year-old was one of three uncapped players called up for Scotland's summer tour.
However, he did not feature in the Tests against Italy, Australia and Fiji, with Ross Ford and Fraser Brown sharing the number two shirt duties.
Turner made his Edinburgh debut in 2014 but has only started once in 11 appearances.
"I've seen Fraser Brown develop over the last few years after he came here (from Edinburgh) and hopefully I can do the same," said Turner, who had a loan spell at London Scottish last season.
Turner will provide cover for Brown, who is facing up to four months out after surgery on an injured ankle.
Kent Police were called to the Port of Ramsgate at 05:00 BST due to concern for the welfare of a person in the sea.
An air and sea search was carried out by the coastguard and the body was recovered shortly after 07:45 BST. The girl's next-of-kin have been informed.
Det Ch Insp Nick Gossett said the 21-year-old arrested man, from Ramsgate, remains in custody.
The latest recalls come just a day after rivals Toyota and Nissan said they would be recalling 6.5 million vehicles over the same issue.
So far, the six deaths linked to Takata airbags have all been in Honda cars.
In April, Honda cut its profit growth forecast after missing the mark last year on recalls and other issues.
Honda said that the models affected included the Fit subcompact and would not affect its cars sold in the US, where most of the deaths occurred.
It plans to use replacement parts supplied by Sweden's Autolive, Japan's Daicel and Takata in the recalled cars.
Daihatsu, meanwhile, said it would recall the Mira minicar.
Other than Honda, all other carmakers said the recalls were precautionary and no accidents or injuries had been reported.
But investigations did show that Takata airbag inflators were not properly sealed and could be damaged by moisture. It is alleged that the airbags can burst under pressure, spraying shrapnel inside the car.
The latest announcements bring the total number of cars recalled because of Takata's airbags to about 36 million since 2008.
The car equipment maker faces multiple class action lawsuits and criminal and regulatory investigations in North America.
Following the latest recall, Takata's shares were down 5.6% in Tokyo.
It follows concerns raised by the news that American firm Fluor was no longer seeking to be part of the project.
A spokeswoman said the company was part of one of three bidders for the £230m construction scheme.
She said it was not unusual for a consortium member to pull out and works were still expected to start in 2011.
Fluor was part of the New Borders Railway group, one of three bidders invited to submit tenders for the contract earlier this year.
The others were BAM and IMCD.
The Transport Scotland spokeswoman said it hoped to hear from New Borders Railway soon on a "potential replacement" for Fluor.
"The competition for Borders railway remains on track and we expect to begin construction in 2011 and have an operational railway up and running for communities in Midlothian and the Scottish Borders in 2014," she said.
"We are aware that the New Borders Railway consortium - one of the three consortia chosen from an original shortlist of five - is currently considering the replacement of one of its grouping and we expect to hear from it shortly.
"It should be noted that change to the commercial priorities of individual bidders during procurement is not uncommon, particularly on large scale projects where the timescales for tendering and construction are lengthy."
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Lib Dem MSP Jeremy Purvis said the situation was "concerning" and urged the Scottish government to move quickly to secure a contractor for the line.
"Under the current schedule there is still a very long wait of a full year before there is a final contractor in place and that does leave the door open to further concern," he said.
"The Scottish government wants to have the main contractor in place for the new Forth crossing before the Holyrood elections in May and I want them to do the same for the Borders railway.
"The railway is critical to the future needs of the Borders economy and this is the best time to be building infrastructure."
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Elsie Bird died four weeks after Jason O'Connor, 41, carried out the robbery in Trentham, Staffordshire Police said.
He also took rings from the fingers of an elderly victim while she slept in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
O'Connor, of no fixed address, admitted two charges of robbery, two of burglary and one of handling stolen goods and was jailed for 18 years.
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Police said he took Mrs Bird's wedding ring and other jewellery from her fingers after breaking into her house in Stone Road on 20 October.
O'Connor, originally from Birmingham, also stole other jewellery and cash and the incident left Mrs Bird shaken.
Other crimes include holding a knife to a 76-year-old Stafford man's face, holding him down and kneeing him in the back before taking his bank cards and a mobile phone and then burgling a house in Coppice Way, Stafford, on the same day and taking £67,000 worth of jewellery, electrical items and clothing.
Following the Newcastle-under-Lyme burglary, on 28 October, police found forensic evidence on a trowel used to smash a window.
Det Insp Phil Bryan, of Staffordshire Police, said O'Connor did not show any remorse for his actions.
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The Raith Rovers sub had a penalty saved seconds earlier but redeemed himself by scrambling an equaliser with the last kick of the ball.
Kenny Miller had added to first-half goals from Harry Forrester and Michael O'Halloran to put Rangers on the brink.
But goals from Louis Longridge and James Craigen helped spoil the party.
The draw not only extends Rovers' unbeaten run to seven games but also takes Ray McKinnon's fourth-top side closer to securing a place in the promotion play-offs after Greenock Morton and Queen of the South drew their matches.
Several thousand Rangers fans had packed the stands at Stark's Park in anticipation of a title party.
However, when Longridge's perfectly-struck shot sailed over goalkeeper Wes Foderingham, it was the first hint that the celebratory champagne might remain on ice.
After watching a point-blank shot somehow turned round the post by Kevin Cuthbert, Forrester planted a header in off the post from the resultant corner to renew the visitors' hopes.
Forrester had looked Rangers' greatest threat and he showed great composure to pick out O'Halloran for a tap-in when a less cool customer might have shot himself.
For all their attacking muscle, Mark Warburton's side have a vulnerability in defence and Craigen had far too much room to fire in a long-range shot that may have taken a slight deflection but should not have been allowed to slip into the net by Foderingham.
What looked like the winning blow was struck by Rangers stalwart Miller, who raced on to Andy Halliday's pass to hammer the ball past Cuthbert for his 17th goal of the season.
As much as the goal meant to him and his team-mates, it was nothing compared to the feeling of jubilation among the visiting fans as they prepared for life in the top-flight of Scottish football.
However, although Panayiotou had a spot kick saved by Foderingham after being fouled by Halliday, the on-loan Leicester City forward grabbed a sensational equaliser by forcing the ball over the line at the end of a goalmouth scramble.
Rangers will have another chance to claim the title on Tuesday, though, when they welcome Dumbarton to Ibrox.
Officers and relatives searched throughout the night for the boy from Salterbeck.
The youngster had last been seen at 20:00 BST on Saturday in Poole Road in the town.
People were advised to check gardens and outbuildings and police said members of the public had asked to be involved in the search.
Chasing a revised 327 from 47 overs, the hosts crumbled from 53-1 to 84 all out, suffering their heaviest runs defeat in List A cricket.
England seamer David Willey took 3-44 and Kyle Carver 3-5 as Yorkshire recorded their biggest victory.
Opener Adam Lyth's 92-ball 136 set the platform for Yorkshire's 325-7.
Lyth, capped seven times by England at Test level but never in white-ball cricket, struck seven sixes and 12 fours as he posted a career-best List A score for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Having improved on the 125 he made in Tuesday's One-Day Cup win against Northants, he became the first Yorkshire batsman to score two List A hundreds in successive days.
Kane Williamson (40) and Gary Ballance (34) chipped in with useful contributions as Yorkshire compiled what looked to be a competitive total at the midway stage - but few could have predicted the collapse that was to follow.
Lancashire's reply got off to a promising start, with New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill clobbering Willey for successive maximums on his way to 45 from 24 deliveries.
But the 26-year-old former Northants all-rounder came back to bowl Guptill with his next ball, a dismissal that sparked a spectacular collapse.
Willey, Carver, Tim Bresnan (2-22) and Adil Rashid (2-10) ripped through the Lancashire order and no other batsman was able to reach double figures, meaning Guptill's score would make up more than half of his team's total.
Lancashire, who currently sit top of the County Championship, were dismissed in only 17.3 overs.
Lancashire's 242-run hammering was their worst runs defeat in this format of the game, surpassing the 171-run loss suffered to Middlesex at Lord's in 1984.
Their total of 84 at Old Trafford was also their 10th lowest, and their third lowest against rivals Yorkshire.
The White Rose bettered their previous biggest runs victory, set in 1996 when they beat Nottinghamshire by 205 runs at Headingley.
Lancashire director of cricket and head coach Ashley Giles told BBC Radio Manchester:
"It was poor cricket from start to finish - with bat, ball, in the field and from a coaching perspective. If you lose like that, we all have to be accountable for it.
"There are no excuses. We played bad cricket. They got too many runs. Lyth played well, but we didn't bowl enough balls in the right place.
"Not to get anywhere near and in the manner we got out, you have to show more application and play better shots. From start to finish, it was not good enough."
Yorkshire captain Alex Lees:
"We're delighted with the performance. In particular, Adam Lyth's been outstanding in the last two one-day innings. They've been the match-winning innings we've needed. And the lads have batted well around him.
"Bowling wise we were probably a bit more savvy than Lancs to start with. We made sure they had lots of mix-ups.
"But, when you get over 300 in this format, you've only got to bowl a few decent overs for that rate to climb. The seamers bowled brilliantly and Adil and Karl saw us home at the end."
Certainly, being drawn against Barcelona in Group C, along with Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach, had a familiar look about it.
When Celtic line up against Barca at the Nou Camp on Tuesday, it will be the ninth time the teams have met in the Champions League.
Before that, the clubs played one another in the Fairs Cup in 1964 and in the Uefa Cup in 2004.
From those 12 matches, Celtic have registered two wins to Barca's seven, with three games drawn.
Here's a reminder of how Celtic have fared against their illustrious opponents in Europe's premier competition.
Celtic favourite Henrik Larsson returned to his old stamping ground in the colours of Barcelona to end his former club's unbeaten home record in the Champions League.
Deco put the visitors ahead and the impressive David Marshall saved a Ronaldinho penalty kick.
Chris Sutton slid in an equaliser for the hosts but Ludovic Giuly's deflected shot put Barca back in front before second-half substitute Larsson's coolly finished third.
Celtic: Marshall, Agathe, Balde, Varga, McNamara (Sylla 80), Petrov, Lennon, Thompson, Juninho Paulista (Sutton 45), Hartson (Valgaeren 63), Camara. Subs Not Used: Douglas, Pearson, Lambert, McGeady.
Booked: Hartson, Juninho Paulista, McNamara.
Goals: Sutton 59.
Barcelona: Valdes, Belletti, Puyol, Marquez (Oleguer 62), Van Bronckhorst, Deco, Gerard, Xavi, Giuly, Eto'o (Iniesta 74), Ronaldinho (Larsson 62). Subs Not Used: Ruben Martinez, Sylvinho, Gabri, Fernando.
Booked: Marquez.
Goals: Deco 20, Giuly 78, Larsson 82.
Match report.
A strong defensive display by Celtic, guided by Martin O'Neill, earned them a Champions League draw at the Nou Camp, but it was not enough to reach the knockout stages.
Barcelona dominated the first period and Samuel Eto'o put them in front, but Magnus Hedman made two good saves for Celtic.
Celtic rarely threatened but John Hartson prodded in a Stiliyan Petrov free-kick on the stroke of half-time to level.
Barcelona: Valdes, Belletti, Puyol, Oleguer, Sylvinho (Van Bronckhorst 45), Xavi, Marquez, Deco, Giuly (Iniesta 60), Eto'o, Ronaldinho. Subs Not Used: Ruben Martinez, Gerard, Fernando, Messi, Rodri.
Booked: Marquez.
Goals: Eto'o 25.
Celtic: Hedman, Agathe, Balde, Valgaeren, Varga (Camara 65), McNamara, Petrov, Lennon, Thompson (Wallace 86), Sutton, Hartson. Subs Not Used: Marshall, Juninho Paulista, Pearson, Laursen, McGeady.
Booked: Lennon.
Goals: Hartson 45.
Match report
Barcelona ended Celtic's run of three consecutive Champions League home wins with a deserved win.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink put Celtic in front in 15 minutes with a powerful header only for Lionel Messi to clip home an equaliser three minutes later.
Barry Robson burst forward to loop a header over Victor Valdes to give battling Celtic an interval lead.
Barca levelled through Thierry Henry, before dominating the second half, and Messi tucked in a 79th-minute winner.
Celtic: Boruc, Caddis (Wilson 61), Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Hartley (Donati 65), Robson, McGeady, Vennegoor of Hesselink (Samaras 55), McDonald. Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, Sno, Killen, O'Dea.
Booked: Hartley, Samaras.
Goals: Vennegoor of Hesselink 15, Robson 38.
Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Milito, Marquez, Abidal, Iniesta, Toure Yaya, Deco (Xavi 65), Messi, Henry (Gudjohnsen 88), Ronaldinho (Eto'o 73). Subs Not Used: Pinto, Sylvinho, Giovanni, Thuram.
Booked: Messi, Deco.
Goals: Messi 18, Henry 52, Messi 79.
Match report
Celtic's 2008 Champions League ambitions were extinguished by Xavi-inspired Barcelona.
The Spanish side got off to a perfect start when Xavi Hernandez flicked the ball over Artur Boruc and into the net after only two minutes.
Gordon Strachan's side struggled to contain Barcelona for long spells, but improved as the second half progressed.
Boruc thwarted Ronaldinho and Deco while Celtic's best effort by Shunsuke Nakamura was saved by Victor Valdes.
Barcelona: Valdes, Zambrotta, Thuram, Puyol, Sylvinho, Toure Yaya (Edmilson 67), Xavi (Gudjohnsen 82), Deco, Messi (Henry 36), Eto'o, Ronaldinho. Subs Not Used: Pinto, Iniesta, Abidal, Bojan.
Goal: Xavi 2.
Celtic: Boruc, Wilson, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Scott Brown, Hartley (McDonald 78), Donati (Sno 46), McGeady, Vennegoor of Hesselink (Samaras 55). Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, Pressley, Robson, O'Dea.
Match report
Celtic produced an outstanding performance full of heart and tactical discipline but lost to an injury-time Jordi Alba goal.
The visitors led after the presence of Georgios Samaras helped force Javier Mascherano to divert a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick into his own net.
Barcelona were not at their best, but produced a moment of sheer class to allow Andres Iniesta to equalise.
Celtic stood firm in the face of relentless pressure until the dying seconds when Alba stole in to score.
Barcelona: Valdes, Bartra, Alba, Adriano Correia, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Mascherano, Song, Sanchez (Villa - 80'), Pedro (Cristian Tello - 76'). Substitutes: Pinto, Montoya, Fabregas, Dos Santos, Roberto, Villa, Cristian Tello.
Goals: Iniesta 45, Alba 90+3
Celtic: Forster, Izaguirre, Ambrose, Wilson, Mulgrew (Kayal - 76'), Lustig, Brown (Commons - 63'), Ledley, Wanyama, Samaras (Forrest - 43'), Hooper. Substitutes: Zaluska, Matthews, Rogne, Commons, Kayal, Forrest, Miku.
Goal: Samaras 18.
Match report
What a thrilling night for manager Neil Lennon and his Celtic team.
Victor Wanyama's header past Victor Valdes from a corner had given them a first-half lead.
And though Barcelona pressed for an equaliser, substitute Tony Watt came off the bench to give Celtic a cushion in the closing minutes.
Lionel Messi tapped home in injury time, but Celtic held on to inflict Barca's first defeat of the season.
Celtic: Forster, Matthews, Ambrose, Wilson, Mulgrew, Lustig (Watt - 72'), Commons, Ledley, Wanyama, Miku, Samaras (Kayal - 79'). Substitutes: Zaluska, Fraser, McCourt, Herron, Kayal, McGeouch, Watt.
Goals: Wanyama 21, Watt 83.
Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Bartra (Pique - 71'), Alba, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Mascherano, Song (Fabregas - 71'), Sanchez (Villa - 67'), Pedro. Substitutes: Pinto, Pique, Montoya, Fabregas, Jonathan, Villa, Cristian Tello.
Goal: Messi 90+1.
Match report
Celtic had captain Scott Brown sent off as Barcelona, missing the injured Lionel Messi, avenged the previous season's defeat in Glasgow.
Cesc Fabregas was the match-winner, heading in with 15 minutes left.
Despite enjoying 82% possession across the game, the breakthrough for the Catalans only arrived after Brown had been shown a straight red card for kicking out at Barcelona forward Neymar.
Brown flailed a foot that caught the Brazilian on the arm and, despite Celtic protestations, he was dismissed.
Celtic: Forster, Ambrose, Izaguirre, van Dijk, Lustig (Forrest 70'), Mulgrew, Matthews, Brown, Commons (Pukki 86'), Samaras, Stokes (Kayal 70'). Subs: Rogic, Forrest, Pukki, Kayal, Balde, Zaluska, Bitton.
Barcelona: Valdés, Dani Alves, Bartra, Adriano, Piqué, Iniesta (Song 89'), Busquets, Xavi, Neymar, Fabregas (Tello 78'), Pedro (Sanchez 74'). Subs: Sánchez, Song, dos Santos, Pinto Colorado, Tello, Sergi, Montoya.
Goal: Fabregas 75
Match report
Barcelona handed Celtic the harshest of Champions League lessons by producing a near-perfect display to equal the visitors' heaviest European loss.
Gerard Pique opened the scoring and Barca added two more goals late in the first half through Pedro and Neymar.
Brazilian Neymar, a £49m summer signing from Santos, added two more before the hour mark to complete his hat-trick.
Cristian Tello completed Celtic's misery, with Georgios Samaras's late headed goal scant consolation.
The result meant Neil Lennon's side finished the Champions League group stage with their lowest-ever tally of three points.
Barcelona: Pinto Colorado, Montoya, Piqué, Mascherano, Adriano, Xavi, Busquets (Song 73'), Sergi, Sanchez (Tello 63'), Neymar (Dongou 81'), Pedro. Subs: Puyol, Iniesta, Song, Alba, Tello, Olazábal Paredes, Dongou.
Goals: Pique 7, Pedro 39, Neymar 44, 48, 58, Tello 72
Celtic: Forster, Lustig, Ambrose, van Dijk, Matthews (Stokes 82'), Boerrigter, Bitton (Commons 69'), Brown, Ledley, Samaras, Pukki (Mulgrew 45). Subs: Stokes, Commons, Balde, Mulgrew, Zaluska, Atajic, Fisher.
Goal: Samaras 88
Match report
But to insiders, Eddy Cue's known as the company's Mr Fix It, a man tasked with turning around the company's biggest, most-damaging slip-ups.
And more recently, he's been dubbed Apple's senior vice president of dad-dancing, thanks to an awkward, if lovable, rhythmic display at the launch event for his latest project, Apple Music.
Since that launch, the executive has faced scrutiny over how Apple plans to butt its way into the streaming music industry, currently dominated by Swedish company Spotify.
Cue's answer was a tantalising three-month trial where people will be able to try out Apple Music without having to pay the $10-a-month it'll cost thereafter.
Sounds like a nice idea, but Apple's decision to not pay out any royalties during that period has provoked the wrath of the most powerful force in music: Taylor Swift.
Now, Cue - a man known to drive a hard bargain in Apple's name - must turn problem-solver once again.
Cue is an avid basketball fan and sports car collector who, as well as working for Apple, also sits on the board at Ferrari.
He has reputation for being good at small talk and approachable, not a trait shared by too many of his high-ranking Apple colleagues.
In his time at the company, Cue has a track-record of making ambitious ideas work.
In a firm known primarily for its hardware, he has emerged as a key figure in looking after the nuts and bolts of its software - and thus is regarded, according to the Wall Street Journal, as one of chief executive Tim Cook's "chief deputies".
When the company was launching the iTunes music store, it was Cue who was responsible for getting record labels on board.
His negotiations paved the way for Apple to go from nowhere to a dominant position in music retail in just a few years.
Other successes in Cue's portfolio include the phenomenally successful App Store and storage service iCloud.
According to some reports, it was Cue who pushed the idea of Apple releasing a smaller iPad, later known as the iPad Mini.
He was also given the unenviable task of sorting out Apple Maps, arguably Apple's most embarrassing failure in recent times.
The software, released in a state that the company later acknowledged was not good enough, was widely ridiculed by technology enthusiasts - and missed its opportunity to win users over from Google's map app.
But there are signs, under the stewardship of Cue, that Apple Maps is turning it around.
New features - like public transit updates - have started to appear, and the company has sent out camera cars to capture street level images, like Google's Street View.
Cue has been notorious for driving a hard line to get Apple the best deal.
Even before Taylor Swift's open letter slating the Apple Music trial, Cue and his team had been locked in negotiations with labels it wanted on board with Apple Music.
In particular, independent labels were arguing for months over what kind of deal they would get - a debate which intensified when it emerged Apple would be offering the free trial without paying royalties.
Cue's hard line in negotiating on behalf of Apple found him in a courtroom in 2013.
Apple was found guilty of "facilitating a conspiracy" with publishers to raise the price of e-books by switching to an agency model.
It meant, simply, that publishers could set the price of books, not retailers.
Cue led those negotiations. The judge was presented with emails said to show him standing firm on demanding publishers make the change.
Cue and Apple had hoped moving to this model would mean Amazon would no longer be able to offer heavily-discounted e-books as a way of driving sales of its Kindle device.
In response, Apple said: "We've done nothing wrong."
In posting her open letter, Taylor Swift's argument was that labels and artists shouldn't have to subsidise a promotion orchestrated by the richest company on earth - one which has $195bn in cash at hand.
The solution to this particular PR blunder is simple: Apple will now pay royalties during that three-month period.
But the disgruntled noises from the music industry won't stop there.
Cue will still face a lot of discontent over the deal artists are getting from streaming music.
But he won't be alone - the complaints of Swift et al extend way beyond Apple. You won't find any of Swift's music on Spotify either, remember.
It's clear those in the music industry are deeply worried about a future where people stream their music rather than buy it.
Convincing them to stay on Apple's side presents by far Cue's biggest challenge to date.
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Wayne Ingold, 57, was not the intended victim of the attack, which happened outside his block of flats in Witham, Essex on 8 August 2014.
Aarron Isaac, 19, of Elverson Road, Lewisham and Jake McCabe, 16, also from London, had denied any involvement.
Isaac has been jailed for five years, while McCabe must spend three years in detention.
After serving their prison sentences, the pair will spend a further five years and three years respectively on licence.
The jury at Chelmsford Crown Court found them guilty of throwing a corrosive liquid with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a week-long trial in October.
During the trial, Mr Ingold said he had been checking the post box in the communal entrance at his home when he saw figures moving outside.
When he opened the door, the teenagers had a glass bottle full of liquid which they threw over him before running off.
"It [the acid] hit my hands, my face, my neck. I went into my flat and looked in the mirror. My face had turned yellow. It looked like melted wax," Mr Ingold told the court.
Prosecutor Martin Mulgrew said Mr Ingold had been the victim of mistaken identity.
Speaking to BBC Essex after the sentencing, Wayne Ingold said: "I'm scarred for life because of what they've done to me.
"I was led to believe they would probably get lengthier sentences, but, now I've calmed down, I suppose 10 and six years isn't too bad.
"The only reason the younger lad got six years was because he has written a letter of apology to me admitting he did it to me."
Mr Ingold said McCabe claimed his family were threatened by drug-dealers and he was made to carry out the attack.
"If he'd admitted it in the first place, none of this would have carried on as it has done," he said.
"He wants to know if, in time, I will forgive him, which is sad in many ways, but, at the moment, can I forgive? No.
"Maybe in time I probably might do. I don't know. I've been through 14 months of hell because of them two.
"I'm scarred for life because of what they've done to me.
"I'm a fighter and I'll bounce back - you have to otherwise they've beaten you.
"But it's been hard and they might have to operate on my shoulder again."
Det Sgt Becky Young, of Essex Police, said: "He will not only be dealing with the physical scars but also the mental scars for a long time to come."
Geoffrey Brindley, who was about 88 years old, died at Bradford Royal Infirmary in August following a fall at home in Langley Lane, Baildon.
Since the 1960s he was regularly seen walking the streets of the city waving at passers-by dressed in a brown robe and sandals.
His body was borne in a coffin made of similar material to his robes.
Mr Brindley, who was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, had no immediate family but about 150 people attended his funeral.
Following his death a book of condolence was opened at the cathedral.
He said the Pentagon was reviewing ways to help Iraq train and equip its forces.
But Mr Obama said a full commitment to the process was needed by the Iraqis themselves.
He had earlier met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Germany.
IS has recently made gains in Iraq despite US-led coalition air strikes.
In May the militants seized Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, Iraq's largest province, as well as the Syrian town of Tadmur and the neighbouring ancient ruins of Palmyra.
US officials cited a lack of training as a major factor in the fall of Ramadi.
But Mr Obama said that the 3,000 US service personnel in Iraq sometimes found themselves with "more training capacity than we've got recruits".
"We don't have, yet, a complete strategy, because it requires commitments on the part of Iraqis as well about how recruitment takes place, how that training takes place," Mr Obama told a news conference.
"We want to get more Iraqi security forces trained, fresh, well-equipped and focused and [Mr] Abadi wants the same thing so we're reviewing a range of plans for how we might do that."
He said it was important to draw Sunni Muslims into the fight against IS.
"We've seen Sunni tribes who are not only willing and prepared to fight Isil [IS], but have been successful," he said.
"But it has not been happening as fast as it needs to."
President Obama said although IS remained "nimble, aggressive and opportunistic", he was "absolutely confident" it would be driven out of Iraq. He said Mr Abadi needed the support of the international coalition as well as a government that represents all the Iraqi people.
He said all countries in the coalition were ready to do more to help train Iraqi security forces.
Earlier, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was sending an extra 125 military trainers to Iraq.
Last month, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said the loss of Ramadi was partly due to the Iraqis' lack of a "will to fight".
Iraq has become increasingly reliant on Iranian-backed Shia militias to take on IS in recent months.
The move has raised fears of worsening sectarian tensions as the militias try to drive the jihadist fighters out of predominantly Sunni areas like Anbar.
President Obama faced strong criticism last year for saying the US did not have an overall strategy for fighting IS, and some US Republicans say IS is benefiting from muddled thinking in the White House.
"We aren't winning the fight against Isil because we don't have a winning plan," Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy said.
On Monday, the Pentagon said Iraqi forces and Shia militias were "making progress" in the battle for the city of Baiji and its nearby oil refinery.
Col Steve Warren said "friendly forces" were in the city and "beginning methodically to root out the enemy".
He said "progress" was also being made at the refinery.
Control of the oil refinery - Iraq's largest - has changed hands several times in recent months. Baiji's capture is seen as crucial for plans to attack IS in the city of Mosul, because of its position on the main road north from the capital Baghdad.
IS overran Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, as it swept across northern Iraq in its June 2014 offensive.
Charlotte Blackman, of Derbyshire, was walking on Hive Beach near Freshwater Beach Holiday Park at Bridport when the rocks came down on Tuesday.
Her uncle Douglas Blackman described her as a "lively, fun-loving woman".
Ms Blackman, her boyfriend and her father were all buried when the 160ft (49m) high cliff above them collapsed.
The men were pulled free by bystanders but they could not locate Ms Blackman.
Her body was found by emergency workers at 21:40 BST within the 33ft (10m) high pile of fallen rocks.
Witnesses at the beach said Ms Blackman, from Heanor, had been seen walking directly under the cliff.
Mr Blackman said: "I don't have many words at the moment, to be honest. I found out last night at about 11pm.
"She was on holiday with her whole family, her mum Rachel, dad Kevin, sister Sinead, little brother Mitchell, and boyfriend Matt.
"My brother and her boyfriend and her little brother were there when it happened. I understand the boyfriend got her little brother away into the sea to get him from it.
"She was a lively, fun-loving woman, who had her whole life in front of her."
Search crews used sniffer dogs and specialist listening devices to try to find Ms Blackman amid fears of further rock falls at the site.
Three coastguard teams, helicopters, police, firefighters, ambulance and lifeboat crews took part.
The search was called off once her body was found as there were no further reports of missing people, police said.
A spokesman added: "It is believed the incident was a tragic accident and our thoughts are with the family of the victim at this very difficult time."
The inquest into Ms Blackman's death was opened and adjourned at County Hall in Dorchester earlier.
The beach forms part of the historic Jurassic Coast - from Swanage in Dorset to Exmouth in Devon - sections of which have been crumbling into the sea for years.
Last week, Dorset Council issued a warning to visitors and walkers of the risk of landslips following persistent heavy rain.
Mick Stead, of Dorset Fire and Rescue, estimated 400 tonnes of rock had fallen in the "significant collapse" covering an area of 20m between Freshwater and Burton Bradstock.
He said the recent weather was the likely trigger for the landslide at the beach.
Witnesses reported seeing part of the cliff fall onto the beach, and then some minutes later more rocks fall on top of the mound.
Eyewitness Liz Rice said: "We just saw a huge cloud of yellow dust from the cliff.
"Clearly some of the cliff had fallen on to the beach and within 20 minutes the emergency services had arrived."
The incident comes two weeks after Somerset couple Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were killed in a landslide, nine miles away at the Beaminster Tunnel.
Mark Bowling, 52, from Lancashire, fell while descending from the summit of the 1.234m (4,048ft) Aonach Beag near Fort William on 5 January.
In a statement, his family said: "We are all completely heartbroken and in shock over the tragic loss of Mark."
The father-of-four had a "great love" for the outdoors, his family said.
The statement said: "He was a loving husband and father who had a great love for the outdoors, mountaineering and photography.
"We are so proud of all he has achieved, we love and will miss him greatly. He leaves behind his wife, four children and his faithful dog."
Maybe not as bad as someone chucking a table or swinging a chair around their head, but just a pinch of spice to give what promises to be a hearty dish an appreciable edge.
For once on English soil, Wladimir Klitschko was in control. Which is how he likes it. A dignified man, Klitschko doesn't look comfortable exchanging barbs with a 6ft 7in Batman. Then again, who does? A 6ft Robin?
But in Anthony Joshua, Klitschko has a rival he can understand. Someone safe, just like him.
At one point during his customary press conference monologue - the Ukrainian often swats away questions as if they are bothersome flies - Klitschko looked across at Joshua and said: "We are friends." It sounded like a Jedi mind trick.
Promoter Eddie Hearn had already warned Joshua not to be fooled. "Joshua must not fall into that friendly-friendly trap," said Hearn after his charge's three-round demolition of Eric Molina on Saturday. "He has to have that same ruthless streak he's had until now. He will, because he's a ruthless individual."
Joshua didn't sound too ruthless, reflecting on the challenge ahead. He didn't sound too anything in particular. In fact, he made defending his world heavyweight crown against the former king in front of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium sound like a four-rounder at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham.
When it was gently suggested that Klitschko - perhaps, just maybe - had been a little bit disrespectful by referring to him as his "little bro", Joshua - gently, respectfully - disagreed. "It's fine. I let it go over my head. It's all irrelevant."
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Joshua even felt the need to downgrade his one quote that might have sounded a tad big-headed, insisting that victory over Klitschko would not, as he had previously stated, make him an "overnight legend" but would be merely the first act in creating a great legacy. In chess terms, it was moving a piece backwards.
What will sell the fight is not needle and trash-talk but the question of timing. It is a classic clash of generations, between a youthful, unproven king and a battle-hardened ruler from a previous age.
Has Joshua, a pro for barely three years and with 18 fights to his name, learnt enough? Or has Klitschko, a man with 64 wins from 68 pro fights and a two-time world champion, amassed too much wisdom?
Will the 27-year-old Joshua have too much hunger and too much athleticism for a man 14 years his senior? Did Klitschko's chastening defeat by Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf last November, which brought to an end his second, nine-year reign, show that he was past it? Can Joshua take his power? Can the Englishman go past seven rounds, as he has never done before? Is he in the same class as Fury?
For his part, Klitschko believes his year and a half out of the ring - two scheduled rematches against Fury fell through because of injuries and the Manchester fighter's struggles with mental illness - have refreshed him.
"My brother [Vitali, the former twice heavyweight world champion] said a four-year break was good for him," said Klitschko. "It sounds like I'm really old but I don't feel this way. I was not sitting back, drinking beer and doing nothing."
Two training camps for fights that never happened might have kept him active but there are times when Klitschko's thinking sounds wishful, as when he insists that both his hands and his reflexes have become faster with age.
Before the wily Fury rendered Klitschko almost punchless, there were clear signs of deterioration when he fought unheralded American Bryant Jennings. And if Klitschko really is speeding up after 40, he's a scientific miracle.
However, it is entirely possible that nine years of largely one-side victories dulled the senses, imperceptibly. Between regaining a portion of the world heavyweight crown in 2006 and losing it to Fury, Klitschko made 18 defences, as many as Joshua has had pro fights. All that winning can become mundane.
"The Fury defeat woke me up," said Klitschko, who has had 27 world title fights in total. "After so many years I realised I was not as motivated.
"Maybe it sounds crazy, but it was good that I lost that fight and good that I'm the underdog for this one. It's nice being the challenger again. I have an adrenaline rush in my blood. I've been missing it. This time I'm obsessed."
Klitschko and Joshua sparred 20 rounds at the former's Austrian bolthole in 2014, before Klitschko's five-round knockout of Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev. Both men will have learnt a thing or two, but not nearly enough.
"Klitschko didn't perform against Fury so when he says he's obsessed, that's him saying he wants to show people how good he actually is," said Joshua, who won Olympic super-heavyweight gold in 2012, 16 years after Klitschko.
"They say he didn't throw enough punches against Fury. Believe me, he will throw punches against me. If he wins, he will say: 'I'm still the big bro.' But if he loses he will realise that the torch has changed hands, that this is a completely different era. And after that, I want to be doing it for years. "
Some have suggested that Joshua-Klitschko isn't as big or as relevant as both camps would like us to believe, because Fury is the main man. But their point is largely irrelevant. Fury briefly had it all but was forced to abdicate. He owns no world titles, he currently has no boxing licence, he might never fight again.
In time, some of us might even miss the edge he brought to the heavyweight division. But for now, let's just appreciate some plain old boxing.
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Kevin Bru, 28, told police he was not driving the car when it was filmed speeding between Stratford St Mary and East Bergholt in August.
But the Ipswich Town midfielder failed to identify who was behind the wheel.
He admitted three offences of failing to give officers information identifying the driver of his vehicle.
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Ipswich Magistrates' Court heard the Paris-born Mauritian international was handed a six-month ban in April for the same offence, which was replaced with a 12-month ban at the Suffolk court.
Neil Saunders, representing him, said he had "put his head in the sand".
"All he can do is apologise. It was not malicious. It was naivety," he said.
Bru, of Hazel Rise, Claydon, was also fined £1,000 and told to pay £300 in court costs.
They said satellite pictures showed no signs of a fire at a rubbish dump where their bodies were allegedly incinerated by a drug gang.
The images also showed rain when there was said to have been a fire.
The disappearance of the students led to months of large protests.
The new satellite evidence was presented to the Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez.
At a news conference, an expert panel from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said new lines of investigation should be opened up in other areas to find the remains of the 43 students.
They also called for military officers at a battalion stationed in the town of Iguala, where the students were studying at the Ayotzinapa teacher training school, to be questioned.
This would form part of a further investigation into the role of the state and armed forces in the students' disappearance.
The expert panel has highlighted other doubts about the authorities' version of events.
In a 500-page report released in September, they said there were discrepancies in the authorities' version of events.
The government says gang leaders they had questioned had told them that five gang members built and maintained a pyre for up to 16 hours.
The commission cited an independent study which had calculated that 30,000 kg of wood or 13,330 kg of rubber tyres would have been needed to burn for 60 hours to dispose of the bodies.
It said feeding the pyre would have been impossible and a conflagration of that size would have left obvious evidence at the site itself.
The commission also said arrested gang members they had questioned had told them they had been tortured to extract confessions.
The official government version of the case is that police abducted the 43 students in Iguala in Guerrero on 26 September 2014.
They had gone there to gather for a commemoration in Mexico City.
The police then handed them over to the local gang, Guerreros Unidos, who killed them, burnt their bodies and tossed their remains into a local river.
An exhibition at the Barbican in London explores life in Britain as seen through the eyes of international photographers. Work from the 1930s to the present depicts the social, cultural and political life of the country.
Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers is curated by photographer Martin Parr, who said the show was based on the "notion that many people had come to Britain since the war and photographed here, and yet here we are in England and Britain and we weren't familiar with these pictures".
"The exhibition will reveal a very different take on British life than that produced by British photographers. It is both familiar and strange at the same time."
© Akihiko Okamura / Courtesy of the Estate of Akihiko Okamura, Hakodate, Japan
© Edith Tudor-Hart / National Galleries of Scotland
© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
© Tina Barney, Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery
© Candida Hofer, Koln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015
© Cas Oorthuys / Nederlands Fotomuseum
© Sergio Larrain / Magnum Photos
© Hans van der Meer / Courtesy of the Artist
The NHS pays pharmacies for extra services on top of the essential functions laid down in their basic contract. But questions have been raised about whether staff are pressurised into over-prioritising these opportunities to boost revenue or may treat them as a lucrative but perfunctory box-ticking exercise.
These services include Medicines Use Reviews (MURs), which assess whether patients are using their medication properly, and the New Medicine Service (NMS), which involves guidance to individuals given a new prescription for certain health conditions.
Under Freedom of Information, we obtained instructions issued to their branches about conducting MURs and NMS from the five largest pharmacy chains (excluding the supermarkets) - Boots, Lloyds, Rowlands, Superdrug and Well. The material includes advice on how to persuade patients to participate and stresses the profits that can be generated.
The documents disclose that Superdrug staff have been told: "Even though the patient has a choice of accepting or declining an MUR, it is important to make sure this is not emphasised during the conversation."
The company's internal advice adds: "At no point should you relate offering the MUR service to the patient as a benefit for the pharmacist or the pharmacy in general."
Superdrug's Best Practice guide for pharmacies urges them not to miss MUR opportunities just to save time when there are other customers waiting in a queue, as that approach "would be detrimental to your pharmacy performance". Instead the other customers should be asked to wait.
Other chains also pay a great deal of attention to the language their employees should use. Rowlands warns its staff offering MURs to "be prepared for KILLER questions" which could make them flustered and speechless.
These include: "Are you making money from this?" - to which the recommended answer is: "The NHS provides a fee to pharmacists for the time we spend on an MUR, which means this is a free service for patients and you will not have to pay anything."
Boots and Lloyds advocate using phraseology referring to a "need" to talk to the patient about their prescription for the New Medicine Service.
MURs can be a valuable process, particularly when targeted at patients taking several medicines or other high-risk categories, in ensuring the medication is being used in the most effective manner. Similarly, the New Medicine Service can usefully help patients with particular long-term conditions embark most productively on a new form of treatment.
However, the cost is substantial. In 2015-16, the NHS in England paid pharmacies £92m for MURs. For each MUR, the companies receive £28, but the NHS imposes a maximum of 400 for each pharmacy in each financial year. This can amount to £11,200 per branch. (The NMS payment structure is more complicated).
The disclosures also indicate the extent to which companies may push their pharmacists and other staff to maximise these NHS payments. There is a lot of emphasis from some firms on seizing all opportunities, setting and monitoring targets, and detailed countering of objections.
This issue has caused concern at the Pharmacists' Defence Association, the body which represents professional pharmacists. "MUR is a good service, but the problem is the way that it works," according to Mark Pitt, the PDA's assistant general secretary.
He said: "Pharmacists are put under huge pressure to meet targets for MURs and the NMS, whether or not they are achievable, while they try to get on with the day job of ensuring patients get their medication safely."
Mr Pitt added: "It can be a battle between doing the right thing professionally for patients and commercial pressure from the company."
The MUR system was introduced in 2005. The Co-operative pharmacy chain then told its branches that the result was "we are being paid for a service we already deliver", and that: "In the majority of cases, there are no additional costs to carry out MURs. Therefore, the benefit to the pharmacy is pure profit."
The Co-op pharmacy business is now under new management and has been re-branded as Well. According to Well, the people who wrote this no longer work for the firm.
Boots uses the term Medicine Check Ups (MCUs) for MURs. The company tells branch staff: "Driving MCUs should be one of your top priorities." On the NMS, it advises: "It increases patient loyalty and potential lock-in."
Well instructs its staff: "Once the maximum number of 400 MURs has been completed you must stop providing the service until the 1 April."
Any further reviews, whether or not they help patients, would not bring a firm extra income. It is clear from the published data that very few of England's 12,000 or so pharmacies across all companies told the NHS they carried out significantly more than 400 MURs in the last financial year. However, approximately 5,000 reported a number in the range 390 to 410.
The guidance from Rowlands informs staff that "income from these nationally commissioned services is clear profit to your branch".
Pharmacies sometimes find that locum pharmacists are not keen to pursue MURs. Rowlands advises that these cases should be discussed with area management and states: "Locums not delivering services may be removed from bookings."
Like some other firms, Lloyds encourages its pharmacists to do MURs in residential care homes, but it adds: "There will be cost associated with you leaving your pharmacy to visit the care home for MURs ... To make your visit financially worthwhile, you will need to take this into consideration."
In general, private sector firms are not covered by the Freedom of Information Act, which gives access to information held by public bodies. One exception is for companies providing pharmaceutical services on behalf of the NHS, although this is not widely known and the industry receives a limited number of FOI requests compared with public authorities.
The pharmacy companies deny that their commercial interests distort medical considerations or the informed consent of patients.
Jane Devenish, NHS standards pharmacist at Well, said: "The welfare of our patients is our overriding concern. Once the service cap is reached, the patient will still receive appropriate advice from our dedicated pharmacy teams as part of their ongoing responsibility to provide pharmaceutical care."
A Superdrug spokesperson said: "All our guidance is very clear that the core purpose of an MUR is to help the patient. The points you raise have been taken out of context. We ask our pharmacists to use their professional judgement at all times. At Superdrug, we put the patient's needs before profits which is why currently less than 5% of our pharmacies have reached the permitted limit of MURs."
Boots responded: "Our professional standard is clear: pharmacy services must be for the benefit of patients, not the attainment of commercial targets. Boots provides these services because they are fundamental in helping patients to make the most of their medicines. Pharmacy services are certainly not prioritised on grounds of deriving a commercial benefit."
Lloyds said: "The intention is certainly not to mislead patients. We reject any inferences that our pharmacists would have greater concern for profitability than the value the service would deliver to patients."
Rowlands did not respond to a request for comment.
The phone call between the two men which took place on Friday, with Russian state media saying it proved the two sides had common ground, while the Pentagon said the ministers discussed how the US and Russia could avoid accidentally clashing on the ground.
Russia's reported increased military presence in Syria has raised concerns in the US for some time.
First and foremost are what the leadership perceives as security concerns. The Kremlin argues that the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would bring radical Islamists to power in Syria and that this in turn would lead to further destabilisation in the Middle East and consequently affect Russia's Muslim regions.
Russia points to Western-backed changes of government in Iraq and Libya, which have led to violence and instability affecting the region as a whole. Moscow is also concerned about the possible return to Russia of the 2,000 or more Russian-speakers currently fighting against Assad's forces.
Russia's economic and military interests also play a role. Ambitions to extend the reach of the Russian navy mean Moscow needs to safeguard the supply point in Tartus, while Russian energy companies are interested in the possible oil and gas reserves along Syria's coastline.
For these reasons, Moscow's "master plan" is to ensure the survival of the Assad regime, and recent reports of its decision to increase military support to Damascus should therefore not have come as a surprise to the West.
The Kremlin is not unwavering in its loyalty to President Assad. On the contrary, his inflexibility irritates the Kremlin and has created mistrust on several occasions prior to the current conflict, including in the early 2000s, when the Syrian government refused to extradite Chechen rebels.
Russian contacts with the Syrian opposition demonstrate that Moscow is keeping its options open. But the Russian government would probably show more flexibility if the opposition offered to preserve some of Russia's political and economic influence in a post-Assad Syria, and to prevent an influx of jihadist groups from Syria to Russia's Muslim regions.
In June 2015, while confirming Moscow's support for Damascus, President Putin stated that the Kremlin was "ready to work with the president [Assad] to ensure political transformation, so that all Syrians have access to the instruments of power".
In this vein, the Kremlin has adopted a two-track approach. On the one hand it is intensifying dialogue with the international community on options for the national reconciliation process in Syria. Meanwhile, it is increasing the volume and quality of military supplies to the Syrian regime to ensure it survives long enough for the Kremlin to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough commensurate with its interests.
Russia's reaction would be likely to be overwhelmingly negative. In 2013, when the US and its partners were considering options for military intervention, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Shoigu said Moscow would adopt an asymmetric response to any attack on Assad, to make the West "learn its lesson".
The increased supplies of arms and weapons systems provided by Moscow will make any military operation against Damascus more challenging. Despite the presence of Russian military advisers and other troops, any direct military confrontation between Russia and Western forces in Syria is unlikely though.
This telephone call, initiated by the Russian side, shows that Moscow does not want to escalate confrontation with the West over Syria beyond the current level without what it sees as good reason.
Currently, the Russian authorities are doing their best to clarify their position and partly allay Western concerns. As part of possible trust-building measures they even offered to launch direct negotiations with the US on how to deal with the so-called Islamic State (IS).
The confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine has contributed to Moscow's heightened engagement in the Middle East. The Kremlin believes that good relations with states in the region can help Russia avoid international isolation and compensate for the negative effect of US and EU sanctions.
If necessary, the Kremlin can also use its leverage with other states in the region, such as Iran and Egypt, to put additional pressure on Western countries.
For example, in March 2014, in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis, Russia announced it was reconsidering its participation in the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, France, Russia, the UK and the US - plus Germany). This was enough to keep Washington concerned about this possibility for the rest of 2014.
Russia's presence in the Middle East should not be seen as a direct threat to US and EU interests in the region. There are a number of areas where Russian and US/EU interests are closely aligned, for example, protecting the nuclear non-proliferation regime in the Middle East, stabilising Iraq and countering the spread of jihadism.
So far, Moscow's behaviour has been largely defensive, with only isolated and mostly inept attempts to inflict harm on the West.
The Russian authorities have rarely tried to use the Middle Eastern card against the West. In April 2015, Mr Putin lifted the ban on the export of S-300 missile complexes to Iran.
However, this gesture was only for show. The number of S-300s promised to Iran is not enough to radically change the military balance in the region. Therefore Russia's decision to sell them should be seen more as a message to the West that Moscow can be an important independent player in the Middle East.
In reality, the Kremlin has limited capacity to act in the Middle East, but it uses what it has effectively. In most cases, Moscow focuses on safeguarding its economic interests and trying to keep its links with Middle Eastern states unrestricted
Nikolay Kozhanov is an academy fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the think tank Chatham House.
The defender scored in stoppage-time to snatch a 1-1 draw at Barcelona on Saturday to ensure the leaders stayed six points clear of their rivals.
Real have not won the league title since 2012 under Jose Mourinho.
"It's better to have it in our own hands than depend on others," said Spain international Ramos, 30.
"We mustn't get carried away because there's still a long way to go in La Liga."
Real have one more La Liga game at home to Deportivo La Coruna on 10 December before the European champions fly to Japan to compete at the 2016 Fifa Club World Cup.
Barca finished one point ahead of Real to win the Spanish top-flight title last season.
Saturday's result at the Nou Camp could be critical should the title race come down to head-to-head records.
Real and Barcelona are scheduled to meet next in La Liga at the Bernabeu on 23 April 2017.
Ramos, a World Cup winner in 2010, added: "The points difference is reward for the hard work we've been doing since the start of the season.
"The hard work has reaped rewards and it's better to get one point than nothing at all.
"We have to keep picking up points and maintaining the gap from Barcelona."
Students, political activists and protesters - some as young as 14 - have vanished without a trace, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
Many are alleged to have been held for months and often kept blindfolded and handcuffed for the entire period.
Egypt's government has denied it uses enforced disappearances and torture.
More than 1,000 people have been killed and 40,000 are believed to have been jailed since President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi led the military's overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected head of state, in 2013.
Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa director, Philip Luther, said enforced disappearances had become a "key instrument of state policy" under Mr Sisi and his Interior Minister, Magdy Abdul Ghaffar, who took office in March 2015.
Citing local non-governmental organisations, Amnesty said that on average three to four people per day had been seized, usually when heavily armed security forces led by the National Security Agency (NSA) stormed their homes.
Hundreds of people were thought to be held at the NSA's offices, inside the interior ministry's headquarters at Cairo's Lazoughly Square.
Mr Luther said the report exposed collusion between the security services and judicial authorities, who he alleged had been "prepared to lie to cover their tracks or failed to investigate torture allegations, making them complicit in serious human rights violations".
One of the cases in the report is that of 14-year-old Mazen Mohamed Abdallah, who was taken from his home in the Nasser City district of Cairo by NSA agents on 30 September and accused of being a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and participating in unauthorised protests.
Mazen said that after he denied the charges, interrogators repeatedly raped him with a wooden stick in order to force him to "memorise" a false confession, applied electric shocks to his genitals and other parts of his body, and threatened to arrest his parents if he retracted the confession.
The boy retracted the confession when questioned by a prosecutor, but was still charged and only released from custody on 31 January to await trial, Amnesty said.
Another of the cases featured in the report is that of Italian student Giulio Regeni.
The 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD student was found dead on a roadside on the outskirts of Cairo in February, his body bearing signs of torture.
The Egyptian authorities have denied any involvement in his killing, but Amnesty said its report had found "clear similarities" between his injuries and those of Egyptians who had died in custody.
Following the publication of the report on Wednesday, the Egyptian foreign ministry issued a statement accusing Amnesty of being a "non-neutral organisation motivated by political stances aimed at tarnishing the image of Egypt".
It said the ministry "would not comment" further, but added that Amnesty's reporting was one-sided and expressed "the viewpoints of individuals and parties hostile to the Egyptian state, while ignoring the Egyptian judiciary's handling of these cases".
Former Colchester loanee Pyke, 19, scored twice for Vale in a pre-season friendly win over non-league neighbours Kidsgrove on Saturday.
Pyke failed to score in 12 outings for Colchester last season after joining the Essex club on loan during the January transfer window.
Vale have signed two other strikers Tom Pope and Tyrone Barnett this summer.
Boss Michael Brown has also made six other close-season signings, winger Cristian Montano, goalkeepers Rob Lainton and Sam Hornby, and defenders Joe Davis, Graham Kelly and Antony Kay.
They are also expected to sign experienced full-back Lawrie Wilson following his release from promoted Championship side Bolton Wanderers.
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Concerns about harassment at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) will be studied by Prof Duncan Lewis from the University of Plymouth.
On Monday, The Daily Telegraph reported claims of a "culture of bullying" at the trust, with staff subjected to abuse and harassment.
Secamb said the article covered "historical allegations", most of which had been dealt with.
The trust commissioned the investigation, which is being funded externally by Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
It said the probe has been planned for weeks and was not a result of the newspaper report. The initial investigation findings are expected in the summer.
The newspaper article, based on a dossier of documents, claimed two 999 call handlers attempted suicide and a third considered crashing her car to escape abuse.
Several workers claimed they were under such pressure they could not concentrate on emergency calls at the operations centre in Coxheath, Kent.
In response to the story, the GMB union described the trust managers as "unaccountable" and called on the government to intervene.
The trust said a project to tackle workplace bullying was being rolled out, alongside the review, as part of its broader recovery with NHS Improvement.
A spokesman said it had been "extremely well received by staff so far".
He added: "Regarding the allegations of bullying in Coxheath, this was fully investigated at the time.
"A number of disciplinary hearings were held and action taken where necessary. Those staff who raised the concerns, were and continue to be fully supported by the trust."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Any instance of bullying within the NHS is unacceptable and we are working with our partners to support all NHS organisations to tackle this and create a culture where all staff are treated fairly.
"NHS Improvement is working with South East Coast Ambulance Service to ensure all allegations of bullying are properly and appropriately dealt with."
Police were called to Lovers Walk in the city at about 04:50 after the body of the woman, aged in her 30s, was found lying between the river and the main road.
A post mortem examination is to be carried out and police urged witnesses to come forward.
The road was closed between Customs Roundabout and Dean Crescent.
A police spokesperson said: "Anyone who has any information about the incident, or witnessed anything unusual in the early hours of this morning in or around the Customs Roundabout/Lovers Walk area, is asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
The council has allocated £200,000 towards a £2.28m site in Machynlleth this year, with the rest coming from the Welsh Government and borrowing.
But a report said the rental income would leave a £46.6k shortfall over two years and more money would be needed.
It also questioned whether the Welsh Government would continue funding at its current level.
But the report, which will be discussed at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, added any financial change in position would be subject to further approval.
It added Welshpool councillors had been told of the need for two additional pitches, and those in Brecon would be advised of scheduled work on three un-serviced pitches on the Kings Meadow there.
The Scottish Parliament's education and skills committee is now calling for a review of all personal and social education (PSE).
This includes mental health, relationships and substance misuse.
The Scottish government said it had already committed to a national review of PSE.
The committee was examining how PSE is taught in Scotland and what should be included as part of the subject.
Committee convener James Dornan said it was clear that in some parts of the country PSE was "not a priority".
"The committee heard worrying accounts of vital topics such as what constitutes sexual consent and LGBTI issues not being covered. This simply is not good enough," he said.
"This is a subject which is not just a 'nice to have'. It is a vital part of our education system and one which can help foster an inclusive environment where all children and young people can learn about respecting themselves and others."
The SNP MSP welcomed the Scottish government's establishment of a working group on LBGTI inclusive education, but called on ministers to review how PSE is taught in schools as soon as possible.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "We have already committed to a national review of personal and social education, the role of guidance in schools and school counselling services for children and young people. We welcome the committee's report and the recommendations will be considered as part of this review.
"Health and wellbeing is spread right across the curriculum and is one of the three core areas that all school staff have responsibility for.
"Schools are encouraged to develop the curriculum to suit their local area and meet the needs of pupils."
A report by the public accounts committee said it had "grave concerns" about elements of Wales' plan to tackle the problem.
The committee also wants the pace of progress to increase.
The Welsh Government said it "strongly disagrees" with parts of the report.
Coastal flooding and erosion in Wales comes under the remit of several bodies, including Natural Resources Wales, local authorities and water companies and other organisations such as the National Trust, Network Rail and the Crown Estate.
The report said all of them should be part of an "overarching national strategy" produced by the Welsh Government.
Committee chairman Nick Ramsay, Conservative AM for Monmouth, said: "While there are many excellent people delivering on the ground, and a very resilient spirit amongst those faced with the worst of these problems, this does not excuse the lack of direction and leadership provided to date.
"To ensure that the necessary decisions around managed realignment and risk management are taken, it is essential that leadership is provided."
The report also highlights the issue of managed retreat, where it is determined that land should be sacrificed and the coastal line redrawn.
The committee said the Welsh Government had shown a "lack of progress in planning" at Fairbourne, Gwynedd, where managed retreat has been deemed necessary.
Mr Ramsay added: "We want to see the government set out a range of options for managed retreat which doesn't take a 'one size fits all' approach, which gives consideration to other British and international examples, and which considers what is needed to communicate effectively with communities at risk."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We are aware of this report from the public accounts committee. We do, however, strongly disagree with some of the report's reflections.
"We will consider the report and its recommendations in detail and the cabinet secretary will provide a formal response in due course"
Cristiano Ronaldo's late goal secured a 2-1 win at Barcelona - ending the league leaders' 39-match unbeaten run.
Zidane's side remain third, seven points adrift of Barcelona and one behind second-placed Atletico Madrid.
"We must go step by step," he said. "First we must pass Atletico. Then we'll see what happens. There are still games to play."
He added: "This can be a turning point. It is very important, for the rest of season, for our spirit."
Real, who last won La Liga in 2012, have endured a turbulent season, with Zidane taking charge in January following the dismissal of Rafa Benitez after just seven months in charge.
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They have, though, now won six matches in a row in all competitions as they prepare for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first-leg trip to Germany to face Wolfsburg.
"When I see a team that's united and all together, with everyone fighting for their team-mates and for their coach, there's nothing better," Zidane said.
"Coming into the game, we knew that we would have to work hard and be well prepared for it.
"We put in a good performance, we've got the three points and we now need to rest and start thinking about the Wolfsburg game because it's very important for us as we look to continue what we've started."
Barcelona's defeat was their first in any competition since they lost 2-1 at Sevilla in La Liga on 3 October.
They took the lead through Gerard Pique's header, but Karim Benzema equalised before Ronaldo struck his 42nd goal of the season with five minutes left.
The Portugal international's winner came two minutes after Real had been reduced to 10 men, captain Sergio Ramos sent off for a second bookable offence as he fouled Luis Suarez.
Barcelona centre-back Pique said: "We did not know how to play with a player more on the pitch and we lost control after the red card."
However, he added that Barca, who play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday and also have the Copa del Rey final against Sevilla to look forward to in May, would not allow defeat to demoralise them.
"We have to move on and not dwell on this defeat," he said. "You cannot always win. We are still in a good position in three competitions."
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The National Union of Teachers claims a funding gap could leave one in 10 teachers facing redundancy.
Head teachers have said they face a budget squeeze from the rising cost of pensions, national insurance contributions and pay.
A Conservative spokesman criticised the NUT's push for strike action as "out of touch" and "irresponsible" .
David Laws, Liberal Democrat schools minister, said talk of strike action was "premature".
The union says it will hold a strike ballot after the election, but before the autumn statement if "no progress" is made in talks on school funding with the next government.
The ballot motion was backed at the NUT conference in Harrogate, where delegates heard claims that funding shortages would threaten redundancies.
NUT executive member Ian Murch said over the period of the next Parliament, if funding per pupil remained fixed at the current level, "every school will be looking at getting rid of one teacher in 10, and one member of support staff in 10.
"We have not seen cuts like this in a generation and lots of members will be looking at losing their jobs."
He told delegates: "It's too late for most schools to do much cutting this September.
"So early next year, across England and Wales as employers face up to the financial realities, there will be a night of the long knives in every school and every college as teachers are cut, support staff are cut, courses and programmes are cut, and the focus will be how can we raise class sizes, how can we provide less provision for special needs."
Welsh delegate Beth Davies said in schools in Wales were also suffering, and that there was significant underfunding in some local authorities with some schools losing as much as £100,000.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies has estimated that even with the pledges of the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to protect school spending in England at current levels, rising costs will mean schools could face up to a 12% shortfall on their budgets over the next five years.
Among the funding pressures are rising teachers' pay, pensions, national insurance contributions and an increasing numbers of pupils.
The motion said "if no progress is made in talks with the new government on the issue of funding" the union should be prepared to take strike action.
It commits the NUT to working with other unions to "prepare for and ballot for a national campaign of strike and non-strike action" on the "impact of cuts on pay and working conditions".
During the general election campaign there have been different pledges to protect school funding.
Labour said it would protect the schools budget in line with inflation, and the Conservatives promised to protect per pupil funding in cash terms but not accounting for inflation.
Liberal Democrats have pledged to protect school, early years and college funding in real terms.
The Lib Dems education spokesman David Laws said it was premature to plan strike votes "before a single vote has been cast in the general election".
"Liberal Democrats are clear: you can't raise standards; recruit great teachers, and help every child reach their full potential if schools are starved of cash. We will protect the full education budget in real terms - including schools, early years and 16-19 education.
"Time and time again in government Liberal Democrats have had to stop the Conservatives from cutting education budgets.
"Tory plans for the next parliament would cut billions, with devastating consequences for schools, children and their families. Meanwhile, Labour's borrowing plans would waste £4bn a year on interest payments that could otherwise be spent on public services," said Mr Laws.
A Conservative spokesman said: "The NUT leadership's irresponsible decision to agitate for further strike action shows just how out of touch they are with parents and children across the country.
"We have had to make difficult decisions to tackle the record deficit we inherited, but we have protected spending on schools in real terms and spending per pupil has gone up over the course of this Parliament.
'We have committed to protect the money that schools receive for every individual child they teach. As pupil numbers rise, so will the amount of money that schools receive. This means we have committed to spending £590m more on schools over the next five years than Labour plan to."
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said: "A Labour government would protect the entirety of the education budget," said Mr Hunt, saying that it would include early years and post-16 spending.
But in a speech to the NASUWT teachers' union in Cardiff, Mr Hunt cautioned: "The cold truth is that there is no magic wand we can wave to take away the double squeeze of public finance and demographic pressures."
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More than 200,000 people were killed when an underwater earthquake set off massive waves across the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.
"While Indonesia bore the brunt of the waves' whiplash, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand too suffered enormously," the Deccan Herald says.
Papers say that people who lost their loved ones in India's coastal areas are still continuing efforts to rebuild their lives.
"Much of the misery in India befell the coastal fishing hamlets in Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts in Tamil Nadu (southern state). These areas lay centred on the path of the tsunami," the Hindustan Times reports.
While normalcy has been restored, the landscape in these areas "sometimes points to the tragedy's legacy".
"Thatched huts have given way to housing clusters named Tsunami Colony or Tsunami Village, fishing markets have been built further inland and sea walls have turned the once-bustling beaches dreary and barren," the paper says.
The paper reports about a couple in Nagapattinam who lost both their children in the tsunami.
"I had just washed clothes and putting out them out to dry. When I turned around, my home was gone. We never found the bodies," the paper quotes the father as saying.
Most papers, meanwhile, feel India was not prepared for a natural disaster of such scale in 2004, but agree that precautionary measures have now improved.
"As it marks the 10th anniversary of the devastating tsunami …India is looking back with satisfaction in having created a tsunami warning system that has practically ruled out any large-scale loss of human lives by any similar event in the future," The Indian Express says.
The paper says India has set up a warning system to detect tsunami.
"This is done by Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPRs) that India has installed in the ocean about 3,500 metres below the surface near the fault-lines where earthquakes are generated. The BPRs record the pressure of water the above them," it explains.
The Deccan Herald agrees that "state-of-the-art" tsunami warning system is in place but warns "serious gaps exist in the last mile - tsunami alerts sent by emails, SMS, etc do not reach coastal populations that do not access such technologies".
Encouraging more frequent mock drills, the paper warns against government's "lax approach to natural disasters".
In some other news, many government officials did not get a holiday on Christmas, which was also marked as a Good Governance Day.
"With many events planned across the nation, it turned out to be a working Christmas for mantris (ministers) and bureaucrats," the NDTV website says.
The BJP-led government announced Good Governance Day to mark Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 90th birthday.
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Mark and Megan Short and their children, aged 8, 5 and 2, died of gunshot wounds, police said.
Police called the deaths a "tragic domestic incident."
The family was featured in news reports after Willow Short, then an infant, received a heart transplant in 2014.
Since then, the Shorts had trouble obtaining Willow's medication on time. The drugs that prevented Willow's body from rejecting her new heart are subject to strict rules, which often complicated their delivery.
The hurdles the family faced were detailed in a New York Times article.
Megan Short wrote in a blog that she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) amid Willow's difficult treatments.
"I don't think PTSD ever truly goes away but, with therapy, medication, and the right support, I have begun to loosen its grip on me," she wrote.
"As I work on my own mental healing, I wanted to share my experience so that other heart parents know they are not alone."
Neighbours told the Reading Eagle that the couple had been heard arguing and Megan Short planned to leave her husband.
Authorities said they found a "murder-suicide" note and one of the adults was found with a handgun.
London Underground workers at the station are taking industrial action for 24 hours until 22:00 BST on Monday.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are protesting against the dismissal of a colleague.
Underground bosses said the employee had demonstrated "unacceptable conduct" and they intended to keep the station open during the strike.
The union said a staff member was sacked and two others were disciplined unfairly following an incident with a face dodger.
The RMT said the staff should have been praised for tackling a violent passenger.
General secretary Mick Cash said: "London Underground's message to thugs is that you can keep on fiddling your fares and lay into staff with impunity, and it will be the frontline Tube workers who get the sack.
"It is outrageous. This is one of the most appalling abuses of the LU disciplinary procedure that RMT has ever come across.
"This was a shocking, violent incident and those that bore the brunt of it should have been supported and commended by the company."
Underground operations director Brian Woodhead described the claim as "simply untrue".
"CCTV footage from a number of different angles clearly shows a staff member displaying unacceptable conduct when dealing with a member of the public.
"The member of staff was dismissed following a full and thorough investigation.
"We have subsequently invited the general secretary of the union to view the footage himself but our invitation has not been accepted."
All RMT Underground workers are now being balloted over further strike action across the Tube network.
Jordan Brennan was assaulted as he left the shop on Hyde Road, Gorton, at about 19:30 BST on Friday.
Emergency services were called to his home the following morning after he was found unconscious in bed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said a 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy handed themselves into a police station and were arrested.
A post-mortem examination later found the cause of his death was a head injury.
Her 10-year-old son Harvey will be among the pupils if the school is given the go-ahead by the government.
"There are other schools for Harvey but they are not the standard we think [the children] need," she said.
The Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) said it wished the free school the best of luck.
The charity runs a school in Kent which Harvey currently attends, but it is due to close.
Ms Price, who lives in West Sussex, has been working with her mother Amy and other parents at Harvey's present school on the bid.
Amy Price was among parents who attended a meeting at the Department for Education (DfE) to put their case for government funding. They expect to receive a decision in July.
The parents were advised by human rights lawyers and writer Toby Young, who set up the first free school in Hammersmith, west London, last year.
Ms Price said she believed Harvey needed to be at a special school which could cater for his disabilities.
"I strongly believe that without the support Harvey has had at his school and our help he wouldn't be as forward as he is now," she said.
"You definitely need to stimulate the children in the right way. It is to do with the support - they have speech therapy and they have their music."
She said the proposed school, which would be for children who already have a statement of special educational needs, could have as many as 90 pupils. So far the parents of 45 children have expressed interest.
"Harvey has got so many needs and behaviour problems," said Amy Price. "These are children that no other school can really cater for and offer the education or the therapies they need."
Katie Price said she would not be running the school and did not want to be seen as a figurehead.
"I am a parent," she said. "I haven't used my status at all and I wouldn't because it's not about me, it is about the kids."
But she and her mother said that if the school was approved others could be set up elsewhere in England.
"If this one is successful and we achieve what we want to, we plan to do it around the country, but we have got to start with this one first," said Amy Price.
Tom Pey, chief executive of RLSB, said the charity had looked closely at the free school idea.
"We formed the view, based on a lot of experience and a lot of thought, that going out into the communities and educating young children where they can be with their friends, their families and with their communities is far better," he said.
"That is not to say that we have anything against the free school and we are aware that a free school is being thought about.
"We wish that the very best of luck as well because blind young people need all the help they can get."
Kent County Council said it supported the proposal, providing the new school could deliver the good and outstanding education that this group of children and young people needed and deserved.
A DfE spokeswoman said: "Our free schools programme allows parents, teachers and charities the chance to set up schools to meet the needs of local children.
"A number of free schools for children with special educational needs are already in the pipeline and we welcome applications from other passionate people who want to set up new schools.
"As taxpayers would expect, all applications are carefully assessed and must meet strict criteria."
Mr Hart, 26, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, was attacked when an argument escalated after he was hit with an inflatable doll at the event in Heaton Park on 7 June.
He died four days later in hospital.
Parklife organisers said they were offering the reward to catch who was responsible for "a cowardly act".
"From the start we believed that, out of the 70,000 people at the festival, there must have been one person who knows who was responsible," they said.
Police said the reward was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man responsible.
Det Insp Richard Eales said they were "carrying out a thorough and significant investigation".
He said: "It is very unlikely that this man went to a festival on his own.
"Someone out there was with this man when the attack happened, or knows something that will help us identify him.
"Please do not shield this man with your silence, he does not deserve the protection."
Greater Manchester Police have issued an e-fit of a man they want to speak to.
He is described as of mixed-race, with a muscular build, in his late 20s, 6ft (1.8m) tall, with short, curly, black hair.
He was wearing shorts and a blue, bomber-style jacket with a white letter A on the front.
Naoto Kan resigned after Fukushima was hit by a tsunami in 2011, causing radiation leaks.
He has since become an anti-nuclear campaigner and came to Wales on Thursday to oppose the new plant.
He told BBC Wales he had believed nuclear power to be safe but Fukushima had "changed all that."
Mr Kan met with campaigners from the People Against Wylfa B group.
Dr John Idris Jones, energy island programme director for Anglesey council, told BBC's Good Morning Wales programme the UK had an independent regulator with the power to shut plants down if they did not comply with safety regulations.
He said there was a push to bring new jobs to the island, but "not jobs at any cost".
It is hoped the nuclear project will boost the island's economy.
Marie Black, 34, of Norwich, was convicted at Norwich Crown Court of 23 charges, including rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Victims were abused at parties and may have been offered in raffles.
"The case is the most harrowing it has been my misfortune to try," said Judge Nicholas Coleman.
"I and the jurors had to listen to the truly gruesome detail of what took place.
"Your conduct towards these children can only be described as utterly depraved - the children were subjected to sexual abuse of the worst kind.
"They were simply passed around like toys," he said.
The charges related to five young children over a 10-year period.
Michael Rogers, 46, from Romford, north east London, was found guilty of 14 counts, including cruelty, rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Jason Adams, 44, from Norwich, was convicted of 13 similar counts.
Both were sentenced to 24 years.
The severity of the sentence means Marie Black has become one of the UK's most notorious paedophiles.
Yet still she cries her innocence. She sobbed quietly and occasionally shook her head as her sentence was read out.
Judge Nicholas Coleman said he had "had enough" of legal argument from her barrister and went at it both barrels.
For Marie Black life inside will be tough. Already she has had to move prisons several times.
The men were also made subject to sexual harm prevention orders, which allows the court to impose restrictions deemed necessary to protect the public.
All three had denied the charges against them, with Black accused of 26 counts and found guilty of 23.
Seven others stood trial, six of whom were cleared of all charges.
Judge Coleman said: "You, Marie Black, were the constant factor in all of these crimes.
"The offences included adults conspiring to rape children at so-called sex parties.
"You used them for your own, and for others', sexual gratification."
Black was told she could only be considered for parole after 12 years.
He said there was evidence the children were taken to other parts of the country where they were raffled for abuse by others.
Black did not give evidence and was described by her barrister Sarah Elliott QC as "clearly a vulnerable, corrupted woman".
"The impetus for abusing the children comes from Adams and Rogers," she said.
"She was vilified throughout the trial and was blamed by everybody to exculpate themselves."
However, barristers representing Adams and Rogers rejected the notion that they had manipulated her.
Isabella Forshall QC, for Adams, said he had no previous convictions for sexual offences and Black was "the common denominator between all the offences."
Ann Cotcher QC said Rogers was a "naive" man who had sought to help Black and was not the instigator of sexual and physical abuse.
Co-defendant Carol Stadler, 59, from Norwich, was found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm, but cleared of nine other charges including serious sexual assaults.
She is due to be sentenced.
Six others - Anthony Stadler, 63, Nicola Collins, 36, Andrew Collins, 52, Judith Fuller, 31, Denise Barnes, 43, and Kathleen Adams, 85, all from Norwich - stood trial but were cleared of all counts.
Underlying profit for the half-year to 31 December fell by 31% to $5.35bn (£3.46bn), but that was better than industry analysts were expecting.
To compensate for falling prices BHP has made deep cuts in its spending on exploration and other investment.
It spent $6.4bn during the six-month period, down 23% on the previous year.
"We started to prepare for a sustained period of lower prices almost three years ago by increasing our focus on efficiency and lowering our investment," chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said in a statement accompanying the latest results.
"Since then, we have achieved annualised productivity gains approaching $10bn and reduced capital spending by almost 40%," he said.
BHP is planning to move its aluminium, manganese into a separate company, which will also hold nickel and silver mines and some coal mines in Australia and South Africa.
Called South32, BHP hopes to spin-off the new company in the summer following a shareholder vote.
The company has also been hit by falling oil prices.
Last month BHP Billiton announced a 40% reduction in its US shale oil operation.
By the end of June it plans to have reduced the number of shale rigs from 26 to 16.
The firm's Sydney-listed shares were trading higher in early trade on Monday.
The Emirates Air Line, which links the O2 Arena in Greenwich and the ExCel exhibition centre, experienced a technical fault at 11:45 BST.
All passengers were back in the terminal half an hour later and the service was running again by 12:40.
The crossing can carry up to 2,500 people per hour in each direction.
Some passengers tweeted about the ordeal. Alastair Owens, said he was in the air for about 50 minutes in total.
He wrote on his Twitter account: "Emirates cable car turned out to be great school holiday mini adventure - greeted with apologies and water as we landed."
Janet Hutchinson, and her 12-year-old daughter, Freya, from Surrey, were stuck in one of the cable cars.
"We were dangling over the Thames for half an hour, whilst swaying from side-to-side," she said.
"We were extremely hot and worried as we were not given any information. It was a very unsettling experience when it should have been an exciting trip out.
"When we got off we asked for a refund but was told because we paid by Oyster card we would have to approach Transport for London. I did not find the staff at the Thames cable car very helpful."
Danny Price, head of Emirates Air Line, said: "All passengers were safely back in the terminal by 12:18 and water and first aid were made available to them. We would like to apologise to anyone affected."
London Assembly Member John Biggs said: "We need the mayor and TfL to look into what went wrong and confirm that passengers weren't in danger at any point.
"The public need to be confident that this kind of thing won't happen again."
The Dubai-based airline Emirates is sponsoring the cable car for 10 years at a cost of £36m.
Three Mk1 Austin Mini Cooper S cars feature among the most memorable scenes of the movie starring Michael Caine, Benny Hill and Margaret Blye.
Inverness Mini Owners Group organised a group of 13 classic Minis from as far as Keith and Wick for the screening at Inverness' Eden Court on Sunday.
They travelled in convoy through the city before arriving at the venue.
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Goals and highlights from this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round games will be available on the BBC Sport website from 17:15 GMT on Saturday.
BBC One is showing two live cup ties on Sunday. Millwall host Watford at 12:00, followed at 16:00 by holders Manchester United against Wigan.
Highlights programmes will run on both Saturday and Sunday, with the latter including Sutton's home tie with Leeds.
Football Focus and 5 live sport come live from non-league Lincoln before their match against Championship leaders Brighton.
Final Score and 5 live will keep you across all the goals as they happen for Saturday's 15:00 kick-offs, with goal alerts via the BBC Sport app.
There will be live radio commentary of three games on Saturday: Liverpool v Wolves at 12:30, Lincoln v Brighton at 15:00 and Southampton v Arsenal at 17:30.
Premier League leaders Chelsea's home game with Brentford at 15:00 will be live on 5 live sports extra.
There is also radio coverage of three matches on Sunday, starting with Millwall v Watford at 12:00, followed by Sutton v Leeds at 14:00 and then Manchester United v Wigan.
The BBC Sport website's live text commentary starts at 09:00 and will bring you every goal as it goes in and the best of the action throughout the day.
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Yn ôl Mr Corbyn fe fyddai polisi o'r fath - polisi sy'n cael cefnogaeth rhai o ASau Llafur - yn anodd i'w weithredu.
Gwnaeth ei sylwadau mewn cyfweliad gyda BBC Cymru.
Mae grŵp amlbleidiol o aelodau seneddol yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin wedi awgrymu y dylai rheolaeth niferoedd mewnfudo gael ei ddatganoli i Lywodraeth Cymru yn sgil Brexit.
Ond dywedodd Mr Corbyn: "Rwy'n meddwl byddai hyn yn anodd ei weithredu, oherwydd pe bai chi yn gosod terfyn Cymreig ar fewnfudo, neu yn dechrau gwneud yr un math o beth ar gyfer rhanbarthau Lloegr, a fyddwch wedyn yn rhwystro hawl y bobol hynny i symud o fewn y DU?"
Fe wnaeth Mr Corbyn hefyd wrthod awgrym gan Brif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones, fod polisi'r Blaid Lafur yn "rhy Lundeinig" a bod gweddill Prydain yn gweld mewnfudo mewn modd gwahanol i Lundain.
Dywedodd Mr Corbyn y dylai'r pwyslais fod ar sicrhau mynediad i'r farchnad Ewropeaidd yn dilyn Brexit.
"Mae'n rhaid i'r flaenoriaeth fod ar sicrhau fod gan swyddi yn y diwydiannau cynhyrchu ym Mhrydain rhywle i werthu eu nwyddau - pe bai ni'n torri cysylltiadau ag Ewrop rydym yn wynebu problem go iawn gyda diogelu'r diwydiannau cynhyrchu."
Er gwaetha' canlyniad arolwg barn diweddar sy'n awgrymu fod cefnogaeth i'r blaid yng Nghymru ar ei lefel isaf ers saith mlynedd, dywedodd Mr Corbyn fod Llafur mewn "cyflwr da ac yn ysu am frwydr."
Dywedodd y byddai'n ymgyrchu yn galed yng Nghymru cyn etholiadau'r cynghorau lleol ym mis Mai a bod ei blaid mewn "sefyllfa dda" er yr arolwg barn.
The council currently collects waste every fortnight, spending about £2.9m each year to dispose of its rubbish.
A report found more than half could be recycled, with Conwy calling the loss of resources "unacceptable".
On Tuesday, the council voted in favour of three-weekly collections, but it will run a pilot of four-weekly pick-ups in one area of the county.
Clwyd West assembly member Darren Millar had urged the council to scrap the proposals and consider alternative ways to promote recycling instead. Hundreds signed his petition calling for the proposals to be ditched.
He said: "I have been bombarded by emails, letters and comments on social media from residents who are dead set against these proposals."
Conwy currently recycles 59% of its waste - more than the statutory target of 58% for 2015/16 - but like all local authorities in Wales, it will have to achieve 64% by 2020 and 70% by 2025.
It would not meet those targets without considering "a more sustainable approach to the collection and recycling of waste", the authority's report said.
The Schiaparelli lander is seen in greater detail than ever before, lying on the Martian surface.
It is well within its intended landing zone but obviously unable to function.
The images, gathered by Nasa, could provide important new clues about what went wrong.
They show a dark patch around the capsule - a possible hint that a fuel tank exploded - and the indication is that the impact gouged out a crater 50cm deep.
Last week's landing - a joint Esa-Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) endeavour - was billed as a "technology demonstrator" to pave the way for a far bigger venture in 2020 with a sophisticated rover to hunt for clues about life.
The loss raises difficult questions about the risks involved in that follow-on mission and whether Esa's member governments will be too nervous to pledge the funds needed to mount it.
The Schiaparelli spacecraft was meant to touch down last week using a combination of a heat-shield and a parachute to slow its fall and retro-rockets to lower it to the surface.
Instead communications were lost during what should have been the final minute of the descent and it is estimated that the spacecraft hit the ground at about 300kph.
It was quickly established that the parachute and back cover were released earlier than they should have been, according to a pre-programmed sequence of tasks.
It is also known that the retro-rockets, which should have fired for 30 seconds, only operated for three or four seconds, and the lander probably fell from a height of 2-4km.
In the aftermath of the attempt, Esa's Director-General, Jan Woerner, claimed that the mission was a success because the spacecraft transmitted data for five of the six minutes of its descent, providing useful information and proving that key stages of the operation had worked well.
He also highlighted that the lander's mother ship, known as the Trace Gas Orbiter, had been successfully placed in an orbit that would allow it to sniff the Martian atmosphere for hints of methane.
Soon after the mission, Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gathered pictures of the landing zone which revealed the presence of two new dots in the Martian landscape - a dark one for the spacecraft and a white one for the parachute.
Now the same spacecraft has used its more powerful HiRise camera - with a resolution of 30cm per pixel - to focus on the landing zone and produce the images released today.
In a bitter irony, it was the same US orbiter that managed to spot Europe's earlier attempt at a Mars landing, with the Beagle-2 mission in 2003.
Those images showed how the tiny craft had made it to the surface in one piece but then failed to fully open its solar panels which meant that it could not communicate or survive.
Asante spurned the first real chance of the match when he prodded meekly at visiting goalkeeper Rory Watson while Kyle Wootton fired wide when well placed at the other end.
Dutch striker Asante also missed the target but then made amends shortly afterwards, following up to net the rebound after Jamey Osborne's low drive had been parried into his path.
Solihull were grateful for Daniel Lewis' fine low save to keep out Wootton's drive shortly after half-time while the ever-dangerous Asante's effort came back off the bar.
The hosts survived a few nervy moments before Asante made the result safe, slamming into the roof of the net from the edge of the area before Curtis Bateson was dismissed late on to compound the woes of North Ferriby, who slipped to the foot of the table following the loss.
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Match ends, Solihull Moors 2, North Ferriby United 0.
Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 2, North Ferriby United 0.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Harry White replaces Akwasi Asante.
Second yellow card to Curtis Bateson (North Ferriby United) for a bad foul.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Darryl Knights replaces Jamey Osborne.
Shepherd Murombedzi (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Liam Daly (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Levi Sutton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Solihull Moors 2, North Ferriby United 0. Akwasi Asante (Solihull Moors).
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Jordan Fagbola replaces Eddie Jones.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Darryn Stamp replaces Ross Armstrong.
Curtis Bateson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Kyle Wootton.
Second Half begins Solihull Moors 1, North Ferriby United 0.
Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
First Half ends, Solihull Moors 1, North Ferriby United 0.
Goal! Solihull Moors 1, North Ferriby United 0. Akwasi Asante (Solihull Moors).
Ben Middleton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
George Carline (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Daniel Dias took gold in the 50m freestyle on Monday in the S5 category.
He raced against and defeated the man who first inspired him to become a Paralympic swimmer.
After winning, he thanked his family for their support and told a TV channel: "We are made of dreams in life. If we stop dreaming, we die."
Mr Dias, 28, has won 20 medals - 12 gold, six silver and two bronze - over the course of his career to date.
He has won over crowds in the stadium, who cheered loudly for him, as well as online.
His father told the BBC he had "no words to describe the joy" of seeing his son take gold in his home country.
Paolo Dias said his son is "very focused and determined" and his success is "the result of dedication and concentration".
The S5 category is for swimmers with a short stature and an additional impairment. Mr Dias was born with no feet or hands.
He finished ahead of Clodoaldo Silva, a veteran Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who first inspired him to swim. He has said that before he saw Mr Silva swim at the 2011 Paralympic Games in Athens, he never knew people with his disabilities could do "any kind of sport".
On being compared to his other idol, the famous US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Mr Dias said: "I am very happy to be compared to such an amazing athlete, but I am Daniel Dias. I want to do the best for Paralympic sports."
"Medals are consequences of good work," he said. "I never promise medals. I believe it is a consequence of my good work in the water."
The most-decorated Paralympian of all time is Trischa Zorn, a blind swimmer with 55 medals to her name.
The Halifax said that UK property prices rose by 5.8% in September compared with a year ago.
This offers some cheer to first-timers who faced annual rises in house prices of 10% six months ago.
Yet those buying in the priciest parts of the UK were typically seven years older than those in cheaper areas.
The Halifax said that the youngest first-time buyers were in Carlisle in Cumbria and Torfaen in south Wales where they bought at an average age of 27. The oldest were in Slough in Berkshire as well as Barnet and Ealing in London where the average age was 34.
Overall in the UK, the lender said the average first-time buyer was aged 30.
Most are likely to be looking for properties a lot cheaper than a £14m mansion that has just been sold in south London or a typically priced home in the UK which, according to the Halifax, now costs £214,024.
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Property values rose by 0.1% in September compared with August, according to the Halifax figures which are based on its own lending figures.
However, they fell by 0.1% in the three months to the end of September compared with the previous quarter.
Year-on-year, house prices were still rising but at a slower pace, said Martin Ellis, housing economist at the Halifax.
"The housing market has followed a steady downward trend over the past six months with clear evidence of both a softening in activity levels and an easing in house price inflation," he said.
He added that house prices had risen faster than earnings for some time, which had reduced demand among buyers.
However, a shortage of properties in the market meant that prices were still going up.
Ben Madden, managing director of the estate agents Thorgills, said: "The collapse in the market many predicted simply has not materialised and the reason for this is the acute lack of supply, exceptionally low mortgage rates and an economy and consumer that, as yet, appear to be holding up despite the political uncertainty.
"It is nevertheless a peculiar and uncertain market. Generally speaking, buyers feel it is their market, but the longer the economy holds up in the aftermath of Brexit the more the market may begin to favour sellers."
Martin Tett, housing spokesman for the Local Government Association, said: "The shortage of houses in this country is a top concern for people who are finding that buying their first house is increasingly out of reach.
"Councils support measures to boost home ownership. But not everybody is ready to buy, and a renaissance in council housebuilding is needed to ensure there is a mix of homes - to rent and buy - that are affordable for those people that need them and that are crucial for enabling people to save money towards a deposit."
A week ago, the Nationwide Building Society said annual house price inflation has fallen, from 5.6% in August to 5.3% in September.
It said housebuilders should get on and build more houses with the number of homes on the market close to record lows.
He said a conductor had overheard a radio conversation between the Amtrak's driver and another driver, in which both said their trains had been struck.
But Amtrak driver Brandon Bostian said he could not remember what happened.
The train derailed as it hit a curve while travelling at more than twice the speed limit, killing eight people.
More than 200 people on board the Washington-New York train were wounded.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert Sumwalt said the assistant conductor had heard Mr Bostian talking by radio with the driver of another train from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Septa).
The Septa train driver reportedly said his train - which was in the same area - was hit by a rock or some other projectile.
Mr Bostian said the same had happened to the Amtrak train, according to the assistant conductor.
The investigators said they had found an area of glass which might indicate damage from a flying object, and have called in the FBI for technical assistance.
NTSB officials earlier interviewed Mr Bostian, saying he was "extremely co-operative", but could not remember what happened.
The 32-year-old driver had called for stricter rail safety.
On various posts to Trainorders.com, Mr Bostian lamented Amtrak's lack of Positive Train Control, an automatic braking and warning system which was not fully operational on that section of line.
Safety experts have said it could have prevented the crash.
Friends said Mr Bostian talked about trains all the time and always wanted to be a train driver or conductor.
He has worked for Amtrak for nine years and was promoted to train driver in 2010.
On his Facebook page, friends wrote that he is a "great person and a great engineer [driver]".
Investigators said the train sped up from 70mph (113km/h) to over 100mph in the minute before hitting the sharp bend.
Amtrak boss Joseph Boardman said on Thursday that the agency's goal is to "fully understand what happened and how we can prevent a similar tragedy from happening in the future".
The last wrecked coaches were pulled from the scene on Friday and taken away for further examination.
The rail service remains suspended between New York and Philadelphia until at least early next week.
The damage in the graveyard of St Mary's cemetery on Chapel Hill occurred sometime overnight on Saturday.
Ch Insp Bernard O'Connor said officers were working to establish a motive for the attack and appealed for anyone with information to contact police.
The Sinn Féin MP for Newry & Armagh described it as a "despicable act".
"Graveyards are places that should be respected and unfortunately in this case these people came in the dead of night, they hadn't the courage to do it in daylight," he said.
"I would utterly condemn this as something that is reprehensible and ask them to desist absolutely from doing this in any way in the future."
The international survey of 15-year-olds puts Scotland above England, Wales and Northern Ireland for reading and maths.
But for science, Scotland was marked slightly behind England.
The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) ranks 65 countries. The UK was rated 26th for maths, 23rd for reading and 21st for science.
It is the first time the UK average score has not been ranked in the top 20 in any subject.
Source: OECD
Scotland does not have its own ranking, but the survey compares the performance of countries which are part of larger states.
The research, based on 500,000 pupils around the world, is run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), using a points system.
For maths, Scotland scored 498 points, four higher than England, which was second in the UK.
For reading, the country scored 506 points, six higher than England.
Scotland scored 513 points for science, behind England, which scored 516.
Wales performs worst across the three subjects, the research shows.
The tables are based on data from 510,000 students across the participating countries in 2012.
Source: OECD
China tops the league which is dominated by countries from the Far East.
The UK's average score for maths was 494 and in reading it was 499, broadly the same as the OECD averages for the subjects and putting the country on a par with nations such as the Czech Republic, France, and Norway.
The OECD concluded that across all three subjects the UK's average performance in maths has remained unchanged since the Pisa tests in 2006 and 2009.
The Scottish government said the "attainment gap" between the most advantaged and most disadvantaged pupils had narrowed for the first time.
They also pointed out that the survey was conducted before the new Curriculum for Excellence was fully implemented.
Learning Minister Alasdair Allan said: "Scottish school attainment remains strong, particularly in science and reading.
"We are performing at least as well as a number of significant world economies across all three areas, reinforcing our international standing in education.
"There is also clear evidence that the attainment gap is being addressed with a reduction in the variation in performance between those pupils classed as disadvantaged and those who aren't."
Kenneth Muir, chief executive of the General Teaching Council for Scotland, said Scotland's teachers were performing well in "a challenging environment".
He said: "As the professional body for teaching we know that the quality of teachers working in our schools is high and that the probationer teachers coming into the profession each year are some of the best we have experienced. This is hugely positive for the future of Scottish teaching."
Mr Muir added: "Ultimately, league tables such as these do not show the hard work and skill that goes into teaching children and young people and it is important that the commitment of Scotland's teachers does not go unrecognised."
The British star notched up the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began monitoring sales in 1991.
25 - released on 20 November - has also become the first album to sell more than three million copies in a week.
In Britain, 25 similarly broke records for the highest number of albums sold in a single week of the UK charts.
The album shifted more than 800,000 copies in its first week of release in the UK - more copies than the next 86 albums in the charts combined.
In the US, 25 is already the biggest selling album of 2015, surpassing the 1.8 million copies sold of Taylor Swift's 1989.
Adele, who has been out of the limelight since winning an Oscar for the Bond theme tune Skyfall in 2013, recently announced her first tour since 2011, playing in arenas across Europe from next February.
Her last tour ended prematurely due to the discovery of a haemorrhage on her vocal cord, which required surgery.
Meanwhile, the New York Times has been criticised for a "sexist" and "insulting" tweet used to promote an article about Adele.
Friday's tweet read: "A 27-year-old mother who barely uses social media is selling more albums than anyone thought was still possible."
"I don't get what her being a mom and 27 years old has to do with any of this," tweeted Nicole B in response.
"It's amazing she managed to accomplish so much since her tiny little woman brain is consumed with thoughts of bottles and diapers," tweeted Ryanne Ball.
"I'd love to see you describe a male artist as a father. Sexist and irrelevant," wrote White Borpo.
Later tweets plugging the same article dropped the mother references.
No-one was injured when the red vehicle plunged into Llangollen Canal, Froncysyllte, leaving its roof visible above the water line.
It was parked in Woodlands Grove half a mile south of the aqueduct.
In April, Tomos Williams's Toyota Avensis needed to be pulled from the canal after it rolled down a slipway after the handbrake failed.
Mr Williams had been on a walk with girlfriend Jayne Roberts when the accident happened.
22 April 2015 Last updated at 12:53 BST
Charlie and Harry shot to fame on the internet after their dad uploaded a video of them.
Dad Howard posted a video of one-year-old Charlie biting his brother Harry's finger in 2007.
He uploaded it to YouTube, because he couldn't email the video to their godparents in the USA.
The video became hugely popular online and now has hundreds of millions of views.
YouTube celebrates the 10th anniversary of its first ever upload this week.
Around a billion people watch and upload videos to the site every month.
Ricky spoke to Charlie and Harry to find out more about what it is like to be an internet star, and how that video changed their lives.
The top secret memo, which has just been declassified, tells how a US submarine collided with a Russian vessel near Holy Loch in November 1974.
The cable marked "Secret eyes only" was sent to US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
The memo says there were no reports of the extent of the damage.
It is understood the US submarine was taken back to its base with significant damage to its hull.
The US maintained a Cold War nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch, in Argyll, between 1961 and 1992.
A second cable tells how the Washington Post had run a story on the collision between the US Polaris submarine and the Russian attack vessel two months later in January 1975.
However, the US military never confirmed the incident.
The secret document was among 13 million pages of declassified documents from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to have been released online.
The move came after lengthy efforts from freedom of information advocates and a lawsuit against the CIA.
The memo send to Dr Kissinger by Brent Scowcroft, a national security adviser to President Ford said: "Have just received word from the Pentagon that one of our Poseidon submarines has just collided with a Soviet submarine.
"The SSBN James Madison was departing Holy Loch to take up station when it collided with a Soviet submarine waiting outside the port to take up trail.
"Both submarines surfaced and the Soviet boat subsequently submerged again. There is no report yet of the extent of the damage. Will keep you posted."
The SSBN James Madison was commissioned in 1964 and modified in the early 1970s to carry the Polaris missiles.
These missiles were replaced by Trident in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The James Madison was eventually decommissioned in 1992.
Dr Eric Graham, a marine historian from Edinburgh University, told BBC Scotland it could have been a diplomatic incident but because it was so deep into the UK/US home water it was an "embarrassment" that they wanted to keep quiet.
"It shows how easily they penetrated our defence system and threatened the biggest toy in our arsenal," says Dr Graham.
The historian said that, during the Cold War, the Americans needed the Holy Loch base because Polaris only had a range of 2,500 miles and would not reach the Soviet Union from the US. They used the base to refit submarines to avoid returning to the US.
He said the nuclear submarines could "disappear" in the deep Atlantic but they had a problem when coming out of the narrow confines of the Holy Loch and travelling through the channel between north Antrim and the Kintyre peninsula.
Dr Graham said: "The big shock with this Victor class submarine was that it was off Arran.
"It would not happen today.
"It is trying to shadow an American Polaris-carrying submarine coming out of the loch. Once it locks onto it, it can follow it out into its patrol zone.
"If you have a hunter/killer sub behind every American Polaris-carrying sub, then you've got a game-changer.
"You can actually have a first strike and take out America's first line of defence."
SNP defence spokesman Brendan O'Hara said the reports of the 1974 nuclear submarine collision were "deeply worrying" and clearly a "lucky escape".
The MP compared the secrecy over the crash to the recent disclosure that a Trident missile veered off course during a test in June last year - weeks before the Commons voted to spend £40bn renewing the nuclear weapons system.
Questioned by the BBC's Andrew Marr on Sunday, Prime Minister Theresa May refused to say four times if she had known about the test ahead of the vote.
Mr O'Hara said: ''The truth is - as we saw with the Trident malfunction revelations - nothing has changed, it could happen again.
''We keep asking the UK government to realise how dangerous - how unsafe - how unreliable these weapons of mass destruction are."
Exit polls suggest his coalition will win most of the 121 seats in contention, increasing its majority.
If he secures a two-thirds majority to match that in the lower house, he could hold a vote on constitutional change, easing constraints on military action.
But Mr Abe says it is too early to talk about this controversial review.
Half of the 242 seats of the upper house were up for grabs.
Public broadcaster NHK said Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, would between them take 67 to 76 of the seats available.
The coalition already controls 77 seats of the other half of the upper house.
The prime minister fought his campaign on his economic record, but the sub-text of the election was the power to amend the constitution, the BBC's Stephen Evans, in Tokyo, said.
Mr Abe is thought to want to change Article 9, the so-called pacifism clause which forbids Japan from fighting wars abroad. It was imposed by the US after Japan was on the losing side in World War Two, 70 years ago.
Some in Japan view the constraint as unfair, our correspondent says, and the rise of China has reinforced the view on the right that the clause should go.
But, in a TV interview as the votes were still being counted. Mr Abe said he was in no hurry to address the issue.
"I have two more years to my term [as LDP president] and this is a goal of the LDP, so I want to address it calmly."
The opposition has asked voters to reject any adoption of a more assertive military role.
Mr Abe also said the election result was a vote of confidence on his economic policies, although he has admitted himself that his Abenomics, aimed at ending debilitating deflation, are only "half done".
"We were given approval for our mandate to powerfully pursue Abenomics. We would like to continue with our efforts to achieve what we have promised," he said.
This was the first nationwide election since the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18.
The UK government is consulting on plans to close 91 courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
It said if the plans go ahead, 95% of people could drive to court in an hour.
But the Law Society's map suggests it would take longer for people who rely on public transport.
It shows no users of Dolgellau crown and magistrates courts or Holyhead Magistrates' Court could reach their new court within one hour by public transport.
The government consultation on the closures is due to end on the 8 October 2015.
Work would be transferred to Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre. No users would be able to reach it within an hour.
Work would be transferred to Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre, with 30% able to get there within one hour.
Users would have to go to Llandudno Magistrates' Court. The society claims 33% of users could reach it within one hour.
Services would be moved to Wrexham Law Courts and to Mold Law Courts, with 21% able to get there within 60 minutes.
Work would move to Swansea Crown Court. The society said 31% of crown, 6% of magistrates' and 32% of family court users could reach it within one hour.
Users would move to Llanelli Civil and Family Court and Haverfordwest Law Courts and Aberystwyth Justice Centre, with 7% able to reach their new court within 60 minutes.
Work would be sent to Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre. No users could get there within one hour.
Cases would be sent to Llandrindod Wells Law Court, Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court and, for residents in the Ystradgynlais area, Swansea Magistrates' Court.
Civil, family and tribunal hearings would move to Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court.
The society said 34% of magistrates', 33% of civil and 24% of family court users could reach their new court within one hour.
Work would move to Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court, with 56% of magistrates' and 80% of family court users able to reach their new court within 60 minutes.
Civil, family and tribunal work be transferred to Port Talbot Justice Centre, criminal work would move to Cardiff Magistrates' Court. The society claims 65% of magistrates', 67% of civil and 64% of family users could reach their new court within an hour.
Work would be transferred to Port Talbot Justice Centre, where 73% are said to be able to get there within one hour.
Thousands convicted of murder or drug-related offences will go free, while 34 foreigners are also among those given amnesty.
However, observers say political prisoners are not expected to be freed.
Tens of thousands of prisoners have been granted presidential amnesties since 2009.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong said no one guilty of "crimes against national security" would be released.
The government also said that the amnesty showed the ruling Communist Party's "humanitarian nature" and would help inmates "become useful citizens".
Human rights groups and some western governments have criticised Vietnam for jailing dissidents, and say more than 100 political activists remain behind bars.
This is because the rules regarding the granting of work permits to players from outside the European Union were fundamentally changing.
From 1 May, footballers from countries outside Fifa's top 50-ranked sides will find it harder to play in English football - whereas the previous rule covered countries in the top 70.
At a stroke, footballers from eight African nations sitting in the 50-70 belt - Mali, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, South Africa, Egypt, Zambia, Rwanda and Burkina Faso - found any Premier League dreams shattered.
Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh called the changes "unnecessary warfare", and legitimately asked why England can't do more to improve its coaching standards.
Meanwhile Zambia Football Association President Kalusha Bwalya said his career "would not even have started if these proposals were in place" when he was a player.
He labelled the system "unfair" and said talent should be rewarded no matter when you are from, citing George Weah - the only African to ever be crowned Fifa Footballer of the Year (in 1995) - as an example.
The striker, who made his name at Monaco and Milan before joining Chelsea, hails from Liberia, who are currently 117th in the world and who have never been higher than 66th.
The good news though is that the rules have been misunderstood to a certain degree and that if a player from an African nation outside Fifa's top 50 is good enough - and that is the key, being good enough - he is still likely to make it to England.
The new proposals are planned to increase the chances for quality players to come in, and both the size of the transfer fee and wage will be factored in when considering whether to import a player who fails the new work permit rules.
In short, the higher the price, the better chance for a non-EU player to gain entry, especially if he is already proven in Europe.
The key difference is that routine players who have contributed little to the game, perhaps even having fallen through the divisions, are being targeted for exclusion, with the obvious hope that English players can make the most of the places that will have been freed up for them.
So Emmanuel Mayuka may not have made it to Southampton, for example, while a host of Africans would never have made it to the championship.
In fact, the English FA says 33% of players who earned work permits under the old system in the last five years would not have been granted a visa under the new rules.
It all means countless African footballers will try their luck elsewhere - with perhaps more finding their way to Spain's La Liga or German's thundering Bundesliga or the riches on offer in Russia.
Many pathways are still open - it is just that the quality of players from the continent arriving in the Premier League is set to be the creme de la creme - adding to the riches already provided by Didier Drogba, Yaya Toure and Michael Essien among others.
Given the pride Africans take in seeing their own light up the Premier League, this should not be too damaging - unless you are an agent of course.
The Office of Fair Access says there are "stubborn gaps" in participation at highly-selective universities.
But director Prof Les Ebdon said these universities were full of capable people who excelled at problem solving.
His comments come after universities called for the limit on tuition fees in England to be lifted.
Last week, Universities UK, representing university leaders, said it wanted fees to rise with inflation above the current £9,000 cap.
The body said the value of the fees, which have been fixed since 2012, had been declining in real terms.
Now Offa, which regulates fair access to higher education in England, says highly-selective universities must use their academic and research expertise to improve fair access and build on progress so far.
In a speech to the Brilliant Club's annual conference, Prof Ebdon will tell an audience of university staff that the key to making faster progress is to make better use of the research expertise they have available to them.
In his speech, Prof Ebdon will say: "There have been stubborn gaps in participation at highly selective universities for a long time, but the tanker is starting to turn.
"Highly-selective universities are starting to achieve real change, by developing creative, evidence-led solutions underpinned by increasing understanding of what's most effective at each particular institution.
"They face tough challenges in improving access. But highly-selective universities are full of highly-intelligent people who excel at solving problems. If they truly harness their wealth of research expertise, it could bring a step change in progress.
"Offa has already begun to work closely with university researchers to improve evidence and understanding, and the whole sector will benefit from sharing the outcomes of this work."
The Brilliant Club is a non-profit organisation that aims to widen access to top universities for outstanding pupils from non-selective state schools.
The group recruits, trains and places doctoral and postdoctoral researchers into non-selective state schools and sixth-form colleges in areas where few young people take up a place at university.
They give university-style tutorials to small groups of outstanding pupils to help them develop the knowledge, skills and ambition needed to secure places at top universities.
John Earle was a teacher at a school in Okehampton, Devon, when he carried out the assaults between 1957 and 1961.
Earle, 87, narrated two Jackanory stories in 1971.
He admitted six counts of indecently assaulting the same boy when he was aged nine to 13 between September 1957 and August 1961.
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Exeter Crown Court heard the school closed in the early 1960s and Earle went on to present a short lived children's programme called Treasure House between 1964 and 1965.
He became a familiar figure on television in the late 1960s as co presenter of the science show Tom-Tom from 1965 to 1970.
The Jackanory appearances marked the end of his broadcasting career, and he moved on to buy a farm on Dartmoor, which he converted into a moorland exploration centre with bunk rooms.
He became one of the leading experts on trekking on the moors.
The case was adjourned for sentencing at a later date.
Judge Mr Justice Dingemans told him: "All sentencing options, including immediate imprisonment, will be available to the court."
He ordered Earle to sign on the sex offenders' register immediately.
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A former children's television presenter and Jackanory storyteller has admitted sexually assaulting a boy almost 60 years ago.
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The pollution closed 10 miles of south coast beaches over four days in September 2012.
Chichester Crown Court heard sewage was pumped into the sea after three pumps failed at East Worthing waterworks.
The company was cleared on Friday of two further charges relating to the proper maintenance of equipment.
The Environment Agency told the court that within hours of the untreated sewage being pumped into the sea a slick of pollution was visible.
Bathing beaches were closed to protect the public.
Southern Water said it was a major emergency and releasing the sewage was the "lesser of two evils" because otherwise it would have backed-up and flooded homes and Worthing Hospital, risking public health.
It will be sentenced at a date yet to be confirmed.
Following the verdict the company said: "We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to any customers or businesses who were affected by this incident."
It added it had since invested close to ??20m on improvements at the site and installed back-up systems to help reduce the risk of a future emergency.
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Naomi Watts said she was "very excited" to take on the role for Glantraeth FC, based in Malltraeth, which has a population of 400 people.
The English-born star of Mulholland Drive and King Kong spent time as a child on her grandparents' farm nearby.
Glantraeth FC play in the third tier Welsh Alliance football league division one and get crowds of 40 people.
After former president Sir George Meyrick stood down last August, secretary Stan Strickland suggested Ms Watts as a replacement.
He sent a letter to her agent who is based on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, and received a positive response on Monday night.
Mr Strickland said: "She spent three years of her childhood here and attended school in Llangefni before becoming a major film star.
"I just thought 'if you don't ask, you don't get'.
"She has now got her publicist involved, so we could end up in the New York Times."
Mr Strickland is expecting further correspondence with Ms Watts about her involvement over the coming days, but said her name will appear on the website, letterheads and match day programmes, while she will be provided with annual performance updates.
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A Hollywood A-lister has agreed to become the honorary president of a small Anglesey football club.
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Here's Tom Katsumi's election night (and morning) in 10 tweets.
The team settles in...
Party colours are allocated.
Houghton and Sunderland South becomes the first constituency to declare, announcing at 22:48 BST.
The evening's stitching starts off at a slow and steady pace...
But it quickly becomes hard to keep up with the flurry of results...
Labour held many of the first seats, with successes in the north continuing to come in.
The unprecedented shift to the SNP in Scotland became clear - they ended up with 56 of Scotland's 59 seats.
Much of London went to Labour.
A quick nap...
Catching up on the Conservative south.
The Nottinghamshire right-hander, 26, has featured regularly in England's Twenty20 and one-day international sides, but is uncapped at Test level.
However, he is in contention to be captain Alastair Cook's opening partner in the forthcoming Test series against Pakistan in the UAE.
"Nailing down a spot in all three forms is my long-term goal," he told the BBC.
"However, that's going to come with a lot of hard work."
England were due to fly to the UAE on Wednesday for a three-Test series which begins in Abu Dhabi on 13 October, following their recent 3-2 Ashes win against Australia.
Hales, who was called up to the Test squad earlier this month, boosted his Test debut chances with a magnificent 189 for Notts against Warwickshire in the County Championship in August.
However, he faces competition for the opening batsman slot from fellow batsman Moeen Ali - who has been England's first-choice spinner for the last year and batted as low as number eight during the Ashes.
Cook's most recent partner Adam Lyth has been dropped after a run of low scores during the Ashes, and while the England skipper has indicated that he knows who will get the nod, he does not believe it is the right time to confirm his decision.
"I've got a fairly good idea," he said.
"I haven't really seen the guys since the end of the Ashes series so it would be slightly wrong to announce it."
The 60-year-old sports medicine specialist has been working with Paralympic athletes since 1992.
Webborn suffered a spinal cord injury playing rugby as a 24-year-old whilst serving as a doctor in the Royal Air Force. After an initial complete paralysis he made a partial recovery.
He was awarded an OBE in last year's Queen's birthday honours list.
He beat blind footballer Dave Clarke to the role and succeeds former Paralympic swimmer Tim Reddish.
He was chief medical officer for the London 2012 Paralympics and is part of the International Paralympic Committee's Medical Committee.
The blaze broke out in Spalding, shortly after 00:00 BST on Sunday.
Lincolnshire Police said the cause of the fire was not yet known as it had been initially not safe for fire investigators to enter the house, in Tower Lane, off Cowbit Road.
Police are working to establish the identity of the three deceased and to trace next of kin.
Lincolnshire Fire Service said six crews were call in to deal with the fire.
Station manager Matthew Perrin said it had spread from the ground floor to the first floor area before being brought under control.
Officers managed to rescue one of the victims, but were unable to resuscitate them.
A second casualty was found in the house in the early hours of Sunday, after the fire was put out.
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Despite his 106, Somerset folded after the former England opener was out, being invited to follow on when they were bowled out for 230.
Trescothick then survived a scare to hit 46 not out second time around.
He helped Somerset reach 86-1, before hands were shaken in a draw.
Having now stopped the rot of two defeats by an innings in their first two matches, Warwickshire perhaps had most to take from this rain-affected meeting of County Championship Division One's bottom two.
Young Bears seamer Grant Thornton, signed in early May on a short-term contract from Birmingham League champions Berkswell, took 4-32 on his first-class debut.
Then young slow left-arm spinner Sunny Singh, on his Championship debut, took the early second-innings wicket of South Africa opener Dean Elgar.
Warwickshire and Somerset remain in the relegation places at the foot of the table. The Bears' 12 points from the game, compared to their hosts' haul of eight, increased their advantage over the bottom club to eight.
But Ian Bell's side have played four matches, one more than Somerset, who have a chance to climb off the bottom when they host Hampshire at Taunton in a game starting on Friday (26 May).
Trescothick's 106 was the 64th century of his first-class career. Add his 28 List A hundreds and two in T20 cricket, and that leaves him just six short of a combined career century of centuries.
It was his first hundred since hitting a double century against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in July 2016, when he equalled Gimblett's Somerset record of 49 first-class centuries, set in 1953.
He was then back in the middle for his second innings after barely half an hour's rest to add even more to his seemingly endless tally in a game in which he had already passed 25,00 runs for Somerset.
There was one awkward moment on 16 when he almost holed out on the boundary in Keith Barker's third over, but Thornton crossed the rope in taking the catch.
Somerset centurion Marcus Trescothick told BBC Radio Bristol:
"It feels very nice to have broken Harold Gimblett's record. It has been hanging around for a little while and I have had the whole winter to sit back and dwell on it.
"Now I have finally got the record and we have done the job that we needed to do. It's a very nice feeling. I have had a quick glass of champagne in the changing room with the boys and a quick toast.
"It has been a long sunny day and I am delighted personally with how it has gone. But there is a bit of work to be done to improve upon where we are."
Warwickshire captain Ian Bell told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"We put in a good performance. The weather got in the way of what would have been a very good win for us.
"The new guys who came in have started to look like they can play, which is a real step forward for us.
"At the back end of our 50-over campaign we put in a couple of performances that got us a little bit of momentum and we have carried that on nicely."
As culture secretary, John Whittingdale's job is to regulate newspapers and he is currently overseeing a whole new regulatory framework under consideration in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.
In 2011, it emerged that thousands of people, from celebrities to families of murder victims, had been victims of phone hacking by the now-defunct News of the World.
In response, Prime Minister David Cameron set up a public, judge-led investigation - the Leveson Inquiry - to examine the culture, behaviour and ethics of the press.
After hearing from numerous high-profile witnesses, Lord Leveson recommended newspapers should continue to be self-regulated - as they had been by the Press Complaints Commission - but that there should be a new press standards body created by the industry, backed by legislation, and with a new code of conduct.
The inquiry specifically focussed on the press, not into the media more generally. Broadcasters are regulated by Ofcom, which is backed by law.
In 2013, the then main political party leaders, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, agreed to set up a new press watchdog by Royal Charter.
It would have the power to impose million-pound fines on UK publishers and demand prominent corrections and apologies from UK news publishers, they said. Newspapers who refused to join the new regulatory regime would be liable - potentially - for hefty damages if a claim was upheld against them.
The press kicked back, saying the final draft of the Royal Charter plan was neither "voluntary or independent", and formed its own regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), with wider powers than previous bodies.
David Cameron - uncomfortable with the idea of state interference in the press - rejected the idea of legislation to underpin the new system of regulation.
The compromise was the Royal Charter - an unlikely way to regulate the press. It is often described as a medieval form of documentation, used to set up universities.
The Royal Charter itself mainly sets out the workings of the body that is supposed to guarantee the self-regulator does its job properly.
But despite what one paper called its "flummery" the government spotted advantages to a Royal Charter. While an act of parliament can be amended with a simple majority, it was possible to insert a clause in the Royal Charter requiring any changes to be approved by a two-thirds majority.
Campaigners tentatively welcomed the Royal Charter plan, saying it would protect the public against the worst abuses of the press.
However, the newspaper industry raised concerns that it would give politicians too much power. The Newspaper Society said it was tantamount to "state-sponsored regulation".
The Royal Charter was approved by the Queen in October 2013. However, publishers have largely chosen not to sign up to the voluntary system, sticking instead with their own regulator Ipso.
A key part of the Royal Charter plan was a law requiring publishers to pay both sides' costs in a privacy or libel case, even if they won - unless they signed up to the official press regulator.
This has been passed by Parliament - as section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 - but still needs to be signed off by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.
Victims of press intrusion have accused the government of breaking its promise over regulation.
Mr Whittingdale says it is "under consideration" and has told newspaper editors he questions whether this legal change will be "positive" for the newspaper industry.
Labour's Maria Eagle says Mr Whittingdale must "clarify exactly why he no longer believes" section 40 of the act should come into force.
Labour has now also called for Mr Whittingdale to withdraw from press regulation decisions after it emerged four newspapers were aware of his past relationship with a sex worker, but did not run the story.
While the first part of the Leveson Inquiry has finished, a second stage looking at the relationship between the press and the police is yet to come.
It was put on hold until all criminal and legal proceedings linked to the phone-hacking scandal were completed - although there have been suggestions that it may be shelved altogether.
The major phone-hacking trials of News International journalists concluded in 2014.
Labour has demanded the second stage goes ahead, but Downing Street says no decision has yet been taken about whether to continue with the inquiry.
According to a House of Lords report, the first stage of Leveson cost £5.4m.
The 38-year-old forward trended on Twitter as he took a photo of himself with a mobile phone handed to him by one of the club's coaching staff.
But Totti is not the first player to celebrate a goal in that way, with Dom Dwyer doing the same for MLS side Sporting Kansas City in July.
The American, though, was booked.
The selfie photograph has grown in prominence over the past 12 months, with World Cup winners, golfers and motorsport stars celebrating success by taking a photo of themselves and posting it on social media.
Here, BBC Sport takes a look at five of the top selfies taken in sporting celebrations over the past 12 months.
Laurie made his name in the US for his award-winning lead role in the medical drama House between 2004 and 2012.
Long-time collaborator Stephen Fry was guest speaker at the Pig 'n Whistle British pub on Hollywood Boulevard.
Laurie joins Britons including Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Sir Ridley Scott and Dame Helen Mirren to have stars.
His star is number 2,593 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Laurie became TV's highest-paid actor and won Golden Globe awards in 2006 and 2007 for his portrayal of doctor Gregory House.
The 57-year-old from Oxford was already well-known in Britain for his TV sketch show with Fry, and other series such as Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster.
More recently he starred opposite Tom Hiddleston in BBC drama The Night Manager.
Laurie said: "This is not a fair world. I'm 57 now and I've lived a life of extraordinary good fortune from start to finish, so much so I'm anticipating a piano falling on my head to redress the balance.
"I've been incredibly lucky. I'm going to bask in this extraordinary honour and my extraordinary good luck and I'll set to work first thing tomorrow on the global unfairness problem."
Fry paid tribute to his former comedy partner, saying: "While he may not be the first wise and kind star to be set in a paving slab in old Hollywood, I venture to suggest no star was ever wiser or kinder.
"I can say like Doctor Watson of his friend Holmes, the kindest and wisest friend I ever knew."
The finding does not mean the virus can be readily transmitted through these bodily fluids.
Meanwhile, the US has advised men to abstain from sex or use condoms after visiting affected countries, if their partner is pregnant.
The US Centers for Disease Control believes a recent case of Zika was spread through sex.
While Zika is normally mild, the infection has been linked to thousands of suspected birth defects.
The updated advice says avoiding mosquitoes remains the best way to prevent infection, but advises men returning from affected countries to "correctly use condoms during sex or abstain from sexual activity for the duration of the pregnancy".
In another development the governor of Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency over Zika. The US territory has 22 confirmed cases.
The main method of infection is via mosquito bites.
But scientists say tests on two patients have revealed Zika can be found in other body fluids.
Paulo Gadelha, the head of Brazil's Fiocruz Institute which is part of the Ministry of Health, said: "The presence of the active Zika virus has been found in saliva and urine.
"But that does not mean there is a capacity for transmission through saliva and urine."
Traces of Zika's genetic material was detected in saliva and urine during the 2013 outbreak in French Polynesia, but the Brazilian authorities say this is the first time "active" virus has been detected.
Wilson Savino, from Oswaldo Cruz Institute said: "It means the virus is active, capable of infecting a cell so this is completely different, it means that the virus is functional."
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Prof Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, told the BBC: "Because we can detect a virus in a particular body fluid it does not mean that it will become an important source of virus for transmission to humans.
"At the peak of virus replication in the blood, virus can often be detected in other body fluids, but the levels of virus are often much lower and there is no obvious or efficient means for the virus to get from that bodily fluid into another person's bloodstream."
The risks of different modes of infection are still unclear.
But experts say that the million-plus suspected cases in the Americas have been contained to areas where the mosquito is found, suggesting it does not spread easily through other means.
Brazil has seen 4,783 suspected cases of babies born with small brains, although only 404 have been confirmed, 709 have been rejected and 3,670 are still being investigated.
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The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial banks will be charged by the central bank for some deposits.
It is designed to encourage them to use their reserves to lend to businesses in an attempt to counter Japan's economic stagnation.
The charge does not directly apply to ordinary customers' accounts.
The country is desperate to increase spending and investment.
One of the side effects of a moribund economy is falling prices - something that can send an economy into a downward spiral as customers hold off spending in the hope prices will fall yet lower.
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Japan has been desperate to boost consumer spending for years. At one point it even issued shopping vouchers to stimulate demand.
The eurozone has negative interest rates, but this is a first for the third-largest economy.
It is a move that has been on the cards for Japan's stagnating economy for well over 10 years.
The decision to go negative came after a narrow 5-4 vote at the Bank of Japan's first meeting of the year on Friday.
"The BoJ will cut interest rates further into negative territory if judged as necessary," the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said, adding it would continue as long as needed to achieve an inflation target of 2%.
Some analysts have cast doubt over how effective the rate cut will be.
The Bank of Japan is imposing a negative interest rate on accounts it holds for commercial banks. It will start to charge them for looking after their cash. The European Central Bank and a few others are already doing it. But the Bank of Japan's negative rate is going to bite very gradually. The amount affected will build up over time. The move does not directly affect savers. They don't have accounts at the central bank. But certainly their banks could decide to pass on the cost they in turn will face as the impact of the negative rate accumulates. So perhaps in time savers will in effect be paying to keep their money at the bank. So they would have more of an incentive to spend.
In a press conference, the BoJ's governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the weakening growth rate of the global economy was the main factor behind the move: "Japan's economy continues to recover moderately and the underlying price trend is improving steadily... further falls in oil prices, uncertainty over emerging economies, including China, and global market instability could hurt business confidence and delay the eradication of people's deflationary mindset."
Earlier in the day, fresh economic data had again highlighted concerns over economic growth. The December core inflation rate was shown to be at 0.1% - far below the central bank's target.
Asian shares jumped and the yen fell across the board in reaction to the announcement. Japanese banks though saw their shares drop on the news as lenders are likely to see their margins squeezed even more.
The decision to implement a negative interest rate has been dubbed "Kuroda bazooka" after the governor of the Bank of Japan.
Haruhiko Kuroda is well known for making surprise moves that shock investors. Only a few weeks ago, Mr Kuroda told the parliamentary budget committee that he would not introduce more stimulus for the economy.
So today's announcement caused the stock market to jump while the yen fell sharply against major currencies.
The option of lowering the cost of borrowing below zero has been on the cards for Japan's central bank since the early 2000s and it was the first in the world to consider it.
But when it comes to implementing the policy, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland were first, followed by the European Central Bank which had to do everything it could to keep the EU economy afloat after the eurozone economic crisis.
There are doubts, however, over how well the new policy will work.
"Negative interest rates are one of the last instruments in the BoJ's tool box," Martin Schulz of the Fujitsu Institute in Tokyo told the BBC. "But their impact is unlikely to be strong."
Mr Schulz cautioned that in the eurozone, negative interest rates are being used to tackle a financial crisis, whereas Japan is in a protracted slow growth environment.
"In Japan, credit didn't expand not because banks were unwilling to lend but because businesses didn't see the investment perspective to borrow. Even with negative interest rates, this situation will not change."
"Businesses don't need money - they need investment opportunities. And that can only be achieved by structural reforms, not by monetary policy," he said.
The decision comes in addition to the BoJ's massive asset-buying programme, which over the past years has failed to boost growth.
Bill Blain, of Mint Partners, said monetary authorities' moves to ever-cheaper money since the financial crisis that began in 2008 have distorted global markets - and investors were uneasy: "Investors are worried that the only place we've seen any inflation has been in financial assets, things like stocks, property and bonds. And as a result everyone is suddenly worried they are sitting on nightmares."
Orient remain 10 points adrift of safety in League Two despite a battling display at Kenilworth Road, where Liam Kelly's penalty and Tristan Abrahams cancelled out Danny Hylton's opener, only for Vassell to grab a share of the spoils for the Hatters.
The visitors had the best opportunity in the opening 15 minutes when Victor Adeboyejo directed his header off target.
At the other end, Luton captain Scott Cuthbert saw his volley deflected over, with Glen Rea's header saved by O's goalkeeper Sam Sargeant.
But the hosts were rewarded for the endeavour in the 33rd minute when Olly Lee's wonderful through ball allowed Hylton to notch his 25th goal of the season.
Sargeant made two smart stops from substitute Luke Gambin, while Jack Marriott was inches away from a second before half-time.
Orient started the second half well and were level within eight minutes of the restart, Kelly rifling home his spot-kick after Rea had handled Michael Collins' powerful drive.
And the strugglers took a shock lead just after the hour mark as half-time substitute Abrahams slipped the ball under Luton custodian Stuart Moore.
Town, though, equalised when Vassell scored seven minutes after his introduction from the bench, racing clear to beat Sargeant.
They could not find a winner, though, and sit eight points behind third-placed Portsmouth while Orient could see their fate decided on Easter Monday, when they take on relegation rivals Hartlepool.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 2, Leyton Orient 2.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 2, Leyton Orient 2.
Attempt missed. Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Luke Gambin (Luton Town).
Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Michael Collins (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Scott Cuthbert.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by James Justin.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Teddy Mezague.
Attempt missed. Lawson D'Ath (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Glen Rea (Luton Town).
Victor Adeboyejo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Freddy Moncur replaces Henry Ochieng.
Attempt missed. Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jake Gray replaces Pelly Ruddock.
Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient).
Attempt blocked. Michael Collins (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town).
Victor Adeboyejo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Josh Koroma replaces Steven Alzate.
Luke Gambin (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient).
Foul by Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town).
Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alan Sheehan (Luton Town).
Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Goal! Luton Town 2, Leyton Orient 2. Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Hylton.
Sam Sargeant (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Alan Sheehan (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient).
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Aron Pollock.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Alan Sheehan.
Henry Ochieng (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lawson D'Ath (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Henry Ochieng (Leyton Orient).
One case was found in the capital Conakry and the other in Forecariah, a town in western Guinea.
The week before last was the first week that the three worst-affected countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - had seen no new infections.
The virus has killed more than 11,000 people in nearly two years.
The case in Forecariah appeared to be linked to a previously known chain of infection, while the one in Conakry seemed to be new, authorities in Guinea said.
"On the bumpy road we keep talking about - the high risk of recurrence - once again we are navigating a few bumps," said WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris on Friday.
"Of course we didn't want it, but we did expect it. Guinea hadn't got to the stage where we were looking at 42 days".
A country is considered to be Ebola-free after 42 days without a new case.
Liberia recently achieved this status and neighbouring Sierra Leone is nearly halfway through the 42 days.
The enduring risks from the virus were highlighted this week when a British nurse fell "critically ill", 10 months after recovering from Ebola.
A new study has also shown that Ebola persists in the semen of male survivors for up to nine months - much longer than previously thought.
Charlie Dunn, from Tamworth, was found submerged in a paddling area on a visit to Bosworth Water Park, Leicestershire, on 23 July last year.
Lynsey Dunn, 28, and Paul Smith, 36, also pleaded not guilty to a separate child cruelty charge at Leicester Crown Court.
A trial is set to begin at Birmingham Crown Court on 29 November.
The pair are accused of causing the death of Charlie by gross negligence by permitting him to enter a bathing area unsupervised.
Both defendants, of Caledonian, Glascote Heath, Tamworth, also denied four other child cruelty offences relating to three other children.
The five child cruelty offences are alleged to have taken place between March 2012 and July 2016.
Mr Smith, who appeared via video-link from HMP Leicester, also denied two charges of witness intimidation, where he is alleged to have threatened the father of one witness and threatened to petrol-bomb the house of a woman's family.
He is also accused of telling the woman he would "rip her head off".
Mr Smith remains in custody, while Ms Dunn has been released on bail ahead of the trial.
A further directions hearing is due to take place at Leicester Crown Court on 20 October.
The alleged theft, which involved bolt cutters, was filmed by an anonymous man and posted on Facebook on Monday.
The video has been watched by more than half a million people, and the man who filmed it said he was shocked at how brazen the apparent theft was.
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed a 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The seven-month-old infant suffered a fractured skull but is now said to be out of danger.
The apparently drunk officer is said to have made a bet with friends that the girl was only a doll.
Initially he is said only to have received a 15-day "confinement" but that sparked an outcry on social media.
"The policeman involved in the baby attack was put under criminal detention on Saturday night and was transferred to a detention centre in Anyang City this [Sunday] morning," Guo Fajie, head of the public security bureau of Anyang city, was quoted as saying by state news agency Xinhua.
The police officer in Linzhou, Henan province has been named as Guo Zengxi.
He is said to have been on his way to a karaoke bar with friends when he saw the baby's parents out for an evening stroll with their baby.
He grabbed her from her father's arms, lifted her over his head and threw her to the ground, local media reported.
Following a furious response on social media at his initial 15-day punishment, an investigative team was sent to look into his case, said public security chief Mr Guo, and the policeman's arrest followed.
Last month, a Chinese toddler died after being thrown to the ground by a man who was quarrelling with her mother over parking - an incident which also provoked an online storm.
Social media have played an increasingly important role in demanding accountability from authority figures in China in recent years, say correspondents.
He will overtake Williams's record when the first episode of the new series is broadcast on Monday.
The episode will mark Merton's 347th appearance on the BBC Radio 4 panel game show.
He's now second only to Clement Freud, who appeared regularly on the programme from the first episode in 1967.
Freud, who died in 2009, appeared 544 times. Given the number of episodes per series, it will take Merton around 10 years to beat Freud's record.
Speaking about overtaking Kenneth Williams, Merton said: "I would like to say without hesitation, deviation or repetition that I am amazed, astonished, thrilled, seasick and severely gobsmacked."
The 58-year-old, who is also a panellist on the BBC One show Have I Got News For You, has been appearing on Just a Minute for 27 years.
However, no contestant has featured in as many episodes as the programme's host - Nicholas Parsons.
Parsons, aged 92, has presented the show since its first episode.
Speaking about Merton's ascent up the show's rankings, Parsons described him as "one of the outstanding players of Just a Minute".
"Since his first appearance in 1989, he has been consistently amusing, clever and witty at playing this amazingly difficult game. He is also a very generous player.
"He is more concerned with contributing and making sure we have a good show than striving to win and impose his personality on the programme - though he does frequently finish up with the most points."
The 74th series of Just a Minute begins on Monday, with the programme's 865th episode.
Contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any given subject.
Regular panellists in recent years have included Susan Calman, Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Sue Perkins.
It was second versus third at Cappielow, and there was very little between the two teams.
Morton threatened through Jamie Lindsay and Mark Russell, but neither could beat United goalkeeper Cammy Bell.
Tony Andreu and Jamie Robson came closest for the visitors, but the breakthrough remained elusive.
Both sides would have been expecting an exacting test, since Morton were on a run of six consecutive league wins while United had won their last seven games.
The players might have been brimming with confidence, but the upshot was an encounter that quickly fell into a stalemate.
United were the more assertive at the outset, and midfielder Charlie Telford rifled an early shot just over. Morton are capable of being dogged, though, and their defence was built on the solid foundations of Thomas O'Ware and former United centre-back Gavin Gunning.
The home side's resurgence was also reliant on the clever movement and direct running of their front men, Gary Oliver and Jai Quitongo. Both were capable of alarming the United defence, and the latter would have been the reason why a number of scouts were due at the game.
As well as his strength and purpose, the first-half also saw evidence of his temper, as he threw the ball at United defender Mark Durning after a heavy challenge, prompting a yellow card from referee Crawford Allan.
United were marginally more incisive, with Blair Spittal - from a header - and Simon Murray, who finished tamely, both registering attempts on goal before the break.
As a cold rain fell ever more heavily, the game seemed stuck in its ways. The two sides even traded similar chances, with Morton midfielder Jamie Lindsay breaking through the United defence but shooting straight at goalkeeper Cammy Bell.
Then Scott Fraser found himself in a near-identical situation at the other end, and his effort was saved by Morton goalkeeper Derek Gaston.
He had to look lively again moments later, when Charlie Telfer slipped through Andreu and the United midfielder swept a shot on target that the goalkeeper saved.
Both sides pushed hard for a breakthrough, and United almost secured all three points in the closing stages, but Gaston was alert enough to block Robson's shot from the back post with his legs.
Morton's Jim Duffy: "For the first hour we played well. In the last half-hour, Dundee United got a grip of the game and started causing us problems. Derek Gaston had two or three fantastic saves, but in the first hour we probably just edged it.
"Dundee United might think they had clearer chances, and they probably did, but in the first half I thought we were slightly better. In the second half, they were better, so a decent point for us.
"Dundee United will be expected to challenge for the title. We're not at that level but in any given game we're tough opponents. Without being brilliant, we still made it tough for Dundee United and gave them a real competitive match.
"We needed a bit more composure in the first half when we had chances, and at set pieces we normally attack the ball better and we didn't capitalise on one or two opportunities. But in the last 20 minutes in particular, Dundee United had two or three great chances and one goal would probably have won it.
"It's November, it's far too early [to talk about making the play-offs] and far too many things can happen. Teams can start well and fall away and it can happen the other way around. At this moment in time, get as many points on the board, see where you are at the turn of the year and then we'll take it from there."
Dundee United's Ray McKinnon: "It was [frustrating], it's a tough place to come, Morton are on a good run and you can see why. They work extremely hard, but overall on chances we're disappointed not to take the three points.
"As the game goes on, it opens up and we played some nice football until that final third, when we just couldn't get it in the goal. On another day we probably would have won the game, but it's a difficult place to come, they're a good side, well organised with some dangerous players.
"Over the 90 minutes, we probably deserved to win the game [but] football's not like that, you don't always get what you deserve.
"In the last 30 minutes especially, [the players] really wanted to win that game and they gave everything. I'm pleased with that, I can't always get the result that I want, but I can get the attitude and the desire. We definitely had that today."
Match ends, Morton 0, Dundee United 0.
Second Half ends, Morton 0, Dundee United 0.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Gary Oliver (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Toshney (Dundee United).
Attempt saved. Jamie Robson (Dundee United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Scott Fraser (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Dundee United. Cameron Smith replaces Tony Andreu.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Substitution, Morton. Michael Tidser replaces Andy Murdoch.
Attempt missed. Blair Spittal (Dundee United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Mark Russell (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Tony Andreu (Dundee United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Morton. Kudus Oyenuga replaces Jai Quitongo.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Lewis Toshney.
Substitution, Dundee United. Nick van der Velden replaces Simon Murray.
Jai Quitongo (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by William Edjenguele (Dundee United).
Attempt missed. Tony Andreu (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Mark Russell (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Telfer (Dundee United).
Attempt saved. Scott Fraser (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Dundee United. Lewis Toshney replaces Frank van der Struijk.
Attempt missed. Scott Fraser (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Thomas O'Ware (Morton).
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Foul by Jai Quitongo (Morton).
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Attempt saved. Jamie Lindsay (Morton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Second Half begins Morton 0, Dundee United 0.
First Half ends, Morton 0, Dundee United 0.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Charlie Telfer.
Ross Forbes (Morton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Musician and activist Ntsiki Mazwai had urged South Africans to log off and not buy data to pressure mobile providers.
Discontent over internet service charges in the country last year led to the #DataMustFall campaign.
But it appears that many users could not help but check their social media accounts despite the boycott plea.
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"Data costs are obscene and are not affordable for people on the ground," said Ms Mazwai, quoted in Eyewitness News.
"We want to bring attention to this issue; we want to engage government and cellular network companies."
Internet analyst Arthur Goldstuck told Fin24 that although the campaign had fallen short, "in one respect the trend has highlighted the consumers' frustration in dealing with the high cost of data".
Amid public anger over the issue, South African President Jacob Zuma at this year's State of the Union address said "lowering of the cost of data is uppermost in our policies and plans".
Globally, South Africa is mid-ranking when it comes to data prices: Expensive compared with many European countries, cheap though compared with the rest of Africa.
In its annual report, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ranks South Africa as 85th out of 178 countries for mobile broadband prices, based on 500 MB of pre-paid mobile data.
The ITU puts the monthly cost at $7.76 (£6.1), or about 1.37% of personal income. In Niger, the cost is nearly $8 - but that represents almost a quarter of incomes.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group, says Birmahle village was hit on Friday and that some people were still trapped in rubble.
A spokesman for US Central Command it had "no information to corroborate allegations that coalition air strikes resulted in civilian casualties".
But he said it was investigating.
Earlier this month, the Observatory said the US-led air campaign had killed more than 2,000 people in total, including at least 1,922 IS fighters.
"Air strikes by the coalition early on Friday on the village of Birmahle in Aleppo province killed 52 civilians," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP news agency.
Seven children were killed, and 13 people were still unaccounted for, the group said.
The village lies close to a front line where Islamic State fighters have been clashing with Kurdish and other rival rebel factions.
IS, a jihadist group seeking to establish a caliphate in Iraq and northern Syria, controls swathes of territory on both sides of the border.
It has clashed with other factions fighting the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
The US expanded its air strike campaign against IS last September.
Countries that have carried out raids in Syria also include Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
Sundowns beat Enyimba of Nigeria 2-1 in Pretoria whilst Wydad had a 2-0 victory over Zambia's Zesco United, in Rabat.
Walid Karti's header put Wydad in front in the 12th minute, whilst an own goal from David Owino early in the second half gave them the win.
The result puts the Moroccans top of Group A, with two wins in two matches.
In the other group, Sundowns secured their first points - having had their previous win over Entente Setif annulled after Setif were disqualified following crowd trouble.
That win puts Sundowns level with Zamalek at the top of Group B with one victory each, in a group which is now reduced to three teams.
Enyimba are bottom, still searching for their first points of the group having lost both their opening two matches.
In a tight first half in Pretoria, Sundowns took the lead close to half time through Leonardo Castro.
Enyimba fought hard after the break and were rewarded with an equaliser on 58 minutes when Dare Ojo levelled the score for the Nigerians.
With a draw looking increasingly likely, the home side clinched all three points thanks to a 78th minute goal from Wayne Arendse to win 2-1.
On Tuesday, Ivory Coast's Asec Mimosas secured a valuable away win over newly crowned Egyptian champions Al Ahly.
The Ivorians, who like Ahly had lost their first game of the group stage, secured a 2-1 win in Alexandria - where the Cairo club are playing their continental games.
Goals from Yannick Zakri and Armand Nianke gave them the victory.
Ahly had regained the league title, which they lost to rivals Zamalek last season, with a win at Ismaili on Sunday.
Ahly have been African champions a record eight times, most recently in 2013 when they defeated South African opponents Orlando Pirates 3-1 over two legs.
Asec can boast of just one Champions League title, beating Zimbabwe's Dynamos 4-2 overall in 1998.
Wydad Casablanca host Zesco on Wednesday in a match that is set to finish around midnight owing to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, during which eating and drinking is forbidden from dawn to dusk.
Footballers can be excused, but most observe the fast, leading to late kick-offs of CAF matches in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.
The existing line is to be reinforced so it can carry more electricity.
The corridor is the area of land in which the route of the upgraded line would be built. SSE made its selection from three possible corridors.
The company said it has sought to avoid historic sites and landscapes, such as Culloden Battlefield and Bennachie.
The battlefield is near Inverness, while Bennachie is a hill with a number of distinctive rocky tops in Aberdeenshire.
Detailed plans are now to be made of the preferred corridor with further public consultation to be carried out next year.
SSE said consent for the upgraded line could be sought from the Scottish government in 2019.
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has previously raised concerns about the line being routed close to historic sites, such as Culloden Battlefield and the nearby Clava Cairns.
A Jacobite force led by Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated at Culloden by a government army in April 1746.
The fighting took place over a wider area than the parts in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.
Clava Cairns are prehistoric burial cairns built about 4,000 years ago.
The Bronze Age cemetery complex includes passage graves, ring cairns, kerb cairn and standing stones. The site also has the remains of a chapel of unknown date.
NTS said it was awaiting more details from SSE on the preferred corridor.
A spokesman for the trust said: "Pending next year's formal consultation process, we will be conducting our own independent site surveys to help us assess the visual intrusion of the alternative pylon routes."
Goatfell's handsome peak, the standing stones at Machrie Moor, and the doily-laden tea rooms with million-pound views and humbly-priced homemade Victoria sponge, are perhaps partly responsible for the island's tourism boom.
Another is that the cost of getting there is a lot cheaper than it used to be. Since the road equivalent tariff (RET) was introduced by the Scottish government in 2014, the cost of a return car journey on the ferry has fallen from £70 to £30.
Indeed, since fares were slashed there's been a 51% increase in car bookings on the Ardrossan-Brodick ferry and 60% on the Claonaig-Lochranza route.
It's great news for the island's 5,000 residents many of whom at least partly rely on tourism. In fact this year, they're expecting to host between 250,000 to 300,000 visitors.
So now would seem a good time to close all nine public toilets across the isle. Wouldn't it?
Rewind back to last spring and North Ayrshire Council announced that it was to close the conveniences to save £35,000 a year.
Many are decrepit after decades of use and are in need of repairs worth tens of thousands of pounds.
The local authority's justification included estimations that it cost "tens of pounds per pee" to maintain public loos in rural North Ayrshire.
Cue panic. Locals protested and an online petition to save the toilet blocks was launched.
Some villagers even offered to take the council up on its offer of a "community takeover" of their nearest toilet.
They enthusiastically debated the virtues of taking matters into their own hands to re-plumb, to replace doors, plunge blocked bowls and stock loo rolls. All for the sake of keeping Arran a "welcoming place".
Bill Calderwood who is chairman of Arran Community Council said there have been positive discussions which could see more than half of the conveniences reprieved thanks to volunteers.
"It's part of this making sure that Arran is seen as a welcoming and a good destination," he said.
"It's also a good thing for health and safety.
"That's the other thing - there is a requirement on councils to provide dog facilities but not for humans.
"It's a bit ironic for a tourist island to be faced with that."
Still at least three of the facilities appear doomed. For example, come April, good luck if you're out in Lamlash or Lochranza, and you get that sinking feeling.
Lochranza at the northern tip boasts the island's second (and very modest) ferry terminal. A mile away is a community hall.
Kate Hartley, who looks after it, said: "If the ferry has just left and you've arrived there you're going to have about an hour and a half before it comes back in again.
"People are not going to want to leave the queue in the ferry to go and find a toilet.
"So I think it's going to have a major implication, more on people visiting Arran which is what our livelihood is on the island nowadays."
As Ms Hartley spoke, there occurred an auspicious and comical interruption. The postman, who'd been circumnavigating the island's perimeter road in his red van all afternoon - dashed with haste into the hall and directly into the gentlemen's.
It's never polite to interview a fellow emerging from a toilet about unmentionable things like toilets. But postman Chris graciously weighed in to the debate.
"I think it's ridiculous, I really do," he said.
"What are you supposed to do if you need the toilet, like anybody who's disabled or on holiday here and can't find anywhere to go.
"If it wasn't for opening hours at the community hall just now, that'd be me. You'd have to tie a knot in it!"
Drive south to the island's largest village Lamlash, and you can drink in views of the breathtaking Holy Island which shelters the bay to the east, as well as a decrepit, dank and depressing block of toilets on the shoreline.
North Ayrshire Council is closing them and no-one is planning a replacement. The community balked at an estimated £6,000 for the initial refurbishment and about £6,000 a year for running costs.
Jane Howe owns the Pierhead Tavern directly across the road.
She said: "The consequences for us will be that everybody will come and use the toilets inside here which doesn't seem fair.
"The sailors will come and change, the children will come running in from the beach across the road, and people hiking in the hills come in.
"Once the business is closed at night time people are going to be using the street or the back of the car park to go to the toilet.
"Who's going to be responsible for cleaning the mess up?
"Indeed if the council says it costs £30 a pee, perhaps they could take that off our rates bill."
Ms Howe said a few years ago VisitArran approached North Ayrshire Council about a possible "comfort stop" scheme, where local businesses could gain something off their business rates if they allowed the public to use their facilities.
However, the proposal "went nowhere".
Craig Hatton, executive director of place at North Ayrshire Council, said there was major pressure on budgets.
"Since 2010, we've had to save £73m which is a considerable amount of money," he said.
"In terms of toilets we really value these facilities but we have a number of competing demands.
"The closures on Arran will save £35,000 a year.
"But we're hoping that in the longer term that most or all of these facilities will be transferred through community take-overs to remain open."
In the meantime an online petition calling for a rethink - with 1,600 signatures - has been submitted to North Ayrshire Council.
Are the cuts of £35,000 value for money or a false economy?
Whatever happens, islanders seem determined to do whatever it takes to keep up their reputation as a convenient place to visit.
The particle accelerator is best known for identifying a particle believed to be the Higgs boson in late 2012.
But following technical faults shortly after it first switched on, the machine has never been run at the full energies for which it was designed.
A programme of repairs and upgrades to the accelerator and its infrastructure should allow that in late 2014.
The LHC's beams were "dumped" early on Thursday morning, but it will take until Saturday morning for the machine's 1,734 magnets to warm up to room temperature.
Then an unprecedented period of upgrade and repair - dubbed "Long Shutdown 1" - will begin.
The machine ran at particle energies of 8 trillion electron-volts (teraelectronvolts; TeV) in 2012, up from the prior high point of 7TeV in 2011.
But when the shutdown concludes, slated for the end of November 2014, it should be set to run at 14TeV - far and away the highest-energy collisions ever attempted by scientists.
"We have been running successfully, but only at half the maximum energy, because we can only safely run the magnets at half the design current," said Tony Weidberg, a University of Oxford physicist who works on the LHC's Atlas detector.
How does the LHC recreate the first moments after the Big Bang?
The problem has been the connections between the giant magnets that help steer charged particles around the LHC's 27km-long ring.
A fault in 2008, just nine days after particle beams first circulated at the LHC, caused what is known as a "quench" in a number of the magnets, in turn resulting in a leak of liquid helium and sparking a repair operation that took more than a year.
"After the incident, the long-term plan was to get some running at intermediate energy and then have a long shut-down when we improve the connections between the magnets," Prof Weidberg told BBC News.
"That's a major operation, because you have to warm up all these superconducting magnets and go in and do repairs."
But the shut-down schedule also includes upgrades to all four of the LHC's detectors, the shielding of electronics, and even an overhaul of the ventilation system of the tunnel that houses the main accelerator ring.
The shut-down is due to conclude in late November 2014. after which the system will be put through its paces and experiments are expected to resume in February or March 2015.
In the meantime, scientists will stay busy analysing plenty of data from the 2012 data run, which thanks to improvements to the focusing of the LHC's beams as well as the slightly higher energies, provided more than twice as much data as the 2011 run.
Friends of the Earth Ltd lodged papers at the High Court in Belfast.
It wants a judge to review the decision of the Environment Minister Mark H Durkan not to issue a stop notice to the sand companies.
The notice would have meant an immediate end to dredging on the lough.
Earlier this year, Mr Durkan did issue an enforcement notice, ordering an end to the practice.
But the sand companies appealed it to the Planning Appeals Commission, meaning the work could continue pending the outcome of the appeal.
There is no appeal process when a stop notice is issued - it can only be challenged in the courts.
Around 1.7m tonnes of sand is sucked out of Lough Neagh every year by barges.
It supplies around a quarter of the construction in Northern Ireland.
Two years ago it emerged there was no planning permission for the extraction - which is considered a type of mining under planning regulations.
The lough is an internationally important bird sanctuary with EU protection.
Friends of the Earth said this placed a legal requirement on the department to protect it.
"Sand dredging should therefore cease through the issuing of a stop notice and should only resume if planning permission is granted and it's demonstrated that it will not cause damage to the lough," a spokesman said.
In response to the legal action Mr Durkan said he did not think he had made the wrong decision, but it would now be "for the court to decide".
"It's Friends of the Earth's or anyone's prerogative to challenge any decision a minister makes, but I believe I have taken responsible and sensible action to date," he said.
"They said, 'Can you do it like yours?'" Stigers recalled. She wore her hair in Sisterlocks, hundreds of tiny locks that allow women with coarse, tightly-wound hair to wear almost any style - from ponytails to braids, curly or straight.
She enrolled in a short training course in order to master the technique of creating Sisterlocks - a trademarked technique - with nothing but her two hands, a comb and small elastic bands. She registered as a Sisterlock hair braider online and requests from other people in the St Louis area poured in.
To meet the demand, Stigers needed to move her business out of her home. That's where her hair braiding business hit its first snag.
Stigers knew that hair salons were regulated by the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners, but she wasn't sure that her business, which doesn't use any chemicals, heat or scissors, would also fall under the board's purview.
She phoned the board to ask if she would have to pay upwards of £8,189 ($10,000) and spend thousands of hours in cosmetology school in order to open up a hair braiding shop. Initially, Stigers said she was told that the regulations wouldn't apply to her.
The board later reversed its course. In mid-2014, Stigers started pursuing a lawsuit against the board after it told her that she and any other hair braiders running businesses in Missouri would need to get a full cosmetology license, which requires courses at a registered cosmetology school - courses that Stigers said don't teach any natural or African hair braiding skills at all.
"Hair braiding is an art really," Stigers said. "It's something that if I went to cosmetology school today, I couldn't learn how to do braiding."
Stigers joined another braider, Joba Niang, in a lawsuit against the board of cosmetology and barber examiners, seeking reprieve from the regulations.
A judge ruled against Stigers in September, 2016, but her lawyers finished filing briefs to appeal the case last week, just as Stigers settled into a new, larger storefront to accommodate a growing number of customers.
Stigers didn't get a license to braid hair, and many of her braiders lack licenses, though her business partner does have a cosmetology license to run the spa area in her new salon.
Thus far, the Missouri Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners has declined to enforce its rules while Stigers lawsuit is active, allowing Stigers and other braiders to continue working until the courts resolve the case.
If she loses, Stigers and other hair braiders will face the choice of getting the expensive cosmetology licenses or closing up shop.
Women who run hair braiding salons in up to 21 states face similar regulations.
Cosmetology classes mostly focus on how to cut hair, safely dye hair, and treat hair chemically to permanently curl or straighten strands. Hair braiders don't do any of that. The small amount of training that does touch on styling typically does not go into African-style hair braiding, though a few cosmetology textbooks do nod to the techniques.
The Missouri Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners does not comment on ongoing court cases, and could not discuss the regulations surrounding hair braiding. However, board members on cosmetology boards in other states have cautioned against loosening regulations because of concerns over sanitation and safety.
Jeanne Chappell, a board member on the New Hampshire Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics told the Associated Press that diseases can be passed through the tools used during braiding and that licensing would allow the board to monitor and enforce against salons that don't use safe practices.
Pamela Ferrell, owns a braiding salon in Washington, DC, and successfully fought licensing regulations. She thinks racial biases and gaps in cultural knowledge play a role in the debate.
"It's a constant attack against our hair, our beauty standards, all under the guise of occupational licensing," Ferrell said. "It's culturally disrespectful. They're using irrelevant occupational laws to put this bias on a particular group of people."
While Stigers and her attorneys wait on a judge to set a date for the oral arguments Missouri is working to pass a bill that would make the lawsuit moot by deregulating hair braiding and imposing a simple £20 ($25) fee to register the business.
Governor Eric Greitens, a Republican, specifically called out Stigers' case as "burdensome" in his January state-of-the-state address.
"We need to end frivolous regulations like these so that our people can start their own businesses and create jobs," he said.
The conservative political powerhouse run by Charles and David Koch has also taken a stand against the licensing regulations as part of a £737,280,000 ($900m) campaign for a free market that encourages small business growth.
Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action to cut down on the state licensing regulations that require nearly one in four American workers to obtain an occupational license - a huge increase from the 5% who had to get licenses in 1950. His administration also allocated federal funds for states who reformed licensing regulations.
Stigers works a lot. She has to carve out time to testify in court and in front of the Missouri state legislators. She just expanded her salon to a new storefront that fits ten braiding booths and a full spa with manicure stations and a soon-to-come sauna.
When she's not braiding a client's hair, she's running to the bank, buying supplies, or discussing business with the eleven other women her business employs.
Stigers said she hopes her lawsuit will help other women realize their dreams of opening a hair-braiding salon.
"I am excited because it's something that, the other native African hair braiders, they see me moving and expanding and they don't have to be afraid of being out in the public eye," Stigers said.
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Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters briefly tied the scores by winning the first of the Saturday afternoon fourballs.
But the Americans restored their advantage through victories for Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, and Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar at Hazeltine.
Lee Westwood missed from three feet on the 18th when he and Danny Willett had the chance for a half.
The US need five points from Sunday's 12 singles matches to win the Ryder Cup for only the third time in 23 years, while Europe need 7½ to retain the trophy they have held since 2010.
Europe will no doubt draw on their experience at Medinah four years ago, when they won despite trailing 10-6 after two days, but then an Ian Poulter-inspired Europe had built up a head of steam going into the final day.
Here, the US rebounded from taking only 2½ points from the previous nine to win the final three fourballs matches on a glorious afternoon in Minnesota.
That, coupled with Westwood's miss - which would have cut the deficit from three to two points - has left the home side with the momentum.
The image of Northern Irishman McIlroy bowing to the gallery was the abiding symbol of Europe's Friday fightback, and baiting from the home crowd - he asked for one spectator to be ejected - drew howls and fist-pumps from the world number three on Saturday.
However, he was reliant on composed rookie Pieters, who ensured their partnership took three points from three matches together.
Back-to-back birdies from the Belgian put Europe four up with four to play and, even though the US won the next two holes, Pieters sealed a 3&1 win on the 17th.
That point ensured Europe had taken six and-a-half points from nine, but they were only briefly level as Mickelson and Kuchar outclassed Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer, who was recalled despite a poor first day.
While Garcia in particular missed opportunities on the green, Mickelson holed from 25 feet on the 10th and Kuchar drained a mammoth putt on 13.
Although Europe managed to extend the match to the 17th, Mickelson held his nerve to edge the US to a 2&1 victory.
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If McIlroy was the man to lead European cheers, then Reed provided encouragement to the home fans - not that it was needed.
Any suspicion that his formidable partnership with Spieth had crumbled after they gave away a four-hole lead in the morning foursomes was dismissed when Reed went five under between holes five and eight, including pitching in for an eagle at the par-five sixth.
When Rose and Stenson began to hole putts, they cut the deficit to one, but the fired-up Reed ensured there would be no repeat capitulation with birdies on 14 and 15 as the point was sealed 2&1.
With Europe set to be behind when the singles started regardless, Darren Clarke's men badly needed any sort of score from Westwood and Willett's tight tussle with JB Holmes and Ryan Moore.
Westwood, like Kaymer, was a captain's pick who struggled on day one, but looked to be proving his worth with delightful putts on seven and 10.
But, from all-square after 16, both Englishmen made bogey on the par-three 17th, only for a half to be seemingly guaranteed by Westwood's wonderful approach to the last. Then came the awful miss and a one-hole defeat.
Europe's Sergio Garcia speaking to BBC Radio 5 live about the atmosphere: "It has been quite poor. 85% of people are great. I love playing in America and my girlfriend is American, but the 15% that is really bad makes them look bad, and I feel ashamed for my girlfriend. But it is what it is."
Europe's Rory McIlroy: "Someone just said a few derogatory things I thought were over the line. I tried to get him removed. It fuelled me a lot. The more they shouted, the better we played, so I hope they shout at us all day tomorrow."
Europe captain Darren Clarke: "We're going to have to work hard tomorrow. It's been done before from a worse position. We need to believe in ourselves. There is a precedent."
USA captain Davis Love: "I kept wanting to take Jordan and Patrick out to rest. But Tiger has been watching them and he said 'no, no, no, don't take my guys out'. It worked and I'm going to put them to bed early."
USA's Patrick Reed: "We had a huge lead early in the first match and let it slip and I was not going to let that happen again. I live for this kind of stuff - let's go some more. I can't wait for tomorrow."
Europe's Danny Willett: "It doesn't change the job in hand. The job is to win all 12 tomorrow. No one is on 14½ yet."
BBC chief sports writer Tom Fordyce:
It was a chastening late afternoon for Darren Clarke after his team had done so well to claw themselves back across the previous two sessions.
At one point midway through Saturday's fourballs a European lead going into the singles looked possible; even at the death it appeared they might be just two points down, a tough ask but considerably better than Clarke could have hoped for after losing 4-0 on the first morning.
But those two short putts missed by his friend and wildcard pick Lee Westwood both raised questions over the selection and gave the US - inspired by the brilliant Patrick Reed - a stranglehold that they are unlikely to release.
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Michael Bolingbroke, 50, will join the East Kilbride-based five-a-side football venue specialist on 13 June.
The move follows the appointment last week of a veteran leisure industry figure to lead Goals.
Mark Jones is leaving the Rank Group to become chief executive on 1 July.
Mr Bolinbroke, who joined Inter Milan in 2014, was chief operating officer of Premier League football club Manchester United from 2007.
He was previously a senior vice-president at Cirque du Soleil and a senior vice-president at The Jim Henson Company. He is also a qualified chartered accountant.
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Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny told a gathering in Philadelphia on Sunday that the decision had been taken at a cabinet meeting last week.
He said it was a "clear recognition of the importance that Ireland attached to her citizens wherever they were".
The move was recommended by a Constitutional Convention in 2013.
Last July, the Diaspora Minister Joe McHugh said there was a commitment to hold a referendum.
An options paper will be published later this month outlining arrangements on how to register citizens abroad, and how to facilitate voting outside of the Republic of Ireland.
This will then be discussed during the Global Irish Civic Forum in Dublin in May.
The referendum is unlikely to be held this year, and if it passes, would come into effect for the presidential election after the one set for 2018.
During his visit to Philadelphia, at the beginning of the taoiseach's annual St Patrick's Day trip, Mr Kenny told a separate gathering that the "plight" of thousands of illegal Irish immigrants living in the United States would be an "absolute priority" during his visit.
He has vowed to raise the issue with President Donald Trump and said that undocumented Irish immigrants wanted to remain and contribute in the US.
The orders were made to fired national security adviser Michael Flynn and lawyer Michael Cohen.
The committee is one of several probes into alleged meddling by Moscow in last year's presidential election, and any collusion with the Trump campaign.
All of them have been dismissed by the president as "fake news".
There were also subpoenas reportedly issued to the CIA, the National Security Agency and the FBI seeking records related to the "unmasking" of Trump associates accidentally picked up in intercepted conversations.
Specialist inspectors will examine the rides and maintenance records at all theme parks in the region.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state's health and safety laws would also be audited.
And a new offence of gross negligence causing death could be created.
Penalties for workplace-related deaths and injuries may be increased.
Two men and two women were killed when Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned on Tuesday.
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Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson said the park would not reopen until after the funerals of the victims, while the rides will remain closed until police investigations are finalised.
The Queensland audit also follows another accident earlier this month when two men in their 20s were crushed to death by a concrete slab at Brisbane's Eagle Farm Racecourse.
The tourist attractions under scrutiny attract around 1.8m visitors each year. They include Australia Zoo, owned by the family of the late "Crocodile Hunter", Steve Irwin, and Sea World and Movie World on the Gold Coast.
The audits should be finished by the end of November.
At present, the maximum penalty under health and safety laws in Queensland is five years' imprisonment.
Individual officers can be fined up to $600,000 (£373,940 / $455,910) and corporations up to $3m (£1.8m / $2.2m).
The objective of the summit is to improve the global humanitarian system.
But it has been criticised by some aid groups as little more than show. Global medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has refused to attend.
The UN estimates that 130 million - more than ever before - are in need of humanitarian aid around the world.
And some 60 million people per year are being displaced by conflict, it says.
Opening the summit, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: "More people have been forced from their homes than at any time since the end of the Second World War.
"Every year the needs rise and the funding shortfalls grow."
The UN estimates there is a $15bn (£10bn) annual gap, as a result of humanitarian funds being pledged but not delivered.
Leaders or delegates from 175 countries are attending the summit, which will produce non-binding commitments. Its aims are to mobilise more funds for humanitarian aid, improve their distribution, and consider transferring money from larger national NGOs to smaller aid agencies operating on the ground.
About 65 heads of state will be present, though the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the only G7 leader to attend. The Russian government says its humanitarian proposals have been ignored and Vladimir Putin will not be attending.
The UK has sent International Development Secretary Justine Greening.
Stephen O'Brien, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, said the summit was a "once in a generation opportunity to set in motion an ambitious and far-reaching agenda".
But MSF has called the event a "fig-leaf of good intentions", arguing the summit will not pressurise states that violate humanitarian law and that no significant new commitments will be made.
Loretta Minghella, the Chief Executive of Christian Aid, said: "Words are not enough to solve the escalating needs of people whose lives are blighted by crisis. The success of the summit will depend on how energetically we collectively deliver against the promises that we are all launching."
And Oxfam Chief Executive Mark Goldring called on those attending the summit to make it more than "an expensive talking shop".
Humanitarian funding summits have come under fire recently as nations fail to follow up on financial pledges. Just a sixth of the funds pledged for victims of the Syrian conflict at a recent London summit have been committed, according to charity Concern Worldwide.
A report by the charity says that just $1.16 billion of the $6 billion pledged for 2016 has been committed, with 94% of donors failing to commit their full pledges.
Donald Lock, 79, died from multiple stab wounds on the A24 in Findon after his car collided with another vehicle on 16 July.
Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club, where he was a member for over 50 years, is organising the ride.
Matthew Daley, 34, of St Elmo Road, Worthing, has been charged with murder.
Cyclists from the club led Mr Lock's funeral procession to Worthing Crematorium on 12 August.
President Robert Downham said the route of Sunday's ride, from Goring Gap to Wiston Village Hall, was designed to allow as many people as possible to take part.
"We have made it short enough so people who aren't keen cyclists can tag along - the seafront is fairly flat anyway.
"The idea is to ride as a mass group to start off with and then split into smaller groups when we get to Lancing."
Mr Downham said Mr Lock would always be remembered at the cycling club.
"He had held various positions within the committee and he was always there to help people," he said.
"You could always go to him for assistance and advice on what you planned to do and how best to achieve it.
"He did a lot of racing himself and a lot of our club records still stand with his name on them.
"His last few roles were social secretary, magazine editor and press officer so, even though he wasn't racing, he was still involved heavily with the organisation of the club."
Mr Daley is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place. He is currently on remand in prison and due to appear at Hove Crown Court on 25 September.
During a visit to the fast-growing African state, Mr Mundell asked Mozambique's minister of industry and commerce to give Scotch geographical indication (GI) status.
The move would mean only whisky that has been made in Scotland could legally be sold as Scotch in the country.
Exports of whisky to Mozambique have risen strongly in recent years.
Mr Mundell raised the issue as part of an effort to promote Scottish exports during a tour of Mozambique and Malawi.
He said: "Whisky is one of Scotland's greatest success stories and it is important that our exporters get all the support they deserve.
"Our firms adhere to the highest standards and make a product which is recognised the world over.
"They should be protected from imitators, and consumers in Mozambique and elsewhere should be able to have confidence that what they are drinking is the real thing."
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost said: "It is great to see that Scotch Whisky is in such demand in Mozambique and we expect its popularity to increase as the country's economy grows.
"We have the same positive outlook for many African countries with a growing-middle class seeking out high-quality imported products such as Scotch.
"We are pleased that the British government is supporting Scotch whisky in Mozambique through the Secretary of State for Scotland's visit.
"As well as raising the profile of Scotch and the opportunities for producers, the visit is also a chance to talk about some of the challenges to doing business, for example high levels of taxation on Scotch in Mozambique."
Last year Scotch whisky won protected status in Africa for the first time, after Botswana recognised the spirit as a geographical indication (GI).
The SWA said at the time it expected to see demand for Scotch increase in African countries in future years as economies on the continent grew.
Eurostat said its initial estimate found inflation slowed to 1.5%, from 2.0% in February.
The European Central Bank targets inflation of close to, but below, 2%.
With inflation running close to that target, ECB chief Mario Draghi has been under pressure to wind-down efforts to stimulate the eurozone economy. But the latest report could ease that pressure.
According to Eurostat, the decline in inflation was partly due to lower oil prices, but food price inflation also eased.
"March's sharp slowdown in eurozone inflation was partly driven by temporary factors that will reverse in April, but the big picture is that inflation is now on a downward trend," said Jack Allen, eurozone economist at Capital Economics.
"There is little sign that declining unemployment is putting much upward pressure on wages and prices."
The ECB has been attempting to stimulate the eurozone economy with negative interest rates and a bond-buying programme.
Economists say the easing of inflation pressures will allow the ECB to keep those stimulus measures in place.
"The ECB is likely to maintain its view that the economic recovery has not put inflation on course to meet its medium-term goal. So we expect it continue purchasing assets well into 2018, and leave interest rates on hold until even later," Mr Allen said.
Dennis de Jong, managing director at UFX.com, said: "The decline this month after a four-year-high last time may indicate inflation has hit its peak, although you can't rule anything in or out at the moment. Germany especially will be hoping Draghi can continue to keep it under control."
The data did not have a big impact on the euro, which was trading a little higher against the dollar at $1.0687.
A revision of the inflation data, based on more complete information, will be released on 19 April.
The government made big play of the extra £8.4bn on top of inflation it was giving the NHS this parliament when it unveiled its spending plans last year.
But the Health Select Committee said the true figure was about £4.5bn.
The MPs said a different definition of spending was used to give the idea of more funding. Ministers have rejected the accusation.
The cross-party group of MPs said instead of focusing on the whole health budget ministers highlighted the amount going to the frontline via NHS England.
In 2015-16 that was about £101bn, but that ignored £15bn of money set aside for other aspects such as training and public health.
This is being cut once inflation is taken into account and means the total health budget rises from £116bn in 2015-16 to just over £120bn by the end of the parliament.
MPs said this was important because the cuts to other areas of spending would have an impact on everything from staffing to health promotion schemes, such as obesity programmes, which have a direct impact on the frontline of the NHS.
The committee also said the scale of overspending last year - NHS trusts finished 2015-16 £2.45bn in the red - would mean large chunks of the extra money being used to cover deficits.
Committee chair Dr Sara Wollaston added: "Whilst the NHS has been treated favourably compared to many other departments, the increase in health funding is less than was promised if assessed by usual definitions."
But a Department of Health spokesman said ministers stood by their figures, saying despite public finances being tight the government had found the money needed.
"We reject these conclusions," he said.
Meanwhile, leading researchers have questioned the government's policy of creating a seven-day NHS at a time when money is so tight.
Rachel Meacock, from the University of Manchester, called for a pause in the policy, saying the arguments made by the government that increasing staffing at weekends would cut death rates were "flawed".
She said pushing ahead with the policy could end up making care during the week worse because services would be stretched.
Prof Julian Bion, who leads an official research programme into NHS care at weekends, said the plans would be "unachievable" with the current level of funding.
He predicted it could even be a "good 20 years" before the policy was fully realised across both emergency and non-emergency care.
The qualifiers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, will have two groups of five with the top three from each going through to the Super Six stage.
Ireland are in Group A with India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Thailand.
The Scots will take on South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea in Group B.
Each side will play four matches in the first round of the Qualifier, with the top three sides carrying forward points they earn against teams which have also progressed to the Super Six stage from their group.
Then, in the Super Six stage, each side will play the three teams which have qualified from the other group.
The top four teams from the Super Six will join defending champions Australia, hosts England, former winners New Zealand and reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions West Indies in the World Cup, which takes place from 26 June to 23 July.
First round fixtures
Tuesday, 7 February: Sri Lanka v India (P Sara Oval); Ireland v Zimbabwe (MCA); South Africa v Pakistan (NCC); Bangladesh v Papua New Guinea (CCC)
Wednesday, 8 February:Sri Lanka v Ireland (NCC); India v Thailand (CCC); Pakistan v Bangladesh (P Sara Oval); Scotland v South Africa (MCA)
Friday, 10 February: India v Ireland (P Sara Oval); Thailand v Zimbabwe (MCA); Papua New Guinea v Pakistan (NCC); Bangladesh v Scotland (CCC)
Saturday, 11 February: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (NCC); Ireland v Thailand (CCC); South Africa v Bangladesh (P Sara Oval); Scotland v Papua New Guinea (MCA)
Monday, 13 February: Zimbabwe v India (P Sara Oval); Sri Lanka v Thailand (MCA); South Africa v Papua New Guinea (NCC); Pakistan v Scotland (CCC)
CCC = Colombo Cricket Club; MCA = Mercantile Cricket Association Ground; NCC = Nondescripts Cricket Club
NB Fixtures and start times are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made
The 21-year-old joined the Tykes in 2016 from Weston-super-Mare but has so far not made a first-team appearance for the Championship club.
Ash spent the much of last season back on loan at Weston-super-Mare, scoring 19 goals in 34 matches.
"I think that I can really progress here and I think I can do well for the team," he told the club website.
Members of the RMT union were due to stage three 24-hour strikes on 19, 26 and 29 August and ban overtime for 48 hours from 27 August in a row over job cuts, working conditions and safety.
But Virgin said the union had "returned to the table for further discussions".
RMT said the suspension "does not mean the dispute has been completely resolved".
"It has allowed... union representatives to go back into talks with management and to extend the deadline for taking industrial action to a further 28 days," RMT general secretary Mick Cash wrote in a note to union members.
Virgin said the decision came after it repeated its assurances over "no compulsory redundancies."
"We're pleased that the RMT has agreed to suspend industrial action and continue talks," said Virgin Trains' managing director David Horne.
The train firm had said its timetable would be "unaffected" during the walkouts.
The firm - which operates services to London, Edinburgh, Leeds and York - is making changes to customer-facing roles which it said "will help deliver clearer lines of responsibility for the customer experience on our trains."
It said it had ruled out any compulsory redundancies as a result of the changes.
However, the RMT had said the dispute involved about 1,800 members, and argued that Virgin Trains was trying to "bulldoze" through changes with almost 200 jobs under threat on the train line.
Two residents were badly injured jumping from windows of the building in Vanersborg, about 80km (50 miles) north of Gothenburg.
The cause of the fire is unknown though police have opened an arson inquiry.
Sweden is still debating controversial comments last week by US President Donald Trump on crimes related to its immigration policies.
The fire broke out on the third floor of one of the buildings at the Restad Farm shelter shortly after 04:00 local time (03:00 GMT).
Most of those hurt in the fire suffered minor injuries or smoke inhalation but two were taken to hospital.
The fire was quickly extinguished and the building cordoned off as an investigation got under way.
Figures from May 2016 said about 1,200 people were living in the accommodation.
Some 160 people lived in the affected building, the Goteborgs-Posten reported, and they were evacuated to a local gym.
On 18 February, President Trump referred to Sweden in a speech on immigration problems, baffling Swedes about a non-existent incident.
He suggested Sweden could face the kind of terrorist attacks that have hit France, Belgium and Germany, saying: "You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."
He later tweeted that his statement "was in reference to a story that was broadcast on FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden".
Some people suggested Mr Trump might have been referring to a clip aired on Fox News on the night before of a documentary about alleged violence committed by refugees in Sweden.
Sweden, with a population of about 9.5 million, saw a sharp increase in asylum seekers in 2015, with more than 162,000 people claiming asylum.
With the influx, tensions also rose with some isolated attacks on immigrants, as well as pro- and anti-migrant demonstrations.
There have been no terror attacks in Sweden since the country's open-door policy on migration began in 2013.
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The 21-year-old, of Portmead, Swansea, has been accused of placing an article with intent to cause alarm.
The alleged hoax saw Swansea's Quadrant Shopping Centre evacuated on 24 May - two days after 22 people were killed in the Manchester terror attack.
He was remanded in custody at Swansea Crown Court on Monday. A plea hearing is set to take place on 24 August.
Ireland has turned a corner after a catastrophic economic crash in 2008, boasting the fastest growth in the EU last year, at 6.9%.
Unemployment has fallen from 15% to below 9% and the country has won praise internationally.
That his government has a serious fight on its hands, with pollsters predicting a hung parliament, indicates that voters do not base their sentiments on economic data alone.
Punishing austerity cuts may have balanced the books but they have hit many hard.
Water charges, cuts in free healthcare for the seriously ill and education cuts for children with special needs have sparked national protests.
The EU view that the Irish have taken their austerity medicine quietly may not be correct, depending on the results after Friday.
Fine Gael's election slogan, 'Let's Keep The Recovery Going', might seem a positive pitch, but not to voters who say they are not feeling it.
Fine Gael's main opponents, centre-right Fianna Fail and leftist Sinn Fein, argue only a minority have benefited and that the recovery has been centred around Dublin, with rural Ireland gutted of local services and police stations and post offices closed across the country.
Adequate broadband is absent in many areas hindering business, and emigration has returned.
Speaking at a rally on Saturday evening in his hometown of Castlebar, County Mayo, Mr Kenny's exasperation at criticism of his recovery was given full vent.
"God knows we have some All-Ireland champions here in Castlebar. I don't mean Castlebar Mitchels (the local Gaelic Football team). I mean the whingers that I hear every week saying there's nothing happening."
A gradual apology took two days to complete.
The coastal town of Rush in rural north County Dublin is perhaps a microcosm of Ireland - with an urban-rural community and social spectrum from wealthy to poor. Many commute to work in Dublin while traditional industries like farming remain strong.
A walk through the town tells the dominant themes of this election: housing, healthcare, emigration, taxes and childcare costs.
A collapse in state and private house-building has sent rents and homeless numbers soaring. Emigration is at levels not seen in 30 years, while health cuts and staff shortages have led to serious overcrowding in hospitals.
Despite Ireland having the EU's youngest populations, lack of investment means parents must pay up to €1150 (£900) a month for private childcare while they work.
Karla Donohue (25), was an air hostess when her son Aaron was born three years ago. She's living with her parents because of this and sky-high rents for scarce accommodation: €1000 a month is typical for a small flat.
"Too much homelessness, not enough jobs and taking medical cards off people with disabilities," she says, when asked for her verdict on the government.
"The situation for housing is terrible: people in emergency accommodation in hotels for months. There has been some recovery but only a little I feel.
"The majority of my friends are abroad. There are better jobs over in Australia and New Zealand. They're building a better life. They wouldn't have done it over here, fighting to survive on bad wages."
When Irene Murphy's husband died, she had to move back to live with her mother, 27 years after she left as a young bride.
"I just had to give up where I was living - the rent was just too high," she says.
"Recovery? No way. There are so many people sleeping on the streets, and many people who do have houses are struggling in negative equity, like my daughter.
"My son had to leave. He's over in Trinidad," she says.
"The health service, however, in my experience has been good. My mother needs regular help at the moment and it's been good."
Single mother Amy Balfe, who has two children, had to move back in with her parents because of the housing shortage and austerity cuts to social welfare, meaning she could no longer afford rising rents.
A back injury meant she had to stop working but hopes to return to a job soon. "I've worked all my life and don't want to be reliant on social welfare".
"There's a recovery - slowly but surely," she says. "We need to push to get people back to work and back working to build houses. All the plumbers, electricians and carpenters who went abroad, we want them back."
Ben Connor has come back after eight years working in Prague.
"For the elite there's a recovery, but it's not filtered down to the ordinary working-class people of this country," he says.
"Between stealth taxes and the taxes that Irish people are suffering, the Irish people are just taking it on the chin. It's terrible.
"The banks are repossessing houses from people in debt. Do they forget that the people of the Republic of Ireland helped the banks out, who are now throwing people out on the street? It's a disgrace."
Emigration has hit his family too. His son had a driving school but left for Australia.
"The rules and regulations for small businesses make it just impossible to operate," says Mr Connor.
Paediatric nurse Sandra Sweetman set up a shop with her mother, selling clothes for mothers and babies.
While her mother says the economy is improving, Sandra says trading is difficult with high business rates, a by-product of austerity cuts impacting on local authorities.
"Health, education and the right to call somewhere home are the key issues in this election," she says.
Those not covered by social welfare typically pay €50 for a visit to the doctor. Public health can mean lengthy waits for treatment, and health insurance is felt to be essential for those who can afford it.
Overcrowding in hospitals means some patients are stuck for days in corridors on trolleys, with over 500 patients on trolleys or makeshift beds across the Republic on Tuesday this week, according the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
"I lived in France," says Sandra. "They pay higher taxes but invest it and it is money well spent. We are getting there - but we must act on health and education."
Farmer Enda Weldon, who has two children in Italy and Australia, has noticed an improvement in the economy but does not want to see a return to the fast growth of the Celtic Tiger years.
"There's a bit more stirring, it's a bit more normal. We probably don't want to go back to the boom times anyway, a time when money had no value. Many people are still in trouble because of those times. But taxes now are very high."
While most debate has focused on domestic issues, he says climate change is a worry for him too in his vegetable farming business.
He's one of the few in the street not to blame politicians. "I don't think there's a lot they can do about it. It's down to people, but it's up to politicians to drive that."
Fiona Winter admitted pushing a pram containing a three-year-old girl onto a road in Perth without looking and while under the influence of drink and drugs on 23 April this year.
The 35-year-old, of Dundee, pleaded guilty to exposing the child to "the likelihood of unnecessary suffering" at Perth railway station.
Sentence was deferred for reports.
Perth Sheriff Court heard Winter was supposed to be looking after the child when she was seen staggering around the streets of Perth.
Police were called, and found she was heavily under the influence of drink and drugs.
The court heard Winter has 11 previous convictions dating back 15 years, including for possession of heroin, shoplifting, assault, theft, breach of the peace and making false statements to police.
The event, which showcases Scottish farming, food and drink and rural living, will run until Sunday 21 June.
The event will include the showcasing of thousands of livestock, equestrian shows, forestry events and cooking competitions and demonstrations.
In 2014, the show attracted nearly 180,000 visitors, and had an estimated economic impact of £47m.
The show, organised by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, has a particular focus on food production this year, to tie in with 2015 being Scotland's Year of Food and Drink. There will be live tastings and cooking demonstrations designed to educate both children and adults on how the food they eat is produced.
Meanwhile, the show serves a practical purpose for those working in the agricultural sector, as the trade show gives farmers a chance to look into the industry's latest technologies and developments.
The first Royal Highland Show was held in 1822 in Edinburgh's Canongate, on a site now occupied by the Scottish Parliament. Until 1960, it moved location every year.
It has been held at Ingliston every year since 1960 - except in 2001, when foot and mouth disease meant the show was cancelled.
The accident happened in heavy fog on a major highway linking the capital Ljubljana with the Adriatic coast, according to the reports.
Several other people were injured in the crash, which closed the key route in both directions.
Rescuers have been working at the scene and it is not clear if people remain in the wreckage.
They will be permanently exhibited at a colonial-era cloister in Cartagena's historic centre.
Garcia Marquez set several of his works in the city, including Love in the Time of Cholera.
He died in Mexico in April 2014, where he lived for many years with his family.
The decision by his wife Mercedes Barcha and his two sons to bring his cremated remains to Cartagena was welcomed by his Colombian friends and many others in the country.
Garcia Marquez arrived in the city in 1948 and found a job as a journalist with a local newspaper, El Universal. To the end of his life, he kept a holiday home in Cartagena, which he visited frequently.
The celebrated author of One Hundred Years of Solitude also established a foundation there to train Latin American journalists, the Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano.
Its director, Jaime Abello, said the decision to bring his remains to the city made sense.
"Cartagena is where Garcia Marquez built his home, the only one he ever built," he said. "Many members of his family live there and it's where his parents are buried."
"Garcia Marquez and his wife never stopped being Colombian, despite living many years abroad," said Mr Abello.
Owners of new donor dogs are being urged to sign up for the event, which is being held on Sunday.
The session takes about 40 minutes, of which 10 minutes is for the donation.
Dogs must be fit and healthy, between one and eight years old, weigh more than 25kg, have a good temperament, have never travelled abroad, be vaccinated and not on any medication.
Potential donor owners need to register for Sunday's event on the Pet Blood Bank website.
Pat Galbraith's 22-month-old West Highland Terrier, Lacie, nearly died last summer after collapsing at her home in Ross-shire.
She was later diagnosed with Immune Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia, a condition where Lacie's immune system attacks her own red blood cells.
Ms Galbraith said Lacie would not be around to celebrate her second birthday if it had not been for blood supplied by Pet Blood Bank UK.
She urged fellow dog owners to consider putting their own dog forward as a donor for the Pet Blood Bank UK donation session.
Cardiff, who have scored only 17 league goals in 17 games so far this term, had two shots on target at Hillsborough.
Slade says he is close to signing a striker before the emergency loan window closes on Wednesday.
"We were a bit limited in terms of our options with one or two injuries," Slade said.
"I used all the options possible by bringing Sammy [Ameobi] on and young Matt Kennedy on in the end.
"I'm hoping it [a loan] will be sealed before Wednesday."
Cardiff faced Derby without injured duo Aron Gunnarsson and Anthony Pilkington, but Slade hopes they will be back in contention to face Burnley next Saturday.
Second-half goals from George Thorne and Andreas Weimann secured victory for Derby County, who moved up to fourth in the table.
Despite defeat, Cardiff are only three points off the play-off places in ninth and Slade could not fault his team's efforts against Paul Clement's side.
"In terms of our attitude and work ethic we kept going forward and had a couple of opportunities," Slade added.
"I thought we competed with them really well and created a few chances in the first half, all be it Derby had the lion's share of play.
"Sometimes you've got to put your hands up and we were beaten by, in the end, the better side."
European Union leaders are holding a two-day summit to try to strike a seven-year spending deal, after a previous meeting in November failed.
But Mr Cameron said the figures being proposed "need to come down. And if they don't... there won't be a deal".
The European Commission head called for "a spirit of responsibility" in talks.
Jose Manuel Barroso said: "Further delays will send out a very negative message at this time of fragile economic recovery. The risk is that positions will harden and will be even more difficult to overcome."
By Gavin HewittEurope editor
The formal meeting has now begun, following a delay of several hours while leaders explored possible compromises in small groups.
Mr Cameron met his counterparts from Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden - leaders who are potential allies in the tough negotiations.
Mr Cameron also had a separate meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Barroso and the summit chairman, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. France's President Francois Hollande failed to turn up because of "scheduling difficulties", UK officials said.
Above-inflation EU spending at a time of cuts in national budgets is the main issue dividing the 27 member states.
The Commission - the EU's executive body - had originally wanted a budget ceiling of 1.025tn euros (£885bn; $1.4tn) for 2014-2020, a 5% increase. In November that ceiling was trimmed back to 973bn euros, equivalent to 943bn euros in actual payments.
But with other EU spending commitments included, that would still give an overall budget of 1.011tn euros.
The UK, Germany and other northern European nations want to lower EU spending to mirror the cuts being made by national governments across the Continent.
An EU source told BBC News any extra cut would probably be made to growth-related spending in areas such as energy, transport, the digital economy and research.
See a breakdown of the 2013 budget
The biggest spending areas - agriculture and regional development - are largely ring-fenced because of strong national interests, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The BBC's Europe editor Gavin Hewitt notes that whatever is agreed has still to go to the European Parliament, and MEPs are big backers of EU spending.
The summit was to have begun at 14:00 GMT on Thursday, but the formal session did not get under way until 19:45. "We needed more time to work on the compromise proposal," an unnamed EU official told AFP news agency.
A grouping led by France and Italy wants to maintain spending but target it more at investment likely to create jobs.
President Hollande told reporters on Sunday that conditions were "not yet in place" for a deal but also signalled that Paris was prepared to make compromises.
Mrs Merkel - seen as the main powerbroker in the summit - has already acknowledged that the talks will be "very difficult".
A European Commission spokesman warned that more severe cuts would leave the Commission unable to do its job as the EU integrated more deeply in response to the financial crisis.
"How can we imagine that an EU institution can ensure a proper banking union with a budget that is cut by whatever billions in figures we hear, here and there?" said spokesman Olivier Bailly.
"At the moment, there is a need for a reality check between the requests that are sent to the Commission, the Council, the Parliament, or the European Central Bank, and the budget - the means - that are given to these institutions to fulfil their commitments."
The split in the EU reflects the gap between richer European countries and those that rely most on EU funding.
The argument for higher spending is supported by many countries that are net beneficiaries, including Poland, Hungary and Spain.
Others, mostly the big net contributors, argue it is unacceptable at a time of austerity.
Germany, the UK, France and Italy are the biggest net contributors to the budget, which amounts to about 1% of the EU's overall GDP.
Analysts say failure to reach an agreement on its seven-year budget would mean the EU falling back on more expensive annual budgets.9
Skippy, nicknamed because of his resemblance to a kangaroo, was born fleeceless on a farm at Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire last week.
Rejected by its mother, the bald newborn has had to be bottle fed and kept warm in a fluffy fashioned fleece.
Sally-Ann Fisher, who is hand-rearing Skippy, said: "We felt a bit sheepish about his intended career so he's going into grassland management instead."
Ms Fisher, who farms with her partner near Ramsbury, said it had been a "bonkers week" after news of Skippy hit the headlines.
However, despite being born with "everything against him" the 12-day-old lamb was a "survivor", she said.
"We've had a change of heart about Skippy's intended career in the food industry," she said.
"Instead he's going into grassland management and will also be a lead sheep for our flocks of ewes.
"Years ago shepherds used to get a hand-reared male lamb and put a bell around it and it was much easier to bring the flocks off the fells - so he's going to have a similar role."
She added that Skippy was "ewe-phoric about the news".
The men's and women's pair, the men's quad and four and the lightweight men's and women's double scull boats will all be heading to Brazil.
They booked their places by reaching their respective world finals.
Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning were among those to win their semi-finals.
The only lift at Bluebird Lodge Community Hospital in Ipswich has been out of action since 6 June.
It has left 28 patients stuck on the first and second floors.
Jane Scoggins, of Ipswich, whose mother has been at the facility since May, said it was a "disgrace".
"It's very, very frustrating. Mum gets very down because she can't actually move out of the room and it is frustrating because we can't take dad to see her," she said.
"Dad's in a different care home and is too frail to use the stairs. He's got dementia and can't understand why he can't see his wife.
"Each time you go, you think it's going to be sorted but it's not."
The Mansbrook Boulevard facility, built 11 years ago, includes an inpatient unit and a range of clinics for outpatients.
The beds are used to care for patients who need rehabilitation, management of long-term conditions and end of life care.
Since the lift has been out of action, ambulance staff have had to ferry some of the patients up and down by using a carry chair or a four-man crew and stretchers.
Paul Fenton, director of estates at Ipswich Hospital, which runs the facility on behalf of NHS Property Services, said the parts to fix the lift were ordered from Germany and arrived on Tuesday.
He said: "We are really sorry this has happened and apologise for any distress and inconvenience this has caused for patients and their families.
"The situation is totally unacceptable and we've been trying to resolve it with NHS Property Services for some time."
The orchestra was on the brink of closure two years ago because of funding cuts.
However, it received a last-minute deal from Stormont and Belfast City Council.
Sir George, who is stepping down as chair later this week, said the orchestra's financial situation has greatly improved.
"Two years ago, to use an accounting term, we weren't sure we we were going to be able to say it was a going concern - that is that you could look ahead 12 months and say you were going to be solvent," he said.
"This year, already, we know that we're going to be getting funding from government sources that will make our future secure."
The orchestra is the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland.
It plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and the Waterfront Hall.
The pair put on 191 for the first wicket before Westley was trapped lbw by spinner Jeetan Patel for 108.
Pettini struck 126, with 10 fours and two sixes, as Essex piled up 320-5.
Warwickshire and former England batsman Jonathan Trott made 51, but he was removed by Westley (2-26) as the visitors were bowled out for 168.
Left-armer Reece Topley also shone with the ball for the hosts claiming 4-29.
Essex now top the early Group B table with two wins and a no result, while Warwickshire are bottom with two defeats and a washed out game.
Essex opener Tom Westley:
"I wouldn't say it was a difficult wicket but we had to work hard for the runs so to put on 191 with Mark (Pettini) for the first wicket was very rewarding.
"That set the platform for others to come in and finish the job off. Then the way the bowlers backed that up was fantastic."
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown:
"Essex played very well but was a still a disappointing result, more so because we failed to reach the standards we set ourselves."
They show a huge frozen craterless area north of Pluto's icy mountain region.
At the edges, troughs are filled with dark material and even small mounds.
Scientists say it could be caused by the surface bulging due to heating from below.
The icy plains also show dark streaks that are a few miles long. The streaks all go in the same direction and scientists think they may have been produced by winds blowing across the frozen surface.
Scientists say this is the "heart of Pluto" and that the green colouring shows an increase in frozen carbon monoxide in this area.
But they've said they are trying not to jump to early conclusions about the pictures, until they get more data from the spacecraft.
The New Horizons probe has so far, only sent back around 2-3% of its data that it stored after the flyby.
The crane crashed into the Grand Mosque as it was full of worshippers, almost two weeks before the Hajj pilgrimage.
Officials say strong winds and heavy rains caused the crane to fall.
Correspondents say there had previously been concerns about safety on Saudi construction sites.
King Salman visited the site late on Saturday, and then met survivors of the accident in hospital.
"We will investigate all the reasons [of the collapse] and afterwards declare the results to the citizens," the official Saudi news agency quoted him as saying.
The victims were said to include worshippers from Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Egypt and Pakistan.
The Grand Mosque, known as the Masjid al-Haram, is the largest mosque in the world and surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba.
At least 230 people were injured in the incident on Friday. It is unclear how many people were hurt by the collapse or the stampede that followed it.
Videos posted online showed the moment the structure collapsed, with a loud crash followed by panic and shouting. Bodies and blood could be seen on the floor of the mosque.
The head of Saudi Arabia's civil defence agency, Lt Sulayman Bin-Abdullah al-Amr, said an investigation was being carried out to assess the damage, and the "extent of the safety of these sites".
Up to two million people are expected to arrive in Mecca for the Hajj from all over the world later this month.
Saudi officials say the crane disaster will not prevent the Hajj going ahead.
Irfan Al-Alawi, from the Islamic Heritage Research Foundation, told the BBC that the Grand Mosque is currently surrounded by 15 large cranes amid major redevelopment work.
"The entire area is like a salvage yard," Mr al-Alawi said.
"Saudi Arabia has to re-think its health and safety strategy," he said, "as there were 800,000 people in the mosque area at the time of the accident."
The original parts of the Grand Mosque date back 1,400 years. Consisting of a large square surrounded by covered prayer areas, the building has since been extensively modernised, notably from the mid-20th Century.
Saudi authorities began a major expansion of the site last year to increase the area of the mosque by 400,000 sq m (4.3m sq ft), to allow it to accommodate up to 2.2 million people at once.
The latest thinking on tackling falls is included in new guidelines for doctors, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Falls are one of the leading causes of death for old people.
Age UK said implementing the recommendations was crucial for improving services.
A third of over 65s and half of over 80s will fall each year, and it is thought that 14,000 people in the UK die as a result.
Treatment costs the NHS in England around £4.6m a day.
Experts from the British and American Geriatrics Societies have reviewed the medical research since the last set of guidelines was published in 2001.
The updated advice recommends exercises which improve strength and balance such as the Chinese martial art Tai Chi.
It also acknowledges that medications which affect the brain, such as anti-depressants and sleeping pills, are strongly linked with falls.
These drugs should now no longer be prescribed or the dose reduced. In 2001, this was only recommended when patients were taking more than four drugs.
When doctors assess the risk of falling they should now also examine feet, home safety and the fear of falling.
Other recommendations include prescribing vitamin D supplements, raising low blood pressure and cataract surgery.
Doctor Mary Tinetti, who revised the guidelines and is from Yale University School of Medicine, said: "Falls are one of the most common health problems experienced by older adults and are a common cause of losing functional independence.
"Given their frequency and consequences, falls are as serious a health problem for older persons as heart attacks and strokes."
Dr Finbarr Martin, consultant geriatrician at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, said Tai Chi was important: "It focuses on balance rather than strength which is less important for most older people who are actually strong enough, but Tai Chi is not good for the very frail."
Andrew Harrop, director of policy and public affairs at Age UK, said: "Currently there are large variations in the quality of falls prevention services provided across the UK and it is crucial that these guidelines are put into practice to ensure that future falls are prevented.
"With research showing that programmes for improving strength and balance can reduce the risk of falls by as much as 55%, the recommendation that interventions for preventing falls should include an exercise component is particularly welcome."
Winger Floyd Ayite is available after Africa Cup of Nations duty, but Neeskens Kebano is still in Gabon.
Hull boss Marco Silva has no new injury concerns but is expected to rotate.
Ryan Mason remains in hospital, Curtis Davies is still out and Ahmed Elmohamady and Dieumerci Mbokani are involved in the Africa Cup of Nations.
To be more accurate, I should probably say that the paper is capable of being interpreted in all of those ways, rather than risk implying that the authors intended to do more than run the numbers and see what popped up.
What they're talking about is climate change in Europe, specifically between 1500 and 1800 AD - a period that encompasses the so-called Little Ice Age.
It also encompasses a period that historian Eric Hobsbawm dubbed the General Crisis, when Europe was beset by a number of wars, inflation, migration and population decline.
So did the cold cause the chaos?
The method employed by David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and his colleagues was basically to look for a chain of causality in changes in things such as temperature, crop yield, migration, famine, and war.
On the one hand, their top line conclusion, contained in the paper's title, brooks little argument: "Climate change is the ultimate cause of large-scale human crisis".
Breaking that down, the chain of causality flowed from temperature changes through alterations in biological productivity to the impacts that might make up a "crisis" - war, famine, pestilence, migration and population loss.
"We conclude that climate change was the ultimate cause of human crisis in pre-industrial societies," they write.
So let me work backwards through the list of possible interpretations that I mentioned at the top of this post.
First, a statement of the obvious perhaps, because clearly in a pre-industrial society if you have a drastic change in climate (such as the rains not falling for several years) it's going to have a dramatic impact.
On the other hand, it's an insightful piece of work, because it tracks the chain of causality in a way that hasn't been done previously (at least as far as I can see) - producing what I believe is usually termed a "fine-grained" picture of events.
Why might it be thought of as scary? Pretty obviously, because if computer model projections are correct, major climate changes are coming within decades.
They might not be especially marked within Europe compared with Africa and other parts of the tropics.
But in a way, that's also the scary bit; because as has often been noted before, countries with the least developed infrastructures are in general more likely to be facing the biggest impacts.
Yet the word "development" may also give a dollop of comfort here and there.
And you can pick it up by looking at what's happening in Australia now.
As Jason Margolis from the BBC's The World co-production reports this week, the country is having to deal at the moment with a major drought, which could be here to stay - that bit's not certain, but a major regime shift to hotter and drier conditions is eminently possible.
The future is all to play for, but in Australia we are seeing indications of how a society can adapt to climate impacts - provided it has the wealth and infrastructure to do so.
One thing that I don't think can be considered comforting - though others may disagree - is that this PNAS analysis looked at a crisis caused by cooling, whereas in the near future it's warming to worry about.
As Australia among other countries shows, too little water as well as too much leads to trouble; and it surely matters not whether crop yields are cut by cold or heat.
The other big change since the 1600s is, of course, the number of people on the planet.
Dr Zhang's group notes that climatic shifts on the scale of a Little Ice Age would probably have had a small impact in North America because there was so much more land easily available for growing food.
With the human population set to top seven billion within a month or so, pushing up against the relatively small bits of forest and pristine nature we have left, that's a state of affairs that's been turned on its head the world over.
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Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan said officers would "go forward" to confront gunmen in a marauding attack.
She was speaking after an exercise to test the way armed officers would deal with an incident in a shopping centre.
This routine training was arranged before the Paris attacks.
The firearms tactics were made public for the first time after the training exercise, although the approach has been used since the attacks in Mumbai, India in 2008.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says although negotiation is still an option, armed officers are now trained to meet the threat head on, rather than stand back.
The Paris attacks appear to have reinforced the view within policing that officers need to go forward, he added.
Ms Gallan, Scotland Yard's head of specialist crime and operations, said the policy "would potentially save the most lives".
"We appreciate within that there could be casualties and when meeting that threat they will have to walk over casualties that might have been injured and wait for somebody else to treat them as they go forward," she said.
She added that the casualties might also include officers' colleagues.
"The most important thing is to actually get to the threat and stop them killing additional people, and that is why we've got to keep going forward and not tend to those that are injured at the time," she said.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
At 11:00 GMT on Tuesday, a group of men with guns stormed an empty office complex in central London.
It was the latest in a series of terrorism training exercises for police firearms officers, which have an extra sense of urgency about them since the Paris attacks.
The air inside the building soon filled with grenade smoke and the sound of gunshots, though the weapons fired paintball pellets rather than live rounds, one of few concessions to health and safety. This is about as realistic as a training session can be.
There remains a place for patient negotiations; incidents will still be assessed case by case.
But police know they have to be able to confront attackers head on, at speed, without looking back - and training is the best way to prepare.
There are more than 2,000 firearms officers in the Met and Ms Gallan said there was a "very good possibility" there would be an increase in the number of officers trained and authorised to carry guns.
The training exercise simulated a group of terrorists armed with guns and bombs storming a shopping centre.
It took place in the City of London and was part of annual training for the Met's authorised firearms officers.
Armed response patrols in London have been stepped up since the attacks in Paris last month, which left 130 people dead and hundreds more injured.
The group calling itself Islamic State has said it carried out the wave of shootings and suicide bombings, which targeted a concert hall, bars and restaurants.
Camp residents and aid workers were among those killed when the air force bombed Rann, in Borno state, thinking it was a base of Boko Haram militants.
It was the biggest known botched attack in eight years of fighting the group.
The Nigerian army says it is engaged in a "final push" against the Islamists.
Commanders have apologised for the "accidental" bombing, which they said was because of "the fog of war".
Human Rights Watch said this did not absolve them of responsibility, and called for compensation for the victims.
A local government official from the area, Babagana Malarima, said a mistake had been made when it was earlier reported that the number of those killed had risen to 236.
The error had been made by those in the camp settlement who had added the number of dead to the number of injured to come up with the figure, he told the BBC.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack last Tuesday, the medical charity MSF said 52 people had died.
The wounded were treated in an MSF tented clinic as there are no hospitals in Rann, where displaced people are living in makeshift shelters.
An aid worker told the BBC that the attack, in which at least two bombs were dropped, caused terror and chaos at the camp.
He said he saw dead children lying on the ground, others left as orphans and terrible injuries among survivors.
Aid workers estimated 20,000-40,000 people had been sheltering in Rann, near the border with Cameroon, after fleeing attacks by Boko Haram.
The emergency services official, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said all those who had died at Rann had now been buried.
Those critically injured were still receiving treatment in the state capital, Maiduguri, while others were being treated locally by international aid agencies and local services.
The Red Cross has said it has distributed food to more than 25,000 people in Rann since Saturday.
It said they had received enough rice, beans, oil, salt and corn soya blend to last for five weeks.
"People in Rann were happy to receive food. They have been isolated by rains and poor quality roads since June and running very low on food supplies," said Red Cross economic security coordinator Mohammed Sheikh-Ali.
"At the beginning of January, we laid sand bags on the road for our trucks to be able to cross. We got 12 trucks full of food to Rann last week on the day of the air strike, which prevented us [from distributing]. As soon as medical evacuations were over, we organised the distribution with the help of the community."
Twenty aid workers from the Nigerian Red Cross were among the casualties in the air attack.
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The supermarket giant said it was consolidating its customer engagement centres (CEC) on to a single site in Dundee, creating 250 jobs.
Cardiff North MP Anna McMorrin said she would write to UK Business Secretary Greg Clark to "make interventions".
Staff have spoken of their shock, upset and anger and claim the company is not answering their questions.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said he was seeking "an urgent meeting with Tesco" to discuss options for workers and would ensure they had access to Welsh Government support.
"Tesco are in no doubt about our deep disappointment at their decision and the way they have gone about telling not only the Welsh Government but the workers," he told BBC Wales.
"We are deploying the React programme to make sure that those people who could face losing their jobs get all the support they need to get back into work.
"We are also engaging with other companies in the Cardiff City region to find opportunities for people who could be affected.
"We are already hearing from the likes of BT, British Gas and Admiral about opportunities for those workers who could be affected.
"First and foremost we are calling on Tesco to reconsider this decision. I don't understand how they can take away 1,100 jobs and then just reintroduce 250 elsewhere."
Ms McMorrin raised the issue during business questions at Parliament on Thursday, saying some staff found out via social media.
"This is shocking and wholly unacceptable behaviour and will be devastating for all those concerned and their families" she said, adding she wanted Tesco to reconsider their plans.
Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, called the announcement "completely unacceptable" and said she would also seek a response from Mr Clark.
The Usdaw union will be entering detailed talks with Tesco on Friday and believe they can make the business case for work staying in Cardiff.
Rose Bevan, Usdaw area officer for Cardiff and Vale, said it was a fantastic workplace and "like a big family".
"The news was catastrophic for everyone and they're all trying to support each other in there."
Meanwhile, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he had "challenged" Tesco chief executive Matt Davies over the decision.
"He's explained to me the rationale of their view," said Mr Cairns.
"I also want to know what package of support could well be on the table, in relation to shifting some jobs to Dundee.
"I want to make sure we're not being undermined by the Scottish Government in that respect."
Tesco is proposing to close the Cardiff CEC in February and a three-month consultation has started.
Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens said: "My concern, and my suspicion is, that possibly some of the work is being outsourced.
"Because Tesco already has an outsourcing arrangement in Bangalore for some of its back office functions and also some of the overflow of calls to the centre [in Cardiff] to Bangalore in peak times."
She said Wales' apparent boom in call centres in the past few years, which has seen several open especially in Swansea, Newport and Cardiff, was down to more people buying services online.
But she said staff at Tesco's Cardiff centre had a number of specialist jobs, including an "innovative" social media team, and politicians wanted to ensure they were retained in Wales.
"It's very difficult to find alternative work and the reality is Dundee is not a reasonable alternative for very many people to relocate," she said.
Sandra Busby, managing director of the Welsh Contact Centre Forum, called the decision disappointing.
But she added: "We're confident there are more than enough vacancies in the contact centre job market."
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Newcastle's 2-1 victory was their seventh consecutive league win and strengthened their position at the top of the table.
But Warnock felt Cardiff should have had a late penalty after defender Sean Morrison was fouled by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
"It's an absolutely nailed-on penalty and I'm so disappointed," Warnock said.
"The linesman is 20 yards away, the referee is quite close and we're all waiting for him to point to the spot and the linesman gives a free-kick the other way.
"At this level officials have got to be better educated to know when a penalty's given.
"There were a few contentious decisions that didn't go for us but all credit to the players, I thought they were super.
"When you see the effort that my team put in and to be let down by people who should know better."
Goals from Christian Atsu and Yoan Gouffran gave Newcastle a 2-0 half-time lead.
Cardiff had chances, with Craig Noone, Rickie Lambert and Sol Bamba all failing to hit the target from promising positions before Peter Whittingham scored with 13 minutes left.
"I thought we looked a good decent side in the second half," Warnock added.
"They [Newcastle] started to panic and we had some good chances.
"You could tell the relief when the whistle goes because they knew only one team was going to score in the second half. We deserved better."
The Bluebirds, who are a point above the relegation zone, resume their Championship campaign at home to high-flying Huddersfield Town on Saturday, 19 November.
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Full-back Niamh Briggs is the captain of the Ireland rugby union team. This year Ireland will host the World Cup and in this special column - written for Women's Sport Week 2017 - Niamh explains the challenges of preparing for the tournament as an amateur team, striking the right balance between work and sport and the importance of victory to the growth of the game.
I can think back to many proud moments during my career - winning my first Ireland cap, the Grand Slam in 2013, beating New Zealand, my 50th cap, and beating Scotland on the final day of the Six Nations in 2015 to lift the trophy - but winning the World Cup would top it all.
With Ireland hosting the tournament, we want to show what we are made of - and we won't be settling for the semi-finals again, like we did in 2014.
I balance rugby with my full-time job for An Garda Síochána (the police force in Ireland).
Being a Garda was always something I wanted to do. I did not want to sit in an office all day; I wanted a job where I would be active and meet people.
In many ways, the qualities that attracted me to the Gardaí are similar to the things I appreciate most about playing sports.
And the job marries with sport very well - both rugby and the Gardaí have been great for me and I'm fortunate to have incredibly supportive and understanding bosses.
I'm able to train in the mornings for a few hours before work - and as someone who often over-thinks things, I find work helps distract from rugby. Likewise sport and training take my mind off work.
Finding the balance between training, games, and work can be tough and to manage you have to be willing to accept that you'll have little time for anything else.
I make personal sacrifices but I do it because I love it. Knowing that it cannot last forever is the hugely motivating factor.
As an amateur side, the Ireland team is made up of players with a diverse range of jobs.
We have students, teachers and lecturers. Some work for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), while Claire Molloy is a doctor. This can make training tough.
We have week-long training camps a couple of times over the summer but outside of that train in regional centres.
I'm based in Limerick, so train at the University of Limerick (UL), where the Munster lads train, with a couple of other girls from the team, but we have regional centres in Cork, Galway, Belfast and Dublin. The majority of players can make it to one of those.
Unfortunately, a couple of the girls have to train on their own. Molloy, for example, lives and trains alone in Wales.
Finding the strength to train alone like that is phenomenal. It's extremely difficult to get the best out of yourself in sessions and sometimes, after work when you are tired, you are reliant on the ability of the people around you to push you through.
I have always been incredibly sporty. I was quite a shy child growing up, and lacked in self-esteem, but sport gave me the opportunity to have another, more confident, persona.
My dad's job meant we moved around a bit. When I started a new school or was thrust into in a new area, sport was the way I settled in. It was a common language.
I'm now 32 but I didn't actually start playing rugby until I was 21. I was playing Gaelic football at a fairly high level when I was asked to take part in a tag tournament at my local rugby club. I won the player of the tournament prize.
In my small town - Dungarvan, in Waterford - women's sports teams would struggle for numbers. So when asked to join, I said: "I'll come and play rugby if you come and play Gaelic football." That's what teams had to do to survive at that stage.
Women's rugby itself in Ireland is still in its infancy. Professionalism isn't yet an option. There is still a lot of work to do building the domestic game's foundations before a professional women's league is sustainable.
The women's game only came under the umbrella of the IRFU in 2008 - and there are still big barriers that we have to overcome.
Some clubs still don't have girls' teams. We need to make every club accessible - that's really important. Once they're in, it's all about trying to keep them.
Often we only have a couple of teams that are, say, under-15 or under-18 in close proximity to each other so they might not be able to play that many competitive games.
It's vital that we keep working to generate those pathways into the game for girls.
There's an onus on us all as women rugby players. We speak about it as a national team. You go out, you play, and you leave the jersey in a better place for the next person who puts it on - and that filters down to club and provincial level.
I don't like to use the term the term 'role model' but that's what we get called, and is how we have to act.
England and France provide excellent models for where women's rugby can go. They have huge numbers participating and that needs to be our ultimate aim.
A big part of growing the game comes as a consequence of our success as a team. We have reaped big benefits from our success in the Six Nations in recent years and reaching the semi-finals of the last World Cup.
Our 2014 victory over the All Blacks - who had not lost in the World Cup since 1991 - felt incredible. And if we can put in a good shift at this summer's World Cup on home soil and get the country behind the sport in the same way our New Zealand win did, that can only be good for the game. We have to take the opportunity to build a strong legacy.
The prospect of captaining Ireland at a World Cup on home soil is very exciting. It would be a hugely proud moment for me and my family - but I have to get picked first!
I have been very fortunate to have a good bunch of senior girls in the team who are able to take on leadership roles when needed and we very much work together at it.
I learned a lot from Fiona Coghlan, and watched Brian Driscoll and Paul O'Connell, but ultimately it's about being comfortable in the role.
I've missed a lot of rugby this year. That takes its toll mentally. You will always worry about your place in a World Cup year but the support from staff and the team has been great. I have just been concentrating on getting myself back in, getting fit again, showing what I can do in training, and putting my hand up for selection.
I wouldn't like to be coach Tom Tierney having to select a squad of 28 for this World Cup. There are 48 training in the extended squad working really hard.
This breeds a lot of competition and that's what you want. If we are to do well, we need really good players who can stand up to the test of international competitions.
To be involved in a cross-border tournament in Ireland is a proud achievement for us.
Sport is powerful enough to make political divisions fade into the background, to the extent that being part of an all-Ireland team doesn't even figure in our consciousnesses as players.
We all want to play in games where the stakes are high and we want to play with the best.
The World Cup won't be a walk in the park. We have a tough group with France, Australia and Japan.
France beat us to third place last time round, Australia have some very strong sevens players coming back into their team, and Japan are putting huge resources into the sport before hosting the next men's World Cup.
In Ireland, there's been a huge shift towards women's sport generally and particularly women's rugby. The more our games are televised - and the more that people can see we're good athletes and good rugby players - the bigger that shift will be.
We want to win the World Cup and we're preparing to win it.
Niamh Briggs was speaking to Suzanne Wrack for BBC Sport.
The origins of the ritual are unclear but according to legend, the rite dates back to the 16th Century when the people of the village were spared the plague by their patron saint Lorenzo and in return sent horses into the wild.
But the undoubted drama of the "Rapa des Bestas" is to animal rights activists a show of unnecessary brutality.
Pictures by Daniel Rodrigues.
At 06:30 on a July morning, some 100 people - fathers, sons and friends - gather in Sabucedo. Prayers are said and they head for the hills in search of the "beasts". Fog hampers the search as they cover long distances across breathtaking landscape looking for the horses.
A severe winter with torrential rain and freezing temperatures has hit the wild horses of Galicia hard.
Riders join the hunt to corral the horses together and bring them down from the hills.
The wild horses are known in Galicia as "brutes" and, as the round-up gathers pace, some of the horses struggle with each other. The clashes can sometimes turn violent.
Young and old take part in the search and when they feel they have rounded up as many horses as possible, they had back down the mountain to Sabucedo.
Tourists stand on the mountainside to watch the men and horses return.
The horses are driven down the main street in the village. Their final destination is the Curro, a circular pen that resembles a gladiatorial arena. The aim will be to force the horses, as many as 200 in number, to lie still on the ground for their manes and tails to be cut.
There are clear parallels with Spain's historical passion for bullfighting and the round-up tradition is popular throughout the Galicia region. However, the Sabucedo festival, which last four days, is the most popular and the most spectacular.
For up to two hours, a team from the village struggles with the horses in the Curro. It takes years of practice for the men and women of Sabucedo to work out how to overpower the wild horses. The children of the village look on because one day they, too, will take part.
The villagers reject the complaints of activists who condemn the brutality of the round-up. They argue part of the tradition now involves vaccination against diseases that the horses can pick up on the mountain.
Conditions inside the arena are crowded. Visitors to the village are only allowed to watch from outside the pen, because of the potential hazards.
Critics say that the act of wrestling the horses to the ground distresses the animals. Fights between the horses are not uncommon.
Legend has it that the strongest horses are considered sacred. So their ears are cut by villagers to differentiate them from the other animals.
Once they are brought to the ground, the horses' manes and tails are cut. Four men are usually needed for the task: two to hold the horse's head, one for the tail and a fourth who cuts the mane and tail with scissors.
Rain and mud played a significant role in this year's round-up, which is rare even for this verdant region of Spain. By the end, the villagers are exhausted and the horses return to the mountains for another year.
Thousands of children were relocated to Australia and parts of the British Empire up to 1974.
Many experienced "unacceptable depravity", the first hearing in the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales has heard.
One migrant, David Hill, called for perpetrators to be "named and shamed".
Meanwhile the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has apologised and referred itself to the information commissioner after mistakenly sending out confidential information relating to abuse victims.
Mr Hill was 12 when he was sent with his two brothers to the Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia.
He told the hearing: "We'll never be able to undo the great wrong that was done to these children.
"But what is important to the survivors of sexual abuse is where this inquiry is satisfied with the evidence - name the villains.
"Many of them are beyond the grave and therefore beyond the law.
"But it would bring a great deal of the comfort to the people who as children were victims of these people if they were named and shamed."
Inquiry counsel Henrietta Hill QC said claims of "systematic sexual abuse" in institutions and work environments would be heard throughout the inquiry.
The children, she said, were sent without consent of parents, wrongly told they were orphans, and denied basic details about their family backgrounds during their future lives.
For the government, Samantha Leek QC said: "Child migration is wrong. It should not have been sanctioned or facilitated...
"The lifelong consequences for those involved are a matter of deep and sincere regret."
In 2009, the Australian government apologised for the cruelty shown to the child migrants.
Britain also made an apology in 2010. The apology contained no specific mention of sexual abuse.
The abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad
By BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds
One of the many criticisms levelled at the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual abuse centre on the view that it is too focused on the past.
This investigation dates back to 1945, but some of the child migrants are still alive, and their mistreatment as children is undeniable.
Perhaps, then, this is safe ground for a public inquiry hoping to demonstrate its value following two and a half years of controversy.
The hearings may well be able to establish the wider pattern of sexual abuse, which permeated the institutions abroad which received children.
This has never been attempted by a previous official investigation.
The inquiry panel will also be able to draw conclusions from the sheer length of time it has taken for some of those abused to disclose what happened, something that is likely to be a common theme in the inquiry's work.
However, on a day when this troubled project really started to be making progress, it managed to shoot itself in the foot by leaking sensitive data - not for the first time.
The first phase of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) inquiry is looking at the way organisations have protected children outside the UK.
Between 7,000 and 10,000 children were moved to Australia after World War Two.
They were recruited by religious institutions from both the Anglican and Catholic churches, or charities, including Barnardo's and the Fairbridge Society, with the aim of giving them a better life.
Many, however, went on to suffer physical and sexual abuse in homes and so-called farm schools run by religious orders and charities.
Aswini Weereratne QC, representing the Child Migrants Trust (CMT) support organisation, said this "long overdue inquiry" would hear of a "crushing catalogue of sexual abuse, deprivation, violence and abuse".
Ms Weereratne said the inquiry will hear from 22 former child migrants - their average age was nine when deported and one was aged only three or four years old.
The abuse that some of the children sent abroad were said to have suffered included "torture, rape and slavery", Ms Weereratne said.
Speaking on behalf of former child migrant Oliver Cosgrove, who was sent to Australia in 1941, Imran Khan said: "(It was) a scheme to populate the empire with good, white British stock and which led to the physical, emotional and sexual abuse of countless children, many thousands of miles away from their families."
A £6m family restoration fund was set up to allow the migrants to travel to the UK and ministers are now considering extending it.
The independent inquiry was set up after the death of DJ Jimmy Savile in 2011 when hundreds of people came forward to say he had abused them as children.
The IICSA has apologised after mistakenly sending out confidential information.
People who had registered an interest in attending victims' forums - which are being organised by the inquiry - were sent an email on Monday that revealed the email addresses of others who had registered.
The BBC understands that 90 people were affected.
Nigel O'Mara, an abuse survivor and core participant in the inquiry, told the BBC that "this breach of data is very concerning to survivors as these are the very people we are supposed to trust with the details of our abuse".
The hearings are taking place at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in central London, with the first phase concerning Australia expected to last 10 days.
The Financial Times said Chinese state-owned firm Everbright and private equity firm PCP Capital Partners were behind the multi-million pound bid.
Other reports quoted club insiders as saying an unsolicited preliminary offer had already been submitted.
But the club and owners Fenway Sports Group said they had received no bids.
The FT quoted the club's chief executive, Ian Ayre, as saying, "There is no bid and we have no ongoing investment discussion of any kind with anyone."
US firm Fenway acquired Liverpool for £300m in 2010. The latest reported bid is said to value the club at more than £700m.
In recent years, Chinese investors and firms have quietly been acquiring stakes in football clubs in England, Spain, France, Netherlands and the Czech Republic, while President Xi Jinping has professed a love of the game.
In December last year, Manchester City's parent company, City Football Group, sold a 13% stake, worth £265m, to a consortium of Chinese investors.
According to Deloitte's Football Money League, Liverpool are the ninth richest football club in the world, with revenues of €391.8m (£339m) in the 2014-15 season.
Last financial year, the club made a £60m pre-tax profit, thanks to the £75m it made from selling Luis Suarez.
Without the boost from the Uruguayan footballer - which the club invested in eight new players - Liverpool would have broken even for the year.
The man, named locally as Carl Brunner, was arrested on Midland Road, Bedford, at about 12:35 BST on Wednesday.
The IPCC said he was taken to Bedford Hospital and pronounced dead at 13:17.
Bedfordshire Police said the man "became unwell" and that officers gave him first aid.
The IPCC said it had footage of the incident from CCTV and the body cams of two of the officers involved. Alleged footage of the incident has also been posted online.
IPCC commissioner Mary Cunneen said: "My thoughts are with this man's family and friends at this time and I can assure them, and the local community, that we will carry out a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding his death."
Bedfordshire Police said it "immediately" referred the incident to the IPCC, in line with procedure with the death of a person in recent contact with police.
In a statement, it said: "A man became unwell in Midland Road at approximately 12.35pm. First aid was given at the scene by police officers and the ambulance service also attended. However, the man was sadly pronounced dead."
Deputy Chief Constable Mark Collins said: "First and foremost I would like to say that our thoughts are very much with the family and friends of the man at this tragic time.
"An IPCC independent investigation is now under way which we will be fully cooperating with, and as such it would be inappropriate to comment further."
A post-mortem examination has yet to take place and the man has not been formally identified.
Radja Nainggolan put Belgium ahead in Lille with a thunderous 25-yard strike but Wales captain Ashley Williams headed in from a corner to equalise in a breathless first half littered with chances at both ends.
Welsh celebrations reached stratospheric levels when Hal Robson-Kanu, a striker without a club, gave them the lead with a divine turn and finish.
After withstanding late Belgium pressure, Wales sealed victory through a header from substitute Sam Vokes that set up a semi-final against Portugal and a mouth-watering duel between Real Madrid team-mates Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Wales manager Chris Coleman had described the last-eight tie as Wales' biggest match since their 1958 World Cup quarter-final defeat by Brazil, their only previous appearance in the knockout stages of a major tournament.
His players rose to the occasion wonderfully, recovering from a difficult start to claim what must rank as the greatest win in Welsh football history.
Absent from major tournaments for 58 years, Wales have not only ended a barren half a century but propelled Welsh football into unchartered territory.
Previous Welsh sides have claimed iconic results, such as a 2-1 win over Hungary at the 1958 World Cup, a 1991 victory against then world champions Germany and a qualifying triumph against Italy in 2002.
However, those were in isolation and failed to propel Wales on to greater achievements.
Former Wales striker Dean Saunders said: "Heart, desire, determination, organisation - there is a plan that has been put in place and it shows what you can achieve - you start thinking - is our name on it?"
Bale has been a key figure in Wales' success at Euro 2016, scoring three times in the group stages, but this victory highlighted the team spirit that Coleman and his side have spoken of throughout their time together in France.
The Real Madrid forward worked industriously throughout, but his efforts were eclipsed by others such as Williams, who scored despite a shoulder injury which made him a doubt for the game.
Aaron Ramsey was Wales' creative heart - setting up two of the three goals - and it is a crushing blow that both the Arsenal midfielder and Ben Davies will miss the semi-final after picking up a second tournament booking.
And then there was the display from Robson-Kanu, a player who has been inspired by Wales' historic run in this tournament.
Belgium would have seen Bale as the obvious threat going into this game, but it was a free agent released by Reading who gave his side a foothold on 55 minutes.
Coleman's men had to weather several periods of heavy Belgian pressure, but they took the lead in spectacular fashion against a side ranked second in the world, playing only 10 miles from the Belgian border.
A neat move saw Ramsey pass to Robson-Kanu, who bamboozled the defenders surrounding him with a graceful turn which allowed him the space to calmly finish.
There was a symbolism to the goal as Robson-Kanu - released by a Championship side - swept his shot past Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Former Wales forward John Hartson said: "If I was a chairman of a Premier League club I would be making Hal Robson-Kanu my next signing. What a goal. He sent Thomas Meunier for a cup of tea and a piece of toast with that turn."
This was a goal which embodied Wales' odds-defying run at Euro 2016, after languishing as low as 117th in the world rankings in 2011.
Coleman stressed before the match that Wales were not content with reaching the quarter-finals, convinced there was more to come from this team.
He has his wish, a semi-final against a Portugal side who have yet to win a game in 90 minutes at Euro 2016.
The match in Lyon on Wednesday pits Bale against Ronaldo, talismen for their country and team-mates for Real Madrid whose occasionally fractious relationship has been the subject of much attention in Spain.
For Wales, however, they will have to play for a place in the final without Arsenal midfielder Ramsey and Tottenham defender Davies, whose bookings against Belgium mean they will be suspended.
Saunders added: "Everything Chris Coleman is doing at the moment is working, we've got every chance of going through and winning it."
Wales manager Chris Coleman: "I said before we kicked the ball today, we are not here to enjoy it, we are here to compete.
"We defended like soldiers. All I can do is reiterate to the players never to forget what it took to get here. I know my team are good enough to perform against anybody."
On Ramsey and Davies missing the semi-final, he added: "I'm gutted for Aaron. He's been one of the best players of the tournament."
Belgium boss Marc Wilmots on his future: "I said I'd make my decision after the European Championship. I won't make one straight after the game. There's a lot of adrenaline going. We'll have to see."
Match ends, Wales 3, Belgium 1.
Second Half ends, Wales 3, Belgium 1.
Thomas Meunier (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Wales).
Attempt missed. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Allen (Wales).
Substitution, Wales. James Collins replaces Aaron Ramsey.
Hand ball by Aaron Ramsey (Wales).
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Neil Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Sam Vokes.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by James Chester.
Goal! Wales 3, Belgium 1. Sam Vokes (Wales) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Gunter with a cross.
Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Belgium).
Aaron Ramsey (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
Substitution, Wales. Sam Vokes replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
Attempt missed. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
Substitution, Wales. Andy King replaces Joe Ledley.
Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ben Davies.
Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Jordan Lukaku.
Aaron Ramsey (Wales) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Aaron Ramsey (Wales).
Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld with a cross.
Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Ledley (Wales).
Neil Taylor (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
Gareth Bale (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
Attempt missed. Ashley Williams (Wales) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Joe Allen (Wales) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
Corner, Wales. Conceded by Marouane Fellaini.
Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Ashley Williams (Wales).
Radja Nainggolan (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Finbar Hannaford, 22, of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, sold more than 300 belts using names of Italian and Japanese brands such as Sabelt and Takata but they were made in China.
Swansea Crown Court heard they failed at speeds of 50mph (80 kmh) and over.
Hannaford was given a suspended 18-month sentence after admitting fraud.
Carmarthenshire trading standards officer Lindy Evans said emails have been sent to more than 300 people who bought seat belts online off Hannaford between August 2014 and July 2015.
But she fears dozens are still wearing them.
The court heard Hannaford sold them on eBay and Facebook along with other counterfeit car accessories to be used for rallying, circuit racing and for "boy racers in suped-up vehicles".
Prosecutor Lee Reynolds said they had been tested, adding: "The products gave the impression of being Italian-made but had in fact been imported directly from China.
"The harness failed on several points indicating that in a real life situation - and under normal use - it could cause death or serious injury."
Defending Paul Hopson said Hannaford thought they were genuine.
Recorder Christopher Slee suspended his sentence for two years and ordered the defendant to undertake 150 hours community work and pay £1,000 costs.
He said the crash tests showed "how dangerous they were and one of the buyers could have been killed".
Answer: a muscle-bound recipe for complete and utter chaos.
There was little improvement inside Cannes' Carlton Hotel as hundreds of journalists squeezed into its ornately pillared ballroom for a raucous press conference.
Sylvester Stallone took the mayhem in his stride with practised aplomb, though other members of The Expendables 3 cast looked as if they had been caught in the eye of a hurricane.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford completed the quartet of Hollywood stalwarts, with Spain's Antonio Banderas, Sweden's Dolph Lundgren and Britain's Jason Statham fleshing out the film's middle-aged contingent.
Indeed, such was the ratio of hunk to microphone that Wesley Snipes - the Blade actor who recently served a three-year prison term to tax evasion - could barely get a word in.
The atmosphere was one of back-slapping camaraderie, with Gibson describing the Bulgaria shoot as "a blast" and Ford calling his co-stars "a great bunch of guys to work with".
"It's a very unique project," said Lundgren, who famously made his name playing Stallone's antagonist in 1985's Rocky IV. "The audience feels like the characters are friendly for real."
"I'm a big fan of action movies," said Terminator star Schwarzenegger, who shot his contribution to the first Expendables film in 2009 while still serving as Governor of California.
"They are always a great way of entertaining people," the 66-year-old went on. "They have a universal language."
According to Twilight actor Kellan Lutz, one of the younger members of the cast, being on set was like "winning an action sweepstakes - running around shooting guns with all my favourite heroes."
"All these guys have worked on so many films," said Patrick Hughes, the sequel's Australian director. "To have that wisdom on set was like [being in] film school all over again."
Jokes were freely exchanged between the actors, with Stallone and Schwarzenegger swapping jibes about their less successful, more comedic ventures.
Inevitably, though, talk soon turned to how long the mercenary-based series can continue in the light of the various injuries sustained and mishaps endured during filming.
One of them - an accident that saw a truck plunge into a dock with Statham at the wheel - featured in a montage of behind-the-scenes footage shown before to journalists before Sunday's press conference.
Statham swam away unscathed on that occasion, unlike the stuntman who died in a boat explosion during the making of The Expendables 2 in 2011.
"Everyone gets hurt," sighed Stallone. "There's no getting around it. Everyone goes home bruised.
"You try to take precautions, but when you do hands-on action that's what you take pride in - actually talking the bumps and bruises."
"You do get hurt and things do go wrong," nodded Statham, also known for his recurring role in the Transporter series. "It's par for the course.
"We have a battery of physicians who come in like elves and fix us every night," joked Lethal Weapon star Gibson, who takes the role of the villain in the latest Expendables instalment.
Ford's involvement in the franchise coincides with his return to the resurgent Star Wars series, which began shooting in the UK this week.
"I'm just delighted to be involved," he said of JJ Abrams' as yet untitled sequel. "We have a great script and a wonderful cast.
"JJ is a director at the top of his game and I'm looking forward to it," the actor continued.
The 71-year-old would not be drawn, however, on whether his Han Solo character would return in future Star Wars movies, feigning deafness when pressed by this British reporter.
For his part, Stallone expressed delight to see Ford become one of what he described as a group of "very adult children… with arthritis".
"We go back a long time," he said of the Indiana Jones and Blade Runner star. "I think Lincoln was in the White House when we first met."
The makers of The Expendables 3 are hoping it receives a PG-13 certificate in the US, the equivalent of a 12A in the UK. (Previous entries have carried an R or 15 rating.)
"We want to reach as much people as possible," said Stallone. "We owe it to the next generation for them to be able to enjoy the film, without having to sneak into the theatre."
The Expendables 3 is released in the UK on 14 August, while the Cannes Film Festival continues until 25 May.
Computer equipment was seized from the 18-year-old's home address in Stourbridge for forensic examination.
He was held on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts after West Midlands counter terrorism officers arrested him at an address in Lye.
The man, who was arrested on Thursday, was bailed until a date in July when he will return for further questioning.
West Midlands Police said they were "keen to stress there was no immediate threat to public safety".
Cardiff council unveiled a map in March showing which zones it hopes to enforce by 2021.
The move aims to improve public safety and encourage more people to walk and cycle.
The initiative has now started in Riverside and Canton, between Llandaff Road and Cowbridge Road East up to the edge of Pontcanna Fields.
But some roads will stay at 30mph in the area, including Wellington Street and Cowbridge Road East up to Cardiff Bridge.
The local authority said this would stop drivers cutting through smaller residential streets "which goes against the principle of the scheme".
A public consultation has started on the next phase of the scheme - installing 20mph zones in parts of Canton, south Riverside and then west of Llandaff Road to Victoria Park Road West and down to Cowbridge Road East.
Councillor Caro Wild, cabinet member for strategic planning and transport, said the roll-out follows the "success" of the trial in Cathays which "did decrease average speed limits".
But the initiative has been met with mixed reactions from residents.
Richard Cook tweeted: "Cardiff should have blanket 20mph. Changing limits are confusing" while Wilhelm Von Jones posted: "I'm all for it but the reality is people unfortunately ignore. Our St has been 20mph for years, nobody obeys it."
Roger Swan said: "Complete waste of time and money."
The health minister has confirmed that £1.5m has now been made available. The jobs will be advertised shortly.
The new Londonderry hospital unit is on schedule to open in the autumn. It will treat over 1,000 patients from Northern Ireland and almost 400 from the Republic of Ireland.
Simon Hamilton said the jobs would be specialised and highly skilled.
"The commencement of the recruitment process for these posts is a key milestone on the critical path to the centre's opening," he said.
"These highly skilled staff will have a central role in providing the expertise to enable us to provide safe, sustainable and high quality radiotherapy services at the Altnagelvin Hospital.
"It will allow patients to be able to get the highest quality, complex radiotherapy treatments, without facing lengthy journeys."
Ahead of the summit the BBC travelled to Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, to ask those affected what they wanted out of the summit, which is being attended by Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Rosetta, 44, was gang-raped in 1999 during Burundi's civil war.
The perpetrators arrived at her parents' home, put a hood over her head and raped her repeatedly. She says she's unsure how many times she was raped, or by how many men.
"When rapists are released from prisons and they re-enter the villages where we live, they intimidate us by saying: 'Did you get what you wanted?'
"My call to world leaders attending this conference is to ensure that rape is named a war crime with tough consequences so that no other vulnerable person is attacked the way we were during the war."
Lucy was raped during Burundi's civil war, which lasted from 1993 to 2005. She was 12 years old when three attackers put a hood over her head and attacked her as she walked home from school.
"In Burundi, rapists often don't serve their full term, which is traumatic for us. So we would ask world leaders and celebrities who are attending the conference in London is to make sure just and tough punishments and sentences are handed out to the guilty."
Fidela, 37 - pictured on the far left - lives in Burundi and has six children to support. She is one of many rape victims who have faced discrimination because they have been raped.
"My call to world leaders would be to ask them to support vulnerable rape victims like me.
"If the international community could provide us more support to rebuild our lives, that would be helpful."
Faida Maria, from DR Congo, was walking home with three other girls when they were ambushed by two men.
"The younger girls managed to run away to the village but I didn't have the strength to flee and they took me. They raped me and stabbed me," she said.
"I didn't wake up for three hours after that. I was 12 years old.
"I think that in order to end sexual violence here there needs to be more awareness raising campaigns for men, through radio programmes. The programmes would tell men to stop raping women."
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Three months after Bangladesh suffered the worst terror attack in its history, the BBC's Justin Rowlatt and his team were the first journalists given access to the cafe.
Four men deny attempting to smuggle 35 people into Tilbury Docks, Essex. One man died in the container.
Basildon Crown Court heard one defendant been caught in France with migrants in the back of his lorry 11 days before the Tilbury incident.
Timothy Murphy from Londonderry was fined £5,000 in August.
Prosecutor Michael Goodwin told the court how 12 Afghans had been found in a locker in Mr Murphy's lorry transporting frozen chips from Coquelles, France, to the UK on 5 August.
"This was not a case of an energetic migrant chasing after and jumping on board in an attempt to smuggle their way on board," he said.
"There were 12 people inside that locker. They did not end up there by chance."
Mr Goodwin said as Mr Murphy drove the lorry to Coquelles he was in regular contact with fellow defendants Stephen McLaughlin and Martin McGlinchey.
The group of 35 Afghan Sikhs was found in the container at Tilbury 11 days after that incident, on 16 August.
Mr Goodwin told the court how dock workers heard noises inside the container and opened it up, finding those inside distressed and struggling to breathe.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, had died in the overnight crossing from Zeebrugge, Belgium.
Mr McLaughlin, 34, of Limavady, Londonderry; Mr Murphy, 33, of Elmgrove, Londonderry; Mr McGlinchey, 47, of Derryloughan Road, Coalisland, County Tyrone; and Taha Sharif, 38, who is Kurdish and lived in Tottenham, London, at the time, have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The trial is expected to last up to six weeks.
Tony Witheridge bowed his head as bloody images of his daughter's body were shown on the third day of the trial of Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo.
The two men deny murdering Miss Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, and David Miller, 24, from Jersey.
Their bodies were found on a beach on the island of Koh Tao last September.
A police officer told the trial of the severe injuries Miss Witheridge suffered and evidence she had been raped. Mr Miller's body was discovered with severe head injuries several metres away, he said.
BBC correspondent Jonah Fisher said Miss Witheridge's father and brother sat with their heads bowed as the evidence was presented in court but continued listening.
"Thai courts make little allowance for the feelings of relatives," he said.
"So for an hour the families of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller looked and listened as crime scene pictures were shown in court."
Speaking at the court, Mr Miller's father Ian said he and his wife Sue had come "with an open mind", adding that it had been an emotional time for the family.
"There has been lots of chit-chat on the internet. We are here for David because of his tragic death.
"We'll go with the flow as much as we can. We won't comment on the trial process. We'll be dignified for David."
Mrs Miller said: "It's been hard, very hard. Part of the reason for coming out, was to go to Koh Tao. We had one day on Koh Tao, it was really hard."
The families of Miss Witheridge and Mr Miller are now returning to the UK.
The court has now been told that vital DNA evidence cannot be retested. At the end of the trial's third day, the judge said police had informed him all the samples taken on the island were "finished" - meaning they could not be analysed again.
The prosecution says a DNA match between samples found on Miss Witheridge's body and the two defendants is central to its case.
Defence lawyers had asked for the samples to be independently verified but have now been told there is nothing left of them to re-test.
Police have, however, agreed to hand over the garden hoe which was the murder weapon, along with a shoe and a plastic bag.
The discovery of the bodies last September sparked a major police investigation and intense local and international pressure to find those responsible.
Mr Zaw and Mr Wai (also known as Win Zaw Htun), both 22 and migrants from Myanmar, also known as Burma, were arrested several weeks later.
They are said to have confessed to the crime but later retracted their statements.
The defendants have repeatedly stated their innocence over the murders, with the defence alleging they were framed.
Verdicts in the case are not expected until October.
Ryan Christie came closest to a leveller seconds before half-time when his left-foot shot from the edge of the box was tipped over by Silviu Lung Jr.
Constantin Budescu's 24th-minute first-leg strike secured the Romanians an aggregate victory.
And it is they who face West Ham United in the third qualifying round.
Inverness were composed in possession and produced a more than competent performance, with impact in the final third the crucial missing element for John Hughes's side.
The tie was nearly over late on when Budescu went clear and, with all the time in the world, fired straight at Owain Fon Williams.
It would have been a harsh end to a positive performance.
An impressive band of blue-clad Highlanders occupied a corner of the stadium, enthralled at the prospect of their first opportunity to see their side away in European action.
The sense many had prior to kick off was that this tie was far from over.
Much of Hughes's thinking in preparation must have taken account of the sweltering conditions and, although some respite arrived with the fading sun, conditions were still taxing.
Inverness settled quickly and were rarely threatened in the opening period, albeit they did not give the Astra defence too much to think about.
Greg Tansey lashed a free-kick wildly over, while David Raven missed the target in similar fashion.
Astra failed to impose themselves as an attacking threat. It was cagey, no-risk football that kept home supporters muted.
A Doran header was held comfortably by Lung, but the sense was growing that the visitors could find a way through.
The goal Inverness craved almost arrived just on the stroke of half time, when fantastic interplay released Christie, but the midfielder was left wincing as Lung did well to tip his shot over for a corner.
Budescu had his first real sight of goal after the break, but the first-leg scorer's effort was scuffed and settled easily in Fon Williams's hands and the goalkeeper then tipped away the midfielder's powerful effort.
Doran had perhaps the chance of the game when the ball fell to him eight yards out, but the winger's shot was rushed and bounced into the goalkeeper's arms.
Inverness had to gamble and the tie was so nearly over moments before that when William curled an effort beyond Fon Williams but inches wide of his post.
Budescu had the chance to kill the tie late on when clean through, but to the despair of the home fans he shot inexplicably tamely at Fon Williams.
The European experience was over for Inverness, but it is an adventure they will look back on with fondness, if not wonder, at what might have been against a side they more than matched.
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But it did not quite go to plan as Non found herself in a bit of a muddle while trying to do an interview in English with Catrin Edwards.
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The Talking Statues project brings the city's history to life when smartphone users scan a code to receive a call.
Ms Whelan, Yara Greyjoy in the TV series, is the voice of Drury Dame, an elegant lamp bearer who tells how her appearance caused an outcry. Mr Reeves is the Black Prince in City Square.
The statues can be heard for the next year as part of the Yorkshire Festival.
Elsewhere in the city, Going Viral playwright Daniel Bye and Shameless actor Lee Toomes created a voice for the statue of World War II pilot Arthur Aaron at Eastgate, while Coronation Street actor Drew Cain revealed the thoughts of inventor James Watt at City Square.
Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan asks what a Frenchman is doing playing petanque in Bond Court and actor Brian Blessed is the voice of a stone lion outside the city's town hall.
Mr McMillan said: "I'm always wanting to explore new ideas of getting language performed in places you don't expect it, and you certainly don't expect statues to start telling you a story.
"As a child I had a fantasy that statues were just dying to tell you their stories, and now I can make that dream into a reality."
Matt Burman, of the Yorkshire Festival, said: "Talking Statues is a fantastic project; mixing culture, technology, a little bit of history and a lot of fun."
Thomas Piquemal stepped down because he feared the project could jeopardise EDF's financial position, according to reports.
EDF shares are trading 6.6% lower.
Last month, Chris Bakken, the director of the project that could produce 7% of UK electricity by 2025, said he was leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Jean-Bernard Levy, chairman and chief executive of EDF, said Mr Piquemal told him of the decision to leave last week and that he regretted the "haste" of Mr Piquemal's departure.
The company's board is expected to finalise in April how it will fund the project after postponing the decision a number of times.
Mr Levy said the board was studying the investment in Hinkley Point to ascertain the best way to finance the power plant. He added that EDF aimed to announce a final investment decision "soon".
EDF has provisionally appointed Xavier Girre, who joined the company last year as finance director of its French business, as the group finance chief.
At first take, it might appear the resignation of a company's finance director reveals a business in crisis.
And EDF's share price fall this morning seems to bear that out.
But, for supporters of the building of a new £18bn nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset - the world's most expensive power project - the resignation of Thomas Piquemal looks like clearing the way for the EDF board to give the final go-ahead for the scheme.
Mr Piquemal was widely reported as being a trenchant critic of the costly nuclear project.
His fate appears to have been sealed last week when the French government, which largely owns EDF, confirmed that it is still backing the scheme
That came after the meeting between Francois Hollande and David Cameron - also an enthusiastic backer.
On this occasion, political will has trumped any financial concerns.
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The project has been plagued by delays, but publicly the firm has insisted a decision to move forward is imminent.
In October last year, EDF agreed a deal under which China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) would pay a third of the cost of the £18bn project in exchange for a 33.5% stake.
But according to reports, EDF is struggling to find the cash for its remaining 66.5% stake and is seeking help from the French government, which owns 84.5% of EDF.
The company is also facing opposition from French union officials, who have suggested that investment in Hinkley Point C should be delayed until 2019.
The CFE-CGC Energy union said there were problems with a similar reactor design in France that needed to be solved.
Francois Raillot from the union which has a seat on EDF's board, said the company could sell some assets to finance Hinkley Point, but added: "It is a very bad time to do it because the price of energy is so low.
"The state, which is a shareholder, will have to give [EDF] money to do it. But another problem is that the French state has no money."
The new Hinkley plant was originally due to open in 2017, and it has come under fire for both its cost and delays to the timetable for building.
The British government has also been criticised for guaranteeing a price of £92.50 per megawatt hour of electricity - more than twice the current cost - for the electricity Hinkley produces for 35 years.
A UK Government spokesperson said: "We continue to fully support the project and President Hollande said himself on Thursday afternoon that it has the full support of the French Government."
Tony Roulstone, from the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, said the departure of Mr Piquemal was "a big blow".
He said EDF was already facing a number of other financing issues, including a decision to buy a majority stake in Areva's nuclear reactor unit, adding: "They are committed to upgrading their existing power stations in France at a cost of €55bn over 15 years."
"At a commercial level there is a way for the government to step aside but at a political level, this is part of the energy strategy," he said.
Tom Greatrex, the chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: "What I think is vitally important is we get a decision on Hinkley, and then we get on with replacing our generation stock which is going off line.
"We need new nuclear as part of that low carbon balance linked to the future. And Hinkley is an important part of that."
Tom Burke, chairman of environmental think tank E3G, said there was now "a serious question mark" over the future of Hinkley Point.
"You've now had two senior people leave within a month, both clearly having trouble convincing their colleagues to go ahead in the direction that their colleagues want to go."
Travelling on her own to escape her home city, which is now so-called Islamic State's (IS) capital, she crawled through mud along the Turkish border to make it to safety.
"Death was my companion at every step," she told me at the Kara Tepe camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Her heart pounded at each of the 46 checkpoints she had to cross to get out: "They don't want doctors to leave and they could have prevented me."
She sewed her papers into her clothes so they wouldn't be found. But she wanted to bring them with her - the precious qualifications with which she hopes to start a new life and find work.
She wants to join her brothers and sisters who have already made it to Germany.
Maha is also a statistic.
When the migration crisis began, most of those on the move were men. But since the start of the year, women and children have made up the bulk of the refugees and migrants.
Many are trying to join their husbands and children who went ahead with the money the family had at the time, leaving them to come afterwards.
Others have lost husbands and brothers to Syria's five-year war.
And aid agencies say the risks the women face are not over now that they have reached Europe's shores.
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"Without the protection of family and community, they frequently endure sexual violence, unintended pregnancies, trafficking and even child marriage," says Babatunde Osotimehin, head of the UN's Population Fund.
"Basic needs for family planning, reproductive health and safe childbirth and protection from violence and abuse are rarely met."
Women are under "enormous stress", according to Kiki Michailidou, a psychologist for the International Rescue Committee, which works in Kara Tepe.
"I've got a waiting list of 20 people and every day we get new referrals."
I asked Maha if she felt scared as a woman travelling without any male relatives.
"Actually what we left behind was far worse," she told me. "I was frightened in my own country. That's why I left."
Maha is now living with eight other women and girls in a prefabricated hut.
It is cramped. But the Kara Tepe camp has been set aside for the most vulnerable people arriving on Lesbos.
And conditions are far better than they are elsewhere in the country where 50,000 people have been stranded since Europe's borders closed and the EU-Turkey deal came into effect.
But a sense of desperate uncertainty pervades the camp.
In limbo on Lesbos, the women have no idea what will happen to them - and endless time to relive their traumas.
Just a few metres from Maha's new home, four other well-groomed young women share a hut with four of their children.
It is almost noon when I meet them, and they have just got up. "We don't want you to think we're lazy. But we try to sleep as much as possible - just to ease the boredom and to try to forget."
When they recall why they are here, their eyes keep welling with tears.
The family is from the Syrian city of Deir al-Zour - which is divided between control by the government and by IS militants. And they are too frightened to give their names.
"The smugglers stole our money. They blackmailed us, saying that they'd tell the police if we didn't pay up," says the eldest of the women, a 38-year-old we'll call Fatima. "If we had just one man with us, it would be different. We'd have someone to fight our corner."
But her husband is stuck in Syria. He is a government employee and wasn't able to get out safely through all the checkpoints on their road to Turkey.
Fatima's sister's husband is dead - beheaded by IS militants. Her first cousin's husband died under torture in a government jail. And they are all trying to reach Germany where a relative is now living with one of her sons.
Their hut in Kara Tepe has no light - and no lock. They tie the door with string at night to make sure no-one comes in. "We're scared to go to the toilet at night," Fatima tells me.
Many of the women travelling without men have formed their own support networks to help each other.
Siham and Fathiye both smile as they remember how they first met - in a Turkish detention facility where they were held after crossing illegally from Syria in March.
Siham's husband and two sons disappeared in northern Syria over a year ago, and she has no idea what happened to them. She fled Aleppo with her daughter after their house was hit by a rebel shell.
They now share a hut with Fathiye who - with her three youngest children - left Damascus to try to reach her husband and two older children in Germany.
"We've become like sisters," says Fathiye of the friendship she has forged with Siham. "I left my sisters behind in Syria but I've found a sister here."
"Me too," says Siham.
The women hope - one day - to live next door to each other in Germany.
But, like everyone in this camp, they don't know how long it will take for their cases to be processed, or what chance they have of success.
BBC News World On The Move is a day of coverage dedicated to migration, and the changing effect it is having on our world.
A range of speakers, including the UNHCR's special envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt, and former British secret intelligence chief Sir Richard Dearlove, will set out the most important new ideas shaping our thinking on economic development, security and humanitarian assistance.
You can follow the discussion and reaction to it, with live online coverage on the BBC News website.
The Australian star was speaking ahead of a screening of romantic period drama Carol at the BFI London Film Festival.
Adapted from Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt, the film tells the story of two women who fall in love in 1950s New York.
Both Blanchett and co-star Rooney Mara have been widely tipped for Oscar nominations for their roles.
Speaking before the screening, Blanchett said: "Every time there are interesting complex roles played by actresses on screen someone asks, 'does this mean there's going to be more of the same?'
"We seem to every year find ourselves in the same conversation, that somehow it's remarkable.
"I think there's a swathe of great roles for women and swathe of wonderful female performers. I think it's just time to get on with it."
Blanchett plays alluring married woman Carol Aird, who meets young department store clerk Therese Belivet, played by Mara.
The couple form an instant connection and fall in love. Carol faces losing custody of her daughter in a bitter divorce battle because of her affair with a woman.
Blanchett said Carol's storyline might have been deemed "more political" had it been made a few years ago.
"I think the landscape around the conversation around same-sex relationships has advanced in a lot of countries.
"The universality of the love story comes to the fore, rather than any sort of political agenda."
Blanchett said the film, directed by Todd Haynes, focused on the "timeless nature" of falling in love.
"There's a sense that people who fall in love in the '50s - because they are wearing girdles - don't feel the same things that we feel."
She said falling in love felt like something that "no-one else has experienced".
"It's dangerous, you're out of control. It's akin to panic and fear. Your heart literally beats faster.
"That doesn't change whether you are wearing a corset or a G-string."
Mae Mr Thomas yn olynu Phil Bale sydd wedi bod yn arweinydd ar gyngor mwyaf Cymru ers 2014.
Dywedodd un ffynhonnell o'r blaid ddydd Gwener fod nifer yn anhapus â Phil Bale. Ef oedd arweinydd y cyngor cyn yr etholiadau lleol ac roedd rhai wedi ei ddisgrifio fel "gwleidydd di-glem".
Roedd Mr Thomas, sy'n gynghorydd yn ward Splott yn un o bump oedd wedi rhoi eu henwau ymlaen ar gyfer yr arweinyddiaeth.
Daw Mr Thomas sy'n 31 oed yn wreiddiol o Aberystwyth.
Mae'n debyg mai Lynda Thorne, Ed Stubbs, Graham Hinchey a Chris Weaver oedd yr ymgeiswyr eraill.
Mae'r Ceidwadwyr bellach yn cymryd lle'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol fel y brif wrthblaid ar y cyngor gyda 20 sedd.
Mae'r Ceidwadwyr hefyd wedi dewis arweinydd newydd wedi i David Walker ildio'r awennau.
Y cynghorydd Adrian Robson, cynghorydd Rhiwbina a Phantmawr sy'n olynu Mr Walker.
They had already been held up in Atlanta, USA, because of a problem with the payment for their flight.
"The players were uncomfortable with the size of the plane," team media officer Timi Ebikagboro told BBC Sport.
He said they would leave on a bigger plane and arrive in time for kick-off against Japan (01:00 GMT Friday).
"The [Nigerian] government stepped in," he added.
"The players have been assured of adequate medical care on the plane. It's been challenging but most importantly we will be ready for the first game."
Their flight is set to depart at 1200GMT for the seven-hour flight to Manaus, where their Group B opener kicks off just 13 hours later.
The squad had originally been stranded in Atlanta because of a problem that seemed to be caused by money having to go through different bank accounts and currency conversions.
"The money paid by the [sports] ministry for the charter flight did not hit airline's account on Tuesday so they refused to fly the team to Brazil," a source close to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said.
"It is a cumbersome exercise but they should have started the process much earlier, which NFF was pointing out. This issue has nothing to do with the NFF," the source explained to BBC Sport.
One of the players explained to the BBC on Wednesday: "We've been told to get ready to fly out in few hours but that's been the story since last week."
Nigeria, who are in Group B of the Rio Games alongside Sweden, Colombia and Japan, boast a proud Olympic record.
In 1996, they became the first African and non-European or South American team to win the gold medal.
They also finished runners-up at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where current under-23 coach Siasia also coached the 'Dream Team' in China.
The poll asked 1,479 people aged 14-24 to score popular apps on issues such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, bullying and body image.
Keeping Instagram a safe and supportive place for young people was a top priority, the company said.
Mental health charities urged companies to act to increase users' safety.
The Royal Society for Public Health study says social platforms should flag up heavy social media use and identify users with mental health issues.
Instagram says it provides tools and information on how to cope with bullying and warns users before they view certain content.
The RSPH report says that "social media may be fuelling a mental health crisis" in young people.
However, it can also be used as a tool for good, the report said. Instagram, for example, was found to have a positive effect on self-expression and self-identity.
About 90% of young people use social media - more than any other age group - so they are particularly vulnerable to its effects, although it is not clear what these are on current evidence.
Isla is in her early 20s. She got hooked on social media as a teenager when going through a difficult time in her life.
"The online communities made me feel included and that I was worthwhile.
"However, I soon began to neglect 'real life' friendships and constantly spent all my time online talking to my friends there.
"I fell into a deep depressive episode aged 16, which lasted for months and was utterly horrible.
"During this time social media made me feel worse, as I would constantly compare myself to other people and make myself feel bad.
"When I was 19, I had another bad depressive episode. I'd go on social media, see all my friends doing things and hate myself for not being able to do them, or feel bad that I wasn't as good a person as them."
Social media has also been a positive in Isla's life.
"I have blogged a lot about mental health and I'm quite open about it and have good conversations with people about it.
"I find it gives me a platform to talk and talking with people is something I find imperative to my own health.
"The online friends I made five or six years ago I'm still friends with to this day and have met many of them in person."
The online survey asked participants a series of questions about whether YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter had an impact on their health and well-being.
Participants were asked to score each platform on 14 health and well-being issues.
Based on these ratings, YouTube was considered to have the most positive impact on mental health, followed by Twitter and then Facebook.
Snapchat and Instagram were given the lowest scores overall, h
Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the RSPH, said: "It is interesting to see Instagram and Snapchat ranking as the worst for mental health and well-being - both platforms are very image-focused and it appears they may be driving feelings of inadequacy and anxiety in young people."
In light of the findings, public health experts are calling for social media platforms to introduce a series of checks and measures to help tackle mental health, including:
The report also recommends that NHS England comes up with a vetting scheme for health and well-being information so young people are better able to judge whether information is trustworthy.
Ms Cramer added: "As the evidence grows that there may be potential harms from heavy use of social media, and as we upgrade the status of mental health within society, it is important that we have checks and balances in place to make social media less of a 'wild West' when it comes to young people's mental health and well-being."
Tom Madders, from mental health charity YoungMinds, said the recommendations could help many young people.
"Increasing safety within social media platforms is an important step and one we urge Instagram and other sites to act upon.
"But it's also important to recognise that simply 'protecting' young people from particular content types can never be the whole solution."
He said young people needed to understand the risks of how they behaved online and should be taught how to respond to "harmful content that slips through filters".
Michelle Napchan, Instgram head of policy at EMEA, said: "Keeping Instagram a safe and supportive place, where people feel comfortable expressing themselves, is our top priority - particularly when it comes to young people.
"Every day people from all over the world use Instagram to share their own mental health journey and get support from the community. For those struggling with mental health issues, we want them to be able to access support on Instagram when and where they need it.
"That's why we work in partnership with experts to give people the tools and information they need while using the app, including how to report content, get support for a friend they are worried about or directly contact an expert to ask for advice on an issue they may be struggling with."
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Monkstown forward Nikki Evans and UCD midfielder Gillian Pinder scored the goals which secured Wednesday's vital victory in Johannesburg,
Ireland play Olympic champions England in their final pool fixture on Sunday.
Victory in the quarter-finals would see the Irish seal a berth in the World Cup finals to be held in London.
Ireland dominated the game against Poland but struggled to convert their pressure into goals.
It took a piece of individual skill from Evans to hold off two Polish defenders before neatly finishing on the reverse stick to open the scoring in the first quarter.
Ireland extended their lead in the third quarter when a loose ball in the circle was picked up by Pinder who fired an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the Polish net.
Ireland will not know who their opponents in Tuesday's quarter-finals will be until the Pool stages are completed, but a win in that game would clinch a place in the World Cup finals for the first time since 2002 as well as a place in the World League final to be held in Auckland in November.
Should Ireland lose their last eight tie, they will play-off for fifth to eighth place with the country taking fifth also booking a place in the World Cup finals.
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They said fossil fuel emissions should not be allowed in any sector of the economy by the end of the century.
Their targets are not binding - but they send a clear message to investors that in the long term economies will have to be powered by non-polluting energy.
The world's leaders have effectively signalled the end of the fossil fuel era that has driven economies since the Industrial Revolution.
This is a seismic shift - and an acknowledgement from the leaders, prompted by Angela Merkel, of the scale of the threat from climate change.
The G7's mid-century target is for emissions to be cut 40-70% globally compared with 2010.
The G7 also accepted that rich nations would need to help poorer countries - especially in Africa - develop using clean technology, and adapt to inevitable changes to climate in the future.
They have promised to address risks from weather disasters that may become more serious as the climate heats and they say they will help with insurance and protection for the poorest.
But they will be pushed by developing nations to show they are making good their previous promise of £100bn in climate finance by 2020.
The leaders also promised to strengthen cooperation over energy efficiency and work together with other interested countries to co-ordinate clean energy research, development and demonstration - as urged by the UK's climate ambassador David King.
The resolutions will feed into the meeting of world leaders to seal a global deal on climate later this year in Paris. A positive outcome there is now more likely.
But huge questions remain. Some scientists and environmentalists accused the G7 of reckless complacency by suggesting that we can afford to burn fossil fuels at all past 2050.
On the other hand there are worries from some developing countries about the suggestion that coal should be phased out. It is not clear how poor nations are to be persuaded to ignore the cheapest fuel available in their attempts to develop.
The cost of solar energy is plummeting, and is now competitive with coal in some parts of the world, but it has not yet shown that it can power industries on a large scale.
Gas fuel firms say carbon capture and storage technology, which would take most of the emissions from a fossil fuel power station and bury them underground, will allow economies to continue to benefit from a consistent power source. But the technology is still in its infancy.
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Construction of the mosque, on Boultham Park Road, officially began earlier.
Chairman of the Islamic Association Tanweer Ahmed, said the facility which he described as "long overdue", would promote the true message of Islam.
He said non-Muslims were also very welcome to visit.
Mr Ahmed said: "It has been 10 years since the project began - we've been through good times, bad times, disappointment, but the day has finally come."
He said the mosque would "engage more actively" with men, women and particularly with the younger generation of Muslims.
The building will provide facilities to pray, a library, funeral preparation room, and space for community activities.
Local Muslims have been worshipping at a small former Baptist church since 1981, and holding Friday prayers at the Grandstand Community Centre.
Mr Ahmed said larger premises were needed because the Muslim population of Lincoln had "grown rapidly" and there was a "strong feeling we needed our own place which we could use anytime we wanted."
There were plans to build a mosque on the site of the former St Matthew's Church, close to the current site. However, it was destroyed by fire in 2008.
The building on Boultham Park Road is due to open next year.
Arms around each other, beaming from ear to ear - check out the video here: Japan's Softbank chief meets with US President-elect.
But why is Masayoshi Son, one of Japan's most eccentric businessmen, investing in Trump's America at a time when the US is seemingly focusing less on Asia?
Here are three reasons:
Softbank paid $22bn (£17.3bn) for a controlling stake in US telecoms firm Sprint in 2013, which was the number 3 operator at that time. But that investment has lost around $7bn of its value largely because Sprint lost ground against its competitors.
One of the ways Softbank had hoped to claw back a profit was by buying T-Mobile, Sprint's main competition in the States. But that deal took a backseat after US regulators signalled they weren't in favour.
Cosying up to the new US president by doing a deal that makes him look good would be one way to smoothe those regulatory issues in the future.
Japan isn't really the centre of innovation and technology as it once was, Marc Einstein at Frost & Sullivan tells me. He covers the sector from Tokyo, and as he put it, "Japan has really fallen behind on tech".
So being in the US and having a foothold in the sector would give Masayoshi Son access to Silicon Valley, and more importantly, what people there are thinking and doing and what the future of IoT (Internet of Things) looks like.
The camaraderie between the two men is hard to miss - just look at that video again if you need convincing. "They're both billionaires, they're both mavericks and they're both gamblers," says Mr Einstein.
"I can see them sitting down and having a positive discussion." According to Mr Einstein the two are likely to share a good rapport - and that means they "understand one another and speak each other's language" - which perhaps suggests both sides understand what a good deal means.
The $50bn that Masayoshi Son has bet on the new relationship with the president-elect isn't small change by any account. Creating 50,000 jobs is also no small feat to achieve.
Having said that, the $50bn is coming from a previously announced $100bn Saudi venture - that was created before the election - so some would argue this was money that was coming the US's way in any case.
But Mr Trump has rushed to claim this as his victory.
The Japanese business leader's investment will no doubt be used as evidence by the Trump team that even as it pulls out of global trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership, the US is open for business - and that companies like Softbank are breaking down the door to get in.
Homes on the Shimmer estate in Mexborough, South Yorkshire will be cleared to make way for the high-speed rail line.
No new stations have been announced for the area, with a spur serving Sheffield using existing track.
The government said HS2 will create a "stronger and fairer" Britain.
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The proposed South Yorkshire HS2 route, part of phase 2b of the project, runs east of Sheffield towards the M18 and was consulted in 2016.
A Department for Transport report states the route requires 16 residential demolitions on the Shimmer estate, with people affected arranging compensation packages with the government.
Sue Douglas, a Shimmer resident, said: "We've had a year in limbo, our health has been affected by this and we no longer feel like it's our home.
"It's an unfinished estate, there are unfinished houses, no proper roads, no proper pavements."
Some people living on the Shimmer estate have signs on their doors saying "Stop HS2", others have a temporary 'no media' taped below.
It shows how angry and dispirited many have become since the BBC revealed the new route a year ago.
Today then was a rubber stamp on what they had feared.
This is not just about the value of bricks and mortar, but the notion of "home" itself.
It seems likely many will choose to sell up and move on - for some their second move in three years.
Her husband, Peter Douglas, said: "There is only one way in and out of the estate and we have been told by HS2 that nobody would be allowed to live here because of the construction traffic coming in and out, blocking the access.
"Bear in mind this is the construction of a viaduct that's going to be 20ft in the sky coming within 10ft of your property, and they say, 'it's ok, your property isn't one that has to be knocked down.'"
Rotherham's Labour MP Sarah Champion tweeted she was "furious" at the eastern line decision as South Yorkshire "won't get a proper stop".
She said: "Thousands of us submitted to the HS2 consultation and showed why the eastern route was not as suitable as the Meadowhall route.
"South Yorkshire will now get all of the disruption of HS2 without the benefit."
In response to the 2016 route consultation, 271 people supported the eastern option, with 4,157 respondents against it.
At the Shimmer estate, some respondents argued that the plans should take into account all 216 homes originally planned at the site.
Rail Minister Paul Maynard MP said: "I recognise that we need to work with the people of the Shimmer estate to make sure they have as many choices as possible over how they are compensated and the compensation package works for them.
"It's quite a unique location on the network, so we need to work with local people to get it just right."
Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, said: "The Secretary of State has chosen the route that nobody wanted, despite the overwhelming evidence against it and public opposition to it.
"His decision will destroy people's homes and damage communities, deliver fewer trains, slower services, and reduce job creation and economic growth."
No details were released about a mooted HS2 "parkway" station providing a rail park and ride facility for the South Yorkshire region.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the £55.7bn HS2 project would connect London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and the East Midlands in a Y-shaped network.
Phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester, and Birmingham to the East Midlands and Leeds, is due to open in 2033.
Housebuilders will be asked provide more funding where new houses create "a clear need" for new schools.
The local authority has warned that existing schools are struggling to cope with rising pupil rolls.
Councillors have agreed that increased rates of contributions should form part of negotiations on new housing.
For every house a developer builds they could now be asked for £6,983 towards primary schools and £3,449 towards secondary schools.
Previously, the amounts involved were about £2,000.
Earlier this week, Highland Council said forecasted new house building would see the city's five secondary schools go over capacity within 15 years.
Some primary schools in Inverness and the surrounding area already have overcrowding issues, and are using temporary accommodation as extra classrooms.
The reservoirs in Walthamstow provide water to millions of households but will also become a nature reserve and home for wildlife.
The project was given the go-ahead after receiving a £4.4m boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Extra funding has come from Waltham Forest Council and Thames Water.
Dr Tom Tew, a trustee for the Heritage Lottery Fund and former chief scientist at Natural England, said: "High-quality green space is at a premium in our cities, and once completed this wetland area will provide the perfect nature spot for millions of Londoners to relax and enjoy."
The 2013 State of Nature report found that 57% of freshwater and wetland species such as the water vole have declined over the last 50 years due to water pollution, climate change and diseases spreading from non-native species.
At 200 hectares the nature reserve will be bigger than many of Londoner's green spaces, including Richmond Park and Hampstead Heath.
The project will be managed between Thames Water, which handles the reservoirs, and the London Wildlife Trust, which will manage the site once work is completed.
Waltham Forest Council is investing £1m in the scheme alongside Thames Water, which is contributing £1.84m.
The lottery funding will help pay for four new entrances, footpaths and cycle pathways and a former pumping station will be converted into a visitor centre featuring a cafe, exhibition space and viewing terrace.
The American says he also accepted bribes over the 1998 event.
The admissions come in a newly released transcript from a 2013 US hearing in which he pleads guilty to 10 charges.
The US has launched a wide-ranging criminal case that engulfed Fifa and led President Sepp Blatter to resign.
The US prosecutors last week indicted 14 people on charges of bribery, racketeering and money laundering. Four others had already been charged, including Mr Blazer.
The US justice department alleges they accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period.
Seven of the 14 were top Fifa officials who were arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, as they awaited the Fifa congress. Two were vice-presidents.
The details of Mr Blazer's guilty pleas came as prosecutors unsealed the transcript of the 2013 hearing in the Eastern New York District Court. The admissions are part of a sentencing deal with prosecutors.
Mr Blazer was the second highest official in Fifa's North and Central American and Caribbean region (Concacaf) from 1990 to 2011 and also served on Fifa's executive committee between 1997 and 2013.
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In the transcript, prosecutors refer to Fifa "and its membership or constituent organisation" as a RICO enterprise - a Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organisation.
Mr Blazer says: "Beginning in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011, I and others on the Fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."
Earlier on Wednesday, South Africa denied paying a $10m bribe to secure the hosting of the 2010 event.
Mr Blazer also says: "I and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups (the regional championship for national teams)."
Other admissions among the 10 charges in the 40-page dossier include US tax evasion.
Federal agents investigating the tax evasion had detained Mr Blazer and he agreed to co-operate in the US investigations.
He is said to have agreed to record his colleagues using a microphone hidden in a keychain.
The 70-year-old is said to be seriously ill, suffering from colon cancer.
In addition to the US case, Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Blatter was given a 10-minute standing ovation by some 400 staff as he returned to Fifa's Zurich headquarters a day after announcing he was to step down.
Reportedly close to tears, he urged his "fantastic team" to "stay strong".
He emphasised the reform work that Fifa now needed to undertake.
In his resignation speech on Tuesday, he said that although he was re-elected president by the congress last Friday it appeared the mandate he had been given did "not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football".
Striker Taylor met a George Francomb pass to give the hosts a seventh-minute lead from close range.
Francomb was then denied from the penalty spot by Max Crocombe after Michael Nelson's foul on Adebayo Azeez.
Rigg came off the bench to ensure all three points in stoppage time as Barnet pushed forward in search of a leveller.
AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley told BBC London 94.9:
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"I'm proud. It was an ugly game of football. It's hard when they put four up against you. You have to defend resiliently.
"They were tired. It's not an excuse. They were at the end of a long week, but they stuck with it, they defended for their lives.
"And, for the first 25 minutes we were excellent. We got it down, we passed, we moved, we were the footballing team."
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"It was a disappointing performance. I don't think we really deserved anything.
"After what has been a good week for us, performance wise at Plymouth and last Saturday, we were second best all over the pitch.
"Not very often that I have to say we weren't quite at the races, but we were average."
Filmed by US troops in China, the clip was found by government-funded researchers at Seoul National University in US archives.
The 18-second clip shows several women lined up talking to a Chinese soldier.
South Korean activists estimate 200,000 women were forced into brothels for Japan's military.
They are believed to have been mainly from Korea, but also from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
Until now, the only records of women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War Two had been photographs and survivor testimonials.
The research team says the footage was filmed by joint US-Chinese troops in China's Yunnan province which was previously occupied by Japan.
The seven Korean women were freed in 1944 and the officer speaking with them has been identified as a Chinese captain of the China-US Combined Force, the team said.
The issue has long strained the relationship between South Korea and Japan over a perceived lack of adequate apology and compensation from Japan.
In 2015, the two countries reached a settlement whereby Tokyo formally apologised and agreed to pay 1bn yen ($8.3m, £5.6m) to fund victims.
Many Koreans though viewed the apology as insufficient and the issue continues to plague ties.
In January, Japan temporarily withdrew its ambassador to South Korea over a "comfort women" statue placed outside the Japanese consulate in Busan.
A similar statue has also been placed outside Japan's consulate in Seoul, and Tokyo wants both these statues to be removed.
The Swede scored four goals as PSG demolished Troyes 9-0 to seal the Ligue 1 trophy with eight games left.
The 34-year-old told beIN Sports: "For the moment, I will not be at PSG next season. I still have a month and a half left here.
"If they replace the Eiffel Tower with a statue of me, then I will stay."
Ibrahimovic has recently been linked with moves to Manchester United and Major League Soccer in the United States.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said that he wants Ibrahimovic to stay when his contract ends in June.
"Zlatan is magical," he said. "He is a great player. We are going to talk him and see what he wants to do. We want him to stay."
Ibrahimovic's four goals on Sunday included a 10-minute hat-trick, which took his league total to 27 in 24 games this season and increased his tally in the French top flight to 102.
The victory over the bottom club sealed a fourth straight title after just 30 games, a record for one of Europe's 'big five' leagues.
Qatari Al-Khelaifi added that PSG will now target a maiden Champions League triumph having beaten Chelsea 4-2 on aggregate in the last 16.
"We must now stay focused because the season is not finished," he said.
"We have three more cups to fight for (Champions League, French League Cup and French Cup) but the Champions League is our biggest dream.
"We want to go as far as possible but we know there will be some very strong teams."
Their only major European trophy to date was the Cup Winners' Cup in 1996.
Coach Laurent Blanc told beIN Sports: "We did what we needed to do, particularly in the second period.
"From day one we've wanted to set a rhythm that would be difficult to match.
"We did it and we've maintained it. We know that no-one can match us."
Mr Sobotka is unhappy about alleged unexplained business dealings of Mr Babis, a billionaire businessman.
The announcement comes less than six months before parliamentary elections.
Mr Sobotka has said he will meet the president in the coming days to formally submit the resignations.
The BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague says that Czechs have have had more than three years of more or less stable coalition government under Mr Sobotka, a mild-mannered social democrat.
But that stability has now come to an end because of the bitter rivalry between him and Mr Babis.
Their dispute came to a head over claims Mr Babis had avoided paying taxes on bonds issued by his own company.
Mr Sobotka argues that it is unacceptable for Mr Babis to remain as finance minister.
Mr Babis's centrist ANO party is far ahead of Mr Sobotka's centre-left CSSD in the opinion polls, our correspondent says, and this act of brinksmanship will be seen very much as pre-election manoeuvring.
Seven vehicles, including a bus with 18 passengers, were involved in the first collision which happened at 09:20 at Drumossie Brae near Inverness.
No-one was injured in this incident, police said.
A man in his 50s was airlifted to hospital following the second accident which happened at about 09:30 at the A9's Carrbridge junction.
The trunk road was fully reopened at about 11:30.
Police Scotland said the low-lying sun was a factor in the first accident, which also involved the drivers of a Ford Ranger, Ford Fiesta, Citroen C3, Volkswagen Passat, Mitsubishi Shogun and a Seat Ibiza.
The second accident involved the drivers of a a Volkswagen Crafter flatbed van and a lorry.
An injured man, who was in the van, was flown by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Sgt Donnie MacKinnon, of Police Scotland's road policing unit, said: "We believe a contributory factor in the collision on the A9 at Drumossie has been the presence of a low lying sun, causing reduced visibility for drivers.
"It is fortunate no-one has sustained life-threatening injuries and that of course is the most important thing but these collisions resulted in two separate closures of the main A9 arterial route, which brought with it disruption for all road users.
"Whilst I would like to thank road users for their patience during the closures, it is also important to remind drivers of the importance of driving to the road conditions and adjusting their speed accordingly."
The last classic VW Kombi, or VW T2, was produced in Brazil in 2013 after safety standards there became too onerous for further adaptation.
Its new microbus made its debut in January. VW says it was inundated with requests to "please build this car".
The new model will hit the road in 2022 but there are no plans as yet to produce a camper version.
VW said the electric van, known as the ID Buzz, will be aimed at customers in North America, Europe and China. There will also be a cargo version of the van.
The Kombi, or Bulli, as it was known in Germany, first went into production in 1950.
Although it was originally simply designed as a jack-of-all-trades van, it is most associated with hippies and camping.
VW itself did not offer them tricked out with cookers, ovens nor even seats that converted to beds.
That came about after engineering firm Westfalia-Werke was asked by a British Army officer in 1950 to turn a VW in to a home, creating the first so-called "Camping Box".
The company then became VW's designated subcontractor for converting the basic vans to campers.
The door of the new microbus opens with a wave of the hand and has electric motors at both ends, giving a large amount of interior space - ideal for bespoke conversion to touring camper vans.
Westfalia-Werke, now owned by Daimler-Chrysler and called Westfalia Mobile, is still converting camper vans, including VWs, but it is not known whether the two companies will resurrect their historic connection.
However, many VW Camper vans were, of course, not official productions themselves, but kitted out by van owners with the skills or money to make the necessary amendments, so a new generation of VW hippy vans cannot be ruled out.
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A study of 200,000 people showed that those with a variation in their genetic make-up were less likely to deposit fat under the skin in the lower body.
This can lead the body to become resistant to the hormone insulin.
The scientists said their findings explain why even slim people who eat too much and are inactive are at risk.
And they added that a healthy diet and physical exercise is important, regardless of body weight.
Insulin is a hormone that controls levels of blood sugar.
When the body becomes resistant to it, levels of blood sugars and lipids rise, increasing the risk of diabetes and heart disease - but no-one is sure why insulin resistance happens and why some people become resistant when overweight, and others do not.
International figures show that 43% of people who develop type 2 diabetes are obese, 43% are overweight and 14% have a healthy weight.
The Cambridge study, published in Nature Genetics, found that a large proportion of the population has inherited some of 53 separate genetic variants that inhibit the storage of fat safely under the skin, particularly in the lower half of the body.
Their fat is more likely to end up in the bloodstream or stored in and around the body's central organs.
The study said people who have more of this genetic material are at much greater risk of type 2 diabetes - no matter what their BMI (body mass index) is.
In the 20% of the population with the highest number of these genetic variants, their risk of diabetes rose by 39% compared to the 20% of the population with the lowest genetic risk.
People with fat storage problems can end up with fat accumulating in and around the liver, pancreas and muscles - where it causes insulin resistance and eventually type 2 diabetes.
Dr Luca Lotta, from the Medical Research Council epidemiology unit at the University of Cambridge, said that fat stored in the arms, legs and under the skin played an important role.
"Our results highlight the important biological role of peripheral fat tissue as a deposit of the surplus of energy due to overeating and lack of physical exercise."
She said her party wants a deal and to see the executive back up and running.
Ms McDonald said Sinn Féin still wanted an Irish Language Act now.
She also challenged the government to provide funding for inquests into Troubles-related killings and accused James Brokenshire of "pandering to the DUP".
She added that the last election "broke the mould", and that "the Orange state is gone".
On Brexit she said that by triggering Article 50, Theresa May may have triggered "a disaster for the island of Ireland".
Ms McDonald called again for a border poll and a united Ireland, saying: "I believe we are closer now than we have ever been."
She said Sinn Féin had not come to the negotiating table with a shopping list, but a list of things that have already been agreed.
She added that there could be "perhaps another election very soon".
Ms McDonald finished by saying, "we either get a deal or we're coming back to the people in an election".
He was appearing in public in the capital Bujumbura for the first time since a failed coup bid against him was launched on Wednesday.
Mr Nkurunziza made no mention of the coup attempt, which came after weeks of sometimes violent protests against him.
A spokesman for al-Shabab called his remarks "dumbfounding".
Sheikh Ali Mahamud Rage said Burundi's problems were "clearly domestic".
"We think that this is an attempt by him to appease his people, who are standing in the streets protesting against his dictatorship, or to divert the world's attention from him while he possibly prepares his mass revenge," the spokesman told Reuters news agency.
On Saturday 18 people appeared in court on charges of helping the attempted coup.
The alleged ringleader, Godefroid Niyombare, is still on the run.
Activists say they are planning more protests for Monday against Mr Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office in elections due next month.
The BBC's Karen Allen, who is in Bujumbura, says the president's claims have been met with scepticism from many, who fear they could provide a pretext for the security services to crack down hard on Monday's demonstrations.
On Saturday, our correspondent saw evidence of a retaliatory attack at a hospital where soldiers involved in the coup were being treated. Three soldiers were taken from the building and bundled into a police van.
Mr Nkurunziza was out of the country when military officers launched their coup bid against him on Wednesday. He returned on Friday after forces loyal to him had regained full control.
The president said he came to his office to speak on the telephone with the leaders of Kenya and Uganda regarding a specific threat from the Islamist group al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab, which is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, has carried out a string of attacks in neighbouring Kenya and is allied to al-Qaeda.
Burundi has troops fighting al-Shabab, as part of the African Union mission in Somalia.
The UK Foreign Office and the US state department say al-Shabab has threatened to carry out attacks in Burundi because of its role in the African Union-led peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
The US has advised its citizens to leave the country because of the deteriorating political situation, and had previously warned about the threat from al-Shabab.
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The 17,000-tonne Transocean Winner hit rocks at Dalmore Bay in early August but has now been towed to Broad Bay.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the Norwegian company Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) would transport it to Turkey.
The firm is expected to float the rig onto the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel OHT Hawk. which is scheduled to arrive in Broad Bay in late September.
Transocean Winner was being towed from Norway to Malta when it broke free in stormy seas on 8 August.
From Malta it was due to be taken to Turkey to be scrapped.
Since the grounding, local politicians have called for the rig to be dismantled in Scotland but it was confirmed earlier this week that it would continue its journey to Turkey.
Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's representative for maritime salvage and intervention, said: "There will be many technical challenges surrounding the operations, however I am satisfied that this is the safest option and it fully meets the requirements to minimise any future risk to safety or damage to the environment."
The rig's grounding sparked pollution fears owing to the 280 tonnes of diesel on board.
Investigations found two of its four fuel tanks were damaged in the incident which resulted in the loss of 53,000 litres of fuel, most of which is thought to have evaporated.
The remaining fuel has been safely removed.
Dozens of pieces of debris have also been found at the grounding site at Dalmore, with divers recovering about 40 pieces so far.
MCA said a temporary exclusion zone of 1000m in Broad Bay would remain in place to minimise any risk to safety for other boats as well as divers and vessels helping with the salvage operation.
A temporary exclusion zone of 750m also remains at Dalmore Bay while the salvage of debris continues.
In 2001, former music executive Tony Fernandes bought the heavily-indebted firm for a token sum of 25 cents.
Keeping the brand name, he created Asia's first low-cost airline, taking on local established rivals such as Malaysia Airlines and Australia's Qantas.
With the slogan "Now Everyone Can Fly", AirAsia now covers approximately 100 destinations across more than 15 countries, although many of these flights are serviced by associates and subsidiaries that use the company's brand name.
It is one of these associates, Indonesia AirAsia, which was operating flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday morning.
It flies Airbus A320 aircraft along more than 30 routes, to destinations in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia.
Indonesia AirAsia is 49% owned by the main company, but has a separate chief executive, Sunu Widyatmoko. The rest of the firm is owned by Indonesian shareholders.
Indonesia's government prohibits foreign companies from owning the majority of any civil aviation firms.
AirAsia's business model is similar to other so-called budget airlines. It offers no business or first class seats, and the average fare is roughly 170 Malaysian ringgit (£30; $48).
In the three months to the end of September, the AirAsia group made a pre-tax profit of 26.5m Malaysian ringgit (£4.8m; $7.6m), and carried almost 5.3 million passengers.
However, the number of passengers carried by Indonesia AirAsia was down by 10% in the same period, dropping to 1.85 million after the airline cut some of its routes.
In 2013, it carried almost 8 million passengers in total.
Indonesia AirAsia was set to float on the stock market in the last couple of years, but rising costs and the depreciation of the country's rupiah currency against the US dollar have delayed such a move.
Indonesia AirAsia flies just one type of plane - the Airbus single-aisle A320.
The A320 seats between 150 and 180 passengers, and is known for its distinctive wingtips, which were designed to make the aircraft more fuel efficient.
Airbus says the A320 used on flight QZ8501 had accumulated some 23,000 flight hours over 13,600 flights.
AirAsia's brand image is closely tied with its chief executive, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, who took over operations in 2001. Almost always in jeans and an AirAsia cap when interviewed, Mr Fernandes was seen as Malaysia's answer to Richard Branson.
In the same way that Mr Branson took on the dominance of British Airways in the 1980s, Mr Fernandes wanted to compete with established long-haul carriers in the region - like Malaysia's own flag carrier, Malaysian Airlines.
He's listed as one of the richest men in Malaysia and has always been adept at spinning his marketing message out to the media. With this plane's disappearance, he's wasted no time in tweeting out messages of support to the family and has already arrived in Surabaya along with members of the Indonesian affiliate of AirAsia.
After their chastening defeat in Cardiff, Australia needed to put together a solid batting performance and lay down a platform and they did all that and more on a flat, slow pitch ideal for batting.
Having reached 337-1, they are set up perfectly to bat England out of the match on Friday and push for a victory that would level the series.
I don't think England could have done a lot more with the ball. Stuart Broad was outstanding once again in conditions that offered him nothing.
This was a far tougher pitch to bowl on than the one at Cardiff. The surface there was equally slow, but the occasional ball would stop on the batsman or climb out of nowhere, meaning England could pitch the ball up and have men positioned for the drive.
At Lord's, the bounce was slow and predictable and the outfield was fast. Bowlers had to try things but when you are going for four runs from a defensive block it is pretty soul-destroying.
Mick Hunt, the Lord's groundsman, has worked so hard to get pace into this pitch over the last 10 years that there must be more than a suspicion that England have asked for all the surfaces to be slow in order to nullify Australia's pace attack.
Tactically, there is nothing wrong with doing that if they really do feel it's their best way of beating Australia, but it doesn't make for a very entertaining spectacle for the crowd.
Having said that, we don't want to see 10 wickets falling on every day of a Test match. That each contest is different is part of the richness of the game and I'm certainly not writing this match off as a dull, stultifying draw just because of what we've seen on the first day.
In some respects, England were fortunate that Australia didn't truly look to get after them today. Their approach was more centred on platform-building, making sure that they went into tomorrow in a good position.
The challenge for England will be not to allow things to slip away from them when Australia's more positive players come in and try to play shots. They will hope that Australia try to push on too quickly and lose wickets. If not, they will just have to keep their chins up and keep banging away.
When Australia come to bowl, their mindset will be different from Cardiff, when England were going after them in the first innings, and building on a healthy lead in the second.
This time, the tourists will have runs on the board, which means the likes of Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc can afford to run in and give it everything.
Whether they can be effective on this pitch remains to be seen, but they will be straining every sinew to try to get Australia's Ashes campaign back on track.
My day got off to an inauspicious start when I got into a bit of trouble with the MCC for going into the pavilion without a tie.
When I headed down there to start the show I had intended to be broadcasting from the doorway, but it was so busy with members that I made the decision to dart into the Long Room.
It provided a great atmosphere as the members roared the players onto the pitch, but I should have realised that my rules breach would not have gone unnoticed.
Later in the morning, I received an envelope containing a very funny letter from MCC chief executive Derek Brewer, as well as a tie.
He just wanted to remind me that rules are rules, just as Lewis Hamilton found out to his cost at Wimbledon on Sunday.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham.
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Rory McIlroy told BBC NI on Monday that he will "monitor the situation" before deciding if he will travel to Rio.
Lowry says he will seek medical advice but is "not going to take any chances" over Zika, which is linked to brain deformities in newborn babies.
"I'm the one who has to make that call," he told the Irish Times.
Masters champion Danny Willett has also expressed concerns over participating in the Olympics because of the virus, while Australians Adam Scott and Marc Leishman have already pulled out.
"Obviously I really want to go but there is a decision to be made," Lowry said.
"I am recently a married man and I have to learn a lot more about the virus. I have to speak to the medical people from the European Tour and the doctors back home.
"How big a percentage is the risk? That's the really big one.
"I'm going to listen to the medical advice that comes my way and I'll be honest, I'm not going to take any chances."
Lowry, who is playing at the PGA Championship at Wentworth this week, admitted concerns over Zika were "not an ideal scenario to have on golf's return to the Olympics".
A letter advised them not to work with Bob Higgins's youth football academy. It did not provide any reasons.
Six former Southampton youth players have made allegations that Mr Higgins abused them. He denies any wrongdoing.
In 1992 he faced charges of sexual abuse but was cleared on the direction of the judge.
Southampton FC has offered police its support to any investigation. Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed it is investigating allegations of historical abuse in the football community.
The Football League has confirmed it sent the letter in April 1989 but it is unclear exactly what prompted the warning.
The letter, revealed by The Guardian newspaper, states the Football League, the Football Association and English Schools Football Association were "opposed to the activities" of the Bob Higgins Soccer Academy.
Bob Higgins left Southampton FC the same year.
In 1997, five years after he was cleared in court, a letter was sent to schools and youth groups from Hampshire Police and social services in which they raised concerns that Mr Higgins posed a risk to children.
Mr Higgins joined Peterborough United as a coach in the mid-90s.
A statement released by the Cambridgeshire club said: "Mr Higgins was employed by the football club by previous owners and a past management team. The club are holding an internal investigation into this matter and will take any allegations seriously. We will co-operate with all of the governing bodies and the police during this time."
He also went on to work with Winchester City in 2001.
In a statement, Winchester City confirmed Mr Higgins joined the club in an "advisory role" but after a warning to the club's chairman from social services, he was told his position was "untenable".
"We would stress that Mr Higgins was only ever involved with the senior team at WCFC. He had no contact whatsoever with the junior section, or children under the age of 17. We have no reason to believe that Mr Higgins was involved in any inappropriate behaviour whilst in the employ of the club," it added.
Mr Higgins has most recently worked with Fleet Town FC - a semi professional team in Hampshire. On Sunday, the club said he was no longer involved with them and had worked on an "informal unpaid basis".
It said Mr Higgins was not police checked in 2012 as his role did not involve working with children.
The BBC has tried to contact Bob Higgins about the allegations of abuse which have emerged in recent days - he has not responded.
He has always denied any wrongdoing.
Hampshire's police and crime commissioner, Michael Lane, said: "A lot of people need to examine their consciences about whether they took the right action years ago; I hope they do.
"I'm certain that the constabulary would work with people who felt that they were at risk or abused in any way. My chief constable and her team are absolutely determined to treat people in a sensitive and professional way."
Around the country, a total of 450 people have alleged they were victims and 55 football clubs are linked to allegations of abuse.
Some 20 police forces have announced investigations into claims of sexual abuse in football.
Bolivia accused France, Italy, Spain and Portugal of blocking the plane.
It said some wrongly believed US fugitive Edward Snowden was on board.
Speaking in Berlin, French President Francois Hollande said he granted permission as soon as he knew it was Mr Morales' plane.
President Morales was flying back to Bolivia from Moscow when the plane was forced to stop in Vienna.
The French foreign ministry issued a statement on the incident.
Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said: "The foreign minister called his Bolivian counterpart to tell him about France's regrets after the incident caused by the late confirmation of permission for President Morales' plane to fly over [French] territory."
The episode sparked angry reactions from heads of state across Latin America.
Demonstrators marched on the French embassy in La Paz, burning the French flag and demanding the expulsion of the ambassador to Bolivia.
President Correa asked that the Unasur group of South American nations call an urgent meeting over the matter.
The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, expressed his "deep displeasure" with the "lack of respect" shown by the countries that denied airspace to Mr Morales' jet.
Bolivia's Vice-President Alvaro Garcia said a group of Latin American leaders would meet in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on Thursday over the case.
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Austrian officials said the airport authorities had searched the plane, but with Mr Morales's permission.
But the Bolivian government denied any search had taken place.
The plane took off from Vienna on Wednesday morning, having landed there late on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, France urged EU-US trade talks be delayed amid the fallout from secrets leaked by Mr Snowden.
The talks are due to begin on Monday but claims that the US bugged EU diplomatic offices in the US, and spied on internal computer networks, have upset transatlantic relations.
However, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin did not back a delay to the talks, which correspondents say if successful will deliver the biggest trade deal in history.
Mr Snowden is still believed to be in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, from where he is seeking asylum in Bolivia and several other countries.
He is wanted by the US on charges of leaking secrets he gathered while working as a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), America's electronic spying agency.
The leaking of thousands of classified intelligence documents prompted revelations that the US has been systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and web data.
China, Russia and several European countries have expressed anger with the US over the apparent scale of its surveillance programme.
There was some damage to cars nearby, but no reports of injuries. The embassy is not currently operational.
On Sunday, gunmen opened fire from a passing car on a security post at the South Korean embassy.
The militant group Islamic State said it carried out that attack.
The device at the Moroccan embassy in the Bin Ashour area of Tripoli was left in a bag at the gate.
The blast in the early hours on Monday morning was "very strong, and the house was shaking for few seconds," a witness told the AFP news agency.
It was unclear whether there was anyone in the embassy at the time and no one has yet said they carried out the attack.
Morocco has hosted UN-sponsored talks between rival Libyan government factions.
In Sunday's attack on the South Korean embassy, a Libyan security guard and a civilian were killed, with a second guard wounded.
Three South Korean nationals - two of them diplomats - were in the official residence at the time, which is in the same compound, the official added. They were unhurt.
The embassy itself has been closed for several months, but officials continue to use it.
Libya has been in turmoil since the Nato-backed removal of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
IS has a presence in different parts of Libya, and says it is behind several attacks on foreign targets in Libya including embassies and oil fields.
A top archaeologist has said the goods are at least 2,000 years old and were illegally excavated. Police have called in experts to help assess their value.
Two men caught trying to ship the items have been arrested, police say.
Karachi is often used by smugglers who can get criminal support to take valuable antiquities out of country.
Customs officers in 2005 foiled a similar attempt to smuggle nearly 1,500 artefacts worth more than $10m (£6.4m) out of Pakistan.
Some of the antiquities found in a container marked "furniture" at that time were 7,000 years old, archaeologists said.
Police Deputy Superintendent Majeed Abbas told the BBC that police conducted the raid in the eastern part of Karachi in the early hours of Friday morning.
The artefacts are thought to have come from the kingdom of Gandhara, which spanned northern Pakistan and parts of eastern Afghanistan.
"These artefacts were loaded in a container... and were so heavy," Mr Abbas said.
"We had to call specific machines and a forklift truck to download them carefully."
Mr Abbas said that the two men arrested told police that the artefacts were brought to Karachi six months ago for a sales deal.
The deal was cancelled and the men told the police they then tried to take the antiquities to Rawalpindi.
"But the papers we've recovered from the vehicle show a different destination. [They suggest that] the vehicle was on its way to Sialkot City of Punjab province, probably for another deal," Mr Abbas said.
"We have a hunch that they were about to deliver it to some buyers on their way," he said.
Meanwhile leading archaeologist Qasim Ali Qasim told Geo TV that the relics were mostly Gandharan art, found in an area near Peshawar.
He said that most of the items depict the early life of Buddha, which added to their value.
Martin, the star of films including 1983's The Man with Two Brains will receive his award in June next year.
Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI's board of trustees, said: "He is a multi-layered creative force bound by neither convention nor caution."
Martin started his career as a stand-up comic before moving on to acting.
His other roles included Little Shop of Horrors in 1986, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 1988 with Sir Michael Caine and Planes, Trains and Automobiles with the late John Candy in 1987.
He also starred in the family comedy Parenthood in 1989 as well as Father of the Bride [parts one and two] in 1991 and 1995 with Diane Keaton. In 2005 he starred in Shopgirl with Claire Danes, and Jason Schwartzman, which was based on his novella of the same name.
"Steve Martin is an American original," Sir Howard added. "His work is defined by him alone, for he is the author - and a national treasure whose work has stuck with us like an arrow in the head. AFI is proud to present him with its 43rd Life Achievement Award."
During his career, Martin has won an Emmy, four Grammys, a Kennedy Center Honour and an Honorary Oscar.
He has also carved out a career as a musician, and in 2009 he released an album called The Crow, packed with collaborations with other bluegrass and country artists, including Dolly Parton.
Last month, the musical Bright Star, which he wrote with singer-songwriter Edie Brickell premiered in New York.
A typical full-time worker now earns more than £25,000, a rise of 5.4% over the year to April.
Workers in Wales and the East Midlands earned less, according to a government survey based on samples of tax records.
But overall, Northern Ireland wages are about £2,500 below the UK average.
The details are contained in the 2015 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
The UK-wide survey of employers is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs.
It puts the median weekly salary in Northern Ireland at £485, compared to £528 in the UK.
Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell said the increase in wages is "welcome news."
But he added: "More needs to be done to promote and retain higher paid jobs in the private sector."
The report said the growth in earnings was widely distributed across industry sectors and occupations.
According to the survey, the typical Northern Ireland public sector workers earned £577 a week (up 1.6%).
In the private sector the figure it was £429 (up 6.7%).
Reports in Italy say the Chinese-backed Serie A club are prepared to offer Conte £250,000 a week if he leaves Chelsea after one season.
Pioli was sacked on Tuesday after six months as head coach.
The 51-year-old replaced Frank de Boer in November, signing a contract until the end of June 2018.
Former Italy boss Conte, 47, also managed Inter's rivals Juventus from 2011 to 2014.
With three matches remaining, Inter are seventh in Serie A, three points adrift of AC Milan and the final qualifying spot for the Europa League, and are winless in seven league games.
Youth team coach Stefano Vecchi will take charge of the first team for the rest of the season.
Pioli was Inter's ninth manager since Jose Mourinho left in 2010.
A club statement read: "Inter thanks Stefano and his team for the dedication and hard work carried out at the club over the last six months in what has proven to be a difficult season.
"The club will begin planning now for the next season."
Coric, 59th in the world rankings having secured his first ATP Tour title in Morocco last month, won 6-3 6-3.
The 20-year-old broke his British opponent three times in the opening set, and a further break in the second was enough to secure victory.
Coric will face 23-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals.
Murray, 29, looked frustrated as his testing clay-court season continued in the build-up to the French Open, which begins on 28 May.
The Scot lost in the last 16 of the Monte Carlo Masters on his return from an elbow injury last month, and was then beaten by Thiem in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open.
"There were a lot of things that weren't particularly good," he told BBC Sport.
"I made a lot of unforced errors and I also didn't find any way to make it a more competitive match, so that's the most disappointing thing.
"Things can change fast but you need to find exactly what it is that is going wrong and how you're going to fix that and commit to it. And if I do that, I'm sure I can turn it round."
Coric lost in the second round of qualifying to Mikhail Kukushkin and only gained a place at the tournament as a 'lucky loser' because of an injury to Richard Gasquet.
This was his second victory over Murray, having also beaten him at the Dubai Championships in 2015.
In a scrappy opening set, Coric broke to lead 3-2 but a couple of forehand errors allowed Murray to break straight back.
Murray, twice a winner in Madrid, then lost his serve once more, Coric comfortably held and Murray was unable to hold his serve to stay in the set.
His frustration boiled over in the eighth game of the second set as Coric won a long rally to break, before serving out the match.
Murray will next play in Rome, where he is the defending champion.
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This result will come as a shock to Murray's system.
He had seemingly been growing in confidence, and rediscovering his rhythm little by little as he made his way from Monte Carlo to Barcelona, but now has just one week in Rome to find the form and belief which would make him a genuine contender for the French Open.
His first serve, which has been hindered by an elbow injury, was not to blame against Coric, who played aggressively and fluently and took full advantage of Murray's error-strewn performance.
World number two Novak Djokovic reached the quarter-finals with a 6-4 7-5 defeat of Feliciano Lopez.
Defending champion Djokovic, who recently split with his coaching staff, had few problems against the 35-year-old Spaniard.
Rafael Nadal is also through to the last eight after extending his perfect record on clay this season to 12 matches without defeat with a 6-3 6-1 destruction of Nick Kyrgios.
Belgium's David Goffin secured his spot with victory over Milos Raonic 6-4 6-2, while Kei Nishikori saw off David Ferrer 6-4 6-3.
In the women's draw, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard's fine run came to an end with a 6-4 6-0 defeat by Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Bouchard had beaten Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kebver in previous rounds, but was outplayed by eighth seed Kuznetsova.
French 14th seed Kristina Mladenovic beat Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4 6-4 to set up a semi-final against Kuznetsova, while Romania's third seed Simona Halep thrashed Coco Vandeweghe 6-1 6-1 and will face unseeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova.
The 30-year-old man, of no fixed address, was found in Birmingham at about 23:30 GMT on 29 November.
He was found in a loading area behind The Victoria pub, in John Bright Street, on what was one of the coldest nights of the year.
West Midlands Police said CCTV had been examined and an investigation was taking place.
A statement said: "Following examination of CCTV it is believed that as the man became unwell, someone searched his pockets and property may have been stolen."
The death has been referred to the coroner.
The hoard was buried near Watlington around the end of the 870s, in the time of the "Last Kingdom".
This was when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival from the threat of the Vikings, which was to lead to the unification of England.
Archaeologists have called the hoard a "nationally significant find".
The hoard was discovered by 60-year-old metal detectorist James Mather.
He said: "I hope these amazing artefacts can be displayed by a local museum to be enjoyed by generations to come."
The find in October was lifted in a block of soil and brought to the British Museum, where it was excavated and studied by experts from the British Museum in London and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
The hoard consists of 186 coins - some fragmentary - and includes 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 79.
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.
Gareth Williams, curator of early medieval coinage at the British Museum, said it was a key moment in English history as Alfred forged a new kingdom of England by taking control of Mercia.
He said: "This hoard has the potential to provide important new information on relations between Mercia and Wessex at the beginning of that process."
Seven items of jewellery and 15 ingots were also found.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, said "Fascinating finds like this Viking hoard are a great example of the one million discoveries that have been unearthed by the public since 1997."
Under the Treasure Act 1996, there is a legal obligation for finders to report such treasures.
Boston in south Lincolnshire recorded the highest leave vote in the UK, with 75.6% backing Brexit.
The borough of Lambeth in south London saw almost the reverse result, with 78.6% of voters supporting Remain.
The BBC visited the two boroughs at polar opposites of the European Union referendum.
The vote comes against the backdrop of local concerns over the number of migrant workers in the town, and the increased pressure on local services.
Many are from Eastern Europe, attracted by work in the agricultural industry.
Among those obviously pleased with the result was a street sweeper driving his vehicle past a group of UKIP councillors at 6am, and giving a smile which was accompanied by a thumbs-up sign.
It was a sentiment shared by many voters in one of the UK's most extreme examples of a town affected by recent EU immigration.
The only other people in the town's market square were small groups of people waiting for a lift to work. Every one of them hailed from Eastern Europe, and this is a common sight in this town.
Yvetta from Lithuania spoke to reporters as she waited for her bus to work.
She said: "What happened, happened", while her friend, Martinez questioned what the government would do with people, like him, who come from other countries.
He added: "I hope it will be all right, but we don't know. Now we are waiting."
Other foreign visitors offered a different perspective on the result.
Fredrick Meon from French TV station ARTE, which was filming in Boston, said: "In France, reaction is a bit polarised, divided but basically happy that the British will leave. Economically, I think Britain will suffer for the next few years... some countries of the EU will see some benefits of this and I think France could be one of them."
Recent surges in migration to Boston mean that an estimated 14% of people in the area were born in other EU countries, and that may be a reason why some of the more than three-quarters of people here voted Leave.
Steve, making his way through Boston town centre on his way to work, said he was concerned by the outcome of the vote.
"I really don't know if it is the right thing," he said.
"I'm worried for my job. I work for a small business you don't know what effect it is going to have on that."
But, another Steve, who like so many others, voted to leave, said he was tired of the EU telling the UK to jump and David Cameron saying, 'how high?'
The 2011 census showed that the district had the largest number of non-British EU passport holders outside of London.
Figures showed 12.1% of Boston residents held such passports, compared with the Lincolnshire average of 3.5%.
Protests have been held in the town about the level of overseas workers, despite the local unemployment rate being below the national average, at 4.4%, as against 5.2% nationally.
The town's Conservative MPs Matt Warman, who supported Remain, said: "We've got to respect the fact that if people want to take that gamble then we have to get the best deal for the country... ultimately what is in everyone's interest is a stable economy in a time of transition."
However, for those expecting things to happen immediately, they might be disappointed - this new dawn, in true European style, is likely to take some time.
On the streets of Brixton there was sadness, disappointment, anger and even calls for London to secede from the UK, following the vote to leave Europe.
Finding anyone who backed Brexit in an area where four out of five people supported the Remain campaign was almost impossible.
Many shoppers, stallholders and residents in this ethnically diverse, but increasingly gentrified area of south London, expressed frustration that despite overwhelmingly voting to stay in the European Union, immigration concerns elsewhere in the UK meant they would be removed from the EU.
Mohammed Baez, a manager at Brixton Foodland, fears trade tariffs will be introduced and prices will go up.
"I feel very sad we are out because I prefer we stay in together.
"We get many products from Europe and it does effect when things go up because we don't sell as much.
Mr Baez, who has lived in the UK for about 17 years, added: "I believe because this thing happened that recession will start again.
"People will lose their jobs because when the taxes come things will become more expensive and it will affect the business.
"Many people from the North have voted about immigration. But the people who separate, what is the answer for them? I haven't heard any good answers saying: 'This is what we are going to do'."
Helen Palmer, of Herne Hill, became visibly emotional when she described why she believed Brexit was bad for the future of her family and the country.
"I felt very angry when I looked at the voting demographics and saw that it was older generations who were voting and really choosing a future for the country that the younger generations did not choose.
"Everyone we know in this borough believes passionately in integration and working with others.
"I'm standing in Brixton Market feeling quite emotional because it's a hugely vibrant, cosmopolitan, mixed-up melting pot of cultures.
"We feel the same about Europe: no matter what are the faults of the European Union we have to be inside and have to co-operate and collaborate with our fellow Europeans."
Vernon Ray first came to Lambeth from Jamaica in 1959 to work for London Transport.
He says the referendum result is the "worst thing that could happen in the history of Britain".
"Now everything is going to be way over the top. We're going to have to pay back through the nose.
"It's very upsetting.
"Lambeth became cosmopolitan and that is one of the reasons [it voted to remain].
"The issue is immigration, and this why they [the UK] opted out but in three or four months' time they will realise the mistake they've made."
Midwives Olivia Snowball and Rebecca Manners were concerned about the impact of the vote on London.
"I'm really gutted that we've left," said Ms Snowball.
"Having spoken to all of my friends and seeing what my friends on Facebook and Twitter were saying, it just seemed to be overwhelmingly that we would stay but obviously that's not what everyone else thought."
Ms Manners said: "Absolutely gutted that we voted out.
"I think there's definitely going to be a drop in the housing market throughout London, which some people will say is a positive thing.
"But I think that the immediate effects will be quite negative and again, especially within the NHS, I think we are going to see big changes throughout there as well."
Italian Camilla Cabasso expects Britain to experience an immediate and a long-term change for the worse.
She was not eligible to vote, but when I asked her what she thought of the referendum result she shrugged her shoulders and sighed.
"It's not so positive for people that come from other parts of Europe."
She believes the UK could become "more about control" because it would now not work together with other European countries.
Another Italian, who works at a sourdough pizza restaurant, said the result made her feel as though "the UK doesn't want me to stay here".
It has long been the perceived wisdom that a good leader is a decisive one.
That he or she knows their own mind, and is quick to make the correct call.
This is the type of person who is supposed to be in charge, we are told, whether they are leading a business, or government department, or even managing a football team. They get things done.
Yet what if this commonly held opinion is wrong? Would it actually be better to put someone in charge who, if not a ditherer, procrastinates? Someone who puts off coming to a decision?
That's the opinion of business psychologist Prof Adam Grant, who explores the issue in his recent book Originals: How Non-Conformists See The World.
Prof Grant, from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school, says that procrastinating - be it putting off making a decision or setting a project start date - can actually open a company boss's mind to more creative thinking, and lead to a more opportune time to launch a new product.
"Procrastination lets you have time for your ideas to percolate... and new technologies to emerge," he says.
Prof Grant's opinion is that business leaders should "explore new ideas early, but delay the execution of them long enough to give yourself access to unexpected insights".
Or in other words, "be quick to start and slow to finish" a new project.
Prof Grant spoke to Google co-founder Larry Page and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos when researching his book.
He says they both admitted to him that they often delayed decisions until the last possible minute, because, in the words of Prof Grant, they "want all the information on the table, and want to give themselves a lot of time to process that information".
Such an approach may have contributed to the success of both companies, who were able to speed past one-time rivals who had gone to market earlier - Charles Stack Online Bookstore, and former leading social network MySpace.
Not so fast, says Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and author of more than 65 studies on procrastination.
He says that putting off making decisions can be destructive. "Other people are going to be affected by someone delaying a project, or an assignment," says Prof Ferrari.
He cautions that when some people procrastinate they are in fact delaying tasks to try to shift responsibility away from themselves.
He concludes that if a project or decision is left until the last minute, such is the rush that errors are more common.
While Prof Ferrari cautions against procrastination, Rita McGrath, a professor of management at Columbia Business School, says that firms cannot usually make a correct decision quickly.
"It takes time to make a complex decision," she says.
Her view is that a business leader should mull over a task, studying it from different angles, but then delay its execution until the opportune time.
Mark Zuckerberg's launch of Facebook is a good example of this, according to Prof McGrath.
He leapt into founding Facebook, with little or no money, while still at Harvard. He first tested it at US universities, while studying where one-time rivals such as MySpace and Friendster were failing.
Only when he was happy with how Facebook worked did he open it up to general users, and it went on to take over the world.
Prof Grant says the case of Facebook shows business procrastination at its best. "If you wait rather than rushing in, you can watch consumer taste evolve, and enter [the marketplace] at the right time."
He adds: "The problem with decisiveness is that it's code for acting on the best information available at the time, and basing a decision on your gut, as opposed to maintaining a healthy scepticism.
"Allow unexpected thoughts to influence your decision."
Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of UK jobs website CV-Library, says there is both a time for procrastination and occasions when a quick decision is vital.
"It depends on what the decision is regarding, and the size of the business," he says.
"Whilst some decisions require some careful consideration, others depend on a quick turnaround, especially when you're a smaller player.
"Leaders should learn to trust their gut instinct, but also know when to give themselves space and time.
"There have been many occasions in my career at CV-Library where making a decision quickly has been the sole reason for success - responding ahead of the competition is the best way of putting yourself at the front of the race.
"However, for longer-term decisions, such as how we are expanding the business, or developing key infrastructure, I'll conduct vast amounts of research and take my time."
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Several newspapers reported Flower was prepared to resign if Pietersen remained part of the set-up following a humiliating Ashes tour.
Neither I nor the wider ECB leadership group have made any decisions as to the future involvement of any individuals in the playing group
But Flower said: "The reports I have issued an ultimatum of some description to the ECB are totally inaccurate."
Pietersen tweeted he was "shocked and saddened" by the reports.
The 33-year-old added: "I wish to repeat my strong desire to continue playing for my country and to help us regain the Ashes in 2015."
England rose to number one in the world Test rankings in August 2011 and completed their third consecutive Ashes series victory with a 3-0 home win over Australia in the summer of 2013.
But the tourists surrendered the Ashes last month and were eventually beaten in all five Tests in Australia to slip to fourth in the rankings.
Kevin Pietersen was England's leading run scorer with 294 at an average of 29.40. Here are his scores in the five Tests:
Ahead of a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in June and a five-Test series against world number two side India a month later, Flower has said he wants to stay and rebuild the England side.
But the 45-year-old insisted in a statement that no decisions have yet been made as to how that rebuild will take shape.
"Following speculation in the media, I feel it necessary to reiterate much of what I said in my recent press conference," he said.
"It would be sensible and responsible to review the tour in a calm and logical manner before assessing our options for the future and planning ahead.
"I repeat that neither I nor the wider ECB leadership group have made any decisions as to the future involvement of any individuals in the playing group or in the support staff."
On Tuesday, former England spinner Phil Tufnell criticised the manner of Pietersen's dismissals during the Ashes whitewash.
But the South African-born player still finished the series as England's leading run scorer with 294 runs at an average of 29.40.
The move comes ahead of the season opening game against Motherwell on Saturday.
The club said it was hoped a court order to remove the encampment could be obtained at some point on Friday.
The encampment comprises about a dozen caravans and a selection of trucks in the rear section of the car park.
The Pisa assessments of 15-year-olds show Wales falling further behind since the 2006 tests.
Wales teenagers ranked below average, alongside the Czech Republic, in reading.
Leighton Andrews called the results "unacceptable" and said everyone involved should be "alarmed".
Wales again ranked lowest of the UK countries and is now cast adrift from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Out of 67 countries taking part, Wales was ranked 38th for reading, 40th for maths and 30th for the tests for science.
Scotland was the best for reading and maths of the UK nations, ranked 15th and 21st, while England was top for science in the UK, ranked 16th.
It is now below average on all three measures and has scored worse than before in every category.
Up to 10,000 15-year-olds are tested by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in reading, maths and science.
The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests are designed to measure whether students nearing the end of secondary school are well prepared to meet the challenges they will encounter in future life.
China, South Korea and Finland dominated the upper rankings while Peru, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan propped up the tables.
In 2006, Wales scored average results for science and below average for maths and reading.
However, the latest tests, which were conducted in 2009, show the country is now below average on all three measures and has scored worse than before in every category.
By contrast the scores of the other UK countries are either average or above average.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews said: "These results are disappointing. They show an unacceptable fall in our overall performance - everyone involved in the education sector in Wales should be alarmed.
"There can be no alibis and no excuses. Countries with less money spent on education than Wales have done better than Wales.
"Schools, local authorities, and ourselves as government need to look honestly at these results and accept responsibility for them."
He said the results had "made it clear that schools in Wales are simply not delivering well enough for students at all levels of ability".
"This can only be described as a systemic failure; we all share responsibility for this and we must equally share in the difficult task of turning things around," he added.
"The young people of Wales have the same potential as young people across the world. We need to refocus on higher standards, set our ambitions and expectations high and look for improvement in every aspect of our system.
"Let me be clear - we need to address this as a matter of absolute urgency. It requires honesty, leadership and a new approach to accountability."
Michael Davidson from the OECD said Wales' performance showed the country faced a challenge compared to the rest of the UK.
"[Wales is] performing at about the same level in reading as the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, below the average," he said.
"I'm sure Wales would want to perform better than that."
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Ciaran Jenkins, BBC Wales education correspondent
While he did say the assembly government shared some of the responsibility, the education minister did go on the attack and say that teachers were guilty of complacency in the classroom and schools weren't delivering.
What he didn't really tell us was where the assembly government was going wrong. It's been 10 years since devolution and his government and previous governments have been driving education policy in that time.
He sits around a cabinet table with three previous education ministers. The question people will be asking is where they have gone wrong, and what policies must now be reviewed.
Was the decision to abolish school league tables the correct one?
Could schools benefit from more freedom?
Are the facilities and in some cases the teachers up to the job?
The minister has asked the profession some searching questions.
But with an assembly election in six months, the electorate could well be asking ministers why our schools, by the government's own admission, are failing.
With performance falling further behind the rest of the UK, the results may make uncomfortable reading for the assembly government.
David Reynolds, professor of education at Plymouth University, said the country had good schools but lacked consistency.
"It's not that we don't know how to educate children, it's just that we don't do it reliably across the system," he said.
The results are likely to renew calls from teaching unions to close the funding gap, which sees £527 more spent per pupil in England than in Wales.
However, Mr Davidson said the UK tends to be one of the highest spenders per student.
"There are only six countries in the OECD that spend more per students than in the UK," he said.
"We know there isn't a particularly strong relationship between levels of expenditure and performance.
"What's more important and is very evident from the data is how that money is spent."
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union condemned Mr Andrews for trying to lay the blame on classroom complacency.
"We had been assured that the minister would reflect on the results rather than enter the 'blame game'", he said.
"The NAS/UWT is willing to work with the assembly to take stock of the results and to assess what needs to be done if improvement is to be realised."
NUT Wales secretary David Evans said the schools effectiveness framework, introduced after the last Pisa results, needed to be given time and it was "vitally important" all those involved agreed on a way forward to address the deficiencies.
"We are all able to speculate on the reasons for this failure and we are sure that many column inches will be written about the funding gap, inadequate continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities, leadership issues, performance management, best practice and disruptive behaviour," he said.
Education union ATL Cymru said the "very disappointing" results should not lead to "knee-jerk reactions or quick fixes" that will "make matters worse".
The union said everyone with an interest in academic standards should work together to find "effective and lasting solutions".
Welsh Conservative education spokesperson Paul Davies said the "damning figures" were a wake-up call to the assembly government.
"Wales' dramatic educational decline suggests that Labour-Plaid's overly-centralised and bureaucratic management of schools is letting down a generation of pupils, parents and teachers," he said.
Lib Dem education spokeswoman Jenny Randerson said the results were "disastrous" and blamed underfunding of schools and the spending gap between England and Wales.
"It is simply not acceptable for Estonia and Latvia to be out performing Wales in mathematics, for example," she said.
"This is not just bad for individual children but a blow for our hopes of boosting growth in the economy."
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The coins, released by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, depict the battle.
The Battle of Agincourt was a major victory in the Hundred Years' War and took place on 25 October 1415 in a field in Picardy, northern France.
The coins will retail at £1,650 for the gold proof coin and £80 for the silver proof coin.
The city dropped from fifth place to 10th in the Good Growth for Cities Index.
The index was compiled by business advisers PwC and think-tank Demos.
It evaluated the performance of 42 UK cities against a number of categories selected to measure economic success and personal and family wellbeing.
These included jobs, health, income, skills, work-life balance, house affordability, commuting times, income equality and pollution.
Aberdeen was found to score well on jobs, skills and income but had below-average scores for income distribution, house prices to earnings and work-life balance.
Edinburgh maintained its position as the third-highest placed city, despite a below-average ranking for transport, while Glasgow fell from 24th to 29th place.
The city still outperformed Newcastle, Birmingham and Sheffield but had below average scores for health and owner-occupation.
While Inverness was not included in the main index and therefore not ranked, it was found to have performed particularly well. It saw above average results in measures including jobs, transport, skills, income distribution and environment.
The report found that Scottish cities overall scored particularly well on elements such as skills, jobs and income.
However, they were mostly around or below average in other areas, particularly health.
On that issue, the report said: "This may raise some questions about the different ways in which the health services are organised in the devolved administrations, the extent of relationship between health outcomes and inputs (e.g. spending) and the likely impact of welfare reform on those currently not participating in the workforce."
Paul Brewer, from PwC in Scotland, said: "It was only a few years ago that Aberdeen was ranked second in the report but has now slipped to 10th place as the impact of the reorganisation of the North Sea oil and gas industry takes effect.
"As our recent Sea Change report highlighted, there is still opportunity in the oil basin but the city also needs to continue to explore other options to future-proof itself.
"Aberdeen does demonstrate its resilience as the only Scottish city to perform above average in terms of new businesses per head."
The group of 70 officials and their wives visited the facility in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province on 15 May.
China launched a crackdown on corruption shortly after President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
Since then thousands of officials have been investigated, with many jailed for bribery and abuse of power.
The jail visit was first announced by the country's anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission of Discipline and Inspection, in the Saturday edition of its newsletter.
The move was meant as "an educational warning... allowing them to experience life behind high walls and steel windows", it said.
Photographs show the officials and their partners visiting the prison grounds, where they got a chance to speak to former bureaucrats - some of them former colleagues - who had been convicted of charges such as abuse of power.
They also toured an exhibition featuring photos and written accounts from jailed officials.
The CCDI report said the group let out "sighs" as they recognised several of their "old mentors, colleagues and friends" in the exhibition.
They were also sent to an auditorium where they listened to testimonials delivered by prisoners convicted of corruption.
China has been waging an intense campaign against corruption. Authorities have urged officials to live a more frugal lifestyle and eschew expensive gifts and lavish banquets.
Local media have made much of the arrests and investigations into thousands of officials from low-ranking public servants to senior figures, most notably former security chief Zhou Yongkang.
But critics say that deeper structural reform of the political system is needed to eradicate corruption.
QE was introduced as an emergency measure during the financial crisis to pump money directly into the financial system and keep banks lending.
A decade later, the stimulus policies are still in place, but he said they have "made the world more resilient".
But he also said gaps in understanding these relatively new tools remain.
As the economic recovery in the eurozone gathers pace, investors are watching closely for when the ECB will ease back further on its 60bn euro (£55bn) a month bond-buying programme.
Central bankers, including Mr Draghi, are meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, later this week, where they are expected to discuss how to wind back QE without hurting the economy.
On Monday, a former UK Treasury official likened the stimulus to "heroin" because it has been so difficult to wean the UK, US and eurozone economies off it.
In a speech in Lindau, Germany on Wednesday, Mr Draghi defended QE and the ECB's policy of forward guidance on interest rates.
"A large body of empirical research has substantiated the success of these policies in supporting the economy and inflation, both in the euro area and in the United States," he said.
The ECB buying relatively safe assets such as government bonds means that banks can lend more and improve access to credit for riskier borrowers, Mr Draghi said.
He added: "Policy actions undertaken in the last 10 years in monetary policy and in regulation and supervision have made the world more resilient. But we should continue preparing for new challenges."
Critics of QE argue it has inflated asset bubbles and stoked inequality by rewarding the asset-rich while punishing savers.
Lord Macpherson, who was permanent secretary to the Treasury when the Bank of England started QE in 2009, tweeted on Monday: "QE like heroin: need ever increasing fixes to create a high. Meanwhile, negative side effects increase. Time to move on."
The Bank of England's balance sheet swelled to £500bn last year, while the US Federal Reserve held $4.2 trillion (£3.3tn) of assets - which it is now looking to cut down.
The ECB's massive bond-buying programme, which started in March 2015, is expected to top 2tn euros by the year end.
Mr Draghi's comments came as a survey showed continued eurozone businesses growth in August, raising further questions about how much longer the stimulus is needed.
The fastest rise in manufacturing exports in six-and-a-half years helped to offset a mild slowdown in services growth, according to the Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers' Index.
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The chocolate Thomas weighs a whopping 140kg and took 250 hours to build by three chocolatiers.
A total of 100kg of chocolate was used to create the masterpiece, which is about the same as 50,000 chocolate buttons.
That includes 60kg of milk chocolate, 30kg of dark chocolate, 10kg of white chocolate and 25kg of cocoa butter.
Phew, imagine eating all that on Easter morning!
Ed Miliband might just have acquired a catchphrase.
The Labour leader who Jeremy Paxman dubbed a "north London geek" borrowed the argot of a Wild West gunslinger when he came out to confront questions about his character during the first of the leaders' TV specials.
When Paxman - the grand alpha-male of political interviewing - leaned in, so too did Miliband.
"That's why Cameron didn't want to debate him," one Labour aide declared, at volume, as he entered the post-show spin room.
Labour think Miliband has been caricatured and if the public sees more of the real man they will be impressed.
The question is: will the tough guy image convince the public?
Miliband faced hostile questions from the voters in the studio audience, some of whom looked pretty unconvinced by the answers.
They picked, once again, over his relationship with the brother he beat to the leadership. It's healing, apparently.
But then despite this not being a head-to-head debate, and certainly not the event the broadcasters originally wanted, it wasn't an easy night for either leader.
David Cameron came under sustained fire from Paxman, accepting that he had failed to meet his commitment on net migration.
Could you live on a zero-hours contract he was asked, time and time again.
Cameron mentioned a government ban on exclusivity in those contracts, but he squirmed a little all the same.
There was an on the record commitment from him to serve every day of a second term, while committing not to serve a third.
Just how would that work? A question the PM's aides say is for another day.
There were interesting hints from the other side about their future plans - Ed Miliband said overall spending would probably fall under Labour.
But really - this was all about the theatre.
It was pretty good telly, but then this is written in the spin room half an hour after the show's end credits.
Everyone here, now, seems excited - spinners, journalists and politicians.
The Westminster village has come to west London to play its favourite games.
Just how it will actually go down in the country at large, and just how much attention voters will give to 90 minutes of politics on a Thursday night several weeks before the election, won't be revealed amid the dirty coffee cups of a post-programme spin room.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which provides abortion care, wants Boots and other pharmacies to reduce the cost of emergency contraception Levonelle.
Boots told the BPAS it wanted to avoid "incentivising inappropriate use".
The company said it was "disappointed by the focus" BPAS had taken.
Currently, the progestogen-based drug Levonelle costs £28.25 in Boots, and its non-branded equivalent is £26.75.
But the branded drug costs £13.50 at Tesco and a generic version is £13.49 in Superdrug.
However, Superdrug charges £27 for Levonelle and £35 for an alternative emergency contraceptive pill, EllaOne.
BPAS lobbied Boots to reduce the cost of the pill to make it more accessible for women having difficulty getting the drug quickly on the NHS.
Clare Murphy, BPAS director of external affairs, said: "Most people believe women should be able to access emergency contraception from pharmacies at an affordable price."
But the chief pharmacist at Boots UK, Marc Donovan, said: "In our experience, the subject of [emergency hormonal contraception] polarises public opinion and we receive frequent contact from individuals who voice their disapproval of the fact that [Boots] chooses to provide this service.
"We would not want to be accused of incentivising inappropriate use, and provoking complaints, by significantly reducing the price of this product."
He added that the chemist wanted to avoid the pill "being misused or overused".
MP Yvette Cooper told Boots on Twitter: "This is patronising and pathetic - keeping emergency contraception price too high cos you don't trust women and are scared of critics."
When asked to explain their stance, Boots released a statement saying the price of emergency contraception included "a professional healthcare consultation".
It said: "This consultation helps support customers in their choice by examining an individual's full medical history and any potential drug interactions."
Sandra Gidley, chair of Royal Pharmaceutical Society England, said it wanted to see all community pharmacies in England supplying emergency contraception free through the NHS.
"NHS emergency contraception services have been available free through pharmacies in Scotland and Wales for some time and we would like to see that replicated across the whole of the country so women get better access, regardless of their ability to pay."
The morning after pill can be taken in the days after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
In England, Levonelle and EllaOne are free of charge from most sexual health clinics, most GP surgeries and most NHS walk-in centres or urgent care centres - but they are free only to women in certain age groups from pharmacies in some parts of the country.
In Scotland and Wales, the emergency contraceptive pill is available free of charge on the NHS from pharmacies, GPs and sexual health clinics.
In Northern Ireland, some pharmacies allow it to be bought on the NHS, and it is available free of charge from sexual health clinics and GPs.
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Tuesday's 2-0 loss to fellow strugglers Hull City was the West Midlands club's 10th league game without a win.
They have also managed just 12 league goals from 25 games - the lowest in Premier League history.
First-team coach Scott Marshall and goalkeeping coach Andy Marshall have taken temporary charge with 13 league matches remaining.
Football pundit Pat Nevin said the sacking had been coming given Villa's precarious league position, the lack of goals and the lack of entertaining football for Villa fans at home.
"Paul's a friend of mine, but that one is an absolute stick on," Nevin told Radio 5 live. "It was going to happen."
Disgruntled Villa fans had called for the 45-year-old Lambert, who was appointed in 2012, to go during the game against Hull.
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After the match, the Scot said he had been aware of the discontent "months ago" but was determined to battle on:, insisting "I've told the players they've got 13 cup finals."
Only two weeks ago, Villa chief executive Tom Fox had told BBC Sport said Lambert would remain in charge, adding that to sack him would be like "flipping a coin".
Fox added: "When things aren't going well, fans bay for that type of blood. That's not the way that I or the owner are going to make a decision. It's a false narrative."
Villa's decision to sack Lambert came just hours after the Birmingham Mail started a campaign to oust the former Norwich boss.
Their front and back pages were covered with the message: "Birmingham Mail says: Lambert Must Go!"
It was accompanied by the hashtag #lambertout.
Birmingham Mail editor Marc Reeves told BBC Midlands Today that his newspaper wanted to give "hundreds and thousands" of Villa fans the opportunity to have their say on Lambert.
"It's a voice that needs to be listened to and the Mail wanted to play its part in amplifying that voice to the Aston Villa board," he said.
"Villa owner Randy Lerner was determined to ride out the storm and, with Paul Lambert, had the best relationship he'd had with any Villa manager.
"I still believe Lerner will sell up during the summer. To a certain extent he's protecting his investment here.
"He'll be terrified about Villa going down - they have not been relegated since 1986-87 - and they look as if they could.
"I don't believe they will. They have a very good squad of players. They just need some sophisticated, modern coaching."
"There's always an insult around the corner": Revisit Lambert's run-ins with BBC Radio 5 Live's football reporter Pat Murphy.
Lambert arrived at Villa with a strong reputation, having managed Livingston, Wycombe, Colchester and Norwich.
He had taken the Canaries from League One to the Premier League, but he struggled to make an impact at Villa.
They have finished 15th in the last two seasons.
During Lambert's time in charge, they scored just 98 goals in 101 league games and collected 102 points. And this season's goals-per-game ratio of 0.48 is the lowest in English league history.
Bolton manager Neil Lennon, working on BBC Radio 5 live as a pundit, said he felt "very sad" for his "good friend" and former Celtic team-mate.
"Villa had been on a horrendous run and he'd had his hands tied for a long time in terms of finances," added Lennon.
"But ultimately you're judged on results. It's significant that they've just dropped into the bottom three and the very next day Paul's gone."
Akhil Sharma's Family Life mirrors the author's own experience of emigrating from India to America as a child.
Accepting the 100,000 euro (£78,000) prize, he said he felt "abashed".
Previously known as the Impac Award, the winner is chosen from a shortlist of 10, compiled from nominations made by public libraries in 118 cities.
Sharma, an assistant professor of English at New Jersey's Rutgers University, has previously won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction and the New York Times' Notable Book of the Year.
"To be acknowledged by people I respect is a strange thing. I can't say I fooled them. I feel abashed by this honour," he said. Sharma is the third American author to win the prize in its 21-year history.
Family Life was chosen ahead of books by Man Booker prize winner Marlon James, Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson and debut novelists Mary Costello and Scholastique Mukasonga.
The prize's longlist of 160 books included works by JK Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith, journalist Caitlin Moran, Ian McEwan and past Impac winners Colm Toibin and Per Petterson.
He said last year that he wanted to simplify the whole business of setting taxes and government spending, which had become too complicated thanks to the process involving not one, but sometimes two, Budgets a year.
So, Spring Budgets will again become autumn ones (the first will be later this year), while the other big set piece event, the Autumn Statement, will become a spring one (the first will be in 2018).
This statement will no longer be a "major fiscal event", according to the chancellor, but simply a response to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Opinion among accountants and tax advisers is that this change to the UK's law-making on tax is a very good thing.
"I applaud his decision," says Anne Redston, visiting professor of tax law at King's College London, and author of Tolley's Yellow Tax Handbook.
"It gives more time for proper consultation on any changes, which can identify unexpected consequences.
"It allows things to be stress-tested by parliamentarians, commentators and others," she adds.
Chas Roy-Chowhdury, of the ACCA accountancy body, says having one "fiscal" event each year "keeps it simple and stops overloading us with complexity".
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Moving the Budget back to the autumn will also give the government more time to explain forthcoming changes which will typically come into effect the following April, at the start of the new tax year.
That is an important consideration.
Take the current revaluation of business rates, which is due to come into effect at the start of April.
This has been in the pipeline for some time but is still causing consternation and even shock to some business rate-payers.
"Springing new taxes late in March doesn't work very well, so makers of tax law need time to consult to improve the chance that tax law works as intended from day one," says George Bull, the senior tax partner at accountancy firm RSM.
Mr Roy-Chowdhury points out that moving the government announcements matters to the general public as well.
"If there is a range of changes twice a year to things like national insurance, personal allowances, pensions tax relief or savings allowances, it is harder for ordinary taxpayers to keep up," he says.
However, it is possible for people to be given far too much warning of impending changes.
Chancellor Nigel Lawson discovered that when his 1988 Budget announced the end of a valuable tax break for unmarried couples who were buying homes, known as multiple mortgage tax relief.
Giving four months notice of its withdrawal, scheduled for 1 August that year, prompted tens of thousands of people to rush and buy properties before the deadline.
That stoked up the rip-roaring 1980s house price boom to an even greater frenzy than before, and helped pave the way for the subsequent house price crash and the recession of the early 1990s.
These days any concern about giving too much notice of tax changes tends to focus on the government's frequent attempts to stop tax evasion.
But Ms Redston points out there are easy ways to deal with that problem.
"You can announce what are called anti-forestalling measures or make the effect of the change, in the Finance Bill, retrospective back to the date of the announcement," she says.
One problem that Chancellor Hammond will not find as easy to deal with is breaking from the recent trend for staging mini-Budgets.
He might see his new, lightweight Spring Statements morph into new Spring Budgets, whether he wants them to or not.
"If unexpected changes in the economy require it, then I will, of course, announce actions at the Spring Statement, but I won't make significant changes twice a year just for the sake of it," he said last year.
We shall see.
Budgets back in the 1970s and 1980s were typically spring affairs.
From 1976 they were also accompanied each year by the newly-created Autumn Statements which were dry, and rarely newsworthy, announcements of spending plans for each government department.
Then things changed.
Firstly, the Conservative Chancellor Ken Clarke effectively merged the two big announcements into one autumn Budget in 1993.
Later, Labour's Chancellor Gordon Brown moved the Budget back to the Spring but re-badged the Autumn Statement as a "pre-Budget report".
That was when some of these autumn events started to morph, becoming mini-Budgets in all but name, and helping to gain Mr Brown a reputation of trying to micro-manage the economy.
The Conservative Chancellor George Osborne continued the policy of two big set piece announcements each year, both effectively Budgets, though he resurrected the Autumn Statement name.
Anthony Grainger, 36, of Bolton, was shot in a car park in Culcheth, Cheshire, in March 2012 in an operation planned by Greater Manchester Police.
Officers believed Mr Grainger was in a gang planning an armed robbery.
Assistant Chief Constable Steven Heywood, who gave the authority for firearms officers, said intelligence suggested he was violent.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Mr Grainger had been under surveillance as part of Operation Shire before he was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park.
Mr Heywood, who now works for the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, said he had given authority for firearms officers and the use of specialist munitions, including CS gas canisters, on 1 March, two days before the fatal shooting.
The inquiry has heard Mr Grainger did not have any convictions for violence.
Asked if he still thought Mr Grainger had been prone to violence, Mr Heywood said: "There was intelligence to suggest that, yes."
But he said he would not be able to reveal where that intelligence came from while the inquiry was in public session.
Mr Heywood is due to give evidence in closed session on Thursday.
The inquiry has already heard two weeks of evidence behind closed doors and a number of witnesses, including the officer who shot Mr Grainger, are being kept anonymous and will give evidence from behind a screen.
The court has heard officers deployed a CS gas canister into the car Mr Grainger was in at around the time of the shooting, but use of the gas was not authorised by the home secretary at the time.
Insp Andrew Fitton, the tactical adviser for the operation, told the inquiry he had not been aware use of the gas was not authorised.
The inquiry is expected to run until 21 April.
Some Facebook users told her off for "disrespecting" the PM".
The unapologetic actress responded by posting a picture of both her mother and her wearing short dresses, captioned "legs for the day".
Other Indian actresses have also faced anger over their choice of attire.
Deepika Padukone once publicly called out a leading Indian newspaper in 2014 for tweeting a picture of her cleavage.
"YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??" Padukone tweeted to the paper. Many other actresses also came out in support of her.
The controversy began after Chopra, who stars in the new Baywatch film and in the US television series Quantico, posted a picture with Mr Modi, thanking him "for taking the time from his packed schedule" to meet her in Berlin.
It didn't take long though, before the "disrespectful" dress became the topic of conversation, with many commenting on how it "insulted" Mr Modi and his "pious followers."
Chopra chose not to directly respond to people, but instead made what many are calling a "classy comeback" on Instagram, featuring herself, her mother, and of course, legs.
The post had received more than 100,000 "likes" in a little over four hours.
And while Chopra chose not to directly engage with those criticising her, many of her fans took on her trolls in her defence:
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With four countries - Wales, Ireland, England and France - all in with a chance of finishing as champions, the 23-year-old says it will be important to stay calm in the heat of battle.
"Flashpoints happen in every game and you just have to do your best and make sure you don't give away penalties, or whatever," said Williams.
The Welsh take on Italy in the first of three crunch games on Saturday.
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That match in Rome is followed by Scotland's contest with Ireland at Murrayfield, then England's clash with France at Twickenham.
Dylan Hartley agrees with Williams that it will be vital to stay composed and says the England dressing room will be "quite calm" before kick-off.
"Gone are the days of head-banging and punching holes in walls," said the Northampton hooker.
After six weeks, 15 games and 1,200 minutes of bone-crunching action, the Six Nations could be decided in the very last minute.
The permutations are almost endless.
Even France can win, should Wales and Ireland lose and Les Bleus beat England by eight points or more.
To give you an idea of what might happen on a gripping final day, BBC Sport has asked a host of famous rugby names for their verdicts.
Who's going to win the three games on Saturday?
Ex-Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies: Wales, Ireland, England
Ex- Scotland scrum-half Andy Nicol: Wales, Ireland, England
Ex-England centre Jeremy Guscott: Wales, Scotland, England
Who's going to win the title?
JD: England
AN: Wales
JG: England
How is Saturday going to pan out?
JD: "Wales need to set a target of at least 10 points to put pressure on Ireland and England, but Stuart Lancaster's men must be favourites because of home advantage."
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AN: "I have a funny feeling that Wales could rack up a big score against Italy, especially as the Italians are without captain and superstar Sergio Parisse. This will heap pressure on Ireland and England, who I think will both win their games but not by much. So Wales win the Six Nations."
JG: "Wales are disrupted by injuries and I don't believe they will score enough points against Italy. Although Ireland will fancy their chances to score a good number of points against Scotland, the Scots will not want to be embarrassed at home and will play hard, showing plenty of pride. England's home record is decent and they're good enough to beat a poor French side by a good margin to lift the title."
JG: "I am intrigued to see how Wales turn round from the Ireland game in the space of a week. The physical effort they put in was of a different scale to anything else we have seen. It was super-human. They will be battered, bruised and mentally drained, despite winning. That will be difficult to recover from in seven days, but they are coming off a high and they know if they score enough points they could win the championship."
Ex-Italy lock Carlo Del Fava: "Italy have a monumental task. Wales are coming to Rome to score points, as England did last year when Stuart Lancaster's men won 52-11. It is going to be a battle and extremely difficult, there is no getting away from that, but it is not an impossible task to keep this Welsh team at bay."
JD: "Wales haven't got great strength-in-depth in the front row and they're fielding two new props in Rome, so it will be a big test for the front five. Bbut Wales should go to Rome and get a result."
Ex-England coach Andy Robinson: "You have got to build the score to start with and kick your goals. Wales have to break Italy's spirit and then run in the tries in the last 20 minutes."
Ex-Wales wing Shane Williams: "I would love to be able to say I am very confident Wales can put 50-60 points on Italy, but that's not going to be case and it is going to be difficult. I can see Wales winning comfortably, but I think the ball is in England's court at the moment."
Ex-Ireland hooker Keith Wood: "I always hated Murrayfield, it was a horrible place to go. But I think the Irish lads will be confident they can go out and do it. I don't think Scotland have that same level of strength that Wales showed, but they will be fearful, too. Although Scotland are without a win and are bottom, they have been close without quite getting there this year. Ireland have to be focused because Scotland will have their day soon - and it could be this week."
AN: "Scotland may have lost all four of their games so far, but I think they will click at some point. They will take some confidence from the last 20 minutes of the first half in the loss against England last weekend. They defended well, really dug in and showed a lot of character there. I have backed Scotland in every game so far and they have lost the lot so I am changing tactics by backing Ireland and hoping I am wrong again!"
KW: "Ireland are pretty much a team in transition. They had a horrible injury list at the start of the Six Nations, they put a conservative game-plan in place to get over the first couple of hurdles, and they retained that against England, but they just didn't enact it against Wales.
"They just have to cut loose a bit against Scotland. It depends what happens beforehand but they need to win, first and foremost, and then rack up the points to set a target for England."
Ex-Ireland prop Paul Wallace: "Scotland are a good team but maybe they don't have that self-belief yet."
JG: "I think England are less favoured now to win the Six Nations, given the France scoreline when they nilled Italy last weekend. But I would back England at home against anybody. If they find the intensity and accuracy they did in the second half against Wales on the opening weekend, I don't think the French will be able to handle it."
AR: "France are not going to do it. They are in a shocking place at the moment and I think England will blow them away in the last 15 minutes."
JD: "France tend to have one performance in them somewhere, but England have to start favourites."
Ex-England scrum-half Matt Dawson: "It is going be an emotional rollercoaster for the England guys and I don't see how you cannot know the results throughout the day. I think England will need to win the game against France by 10-12 points."
Ex-England fly-half Paul Grayson: "Scotland are staring at the Wooden Spoon, so they'll be up for it, which means it will be hard for Ireland. That could play into England's hands. Scotland helping England? Marvellous."
Transfer deadline day is upon us and Premier League clubs have already broken all known spending records for this summer's transfer window.
Twelve clubs have set new transfer records for single deals, benefiting from the new £5.1bn television deal.
Arsenal's £52m double signing of Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi pushed top-flight summer transfer window spending close to the £1bn mark, which it then passed on deadline day.
It has long surpassed the previous high of £870m set last year.
BBC Sport takes a look at a few big things to look out for on 31 August, including which clubs will be the busiest, which will be quietest and a look at some of the more left-field deadline day signings.
The window closes at 23:00 BST in England and midnight in Scotland.
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West Brom manager Tony Pulis said on 12 August that his team needed four or five more players and since then they have added winger Nacer Chadli from Tottenham for £13m and Everton defender Brendan Galloway on loan.
"The club needs a lift. We need five players to come in and make a difference straightaway - we need almost half a team," Pulis told BBC WM.
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew said his team had lost two "iconic" players with the exits of Mile Jedinak and Yannick Bolasie, although the Eagles have fended off a Spurs bid for winger Wilfried Zaha.
Palace have already signed striker Christian Benteke for £27m from Liverpool and Chelsea forward Loic Remy on a season-long loan but could yet do more business. Jack Wilshere has been suggested as a potential addition, with Arsenal keen to give the England international some game time.
Managerless Hull City did not sign anyone all summer and then went and added Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason, Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall and Manchester United striker Will Keane on Tuesday. With only 14 fit senior professionals available last weekend, there could be more to come.
Injury-hit West Ham are also likely to be looking for additions despite their early exit from European football and Everton manager Ronald Koeman could have a busy day after he admitted he would be "disappointed" if he was not able to add a few new faces.
Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has told BBC Wales that the club could bring in some new faces on loan.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has said his business is done for the summer - despite rumours of interest in another centre-back.
"I have 23 players in the squad and in principle nobody is leaving, because I don't want anyone to leave," the Portuguese said last week. "No-one is coming and 23 players is more than enough."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is only looking at outgoings as he aims to trim his squad.
He said: "We have 30 players, it's enough. I'm so happy with the squad and the team. I'm so confident. I trust a lot in them."
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger - often derided by his own fans for a lack of transfer activity - pushed the club's summer spending close to the £100m mark with a double coup of Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi and Spanish striker Lucas Perez on Tuesday for a combined fee of more than £50m.
Having already added Granit Xhaka, Kelechi Nwakali, Rob Holding and Takuma Asano, Wenger has said there are "no plans for anyone else now".
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Dutch striker Vincent Janssen and Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama have been the two major signings made by Tottenham, and boss Mauricio Pochettino cryptically said the club hopes to sign "one, two or three players or maybe no-one".
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says he is "pleased to work with the players I have" but acknowledged he would still like to "improve his squad" before the window closes. An incredible Stamford Bridge return for Brazil centre-back David Luiz was being rumoured on Tuesday.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he "can't wait for the day when the transfer window is closed," and is surprised by the "obsession". He then added that the club "do not have a preferred position to sign players".
Every year there is at least one move that has fans scratching their heads and asking "where has that come from?"
In January 2014, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger signed the injured Sweden international Kim Kallstrom on loan. The then 31-year-old went on to make four appearances for the Gunners.
Deadline day in August 2008 saw Manchester City part with £32.5m for Real Madrid's Robinho. The Brazilian was caught so off guard by the transfer that he initially seemed to think he had joined Chelsea.
With their season in freefall, Everton brought in Senegal striker Oumar Niasse for £13.5m from Lokomotiv Moscow on February's deadline day. Niasse, signed by Roberto Martinez, failed to score in 152 minutes of first-team football and was not given a squad number by new Toffees boss Ronald Koeman.
Manchester United fans were also left confused on the same deadline day when the Red Devils brought in Andy Kellet from Bolton on loan for six months. Kellett had only made four senior appearances for Bolton and was used to boost United's reserve team.
Unable to command a place in West Ham's first team, the agent of midfielder Julien Faubert pulled of a coup by convincing Real Madrid to take the Frenchman on loan for the remainder of the season on deadline day in January 2009. He made two appearances and infamously fell asleep while on the bench during a match against Villarreal.
An alcohol-fuelled scouting trip, some dodgy VHS tapes and a case of mistaken identity were some of the theories for Milton Nunez's deadline-day move to Sunderland in March 2000. The diminutive Honduran striker was bought by Peter Reid for £1.6m from Nacional of Uruguay but made just a solitary league appearance for the Black Cats.
In attempt to avoid relegation, QPR broke their club record transfer fee to sign defender Christopher Samba from Anzhi Makhachkala for £12.5m in January 2013. "He's a monster," said then manager Harry Redknapp, sounding a little like cult agent Eric Hall, only to sell him back to the Russian Premier League club six months later.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has a penchant for a left-field deadline-day transfer signing. In August 2011 he brought in left-back Andre Santos from Fenerbahce for £6.2m. After an underwhelming career at Emirates Stadium he headed back to his native Brazil.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made it clear that goalkeeper Joe Hart, 29, was free to find himself a new home.
Last week's signing of Claudio Bravo effectively pushed Hart down to City's third choice position and the England man has elected to join Italian side Torino on loan, with the deal set to be announced on Wednesday.
Also likely to be looking at the City exit doors are Samir Nasri, 29, and Yaya Toure, 33.
Nasri has been linked with a move to Spanish side Sevilla while Toure is yet to feature in a league match this season.
This is the first season that teams outside the Premier League will not be able to use the emergency loan window to sign players between the end of August and the start of January.
That means we can expect a lot more action from the teams in the EFL than would normally be the case.
Tuesday saw the biggest Championship transfer ever with Bristol City selling striker Jonathan Kodjia to Aston Villa for a fee of up to £15m.
There had already been some big-money moves in the Championship this summer with Ross McCormack joining Villa from Fulham for £12m, Newcastle signing Matt Ritchie from Bournemouth for the same amount and Derby adding Matej Vydra from Watford for £8m.
Bristol City are now likely to be active on Tuesday in a bid to replace Ivorian Kodjia, while Nottingham Forest received £13m for winger Oliver Burke from RB Leipzig on Sunday and fans will hope to see some of that money reinvested.
In League One, Sheffield United got their first win of the season on Saturday and boss Chris Wilder may well be appealing for funds to kickstart a promotion push, while League Two Portsmouth may be willing to spend in order to avoid a fourth successive season in the bottom tier.
Safety issues and the killing of a top rebel have been blamed for the delay.
Militants and their families were due to be bussed to areas under the control of their respective groups, under a deal between rebels and the government.
Meanwhile, a rebel coalition says it has captured a key dam from so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria.
A spokesman for the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said fighters backed by coalition air strikes had seized the Tishrin dam, about 14 miles (22km) north of the IS stronghold of Raqqa.
The spokesman, Col Talal Selo, said the capture of the dam would help disrupt an IS supply line across the Euphrates and isolate the group between northern Aleppo and its territory east of the river.
Earlier this month, pro-government media reported a deal between the regime, IS and the rival al-Nusra Front to allow members of both safe passage out of Yarmouk and Hajar al-Aswad to Raqqa and the northern province of Idlib.
Eighteen buses which will transport rebels and their families were reported to have arrived at the camp on Friday.
However, Lebanese Hezbollah al-Manar TV said the evacuation was held up because the convoy was due to pass through territory controlled by rebel group Jaysh al-Islam, whose leader was killed in an air strike later that day.
The UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said it was paused for "logistic reasons" in order to secure the road to IS-held Raqqa in the north-east.
About 18,000 civilians have been trapped in Yarmouk by the fighting and a government siege since 2012.
Islamic State militants took over parts of the camp earlier this year.
They were pushed back by Palestinian militias and Syrian rebels after weeks of fierce fighting, and Yarmouk has since been divided into areas controlled by IS, al-Nusra Front and pro- and anti-government Palestinian militants.
Government forces maintain checkpoints around the area, preventing civilians from leaving.
Once Yarmouk is made safe, the UN will be able to get aid to the civilians there.
It is believed the route will go from the King Power Stadium to the city centre before ending at a park.
The city council has refused to officially confirm any plans but previously said Town Hall Square was not big enough.
Leicester City were confirmed Premier League champions on Monday night.
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In 2014, the Foxes held an open top bus parade to celebrate promotion to the top flight after a 10-year absence.
Thousands of people lined the route from High Street, past the Clock Tower before about 6,000 fans greeted the buses in Town Hall Square.
City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has previously told the Leicester Mercury that too many people would want to celebrate to be able to hold anything in Town Hall Square again.
Leicester City will lift the Premier League trophy on Saturday at their last home match against Everton.
The parade is expected on 16 May, the day after Leicester's final game of the season at last season's champions Chelsea.
Naomi House at Sutton Scotney has been closed for a year while facilities, including new accommodation, a bereavement suite and roof terrace were built.
The charity supports children with life-limiting conditions in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight.
The first families are due to use the new facilities within the next week.
During the closure, nurses and carers have continued to operate from temporary spaces created within the charity's hospice for young adults, Jacksplace.
The charity launched its Butterfly Appeal in 2014 to provide updated accommodation for both children and their parents as well as larger kitchens and a new communal arts and play area.
The ten-bed complex includes a bereavement suite and a new memory garden.
Naomi House spokesman Keith Wilson, said the building was "nothing short of incredible".
"While we may have modernised the entire building, and equipped it with a vast array of the latest technology, it doesn't feel cold or clinical in any way.
"The design has preserved that welcoming and homely feel that Naomi House always enjoyed," he added.
Renald Luzier told the French newspaper Liberation that his job had become "too much to bear" following the deaths of his colleagues.
Twelve people were murdered when two Islamist gunmen burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices on 7 January.
"Each issue is torture because the others are gone," said Luz.
He joined the publication in 1992 and said his resignation was "a very personal choice". He will leave in September.
"Spending sleepless nights summoning the dead, wondering what Charb, Cabu, Honore, Tignous would have done is exhausting," he added.
Within days of the attack, the satirical magazine's surviving staff produced an edition with the headline "All is forgiven" above Luz's cartoon of Muhammad holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie".
Pictorial depictions of Muhammad are considered forbidden by most Muslims.
Stephane Charbonnier - "Charb"
Jean Cabut - "Cabu"
Bernard Verlhac - "Tignous"
Georges Wolinski - "Wolin"
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Last month, Luz announced he would stop drawing images of the Prophet, as it no longer interested him.
He announced his plans to leave on Monday, but said many people were urging him to stay.
"They forget that the worry is finding inspiration," he added.
The magazine, which regularly struggled to make ends meet, is now backed up by tens of millions of euros of funding.
But Luz said in a previous interview that financial security had posed questions about its future editorial direction.
Allen, who joined Liverpool from Swansea City for £15m in August 2012, has 14 months left before his current deal expires.
The 26-year-old has previously said he is playing for his long-term Anfield future.
Liverpool rejected an enquiry from Swansea about re-signing their former player on loan in January.
Allen has only started four Premier League games this season including Sunday's 4-1 win over Stoke City.
He received a standing from Liverpool supporters after being substituted and was praised by manager Jurgen Klopp.
"He was brilliant. There is no other word for this. We only took him off because we need him," Klopp said.
"Joe is not 100 percent fit, but it is not possible because he couldn't train often enough. He was always on the bench because we have needed him.
"Hopefully he stays healthy forever and now he's a really good option."
Allen has been given his chance after captain Jordan Henderson suffered a knee injury in the Europa League quarter final first leg win over Borussia Dortmund.
He is likely to retain his place in midfield for Thursday's second leg tie against Klopp's former team at Anfield.
Under the Article 50 process, talks on the terms of exit and future relations will begin and are expected to take two years.
But what should we in Wales look out for during this process? BBC Wales' correspondents have some suggestions.
AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT - Steffan Messenger
For Wales' farmers, much will depend on getting the right trade deal.
With 90% of Welsh agricultural produce currently exported to the EU, farming leaders want unfettered access to the major market on their doorstep.
Talk of new agreements with New Zealand, the US and elsewhere is prompting talk of foreign meat flooding supermarket shelves and fears that current high production standards could be undermined.
After decades of abiding by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the chance to rewrite the rule book is an exciting prospect for many.
But big questions remain about whether it is the Welsh Government or Westminster who will take charge.
There are questions too about whether they will continue to subsidise farmers.
For many in Wales, the payments they receive from Brussels are the difference between making a profit or loss, accounting for 81% of Welsh farms' income in 2014-15.
When it comes to the environment, virtually all the laws which protect wildlife and water quality, and which tackle air pollution and climate change, have their roots in Brussels.
Any plans to change environmental protections will be watched closely by those on both sides of the Brexit divide.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS - Brian Meechan and Sarah Dickins
Wales has had significant amounts of EU cash to grow its economy, generate jobs and improve living standards.
36,970 jobs created
18,645 enterprises assisted
72,700 helped into work
234,335 qualifications gained
It has been spent on a wide range of initiatives in west Wales and the valleys, including road and port improvements and schemes to strengthen communities and support childcare.
There is also a separate programme to develop rural areas.
Many Welsh Government projects to improve people's skills have also been part-funded by the EU. They include Jobs Growth Wales, ReAct, Go Wales, and an apprenticeship programme.
Whether similar schemes will continue after Brexit will depend on UK and Welsh government policies in the future.
There is also the question of whether EU nationals working here will be allowed to stay, whether others will be allowed into the UK after Brexit, and if not, how skills will be developed within the UK labour pool to replace them.
Because of the single market, Wales has been an attractive place for overseas companies to make products to sell across Europe, for example Japanese firms making TVs and computers.
If the UK is no longer part of the single market, new agreements on tariffs and regulations will be needed, which may influence business decisions on investment.
There are also firms whose ownership crosses several EU states, such as Airbus, which manufactures plane wings in Flintshire and transports them to Toulouse in France for assembly.
Airbus is concerned about its ability to put staff on a plane in the UK and have them working in Toulouse the next day.
The UK government has indicated it will try to negotiate special arrangements for key sectors.
On tariffs, Theresa May has already said she will not accept the customs union in its current form when the UK leaves as it limits trade deals with non-EU countries.
Businesses will want to know what this means for trade.
The EU is currently our biggest market - 67% of Welsh exports go to the European Union. Some Welsh firms are already looking at opening offices in the EU.
However there are also opportunities for new trade deals with the likes of the US, China and India.
Welsh productivity is about 30% lower than the rest of the UK's, which itself lags behind competitors including France and Germany.
More investment in roads and rail might make the country more productive. The South Wales Metro is part-funded by the EU and First Minister Carwyn Jones has said without that money, it could take longer to deliver the project.
EDUCATION - Colette Hume
International students are big business for Welsh universities and there are concerns about the impact of leaving the EU on the number choosing to study in Wales.
According to the universities admission service Ucas the number of EU applicants choosing to study in the UK decreased by 7% this year.
Universities say it is still to soon to fully understand the implications of leaving the EU in terms of research and development.
But with so many projects supported by EU cash it seems improbable that institutions will not be affected - then of course there is the issue of brain drain.
Will internationally renowned academics based in Wales choose to take their skills elsewhere when EU funding runs out?
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE - Owain Clarke
Official data suggests about 6% of doctors working in Wales qualified in another EU country and there are recruitment problems in certain parts of Wales and in some specialist areas.
The UK government would need to clarify its intentions on the ability of EU nationals to work in the health and care sectors.
There will be questions too about access to healthcare for EU citizens living here, and for Welsh people living in EU countries, and what the arrangements will be for tourists who currently use the European Health Insurance Card to get treatment when on holiday.
Like in the rest of the UK, Welsh NHS workers will be keeping an eye on what happens to the working time directive because of the possible impact on their rotas, pay and contracts.
In addition there will be pros and cons to any changes in the regulation of medicines and clinical trials.
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The former chairman of Welsh National Opera and prominent Remain campaigner, Geraint Talfan Davies, has suggested that at least £2.3m in European funding was due to be spent on Welsh cultural projects by 2020.
But Mr Davies, also a former controller of BBC Wales and chairman of the Arts Council, said it was harder to quantify other benefits such as the money made available to international consortia, and initiatives such as the EU Capital of Culture.
He argues that the focus during Brexit negotiations should be on "retaining UK participation in the EU's cultural programmes, for artistic as much as financial reasons".
Anecdotally, some parts of the creative industries are already benefiting from a Brexit boost. I'm told the weaker pound has helped exports, and encouraged deals with foreign buyers, in areas such as film and animation.
But unrestricted access to existing trading partners in the European Union, and minimal travel restrictions on touring companies and individual performers, are prominent items on the wish-list from Wales' cultural and creative community.
The National Audit Office (NAO) concluded that "the Green Deal has not therefore been value for money".
Under the scheme, householders were encouraged to take out loans to pay for measures such as insulation or double-glazing.
But only 14,000 households took up the offer, well below expectations.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) spent £240m on the programme, which ran between 2013 and July 2015.
But it did not test it with consumers beforehand, said the NAO, and the scheme saved "negligible" amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The NAO report said the parallel Energy Company Obligation (ECO) programme also increased costs for energy suppliers, and so put up household bills.
"The Department of Energy and Climate Change's ambitious aim to encourage households to pay for measures looked good on paper, as it would have reduced the financial burden of improvements on all energy consumers," said Amyas Morse, head of the NAO.
"But in practice, its Green Deal design not only failed to deliver any meaningful benefit, it increased suppliers' costs - and therefore energy bills - in meeting their obligations through the ECO scheme."
However, the NAO said that the ECO scheme had generated £6.2bn in notional savings on bills paid by some of the most vulnerable in society - measured over their lifetimes.
The collapse of the Green Deal has left a big hole in government policies on fuel poverty and climate change.
Many of the people suffering from cold are owner-occupiers in old properties who would benefit from a well-funded and well-organised insulation scheme.
And the UK can't meet its targets with UK homes in such a draughty state.
Campaigners are urging the government to replace the Green Deal swiftly with a better scheme.
They say the government will help insulate 1.2 million homes this Parliament - a quarter as many as last Parliament. That will leave the UK well short of its climate change targets.
They want the government to provide much stronger incentives for people to improve their homes.
DECC said it had stopped funding to the Green Deal Finance Company last July, to protect taxpayers.
It said it would now be designing a new scheme to replace the ECO programme, to run from 2017 to 2022.
That will reduce the amount that households have to contribute by £30 a year.
A spokesperson also said it was now harder to make improvements in energy efficiency, as earlier schemes had tackled the easiest changes.
"As the NAO itself has said, government schemes will deliver over £6 billion of energy bill savings to the most vulnerable and have already helped make more than one million British homes warmer," said a DECC spokesperson.
DECC has also set up an enquiry to examine standards, consumer protection and enforcement of its energy efficiency schemes.
Worldmark employs 1,900 staff across manufacturing plants in Scotland, China, Mexico and Hungary.
It also has prototyping design centres and sales offices around the world.
The company specialises in high-performance labels and overlays for the technology sector, including smart phones, personal computers and tablets.
Private equity investor Equistone Europe had held a majority equity stake in Worldmark alongside the management team since 2007.
Worldmark will be part of CCL's design arm and will change its trading identity by the end of the year.
CCL, which is based in Toronto, is a leading company in the speciality label and packaging sectors.
Geoffrey Martin, president and chief executive of CCL, said: "We have admired Worldmark for many years as they built a unique, leading global position in the technology sector and are very excited to welcome their management team and employees to CCL, where they will continue to focus on this fast-moving industry.
"Two-thirds of the revenue base is derived in Asia, significantly expanding our presence in this important part of the world.
"Developing proprietary materials specifically designed for challenging end use applications has become an important operating model for the company. This acquisition brings these capabilities to CCL Design."
The Council of the Isles of Scilly says it has been told it will need to borrow up to £3.5m to cover costs until April.
Debts have been building up for several years and the council says it only has £500,000 in the bank.
The authority governing about 2,200 inhabitants said it underestimated its income and was also hit by new environmental laws.
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The council has been issued with a Section 24 notice by its external auditors Grant Thornton under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 saying its had "inadequate financial controls".
The council has said it will need to review its financial strategy for the next few years.
The authority has also voted to take out a loan of up to £3.5m because council tax is collected for only the first 10 months of the year, with no income for the last two.
The authority expects to have overspent this year by nearly £500,000 and may have just over £40,000 left in the bank at the end of this financial year, it said.
Steve Sims, the council's vice chairman and chair of the finance, audit and scrutiny committee, said the council had been running at a deficit of about £400,000 "for about four years" and "it has hit us now".
"We have made £500,000 of savings," he said.
"But we underestimated the income we were going to get."
Debts have been mounting since 2013 because the council "has to be compliant with environmental laws which we've ignored before," Mr Sims added.
He also blamed a "pretty creaking software system of finance" which it was working with Cornwall Council to improve.
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Brash, who won Sunday's World Cup show jumping event, produced an impressive round of 40.83 seconds in the six-way jump-off aboard Hello Guv'nor.
However, he dropped into third place alongside Swiss rider Steve Guerdat after earning four penalty points for knocking down a pole.
Deusser finished with a winning round of 45.67secs on Equita van T Zorgvliet.
Australia's Edwina Tops-Alexander and her mount California came second after crossing the finish without any penalties in 48.42secs.
Britons Ben Maher and Michael Whitaker finished seventh and 12th respectively.
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The driver ploughed on for 2km (1.2 miles) on the Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time on Thursday, before being shot dead by police.
Witnesses say the lorry swerved in an apparent attempt to hit more people.
Guns and a grenade found inside the lorry were reported to be fakes.
President Francois Hollande, who is in Nice, said the attack was of "an undeniable terrorist nature".
He said the battle against terrorism would be long as France faced "an enemy who will continue to hit countries who see liberty as their essential value".
A state of emergency, in place since November's Paris attacks carried out by militants from the so-called Islamic State group, in which 130 people died, has been extended by three months.
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The attack in Nice began shortly after the end of a firework display on the seafront for Bastille Day, which is the country's national holiday.
"I heard lots of screams and everybody was running in different directions. I didn't know what was going on, it felt surreal and I didn't move but thought it must be some kind of practical joke.
"Then I saw the truck coming straight at me swerving all over the place. It was perhaps 50 yards away. After that there was no conscious thought, my body took over, time slowed down and I ran and thank God I got out of the way," said Pouya, from Toronto.
Nader el-Shafei told the BBC he saw the driver face-to-face for about a minute: "He was very nervous… looking for something around him, I kept yelling at him and waving my hands to stop... he picked up his gun and started to shoot police."
Afterwards he said he ran towards the beach with others, fearing the driver, who was then shot by police, would detonate the lorry.
Tourists and residents of Nice were among those who died. Two American citizens, a Ukrainian, a Russian and a Swiss woman are among the 84 victims.
Mr Hollande said 50 injured people were in a critical condition "between life and death". Many of the victims were foreigners, he said.
Fondation Lenval, the children's hospital in Nice, says it has treated some 50 children and adolescents, including two who died during or after surgery.
Some 30,000 people were on the Promenade des Anglais at the time of the attack, officials said.
This is not the first time in recent years that someone has deliberately driven a truck into pedestrians on a French street. But the scale, speed and death toll from this apparent attack are unprecedented.
It follows an earlier call by so-called Islamic State (IS) spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani for IS followers to do exactly what this truck driver did. This, and other calls for attacks in Europe, are partly in response to the significant losses being experienced by IS to the shrinking territory it controls in Syria and Iraq.
US-led airstrikes, including by French warplanes, are taking a particularly heavy toll there. At home, France has become the number one target of opportunity for IS and its supporters, unperturbed by the national state of emergency that has just been extended.
No group has so far said it was behind the attack.
The identity papers of a 31-year-old French-Tunisian were found in the lorry, which was reportedly rented out two days earlier in the suburb of Saint-Laurent-du-Var.
The man has been named by local media as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, although not by police.
Tunisian security sources said he was married with three children and came from the Tunisian town of Msaken. He visited Tunisia frequently, the last time eight months ago.
He reportedly lived on the Route de Turin in Nice and had been in trouble with the police in the past for petty crime, but he was not on the watch list of radicalised young men.
Residents of his apartment building said he was a loner who did not respond when they said hello.
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Many travelled from all over the country to the attraction in Leicester to witness on a giant screen the moment Major Peake's Soyuz capsule landed.
There was a "Tim Peake effect" even before he left for space in December, the centre's Dr Pamela Maciel said.
She said staff had experienced more interest in space because of the British astronaut's involvement.
Maj Peake has worked closely with the centre on a number of projects.
Dr Maciel said: "Every moment throughout his journey we've been following him here.
"We've been amazed by the response, people have driven for hours and hours last night, spending the night in Leicester and coming here at 06:00 BST."
One of those visitors was Joel, a young boy from the US, who had stayed with a family in Leicester.
"I'm really excited to be here and it feels right because I followed the mission since it started," he said.
Staff have been working with a number of secondary schools which have been studying Maj Peake's time in orbit.
The astronaut has also made a number of educational videos in conjunction with the National Space Centre during his six months in space.
A centre spokeswoman said Maj Peake had helped "galvanise" the idea of how space effects our daily lives in terms of engineering, satellite navigation and communications.
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The Dragons will be away to Eastleigh in Saturday's final game of the season.
Keates says planning for 2017-18 has already started and he has held talks with prospective new signings.
"All being well we can get the people that we want and build something and give the fans something to be excited about," Keates said.
"We want people coming in who are going to be honest, play with some passion that the fans deserve and have the right desire and work rate."
Wrexham, 12th in the table after Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Dagenham & Redbridge, launched a 'Build the Budget' fund earlier this year which has been set up to assist Keates with his budget for next season.
The fund has raised over £40,000 and Keates said he would use the money to strengthen his squad.
The former Wrexham captain has already made changes to the club's squad since succeeding Gary Mills in October 2016 and has been pleased with the progress.
"We came in and the club weren't in a great position," Keates added.
"There's been a lot of changes off the field within the squad and with the infrastructure and the club's in a lot better place."
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There were 255 terrorism-related arrests in the year ending 31 March 2016, according to the latest statistics from the Home Office. The arrests led to 37 prosecutions.
In 2015, 128 terrorist and extremist prisoners were released from custody, the Home Office says.
Reality Check has been looking into the main powers the police and security services have to stop suspected terrorists.
Under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 the police can stop and search a suspect if they have reasonable suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities.
It's difficult to know how many stop and searches are carried out under this power as most police forces don't separate Section 43 from other types of stop and search.
One force that does hold the data is the Met police. They say that 541 people were searched under the Terrorism Act in the 12 months to March 2016 - a rise of 32% on the previous year.
The police also have the power to search suspects even if they don't have suspicion of any links to terrorist activities.
In May 2012 the rules were tightened: the police can only carry out searches in designated places where they have reasonable grounds to believe an act of terrorism will take place.
At present anyone arrested under the Terrorism Act can be held without charge for up to 14 days.
In 2006 the law was changed in order to double the maximum period to 28 days. Only six suspects were ever held for that length.
In 2011 it reverted back to 14 days. This was during the coalition government when it was decided not to proceed with the annual vote in Parliament to keep it at 28 days. Theresa May was home secretary at the time.
In the year to March 2016, 46 people were detained under the powers - 25 of whom were charged. The longest anyone was held for was 13 days, which happened on three occasions during that year.
The police can arrest individuals who they suspect of planning an attack. Section 5 of the 2006 Terrorism Act made it a specific offence to prepare (or help others prepare) for an act of terrorism.
The maximum sentence for this offence is imprisonment for life. According to the CPS, 25 people were convicted under Section 5 in the year ending September 2016, up from 11 in the previous 12 months.
There is no specific offence for carrying out a terrorist act. If a perpetrator was arrested after committing an attack they would be charged with offences such as murder or grievous bodily harm.
It is also an offence for someone not to tell the police about someone they believe is involved in planning a terrorism act. A conviction for this offence can lead to a five year maximum sentence.
Organisations can be banned by the home secretary if they are believed to be participating, promoting or encouraging terrorism.
Being a member - or claiming to be a member - of a banned organisation can lead to a maximum of 10 years in prison and or a fine.
The Home Office says 71 international terrorist organisations are proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000.
A small number of agencies are able to carry out surveillance inside residential premises or private vehicles. The power requires authorisation by the secretary of state. The Office of Surveillance Commissioners provides independent oversight.
The security services also have the power to intercept communication data. The power is available to nine agencies, including GCHQ and MI5.
The Investigatory Powers Act, passed in 2016, compels internet companies to keep records of every website and messaging service UK-based citizens visit for a year.
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims, are a form of house arrest. It applies to people who are deemed a threat but cannot be prosecuted or deported if they are a foreign national. They were first introduced in 2012 and replaced controversial control orders.
Those under TPims can be subjected to electronic tagging, having to report regularly to the police and surrendering travel documents. A suspect must live at home and stay there overnight - possibly for up to 10 hours.
The suspect is allowed to use a mobile phone and the internet to work and study, subject to conditions.
In 2015, TPims were toughened by granting the ability to relocate subjects up to 200 miles away from their normal residence.
TPims initially last for one year, although they can be extended to two. It is possible for them to remain beyond the two-year maximum if there is suspicion of further terrorism activity. A breach of the TPims can lead to imprisonment.
As of November 2016, seven people were subjected to TPims - six of whom were British citizens.
Temporary Exclusion Orders (TEOs) were created by the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. They apply to British citizens suspected of involvement in terrorist activity abroad. They are designed to stop suspects from re-entering the UK unless they give themselves up at the border.
Those subjected to TEOs are only allowed to return if they make contact with the UK authorities. If they do come back, they are likely to face either prosecution or close supervision under monitoring powers.
The Orders last for up to two years at a time and can be renewed. Breaches could lead to a prison sentence.
The home secretary applies the TEO where they "reasonably suspect that the subject is or has been involved in terrorism-related activity while outside the UK".
The government released details on its disruptive and investigatory powers in February.
In the wake of the Manchester bombing, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd confirmed they had been used once so far.
Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 gives the police the power to stop, search and hold individuals at ports, airports and international railway stations.
Initially individuals could be questioned for up to nine hours - although a change in the guidelines means it is now up to six hours. The police also have the power to inspect electronic devices such as phones and laptops.
The police do not need prior knowledge or suspicion to use Schedule 7 - although the Home Office says it's done after "informed considerations".
A total of 23,717 people were stopped under the power in the year ending June 2016, a fall of 23% on the previous year.
Despite fewer people being stopped, the number detained under the power has increased by 7%, rising from 1,649 to 1,760 in the same period.
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Kerosene has leaked from a pipeline under the A48 near Carmarthen - which is shut for maintenance work - into nearby Nant Pibwr.
The pipeline carries aviation fuel and diesel from Pembroke's Valero refinery.
A Natural Resources Wales (NRW) spokesman said: "We are doing all we can to stop the pollution and reduce its impact on fish and other wildlife."
Local councillor Elwyn Williams said farmers had been forced to move their livestock away from the river.
"The last two years were the first time in 40 years we had some fish in the river. They've all died in the last 24 hours," he said.
"It's a disaster."
Alex Young, chairman of Abergwili Angling Club in Carmarthen, said: "It's devastating. The river is bad enough as it is.
"I've been pulling dead fish out with my hands. You can smell it in the air. If this is happening here, what's it going to be like once it's down to the tide.
"This is a going to have a massive impact on fish stocks and farmers."
A statement from Valero said the pipeline was "immediately shut down" and isolated following the breach.
It said: "A pollution control team remains on site and is investigating the leak and its potential impact on the local environment, and remedial action is being taken.
"However, at this stage we cannot confirm the cause or volume involved."
Aneurin Cox, south Wales operational resources manager at NRW, said they were working to minimise the risk to public health and the environment.
"Our rivers provide a home to rich, diverse and valuable species of plants and animals so it's important to deal with pollution as quickly as possible," he said.
"We are doing all we can to stop the pollution and reduce its impact on fish and other wildlife that depend on the river."
The Welsh Government said it had been informed of the spill and that the cabinet secretary for environment and rural affairs was being kept updated "as a matter of urgency".
Public Health Wales said it was "unlikely" that anyone exposed to fuel oil for a short period of time would have any long-term health effects.
It advised anyone who gets oil on their skin to remove clothing and wash using soap and water, and if they feel unwell, to seek medical attention.
It also advised that pets be kept away from the polluted water.
UK government borrowing fell to £10.13bn in May, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, down from £12.35bn a year earlier.
It was the lowest borrowing figure in May for eight years.
Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks now stands at £1.5 trillion, the ONS said, which is 80.8% of gross domestic product (GDP).
"While the deficit in the financial year ending 2015 has fallen by more than a third since its peak in the financial year ending 2010, public sector net debt has maintained a gradual upward trend," the ONS said in a statement.
Income tax receipts recorded their highest level for May in four years, rising £0.5bn, or 5.3%, from a year earlier to £10.8bn. VAT receipts rose by £0.6bn, or 5.6%, to £10.7bn.
The ONS also said that it now estimated total public sector borrowing in the financial year to March 2015 was £89.2bn, or 4.9% of GDP.
While this figure was slightly higher than the previous estimate, it was still £9.3bn lower than the previous year's total.
Analysts said the drop in government borrowing during May was good news for Chancellor George Osborne at the start of the new fiscal year.
"The chancellor is currently on track to significantly undershoot his fiscal targets for 2015-16", said Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHG Global Insight.
But, he added: "Major questions remain ahead of the extra Budget on 8 July over the new Conservative government's ability to meet its ambitious fiscal targets over the longer term.
"In particular, the government is yet to clarify exactly where the planned cuts to departmental spending (£30bn) and welfare spending (£12bn) will be made."
Last week, the chancellor said he would attempt to bind future governments to maintaining a budget surplus when the economy is growing.
Experts say that the rise in public sector debt above £1.5 trillion will be troubling for Mr Osborne.
"The last public finance data before the Budget emphasised the scale of the challenges the chancellor still faces," said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC.
He estimated that the government would need to cut £40bn in unprotected departments over the next three years in order to achieve the chancellor's objective of eliminating the budget deficit by 2019.
McIlroy shot a second round 69 to lie six under - four behind leader Jason Kokrak - in California.
Kokrak, who is seeking his first PGA Tour win, followed his opening round of 68 with a 64 and is one clear of compatriot Chez Reavie.
Spieth followed his eight over opening round of 79 with a 68 but still missed the cut by five shots.
It was the 22-year-old Texan's first missed cut since last year's Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.
"I will be ready to go in the next tournament. I am not going to let this one get to me very much," he said.
"We rebounded in perfect form last year on just about every missed cut. We'll be fine."
McIlroy started quickly with birdies on two of his first three holes and narrowly missed an eagle chance at the 17th.
"I just need to get off to a fast start tomorrow [Saturday], get myself close to the leaders and play a good, solid round and see where that puts me going into Sunday," he said.
Tillie, a setter-spaniel mix, stood in the same spot for nearly a week waiting for help as her basset hound friend Phoebe had fallen into a well.
Washington state governor Jay Inslee named Tillie the Washingtonian of the Day for her actions.
She was given a pin on a ribbon to wear around her neck.
The dogs owner BJ Duft said he was really worried when both dogs seemed to be missing.
He said he was ecstatic when they were found.
"It really made me think a lot about their friendship and Tillie's commitment to her companion, that's for sure," he said.
Duft said the dogs were enjoying their newfound fame and now wear GPS collars so he knows where they are.
The union, which campaigns on social and family issues, was founded in 1876 by Hampshire vicar's wife Mary Sumner.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led the second of two celebration services at Winchester Cathedral.
Mothers' Union president Lynn Tembey paid tribute to Mary Sumner's "vision, passion and commitment".
The union, originally founded under the auspices of the Church of England, now has four million members around the world.
As part of the anniversary events, flowers were laid on Mary Sumner's grave at the cathedral.
Ms Tembey said: "We are celebrating all that members have achieved in the past and all they continue to do to reach out to communities and families - whatever shape or form that family takes."
Archbishop Welby praised what he called "the world's greatest women's group", which he said tackled "isolation, ignorance and under-development".
The Church of England leader, who discovered the identity of his real father in April, said families were "complicated things... and that is the call and challenge for the Mothers' Union".
The BBC's online archive RemArc helps stimulates conversations between people with dementia and their carers.
It draws on photos, music, spoken word recordings and film from 1940 to 1980.
The universities' team advised on making best use of the archive with regard to psychology, design, and software engineering.
People with dementia can choose their own conversational path triggered by what is on the screen during the 20-minute sessions.
Dr Norman Alm from the Dundee and St Andrews computer interactive reminiscence and conversation aid (Circa) team said one of dementia's most distressing aspects was the inability of some patients to carry out simple conversations with relatives and carers.
He said: "With depleted short-term memory, people with dementia tend to repeat themselves endlessly and are unable to participate in a conversation.
"However, their long-term memories can be relatively well preserved. If the person's long-term memories can be prompted, they are able to enjoy relating events from their past."
Dr Alm said that while it was possible for someone well-acquainted with the person's past to support them telling their stories, it can be "hard work."
He said: "We have devised ways in which the person with dementia and their carers can again enjoy a conversation, by having easy access to a carefully-designed structure holding a rich array of reminiscence content."
The BBC has made the software behind it open-source, meaning that archives and museums around the world could provide a similar service using their own material.
Jake Berger, from the BBC's archive development team, said: "We hope that amongst the 1,500 items from our archives that are available on RemArc, there will be something that triggers a reminiscence for everyone.
"Dr Alm and colleagues from the universities of Dundee and St Andrews have spent many years working in the area and we benefited hugely from their knowledge, experience and passion."
With their sides battling for a first Heineken Cup final appearance and both players' eyes on the British and Irish Lions squad announced two days later, the action will be fierce.
The pre-match words between Farrell and Wilkinson have been less so.
When asked about Lions selection, Jonny Wilkinson promoted Farrell at his own expense earlier this month, saying "there's no need for me to be there with these guys around".
This week, an apparently star-struck Farrell repaid the compliment with interest, describing Wilkinson as
Farrell's admiration is not just based on 2003 World Cup winner Wilkinson's past.
While Wilkinson may have claimed that the Lions can do without him, his performance in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals argued otherwise.
The 33-year-old scored all of his French side's points marrying precision off the tee with physicality in the tackle and outshining his former Newcastle understudy Toby Flood.
Described by Wilkinson was top points scorer in last year's French Top 14 as his side ended as beaten finalists and is well on course to lead them to similar this season.
When he signed Toulon's owner joked that it was only Wilkinson's relatively young age that prevented him erecting a statue of the Englishman.
As part of the coaching team at Toulon's French rivals Clermont Auvergne, Alex King has seen Wilkinson at close quarters over the past four seasons.
King also played with and against Wilkinson during his England and Wasps playing days, winning one of his five England caps as a replacement for him in the 59-12 Six Nations win over Italy in 2000.
"He has probably got better if anything from when I was playing with him for England," King told BBC Sport.
"After being blighted by injury in his last few seasons in England and I think he has got his game back to where it was pre-2003.
"He is a match-winner. It is that simple. He pretty much guarantees you 18-21 points per game. If you score a try on top of that, the opposition is going to have to be a very good side to score more."
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Farrell, at 21, is at the opposite end of his career, but it is easy to see why he gets Wilkinson's endorsement.
Both offensive in defence, solid when kicking and shrewd players of the percentages, it would not take the lengthy on-field discussions that Wilkinson had alongside Danny Cipriani in the 2008 Six Nations for the pair to get on the same wavelength.
Their statistics from the Heineken Cup this season are strikingly similar, despite Farrell playing at outside centre for his club in five of his seven appearances in the competition this season.
Farrell's success rate from the kicking tee is slightly superior to Wilkinson's at 76% to 72%, while, his greater number of missed tackles, 11 to Wilkinson's three, reflecting both Wilkinson's watertight defence and Farrell's more exposed position in the backline.
Neither has the searing pace needed to tear apart top-level defences, with only one clean break between them and an average of around five metres gained from each carry.
"Both Owen and Jonny are very determined people," Richard Hill - who won the World Cup alongside Wilkinson and has been an academy coach at Saracens since hanging up his boots five years ago - told BBC Sport.
"They are imperious in the way the run their teams and take control from the outset, making sure they apply pressure on the opposition.
"Some of that revolves around some good tactical kicking, but some it involves getting runners into the game as well."
One insurmountable advantage that Wilkinson holds over Farrell are the street smarts collected across 97 Test appearances.
"I do see a more relaxed Jonny on and off the pitch. He has more of a sense of freedom than perhaps he had in England. He has some incredible players around him, which allows him to relax a bit more, so he doesn't take everything on his shoulders. I don't think he feels as much pressure here.
"He is such a points-scoring machine, why wouldn't you want a guy like that on a Lions tour, who is going to make every mistake and every penalty count? We've seen so many big Test matches decided on kicks and he's the best about. He's also playing exceptionally well."
After England captain Chris Robshaw's suspect decisions in the dying stages of the autumn internationals, Ireland's indifferent campaign under Jamie Heaslip and Sam Warburton excelling without the pressure of skippering Wales, Wilkinson's steadying hand might be an asset in the white heat of a Lions test.
Shaun Edwards, who has worked as Lions head coach Warren Gatland's assistant for Wales, thought enough of Wilkinson to put together a big-money, but unsuccessful, bid for him while the pair were coaching together at Wasps.
However with Gatland wanting all his players to depart on tour together, Wilkinson could be a victim of his own success, finding himself in the Top 14 final on the same day the Lions play their tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong.
Farrell's Lions credentials have also been questioned with his versatility, potentially a useful asset on a gruelling five-week tour, undermining his claims as a first-choice fly-half for some.
It is not an argument for which Hill has time, citing Australia great Michael Lynagh's early appearances outside Mark Ella as evidence of a world-class stand-off who began Test life in midfield.
Wilkinson himself made his first England appearance on the wing.
What is clear is that one of the best chances to stake an irresistible claim to a Lions place has come late in the selection process.
"In those key positions Warren Gatland has probably made up his mind, but that is not to say that you can't change it," adds Hill.
"It would need a big performance, but this weekend is the ideal opportunity because it is a European semi-final, a match of real magnitude."
Neither Hill nor King would be drawn on which Wilkinson or Farrell would earn their selection for a hypothetical final Lions squad spot.
When the final whistle blows at Twickenham on Sunday, will the man that matters, Gatland, have made up his mind?
Margaret Hughes wanted to remain in "the warmth of her bungalow" to "finish her breakfast" on the morning of the floods in St Asaph in November 2012.
The Ruthin hearing was told that her decision to stay probably did not reach emergency flood teams.
By the time her home was searched later in the morning, she had already died.
Recording a narrative verdict, Coroner John Gittins said: "Although Margaret Hughes was warned of these dangers by a member of the public and a Red Cross worker, she firmly declined the offer of help to leave.
"[She] preferred to remain in the warmth of her bungalow to finish her breakfast.
"It is likely at that time that she could have had no anticipation of the eventual extent of the flooding as no water had yet reached her door.
"In any event no powers existed by which she could forcibly removed from her home."
The coroner said he was certain that "action would have been taken" if flood response teams in the city had known Mrs Hughes had refused to leave her home.
He also added that any lessons from the incident appeared to have been learned and Mrs Hughes's legacy was that she had left the city a safer place than before.
During the hearing, the inquest was told how Mrs Hughes was registered to received flood alert warnings, but her family did not receive them.
When she failed to show up at a rescue centre for affected residents, a search was launched.
The inquest heard how rescue teams had to swim to homes submerged by the River Elwy deluge.
Speaking after the inquest, family members criticised "poor communication" during the floods.
"We believe Nain would have come out of her property had someone with authority asked her," Mrs Hughes's grandson David Clayton said in a statement.
"Communications throughout the two days of the flooding were poor, in some situations mainly from the police due to information not getting passed on about my Nain.
"I think many lessons have been learnt throughout this inquest but this will never bring back my Nain."
The floods of November 2012 had a devastating affect on homes and businesses in Denbighshire.
Following days of heavy rain the Glasdir estate in Ruthin was flooded by the River Clwyd.
And on the same day, 420 homes in St Asaph were also flooded leaving many families displaced for several months.
A Big Lottery Fund grant of £140,000 was awarded last year to help flood victims settle back into their homes.
The United Kingdom will vote on whether to remain in the European Union on Thursday 23 June.
Ahead of that vote, a four-page ad in the Metro newspaper urged DUP followers to vote to leave under the headline: "Take Back Control".
The paper is read by thousands of commuters in London and other cities.
But it is not available in Northern Ireland.
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In the ad, the party lists a series of arguments against remaining in the EU. They also pointed to why they believe getting out is a "better" option.
Mervyn Storey, DUP, defended his party's decision to advertise in Britain.
"We are a national party, we are the fourth largest party in the House of Commons and, clearly, this is a national campaign," he said.
"Northern Ireland has not been on the periphery of this campaign, we in the DUP have been a central player in the Leave campaign and, therefore, it is as conceivable to take that ad in that publication as it is to take it in Northern Ireland."
Asked about the cost of the advertisement, he called it "a price worth paying" to get the party's message out.
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One member of the shadow cabinet said, "it was all on, and then it was all off again".
A senior Labour figure tells me now that despite the target on Hilary Benn's back, that Jeremy Corbyn has "backed down", and the shadow foreign secretary is absolutely safe in his job.
The shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, has been told that she will be moved jobs, but won't be demoted.
It seems, and Jeremy Corbyn's office says no final decisions have been taken, that any big moves are now off the table.
Jeremy Corbyn did, just 36 hours ago, want new faces in those jobs after bust-ups over nuclear weapons and military action in Syria, but this morning it would be a big surprise to his shadow cabinet - even though this might be a disappointment to some of his supporters - if he did go ahead with making the changes.
His supporters say much of the frenzied speculation around the reshuffle was whipped up by their opponents, rather than Mr Corbyn himself, but I understand he did want to make the changes and after members of the shadow cabinet made it plain that they would resist him extremely strongly, it seems he will not.
Frankly, while predicting reshuffles is one of Westminster's favourite parlour games, most members of the public will be hard pushed to notice much has gone on.
But reshuffles do matter, because they are a test of the authority of political leaders.
Whatever the final details today, the bigger question in the longer term is whether even the threat of sackings will change the dynamics, will it mean the shadow cabinet will be less willing to contradict or challenge Jeremy Corbyn's positions in public?
Over the past five years, the older age group has increased spending on travel by 23%, says a study by the CEBR consultancy for Saga.
Those under 50 have cut spending on tourism by 5% during the same period.
As a result, the older generation is now responsible for well over half the UK's total spending on holidays.
Last year, the over-50s spent £39bn on travel, including £2.8bn on cruises.
Other exotic destinations included exploring the silk road in Uzbekistan, the report says.
Saga specialises in selling insurance and holidays to the over-50s.
Earlier this year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that younger people had suffered a fall in income since the financial crisis, while those over 60 had enjoyed a higher standard of living.
In the seven years up to 2015, that age group saw an 11% rise in incomes, it said.
However, those under 30 saw a 7% drop in income over the same period, with those in the middle seeing little change.
The divergence in financial fortunes has been guaranteed by the "triple-lock" on pensions.
Since April 2011, the basic state pension has risen in line with average earnings, consumer price inflation or 2.5% - whichever of the three is highest.
Earlier this year, a committee of MPs launched an inquiry into generational fairness. It is expected to publish its report next month.
Ex-Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman, who received the package on behalf of the team in 2011, will not appear before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee because of ill health.
Ex-British Cycling coach Simon Cope, who couriered the package, will attend.
UK Anti-Doping chief Nicole Sapstead is also set to attend on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the select committee said it will offer Freeman "the option of supplying written evidence and may call him to appear when he's well enough".
The hearing had already been postponed by a week after Sapstead asked for more time because of a development into UK Anti-Doping (Ukad's) own investigation into the package.
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In December, Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford told the committee that the package contained an over-the-counter decongestant, Fluimucil.
Team Sky says it is "confident" Ukad will find no evidence of wrongdoing.
But Wiggins and Team Sky boss Brailsford have come under scrutiny since information on the rider's authorised use of banned drugs to treat a medical condition was released by hackers.
Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions were approved by British authorities, and cycling's world governing body the UCI. There is no suggestion either the 36-year-old or Team Sky broke any rules.
Brailsford has said Team Sky can be trusted "100%", despite "regrettable" questions over Wiggins' medical records and the package delivered at the Criterium du Dauphine race in France in 2011.
Wiggins is a five-time Olympic gold medallist, and in 2012 became the first Briton to win the Tour de France.
Housing association One Manchester said the tower blocks in Hulme and Rusholme will not be evacuated during the work.
A spokesman said all tenants have been informed and there will be a 24-hour security watch at each block.
A contractor has been hired and "work will commence as soon as possible", he said.
The One Manchester blocks affected are:
Tests are being carried out on 600 high rises across England following the fire in London, in which at least 79 people died.
All samples tested so far have failed, amounting to 60 high-rise buildings in 25 local authorities, the government said.
The Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington on 14 June started in a fridge-freezer, and outside cladding and insulation failed safety tests, police say.
In Manchester, the Village 135 development in Wythenshawe also failed the government tests.
In Salford, three high-rise buildings failed and work has already begun to remove cladding from nine tower blocks in Pendleton over safety concerns.
So far no buildings in Greater Manchester have been evacuated but occupants of 600 flats on the Chalcots Estate in north London were forced from their homes on Friday.
Housing Minister Alok Sharma has asked councils to act "urgently" to check buildings and not wait for the results of government tests.
"They should act now, get the fire service in, check the buildings that they think may be affected, put in place mitigation measures, if required, or, as in the case of Camden, if they need to evacuate, that needs to happen."
One Manchester said the type of cladding used on its flats is Alucobond which is non combustible and differs from that used on Grenfell - Reynobond PE - because it uses a mineral rock wool insulation.
Food already has calorie information, but most alcohol is exempt.
Public health experts say mandatory labelling is needed to inform consumers and help halt rising rates of obesity.
However, the MEPs' vote is not binding and it will still take many months, or even years, before the proposals could become law.
Alcoholic drinks that contain more than 1.2% alcohol by volume are exempt from EU regulations on nutritional labelling that came in to force in 2011 covering all food and soft drink.
Glenis Willmott, MEP for the East Midlands, is a supporter of the call to implement mandatory alcohol labelling.
She said: "Europe is still the heaviest-drinking region in the world but many people don't realise that a large glass of wine contains the same number of calories as a slice of cake.
"In order to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harm, we must make sure people are given clear information to enable them to make informed choices."
And in the BMJ this week, Fiona Sim, chairwoman of the Royal Society for Public Health, says among adults who drink, an estimated 10% of their daily calorie intake comes from alcohol.
Yet a recent survey found that 80% of the 2,117 adults questioned did not know the calorie content of common drinks, and most were completely unaware that alcohol contributed to the total calories they consumed.
"Information provided to consumers must be honest and useful," she writes. "There is no reason why calories in alcohol should be treated any differently from those in food."
Some alcoholic-drink manufacturers have, voluntarily, begun to introduce nutritional labelling.
A spokesman for the Portman Group, which represents alcohol producers, said: "A number of drinks companies and retailers are already taking voluntary action when it comes to calorie labels.
"But we live in a digital age and should be thinking innovatively about how people access information, not just focusing on product labels which are limited in size and space.
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Emma Welch, 14, died on Thursday after complications during surgery to correct curvature of the spine.
Four days before her operation, she had led the bid to set a record for the largest number of teddies assembled on a mountaintop.
Emma and a team of volunteers climbed Snowdon with 135 soft toys in tow.
The teenager, of Chilcompton, Somerset, had also completed a 1,000-mile (1,609km) bike ride and scaled a height equivalent to Mount Everest on a climbing wall in aid of Brain Tumour Research.
Her fundraising efforts were inspired by Andrew Stammers, her minister at the Radstock Baptist Church, who has a brain tumour.
Mr Stammers, who is in close contact with Emma's parents Tony and Lesley, said she was "an amazing young woman" who "put everyone before herself".
"Her passion and determination was exceptional," he said.
"Emma did consider delaying her ascent of Snowdon until after her surgery, so I am so glad she went ahead with it."
"We now have such wonderful memories and pictures of her from that day as a lasting legacy."
Liz Fussey, of Brain Tumour Research, said Emma, who was diagnosed with scoliosis in 2012, had raised more than £5,000 for the charity.
"I have never encountered anyone like her, such drive and tenacity in someone so young," she said.
"I am deeply saddened and my heart goes out to Tony and Lesley for the loss of their adored daughter."
Emma's family have asked well-wishers to make donations through her Justgiving page as an alternative to flowers.
Ciaran Anthony Boyle and Anthony Michael Lancaster participated in the event in Londonderry in 2012, which commemorated the 1916 Easter Rising.
Lancaster, from Circular Road in the Creggan area of Derry, was described as being the event's Master of Ceremonies.
Boyle, of The Meadows, Derry, held the Irish tricolour during the speeches.
He was also alleged to have collected various other flags from members of the colour party who attended the event in Derry's City Cemetery on the day in question - Easter Monday, 9 April 2012.
The dissident republican rally was organised by the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
A unnamed masked man, who claimed to speak on behalf of the paramilitary groups ??glaigh na h??ireann (ONH) and the Real IRA, addressed the event.
He stated that the "IRA" would continue to attack "Crown force personnel" and "British interests and infrastructures".
Almost a year later, in March 2013, Boyle and Lancaster were arrested by police investigating the rally.
The pair were both charged with assisting in, arranging or managing a meeting which they knew was to be addressed by a person who belonged or professed to belong to a proscribed organisation, namely the IRA.
Boyle, 30, and 53-year-old Lancaster initially denied the charge when their non-jury Diplock trial began last month
However, they later changed their pleas to guilty, and were sentenced at Belfast Crown Court on Thursday.
A defence barrister, representing Lancaster, told the court his client was unaware that a masked man was going to give a speech at the podium.
Boyle's barrister said her client's involvement in the event was "of a low level".
She also told the court that a large number of other people attended the event but their prosecution "is not being sought".
The judge handed both men a 12-month sentence, which he suspended for three years.
The man, who is believed to be in his fifties, was recovered from Southport Marine Lake following a call to police from a member of the public just before 09:00 BST.
Emergency services attended but the man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said inquiries are under way to identify the man and to establish the circumstances of his death.
Cornell was found dead in his hotel room after performing a show in Detroit on Wednesday evening. Officials later confirmed he had hanged himself.
Singer Alice Cooper called him "the best voice in rock and roll" while Sir Elton John said he was "a great singer, songwriter and the loveliest man".
Cornell, 52, had three children.
He was a lead singer and songwriter in the groups Soundgarden and Audioslave.
His best-known song was Black Hole Sun, released in 1994.
When he recorded You Know My Name for the 2006 film Casino Royale, he became the first male American artist to write a theme song for a James Bond film.
Soundgarden were due to headline a rock music festival called Pointfest in St Louis on Saturday but organisers have called off the event.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed in a statement on Thursday that the frontman killed himself..
Sir Elton wrote on Instagram: "Shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Chris Cornell. A great singer, songwriter and the loveliest man."
Alice Cooper said: "Chris Cornell, in our circle, was known as The Voice because he had the best voice in rock and roll.
"I was lucky enough to write and record two songs with him. His death comes as a total shock to all of us.
"Black Hole Sun will live on as a classic, and his is a true legacy of rock and roll."
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page tweeted: "RIP Chris Cornell. Incredibly talent. Incredibly young. Incredibly missed."
Bill Idol tweeted: "Sad to hear of Chris Cornell passing, great singer and artist ... another blow ...RIP."
Disco producer Nile Rodgers called Cornell "my special brother" and said he could not process the news of his death.
"I'm shocked, I don't even know how to deal with it," he said.
Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti tweeted: "Chris was the most influential singer to me as a writer. I just saw him perform days ago. Completely devastated."
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry wrote: "Very sad news about Chris Cornell today. A sad loss of a great talent to the world, his friends and family. Rest In Peace."
Singer-songwriter John Mayer called him "an incredibly talented and inventive singer".
And comedian Ed Byrne called Cornell's death "an unexpected gut punch".
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Police said three people also suffered injuries and were receiving treatment.
The fire started at 4:30am (local time), most likely due to an electrical fault, and it took several hours for the fire brigade to bring the blaze under control, they added.
Fires break out regularly in small factories around the country due to poor maintenance and safety measures.
Local police spokesperson Bhagwat Singh told the AFP news agency that the workers were sleeping when the fire broke out in the factory in Ghaziabad, a Delhi suburb.
The factory reportedly manufactures leather jackets.
He thinks investors have jumped the gun in response to the Federal Reserve's talk of bringing policy back to normal. Ben Bernanke would probably agree with him.
But the governor's tone was softer than usual. He had the air of the long-suffering headmaster on the last day of term - conscious he had one last chance to get his message across, but also that the students' minds are turning to other things.
Sir Mervyn was a teacher before he came to the Bank and he has remained a teacher ever since. That has been his greatest strength as governor, which has served the country very well.
But that urge to educate probably also explains why quite a lot of people in the city - and some in Westminster - will not be sorry to see him go. There is a fine line between teaching and lecturing, and grand, successful people do not like feeling they are being lectured.
In more than 20 years at the Bank he has probably taught the public more about the economy - and more about central banking - than any other single individual.
That was crucial in the 1990s, when inflation targets were just starting and the Bank of England was moving towards independence. It has turned out to be no less vital in the past five years, as the Bank and the country have learned what it means to have a once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis.
I wrote quite a lot about that side of Sir Mervyn's legacy a few weeks ago, on the day of his last Inflation Report press conference.
What may be less well understood here in the UK is how much Sir Mervyn King has also taught the world.
This was brought home to me, interviewing international figures for my final piece on his time as governor for the BBC. The former US Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers and the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, are distinguished economists themselves.
They each spoke of Sir Mervyn's determination, in every international meeting, to ask the difficult questions and get to the heart of what was going on.
"When he speaks, everyone puts down their blackberries and they listen", George Osborne told me, "because it's Mervyn King."
Both Stanley Fischer and Philipp Hildebrand, the former head of the Swiss central bank, said that Sir Mervyn had helped teach the rest of the world what independent central banking was all about.
He also played a key role, when the financial crisis was at its height, in an emergency meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in November 2008. They arrived, as usual, with a detailed communiqué to sign, running to several pages.
With the world waiting nervously to hear what policymakers were going to do, Sir Mervyn suggested they tear up that wordy draft and replace it with a short and emphatic statement that they were going to do what it took to restore stability to world markets.
That one gesture didn't end the crisis, of course. It did send a very important message that the grown-ups were on the case.
But, as I said earlier, the constant questioning, and constant teaching, has not always gone down so well, at home or abroad. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors don't like being lectured either.
When markets took fright in the summer of 2007 and credit for banks started to dry up, the big men and women in Wall Street and the City felt their world was starting to fall apart.
They did not want to hear a lecture from the governor of the Bank of England, about the importance of banks and investors taking responsibility for their decisions and the risks of moral hazard.
Defenders of the governor say those comments were overblown. They also point out that, in practice, the Bank of England injected more liquidity into the banking system in the summer and autumn of 2007 than either the US or the European central banks.
The Federal Reserve and the ECB made more money available up front than the Bank of England, but it was very short-term cash that had to be paid back.
That may be true, but even the Bank's supporters say the governor's public stance in this crucial early stage of the crisis was unhelpful, at best. Officials and Wall Street figures I spoke to on a trip to the US in September 2007 were openly exasperated. They felt he simply did not "get" how bad the situation was.
They also felt, with some justice, that the Bank of England did not have nearly enough technical understanding of the financial market developments that had given rise to it all. In effect, that had been left to the FSA, even though the Bank still had formal responsibility for preserving financial stability.
It is astonishing, now, to think that there was only one vote to cut interest rates when the Monetary Policy Committee met in September 2008, and it wasn't the governor's. Sir Mervyn was not the only one to underestimate how serious the crisis would become. And when the Bank cut rates, it cut them quickly.
It also launched an historic experiment with quantitative easing, which probably helped prevent a Great Depression-style collapse of the money supply, even if it did not magically deliver growth.
Sir Mervyn himself says posterity will judge his record. But when people say he does not have a lot of respect for what the 'masters of the universe' have done to the City of the London, I suspect he doesn't mind that at all.
Certainly, Labour politicians don't mind that he was a bit contemptuous of the City. They do mind that he helped narrow the options for UK fiscal policy in 2010.
Rightly or wrongly, Gordon Brown was considering another fiscal stimulus, in the 2010 Budget (without, it must be said, a lot of support from the Treasury itself). But that didn't last long, after Sir Mervyn said publicly that further stimulus was not on the table.
In May of that year, the governor publicly endorsed the government's strategy on the deficit, only hours after the coalition was formed. History will have its judgement on that too, but it's fair to say Labour's verdict is already in.
So, yes, Sir Mervyn King's time as governor has been a game of two halves, with the first five years a lot less divisive than the last.
But, when he leaves, he will have been at the Bank not ten years, but 22, first as its chief economist then later as deputy governor and governor.
We don't need to wait for the history books to be written to know that he made the Bank of England a very different place in those 22 years, and also did quite a bit to change the world.
Unemployment fell to 1.69 million between January and March, down 2,000 from the previous quarter.
The jobless rate remained at 5.1%, the ONS said.
There were 31.58 million people in work, up 44,000 from the previous quarter. That took the employment rate to a record high of 74.2%.
But the number of job vacancies dropped by 18,000 to 745,000, the ONS added, marking the first fall for almost a year.
David Freeman, a senior statistician at the ONS, said: "The employment rate has hit another record high, but this time the increase is quite modest.
"With unemployment very little changed, that is further evidence the jobs market could be cooling off."
Average earnings including bonuses rose 2% from a year earlier, up from 1.9% in the three months to February.
The ONS said the timing of bonuses this year had affected the rise in total earnings.
Excluding bonuses, earnings rose by 2.1% year-on-year in the three months to March, down from 2.2% in the three months to February.
The number of people claiming jobless benefits fell by 2,400 in April to 737,800, although revised data showed the figure rose by 14,700 between February and March, the largest increase since autumn 2011.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb, said: "These are another record-breaking set of figures, with more people in work than ever before and the unemployment rate is the lowest in a decade at 5.1%."
But economists were less upbeat. David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said that despite the UK employment rate reaching a record high, "the cumulative picture - including manufacturing, trade and GDP figures - points to a softening in economic activity".
Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics, said: "Although there were some bright spots in today's UK labour market figures, on the whole they offered a further indication that the economic slowdown has sapped the jobs recovery of its recent vigour."
However, Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said: "With the unemployment rate back to the pre-crisis average... it would be unrealistic to expect the rapid drops in unemployment seen in 2015 to continue indefinitely."
Even as we film our introduction, he hears me say to camera that while he says he has a "roadmap for democracy," not everyone is convinced.
He quickly jumps in. "There is a roadmap for real democracy in Egypt."
When I start to ask him a first question about it, he stops me again and says in flawless English: "Please let me explain."
Then he resumes his defence in Arabic. "The Egyptians have the right to choose their own leaders and also to choose the way they live their lives. We are trying to achieve that."
It was a confident start and in stark contrast to a protest campaign and newspaper columns in Britain which deride him as a dictator who should not have been invited for an official visit.
"He's like the Putin of Egypt," remarks my BBC colleague Giselle Khoury after her own interview with Egypt's leader. In other words, he's a strong man who enjoys popularity at home even as he comes under criticism in the West.
But opinion is deeply divided in his own country too. Some believe he's the leader Egypt needs now to move this nation forward after the turbulence of recent years. Others fear he is taking them back to even darker days of authoritarian rule.
If he has a genuine plan to move Egypt along the road to greater democratic freedoms, the question is how long will it take to get there, and is he heading in the right direction?
He fields my questions long after my allocated time has expired. And despite polite asides from aides that he's now running way behind schedule, he continues our conversation, switching to fluent English as we walk through the marbled halls of the gleaming Ittihadiya Palace.
The President in a smart blue suit is at pains to emphasise he's not the same military man, with the same security mindset, who spent four decades in uniform. Now he's an elected leader presiding over a country whose challenging security and economic "realities" are a world apart from Europe's.
"Give me the environment you have in Europe, and you will never need anything of the kind," he remarks as he defends a harsh counterterrorism law that's been widely condemned by Egyptian and international human rights groups as a "permanent state of emergency."
"Look at what we are suffering from. Look at the terrorism we have to deal with. Tell me how many army and police personnel were killed by extremists."
He's equally impassioned when he speaks of the West's "little success" in tackling forces of the so-called Islamic State that threaten Egypt from within, and from across the border in neighbouring Libya.
"They take too much time to study the situation before they make any decision," he laments, pointing out that as Western countries ponder what to do, the problem just keeps getting worse.
He keeps coming back to Egyptians' fear that the collapse in neighbouring Libya, and the chaos in Syria, are knocking on Egypt's door.
Security is clearly uppermost in his mind.
So, he admits, all is not as it should be when it comes to democracy.
"What has been achieved may not be the best, " he admits, "but we are moving ahead and will make further progress."
Egyptians who turned out in their millions in early 2011, making history and mesmerising the world, have already lived through three presidents, two parliamentary contests and three referendums on the constitution.
And a black day of unprecedented violence in August 2013 left hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters dead after the movement was ousted in what some call a coup and others, including President Sisi, see as another popular uprising. That stain won't go away anytime soon.
Young activists who flooded Tahrir Square in peaceful protest nearly five years ago accuse him of betraying the promises of their peaceful uprising. Some of the leading lights of that time are now in jail, or forced to live in exile.
But President Sisi often invokes the wishes of his people. He invokes their plight when he laments that human rights can't solely be seen from a "Western perspective."
"Millions are in difficult economic conditions, wouldn't it be better to ask about them and how good living conditions be provided for them?
And he says it's the people who will decide what role, if any, the banned Muslim Brotherhood can play in Egypt's future. For now, tens of thousands are in prison, and hundreds on death row while they wait for a final judgement to emerge from the labyrinth of Egypt's judicial system.
Diplomats who watch the President closely say he's changed over the past few years, moving from a gray military man in the shadows to a more confident person, more at ease in the spotlight.
It causes me to remember other generals I've known in other places who grew to love the perks and privileges of power, and decided to stay put because they convinced themselves the people wanted them there.
But the president told a visiting delegation of British parliamentarians earlier this year that he didn't want to be a "traditional Arab leader."
"Never again will someone rule over Egyptians against their will," he insists, adding for emphasis: "Never."
"Now it is one or two terms (in office) maximum," he explains, citing the new constitution.
It's clear he's won strong support from some, strong condemnation from others, and in the middle are the many Egyptians in a vast nation of 90 million who just want life to get better.
Food prices are going up, so is unemployment, and many are asking how long it will take.
President Sisi is asking for more time and even greater patience.
But for all his words, he still insists "judge me by my actions." That is what Egyptians will do, and what many have already done.
Suresh Patel said Northampton South MP David Mackintosh was correct to step aside "as there is a major police investigation going on".
The Conservative MP had been criticised over his role in the council's loan to Northampton Town when he was leader.
He has denied any wrongdoing but faced de-selection by the party.
Mr Patel, who sits on the executive committee of Northampton South Conservative Association, said it was "likely" Mr Mackintosh would have been de-selected at a local party meeting where his candidacy was expected to be opposed.
Mr Mackintosh was criticised over the loan to the football club from Northampton Borough Council - when he was leader - to rebuild Sixfields stadium and develop nearby land.
Political opponents of Tory Mr Mackintosh have been lining up to have their say after he decided not to defend his Northampton South seat.
Here's how the other parties have reacted to the news.
Rose Gibbins, chairwoman, UKIP Northampton: "The branch feels like this should help UKIP to increase its vote in Northampton South but we haven't selected a candidate yet."
Jill Hope, Liberal Democrat candidate, Northampton South: "I was genuinely disappointed because I was looking forward to public meetings where he could be challenged on the £10.25m that was given to the Cobblers."
Kevin McKeever, Labour candidate, Northampton South: "Let's not pretend he did it of his own accord. He jumped before he was pushed and it's a shame the electorate can't give their verdict on his performance."
Steve Miller, coordinator and secretary, Northamptonshire Green Party: "The Conservative Party probably knew it would have been very difficult to defend the seat had David Mackintosh been the candidate."
Millions of pounds of public money was lost and the loan is subject to a police investigation into "alleged financial irregularities".
Mary Markham, who succeeded Mr Mackintosh as borough council leader, thanked him for "being brave enough to make this decision".
She said she could not support Mr Mackintosh because "that's the message I've been getting from the electorate".
She added three-quarters of the Conservative Party's executive committee would not have supported Mr Mackintosh's selection.
"But it's a very sad day it had to come to this in the first place," she added.
Brian Binley, who represented Northampton South between 2005 and 2015, said he would be prepared to stand in the seat.
"If the party thinks I can help them win this seat to give Theresa May as strong a base as possible for the Brexit negotiations, I will," he said.
He added: "I always thought it was right and proper David should clear his name first."
A candidate will be chosen from a list of three provided by Conservative Party central office.
A BBC investigation found Mr Mackintosh benefited from £30,000 in "hidden" donations to his 2015 general election fighting fund from individuals with links to the company into which most of the loan money disappeared.
Mr Mackintosh previously told the BBC he welcomes the investigation and "will co-operate fully with police".
"I had no reason to believe that the donations were from anyone other than the named donors," he said.
Sussex Police said both officers were being investigated by its professional standards department.
The Argus is reporting that those involved are a senior male officer and a female sergeant.
A force spokesperson said: "Neither of the officers have been suspended."
Last week, it emerged another Sussex officer, Brighton-based Insp Tony Lumb, had been arrested and bailed over claims of improper conduct with women.
That case is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The former Barcelona and Manchester United goalkeeper allowed Andre Gray's 80th-minute strike to escape his grasp and sneak over the line to settle a combative contest that produced 11 bookings.
This was the first top-flight meeting between these teams since 1976 but few would lament a 40-year gap until the next one based on this evidence.
Burnley had the better of the opening period, with Valdes saving from George Boyd and Ashley Barnes, while the visitors also went close through Cristhian Stuani.
But for the most part this was as an untidy game punctuated by countless stoppages for referee Craig Pawson to issue cautions, with five coming in the first half and six after the break.
That will be of no concern to Burnley, however, who have now reaped 19 of their 20 points at Turf Moor this season and are six points clear of relegation danger.
Boro, meanwhile, are without an away win in eight games and remain four points clear of trouble.
Gray's first goal since August came after some classic route-one football by the hosts.
Goalkeeper Tom Heaton's long kick upfield was flicked by Sam Vokes into the path of the former Brentford striker, whose first-time shot from just inside the area showed great instinct and technique but, in truth, was too close to the goalkeeper.
Valdes got down to get his hands to the ball, but he allowed it to squirm away from his body and over the line to send Boro to defeat.
The 79 minutes to that point had produced little in the way of quality, with Valdes equal to Barnes' low drive in the first half and then saving a little unconvincingly from Boyd's swerving 25-yard shot.
Boro striker Stuani spurned a hat-trick of presentable openings for the visitors, firing wide in the first half after latching on to Antonio Barragan's long ball and then seeing two headers from second-half corners fail to seriously test Heaton.
The only other talking point of note came in the first half, when Boro defender Calum Chambers appeared to handle from Dean Marney in the area but the referee was not interested.
Should Sean Dyche's Burnley players find themselves celebrating Premier League survival come May, they will have their home form to thank, with 95% of their points haul so far having come at Turf Moor.
This victory - their sixth of the season - means they are already halfway to the 40 points generally regarded as the minimum required to avoid relegation.
It also ended a miserable run that had seen the Clarets lose their last three Boxing Day games without scoring, although 12 months ago a 3-0 loss on 26 December was the trigger for a 23-match unbeaten run that saw Burnley to the Championship title.
Strugglers Sunderland are the next visitors to Turf Moor on New Year's Eve, while February also looks favourable for Dyche's side, with Southampton and Leicester City their league visitors.
Former Burnley striker Ian Wright:
"I saw Burnley a few weeks ago and they missed Andre Gray's pace. When you play him up with Sam Vokes they play close together and cause a lot of problems. Burnley have to play two up front at home and batter teams. Their home record is great."
Former England captain Alan Shearer:
"I think Middlesbrough and Burnley will both be very pleased with the progress they've shown after 18 games. Both are in reasonably comfortable positions."
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Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "We've had to work very hard for it. It was a close game and an ugly game at times. In defence of both teams, I must say conditions were really hard today - the wind was swirling and the ball was going all over the place.
"We knew they weren't going to come and be easy to knock over, but we finally got there in the end with a good finish.
"I was pleased with Andre. Obviously their keeper might be disappointed but he takes it early, takes it with power and takes it with freedom. He's got that about him, where he will take on a chance and not be afraid to miss and that's a fantastic thing to have."
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Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka: "It was a game completely under control. It is frustrating.
"We had chances and we could have prevented their goal. They had a lot of long balls and we knew that this was the only way they could score. We must learn."
The New Year's Eve fixtures are next up for these two as Burnley host Sunderland and Middlesbrough hit the road again to play Manchester United. Both games kick off at 15:00 GMT.
Match ends, Burnley 1, Middlesbrough 0.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Middlesbrough 0.
Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Michael Keane (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adama Traoré (Middlesbrough).
Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. George Friend replaces Marten de Roon.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adama Traoré replaces Cristhian Stuani.
Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeff Hendrick (Burnley).
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Álvaro Negredo.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Antonio Barragán.
Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough).
Jon Flanagan (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Antonio Barragán.
Goal! Burnley 1, Middlesbrough 0. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Vokes with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Fabio (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fabio (Middlesbrough).
Steven Defour (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabio.
Substitution, Burnley. Johann Berg Gudmundsson replaces Scott Arfield.
Offside, Burnley. Tom Heaton tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Substitution, Burnley. Steven Defour replaces Dean Marney because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Dean Marney (Burnley) because of an injury.
Andre Gray (Burnley) is shown the yellow card.
Antonio Barragán (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andre Gray (Burnley).
Attempt missed. Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Fabio.
Attempt missed. Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Stephen Ward.
Attempt missed. Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez with a cross following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Ashley Barnes.
Manager Danny Cowley made five changes from the side that created history by beating Burnley by the same score at Turf Moor, including a recall for Clarets loanee Josh Ginnelly, who had been ineligible to face his parent club.
Ginnelly added pace and drive to the side, cutting in from the left and striking the inside of the post early on as well as clattering the upright in the closing stages.
But, as at the weekend, it was a corner routine that settled things for Lincoln, as Nathan Arnold whipped in a cross in the 21st minute and Waterfall leapt highest to head into the far corner from the edge of the area.
United came closest to levelling when Curtis Bateson's second-half free-kick curled over the wall and drew a diving save from Paul Farman, but it was Lincoln who had the clearest chances to add to their tally.
Elliott Whitehouse's close-range header, Alan Power's deflected drive and Jack Muldoon's one-on-one chance all came close to extending their lead, while a Ginnelly corner ended up nestling in the far corner only to be chalked off for a foul in the box.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 0, Lincoln City 1.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Lincoln City 1.
Alan Power (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Connor Oliver replaces Curtis Bateson.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Jack Muldoon replaces Elliot Whitehouse.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Matthew Templeton replaces Mark Gray.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Sam Cosgrove.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Alan Power replaces Billy Knott.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Matt Rhead replaces Dayle Southwell.
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 0, Lincoln City 1.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Lincoln City 1.
Matt Dixon (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! North Ferriby United 0, Lincoln City 1. Luke Waterfall (Lincoln City).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Director of Public Prosecutions announced Lord Janner, 86, would not be charged, despite sufficient evidence to bring a case, because of his dementia.
The ex-MP has denied any wrongdoing.
The CPS Victims' Right to Review Scheme allows a complainant to request a charging decision be reconsidered.
Guidelines suggest a review, to be conducted by a prosecutor unconnected to the original case, would normally take six weeks.
Slater and Gordon has confirmed it has written to the CPS on behalf of its clients, formally requesting a review.
Another firm, Quality Solicitors Abney Garsden, which is representing three clients in a civil child abuse claim against Lord Janner, has written to Ms Saunders.
Peter Garsden, a leading child abuse lawyer at the firm, said he wants Ms Saunders to clarify the reasons for her decision by disclosing reports which supported it.
He has also requested documents relating to historical investigations relating to Lord Janner, including an investigation into several children's homes in Leicestershire during the 1990s.
Mr Garsden, who is president of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, has asked for CPS agreement to obtain his own report on Lord Janner's mental capacity.
"My clients are outraged that, after co-operating with a two-year police investigation into the abuse by Lord Janner, they will not now have their chance of justice through the courts," he said.
The firm is also considering the possibility of seeking a judicial review.
Liz Dux, a solicitor from Slater and Gordon, told the BBC that the alleged victims wanted a "chance to be heard".
"Even if a judge deems that Lord Janner is mentally unfit to enter a plea they could still have a hearing of facts actually in his absence," she said.
"I think everyone is sceptical as to the chances of this review being successful, but we've got to try because this is their last hope."
The CPS has confirmed it has received at least one request for a review of its decision.
Announcing her decision on 16 April, DPP Alison Saunders said there was enough evidence to prosecute Lord Janner for 22 offences against nine children.
But she said the CPS also has to decide if a prosecution is in the public interest. Four medical experts concluded Lord Janner was not healthy enough to enter a plea, instruct a solicitor or take part in a trial after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2009.
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds says it is likely the review will centre on this medical assessment, along with the question of whether the DPP was wrong to rule out a so-called trial of the facts.
This would have involved a jury hearing details of the alleged abuse, and deciding whether it happened, without there being a possibility of Lord Janner entering a plea or facing conviction.
Ms Saunders decided such a trial should not take place because under law it could only result an order that Lord Janner be confined to hospital, a supervision order or an "absolute discharge", a decision by the court that no further action should be taken.
She said Lord Janner was not a risk to the public because of his condition, and therefore it was not in the public interest to begin criminal proceedings.
The landmark trade deal involves 12 countries along the Pacific rim, including the US, Australia and Japan.
In an interview Mrs Clinton said the agreement left many "unanswered questions" and did not meet the "high bar" she had set.
"I am not in favour of what I have learned about it," she told PBS.
The former Secretary of State joins rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley, in opposing the agreement.
The deal took five years to negotiate and covers 40% of the global economy.
Hillary Clinton's move to come out against the TPP - with some qualifications - less than a week out from the first Democratic debate will instantly be viewed in the context of Democratic presidential politics.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders - who has repeatedly condemned the trade agreement as harming US workers and threatening the environment - is offering a surprisingly strong challenge to Mrs Clinton from the populist left.
He was likely to bring the topic up during the debate and use it against the former Secretary of State, who once called the agreement the "gold standard" for trade negotiations.
By backing away from the TPP, Mrs Clinton could also be anticipating the arrival of another, more formidable opponent for the Democratic nomination: Joe Biden.
The vice-president has made increasingly clear moves toward a presidential bid, and given his current job it would be extremely difficult for him to oppose a key piece of his boss's presidential legacy.
Mr Biden's campaign would be likely to rely heavily on working-class, union support - a segment of the Democratic electorate that is firmly opposed to new trade deals. Mrs Clinton could be digging her trenches now, before the battle commences.
In an interview on Wednesday, Mrs Clinton said she would only support a trade bill that helped American workers.
"I have said from the very beginning that we had to have a trade agreement that would create good American jobs, raise wages and advance our national security and I still believe that is the high bar we have to meet," she said.
President Obama, for whom the deal would be a prime economic achievement of his second term, said the deal would level the global playing field for US workers.
"[The deal] includes the strongest commitments on labour and the environment of any trade agreement in history," he said after the agreement was reached.
Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton also plans to propose a tax on high-frequency trading, her campaign said.
The tax would target securities transactions with excessive levels of order cancellations that can destabilise the markets, a campaign aide said.
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The Clogher rider was challenged by Andrew Irwin for the win, who crashed out while leading the race.
Dubliner Jack Kennedy also failed to finish with a mechanical issue, which hands Farmer a 58-point lead at the top of the standings.
Eglinton rider David Allingham finished third, with Ben Currie splitting the two local riders in second.
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Bertrand Traore headed the opener for Chelsea before a Giacomo Bonaventura free-kick drew the Italian club level.
Brazil midfielder Oscar's brace sealed it for Antonio Conte's side.
Kante, who left Premier League champions Leicester for a fee in the region of £30m, came on as a second-half substitute.
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Responding to a consultation on the broadcaster's future, officials told UK ministers the channel could do a lot more "to deliver for the people of Wales".
English cities including Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool have also made the case for relocation.
Channel 4 said there were substantial risks if it were to move out of London.
It said spending more money on commissioning programmes from production companies in Wales and the other nations and regions would be "the most effective single means of increasing economic impact" across the UK.
Channel 4 has welcomed the Conservative government's decision, after an 18-month review, to rule out privatisation.
But its response to the UK government's 12-week consultation does not contain specific plans about how to increase its contribution outside London.
UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said she was "unsympathetic towards those who recoil in horror at the very idea of media jobs being based outside the capital".
The Welsh Government said the risk of moving Channel 4 "could be significant if the location isn't chosen wisely" but "Wales - and especially the production hub already thriving around Cardiff and the south - is an ideal candidate for such a relocation".
It pointed to Sherlock, Born to Kill, Journey's End and others as "made in Wales" productions.
Channel 4 Productions in Wales in 2016
SOURCE: Channel 4 Consultation Submission
Despite recognising its current "positive and productive relationship" with Channel 4, the Welsh Government said the broadcaster "must change" if it is to have a greater impact in Wales.
It said: "It is regrettable that two years after the chief executive of Channel 4 made a very positive visit to Wales... [it] still has no permanent base and no commissioning staff in Wales."
It also called for Channel 4 to be set a specific Welsh quota for programming hours and spend.
Currently, the broadcaster must spend 3% of its commissioning hours and finances in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, rising to 9% by 2020.
The Welsh Government said it was an "unambitious, unchallenging target" given a "simple population share would equate to 5%" of programming and money coming to Wales.
Cardiff council has also called for Channel 4 to relocate its 800 staff to the Welsh capital.
But Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC), which represents about 50 production companies in Wales, said the channel should "have some form of established permanent presence in Wales" rather than move completely out of London.
Media analyst Toby Syfret said there was a "very limited case for relocation".
"However, what we have seen in the last three or four years is that Channel 4 is a political football, which has been used to express political thoughts," he said.
A Channel 4 spokesman said: "Channel 4 already delivers a significant impact in the UK's nations and regions and we want to continue to work with the government as part of its consultation to explore meaningful ways to grow this further and support jobs, investment and growth in the creative economy across the whole of the UK."
The UK government is now considering the consultation responses.
The plan will attempt to increase commercial investment in 4G mobile in Scotland.
It also aims to ultimately support 5G-ready infrastructure across the country.
Many rural areas of Scotland have complained about having poor or no mobile coverage.
A report published two years ago concluded that Scotland had the worst mobile coverage in the UK on average, with more than a quarter of the country lacking adequate coverage.
Primary responsibility over mobile coverage lies with the UK government.
But the Scottish government said it had used its own powers to "take forward a series of actions, with tangible steps alongside public sector partners to support its ambition".
These will range from interventions such as business rates relief for operators through to more direct interventions, such as investing in the construction of new or enhanced infrastructure.
Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing said: "We have been working closely with the UK mobile network operators, and they have demonstrated a clear commitment to maximising coverage.
"Already significant progress is being made towards meeting 4G coverage obligations, but we collectively recognise that coverage gaps will still remain in some of the most rural and remote areas.
"We will identify where those gaps will be after the commercial rollout, and together with the industry will jointly design technology solutions and business models that will allow services to be delivered by operators in a sustainable way."
The proposals were welcomed by the major mobile operators, who said it would help overcome some of the challenges of extending networks into the most remote rural areas.
The Clwydian Mountain Range and Dee Valley, the Elan Valley and Gwent Levels will receive a share of the Heritage Lottery Fund investment.
The three landscapes are recognised as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the grant is aimed at conserving their character.
The funding is expected to create 3,000 training opportunities and a similar number of volunteering posts.
The initiative began last month in an attempt to crack down on drink-driving.
Previously, police needed reasonable suspicion before asking a driver to take a breath test.
The new legislation was passed through the Assembly in April, but this is the first time it has been used by police.
Police said the introduction of random breath tests meant the number of people detected in the first three weeks of their winter drink-driving campaign had risen by 1.7%, compared to the same period in 2015.
During last year's Christmas crackdown, almost 400 people were caught drink-driving by police in Northern Ireland.
Ch Insp Diane Pennington said police had authorised 667 checkpoints since their winter drink-driving campaign launched on 24 November.
"Thankfully it would appear that many people are heeding our warnings as there has been a noticeable decline in the second and third weeks, despite the increase in preliminary tests being carried out," she said.
She added, however, that it was "difficult" to accept the figures as a success.
"We shouldn't be detecting anyone drink driving," she said.
"It's disappointing that despite our warnings, there are still people who completely disregard the safety of themselves and others by continuing this shameful and incredibly dangerous practice."
Police said they will also be working with officers from the Gardai (Irish police) traffic department in border counties over the Christmas period.
"If everyone slowed down, did not drive after drinking or taking drugs, wore a seatbelt and drove with greater care and attention then, together, we can reduce this preventable carnage on our roads," added Ch Insp Pennington.
The dog-sized plant-eater had a dome-shaped skull that may have been used to head-butt other dinosaurs.
University of Toronto researchers say the new species, revealed in the journal Nature Communications, fills in gaps in the dinosaur family tree.
They believe more small dinosaurs like Acrotholus audeti await discovery.
Bone-headed dinosaurs, or thick-headed lizards, are known scientifically as pachycephalosaurs.
They are a strange group of herbivorous dinosaurs which possessed a thick-boned dome on the top of their skulls.
The dome may have been used for decoration or to head-butt other dinosaurs in combat.
The new find, Acrotholus, dates back to 85 million years ago.
It was about the size of a large dog, weighed about 40kg (88lb), walked on two legs, and had a skull composed of solid bone over 10cm (4 inches) thick.
Dr David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto said the fossil provides a wealth of new information on the evolution of bone-headed dinosaurs.
He told BBC News: "What's interesting about Acrotholus is that it's the oldest known pachycephalosaur from North America, and it might be the oldest known pachycephalosaur in the world.
"So what Acrotholus does is it extends our knowledge of the anatomy of this group early in their evolution - and it's actually important for understanding the evolution of pachycephalosaurs in general."
Relatively little is known about the diversity of small dinosaurs weighing less than 100kg (220lb), as they are under represented in the fossil record.
There has been scientific debate over whether the fossil record is a true reflection of the diversity of small dinosaurs or whether their more delicate bones are less likely to have been preserved compared with their larger cousins.
The Canadian study predicts the latter, suggesting there may be more discoveries of small bodied dinosaur fossils in the future.
"We can predict that many new small dinosaur species like Acrotholus are waiting to be discovered by researchers willing to sort through the many small bones that they pick up in the field," said co-researcher Dr Michael Ryan, curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
United slipped to second in the Scottish Championship on Saturday after losing at Dumbarton and trail Hibernian by a point.
Hibs host the Tangerines on Friday evening.
"It's quite difficult at this time of year to find the right person," McKinnon, 46, told BBC Scotland.
"We're actively looking to strengthen the squad if we can. We'll take our time and if it takes us a week or two, we'll be patient.
"It's important that we do maybe add one player at least up front to give some competition."
McKinnon was asked if former Tannadice favourite Nadir Ciftci - currently at Celtic - was a target.
"There's lots of names that we're looking at," the manager replied.
"There's lots of people we'd like to try and bring in if possible but some things are very, very difficult at this time of year."
A former Dundee United midfielder, McKinnon helped the Tangerines win promotion in 1995.
Last summer, he left Raith Rovers, after they lost in the Premiership play-offs, to replace Mixu Paatelainen at Tannadice after United had been relegated.
"We're ahead of schedule," he explained. "There was a huge rebuild on this year. I think 20 players left Dundee United in the summer.
"We had to go and recruit and that's never easy to rebuild a squad in about six weeks. I've got to give the boys credit. They got us to the top of the league. We're a point behind Hibs. That's a good squad we've put together.
"If we can add to that then hopefully we can give ourselves a chance this season.
"Financially for the club [promotion] would be fantastic.
"Everybody understands the challenge this division brings. Rangers spent two years here. Hibs are in their third year down here. It's not an easy league to get out of."
Of Friday's match, McKinnon added: "There's no doubt it's a big game. We knew that when the fixtures came out. It's early in the season. No matter what happens after Friday night, there's a lot to play for.
"They're tight games. There's good players on both teams. I'm pretty certain it'll be an interesting game."
Manchester's Cornerhouse, which opened in 1985, will shut as staff move to Home on First Street to join the also-relocating Library Theatre.
Tom Jeffers, an usher there for 30 years, said it had been the city's "beating heart of popular culture".
Chief executive Dave Moutrey said he was "proud" of what it had achieved.
Cornerhouse was founded by the Greater Manchester Visual Arts Trust (GMVAT) in 1985 and came to serve about 500,000 visitors every year.
Its success is partly the reason for the move, as the current building could not cope with the numbers and needed "continuous, costly maintenance", a spokeswoman said.
Mr Moutrey said some visitors may "miss the leaky roofs, uncomfortable cinema seats, idiosyncratic gallery spaces, and lining up outside in the rain [but] I am sure people will recognise something of Cornerhouse in Home and come to love the place as much."
In April 2012, GMVAT merged with the Library Theatre Company to become Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd, which was the first step in the move to Home.
Manchester City Council, which owns both the new venue and the Cornerhouse, said no decision had been made on the long-term plans for the Oxford Road site.
The vacant buildings on the corner of Oxford Road and Whitworth Street West will be used by Manchester Metropolitan University as a teaching space in the short-term.
Cornerhouse is hosting an event called The Storming to mark the move, which will see "audiences, artists, community groups and DJs from Manchester's club scenes taking part in a truly unique send-off" on Saturday, a spokeswoman said.
Mr Moutrey said there had been an "outpouring of love for Cornerhouse as we have been moving towards retiring the building and name".
"It shows that we must have been doing something right for the last umpteen years."
Tom Jeffers has been an usher at Cornerhouse for three decades:
"The venue has been important to me as it gave me a education in arthouse cinema and the opportunity to be part of a organisation that was groundbreaking in offering Manchester the best in contemporary visual art, independent film and cafe culture.
"I have been lucky to have many highlights but the ones that stand out are meeting Quentin Tarantino, who was doing a Q&A for Reservoir Dogs, speaking to actress Julie Christie and literally bumping into Lauren Bacall in the cafe.
"As a iconic venue, it will be missed - it has been the beating heart of popular culture in Manchester for the last thirty years.
"Farewell and thank you for all the memories, old friend."
It's "one of the most interesting, challenging, exciting and fun places to work in the arts", said Mr Moutrey.
"A large and distinctive group of contemporary artists and filmmakers have brought their ideas and work to our visitors.
"There is no other programme or place like Cornerhouse in the UK [and] we will continue and grow."
Home, which boasts two theatres and five cinema screens, officially opens on 21 May, following a preview show in the building by the Hofesh Shechter Company in the last weekend of April.
Its patrons include Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle, the National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner, actress Suranne Jones, playwright and poet Jackie Kay and artist Rosa Barba.
Mr Litvinenko died aged 43 in London in 2006, days after being poisoned with radioactive polonium-210, which he is believed to have drunk in a cup of tea.
Two Russian men, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, have denied killing him.
The judge will decide whether to name any culprits and whether any elements in the Russian state were responsible.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says the real issue for the report is whether the trail leads to the heart of the Russian state and even to President Vladimir Putin himself.
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The report may also focus on whether it was specific investigations into links between organised crime and the Kremlin which led to Mr Litvinenko's killing.
Our correspondent says that if it does point to state responsibility, pressure is likely to grow for the British government to take action against Moscow.
Speaking ahead of the inquiry's findings, Mr Litvinenko's son, Anatoly, told the BBC: "You want to find out who was behind the murder, who planned it, who commissioned it.
"That is why state responsibility is important to us."
The judge, Sir Robert Owen, heard from 62 witnesses in six months of hearings and was shown secret intelligence evidence about Mr Litvinenko and his links with British intelligence agencies.
The former officer in Russia's FSB spy agency had fled to the UK in 2000, claiming persecution, and was granted asylum. He gained British citizenship several years later.
In the years before his death, he had worked as a writer and journalist, becoming a strong critic of the Kremlin.
It is believed he also worked as a consultant for MI6, specialising in Russian organised crime.
A friend said there was personal animosity between Mr Litvinenko and Mr Putin.
"They disliked each other immensely, because Litvinenko complained about corruption… and Putin shelved his report," Alex Goldfarb said.
"And Putin considered Litvinenko, after the fact, a traitor for going public with his allegations."
Marina Litvinenko, Alexander's widow, and son Anatoly say the report may be a milestone but might not not end their struggle.
"It is important, but it is not necessarily the end", said Mrs Litvinenko, while her son said he felt "a sense of duty".
"My father did a hell of a lot to get me to this country to make sure I was safe," he added.
"I need to respect that and do whatever I can to honour his memory.
"Finding the truth is the closest we can get to justice for my father."
There were "a number" of coding errors in the National 5 question paper, according to a report by the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA).
It also found several typographical mistakes in the paper, which students sat in May.
The SQA said adjustments were made to the grade boundaries to make sure no candidates were affected by the errors.
Shortly after the exam was published, one teacher told BBC Scotland that the paper was a "disgrace".
But the SQA defended it, claiming it met course and assessment specifications and that the anecdotal feedback it had received was positive.
However a new report on the course said: "SQA acknowledges that there were a number of typographical and coding errors within the 2016 question paper.
"These were fully discussed at the grade boundary meeting and where these were found to impact on candidate performance, grade boundary adjustments were made.
"This ensures that no candidates were advantaged/disadvantaged by such errors."
Dr Gill Stewart, the SQA's director of qualifications development said: "As we do every year, we consider what went well in the most recent diet, and where improvements could be made for the future by SQA and the education system.
"Our course reports, which are provided for all subjects at all levels, also highlight ways in which recent exams and coursework may have differed from those of previous years.
"This is to ensure standards are maintained. We are committed to the continuous development and improvement of our qualifications and assessments for the benefit of all candidates."
Since then she has upgraded that prediction several times from "more likely" to "almost necessary".
Yet some people think she won't dare call for another vote while the opinion polls continue to suggest a majority of the Scottish electorate still does not support independence.
The polls are not what matters, according to Duncan Hamilton, a former SNP MSP and advisor to Alex Salmond during the 2014 independence referendum campaign.
"I think we are beyond the stage of the opinion polls dictating whether or not there will be a referendum", he says.
"I think Nicola Sturgeon would find it difficult ultimately to justify not putting to the people the option of having an independent Scotland as opposed to being taken out on the current hard Tory Brexit terms."
The SNP argue that this is about Scotland democratic wishes being ignored.
Scotland voted by 62% to 38% to remain inside the EU. But the Scottish government claim that their demands for a bespoke Brexit deal for Scotland are being ignored by Westminster. Scotland isn't getting what it voted for, they say.
That argument about a democratic deficit is very reminiscent of the political battles of the 1980s that led to the creation of the Scottish Parliament.
That could resonate with voters in Scotland now according to Val McDermid, a best selling author, and a Yes voter.
She says: "The Scots.. we can be a bit difficult. There's a great Scots word, 'thrawn', and it means essentially taking up an adversarial position because we can.
"I think for a lot of people the EU thing was a close call. It wasn't that they were passionate about the EU, but they thought on balance that we were better in than out.
"Then, when the rest of the UK told us we were going, there was a certain sort of 'wait a minute, I've suddenly become a lot more passionate about the EU, this is really important to me'."
The vote to leave the EU may well provide the SNP with the justification for holding another independence referendum. But they will have to be careful not to tie the campaign too closely to EU membership.
Around of third of those people who voted Yes to independence in 2014 also voted to leave the EU. Making another referendum all about EU membership would risk alienating many of the SNP's core supporters.
Jim Sillars, a former SNP deputy leader, says: "I could not vote Yes if on the ballot paper it said we wish the Scottish state to be a member of the European Union.
"And I'm not alone in that; there's something like 350,000 to 400,000 of people like me who voted to come out of the EU and under no circumstances would vote to go back in."
The SNP are already preparing for the possibility of another referendum.
They have experts working hard on formulating a new economic case for independence, considering key questions such as what currency an independent Scotland might use and how they would cope with the sharp fall in the price of oil.
Other Yes supporting campaign groups have already started fundraising.
But calling another referendum would still be a gamble, and the consequences of defeat could be disastrous for Nicola Sturgeon.
To lose two referendums in quick succession could set back the cause of Scottish independence for at least a generation.
And there could be a high personal cost. Both Alex Salmond and David Cameron resigned immediately after losing referendums. There would be an expectation that Nicola Sturgeon would have to do the same.
But still, every time the first minster mentions the possibility of another vote she makes it seem increasingly likely.
Nicola McEwen, professor of politics at Edinburgh University, believes Ms Sturgeon may now find it hard to justify not calling another referendum.
She says: "In one sense she may have talked herself into the position of almost having to commit to a referendum even in the absence of majority support.
Ms Sturgeon still says that if the UK government is prepared to compromise on the terms of Scotland's exit from the EU then another independence referendum can be avoided. But she warns that time is running is out to reach some kind of agreement.
She wrote this week: "If an independence referendum does arise, it will not be down to bad faith on the part of the Scottish government, but to sheer intransigence on the part of the UK government."
Sarah will be examining the SNP's possible strategy for a second referendum on BBC Radio 4's Analysis programme at 20:30 on Monday 6 March.
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Joshua, who stopped the Ukrainian in the 11th round at Wembley, immediately called out fellow Briton Fury, who beat Klitschko on points in November 2015.
"Fury, where you at, baby?" he asked. "I know he's been talking, I want to give 90,000 a chance to see us."
Fury, who has not fought since beating Klitschko, replied: "Let's dance."
Joshua is now unbeaten in 19 fights, with all his victories coming inside the distance. The 27-year-old's win in front of a post-war British record 90,000 fans at the national stadium added the WBA belt to his IBF strap.
Fury, 28, is also unbeaten as a professional, with 18 knockouts in 25 fights, but surrendered his world heavyweight titles in an effort to focus on his mental health problems and is currently without a boxing licence and out of condition.
However, he remains active on social media and indicated he wants to return, judging by his reply on Twitter to Joshua's calls from the ring.
"Challenge accepted," Fury wrote. "We will give the world the biggest fight in 500 years. I will play with you. You are a boxer's dream.
"Well done Anthony Joshua. Good fight. You had life and death with Klitschko and I played with the guy. Let's dance."
Meanwhile, American Deontay Wilder, who holds the WBC title, wants a unification fight against Joshua, should he take the WBO belt off New Zealand's Joseph Parker.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday morning, Wilder said: "My plans are to get the WBO belt and once I get that, if I'm given a mandatory challenger, get that out of the way and set up a mega fight early in 2018.
"I'd be prepared to go anywhere. I don't fear anybody and I'm not scared to go to anybody's house. England is like a second home to me.
"But I must obtain that belt first so I can bring it to the table for a unification fight."
While insisting he would cherish the memories of his victory over Klitschko, when asked if it topped winning Olympic gold at London 2012, he replied: "No. It is what it is, there's one winner and one loser."
He said he was happy that it was a great fight, adding: "There was a lot of hype and I'm glad it lived up to expectations.
"I learnt that I can knock out anyone. If I can keep on improving on the things I do well, I can definitely knock out any opponent.
"To get knocked down, hurt someone, get hurt, take someone out in the championship rounds where I've never been before, it's testament to what training's about."
Joshua said there would be "no problem" if Klitschko wanted a rematch.
"I fought the better Wladimir Klitschko, not the complacent one, the guy who realised his mistakes and wanted to put it right," Joshua said, referring to the Ukrainian's previous defeat against Fury in 2015.
"I can only improve from this - if I don't then I'm a silly man. It'll be interesting to see what the next two to three years hold in my career.
"Wladimir's been very dominant. He took a loss against Tyson Fury. I kept hearing the 'obsession and the passion' to get victory. He came to show what he was about, that he still had it. I knew it was going to be tough for him, because I wanted to do the same.
"Maybe against anyone else in the division he may have come out on top. I have the ultimate respect for what he's achieved inside and outside of the ring. I wouldn't mind fighting him again; if he wants a rematch... no problem."
After suffering a fifth defeat, and a second in succession, Klitschko said he would take time to consider his options but would only fight again for a rematch with Joshua.
"I'm not going to make any statements right now," said the 41-year-old, who was floored in the fifth round but responded by knocking Joshua down in the sixth.
"It's too early; I actually feel pretty good, considering I lost," he added.
"I will take my time. I have a rematch clause in the contract, which I can execute at certain times, and right now will not be making any decisions. If I'm going to fight it'll be a rematch, of course."
Klitschko, who has stopped 54 opponents in his 63 victories, believes Joshua remains "vulnerable" and spoke of his surprise when the Briton got up from a sixth-round knockdown.
"I thought he wouldn't get up," he said. "He managed to get up: respect. From that moment I felt he was out of gas and concentration. He recovered through the rounds.
"I could have done more to finish him off after he went down, but I was pretty sure 'This is going to be my night' so I took my time.
"I got caught and the blood was streaming into my eye, and it was difficult to see. I recovered well, took a beating, but recovered well.
"I've always been a fan of AJ's talent since our sparring sessions. How he's going to develop, we'll see. He's vulnerable, and this may be something he will need to work on, but he's today's success.
"He's the champion, so you have to respect it. It was a good fight. The fans enjoyed it. I wish I'd been the winner.
"AJ did a good job. He was trying, was focused, and even if he went down, he got up, came back. He managed to see my left hook and block it, so he was well prepared.
"I didn't have an off-night. I was in tremendous shape. All respect to Joshua."
Promoter Eddie Hearn told BBC Radio 5 live: "There's a lot of hype in this sport but they delivered. There were points when I thought it was over for both fighters but Joshua came roaring back from somewhere.
"He has a great chin - we didn't know that before but we do now - and he has a heart like a lion.
"He was hit by the kitchen sink by one of the hardest hitters in the heavyweight division, and he took everything and came back to win.
"He's proved he has charisma, heart, speed and power and he will entertain not only the British public but the public around the world for years to come."
Anthony Joshua's trainer Rob McCracken thought his man was going to lose after he was knocked down in the sixth round.
"100% when he got knocked down by the biggest punch he has been hit with in his career," he told Radio 5 live. "But we knew he could regroup and if he stayed with me and listened to me I would get him through it.
"We have drilled him for 12 weeks. He has hated it but I have been lucky - this is the stuff dreams are made of.
"His will to win and determination has been the most impressive thing for us. No-one deserves this more than AJ."
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It was an absolute masterclass from Klitschko. I had Klitschko ahead the whole way and Joshua knew it - he knew he had to go for the knockout.
Without doubt, the fifth round was something we have never seen before and it was the best round we have had on 5 live. Ever.
And then we had the sensational sixth where we thought the novice's reign was over.
This is the fight absolutely no-one predicted.
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis: "Crackin' Fight! Congrats to both for giving the fans something to talk about! Big up to AJ on the big win! How much heart did Klitschko show in this fight?
American boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard: "Such an amazing fight with two great fighters. Lot of heart by both fighters. A lot of questions answered by Anthony Joshua."
Former world champion Frank Bruno: "The heavyweight division just got very exciting. The performance of both men tonight was incredible. What's next? I'm looking forward to finding out."
Former Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill: "What an absolute legend! Unbelievable fight! So proud of @anthonyfjoshua. I'm exhausted just watching. Incredible!"
Three-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton: "Well done to both Anthony and Wladmir, but a huge congrats to @anthonyfjoshua for bringing it home! Great fight! #bigupyourself."
Former England footballer Michael Owen: "Great Britain aged five years during that fifth round. Thank God Joshua found a second wind from somewhere."
BBC Sport presenter Gary Lineker: "So gripping was the fight that all three of us in the @BBCMOTD studio jumped up when @anthonyfjoshua won. At least it was during a match edit."
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UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said that the group's estimate was "very conservative" and warned that it might be far higher in reality.
People on the run or in hiding were difficult to count and help, she added.
Meanwhile, Syria's new opposition coalition says it wants to be recognised as the country's government.
This would enable it to buy weapons to assist its attempts to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
Opposition and human rights activists estimate that more than 36,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Assad began in March 2011.
More than 408,000 Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, and more are fleeing every day, according to the UN.
However, far more people have left their homes but stayed inside Syria, and humanitarian agencies have struggled to help them.
In Geneva on Tuesday, the chief spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the Syrian Red Crescent had doubled its estimate of the number of internally displaced people (IDPs).
"The figure they are using is 2.5 million. If anything, they believe it could be more, this is a very conservative estimate," Melissa Fleming said.
"So people are moving, really on the run, hiding. They are difficult to count and access."
She added: "It's easier to count if people are living in refugee camps."
Many of the IDPs are located in schools and public buildings, which often lack adequate heating and sanitation facilities, according to the UN.
Most IDPs are hosted in local communities whose capacity to support them has been stretched, giving the shortages of water, food and medicines and dwindling income.
The UN believes up to four million people inside Syria will need humanitarian aid by early next year, up from 2.5 million.
Ms Fleming said recent deliveries of aid had been "very difficult".
A SARC warehouse in Aleppo was shelled and 13,000 blankets burned, Damascus operations were disrupted for two days and a lorry carrying 600 blankets was hijacked outside the capital. UNHCR staff have also been temporarily withdrawn from Hassakeh.
The head of Syria's new opposition coalition, Mouaz Alkhatib, called for diplomatic support as Arab and European ministers met in Cairo.
"I request European states to grant political recognition to the coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people and to give it financial support," he said in an interview with Reuters news agency. "When we get political recognition, this will allow the coalition to act as a government and hence acquire weapons and this will solve our problems."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius appeared to provide backing.
"Our hope is that the different countries recognise the Syrian national coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people... France's role is to make that hope possible," he told reporters in Cairo. He added: "The opposition has taken a huge step forward."
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the new coalition could win official international recognition, but would need to show it had sufficient support inside Syria.
For now, he added, the European Union continued to operate an arms embargo and the focus remained on non-lethal support for the opposition, and humanitarian assistance for refugees.
"We want to see that they have support inside Syria. That is a very crucial consideration. If they do all these things, well then, yes, we will be able to recognise them as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people."
In Syria itself, fighting in and around the capital, Damascus, is reported to have killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians.
And Syrian government warplanes bombed a rebel-held town near the border with Turkey for a second day.
Plumes of smoke could be seen rising into the sky from the town of Ras al-Ain, in the north-eastern province of Hassakeh, and Turkish ambulances crossed the frontier to transport wounded Syrians to Turkish hospitals.
Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said on Monday that it had lodged a formal protest with the Syrian government about the air strikes, which he said were endangering its security.
Iran, an ally of President Assad, has said it will host a meeting of the parties to the Syrian conflict in Tehran on Sunday.
The meeting will focus on promoting diplomacy and ending the violence in the country, Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the Arabic-language al-Alam channel.
Close to 51,000 party members were expected to vote by Friday on whether to scrap Mr Le Pen's honorary title.
The 87-year-old is locked in a feud with his daughter Marine, who now leads the party.
Marine Le Pen is trying to steer the FN away from its racist and anti-Semitic past.
It is the second time in a week that the court in Nanterre, west of Paris, has handed a victory to Mr Le Pen.
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The feud between father and daughter erupted when Mr Le Pen repeated his view that the Holocaust was "a detail of history".
He was suspended by the party he helped found 43 years ago.
But, on 2 July, the court decided to overturn Mr Le Pen's suspension, ruling that the correct procedure had not been followed.
Mr Le Pen's lawyer, Frederic Joachim, told Le Monde on Wednesday the court had now ruled that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the party must be held to discuss his client's position.
Mr Le Pen told the newspaper: "My critics have been proved wrong twice in a week.
"If there is an EGM, I will be one of the speakers."
Andrew Colvin aimed the air rifle at Jaye Hudson and Alexander McGowan after Ms Hudson parked in his private space.
Dundee Sheriff Court was told a full firearms incident attended by armed police officers was declared as a result.
Colvin, 49, was sentenced to an eight-month restriction of liberty order.
At a previous hearing, depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told the court that Colvin's flat overlooked a private car park where he owned a space.
Ms Hudson and her partner Mr McGowan had driven towards a nearby Boots pharmacy but, as there were no spaces outside, she parked in Colvin's space.
Ms Robertson said Colvin approached Ms Hudson, telling her he paid for the space, and she said she would move her vehicle.
Colvin continued to shout at her from his balcony, telling her to move her car.
Ms Robertson said: "Mr McGowan emerged from the chemist at this time and could see the accused on his balcony screaming and gesticulating towards Miss Hudson.
"Miss Hudson told Mr McGowan what had happened and he could tell she was upset and frightened."
The court was told that as the couple got ready to leave, they saw Colvin at a window holding an air rifle and pointing it towards Ms Hudson and her vehicle.
The fiscal said: "He was waving the gun about and the witnesses formed the impression he was doing this to intimidate them.
"The witnesses were extremely frightened and felt threatened, and called the police.
"Due to the nature of the allegation, a full firearms incident was declared, which resulted in several trained firearms units attending the locus."
Colvin admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, swearing and pointing a gun at Jaye Hudson and Alexander McGowan from a window at Whalers Close on 13 May last year.
Anne Duffy, defending, said: "The altercation took place and he lost his temper and went upstairs to get the gun.
"This would appear to be an isolated incident that was exacerbated at the time.
"I would ask in all the circumstances in this case that your lordship can impose a direct alternative to custody, which is a restriction of liberty order."
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told Colvin: "This is a serious offence.
"It involved pointing an air weapon at two people in public.
"The gun was not loaded and no ammunition was found, but they would not have known that."
The border collies, said to be worth a five-figure sum, were stolen from the Cairnie area, north of Huntly on Thursday.
Three of the dogs were found on Friday. The fourth dog, a 10-year-old female, was found safe and well in the Huntly area on Saturday.
Police said the dog was found after "extensive house-to-house inquiries".
PC Shiree Miller said: "I am delighted that the last remaining of the border collies has now been traced and is back with its owners.
"Extensive inquires will continue to find out who is involved in this distressing theft.
"I would once again reiterate our thanks to the members of the public in the area who assisted in the safe finding of the fourth dog, which is the most experienced working dog of the four."
Anyone with information should contact police.
Bethan Owen, from Bodelwyddan, started Bethan's Karate Academy after becoming an instructor at just 12 years old.
She has been caring for her mother Julie, who has epilepsy, since she was five, helping her father Garry.
Her parents introduced her to karate when she was seven to give her a focus away from the responsibilities at home.
Bethan, a pupil at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan, Abergele, teaches children between the ages of six and nine at the club, which is run not-for-profit.
Lorna Fenwick, from Wrexham, Conwy and Denbighshire Young Carers project, said: "To actually do this at such a young age, she is an inspiration."
The new route started in June in a move designed to allow one flight to depart every minute at peak times.
It was due to run until 24 December but will now stop on 28 October.
The move follows concerns from local communities, with residents saying they experienced sleep disruption and noise pollution.
Transport Minister Derek MacKay secured the agreement with the airport.
Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport's chief executive, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We always knew this was going to have an impact and the trial now tells us with data and facts what that impact would be before we consider what the next steps for the future are.
"We are in no doubt that for some this suggested flight path is detrimental.
"We are also in no doubt that the flight path is one of the main options in delivering the capacity that the airport and the country needs."
He added: "We believe that this trialled route is the least detrimental option given the geography we have to deal with.
"There are tough decisions ahead but I hope that we can make them together based on data and balancing the needs of Scottish passengers and local residents.
"We will be engaging with local communities and their representatives in early 2016 to do just that."
SNP MP for Livingston Hannah Bardell welcomed the decision to call a halt to the trail.
She said: "I had a lot of constituents contact me largely about the noise intrusion into their homes.
"Lots of people being woken up early in the morning, cargo flights going on late at night, their children's sleep patterns being affected."
She added: "The local folk in this area of Uphall, Broxburn, Winchburgh and a number of other areas, were affected because the flights were not sticking, they believe, to the flight path that was stipulated.
"They were actually turning early and so it was fully fuelled planes turning over people houses at very low levels."
Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian and Scottish Green Party candidate for Edinburgh Central, said: "I'd like to congratulate the community on their success in reducing the length of the reckless flight trial by two months.
"This is entirely due to sheer determination and their well-organised and effective campaign.
"October will still feel like a long month for the community who have had to suffer negative health impacts and disruptive noise caused by the trial, but I am please the airport have recognised the need to listen and act.
"An end to this stressful situation is now in sight."
The SNP first minister said the referendum was "on a knife-edge", with some polls suggesting Leave is leading.
She was attacked by former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars, who said she was using Tory-style fear tactics.
Ms Sturgeon said Brexit could "leave Scotland at the mercy" of "the most right-wing Tory government".
Scottish Vote Leave dismissed Ms Sturgeon's comments as "Project McFear" and a "desperate bid to scare voters".
And Mr Sillars, who is campaigning for Brexit, said he was "disappointed" in Ms Sturgeon for resorting to "the tactic she previously deplored".
Opinion polls have suggested a swing towards the Brexit vote in recent days, with just over a week to go until the referendum on 23 June.
Ms Sturgeon said the Leave campaign was being driven by elements on the right wing of the Conservative party, who would take a vote to leave the EU as "their signal to make their power grab complete".
She said she was committed to making a positive case for EU membership, but said that "we have to be really open about the consequences" of a Brexit - which she said could include Boris Johnson as prime minister.
The first minister said: "Make no mistake - a Leave win would be a victory for politicians who actually believe George Osborne and David Cameron are moderates, and it would leave Scotland at their mercy.
"Outside EU but within the UK, with most economic power still concentrated at Westminster, Scotland would be left vulnerable to the most right-wing Tory government in modern history.
"And if we leave Europe, they will take it as a green light to scrap workers' rights and employment protection, slash public spending as part of their ideologically driven austerity obsession, and would target Scotland for extra cuts.
"There should be no doubt in people's minds - if Leave wins, then Scottish workers and family budgets will be in the firing line."
Mr Sillars, a leading figure in the SNP since the 1980s, is campaigning for the UK to leave the EU. He said Ms Sturgeon was an "excellent" first minister, but expressed disappointment in her tactics.
He said: "I deeply regret that Nicola seems to have resorted to the tactic which she previously deplored, and in doing so has fallen from her own high standard.
"She has deployed the whiplash of fear to drive people to vote for Remain by implying that Brexit will bring a reformed Tory government to power, which would destroy worker's rights."
Mr Sillars said the rights of workers were more at risk from EU regulations than they would be from a Leave vote, and argued that there was no chance that a future UK government would roll back rules on holiday or maternity pay.
Tom Harris, director of Scottish Vote Leave, said Ms Sturgeon's recourse to "Project McFear" was "disappointing", saying she was trying to "distract from the failing message of the Remain campaign".
And fellow Leave campaigner Mr Thomson said Ms Sturgeon's comments were "absolutely extraordinary", insisting that after the referendum, "government carries on as normal".
The League Two club have been in talks with the group - which BBC Sussex reports is European - since October.
A club statement said: "The board and Paul Hayward, our benefactor, have been looking for fresh investment since 2013 to help take the club further forward."
The West Sussex club were first put up for sale in March 2013.
The Reds were then in League One and were looking to gain the "further substantial funding" needed to win promotion to the Championship.
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But last season Crawley were relegated to League Two, with Mark Yates then appointed as their new manager.
The statement continued: "Subject to the ratification of legal agreements and Football League approval being granted, the club hope to be finalise the takeover early next month.
"The board firmly believe that the consortium have the ability to build on our achievements to date."
The continued talks mean no new signings are likely to be made before Monday's transfer deadline.
Speaking after Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Mansfield Town, Yates added: "The players can't do anything about it, but we must find out what is going on as quickly as we can.
"The sooner that gets cleaned up the better. The group needs some fresh faces."
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"The club is desperate for new investment after a glorious rise under the current owners took them from non-league status to the third tier of English football.
"Attendances never quite sustained the budget required to compete at that level, and last summer they were relegated back to League Two.
"It's not clear what any of this means for the likes of chief executive Michael Dunford, or indeed manager Mark Yates."
The 24-year-old won Britain's first Olympic gymnastics gold medal at Rio 2016 on the floor, before adding a second on the pommel.
"She told me she loved watching the gymnastics because the stuff that we do doesn't seem possible," said Whitlock.
"It was pretty cool to hear the Queen say she likes the sport."
The Hemel Hempstead-born gymnast received his MBE from the Queen at an investiture ceremony at the Palace on Thursday.
Reflecting on his success, he added: "It's been a really good journey, and the MBE actually tops it off."
Meanwhile, Lauren Rowles who won gold in the double sculls at the 2016 Paralympics, and Daniel Brown, James Fox and Oliver James, who won gold as part of the mixed coxed four, were also appointed MBEs for services to rowing.
Throw religion and faith schools (both public and private) into the mix, a chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, whose own personal faith is at the heart of what he does, and a prominent Christian as Education Secretary, in the form of Nicky Morgan, and perhaps it is little surprise secular and humanist campaigners find themselves at odds with the educational establishment.
About a third of schools in Britain have a religious character - but, of the population, according to the 2014 British Social Attitudes Survey:
Last week, Sir Michael told the Catholic Association of Teachers, Schools and Colleges of "an increasingly secular and materialistic society, where young people can so easily have their heads turned and lose sight of what really matters".
"We are also living through an era marked by seemingly ever greater intolerance of other people's beliefs, views and ways of living," he said.
"Therefore, it has never been more important for Christians to stand up for their faith and for the gospel values of love, compassion and tolerance."
But, in the middle of a war of words with Mrs Morgan, the British Humanist Association and National Secular Society do not feel they are receiving much tolerance.
The High Court ruled in the BHA's favour over the need for non-religious schools to ensure pupils had the chance to learn about non-religious worldviews, such as humanism or atheism, in religious education.
Then, after an investigation by the BHA and the Fair Admissions Campaign showed some religiously selective schools had failed to adhere to the schools admissions code, the government pledged to halt "vexatious complaints" by limiting the power to object to parents and councils.
The BHA, in turn, has written to Mrs Morgan criticising moves "to prevent us and other civil society organisations from voicing concerns about the many problems that parents face as a result of discriminatory religious selection within the school admissions system".
Although you entitle your statement "Parents to get greater say in the school admissions process", you must know, in truth, that banning civil society organisations from raising concerns about admission arrangements can only give parents less say in the process.
The complexity of the Admissions Code means that expertise is required to lodge accurate objections and it is difficult for the average parent to have the time to acquire such expertise, or to see the process through. This, along with fears about anonymity, is why parents regularly come to us and ask us to lodge objections on their behalf.
With no body actively monitoring and enforcing compliance with the School Admissions Code, objections from civil society organisations represent one of the few means of ensuring that schools adhere to the law and parents are not unfairly denied places for their children at local schools.
It is also encouraging supporters to write to their MP.
All this is part of a much wider public battle over identity, belief and belonging, as the nation worries about extremism, what constitutes being British in the 21st Century, community cohesion and the role of religion.
While faith appears to be dividing the rest of the world more brutally than ever, and in ways sometimes difficult to comprehend in what many now see as post-Christian Britain.
The Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and others responsible for faith schools say they provide a vital religious, moral and ethical framework in which their pupils can learn and thrive as they develop into adults - whatever their or their parents' faith or lack of it.
And even non-religious parents tend to prefer an outstanding faith school to an underperforming non-faith establishment.
But that hasn't stopped many quietly - or rather less quietly in the case of the BHA, the National Secular Society, and some rebels within the various religious establishments - wondering whether separating children on the basis of religion is a good way of preparing them for their future, or Britain's future as a cohesive society, however outstanding many of those faith schools may be.
Net profit fell to 23.4 trillion won ($21.3bn; £14bn) last year, a 27% fall from 30.5tn won in 2013.
Mobile phone sales for the year fell 21% to 107.41tn won.
Analysts said that competition in the Chinese market was eating into Samsung's profits.
Samsung's mobile phone division saw profit in the final three months of 2014 fell to 1.96tn won compared with 5.47tn won a year earlier.
The world's biggest mobile phone maker has been facing stiff competition from Apple and cheaper Chinese rivals.
China is a key battleground for mobile firms. The country has the world's largest smartphone market, and Samsung's sales decline was evident there.
Apple contributed to Samsung's latest reversal in fortune, launching iPhones with bigger screens that robbed Samsung's Galaxy phones of a key selling point.
Samsung was already battling competition in low-end phones from upstart manufacturers such as China's Xiaomi.
Samsung is struggling in countries such as China because "they're sort of being eaten from the bottom up by regional players" including Huawei and Xiaomi, said Ben Bajaran, an analyst at Silicon Valley research firm Creative Strategies.
"And now with Apple being competitive in larger phones, you're seeing Samsung losing any edge they had at the high end," he said.
Despite its earnings coming within market expectations, Samsung's shares closed down 1.3% in Seoul on Thursday.
Demand for its smartphones and tablets will continue to fall in the first quarter of this year compared to the last because of seasonal factors, said Samsung in its results statement.
"The mobile business will focus on increasing sales and improving business performance through new product line-ups, such as the Galaxy A series," it said.
The company's lacklustre earnings come just a day after rival Apple reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company.
On the positive end, a boom in Samsung's high-margin chip sales helped offset the downturn in its mobile business. Its semi-conductor division's operating profit jumped almost 36% in the final quarter of 2014.
The 27-year-old has played 10 games this term, his most recent appearance coming in Exeter's European Champions Cup win over Ulster on 15 January.
"We were told from the first scan there was a chance the cartilage issue could be quite bad," said boss Rob Baxter.
"He's had to have a significant amount of cartilage repaired, which becomes quite a major operation."
Last season's Premiership runners-up are short on options at scrum-half, with Will Chudley, Niko Matawalu and Haydn Thomas also on the sidelines.
That leaves only youngsters Jack Maunder and Stu Townsend, who has been on a dual-registration deal with Cornish Pirates, as options for the number nine shirt as Exeter host Wasps in the Anglo-Welsh Cup on Saturday.
"I think Stu will be starting for us this week," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.
"Hopefully Haydn will be back next week to back them up, and then we'll probably keep our eye on the market just to see who is potentially available."
An investigation into the incident at RAF Lossiemouth found a collision avoidance system was ineffective because it had not "warmed up".
The incident in August last year involved a Typhoon and a Tornado from separate aircraft formations.
The RAF has taken action to avoid a repeat of the incident, which was investigated by the UK Airprox Board.
A group of four Tornado jets had left the RAF station at Lossiemouth. At the same time, a formation of four Typhoons was flying close to the base.
As one of the Typhoons turned to the right to avoid the town of Lossiemouth, for noise abatement reasons, it came near to a Tornado which had just taken off.
In determining the cause, the UK Airprox Board said the pilot of the Typhoon had not "integrated effectively" with the other jet.
Since the incident, aircraft now veer left to avoid the town to make similar incidents less likely.
The RAF has been installing collision warning systems in Tornado aircraft following a crash between two of the jets in 2012.
Three airmen were killed in that crash over the the Moray Firth.
Flt Lt Hywel Poole, 28, who was born in Menai Bridge on Anglesey in north Wales, died in hospital after being airlifted from the scene.
Sqn Ldr Samuel Bailey, 36, from Nottingham, and Flt Lt Adam Sanders, 27, who grew up in Lancashire, were also killed.
A fourth RAF serviceman, Sqd Ldr Paul Evans, survived but was badly injured.
Following the investigation into that collision, the RAF said it was acting to ensure suitable warning systems were fitted to the Tornado type.
A spokesman said: "This is the first time such a system has been fitted to an existing combat fast jet anywhere in the world."
Knights announced their closure on 21 July because of financial difficulties, but Guildford said Dickenson will take over a "virtually debt-free" club.
Dickenson has since denied that a deal to take ownership is imminent.
"The deal now just needs the legal formalities completing and RFL approval, which should be completed in the next few days," Guildford said.
"York City Knights will be passed over virtually debt-free with the funding I have provided in the form of director's loans on the balance sheet not required to be repaid.
"That is my gift to professional rugby league in York to give somebody else the chance to take the club forward with the best possible start."
Dickenson has previously been part of the York City Knights board of directors, but stepped down as a result of disputes between other board members.
"The intentions are there and the will's there, and a lot of people are trying to back this and push it through, but there's a lot of diligence to be done," he told BBC Radio York.
"The word 'virtually' is a very relative word. Is 'virtually' £5,000 of debt, or £150,000 of debt?"
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Figures from the Republic's Department of Foreign Affairs showed that applications had risen by 26% overall.
The department had received a record number of overall applications in 2016.
There has been an increase in applications from Britain and Northern Ireland since the UK voted to leave the EU.
An Irish passport would allow its holder to continue to move and work freely within other EU member states once the UK withdraws.
In 2016, applications from Northern Ireland increased by 27% from the previous year while applications from Britain went up by 42%.
The latest figures show that this trend has continued in the opening months of 2017.
Between January and March this year, 27,898 applications were received from Northern Ireland and 23,181 were received from Britain.
In the corresponding period of 2016, 16,581 applications were received from Northern Ireland and there were 13,722 from Britain.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the the overall increase in applications was "attributable to a variety of causes including an expanding population and a significant increase in outbound travel in recent years".
"The decision by the UK to leave the EU may also have had some impact, although the department does not ask people why they are applying for a passport, only whether they are eligible."
The Republic's Passport Service had already seen a surge in demand prior to Brexit, due to an increase in outbound travel, the Euro 2016 football championships and new US travel requirements for biometric passports.
People with a parent or grandparent born in Ireland are among those who can apply for an Irish passport.
When I clicked on the link, it asked for permission to access a bunch of my Facebook data and my hand hesitated over the mouse.
I'd been here before with quizzes to find out which dog I most resembled or which country best reflected my personality and decided that it was not worth swapping huge amounts of my data for an inane quiz.
But, for whatever reason, I decided on this occasion I was prepared to make that sacrifice - after all, without access to such data, how could the app discover the words I used most?
A few days later, freelance journalist Paul Bischoff wrote a piece for Comparitech entitled "That most used words Facebook quiz is a privacy nightmare" which made me sit up and reconsider my decision as it outlined the huge amounts of data that Vonvon, the South Korean company behind the quiz, hoovered up.
That personal data included name, profile picture, age, sex, birthday, entire friend list, everything you have posted on your timeline, all of your photos, home town, education history and everything you have ever liked.
Interactive content firm Vonvon produces lots of quizzes and, although the "most used words" one was hugely popular, it still did not make it into its top five - which have each reached an audience of more than 50 million. The most shared of its quizzes - a game which trawls through your Facebook profile to find your soulmate - has been shared more than 120 million times.
The firm is by no means the only provider of such games - there are hundreds available via Facebook and they are proving one of the most shared bits of content on the social network.
In order to take part, users generally have to agree to allow the firm access to their Facebook data. Often the quiz won't work without these permissions.
Vonvon's chief executive Jonghwa Kim told the BBC that the firm uses Facebook data solely to make the quiz as good as it can be.
"We only use your information to generate your results, and we never store it for other purposes," he told the BBC.
He also said that none of the personal information is sold on to third parties, despite this being something that it is allowed to do as part of the terms and conditions.
The terms and conditions do give Vonvon pretty free range with your data - it can, for example store information on "its servers in many countries around the world".
Mr Kim understands that privacy is a top consideration and the firm has recently changed its Most Used Words quiz to request only public information, friends lists and timeline data.
"We do realise that some of our users are worried about their privacy protection. To accommodate these concerns proactively, we adjusted our scope of data request to the minimum requirement to produce each separate content," Mr Kim told the BBC.
So now users who take the Most Used Words quiz will have the opportunity to edit the data they provide to Vonvon - so it just uses their timeline data and not friends lists.
Privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation agrees that Vonvon seems to be taking a responsible attitude to user data.
Technologist Jeremy Gillula told Time Magazine it was acting in the most "privacy protective way" it could given the limitations of the way Facebook allows apps to work with its software.
But he added: "At the same time, people may not realise that they don't have to do it that way, and it's entirely possible that they could have done it another way - a less conscientious developer could have done it differently."
Mr Bischoff remains sceptical about the motivation for the vast number of Facebook quiz apps in circulation.
"It is hard to believe that these apps are collecting data just to make better quizzes," he told the BBC. "Especially when their privacy policies go into so much detail about how they may use personally identifiable data."
He also thinks that Facebook "is not doing enough to raise awareness".
So, for example, few people probably realise that, every time they install one of these apps, they continue running in the background unless users actively delete them via their privacy settings.
That could potentially mean that the apps are collecting Facebook data long after users have forgotten the quiz they agreed to take part in.
Users can also edit the amount of their information shared if their friends take part in such quizzes.
Facebook told the BBC: "Protecting the privacy of people and their information on Facebook is one of our highest priorities. So we take the quality of apps on Facebook very seriously.
"All apps on Facebook must adhere to our platform policy, which has strict limits on how developers can use the information that people share with them. It is against our policies for developers to use any information shared with them without prior consent. When we find or are made aware of apps which breach our rules, we remove them immediately. "
It did not however tell the BBC how many it has removed, saying this was not information it "shared publicly".
The fact that millions have taken part in such quizzes illustrates that it is not just me who has a slightly hypocritical approach to sharing data.
"People's attitudes to privacy are inconsistent. We pay for curtains to shield our homes but we also go on Facebook and Google, mostly without changing our online privacy settings (I certainly don't)," said Dr Stuart Armstrong, a researcher at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford University.
"And then we accept certain uses of our data by these tech giants, but get outraged at others, without a clear distinction. Our inconsistency on the subject keeps us vulnerable, making it impossible to craft acceptable, loophole-free legislation or user agreements," he added.
Security expert Lisa Vaas has some simple advice for people considering playing such quizzes.
"As much fun as it is to see what cat you're most suited to or which Disney Princess is your soulmate; if you have to hand over the keys to your privacy to find out, repeat after me: it's not worth it," she wrote in the Naked Security blog.
A federation statement (in Spanish) said it was also unhappy with receiving only 4.55% of pools revenue, though it said it was still open to dialogue.
All matches will be suspended from 16 May, including the domestic cup final.
In the top division, Barcelona lead La Liga rivals Real Madrid by two points, with only three games left to play.
In the statement, the RFEF federation said it had acted after three months of talks with the government had failed to resolve the dispute.
It said more than 600,000 players and 30,000 matches across the country would be affected by the suspension.
However, it also stressed: "At the same time, and yet again, we reiterate the offer of dialogue to the Spanish government."
The RFEF acted after the government last week approved a new law on collective bargaining for TV rights.
The law - which still needs to be approved by parliament - aims to regulate the rights to broadcast matches in Spain's first and second divisions.
The government has so far made no public comment on the federation's statement.
"The initial assumption is that this move has been taken in an attempt to head off a players strike which had been threatened for that weekend," said Andy West, a Spanish football expert.
"Players are unhappy with some terms of the deal, including the low percentage of revenue on offer to lower league clubs.
"The issue of TV rights is a long-running one with most people recognising that Barca and Real receive far too much at the moment. Realigning it is not easy though," Mr West added.
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Long-term leaders Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith took a four-shot lead into the final round of fourballs.
But Kisner and Brown birdied 10 of the first 11 holes and Kisner then chipped in for an eagle at the last.
Smith had to birdie the last to join them at 27 under and the four men will return for a sudden-death play-off.
Australian world number 112 Smith holed from two feet for the closing birdie, but darkness following a delay of more than six hours because of thunderstorms at TPC Louisiana midway through the round meant the play-off could not take place on Sunday.
Sweden's Blixt - the world number 256 - and Smith had led outright after the second and third rounds and did not drop a shot throughout the 72 holes, with each round in the revamped team format alternating between foursomes and fourballs.
The final tee time was moved forward to 8:16am local time (14:16 BST) in an attempt to beat the predicted bad weather and despite the intense thunderstorm, it appeared the tournament - the first official PGA team event since 1981 - would be completed.
But Kisner's 31-yard chip, close to 12 hours after his group had teed off, rattled the pin and dropped into the cup, meaning the players will return to the par-five 18th to begin the play-off at 9am local time (15:00 BST) on Monday.
"Well, we knew we had to have it," Kisner said. "All I was trying to do was make sure I didn't leave it short, and I couldn't see much. I knew it was breaking a little right, and when it hit the flag, I said, 'Don't you come out of there.'
"Someone had to get hot in order to catch us today, and they did," said Blixt, a two-time PGA Tour winner. "We just have to leave this behind and try to go out there and make birdie or eagle on 18 tomorrow and try and win this tournament," he added of the better-ball play-off.
Americans Kelly Kraft and Kevin Tway were third after combining for a 61 that left them on 23 under.
Former world number one Jordan Spieth and fellow Texan Ryan Palmer were a further stroke back after posting a 64.
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The inflation rate in the 19 nations that use the euro stood at 0% in April, up from a rate of -0.1% in March.
Eurostat said that low energy costs were continuing to cut living costs.
Energy prices in the eurozone fell by 5.8% in April - a slightly slower pace than the 6% decline recorded in March.
Inflation in the services sector stood at 0.9% in April, compared with 1% in March, with a 0.3 percentage point rise in food, alcohol and tobacco to 0.9%, according to the flash estimates.
The European Central Bank said that its policy measures appeared to have banished the spectre of deflation in the eurozone.
In January, the ECB announced a €1.1 trillion bond purchase programme to jump-start the flagging economy and send inflation higher.
"After having reached low levels in mid-January, longer-term inflation expectations in the euro area have recovered. The decline observed over the previous two years has thus come to a halt," the Bank wrote in its latest economic bulletin.
Meanwhile, Eurostat said that the unemployment rate for the euro area remained stable at a seasonally adjusted 11.3% in March compared with February. That was lower than the 11.7% recorded for March 2014.
Across the 28 nations in the EU, the unemployment rate stood at 9.8% in March. That was the same as February but down from 10.4% in March last year.
Germany had the lowest jobless rate at 4.7%, with the UK next on 5.5%. Greece (25.7% for January - the most recent figures available) and Spain (23%) top the jobless chart.
Compared with a year ago, the unemployment rate in March fell in 22 EU countries, rose in five and was stable in Austria.
Ireland posted the biggest decrease, from 12% to 9.8%, while the rate in Spain fell from 25.1% to 23% and in Poland from 9.6% to 7.7%.
Unemployment has risen in both France and Italy in the past 12 months, from 10.1% to 10.6% in France and from 12.4% to 13% in Italy.
The rate of unemployment for those aged 15 to 24 stood at 20.9% in the EU, down from 22.8% in March 2014, and at 22.7% in the euro area - down from 24.2% last year.
Brian Stack, who was Chief Prison Officer at Portlaoise Prison in the Irish Republic, was shot in Dublin in 1983. He died 18 months later.
The IRA never claimed responsibility for the murder, but his family believe he was targeted because of his job.
His son, Austin Stack, described the meeting as very productive and genuine.
Two of the murdered officer's sons met Mr Adams at the Irish houses of parliament in Dublin on Thursday evening.
Speaking after the meeting, Austin Stack told the Irish state broadcaster RTE that no promises has been made, but that the Sinn Fein president had agreed to help them as best he could.
Mr Stack added that his family felt the offer was genuine and said they are due to meet Mr Adams again in about four weeks.
His father was shot in the back of the neck as he walked along Dublin's South Circular Road shortly after leaving a boxing tournament.
He was the only prison officer to be assassinated in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.
The man who carried out the shooting escaped on a motorbike, driven by an accomplice.
The prison officer was left brain damaged and paralysed from the neck down by the shooting and died from his injuries.
Austin Stack, the eldest of his three children, was 14 at the time of the shooting and is now the assistant governor of Wheatfield Prison in west Dublin.
He said he believes the IRA carried out the attack because his father thwarted a number attempts by members of the paramilitary group to escape from Portlaoise Prison and to smuggle weapons into the high security jail.
Mr Stack has said he wants the IRA to admit responsibility for his father's murder and his family want answers and closure from their discussions with the Sinn Fein president.
They have asked Mr Adams to speak to his contacts about the killing in the hope they can find out who carried it out and why.
"We're not looking for any form of revenge. We would like to sit down with those people, talk to them and get some form of responsibility."
Mr Adams, who stepped down as MP for West Belfast to become a member of the Irish parliament two years ago, has consistently denied that he was ever a member of the IRA.
Speaking after the meeting, the Sinn Fein president told RTE it had been a "good" and "comprehensive discussion".
"There are many families who are looking for closure. It may be that I won't be able to help but I certainly have the desire to be of assistance," Mr Adams said.
He added: "We have each agreed to go off and reflect on what was said. And we have agreed to meet again."
The 36-year-old had talks in Milton Keynes on Tuesday, but was in charge of Hearts for Wednesday's Scottish Premiership 2-0 win over Rangers.
That victory took Hearts up to second in the table, but Neilson joins a side currently 19th in England's third tier.
The ex-Scotland international is expected back in Milton Keynes to finalise personal terms on Friday.
He will be joined at Stadium MK by his assistant Stevie Crawford.
MK Dons have been seeking a new manager since Karl Robinson left by mutual consent in October after six and a half years in the role.
Sir Don has documented conflicts in the Congo, Afghanistan and Iran, in a career spanning 60 years.
Last month, he travelled to Iraq to photograph the Battle of Mosul and took pictures of people fleeing the city.
The 81-year-old said he felt "warmed" to be recognised for services to photography and it would bring "a lot of honour" to his family.
"I've made this huge journey from the beginning of my life where it was very poor and impoverished.
"I've managed to get away from that and I've managed to educate myself by travelling with great journalists.
"So in a way, I've been duly rewarded before I even got this knighthood."
Sir Don, who received a CBE in 1993, said he hoped the Queen would knight him as he has "massive respect" for her work.
"My only hope is that the Queen will be the person who tips my shoulders with the end of that sword.
"She would be the one person who would make the whole thing marvellous for me."
Sir Don has lived in Somerset for 34 years, having first visited the region as a young evacuee.
He said the Mosul trip would be his last covering conflicts, but vowed to continue with his work until he "can't press that button any more".
Future projects include a potential exhibition at the Tate in London in two years' time.
Around 52% of people decided to vote leave, while 48% chose remain.
The decision has led to Prime Minister David Cameron announcing that he'll resign by October.
It's left many of you with lots of questions. We've been answering some of the ones you've sent in.
Jacob, 10, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
It could do. At the moment the money we use in the UK, the pound, is worth less than it was yesterday. That's because people don't know what might happen next, and so they are selling pounds and buying other forms of money they use in other countries, like the euro or dollar. That might mean that things might get more expensive on your holiday. Just because the pound is worth less today, doesn't mean it will always be lower. We'll just have to wait and see.
St Margaret's Junior School, Kent
Nothing is likely to change quickly, and the people who have won the referendum have said that people (including children) from other EU countries who already live here will be allowed to stay. There is a lot to work out though before we can be sure of what will happen for British people living in the EU, as it will be up to the UK to make agreements with EU countries.
Year 7s at Friern Barnet School
It's very hard when making such a big decision like this one to know what all the consequences are, whichever side people voted for. We won't know for a long time exactly what the consequences of this decision will be, but we do know that more people felt that the UK should be outside the European Union than in it.
Kyle , 11, Fife, Scotland
Scotland could apply to join the EU if it was an independent country. But first, Scotland would have to have a vote on whether it should be an independent country, and people living there would have to vote to leave the UK. Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said a second independence referendum is "highly likely" following Thursday's vote.
Olivia, 10, Scotland
The UK has been in the European Union, the club of 28 countries, for more than 40 years, so the decision to leave or stay in was a big one for the country.
Year 5 students in Nottinghamshire
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will resign by October. He believed that Britain was better in the EU and wanted people to vote to stay, but he was defeated. He said on Friday morning that "fresh leadership" was needed.
Oscar, 10, Southend-on-Sea
After Britain officially leaves the EU, it is unlikely that we can re-join. But if we do decide that it's something that we would like to do then all of the 27 other countries that are in the EU would have to agree to take us back.
Gurleen, 9
At the moment, many British farmers get money from the EU to help them run their farms and the UK pays to be a member of the EU. The people who won the referendum say that some of the money saved from not being in the EU will go to British farmers, but there's a huge amount to be worked out before that happens.
Taylor, 9, England
In order to change the vote there would have to be another referendum. This is unlikely to happen, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the decision of the British people should be "respected".
Turtle Class, Wormley School
This depends. To leave, the UK has to tell the EU that it is going. From that point onwards, it can take two years to work out everything so that the UK can leave.
Kaela, 13, Dagenham
Leaving the EU could affect UK trade but probably not straight away. At the moment we are a part of the common market, which means that we can travel and trade freely with other EU countries. It's not clear whether we will stay as part of that common market when we leave the EU, but the people who led the Leave campaign say we would be able to make new deals with EU countries.
Some people say we don't need to make new deals with EU countries and could trade without a deal. Trade may well be affected straight away - the weak pound will help exporters but hurt importers. Also, companies looking for long-term relationships may start abandoning British firms straight away.
Ally-mai, Hull
The UK will still have to keep the laws made by the EU until we officially leave. After that time it will be up to the British government to decide which laws are kept and which will be scrapped. Some of the rules are needed for products to be sold in EU countries, which we will have to follow if we want to continue selling things to them.
Gosling, 23, has been with the League One outfit since joining from Exeter in 2014 and has made seven appearances in all competitions so far this term.
He will be eligible to make his debut for the National League club when they host Braintree Town on Saturday.
Oxford-born Gosling has won 11 senior caps for Gibraltar, scoring twice.
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Taylor joined Maidstone in July 2015 from Cambridge United, helping them earn promotion from National League South in his first season at the club.
The 22-year-old former Chelsea trainee scored eight goals in 41 league appearances for the Stones this season.
"I had a good two years at Maidstone United but for me it's time for a new chapter in my career," he said.
"Other clubs were offering me more financially and I had an offer from League Two, but it was a no-brainer for me to sign for Aldershot."
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies in Baghdad.
Earlier on Saturday, thousands of protesters, demanding electoral reform, tried to storm the area.
Police fired tear gas. At least 200 people are reported to be hurt.
The protesters, mostly supporters of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, want changes to the electoral commission that oversees elections.
They say the commission is not independent because all its members are linked to political parties.
Pro-Sadr protesters have entered the Green Zone during previous protests.
It is not clear who fired the missiles into the area on Saturday.
However, military officials said several Katyusha-style rockets seem to have been fired from the eastern district of Baladiyat, where Sadr is reported to have a lot of followers.
The men were spotted on a nearby rubbish dump blamed for attracting birds days after their increasing presence was called an "emergency".
It is feared a bird strike could cause a crash, but the Lebanon Eco Movement have said shooting the seagulls breaches an international conservation agreement.
It is unclear who the hunters are.
Some activists called the shooting a "massacre", while the Lebanon Eco Movement released a statement condemning the killings "under the eyes of the security forces" and in light of the government's vow "to preserve the environment".
The statement accused them of violating the International Convention for the Protection of Aquatic Birds.
Transport Minister Yusef Fenianos promised to deal with the problem earlier this week, after local media reported a Middle East Airlines flight encountered a large flock of birds as it landed on the airport's west runway.
It was suggested an increase in devices emitting bird of prey calls around the airport to scare off the animals could solve the issue.
But groups said this would not go far enough, and called for the dump to be closed - which it was on Thursday, less than a year after it opened.
It had been part of an effort try and resolve the city's waste problems, which had seen piles of rubbish stack up on the streets following the closure of the main dump.
But a planned waste processing facility on the site is yet to be built, allowing rubbish to build up as high as 9m (30ft), according to reports.
As a result, it was attracting rodents and increasing numbers of birds, which were seen flocking around the runways of the airport.
Visiting winger Henry Purdy responded to Dean Hammond's opening try for the hosts to make it 10-10 at half-time.
Purdy's second try was soon followed by Rob Cook going over as last year's winners began to take control.
Mike Daniels closed the gap but Stephen McColl and Billy Twelvetrees went over to secure Gloucester's victory, before Darren O'Shea's late consolation try.
The first match between these two sides in the competition since Gloucester beat Worcester 31-23 in the 2006 semi-finals was watched by England coach Eddie Jones.
The visitors went ahead through Laidlaw's penalty before Worcester hit back with a great free-flowing move from left to right, finished off by Hammond who cut inside and rolled over, allowing Ryan Lamb to add the extras.
Laidlaw's second penalty attempt fell short but he was accurate soon after with the conversion after Purdy had collected centre Mark Atkinson's clever kick to go over.
Lamb's drop-goal for Worcester levelled it up again by half-time but then Purdy charged through to dive over for his second try before Billy Burns' great pass set up Cook to run in at the left corner, as Gloucester opened up a 12-point lead.
Gloucester's Lewis Ludlow was then shown a yellow card for collapsing the maul and the hosts took advantage immediately when Daniels drive over and Lamb's conversion went over off the left-hand post.
The visitors sealed their third Pool 4 win from three when Laidlaw brilliantly set up McColl and a fantastic cross-field kick from Burns was pounced on by Twelvetrees, before O'Shea's try rounded off the scoring.
Warriors head coach Carl Hogg told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
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"It's going to be very difficult now to progress. It's very disappointing. The endeavour was outstanding, but we asked ourselves to defend for too long periods.
"We tried to play fast off set pieces as we thought we could stretch them, as did with Dean Hammond's try.
"This European Cup is a great learning curve for us and some of the younger players will benefit from the experience.
"But it's back to back games against Gloucester and next Thursday night at Kingsholm will now be about restoring a little bit of pride."
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys told BBC Gloucestershire:
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"The days of talking about easy games are long gone. It's about establishing field position and making the opposition make lots of tackles, which we did in the first half.
"Early on we made some poor decisions and coughed the ball up. Once we recognised how they were defending and adapted to it, we picked some good lines and were rewarded with the tries.
"In the last few weeks there have been a lot of questions about selection. Our answer never changes. We pick a team to win the match.
"At the moment we have 40 players available and the depth in our squad is coming through."
Worcester Warriors: Howard; Hammond, Grove, Symons, Biggs; Lamb, Mulchrone (capt); Bregvadze, Milasinovich, Sanderson, O'Shea, Cox, Kirwan, Mama.
Replacements: Sowrey, Rapava Ruskin, Daniels, Barry, Betty, Arr, Eden, Stelling.
Gloucester: McColl; Halaifonua, Trinder, Atkinson, Purdy; Burns, Laidlaw (capt); Wood, Lindsay, Doran-Jones, Stooke, Galarza, Kalamafoni, Rowan, Ludlow.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Yann Thomas, Nicky Thomas, Hicks, Dan Thomas, Braley, Twelvetrees, Cook.
Sin Bin: Ludlow (62).
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Alex Ruiz (France).
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This time it is China's Jack Ma - the founder of Alibaba.
On the face of it they're an unlikely pairing.
One's been raised in the lap of luxury, the other had humble beginnings. One has taken advantage of the free market capitalism of the West, the other grew up in the Chinese Communist system.
But there are a few things they have in common.
It is possibly Donald Trump's favourite word: Huge.
And whatever you might think of him, the President-elect certainly has had grand plans.
Taking over his father's real estate business and turning it an empire. Expanding it into an entertainment business. Running for, and winning, the highest office in the land. There's no lack of ambition.
He's now thought to be worth almost $4bn (although consistently claims he's worth more than double that).
When it comes to wealth, China's Jack Ma isn't far behind. He is China's third richest man and Forbes names him amongst the most powerful people on the planet.
But he started his professional life teaching English to students in a university in a small Chinese town, reportedly making about US$12 a month.
To get better at English, he would court foreign tourists, charming them into having conversations at local hotels.
He started the e-commerce giant Alibaba in his flat, and hasn't looked back.
Mr Ma also has a grand vision which has driven the company from the start: to create ten million profitable businesses and 100 million jobs in the next 20 years.
Both men are known risk-takers, or as some would say, gamblers.
And perhaps Mr Trump's biggest gamble was running for president.
He was initially seen as the weakest contender during the campaign for the Republican nomination. But a decision to take a risk and be outrageous helped him, in part at least, to get his name on the ballot paper and ultimately to win the presidency.
Jack Ma is similarly unafraid to take risks.
One of his early internet ventures, China Pages, ended badly when he ended up having to form a joint venture with China Telecom and lost control of the company.
He also burned through a lot of cash in his early days, and at one point had to lay off all of his international staff.
But Mr Ma, who was once rejected from a managerial role at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hangzhou, says he wouldn't be where he is today without having to learn to deal with failure.
Mr Trump is known as one of America's most colourful and famous billionaires.
He rose to fame as the boss in the hit television show "The Apprentice" and his trademark "You're Fired" became a catchphrase.
But eccentric, and many would say outrageous, comments on the campaign trail have also led to him being called crazy by his critics, for all the wrong reasons.
Remember when he said he would impose a total "shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States? Or how about the the pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico, and get the US's neighbour to pay for it? The list goes on.
Mr Ma is often called "Crazy Jack" (though that craziness isn't seen as offensive.).
His trademark speeches captivate and inspire employees. He is a showman who regularly entertains Alibaba staff with performances that would make Justin Timberlake proud. He's a familiar smiling face on the televised galas launching Alibaba's Singles Day sales, and is also known to preside over mass marriages at the firm.
Almost every time a billionaire goes through the doors of Trump Towers, the President-elect comes out with a pledge to create jobs in the US. It is starting to be seen as a fast-pass route to getting business done - as I wrote about when Japan's Masayoshi Son met with Mr Trump late last year.
His meeting with Jack Ma was no different.
And while the practice of business leaders visiting publicly-elected officials might have many scratching their heads in Western nations, the relationship between business and politics is much closer in many parts of Asia - including China.
So this is a way of doing business that Mr Ma will know and understand well.
China-US relations may well deteriorate after January 20, when Mr Trump has promised to call China out as a currency manipulator, Mr Ma is making sure that his personal relationship with the new president isn't affected - which can only be good for his business.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said a home delivery boom had resulted in almost 100,000 vans being registered in the first three months of 2015 - 22.3% up on that period in 2014.
It said 108,456 commercial vehicles were registered in the quarter.
That is the highest number of vans and lorries sold since the trade body began compiling figures in 1987.
Online sales in the UK hit £103bn last year, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, creating a booming market for home delivery of orders.
The figure is expected to rise by 12% in 2015 to about £1 in every £4 spent by Britons.
An SMMT spokesperson said: "Van registrations have risen consistently over the past two years, mainly as a result of steadily increasing business confidence and a range of attractive finance deals. The move towards online shopping and home deliveries is an important contributor to this growth - particularly that of large vans."
Ford accounted for more than a fifth of van sales in the quarter, with the mid-sized Transit Custom the most popular on 12,627 sales.
The Vauxhall Vivaro was in second place on 7,449 sales, with the Volkswagen Transporter third on 5,765 units.
Ford also took sixth place with the long-wheelbase Transit model, which sold 5,276 units, and the small Transit Connect variant in eighth place with 4,096 sales.
Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said: "Commercial vehicles are crucial to the functioning of Britain's economy and these latest figures paint a very encouraging picture. As business confidence grows, demand for the latest vans and trucks is now back to pre-recession levels - outpacing the rest of Europe."
Commercial vehicle sales mirror the buoyant new car market. Almost 493,000 cars were registered in March - up 6% up on the same month in 2014 and the best monthly figure since August 1998, the SMMT said.
Its figures suggest that there are about 4.4m vans and trucks on British roads, delivering 81% of all goods and shifting almost 3,000 tonnes of goods every minute.
The latest models from manufacturers including Fiat, Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot will be on display in Birmingham this week as the NEC hosts the Commercial Vehicle Show.
The 25-year-old, who had spent nearly two years out of the side, scored 342 runs in three one-day internationals against Pakistan in June.
"I was making sure I had other options away from cricket in case I didn't get another contract," she told BBC Sport.
"I was getting stuck at the 'I need another job' part. It usually starts with a gap year."
Beaumont, named as player of the summer at Wednesday's Professional Cricketers' Association awards, was first recalled to England's Twenty20 side as Charlotte Edwards' opening partner for their tour of South Africa in February and the subsequent World Twenty20.
She then returned to the ODI team this summer, opening with Lauren Winfield, after Edwards was relieved of the captaincy and subsequently retired from internationals.
After a maiden international century in the second ODI against Pakistan at Worcester, Beaumont's unbeaten 168 in the third at Taunton was England's second highest individual 50-over score.
"Mark Robinson has come in as coach and seen something in me," the right-hander explained.
"I had a pretty OK World T20 and took it into the Pakistan series. Hopefully I won't look back."
Beaumont is part of the England squad that will play five one-day internationals in West Indies in October, with the final three forming part of the ICC Women's Championship which determines qualification for next summer's World Cup in England.
With the top four sides guaranteeing their place, leaders Australia have already qualified - while England sit third, a point behind West Indies.
"They are World T20 champions and there are three massive games," added Beaumont, who plays for Kent and lined up for the Surrey Stars in the summer's inaugural Super League.
"It's really important we get some points from those games and take what we started this summer into the winter."
Michelle Brown, a North Wales AM, said the Wales MEP's assembly seat was "constantly" empty.
Assembly records show that - other than the vote for first minister - Mr Gill has taken part in one vote in the Senedd since his election in May.
A source close to Mr Gill said he contributes fully as an AM, pointing to his constituency work.
Ms Brown, one of five UKIP AMs who have demanded Mr Gill resign from one of his roles, told BBC Radio Wales: "You can't physically do both jobs at the same time.
"The evidence of that can be seen in Nathan's performance in the assembly," she said, claiming: "There's constantly an empty seat in the chamber."
"The people of North Wales voted for UKIP in the expectation they would be getting a full time AM who would commit full-time to their interests," she added.
Ms Brown claimed that since the referendum Mr Gill had "attended one session, which he left half way through".
Assembly records on the institution's website show that Mr Gill has spoken on five occasions in the chamber since elected - making speeches or asking questions - and voted just once, with the exception of the initial roll call for first minister.
The same site, which does not detail attendance, shows Ms Brown spoke seven times and has voted 29 times.
The source close to Mr Gill said: "The difference in attendance and speaking time between Michelle Brown and Nathan Gill is marginal.
"He has contributed fully as an AM," the source said, adding: "Some AMs choose to vote on every little technicality while others prioritise constituency work and public engagement."
In response to the counterclaim, Ms Brown said: "Not voting in the Senedd is denying a voice to those that put their faith in you.
"His voting record shows that my concern is not based on any hidden agenda, as his fans try to make out, but on hard facts."
UKIP members in Wales are set to vote on whether their leader should be allowed to continue in his two elected roles.
If they vote that he cannot, he will have to either quit one or face expulsion from the party.
Paul Shoesmith, from Poynton, Cheshire died from multiple injuries after the crash on Sulby Straight on 4 June 2016.
The inquest heard a "catastrophic" and "unforeseen" tyre failure led the 50-year-old to lose control of his machine at more than 160mph (250km/h).
Coroner John Needham recorded a verdict of misadventure at Douglas courthouse.
Riding a different bike, Mr Shoesmith had set his fastest-ever lap of the TT course and finished 29th in the Superbike race on the morning before the crash.
Race marshal Joseph Bevans said Mr Shoesmith would have been travelling at between 160 and 190mph through what is one of the fastest parts of the Mountain Course when his tyre burst.
Mr Bevans said he saw the front tyre lift about 12in (30cm) after Mr Shoesmith rode through a depression and then explode when it came back into contact with the road.
The coroner said the crash was "inevitable" after the tyre burst.
Two witnesses described how the experienced racer became parted from his motorbike and hit a kerb and tree.
Recording his verdict, Mr Needham said the bike had passed race control ahead of the solo practice session and Mr Shoesmith had been "ultimately responsible" for the selection of the tyre.
The father of four made his TT debut at the event in 2005.
He achieved his best result of 15th in both the Superbike and Senior races held in 2011.
The coroner said he had died "pursuing his dream".
HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss bank UBS and US banks JP Morgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of America have all been fined.
A separate probe into Barclays is continuing.
The fines were issued by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and two US regulators.
The country's Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued fines of $1.4bn to five banks, while the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) added $950m in further fines to three lenders.
Separately, the Swiss regulator, FINMA, has penalised UBS 134m Swiss francs.
Barclays, which had been expected to announce a similar deal to the other banks, said it would not be settling at this time.
"After discussions with other regulators and authorities, we have concluded that it is in the interests of the company to seek a more general coordinated settlement," it said in a statement.
FCA boss Martin Wheatley told the BBC: "This isn't the end of the story."
"The individuals themselves will face the consequences," he said.
Several senior traders at the banks have already been put on leave and the Serious Fraud Office is in the process of preparing potential criminal charges against those alleged to have masterminded the scheme.
The fines follow a 13-month investigation by regulators into claims that the foreign exchange market - in which banks and other financial firms buy and sell currencies between one another - was being rigged.
The massive market, in which $5.3 trillion worth of currencies are traded daily, dwarfs the stock and bond markets.
About 40% of the world's dealing is estimated to go through trading rooms in London.
There is no physical forex marketplace and nearly all trading takes place on electronic systems operated by the big banks and other providers.
Daily "spot benchmarks" known as "fixes" are used by a wide range of financial and non-financial firms to, for example help value assets or manage currency risk.
The FCA fined the five banks a total of £1.1bn, the largest fine imposed by it or its predecessor, the Financial Services Authority.
"At the heart of today's action is our finding that the failings at these banks undermine confidence in the UK financial system and put its integrity at risk," the FCA said.
The US regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has fined the same banks a total of more than $1.4bn (£900m).
"The setting of a benchmark rate is not simply another opportunity for banks to earn a profit. Countless individuals and companies around the world rely on these rates to settle financial contracts," said the CFTC's director of enforcement Aitan Goelman.
Another US regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), fined Citibank, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America a further $950m (£600m).
All three regulators found the attempted manipulation of the foreign exchange market had been going on for several years, with the FCA saying the failings occurred between 1 January 2008 and 15 October 2013. The CFTC said its investigation found the traders' misconduct took place between 2009 and 2012.
They found certain foreign exchange traders at the banks had coordinated their trading with one another to attempt to manipulate benchmark foreign exchange rates.
The CFTC said traders had used private online chat rooms to communicate. They had disclosed confidential customer order information and trading positions, and altered their positions accordingly to "benefit the interests of the collective group".
The FCA said the "tight knit groups" formed by traders at the different banks had described themselves as "the 3 musketeers", "the A-team" and "1 team, 1 dream".
It said traders had attempted to manipulate the relevant currency rate in the market, for example to ensure that the rate at which the bank had agreed to sell a particular currency to its clients was higher than the average rate it had bought the currency. "If successful, the bank would profit," the FCA added.
Bank R Trader: 4:00:35 pm: well done gents
Bank W Trader 1: 4:01:56 pm: hooray nice team work
Bank U Trader: 4:02:22 pm: nice one mate
Another example:
Bank V Trader: 4:00:51 pm: have that my son
Bank V Trader: 4:00:52 pm: hahga
Bank V Trader: 4:00:56 pm: v nice mate
Bank U Trader: 4:04:53 pm: that worked nice mate
Bank V Trader: 4:05:44 p.m.: big time mate.
CFTC's examples of misconduct in private chat rooms
How the forex scandal happened
Forex scandal: How to rig the market
The banks all issued statements following the fines:
Chancellor George Osborne said the fines "would be used for the wider public good".
"Today we take tough action to clean up corruption by a few so that we have a financial system that works for everyone. It's part of a long-term plan that is fixing what went wrong in Britain's banks and our economy," he added.
However, Professor Mark Taylor, a former foreign exchange trader and now dean at Warwick Business School, said the fines were "relatively small beer for banks that regularly report billions of dollars in annual profit".
"The interesting thing is that there are no individuals named as yet, and no individual prosecutions. This is still a possibility and it will be interesting to see how that pans out. At the moment, it's really only the shareholders - which in the case of RBS means British taxpayers - who suffer from these fines," he added.
For the opposition, shadow chancellor Ed Balls described the affair as "yet another shocking scandal involving the banks and underlines the need for fundamental reform and cultural change".
"This report shows that reform of our banks has a long way to go. We need reforms to pay and bonuses, with more transparency, greater clawback and a tax on bank bonuses," he added.
Separately, the Bank of England - which had been accused of knowing about the foreign exchange scandal, but doing nothing about it - published a separate report by Lord Grabiner, clearing its officials.
"There was no evidence that any Bank of England official was involved in any unlawful or improper behaviour in the FX [foreign exchange] market," it said.
It said the suspension of the Bank's chief dealer in March, and his subsequent dismissal on 11 November was unrelated to the foreign exchange scandal.
"The individual's dismissal was as a result of information that came to light during the course of the Bank's initial internal review into allegations relating to the FX market and Bank staff. This information related to the Bank's internal policies, not to FX," a Bank spokesperson said.
The pitch has undergone tests ever since visiting Merthyr RFC players complained of suffering burns after playing on the 3G surface.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) inspected the playing surface this week.
Full contact rugby will resume at the stadium until the end of the season, when another review will take place.
A club statement said: "A Thursday afternoon pitch inspection at Sardis Road, and consequent ratification from the game's governing bodies, has given the green light for the Pontypridd v RGC Premiership match to be played there on Saturday, 6 May.
"There have been numerous inspections made on the 3G surface at Sardis Road over the past month, and high level discussions up to World Rugby level regarding the use of the artificial pitch."
Pontypridd had made contingency plans to play elsewhere if they are unable to play at their home ground on Saturday.
Training and six-a-side football has recently been allowed but no contact rugby has been played since the Merthyr v RGC 1404 game on 25 March, 2017.
Cole scored after just 45 seconds when he poked home from Rory McArdle's flick-on.
Doncaster thought they had levelled when Keshi Anderson bundled the ball home but the referee disallowed it for an infringement in the build up.
Rovers dominated but were unable to fashion any real chances.
Incoming boss Darren Ferguson, who takes charge on Sunday, will have to guide his new side out of the League One drop zone.
It reported a $7.1bn (£5.7bn) pre-tax profit for 2016, down 62% on the $18.9bn reported a year earlier.
HSBC attributed the fall to a string of one-off charges, including the sale of its operations in Brazil.
HSBC said its performance had been "broadly satisfactory" given "volatile financial conditions" but warned a rise in global protectionism was a concern.
The bank also announced a smaller-than-expected share buyback. That also helped undermine shares, which were down by more than 6% in London.
"It's a bank that is still in transition after the crisis," said banking analyst Chris Wheeler from Atlantic Equities.
However, he thinks this could be the last set of results that include big one-off charges, for reorganising the business and writing-down the value of assets.
Alluding to the US election and the UK's vote to leave the European Union, HSBC said 2016 would "be long remembered for its significant and largely unexpected economic and political events".
"These foreshadowed changes to the established geopolitical and economic relationships that have defined interactions within developed economies and between them and the rest of the world," said chairman Douglas Flint.
"The uncertainties created by such changes temporarily influenced investment activity and contributed to volatile financial market conditions."
Looking ahead to 2017, the bank said the "outcome of the US election has added to concerns about a rise in protectionism".
"This has been accentuated in many parts of the world by technological change and income inequality."
HSBC said that any "amplification of this trend" would lead to a disruption in global trade and affect its traditional line of business.
Investors had been expecting a share buyback worth between $2.5bn and $3bn, so were disappointed when HSBC announced a plan to buy back $1bn worth of shares, said Mike Amey, from the giant fund management firm, Pimco.
Investors like share buybacks as they typically boost a company's share price.
However, Mr Amey added that Tuesday's decline in HSBC shares should be put in the context of a 50% rise in their value over the past 12 months.
Analysts also have worries about the underlying performance of HSBC.
Ian Gordon from Investec said the results for the fourth quarter confirmed the "very grim reality" of falling profit margins.
Those falling margins reflect years of very low interest rates and HSBC's move into less risky areas of business.
Mr Gordon said the pressure on profit margins would continue in 2017 and HSBC would attempt to offset that with continued cost cuts.
HSBC has been on a cost-cutting drive since 2015, with plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the UK and achieve $5bn in savings.
Earlier this year it revealed plans to shut a further 62 UK bank branches in 2017, as more customers conducted their transactions online. The bank closed 223 UK branches last year.
Group chief executive Stuart Gulliver said the bank was investing more than $2bn in "digital transformation initiatives to improve our offer to customers".
HSBC makes most of its money outside the UK, with Asia accounting for the bulk of its global pre-tax profits.
The bank confirmed last year it would keep its European headquarters in London, despite the Brexit vote.
But announcing the results on Tuesday, Mr Flint said the bank's current planning suggested it may need to relocate some 1,000 roles from London to Paris over the next two years, depending on how negotiations develop.
He added the bank had "broadly all the licences and infrastructure needed to continue to support our clients once the UK leaves the EU".
A three-mile (4.8km) stretch of the A591 between Dunmail Raise, north of Grasmere and Thirlmere, was closed after the December storm.
It is expected to reopen in May.
Liberal Democrat leader and MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale Tim Farron, said the local economy was losing up to £1m each day the route remained closed.
Highways England said "good progress" was being maintained despite "difficult working conditions and unpredictable weather".
A 106m (347ft) retaining wall is being constructed alongside the road, after steel supporting posts were installed last month.
The agency said stonemasons were putting local stone reclaimed from the flood debris along the wall to cover the concrete, to ensure it blends in with the surroundings.
The wall will provide greater protection to the road from the effects of erosion, the agency said.
In an interview with Irish radio station KFM, Mr Kenny described the allegations made last week on BBC Spotlight as incredible.
Nama is the Irish state agency set up take control of bad loans north and south that were damaging the banks.
In 2014, it sold its portfolio in Northern Ireland for millions.
Mr Kenny's comments come as speculation grows that the Republic's government could announce an inquiry into the controversial deal.
The Republic of Ireland's spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), is set to publish a report this week that reportedly concludes that the deal had "irregularities" and "shortcomings".
Last week, BBC Spotlight broadcast a recording in which Frank Cushnahan, a former member of Nama's Northern Ireland advisory committee, accepted a £40,000 cash payment from a Nama client.
The payment was made by County Down property developer John Miskelly during a meeting in a hospital car park.
Mr Cushanhan was still working as an adviser to Nama at the time.
He has denied any wrongdoing. Mr Miskelly has said "payments made by me to any persons have been lawful".
Mr Kenny told KFM that he had watched the BBC Spotlight programme.
"Nothing surprises me at the kind of activities that take place in politics," he said. "In that sense, I find it extraordinary to hear the audio reports of engagements and meetings between certain personnel," he added.
"If I find, or our colleagues in government find, that this is a case that has to be examined - then I won't be opposed to that.
"If there are questions arising from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) engagement with Nama, and they are due before them shortly, I'm not averse to taking action, but I need to know what it is I'm taking action on."
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has joined calls from opposition politicians for an inquiry.
After coming out of a near three-year, deep-space hibernation in January, the satellite now has sufficient power to check out its science payload.
The spacecraft is currently about 675 million km from Earth, and continues to close in on its comet quarry.
Rosetta should arrive at the icy body in early August, when it will then start mapping the object to find a safe spot to put down its little lander.
This craft, known as Philae, is piggy-backing the main probe, and was set to receive its wake-up commands on Friday. It will be another week, however, before they are actioned.
Dr Matt Taylor, the European Space Agency's Rosetta project scientist, told BBC News: "The mission as a whole had this big emotional moment in January when the spacecraft was woken up.
"Now, individual teams must experience something similar again as each one of Rosetta's 11 instruments is turned on for testing."
The first item to be brought back online was the camera system: Osiris.
This is the equipment that will most engage the public as it acquires the pictures of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The second instrument listed for switch-on was Alice, a spectrometer that will be used to study the gases streaming away from the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust.
It will take the rest of March and all of April for controllers at Esa's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to work through the entire instrument package.
Although the tight constraints on power consumption have eased somewhat since the January wake-up, Rosetta is still roughly 640 million km from the Sun. This means the careful approach to energy management continues.
"The fantastic news after hibernation is that the solar arrays haven't degraded, so we are in an optimal state for power," explained Sylvain Lodiot, Rosetta's deputy spacecraft operations manager. "But the situation is still marginal and we cannot yet run the instruments in parallel."
Most of the instruments will be switched off again immediately after their check-out.
The key exception is Osiris. It will stay on because it is needed to help plot the precise position of 67P on the sky. This leads to the next big event in the mission - the major manoeuvre that will start to refine Rosetta's trajectory to the comet.
This will be initiated on 21 May with a seven-hour, 21-minute burn on the spacecraft's thrusters.
A further eight burns are then planned over the summer, with Rosetta set to go into orbit around 67P in the first week of August.
Dr Taylor has been preparing himself this week for the rendezvous with a visit to a tattoo studio.
He now has Rosetta, Philae and 67P pictured on his thigh.
"When I arrived on the project, I promised I'd do it. I'd had one done for Esa's Cluster mission, and when Rosetta came out of hibernation, I said, 'right, let's get it done now'.
"The place where I go is run by an old friend from school. He's done all my tattoos."
Rosetta is being billed as the big space event of 2014. The plan is for the probe to escort 67P as it moves closer towards the Sun, monitoring the changes that take place on the body. The Philae lander will report changes that occur at the surface.
Comets - giant "dirty snowballs", as some have called them - are believed to contain materials that have remained largely unchanged since the formation of the Solar System.
Rosetta's data should give researchers some fresh insights, therefore, on how our local space environment has changed during the past 4.6bn years.
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James Smith, a Scotsman also known as Jimmy Smith, was last seen at George Tavern Pub in Tower Hamlets, London, in November 2015.
Scotland Yard want to talk to him in connection with allegations of rape and assault between 1981 and 1987.
The two victims were aged under 18 at the time, police said.
The allegations were first reported to police in 2013, but officers have been unable to locate Mr Smith.
The former Glasgow bus driver, originally from the Scottish Highlands, had a brother called Joe or Joseph.
He moved to London in 1980 and lived in Poplar, east London.
Mr Smith had light ginger hair at the time and would now be aged between 65 and 75.
Hannah Stewart, of the Met Police's sexual offences unit, said: "Inquiries to trace James Smith in connection with this investigation have so far been unsuccessful and by launching this appeal we hope that someone will be able to provide us with vital information that will lead us to him."
This will allow adults to decide whether or not they want Scotland to be a part of the UK.
A referendum is when adult voters are asked to a vote on one political question - e.g. Should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?
She has said that she wants this referendum to happen between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.
Scotland has had a referendum about this issue before, in September 2014.
So why is Nicola Sturgeon saying that she wants another one?
Read below to find out more about what has happened.
The UK is made up of four countries - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
Two and a half years ago, adults in Scotland were asked to choose whether or not they wanted Scotland to remain a part of the UK.
They were asked 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' and voters chose yes or no.
Just over half (55.3%) voted no, so Scotland remains part of the UK.
You might remember that last year, there was a different referendum for the whole of the UK.
The result of this referendum was that UK adults voted to leave a group of countries called the European Union (EU).
When all of the UK's votes were added together, more adults voted to leave the EU than to stay in it.
However, if Scotland's votes were counted on their own, more adults in Scotland wanted to stay in the EU than wanted to leave it.
In fact, just over 3 in 5 Scottish adults wanted the UK to stay part of the EU.
Given that it is expected the UK - including Scotland - will soon be on its way out of the EU, Ms Sturgeon says that Scottish people should get to decide again whether they want to be a part of the UK or become an independent country - and, importantly, get to make its own decisions about this sort of thing.
Not all politicians in Scotland agree that another referendum should take place though.
indyref2is the nickname given to the possibility of another Scottish referendum - it is a shortened version of independence referendum 2
The official two-year process for the UK to leave the EU is expected to begin soon.
So Ms Sturgeon wants another referendum to be held between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.
This is because it is thought it will be more clear by then how Brexit will work - and, importantly, how it might affect Scotland.
Ms Sturgeon thinks Scottish people will have more information to help them make that decision by then.
Ms Sturgeon does not have the power to make another referendum happen by herself.
She needs to get a special type of agreement from UK Prime Minister Theresa May to allow her to have one.
It has not been confirmed whether or not the UK government will give this to her.
It has said that a second referendum would be "divisive" and would "cause huge economic uncertainty at the worst possible time", but it has not said that it would refuse permission for it to happen.
First, though, Ms Sturgeon needs to get the support of the Scottish parliament.
She has said: "I will take the steps necessary now to make sure that Scotland will have a choice at the end of this [Brexit] process."
Even if the UK government agrees that another referendum can take place, it is not clear when it will be or how it will be carried out, as that would need to be decided too.
A situation like Brexit has not happened before, so we do not know what will happen or how it would work.
It is not as simple as Scotland being able to keep the UK's membership, while the rest of the UK leaves.
What would happen between Scotland and the EU, if the country were able to vote to become independent before the Brexit process has been finished, remains to be seen.
The creator of the Discworld series died on 12 March following a public struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
The sign on Uncle Tom's Cabin, in Wincanton, was created by Discworld Emporium illustrator Richard Kingston.
Landlord Antony Yateman, who commissioned the sign before the author's death, said: "I was hoping that Sir Terry would unveil it."
Wincanton was "twinned" with the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork in 2002.
The sign references Ankh-Morpork's most famous watering hole, the Mended Drum.
"Both men were regulars. They used to come here after creative meetings at the Discworld Emporium a few doors down the street," said Mr Yateman.
"I commissioned the new sign, and was hoping that Sir Terry would unveil it himself. Sadly he died, but the sign is now up and serves as a memorial to a great author and character."
Oxfordshire County Council is set to spend £100,000 looking into a workplace parking levy.
Leader Ian Hudspeth said money raised by a levy would be used to improve Oxford's transport network.
Rob Lindley, managing director of Harley Davidson in Europe, based in Cowley, described it as a tax on businesses.
According to a report by Bev Hindle, acting director for environment and economy, the levy would "discourage car commuting" and "provide additional revenue for transport improvements to manage growth pressures".
The only other city in the UK to bring in similar charges is Nottingham where millions of pounds worth of charges are collected each year.
The scheme, which sees businesses with 11 or more spaces charged £375 per car, was introduced in 2012.
Mr Hudspeth said: "Go and visit Nottingham and you'll see that business really benefits, there's less congestion in the centre of the city, and people can get in and out easier."
But Mr Lindley said: "It can be wrapped up anyway people like, the environment or congestion, but in the end it's just a tax on our business operations.
"Business rates and the cost of commercial premises in Oxford are already high. If the council was to impose such a tax Oxford becomes less competitive.
"With the UK going through Brexit and an increasing climate of uncertainty, we need to give employers, and especially employers of international businesses, encouragements to operate here, not disincentives."
Nigel Tipple, chief executive of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, said: "I think it's important we look at the overall impact on business, and how we can work with the council to look at managing transport and movement across the city."
The council's cabinet meets on 22 November and is expected to release funds to develop the business case in time for October 2017.
The 22-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist lost 21-15, 21-9 to third seed Sindhu.
"Of course I'm disappointed with the result in the final," said Gilmour. "The shuttle felt so sensitive today.
"I tried everything in my power to get it under control and find some rhythm. I managed it in some rallies but not consistently enough."
Gilmour is Britain's top ranked women's singles player and won the Dutch Grand Prix in October.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union said all it would take is for one passenger to buy into the "company lies" for a major incident to occur.
Last week, Southern said one-in-six conductors had gone sick in a month, following strike action in April.
It has not responded to the RMT's claim, re-stating the problem was causing disruption to services.
The rail operator claimed the rate of absence had more than doubled since the first strike over the role of guards on 26 April.
It said an average of 83 Southern services were being cancelled each day because of sickness problems.
In a letter to Southern Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT, said: "I am appalled at the totally inflammatory way you are treating your staff", saying workers had complained of bullying and harassment.
This "grossly irresponsible attitude amounts to incitement and leaves lone-workers and women particularly vulnerable", he added.
He said problems with the service were down to "staff shortages created by a failure to recruit enough workers to fill new rosters."
"Luckily, the vast majority of passengers don't believe a word that this company says," continued Mr Cash.
"They know full well what this failing franchise is all about."
Last week, Southern said that in the two weeks prior to the first strike, conductor sickness absence ran at an average of 23 conductors off sick each day.
It said that since the strike, the number had nearly doubled to 40 conductors off sick each day.
"Passengers deserve to know the reasons behind the unusually high level of train cancellations they are presently experiencing," it said.
"We are experiencing much higher than usual levels of conductor absence through sickness... This has meant that over the last month, regrettably, we have had to cancel some of our services."
In his letter, Mr Cash urged Southern to stop the attacks and engage with the union to resolve the dispute.
A Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) survey suggested construction was slowing in the three months to 30 June.
Tourism's performance was found to be "markedly" worse than a year ago.
There was also little sign of improvement in manufacturing, retail and financial and business services.
SCC said it remained to be seen how the Brexit vote had impacted on this already "muted" economic performance.
It called for the UK and Scottish governments to take measures to head off a further slowdown.
The SCC report said: "Over the second quarter of 2016, business performance across the Scottish economy was more consistent than in the first quarter of the year, though both performance and optimism were generally lower than during the same period of 2015."
Neil Amner, chairman of the SCC economic advisory group, said: "The burning questions are how the vote for the UK to leave the European Union will affect businesses and what steps our governments in the UK and in Scotland should take to ensure that Scotland's businesses continue to be the dynamo of economic growth.
"The Brexit vote does not come without its opportunities but business must be in the driving seat if we are to take advantage of these and, indeed, secure the stability that is needed to foster investment and deliver future growth.
"Central to future planning is the need for clarity on the future of talented individuals currently working in Scotland.
"Everyone must have the confidence that they will be able to fulfil their long-term ambitions in Scotland, whether they currently live here or not.
"Scotland must become an even more attractive place to do business and must actively reach out to the world to create new trading and investment opportunities."
Mr Amner called on government "to reconsider policies which have sought to impose greater burdens on business" and use their "levers of power" to boost growth, with measures such as a cut in business rates, an accelerated reduction in Air Passenger Duty and shelving the Apprenticeship Levy.
About 50 Filipinos, mostly students, reached Pagasa in the Spratly archipelago on Saturday, saying they planned to stay for three days.
They say they want to highlight growing Chinese encroachment in a Philippine exclusive economic zone.
China claims almost all the South China Sea, believed to be rich in resources, dismissing rival claims by neighbours.
Apart from the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam all lay claim to the disputed waters.
The group is expected to leave the island on Monday.
Flying close to China's new islands
Tension has intensified over the last year, fuelled by China's aggressive island-building and naval patrols and the area has also seen the US and Australia undertaking freedom of navigation operations.
A recent BBC investigation witnessed at close quarters China's construction of new islands on coral reefs in the area and was repeatedly warned off by Chinese authorities while on a civilian flight in the vicinity of the islands.
The Filipino group, led by a former naval commander and called Kalayaan Atin Ito (Kalayaan This Is Ours) described the journey as a "patriotic" voyage and a symbolic act of defiance against China.
The Philippine government said it understood the group's intentions but opposed the voyage on safety and security grounds - the protesters sailed 500km (310 miles) through contested seas to the tiny island.
The Philippines has a case challenging Beijing before the arbitration court in The Hague. It says the "nine-dash line", which China uses to demarcate its territorial claims, is unlawful under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which both countries have signed.
China has boycotted the proceedings, insisting that the panel has no authority to rule in the case.
Mr Ban made his remarks in an address at the UN Habitat III conference that is only held once every 20 years.
Many urban areas, which are home to more than half of the world population, continue to grow unplanned and unregulated, experts warn.
An estimated 35,000 people attended the three-day gathering in Quito, Ecuador.
"Mayors are at the forefront of the battle for sustainability," Mr Ban told an audience at the world assembly of mayors, which was being held at the Habitat III conference.
"You are faced with the immediate daily demands of your people; for housing, transport, infrastructure and sustainable urban development."
But, he added, they also had to "make the tough decisions on what issues to prioritise" because they had to operate within tight budgets.
Mr Ban told the city leaders and politicians that they were at the heart of delivering global agreements, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.
"Take strong ownership of this vital agenda - stand up for the people you represent," he urged them.
The conference, which the UN described as one of the largest in the organisation's history, was focused on adopting a blueprint that would help shape and deliver urban development over the next 20 years.
The New Urban Agenda recognised that urbanisation had to be seen as a tool for development in the 21st Century, explained Joan Clos, UN Habitat's executive director and the conference's secretary general.
He said that recent events, such as the global financial crisis and the urban revolts during the Arab Spring, had highlighted the importance of sustainable urban development.
"It's a proposal to revisit urbanisation," Dr Clos observed, "and avoid the mistakes that have been developing in the past 20 years.
"When we look at the statistics, (where) the level of planned organisation has decreased, the quality of the planning has also decreased.
"That has created a very deadly situation where a lot of people are suffering in many cities for a lack of urban design, a lack of adequate management and a lack of urban finances. We need to recover that," he said.
He said there was a need to go "back to basics" and called on delegates not to see the document as a new agenda but to see it as a blueprint for the "forgotten agenda".
Habitat III is formally known as the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.
It is the third in a series of global gatherings that are held once every 20 years. The first was staged in Vancouver, Canada in 1976, and the second was hosted by Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.
During that time, the world's human population has shifted from being a rural population to being an urban one, with an estimated 54% of people now living in urban areas. Projections forecast that percentage is set to reach 66% by the middle of this century.
In 1950, less than one-in-three people lived in urban areas. The world had just two so-called "megacities" with populations in excess of 10 million: New York and Tokyo. Today, there are more than 20.
Greater Tokyo, the world's biggest urban area, has expanded from 13 million residents in 1950, to today's figure of 38 million.
It is estimated that almost 200,000 people each day are moving to urban areas. Developing nations are shouldering the vast majority of this burden, leaving them struggling to cope with the huge influx of people. Some cities' populations are 40 times larger than what they were in 1950.
This has resulted in the rapid expansion of unplanned and unregulated "slums" on the edge of cities.
Organisers of the Habitat III conference observed: "It is now well understood that slums and the related informal settlements are a spontaneous form of urbanisation, consisting of a series of survival strategies by the urban poor, most borne out of poverty and exclusion."
The adoption of the New Urban Agenda by delegates from 167 nations on Thursday is an attempt to reverse the "legacy of the 20th Century": uncontrolled urbanisation and urban poverty.
Danske Bank publishes research quarterly, based on a survey of 1,020 people.
It found consumer confidence "rose sharply" in the first quarter of 2017 to its highest level in two years.
Bank economist Conor Lambe said consumers believe the short-term impact of the referendum "is not going to be as severe as first thought".
According to the survey, household expectations of their financial positions for the year ahead have improved.
Mr Lambe said that was "surprising given that rising inflation will have an adverse impact on real wage growth as we move through this year".
Inflation is running at 2.3%.
The depreciation of the pound since last June's EU referendum has also that meant some imported goods are more expensive.
"Prices are rising but consumers in Northern Ireland are still planning to spend over the next 12 months," said Mr Lambe.
But he added that the bank expected a slowdown in spending, with a squeeze already appearing to be underway across the whole of the UK.
Mohammed Haji Sadiq taught for 30 years at the Madina mosque in Cardiff.
Sadiq, from Cyncoed, was found guilty of 14 child sex offences but cleared of one count of indecent assault at Cardiff Crown Court.
He had denied the charges involving four girls aged between five and 11 and blamed "politics" in the mosque for the accusations.
The offences took place between 1996 and 2006 at the Woodville Road mosque.
The court heard Sadiq "took advantage of his position" and touched the four girls inappropriately as a form of punishment, abusing the girls if they made a mistake while reciting the Koran.
Some of his victims said they were afraid to attend the mosque because of his abuse.
Jurors were also told Sadiq would use a stick as a form of punishment in class and hit people over the hand or hard on the back.
One victim said he would threaten young pupils.
His Honour Judge Stephen Hopkins QC said Sadiq was found guilty "on the most compelling evidence".
He said the case clearly passed the custody threshold and that Sadiq would be monitored electronically.
Sadiq, who has had no involvement in the mosque since 2006 when it burnt down, was released on bail and will be sentenced at a later date.
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